Patent №
US 6,909,438
Granted
2005-06-21
Filed 2001
Owner
SPORTVISION, INC.
Lab
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AI components
2
vision · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09767777
A system is disclosed for blending two image that makes use of a color map which indicates colors in a foreground can be mixed with the background and how much of each source to mix. One embodiment of the invention restricts the use of the color map to only pixels in the foreground that correspond to a graphic (or effect) in the background. Another embodiment makes use of a gray scale matte which stores blending values for each pixel in the foreground.
AI classification
Ownership
SPORTVISION, INC.
assignment · 116990902
Assignors
WHITE, MARVIN S., HONEY, STANLEY K., HSIAO, WALTER, GLOUDEMANS, JAMES R., MEIER, KEVIN R., MCGUFFIN, JAMES
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