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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:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method of providing a display ( ) for a graphical user interface in which a user may define a selected region ( ) of a subject image ( ) is disclosed together with a computer program, a computer-readable storage medium ( ) and apparatus for the same ( ). The method comprising the steps of displaying the subject image ( ); displaying at least one mask ( ) over the subject image wherein at least part of the or each mask extends to the periphery of the subject image ( ); and defining the selected region ( ) as those parts of the subject image not covered by a mask. The or each mask has a geometry which may vary in accordance with a user's input whereby the user selecting a first point within a mask and a second point displaced therefrom causes the geometry of that mask to vary in relation to the displacement ( ) between the first and second points.
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