ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,726, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Shutterfly LLC (San Jose, Calif.).
"System and method for colored artifact detection" was invented by Matthew John Prokes (Cottage Grove, Minn.) and Ganesh Tiwari (New Brighton, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for detecting colored artifacts on an image of subject are disclosed. An image may be received, wherein the image has undergone background replacement processing. The image may include colored artifacts as a result of errors in background replacement processing. A density of colored artifacts on the image may be determined, and in response to a determination that ...