Patent ID: 8767254

Claim:
A method for processing an image for association with a specular medium to improve a manner in which a printed version of the processed image would appear to blend with a reflection of an anticipated associated viewer of the printed version of the processed image that is associated with the specular medium, the method comprising: receiving the image; processing data based on the image to compensate for anticipated blurring due to the anticipated associated viewer focusing on the reflection of the viewer rather than focusing on the printed version of the processed image; wherein the processing includes at least one of sharpening, edge mapping and edge enhancing, thereby generating a transformed version of the image; reducing an area coverage of data based on the image in a manner that reduces an area coverage of the printed version of the image to at least below fifty percent, thereby generating reduced area coverage data providing at least fifty percent area of the specular medium in a region of the printed image to reflect the image of the anticipated associated viewer wherein the data that is reduced in area coverage is based on the transformed version of the image or wherein the data that is processed is based on the reduced area coverage data; and printing the printed version of the image based on the transformed version of the image on at least one of: the specular medium, a transparent overlay to be applied to the specular medium, and a transfer medium to be used in transferring the printed transformed image to the specular medium.