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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:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andreas Soupliotis, Longueuil, CA;
Michel Eid, St-Laurent, CA;
Gilles Khouzam, LaSalle, CA;
Thomas P. Nadas, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
Avid Technology, Inc., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ; G06K 9/40 ; H04N 1/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ; G06K 9/40 ; H04N 1/46 ;
Abstract
A method and system for color correction in composite image. Spill in a foreground image can be keyed directly to produce a spill matte that can be displayed to a user. The user can apply suitable image processing to the spill matte to modify the eventual color correction to the composite image. The resulting spill matte is used as a template for the application of color correction in the composite image.