METHOD FOR REPLACING THE BACKGROUND OF AN IMAGE - Patent 0818108

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EP 0 818 108 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	14.01.1998 Bulletin 1998/03

(21)	Application number: 96928817.0

(22)	Date of filing: 02.08.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06T 1/ 00^{( . )}

H04N 5/ 272^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/012846

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/027702 (31.07.1997 Gazette 1997/33)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT

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Priority:

25.01.1996 US 19960591727

(71)	Applicant: POLAROID CORPORATION
	Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-3589 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	YANG, Yibing Arlington, MA 02174 (US) BOWMAN, John, C. Lexington, MA 02173 (US) HAJJAHMAD, Ibrahim Somerville, MA 02145 (US)

(74)	Representative: Reitzner, Bruno, Dr., et al
	Patentanwälte Dipl.-Ing. R. Splanemann Dr. B. Reitzner Tal 13 80331 München 80331 München (DE)

(54)	METHOD FOR REPLACING THE BACKGROUND OF AN IMAGE