Appeal 2007-0337
Application 09/996,200
Answer 3, 19). We have jurisdiction over the appeal pursuant to
35 U.S.C. § 6(b).
INTRODUCTION
The claims are directed to distorting an image for visual effect.
Specifically, the invention calculates a distortion of a certain area of the
image, extracts at least one component of the distortion, and applies the
extracted component(s) to another area of the image. The user can therefore
easily select some or all of the individual distortion components via a menu
and apply the selected component(s) to other areas of the image. Claim 1 is
illustrative:
1. A method comprising:
in response to user action on a canvas, selecting at least one area of a
first image which relates to an area on a distortion grid;
using a plurality of points local to the at least one area to calculate a
distortion;
extracting at least one component of the distortion; and
applying the at least one component to a second area of the first
image.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Choi US 6,157,750 Dec. 5, 2000
Reyzin US 6,215,915 B1 Apr. 10, 2001
Bruce H. Thomas & Paul Calder, Animating Direct Manipulation Interfaces,
UIST ’95, ACM, Nov. 14-17, 1995 (“Thomas”).
James D. Foley, et al., Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, 2d ed.,
Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., Jul. 1997, pp. 206, 1104, 1108-09 (“Foley”).
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