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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Lifetouch Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventors:
Michael T. Breckenridge, Plymouth, MN (US);
Eric J. Runquist, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Michael J. Surma, Eagan, MN (US);
Earl John Adolphi, Los Lunas, NM (US);
Assignee:
Lifetouch Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/68 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/68 (2017.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembled group image is generated from subject images. Each of the subject images is associated with height data for the subject in the image. The height data is used to position the subject images in the assembled group image to provide a natural appearance. Shadows can also be added to the assembled group image.