Global Patent Index - EP 1256100 A2

EP 1256100 A2 20021113 - COMPONENT IMAGERY SYSTEM FOR IMAGE RETRIEVAL AND COMPOSITION

Title (en)

COMPONENT IMAGERY SYSTEM FOR IMAGE RETRIEVAL AND COMPOSITION

Title (de)

KOMPONENT-BILDSYSTEM ZUM WIEDERAUFFINDEN UND ZUSAMMENSETZEN VON BILDERN

Title (fr)

SYSTEME D'IMAGERIE DE COMPOSANTES

Publication

EP 1256100 A2 20021113 (EN)

Application

EP 00930410 A 20000505

Priority

  • US 0012338 W 20000505
  • US 13319499 P 19990507

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0068881A2] A large database (10, 11, 114) of digitized background images (12) is provided with one or more attributes (14, 16, 18, 15, 17, 19, 116, 118) associated with each image. Preferably most if not all of the attributes are expressed numerically. The attributes can pertain to lighting conditions at the time the associated photograph was taken, and camera orientation. Such conditions can include the horizontal angle of the primary lighting (H), the vertical angle of the primary lighting (V), a measure of the apparent ground perspective (P), color temperature (CT), a measure of light diffusion (D), a measure of the degree of ambient light (A), and horizontal depth of field focal range boundaries (NF, FF). The database is searchable by one or more of these attributes and/or by subject. A user can select a desired background image and learn the attributes associated with that image. A subject image having matching attributes then can be composited with the background image for a realistic composite montage.

IPC 1-7

G06T 1/00

IPC 8 full level

G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06T 15/50 (2011.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G06F 16/532 (2018.12); G06T 15/506 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0068881A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0068881 A2 20001116; WO 0068881 A3 20020912; AU 4823500 A 20001121; CA 2373163 A1 20001116; EP 1256100 A2 20021113

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0012338 W 20000505; AU 4823500 A 20000505; CA 2373163 A 20000505; EP 00930410 A 20000505