Image assembly
US5140314A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 15, 1989 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 15, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T1/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for assembling images together in which each image is defined by respective pluralities of sets of data values, each set corresponding to a group of pixels of the image, the groups being arranged in a regular array across the image whereby the sets of data values can be obtained from sets of first data each defining the color content of an image pixel in the group. The apparatus comprises a control system for determining the position of a first image relative to a second image in a desired assembled image; an assembled image store; and a modified image store. The control system is operable to convert the sets of data values of the overlapping groups of pixels defining a region of the assembled images which overlaps and which is to be retouched into the corresponding sets of first data, consolidating the converted sets of first data into an assembled set of data, modifying the assembled set of data as desired, and storing the modified, assembled data set in the modified image store. The control system also assembles the two images together and stores the assembled images in the assembled image store, regions of the assembled image corresponding to previously modified regio…
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