Owner Microsoft Corporation

Inventors Jacob, Kurt B.; Strawn, Devon L.; Faraday, Peter; Young, Kenneth L.; Mullen, Patrick G.

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2005200698

Priority 10825035 15.04.04 US

Filing date 16 February 2005

Wipo publication date 27 October 2005

Acceptance publication date 10 June 2010

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G06F 17/30 (2006.01) Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions - Information retrieval

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

G06T 15/70 (2006.01) Three dimensional (3D) image rendering, e.g. from a model to a bit-mapped image - Animation effects

G06T 17/00 (2006.01) Three dimensional (3D) modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects

G11B 27/034 (2006.01) Editing

G11B 27/34 (2006.01) Editing - Indicating arrangements

H04N 5/262 (2006.01) Details of television systems - Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects

H04N 5/783 (2006.01) Details of television systems - Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate

H04N 7/24 (2006.01) Television systems - Systems for the transmission of television signals using pulse code modulation