Patent ID: 6236407
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method of creating graphical images from a plurality of base images, a plurality of transformation operations, each transformation operation operating on a plurality of image parts, and a plurality of user data items, each item having an associated value, comprising the steps of:(1) selecting a plurality of base images;(2) partitioning each base image into a plurality of image parts;(3) selecting a desired size of the created image;(4) determining a difference between a original size of the base image and the desired size;(5) selecting a plurality of transformation operations, these operations being selected from a set of possible operations and a plurality of the operations in this set being selectable according to the values of a plurality of the user data items and the determined difference;(6) assigning a priority value to each transformation operation;(7) dividing the determined difference among the transformation operations according to the priority values;(8) configuring an order of the transformation operations according to the values of a plurality of the user data items and the determined and divided differences;(9) configuring the transformation operations according to the values of a plurality of the user data items and the determined and divided differences;(10) configuring the image parts that each transformation operation will apply to according to the values of a plurality of the user data items and the determined and divided differences;( 11) repeating the following sub-steps until all transformations have been applied:(11.1) performing a first transformation operation that has not yet been performed;(11.2) reconfiguring the remaining transformation operations according to the values of a plurality of the user data items and the determined and divided differences and the results of the previously performed transformation operations;(12) create a new image by reassembling the image parts.