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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:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mike Matas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/001 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04804 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques of rendering user interface elements are described. An exemplary technique can include generating color values for a user interface element's pixels based on a relationship between the element's opacity and a characteristic feature of a background area for the element and rendering the user interface element using the generated color values. Other embodiments and/or techniques are possible.