Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied by theinventors: “Generating imagery for digital content can be t ime consuming and expensive. For example, toachieve an aesthetic depiction of a n object, such as a sneaker or a bottle of perfume, the object typicallyneeds t o be positioned and lighted against a background scene. The background scene may include, forexample, an environment such as a basketball court, bathroom, flow er garden, etc. Such environmentscan be difficult to scope out, reserve, and tr avel to. The background scene may also include componentsarranged in a setting, such as a bench to the left, a window, an arrangement of rolled towels, or any of awide variety of other objects. If different background scenes are desired f or different images, the time andeffort required to capture imagery of the obje ct in such backgrounds multiplies.