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Color mapping system and method

CA 2019526 C · Owner: Edgar, Albert D. · Inventors: Edgar, Albert D.; Deacon, John J.

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RGB components of pairs of adjacent pels of a captured digitized image are averaged. A perceived color palette is constructed, each color being comprised of functionally combined RGB components of two different input palette colors. An array is formed of continuous colors, each indexed to the perceived palette color to which its RGB components are closest and indicating the two input palette colors defining the respective perceived color. RGB components for each averaged pel pair and the array index are then used to locate the perceived color closest thereto and, the two input palette colors corresponding to the perceived color. These two input colors are then substituted in a display for …

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  • Filed June 21, 1990 and granted June 21, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 21, 2010.
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FiledJune 21, 1990
GrantedJune 21, 1994
Term endedJune 21, 2010
Patent numberCA 2019526 C
Classification (IPC)G09G5/02 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedJune 21, 1990Patent grantedJune 21, 1994Term endedJune 21, 2010

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