Justin G Gardner

US Patent:

6393134, May 21, 2002

Filed:

Feb 24, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/512741

Inventors:

Nicole H. Tostevin - Forest Knolls CA
Mark R. Moran - San Francisco CA
Justin L. Gardner - San Francisco CA
Noel M Marrero - San Francisco CA
Robert A. Cook - Boston MA

Assignee:

Phoenix Licensing, Inc. - Torrance CA

International Classification:

G06K 9100

US Classification:

382100, 40427, 345418, 352 40, 368229

Abstract:

A digital cartoon or animation creation process, alternately describable as digital rotoscoping. Images are obtained in digital format by set-up steps ( ), image capture steps ( and ), and image storage ( ). The rotoscoping process ( ) includes an image to line art rendering sub-process ( ) which optionally may be followed by a specialized line art rendering sub-process ( ) or a coloring sub-process ( ). The line art rendering sub-process ( ) includes a series of filters, particularly including a high-pass filter ( ) using a gaussian blur convolution matrix. The specialized rendering sub-process ( ) has particular use for carrying image regions having particularized detail through into final images in a manner that such detail is not lost, and the coloring sub-process ( ) permits creation of colorized final images.

US Patent:

60614625, May 9, 2000

Filed:

Mar 7, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/813859

Inventors:

Nicole H. Tostevin - Forest Knolls CA
Mark R. Moran - San Francisco CA
Justin L. Gardner - San Francisco CA
Noel M. Marrero - San Francisco CA
Robert A. Cook - Boston MA

Assignee:

Phoenix Licensing, Inc. - Torrance CA

International Classification:

G06K 900
G03B 2132

US Classification:

382100

Abstract:

A digital cartoon or animation creation process, alternately describable as digital rotoscoping. Images are obtained in digital format by set-up steps (32, 44), image capture steps (34-36 and 46), and image storage (38, 48). The rotoscoping process (10) includes an image to line art rendering sub-process (14) which optionally may be followed by a specialized line art rendering sub-process (16) or a coloring sub-process (18). The line art rendering sub-process (14) includes a series of filters, particularly including a high-pass filter (68) using a gaussian blur convolution matrix. The specialized rendering sub-process (16) has particular use for carrying image regions having particularized detail through into final images in a manner that such detail is not lost, and the coloring sub-process (18) permits creation of colorized final images.