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Method and apparatus for displaying a simulated application of at least one coating to a digital image

  • US 9,123,174 B2
  • Filed: 04/03/2012
  • Issued: 09/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

  • enabling, using a processor, a user to identify a first area of a digital image, wherein the first area comprises an original first area color;

    preprocessing, using the processor, the digital image, wherein preprocessing comprises automatically identifying at least one edge between the first area and a second area of the digital image;

    segmenting, using the processor, the digital image into a first segment that represents the first area and a second segment that represents the second area wherein an original second area color of the second area will remain unchanged;

    enabling, using the processor, the user to select a first color, wherein the first color is different from the original first area color; and

    displaying, using the processor, the digital image with at least a portion of the original first area color within the first segment replaced with the first color.

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