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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:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2005
Applicants:
Zhourong Miao, San Jose, CA (US);
James J. Carrig, San Jose, CA (US);
Marco Paniconi, Campbell, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zhourong Miao, San Jose, CA (US);
James J. Carrig, San Jose, CA (US);
Marco Paniconi, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignees:
Sont Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 11/04 (2006.01); H04N 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of creating a variable-shaped block in a target image includes generating an initial pattern of target blocks, identifying allowable combinations of target blocks, calculating a combination value for each allowable combination, using the combination value to select one of the allowable combinations, and performing the selected allowable combination to create a variable-shaped block.