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Automated emphasizing of an object in a digital photograph

US6373499B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 1999
Grant dateApr 16, 2002
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20092
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of image data manipulation guides a beginning computer user through the process of applying an emphasizing effect to an object in an image, so that the beginning user who was previously unaware of the existence of such an effect, or of the mechanics of creating such an effect, may nonetheless emphasize an object in an image.

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