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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2006
Applicants:

Byron a Alcorn, Ft Collins, CO (US);

Joseph Norman Gee, Ft Collins, CO (US);

Kevin Lefebvre, Ft Collins, CO (US);

Don B. Hoffman, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Inventors:

Byron A Alcorn, Ft Collins, CO (US);

Joseph Norman Gee, Ft Collins, CO (US);

Kevin Lefebvre, Ft Collins, CO (US);

Don B. Hoffman, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A preferred method includes the step of receiving multiple digital video data streams. Preferably, a first of the multiple digital video data streams contains processed pixel data corresponding to at least a portion of the image to be rendered, and a second of the multiple digital video data streams contains processed pixel data corresponding to at least a portion of the image to be rendered as well as information, such as a chroma-key value, associated with at least some of the processed pixel data. The embodiment also preferably includes the step of combining the multiple digital video data streams into the composite digital video data stream by referencing the chroma-key values. Devices also are provided.


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