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Imaging/Photos

Sonic’s recently completed the sale of several of its imaging patents that have been used in many of its past products include LivePicture. The claims of the patents could apply to digital cameras with panoramic features, digital imaging software for both client and server applications.

Description

Patent #
Apparatus and method for encoding and decoding digital signals 5,497,4352
Rendering perspective views of a scene using a scanline-coherent look-up table 5,748,1942
Procedure for image processing in a computerized system 5,790,7082
Functional interpolating transformation system for image processing 5,907,6402
Method and system for accelerating warping 5,963,2132
Method and system for providing on-line interactivity over a server-client network 5,968,1202
Method and system for panel alignment in panoramas 6,064,3992
Method and system for html-driven interactive image client 6,121,9702
Method and system for compositing images 6,128,1082
Method and system for server access control and tracking 6,148,3332
Method and system for non-destructive image editing 6,181,8362
Method and system for panorama viewing 6,192,3932
Method and system for image templates 6,195,1012
Method and system for centering image objects 6,215,4942
Rendering perspective views of a scene using a scanline-coherent look-up table 6,232,9772
Method and system for multi-resolution texture mapping 6,239,8072
Method and system for creating panoramas 6,246,4132
Method and system for removal of flash artifacts from digital images 6,285,4102
Method and system for mask generation 6,300,9552
Method for performing a color space transformation 6,301,0252
Method and system for composition images 6,349,1532
Method and system for html-driven interactive image client 6,356,2832
Method and system for compositing images 6,385,3492
Color correction estimation for panoramic digital camera 6,456,3232
Method and system for image processing 6,512,8552
Method and system for providing on-line interactivity over a server-client network 6,535,8782
Method and systems for scalable representation of multimedia data for progressive asynchronous transmission 6,536,0432
Virtual reality camera 6,552,7442
Perspective correction for panoramic digital camera with remote processing 6,618,5112
Method for performing a color space transformation 6,621,6042
Motion estimation for panoramic digital camera 6,717,6082
Method and system for encoding movies, panoramas and large images for on-line interactivity viewing and gazing 6,721,9522
Method and system for progressive encoding in an active desktop environment 6,745,226
Method and system for scanning images in a photo kiosk 6,750,9882
Method and system for image processing 6,763,1462
Perspective correction device for panoramic digital camera 6,771,304
Method and apparatus for scanning images in a photo kiosk 6,791,7232
Rendering perspective views of a scene using a scanline-coherent look-up table GB 23285982
Rendering perspective views of a scene using a scanline-coherent look-up table TW 1054962
Procedure for image processing in a computerized system AU 6816412
Procedure for image processing in a computerized system DE 69403331T22
Procedure for image processing in a computerized system FR 93034552
Method and system for image processing AU 6905512
Method and system for image processing CA 21589882
Method and system for image processing ZL94192214.62
Method and system for image processing GB 6910102
Method and system for image processing KR 3202982
Method and system for providing on-line interactivity over a server-client network CA 22879042
Method and system for providing on-line interactivity over a server-client network JP 34573342
Method and system for encoding movies, panoramas and large images for on-line interactivity viewing and gazing GB 23309782
Method and systems for scalable representation of multimedia data for progressive asynchronous transmission IL 1256432
Procedure for image processing in a computerized system EP06810102
Procedure for image processing in a computerized system DE694312942


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