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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2007
Applicant:
Ronald Ungerman, Saugus, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ronald Ungerman, Saugus, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ultimatte Corporation, Chatsworth, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/64 (2006.01); H04N 9/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A visible luminance step in a background scene, caused by a signal level mismatch between a matte signal level and a blue backing signal level, is significantly reduced by a soft edge transition region that raises the blue backing signal level up to the signal level of a garbage matte by using a cleanup signal restricted to the transition region. The soft edge formed by cleanup does not make subjects transparent, and actors may enter this zone with little loss of image quality.