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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:
Apr. 27, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sming Huang, Monmouth, NJ (US);
Hiroyuki Hiraiwa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
American Alpha Inc., Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396-2 ; 396429 ; 395117 ; 348552 ;
Abstract
The present invention teaches a computerized automatic photography booth for generating a synthesized sketch and a method therefor. The initial images to be converted may be real-time images taken on sight and/or stored images previously programmed into the memory of the computer. The computer maps out the essential characteristics of each image and converts the image into a sketch. Optionally, a background sketch is also programmed so as to form a composite.