Patent ID: 8457470
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for generating image data for a plurality of images, the method comprising: selecting a first image of the plurality of images, wherein each of the plurality of images include an image data file and a color palette, wherein the image data files of the plurality of images are the same, and wherein the color palette of each of the plurality of images are different; storing in a memory an image data array of the first image into a master image data file as a common image data array, wherein the common image data array is identified by at least a start location in the memory; storing the color palette of the first image into the master image data file; storing the color palette of a second image of the plurality of images into the master image data file; and generating a soft link image data file based upon a second image of the plurality of images, wherein an image data array of the second image is the same as the common image data array, and wherein a soft link in the soft link image data file identifies the start location of the stored common image data array in the memory and identifies the color palette of the second image stored in the master image data file.