Owner Microsoft Corporation

Inventors Narayanan, Raman; Burgess, Henry W; Zhu, Wei; Liu, Ming; Nickolov, Radoslav

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2003203331

Priority 10134636 30.04.02 US

Filing date 24 March 2003

Wipo publication date 20 November 2003

Acceptance publication date 30 October 2008

G06T 11/60 (2006.01) Two dimensional (2D) image generation, e.g. from a description to a bit-mapped image - Editing figures and text

G06F 3/14 (2006.01) Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer - Digital output to display device

G06F 9/40 (2006.01) Arrangements for programme control, e.g. control unit - Arrangements for executing subprogrammes, i.e. combinations of several instructions

G06F 9/44 (2006.01) Arrangements for programme control, e.g. control unit - Arrangements for executing specific programmes

G06F 15/02 (2006.01) Digital computers in general - manually operated with input through keyboard and computation using a built-in programme, e.g. pocket calculators

G06F 15/16 (2006.01) Digital computers in general - Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a programme unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programmes

G06K 9/00 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints

G06K 9/62 (2006.01) Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints - Methods or arrangements for recognition using electronic means

G06T 1/00 (2006.01) General purpose image data processing

G06T 3/00 (2006.01) Geometric image transformation in the plane of the image, e.g. from bit-mapped to bit-mapped creating a different image

G06T 5/50 (2006.01) Image enhancement or restoration, e.g. from bit-mapped to bit-mapped creating a similar image - by the use of more than one image, e.g. averaging, subtraction

G06T 7/60 (2006.01) Image analysis, e.g. from bit-mapped to non bit-mapped - Analysis of geometric attributes, e.g. area, centre of gravity, perimeter, from an image

G06T 9/00 (2006.01) Image coding, e.g. from bit-mapped to non bit-mapped

G06T 11/00 (2006.01) Two dimensional (2D) image generation, e.g. from a description to a bit-mapped image

H04N 1/387 (2006.01) Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission - Composing, repositioning or otherwise modifying originals

H04N 1/56 (2006.01) Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission - Processing of colour picture signals