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Method for selecting colors

CA 1301969 C · Owner: Braudaway, Gordon W. · Inventors: Braudaway, Gordon W.

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A method for selecting a limited number of presentation colors from a larger palette for a selected image, A three dimensional color histogram of said image is generated and a first color is selected based upon the color occurring most frequently in the image. Subsequent presentation colors are selected by choosing one at a time those colors having the highest weighted frequency of occurrence wherein the weighting is such that colors closest to the previously selected color are weighted very little while colors furthest away from the previously selected color are weighted the most.

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  • Granted May 26, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 26, 2009.
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FiledJune 24, 1988
GrantedMay 26, 1992
Term endedMay 26, 2009
Patent numberCA 1301969 C
Classification (IPC)H04N1/46 +1 more

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1989199219951998200120042007Application filedJune 24, 1988Patent grantedMay 26, 1992Term endedMay 26, 2009

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