Patent ID: 9524573
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method of generating a manipulated tile of graphical data, the method comprising: generating, by a computer processor, a mirrored copy of an original tile of graphical data by mirroring the original tile with respect to a first side of the original tile; superimposing the mirrored copy on the original tile; erasing a first portion of the superimposed mirrored copy of the original tile while maintaining the original tile, the first portion of the superimposed mirrored copy of the original tile comprising a portion of the superimposed mirrored copy of the original tile that is not within a threshold distance of the first side of the original tile; and generating a manipulated tile of graphical data by blending at least some of a remaining portion of the superimposed mirrored copy of the original tile with the original tile.