Patent ID: 6549679
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A computer method for creating a mosaic image of an original image from a plurality of micro-images, comprising:(1) dividing the original image into a plurality of tile regions; (2) calculating the average color of one of the tile regions; (3) selecting a group of the micro-images that possibly match the one tile region by comparing the average color of the one tile region and the average color of each micro-image, wherein the average color of each micro-image is stored in a database; (4) dividing the one tile region into a plurality of subregions and calculating the average color of each subregion; (5) selecting one micro-image from the group that matches the one tile region by comparing the average colors of the subregions of the one tile region and the average colors of corresponding subregions of each micro-image, wherein the average colors of the corresponding subregions of each micro-image are stored in the database; (6) filling the one tile region with the one micro-image; (7) repeating actions (1) to (6) for each of the remaining tile regions.