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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. 08, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin David Boyd, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Marc Hawlitzeck, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Discreet Logic Inc., Quebec, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
Image data representing a moving image by a sequence of image frames each containing an array of pixels. A distinctive characteristic of an image frame is identified and image data is modified in response to process iterations. For each iteration, a tracking parameter is generated ( ) and the rendering of said object is controlled ( ) in response to the tracking parameter. An output image is displayed in response to the application of the controlled object so that tracking and display operations are performed on a frame-by-frame basis to facilitate creative manipulation of control parameters and tracking locations.