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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:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Haim Zamir, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
MGI Software Corporation, Richmond Hill, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/100 ; G06F 1/300 ; G06K 9/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/100 ; G06F 1/300 ; G06K 9/34 ;
Abstract
A method for generating a mask for a desired portion within a digital image including selecting a region containing a boundary of the desired portion, the region being at least partially bounded by an inner outline and an outer outline, the inner outline lying inside of or on the boundary and the outer outline lying outside of or on the boundary, detecting edges which lie within the region using an automated edge detector, and generating a mask based on the region and the edges. A system for carrying out the method is also described and claimed.