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Image synthesis with reduced memory requirements

US5585945A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 16, 1993
Grant dateDec 17, 1996
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Expiry dateFeb 16, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/3871
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided an image processing system in which when two images are synthesized, a first image is transmitted from a first image processing section to a second image processing section and a third image is obtained by synthesizing the first and second images, wherein the system has means for adding image effective area information for synthesization and for transmitting simultaneously with the first image information, and the image synthesization is executed on the basis of the image effective area information.

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