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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2006
Kazumasa Murai, Hadano, JP;
Patrick Chiu, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Wolfgang H. Polak, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andreas Girgensohn, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Qiong Liu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Kazumasa Murai, Hadano, JP;
Patrick Chiu, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Wolfgang H. Polak, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andreas Girgensohn, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Qiong Liu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method to make effective use of non rectangular display space for displaying a collage. In an embodiment of the invention, a heterogeneous set of images can be arranged to display the region of interest of the images to avoid overlapping regions of interest. The background gaps between the regions of interest can be filled by extending the regions of interest using a Voronoi technique. This produces a stained glass effect for the collage. In an embodiment of the present invention, the technique can be applied to irregular shapes including circular shapes with a hole in the middle. In an embodiment of the present invention, the technique can be used to print labels for disks.