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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2004
Applicant:
Alexis Wilke, Montbeliard, FR;
Inventor:
Alexis Wilke, Montbeliard, FR;
Assignee:
Weather Central, Inc., Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for finding a pointing element within a digital image. A digitized image is received including a background and an object to be tracked. The background and the object have a different color. A rectangle is defined within the image including at least a portion of the object. The defined rectangle is searched to determine the X and Y coordinates of the pointing element.