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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1999
Alvy Ray Smith, Seattle, WA (US);
John Bradstreet, Redmond, WA (US);
Jonathan Edgar Fay, Woodinville, WA (US);
Ajai Sehgal, Woodinville, WA (US);
Tanuja Abhay Joshi, Redmond, WA (US);
John Fitzgerald Bronskill, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel Gwozdz, Issauquah, WA (US);
Steven Andrew Cover, Redmond, WA (US);
Nicholas John Clay, Bellevue, WA (US);
Edward W. Connell, Redmond, WA (US);
Alvy Ray Smith, Seattle, WA (US);
John Bradstreet, Redmond, WA (US);
Jonathan Edgar Fay, Woodinville, WA (US);
Ajai Sehgal, Woodinville, WA (US);
Tanuja Abhay Joshi, Redmond, WA (US);
John Fitzgerald Bronskill, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel Gwozdz, Issauquah, WA (US);
Steven Andrew Cover, Redmond, WA (US);
Nicholas John Clay, Bellevue, WA (US);
Edward W. Connell, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An image processing application employs the concept of integral pre-multiplied alpha channel, and combines the techniques of multi-resolution representation, graph-structured representation, and automatic and intelligent data type conversion in order to permit a computer user to mix and manipulate both raster and vector based images in a single user interface while remaining unaware of the different data types underlying the images.