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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2008
David A. Southard, Bedford, MA (US);
Lowell F. Bell, Boston, MA (US);
Michael A. Aucoin, North Andover, MA (US);
Frédéric Gouin, Concord, MA (US);
Theodore H. Cannaday, Jr., Staley, NC (US);
David A. Southard, Bedford, MA (US);
Lowell F. Bell, Boston, MA (US);
Michael A. Aucoin, North Andover, MA (US);
Frédéric Gouin, Concord, MA (US);
Theodore H. Cannaday, Jr., Staley, NC (US);
Avidyne Corporation, Lincoln, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for creating minimal data representing a source image is presented. The source image is divided into a grid of cells. A color is selected for each cell corner based on sampling an area defined by the cell corner. An indication of the selected color is stored in an array dependent on the co-ordinates of the cell corner in the source image.