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Image processing apparatus capable of random mosaic and/or oil-painting-like processing

US4956872A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 1987
Grant dateSep 11, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T11/001
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing apparatus in which a pixel of first image data is designated, a predetermined pattern is generated on first image data in accordance with the position of the designated pixel, the coordinates of each pixel in the predetermined pattern are transformed to this coordinate values of the predetermined pixel, and image information for the pixels of the first image data is, e.g., given the value of the designated pixel.

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