Data backup using color space encoded image

摘要

Embodiments of the present disclosure can include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer program products for using color space encoded images to publish an entire book including text and images onto a single piece of paper, or onto few pieces of paper. In certain aspects, the present systems and methods allow users to perform data backup using color space encoded images. In other aspects, the present systems and methods allow users to self-publish desired content significantly cheaper by encoding the desired content using color space encoded images. In certain aspects, publishers or booksellers can include traditional books in combination with digital or electronic books distributed using color space encoded images. In other aspects, the present systems and methods allow users or administrators to compress and/or copy massive documents using color space encoded images.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for data backup, the method comprising:
receiving, at a capturing device, data for backup; creating, at the capturing device, colored cells within a color space to provide an encoded representation of the received data in an image by processing the received data 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; and creating, at the capturing device, one or more additional cells, including color calibration cells, adjoining the encoded image, the one or more additional cells for assisting in correcting color distortion in the encoded image by determining a pseudo-Euclidean metric in the color space, the metric measuring a 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.