Computer system for converting pictures and designs into line drawings and reproducing the drawings on substrates
First Claim
1. A computer system for converting a colored picture or designs composed of color and non-colored regions distributed throughout the picture into a line drawing in which each of said regions is delineated to define a zone and reproducing the line drawing on a substrate;
- said system comprising;
1) a computer provided with a video display terminal;
2) a printer coupled to the display terminal to print out on a sheet an image displayed on the terminal;
3) means to feed into the computer a digital image of the picture or design to be converted;
4) software associated with the computer to process said digital image to produce said line drawing which is displayed on said terminal and printed on said sheet whereby a user of the system, by coloring in said zones, can recreate a colored picture or design; and
5) further means for transferring said digital image, or printed sheet to a substrate.
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Abstract
A computer system, preferably in the form of a craft kit, is provided for converting a picture composed of color regions distributed throughout the picture into a line drawing in which each of these regions can be delineated to define a zone. The zone can have a symbol which identifies the color. The system includes a computer whose video display terminal is coupled to a printer to print out the displayed image. A digital image is fed into the computer and the image processed to product the line drawing which is displayed on the terminal and transferred by the printer to a sheet. The digital image on the sheet is then transferred to a material, such as a T-shirt, for example by a stencil prepared from the printed sheet.
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11 Claims
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1. A computer system for converting a colored picture or designs composed of color and non-colored regions distributed throughout the picture into a line drawing in which each of said regions is delineated to define a zone and reproducing the line drawing on a substrate;
- said system comprising;
1) a computer provided with a video display terminal;
2) a printer coupled to the display terminal to print out on a sheet an image displayed on the terminal;
3) means to feed into the computer a digital image of the picture or design to be converted;
4) software associated with the computer to process said digital image to produce said line drawing which is displayed on said terminal and printed on said sheet whereby a user of the system, by coloring in said zones, can recreate a colored picture or design; and
5) further means for transferring said digital image, or printed sheet to a substrate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8)
- said system comprising;
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7. A computer as set forth in clam 5, in which the common color is an elementary color in the color spectrum or a color similar thereto.
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9. A method for producing an in-line drawing of a picture or design and reproducing the in-line drawing on a substrate material, which method comprises the steps of:
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1) feeding into a computer of a computer system comprised of;
A. a computer provided with a video display terminal-, B. a printer coupled to the display terminal to print out on a sheet an image displayed on the terminal;
C) software associated with the computer to process the digital image to produce the line drawing which is displayed on the terminal. 2) printing the line drawing which is displayed on the terminal, and 3) transferring the printed line drawing to a substrate material. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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