WO2002035472A3 - Creating cartoons - Google Patents

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WO2002035472A3
WO2002035472A3 PCT/US2001/050421 US0150421W WO0235472A3 WO 2002035472 A3 WO2002035472 A3 WO 2002035472A3 US 0150421 W US0150421 W US 0150421W WO 0235472 A3 WO0235472 A3 WO 0235472A3
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contour
cartoons
creating
image
creating cartoons
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Aseem Agarwala
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Starlab Nv Sa
Aseem Agarwala
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T13/00—Animation
    • G06T13/80—2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T11/00—2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
    • G06T11/40—Filling a planar surface by adding surface attributes, e.g. colour or texture
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T7/00—Image analysis
    • G06T7/10—Segmentation; Edge detection
    • G06T7/12—Edge-based segmentation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T7/00—Image analysis
    • G06T7/20—Analysis of motion
    • G06T7/246—Analysis of motion using feature-based methods, e.g. the tracking of corners or segments
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T2207/00—Indexing scheme for image analysis or image enhancement
    • G06T2207/10—Image acquisition modality
    • G06T2207/10016—Video; Image sequence
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T2207/00—Indexing scheme for image analysis or image enhancement
    • G06T2207/20—Special algorithmic details
    • G06T2207/20092—Interactive image processing based on input by user
    • G06T2207/20104—Interactive definition of region of interest [ROI]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T2207/00—Indexing scheme for image analysis or image enhancement
    • G06T2207/20—Special algorithmic details
    • G06T2207/20112—Image segmentation details
    • G06T2207/20116—Active contour; Active surface; Snakes

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Abstract

Creating cartoons includes tracing a contour around an image in a frame of media including a sequence of frames, modifying the contour to more tightly fit around the image, and coloring closed areas surrounded by the contour.
PCT/US2001/050421 2000-10-24 2001-10-24 Creating cartoons WO2002035472A2 (en)

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US96412800A 2000-10-24 2000-10-24
US09/964,128 2000-10-24

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US5966134A (en) * 1996-06-28 1999-10-12 Softimage Simulating cel animation and shading
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US4357624A (en) * 1979-05-15 1982-11-02 Combined Logic Company Interactive video production system
US5966134A (en) * 1996-06-28 1999-10-12 Softimage Simulating cel animation and shading
GB2333678A (en) * 1997-08-04 1999-07-28 Sony Corp Image data processing apparatus and method, and transmission medium
WO2000075869A1 (en) * 1999-06-03 2000-12-14 Fluency Research & Development Co., Ltd. Image processing method

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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ROGERS L S ET AL: "A new technique for automatic contour extraction", ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY, 1994. ENGINEERING ADVANCES: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS., PROCEEDINGS OF THE 16TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE BALTIMORE, MD, USA 3-6 NOV. 1994, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, US, 3 November 1994 (1994-11-03), pages 608 - 609, XP010145417, ISBN: 0-7803-2050-6 *

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