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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2010
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/02 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 9/75 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); G09G 5/377 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04N 5/44504 (2013.01); H04N 9/75 (2013.01); H04N 21/4222 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); G09G 5/026 (2013.01); G09G 5/377 (2013.01); G09G 2340/10 (2013.01);
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.


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