Claims
- 1. A computer-implemented process of protecting an electronically stored image from unauthorized use in a first color space, comprising:
- storing the image in a second color space;
- altering a constituent second color space component of the stored image responsive to relative magnitude of said component to form an altered image such that the altered image is usable in the second parameter space and such that the altered image is not usable in the first parameter space; and
- distributing the altered image for use in the second parameter space.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/255,379 filed on Jun. 8, 1994 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,493,677.
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Divisions (1)
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