Patent · US Expired

Picture editing apparatus

US6891539B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 8, 1996
Grant dateMay 10, 2005
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Expiry dateJul 21, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/272
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A first editor memory is supplied with picture data that a user has selected, a second editor memory is supplied with a template that the user has selected, and a key memory is supplied with a key information that the user has selected. A switch inserts the picture data into the template in accordance with key information to deliver it to a video memory. A picture synthesis section inserts the picture data stored in the first editor memory into the picture insertion area designated by the key information within the template stored in the second editor memory in accordance with instruction from the user.

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