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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Jay D. Steele, Halifax, CA;
Kenneth J. Whatmough, Georgetown, CA;
Inventors:
Jay D. Steele, Halifax, CA;
Kenneth J. Whatmough, Georgetown, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/02 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/026 (2013.01); G06T 11/001 (2013.01); G09G 2340/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes storing a transparency value. A color level value is stored in a set of color bits. The color level value is multiplied by the transparency value, by bit-shifting the set of color bits by a number of bit positions indicated by the transparency value.