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Image editing apparatus, image editing method, storage medium, and computer program

Patent 6919893 Issued on July 19, 2005. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject January 6, 2023. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 10336916 filed on 01/06/2003

US Classes:

345/473, Animation345/589, Color or intensity345/590, Gamut clipping or adjustment345/591, Color processing in perceptual color space725/139, Receiver (e.g., set-top box)345/423, Tessellation345/582Texture

Examiners

Primary: Nguyen, Phu K.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G06T015/00

Abstract

In an image editing apparatus, a mouse and a display function as a drawing interface, such as a digital canvas, a palette, and a pen or a brush. A stroke input by a user by dragging the mouse is regarded as a hand-drawn operation with the pen or the brush. In the digital canvas, painting is performed by using inks having various attributes and activities such as texture and animation, based on the stroke input by the user.

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