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1. A method for presenting graphic elements for a display, the method comprising the acts of:
- acquiring image data from a display buffer of a device;
analyzing the image data to identify active and passive regions of the image data;
ranking passive regions to determine a confidence measure for each passive region; and
modifying the image data for display on the device to include a graphic element, wherein the graphic element is presented in a passive region based on the ranking.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for presenting image data to include a graphic element. In one embodiment a method includes acquiring image data from a display buffer of a device, analyzing the image data to identify active and passive regions of the image data and ranking passive regions to determine a confidence measure for each passive region. The method may further include modifying the image data for display on the device to include a graphic element, wherein the graphic element is presented in a passive region based on the ranking.
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1. A method for presenting graphic elements for a display, the method comprising the acts of:
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acquiring image data from a display buffer of a device; analyzing the image data to identify active and passive regions of the image data; ranking passive regions to determine a confidence measure for each passive region; and modifying the image data for display on the device to include a graphic element, wherein the graphic element is presented in a passive region based on the ranking. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product stored on computer readable medium including computer executable code for presenting image data, the computer program product comprising:
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computer readable code to acquire image data from a display buffer of a device; computer readable code to analyze the image data to identify active and passive regions of the image data; computer readable code to rank passive regions to determine a confidence measure for each passive region; and computer readable code to modify the image data for display on the device to include a graphic element, wherein the graphic element is presented in a passive region based on the ranking. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A device comprising:
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a display buffer; and a processor coupled to the display buffer, the processor configured to acquiring image data from the display buffer; analyze the image data to identify active and passive regions of the image data; rank passive regions to determine a confidence measure for each passive region; and modify the image data for display on the device to include a graphic element, wherein the graphic element is presented in a passive region based on the ranking. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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