System and method for painting images by synthetic color signal generation and control
First Claim
1. A system for generating electronic signals representing an original color video image for display in a conventional video signal color display device such as a television receiver, said system comprising:
- means for producing said electronic signals for display in response to color value input signals;
first memory means coupled to said signals producing means and having first memory elements, said first memory elements being constrained to store only a representation of a single preselectable color value for display;
second memory means coupled to said first memory means and through said first memory means to said electronic signals producing means, said second memory means having second memory elements, said second memory elements corresponding to matrix locations of said video image, said memory elements being constrained to store only a representation of a single preselected matrix image value which designates a single one of said first memory locations; and
cursor means for manually generating said matrix image values in said second memory means independently of said color values such that each one of said image matrix locations is assigned a color value by reference to said first memory locations.
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Abstract
Color video images are remotely painted on the screen of a conventional color television receiver or a video monitor utilizing electronic color image storage means in a control device. The control device comprises a manual input unit, an image or picture element memory, a palette or color memory controllable independently of the image memory, and color television signal generating circuitry. The system includes further features enabling an artist to record and to recreate the painted images. In one embodiment, relatively high resolution is achieved with minimal staining of adjacent image portions.
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38 Claims
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1. A system for generating electronic signals representing an original color video image for display in a conventional video signal color display device such as a television receiver, said system comprising:
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means for producing said electronic signals for display in response to color value input signals; first memory means coupled to said signals producing means and having first memory elements, said first memory elements being constrained to store only a representation of a single preselectable color value for display; second memory means coupled to said first memory means and through said first memory means to said electronic signals producing means, said second memory means having second memory elements, said second memory elements corresponding to matrix locations of said video image, said memory elements being constrained to store only a representation of a single preselected matrix image value which designates a single one of said first memory locations; and cursor means for manually generating said matrix image values in said second memory means independently of said color values such that each one of said image matrix locations is assigned a color value by reference to said first memory locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for generating electronic signals representing an original color video image adapted for display in a conventional video signal display device, said system comprising:
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first memory means for color values; second memory means for matrix image values uniquely designating locations of said color values in said first memory means such that each element of said matrix image is assigned a color value; means for varying said color values independently of said matrix image wherein said color value varying means comprises means for independently adjusting the components of a color vector of each element of said color values, the color vector comprising a hue value element, a saturation value element and a luminance value element; cursor means for manually generating said matrix image values in said second memory means; and means responsive to said values in said second memory means and said first memory means for producing said electronic signals. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for generating electronic signals representing an original color video image adapted for display in a conventional video signal display device, said system comprising:
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first memory means for color values; second memory means for matrix image values uniquely designating location of said color values in said first memory means such that each element of said matrix image is assigned a color value; means for digitally averaging the color values of consecutively display image elements wherein said digital averaging means comprises a plurality of parallel shift registers adapted to accumulate separate consecutive digital values of each of the components of the color vector, means for adding said digital values, and means for dividing said digital values to produce a running average of said digital values; cursor means for manually generating said matrix image values in said second memory means; and means responsive to said values in said second memory means and said first memory means for producing electronic signals.
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22. In combination with a television receiver, apparatus for producing a color video image under manual control for display on the television receiver, said apparatus comprising:
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first memory means constrained to store a set of color values; second memory means constrained to store a two-dimensional matrix image, said matrix image comprising indices for uniquely identifying elements of said color values set; manually controllable means for registering said indices in said second memory means; manually controllable means for defining said color values of said color values set independently of said matrix image; means for generating a raster signal for defining a video resolution element and for synchronizing the apparatus with the television receiver, said raster generator including means for generating synchronization signals and blanking signals for interfacing with the television receiver; and means responsive to first memory means containing said color values set, said matrix image only through said first memory means and said video resolution element generating means for generating a composite color video signal at input terminals of the television receiver. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A method for creating an electronic signal representation of a visually displayable video color image under manual control comprising the steps of:
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preselecting and storing a set of codes representative solely of image forming values in a first memory means, said values being independent and without reference to location in said color video image; generating values representative solely of a matrix image, said matrix image comprising indices uniquely identifying locations of selected ones of said image forming codes in said first memory means; storing said matrix image values in second memory means; and generating a color video signal in response to said matrix image and said set of codes by causing a scanning of said second memory means to retrieve said indices and in response to said indices to access a code so designated and to generate a signal representative of said image forming values at corresponding regions in said color video image for input to input terminals of a video display means such as a television receiver. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for creating an electronic signal representation of a visually displayable video color image under manual control comprising the steps of:
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storing a set of color values in a first memory means; generating values for a matrix image, said matrix image comprising indices uniquely identifying locations of said color values in said first memory means; storing said matrix image values in second memory means; adjusting the components of the color vector of each of said color values independently of the matrix image, the components of the color vector comprising a hue value element, a saturation value element and a luminance value element; and generating a color video signal in response to said matrix image and said set of color values adapted for input to input terminals of a video display means.
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38. A method for creating an electronic signal representation of a visually displayable video color image under manual control comprising the steps of:
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storing a set of codes representative of image forming values in a first memory means; generating values for a matrix image, said matrix image values comprising indices uniquely identifying locations of selected ones of said codes in said first memory means; storing said matrix image values in second memory means; digitally averaging color vector components of consecutively-ordered image forming elements over a defined interval; and generating a color video signal in response to said matrix image and said set of codes and averaged color vector components for input of an image having enhanced image definition of consecutively-displayed image element.
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