Patent ID: 6351265
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method of producing an electronic image of a subject, said method comprising the steps of:(a) providing an electronic representation of a pixel image of a head of said subject from an external source; (b) providing a background image containing a body configured to adjoin said head; (c) producing, from the electronic representation, a set of digital representations defining an actual size of said head in said electronic representation; (d) providing a set of digital representations defining a desired size of said head corresponding to said body; (e) processing said electronic representation of said image of said head in dependence upon the size information defined by said actual size and said desired size, representing said scanned image of said head scaled to said desired size; and (f) outputting said head, electronically rescaled to said desired size, superposed on said body.