Self-publication using color space encoded image

A system for self-publication, the system comprising:

• memory;
• storage;
• and
• at least one processor configured to use the memory and the storage to:
• receive content for self-publication;
• create colored cells within a color space to provide an encoded representation of the received content in an image by processing the received content to obtain a stream of integers, each integer in the stream of integers corresponding to a color in the color space for a cell in the image;
• create one or more additional cells, including color calibration cells, adjoining the encoded image, the one or more additional cells for assisting in decoding the encoded image by determining a pseudo-Euclidean metric in the color space, the metric measuring distance including a measure of an average of:
• (a) a red component in the colored cells and (b) a red component in the color calibration cells;
• and
• publish the image on a medium.

A computer program product for self-publication, the computer program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer program product including instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

• receive content for self-publication;
• create colored cells within a color space to provide an encoded representation of the received content in an image by processing the received content to obtain a stream of integers, each integer in the stream of integers corresponding to a color in the color space for a cell in the image;
• create one or more additional cells, including color calibration cells, adjoining the encoded image, the one or more additional cells for assisting in decoding the encoded image by determining a pseudo-Euclidean metric in the color space, the metric measuring distance including a measure of an average of:
• (a) a red component in the colored cells and (b) a red component in the color calibration cells;
• and
• publish the image on a medium.