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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Imatte, Inc., Chatsworth, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul E. Vlahos, Tarzana, CA (US);
Arie Berman, Chatsworth, CA (US);
Assignee:
IMATTE, INC., Chatsworth, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 9/75 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/75 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention converts an image into a transparency, or 'foreground image', on which the readability of text and other detail is preserved after compositing with a background, while maintaining color information of broad areas of the image.