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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:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2001
Marvin S. White, San Carlos, CA (US);
Stanley K. Honey, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Walter Hsiao, Mountain View, CA (US);
James R. Gloudemans, San Mateo, CA (US);
Kevin R. Meier, Redwood City, CA (US);
James Mcguffin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Richard H. Cavallaro, Mountain View, CA (US);
Marvin S. White, San Carlos, CA (US);
Stanley K. Honey, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Walter Hsiao, Mountain View, CA (US);
James R. Gloudemans, San Mateo, CA (US);
Kevin R. Meier, Redwood City, CA (US);
James McGuffin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Richard H. Cavallaro, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sportvision, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A system is disclosed for blending two image that makes use of a color map which indicates colors in a foreground can be mixed with the background and how much of each source to mix. One embodiment of the invention restricts the use of the color map to only pixels in the foreground that correspond to a graphic (or effect) in the background. Another embodiment makes use of a gray scale matte which stores blending values for each pixel in the foreground.