SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE VISIBILITY OF AN OBJECT IN A DIGITAL PICTURE - Patent 2277142

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EP 2 277 142 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	26.01.2011 Bulletin 2011/04

(21)	Application number: 09729220.5

(22)	Date of filing: 07.04.2009

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06T 5/00^(2006.01)

G06T 7/20^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2009/002173

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2009/126258 (15.10.2009 Gazette 2009/42)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA RS

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Priority:

11.04.2008 US 123844 P

(71)	Applicant: Thomson Licensing
	92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)

(72)	Inventors:
	BHAGAVATHY, Sitaram Plainsboro NJ 08536 (US) LLACH, Joan Princeton NJ 08540 (US) HUANG, Yu Plainsboro NJ 08536 (US)

(74)	Representative: Rittner, Karsten
	Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH Karl-Wiechert-Allee 74 D-30625 Hannover D-30625 Hannover (DE)

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