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Compositing external images into a multimedia rendering pipeline

US7477264B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 12, 2005
Grant dateJan 13, 2009
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4884
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Compositing functionality is provided in the form of an application program interface (API) that applications can utilize to composite images on video data that is to be rendered. In at least some embodiments, this functionality is exposed in a multimedia pipeline towards the end of the multimedia pipeline, such as at or by a renderer component. A set of methods exposed by the API permit an application to create and manage image compositing.

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