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Method and apparatus for producing a hybrid data structure for displaying a raster image

  • US 5,729,637 A
  • Filed: 04/10/1995
  • Issued: 03/17/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for producing an image comprising:

  • a data processing apparatus;

    means for performing recognition on an input bitmap that is stored within the data processing apparatus to detect objects within the input bitmap and to create coded portions therefrom for identifiable and non-identifiable objects;

    means for creating a data structure including coded portions corresponding to identifiable objects and links to portions of the input bitmap that correspond to the identifiable objects and other coded portions corresponding to the non-identifiable objects and links to portions of the input bitmap that correspond to the non-identifiable objects;

    an output device for developing a visually perceptible image from the input bitmap, andmeans for displaying an editing window and the coded portions of the data structure, wherein the data structure can be changed when displayed in the editing window, and wherein the means for displaying an editing window including a means for comparing each of the coded objects with a portion of the input bitmap corresponding to the coded object and a means for adjusting the size of the coded object when the coded object is within a threshold size of the corresponding input bitmap portion.

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