Patent ID: 8189237
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer-based method that creates patterns using a super resolution encoding method that distributes the code value among adjacent pixels, comprising: a processor that creates one or more blocks, wherein each block is comprised of a plurality of bits, the height of the block is equal to the width of the block; creating one or more supercells by merging at least two adjacent blocks, each block comprising a plurality of bits, wherein said plurality of bits from each block are combined and distributed throughout the supercell, creating a single supercell having a greater number of bits than either block individually; defining one or more bit patterns, wherein the each pattern is defined by selecting one or more bits to be one of filled or unfilled within each supercell, wherein merging at least two adjacent blocks increases the number of the possible bit patterns; associating each of the one or more patterns bit with an SRE code, wherein the SRE code represents bits and at least two portions of the bits are distributed in the bit patterns in the supercell and wherein the SRE code is sixteen bits number, wherein two eight bit portions of the sixteen bits number are distributed among groups of pixels in the supercell; and defining a halftone bit pattern with a plurality of bit patterns, and the each bit pattern is included in the one or more supercells.