Abstract: A system and method using inductive image generation with cached, state-specific image tiles for editing digital images. A computer system contains an archival digital image to be edited and viewed, a transformation state list, describing editing operations to be applied to the archival image in order to produce the current edited image rendition, and a viewing data set, describing the resolution, offset and extent of the current view of the current edited image rendition. The current view is constructed from a set of image tiles kept in a tile cache. In response to an instruction to generate the current view, the system identifies the requisite tiles, and then generates each tile by an inductive image generation process.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 30, 2000
Date of Patent:
September 6, 2005
Assignee:
Quark Media House SARL
Inventors:
Richard T. Minner, Mark Boenke, Richard Walker