Patent ID: 7064759
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of generating text or an image within a frame including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels being defined by a set of color components, comprising: defining an area within the frame that defines an area within which the text or image is to be generated; ascertaining an average value for one or more of the set of color components for a set of the plurality of pixels from only the frame including the plurality of pixels, the average value being obtained for each of the one or more of the set of color components for the set of the plurality of pixels; obtaining a complement of the average value for each of the one or more of the set of color components for the set of the plurality of pixels in the frame, thereby obtaining a complemented value for each of the one or more of the set of color components; and generating the text or image within the area by applying the complemented value for the one or more of the set of color components; wherein generating the text or image includes generating a border adjacent to and surrounding the text or image; wherein generating the border includes generating the border by applying the complemented value for the one or more of the set of color components to a border bit mask for generating the border.