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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2008
Ji Hyung Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Bon Ki Koo, Daejeon, KR;
BO Youn Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Hee Jeong Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Yoon-seok Choi, Daejeon, KR;
IL Kyu Park, Daejeon, KR;
Seung Wook Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Hwan-gue Cho, Pusan, KR;
Dong-sung Ryu, Pusan, KR;
Won-il Hwang, Pusan, KR;
Bong-kyung Chun, Pusan, KR;
Ji Hyung Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Bon Ki Koo, Daejeon, KR;
Bo Youn Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Hee Jeong Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Yoon-Seok Choi, Daejeon, KR;
Il Kyu Park, Daejeon, KR;
Seung Wook Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Hwan-gue Cho, Pusan, KR;
Dong-Sung Ryu, Pusan, KR;
Won-Il Hwang, Pusan, KR;
Bong-Kyung Chun, Pusan, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for producing digital cartoons includes: an image collection unit for collecting photorealistic image data; and a cartooning processor for performing a rendering process including image abstraction and edge generation on the photorealistic image data collected by the image collection unit to generate cartooned images. The apparatus further includes a stylization unit for producing a cartoon page having various shapes of cartoon frames, resizing the cartooned images to place the resized images into the cartoon frames and adding cartoon elements to the images placed in the cartoon frames.