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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2006
Applicants:
Bruce Allen Maxwell, Springfield, PA (US);
Richard Mark Friedhoff, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Bruce Allen Maxwell, Springfield, PA (US);
Richard Mark Friedhoff, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Tandent Vision Science, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/50 (2011.01); G06T 15/60 (2006.01); G06T 7/40 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/408 (2013.01); G06T 5/008 (2013.01); G06T 15/506 (2013.01); H04N 1/62 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20104 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20192 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method for manipulating an image comprises the steps of deriving a bi-illuminant dichromatic reflection model representation of the image, and utilizing the bi-illuminant dichromatic reflection model representation to manipulate the image.