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Color reduction for a remote control system

US6600494B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 12, 2000
Grant dateJul 29, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1454
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a system for a fast and reliable color reduction from multiple bit color representations to 4 bit color representations. The method for color reduction in a computer system having a three color model for color representation of a pixel, each color being represented by a multiple bit pattern, reduces the color to a four bit value by analysing the first bit of each of said three multiple bit patterns to determine tone; assigning a value to the first bit of said four bit value, based on said determined tone; and assigning the remaining three bits of said four bit value by utilising one pre-determined bit from each of said three multiple bit patterns.

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