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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. 25, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsuakira Moriwake, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Shiraishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382270 ; 382276 ; 348578 ; 364731 ; 708442 ;
Abstract
An image data processing apparatus for adding a special effect to an input image data, which is provided with function data generating circuit for generating function data in accordance with positions of pixel data for each pixel data forming the image data, random number generating circuit for generating different random numbers for each pixel data, and output circuit for judging based on the function data and the random number data if the corresponding pixel data is valid data or invalid data, outputting the pixel data only when valid data.