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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. 02, 2001
Filed:
May. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Aoki, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiko Tanioka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
The image surface of an original photograph is covered with a transparent plastic film and the image is corrected by painting on the transparent film so that a combined image material is made. Then this combined image material is digitized with scanning equipment and the resulting digital data is stored in a computer. Thereafter, conventional computer image processing technology is applied to modify the digital image displayed on the monitor of the computer.