Patent · US Expired

Enhancement of a selectable region of video

US6476873B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 23, 1998
Grant dateNov 5, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 23, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N7/148
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital enhancement method enhances a subsection of video. Video is received by a receiver from a sender. The video includes information or displaying a video image. The subsection of the video for digital enhancement is selected. The selecting the subsection of the video for enhancement includes partitioning the video image into the selected subsection and a remainder unselected subsection. The selected subsection is digitally enhanced by the sender to provide the video including a digitally enhanced subsection. The video including the digitally enhanced subsection is received by the receiver from the sender.

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