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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2010
John M. Kanalakis, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Zachary R. Bean, Milpitas, CA (US);
David J. Mackie, San Jose, CA (US);
Eddie Collins, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark David Dyer, San Jose, CA (US);
John M. Kanalakis, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Zachary R. Bean, Milpitas, CA (US);
David J. Mackie, San Jose, CA (US);
Eddie Collins, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark David Dyer, San Jose, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a video input from a video source coupled to a display configured for rendering a user interface thereon; generating a grayscale element associated with the user interface by evaluating alpha values related to pixels associated with the video input; generating an opacity mask; and setting red, green, blue (RGB) values equal to an alpha value of a source image for certain pixels in the source image.