Automated emphasizing of an object in a digital photograph
US6373499B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 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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