Patent ID: 7495676

Claim:
A computer implemented process for the creation of a merged image comprising the steps of: a. preparing at least two base images in digital format; b. selecting a two-dimensional pattern wherein said pattern comprises a multiplicity of cells, each cell having n regions wherein n is the number of prepared base images and each region has different, distinct two-dimensional coordinates and the regions in each cell are arranged in a non-linear pattern; c. applying the pattern to each base image to divide each base image into a plurality of cells each having n regions; d. providing a merged image template wherein said template comprises a multiplicity of cells, each cell having n regions wherein n is the number of prepared base images and wherein each region of a cell is assigned to a different prepared base image and the template is divided in the same pattern applied to the base images and the regions in each cell are arranged in the non-linear pattern; e. selecting a mergable portion of each respective base image wherein the mergable portion corresponds to each region of each cell assigned to the respective base image; f. consecutively merging only the selected mergable portions of each respective base image into the merged image template in a non-overlapping manner to provide a single layer merged image; and g. outputting the merged image in at least one of a computer readable and/or a physical form.