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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
Applicants:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics, Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Eric Edwards, Captain Cook, HI (US);
Clay Harvey Fisher, San Diego, CA (US);
Kurt Jonach, San Jose, CA (US);
Neal Jacob Manowitz, Montebello, NY (US);
John Tree, London, GB;
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/387 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06T 3/4092 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); H04N 1/0044 (2013.01); H04N 1/00244 (2013.01); H04N 1/00392 (2013.01); H04N 1/00424 (2013.01); H04N 1/3872 (2013.01); H04N 5/23222 (2013.01); H04N 5/23235 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01); H04N 2201/001 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0084 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for controlling effects performed on an image includes a digital camera having a display that displays the image. Masking tools position graphical representations on the display to define a portion of the image that is altered when the effects are subsequently applied to the image. The several masking tools may be combined to form a single masking tool.