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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. 04, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
David R Cok, Rochester, NY (US);
Henry Nicponski, Albion, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358500 ; 358527 ; 345179 ; 345180 ; 345168 ;
Abstract
An improved airbrush modeling routine is disclosed that can be implemented in a conventional electronic image reproduction system. The improved airbrush modeling routine incorporates an interpolation function with velocity smoothing to provide improved sampling of brush location during airbrushing operations by calculating the average velocity between sample intervals and determining average acceleration. In addition, randomness is introduced in the improved airbrush modeling routine to provide for a 'textured' appearance in a retouched area of an original image.