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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1999
Katsuakira Moriwake, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsunobu Ando, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuro Matsuzaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Tsukahara, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In synthesizing a foreground picture and a background picture in accordance with a key signal, for example, by soft chroma key processing, a preview screen,as a picture as a result of processing by the key signal and a key parameter setting screen,for setting characteristics of the key signal are displayed. Characteristics of the key signal are changed on a three-dimensional space by information obtained through the key parameter setting screen,, and the picture as a result of processing is changed on the preview screen,. Thus, even when the range of key signal setting is adjusted on the three-dimensional color space, desired processing may be carried out by simple operation.