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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:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Amit Chatterjee, Hyderabad, IN;
Inventor:
Amit Chatterjee, Hyderabad, IN;
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Displaying images having pixels thereof that are meant to be transparent is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage is performed once, to transform the image and generate a mask thereof. The second stage is performed each time the image is to be displayed, to copy the transformed image and the mask onto the display. In one embodiment, the transparent image is shrunk and/or stretched when displayed. The cases of animated images and dithering for alpha blending are also disclosed and covered by the invention.