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Apparatus and method for portrait photography

US6047130A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 20, 1997
Grant dateApr 4, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B15/00
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is an apparatus and method that includes a photographic camera synchronized to a video camera with a computer and viewing monitors in a unique combination that allows professional photography customers to visually determine the appropriate size of a portrait photograph and matching picture frame by displaying upon a viewer a perspective view of a video image of the photographic image and the matching picture frame within a simulated room image.

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