Patent ID: 6091418
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method for processing an image to derive a bitmap representation of the image, said bitmap representation including a region comprising a pattern, said method comprising the steps of:a) accessing an original pattern bitmap having an anchor point within said bitmap representation;b) logically translating said original pattern bitmap to a reference pattern bitmap position at an origin of said bitmap representation, such that a pattern manifest by said reference pattern bitmap exhibits a consistent in-phase relationship with a pattern manifest by the original pattern bitmap;c) filling said region with said pattern by determining a correspondence of an anchor pixel in said region to a pixel in said reference pattern bitmap, and ascribing an attribute of said pixel in said reference pattern bitmap to said anchor pixel in said region; andd) repetitively determining a correspondence of each further pixel in said region to a corresponding further pixel in said reference pattern bitmap, and ascribing an attribute of each said further pixel in said reference pattern bitmap to each said corresponding further pixel, respectively, in said region.