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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. 21, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2003
Applicant:
Gijsbert DE Haan, Montréal, CA;
Inventor:
Gijsbert De Haan, Montréal, CA;
Assignee:
Autodesk Canada Co., Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/32 (2006.01); G03B 5/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus, method, system, and article of manufacture provide the ability to process image data in a computer system. A user-operable representation of at least one image-processing function is configured with an adjustable opacity. The user-operable representation is created and processed as a three-dimensional object. The opacity of the representation is adjusted in response to user input. The representation is ten blended with image data to generate blended image data that is output to a display.