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Patent No.:

US 7277595 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007

Filed:

Jan. 06, 2003
Applicant:

Russell Reid, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventor:

Russell Reid, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/387 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

To better realize the great potential of amateur digital photography, the present invention introduces an intuitive system for digital manipulation. The system of the present invention allows a user to simply fix small blemishes in digital images. In one embodiment, the user merely places a cursor on the image blemish and activates a cursor control device such as a mouse button. In one embodiment, the blemish repair system is implemented using one of Dirichlet's theorems. The theorem provides a method of creating a smooth surface within a circle by using the values of points around the circle. To prevent the result from appearing too smooth, some pixelization may be added.


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Reid, Russell. (2007). Method and apparatus for digital image manipulation to remove image blemishes (U.S. Patent No. 7277595). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7277595

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