Methods and arrangements for composing information-carrying artwork
View Patent ↗Data defining several different information-carrying patterns can be stored on mass storage of a computer workstation and serve as a library of design elements for future designs. The same user-interface techniques that are employed to pick colors in image-editing software (e.g. Adobe Photoshop) and fill textures in presentation programs (e.g. Microsoft PowerPoint) can similarly be used to present a palette of information patterns to a security document designer. Clicking on a visual representation of the desired pattern makes the pattern available for inclusion in a security document being designed (e.g. filling a desired area). A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
1. A method comprising:
defining, by a processor, a reference calibration tile, wherein the reference calibration tile comprises a grid of cells;
assigning, by the processor, a grey-scale value to each cell in the grid of cells;
drawing, by the processor, at least one line on the reference calibration tile, each line of the at least one line connecting a first point and a second point along an edge of the reference calibration tile, wherein each line of the at least one line passes through a subset of the cells;
generating, by the processor, a calibration pattern, wherein the calibration pattern is based on the at least one line drawn on the reference calibration tile;
storing, by the processor, the calibration pattern, wherein the stored calibration pattern can be presented on a graphical user interface associated with a graphics editing program;
receiving, by the processor, a selection of the calibration pattern; and
adding, by the processor, the calibration pattern, based upon the selection, to a graphical work.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the calibration pattern comprises a visible pattern.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the calibration pattern comprises a glyph pattern.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a length of each line of the at least one line in a first cell is based on an average line length through all cells in the grid of cells.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating an array of error values based at least on the grey-scale values of each cell in the grid of cells and a grey-scale value of the calibration tile; and
modifying the at least one line based on the array of error values.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein a length of the at least one line is modified.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein a width of the at least one line is modified.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the calibration pattern is grey-scale.
9. A system comprising:
one or more hardware processors configured to:
define a reference calibration tile, wherein the reference calibration tile comprises a grid of cells;
assign a grey-scale value to each cell in the grid of cells;
draw at least one line, each line of the at least one line connecting a first point and a second point along an edge of the reference calibration tile, wherein each line of the at least one line passes through a subset of the cells;
generate a calibration pattern, the calibration pattern, wherein the calibration pattern is based on the at least one line drawn on the reference calibration tile;
store the calibration pattern, wherein the stored calibration pattern can be presented on a graphical user interface associated with a graphics editing program;
receive a selection of the calibration pattern; and
add the calibration pattern, based upon the selection, to a graphical work.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the calibration pattern comprises a visible pattern.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the calibration pattern comprises a glyph pattern.
12. The system of claim 9 , wherein a length of each line of the at least one line in a first cell is based on an average line length through all cells in the grid of cells.
13. The system of claim 9 , the one or more processors further configured to:
generate an array of error values based at least on the grey-scale values of each cell in the grid of cells and a grey-scale value of the calibration tile; and
modify the at least one line based on the array of error values.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the length of the at least one line is modified.
15. The system of claim 13 , wherein a width of the at least one line is modified.
16. The system of claim 9 , wherein the calibration pattern is grey-scale.
17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:
instructions to define a reference calibration tile, wherein the reference calibration tile comprises a grid of cells;
instructions to assign a grey-scale value to each cell in the grid of cells;
instructions to draw at least one line, each line of the at least one line connecting a first point and a second point along an edge of the reference calibration tile, wherein each line of the at least one line passes through a subset of the cells;
instructions to generate a calibration pattern, wherein the calibration pattern is based on the at least one line drawn on the reference calibration tile;
instructions to store the calibration pattern, wherein the stored calibration pattern can be presented on a graphical user interface associated with a graphics editing program;
instructions to receive a selection of the calibration pattern; and
instructions to add the calibration pattern based upon the selection, to a graphical work.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein a length of each line of the at least one line in a first cell is based on an average line length through all cells.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , the instructions further comprising:
instructions to generate an array of error values based at least on the grey-scale values of each cell in the grid of cells and a grey-scale value of the calibration tile; and
instructions to modify the at least one line based on the array of error values.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein a length of the at least one line is modified.