ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,049, issued on May 27, was assigned to Corel Corp. (Ottawa).
"Stroke tapestry systems and methods" was invented by Stephen Bolt (Stittsville, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Prior art digital painting applications create strokes by repeatedly applying a stamp at incremental positions along a path. Such applications led to uniform marks being made by the mark making tool along the stroke as the same process as applied by the software application at each point along the stroke. However, some areas of a painting involve repetitive strokes, which can take a lot of time for the user. Embodiments of the invention provide the user wit...