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Method for manipulation rectilinearly defined segmnts to form image shapes

US5261032A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 5, 1992
Grant dateNov 9, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 5, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T17/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for manipulating graphic images using a computer system in which each graphic image is broken into a series of rectangles and the individual rectangles of one graphic image are combined with the individual rectangles of another graphic image to form a shape data structure which may be stored and utilized for purposes of graphic display.

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