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Ultimate Corporation

22Patents
2Active
22Granted
32Portfolio score

Filing activity: Apr 27, 1984 → Mar 28, 2008 · 2 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6134345A Comprehensive method for removing from an image the background surrounding a selected subject Electricity 80 Expired
US6288703A Method for removing from an image the background surrounding a selected subject by generating candidate mattes Electricity 47 Expired
US5907315A Method and apparatus for adjusting parameters used by compositing devices Electricity 46 Expired
US4625231A Comprehensive electronic compositing system Electricity 37 Expired
US5343252A Method and apparatus for compositing video images Electricity 31 Expired
US6880711B2 Storage rack Textiles; Paper 30 Expired
US6646687B1 Automatic background scene defocusing for image compositing Electricity 30 Expired
US5557339A Screen filtering boundary detection for noise filtering prior to image compositing Electricity 29 Expired
US5742354A Method for generating non-visible window edges in image compositing systems Electricity 28 Expired
US4847543A Motion control drive interface Electricity 26 Expired
US5424781A Backing color and luminance nonuniformity compensation for linear image compositing Electricity 23 Expired
US5270820A Method and apparatus for tracking a pointing device in a video field Electricity 21 Expired
US5515109A Backing color and luminance nonuniformity compensation Electricity 19 Expired
USD556530S1 Clamp for bicycles General 13 Expired
US6363526B1 Edge enhancement correction for improved image quality Electricity 13 Expired
US5831685A Backing color and luminance nonuniformity compensation Electricity 12 Expired
US5940140A Backing luminance non-uniformity compensation in real-time compositing systems Electricity 12 Expired
US6538396B1 Automatic foreground lighting effects in a composited scene Electricity 10 Expired
US5202762A Method and apparatus for applying correction to a signal used to modulate a background video signal to be combined with a foreground video signal Electricity 9 Expired
USD392900S Clock General 3 Expired
US8063991B2 Using a region restricted cleanup signal to bridge a signal level mismatch between a blue screen and an adjoining garbage matte Electricity 0 Active
US8189110B2 Equalization of noise characteristics of the components of a composite image without degrading subject image quality Electricity 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.