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Color palette display interface for a computer-based image editor

CA 2012799 C · Owner: Yanker, Peter Cornelius · Inventors: Yanker, Peter Cornelius

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A display system is described for producing and showing color images which includes a screen for displaying an interactive user interface. The display interface includes image color choice areas, anti-alias color choice areas a, current color area, an echo icon area and user-movable cursor indications. The invention enables the display system user to choose among a plurality of displayed colors and to visually determine the effect of the choice. The method includes moving a cursor indication to a color choice area, displaying the color choice in the current color selection area; and displaying in the echo icon area an echo icon drawn using the color choice. This enables the display system …

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  • Filed March 22, 1990 and granted August 2, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 22, 2010.
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FiledMarch 22, 1990
GrantedAugust 2, 1994
Term endedMarch 22, 2010
Patent numberCA 2012799 C
Classification (IPC)G09G5/08 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMarch 22, 1990Patent grantedAug 2, 1994Term endedMarch 22, 2010

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