Method and apparatus for image compression and manipulation
CA 1213085 A · Owner: Apple Computer, Inc. · Inventors: Atkinson, William D.
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Apparatus and methods are disclosed which are most advantageously used in conjunction with a digital computer to provide improved graphics capability. These techniques permit the representation and manipulation of any arbitrarily shaped image in terms of "inversion points". Inversion points defining a region are sorted and stored such that the region shape may be regenerated at a later time from the inversion points. Means are provided to compare existing regions and new regions to be displayed and region operators are provided to specify a precedence between the existing and new regions. Thus new, regions are appropriately "clipped" such that only portions of a new region may actually be …
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- Granted October 21, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 21, 2003.
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