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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:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2003
Applicant:
Gregory V. Hofer, Loveland, CO (US);
Inventor:
Gregory V. Hofer, Loveland, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/222 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A digital imaging system that allows the user to select and mark objects with markers is disclosed. The digital imaging device tracks the position of the marked objects even when the marked objects are not in the field of view of the digital imaging system.