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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:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Paul Hugues Martin, Oakton, VA (US);
Jerry Douglas Paxson, Bethesda, MD (US);
John Arthur Schmitz, Middletown, MD (US);
Sam Steppel, Potomac, MD (US);
Assignee:
Media Cybernetics, L.P., Silver Spring, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345354 ;
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product that permit a user to view an image of an object on a graphical user interface (GUI) and perform operations on the image. The method comprising the steps of displaying a set of pictorial representation types on the GUI and allowing the user to select one of the pictorial representation types, by making a likeness determination between the image and the set of pictorial representation types. The system performs a process on the image based on the selected pictorial representation type.