Software for creating engraved images
AssigneeDean Robert Gary Anderson as Trustee of the D/L Anderson Family Trust
InventorDean Robert Gary Anderson
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Abstract
A method of producing an engraved image on a computer screen includes loading an image to be engraved and converting the image into a high contrast image using at least two colors. The first lighter color is used for the lighter portions of the high contrast image and a darker color is used for the darker portions of the high contrast image. Mixing of the colors is based on the luminance level of the image. A plurality of lines are drawn over the high contrast image with variations in the plurality of lines drawn being a function of the luminance of the underlying image.
Claims20
A method of producing an engraved image on a computer monitor, comprising:
- creating a first line over a digital image, the first line comprised of a first visible line portion surrounded by a first affected area;
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- selecting at least a portion of the first line;
- generating a second line proximate to the first line, the second line comprised of a second visible line portion surrounded by a second affected area;
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- preventing the first and second affected areas from overlapping to space the first and second visible line portions apart.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.