Abstract: Techniques for providing an accurate auto-crop feature for images captured by an image capture device may be described herein. For example, one or more image masks for a color image captured by an image capture device may be received by a computer system. Metadata about the color image that identifies portions of the image as foreground and the color image itself may also be received by the computer system. Further, a representation of a user and a floor region associated with a user may be extracted from the color image using the one or more image masks and the metadata. A first area of the color image may be cropped with respect to the extracted representation of the user and the floor region associated with the user to generate a second area of the color image. In embodiments, a third area of the color image may be obscured based on the received metadata.

Abstract: Features are disclosed for an automatic segmentation and alignment of images for display via an interface. The images may have different scales and lengths. As such, items shown in the images, such as clothing, may not be depicted in a uniform way. Segmentation of the images into image portions where a portion of an image shows a specific item is described. The segmentation may be achieved using models and/or complex image analysis. To provide a realistic view of the subject when image segments are presented together on an interface, additional alignment of the image segments may be performed. The alignment may be achieved using models and/or complex image analysis.

Abstract: Features are disclosed for an interface for browsing images of items having different scales and lengths such as clothing. The interface may present two portions of a subject, each portion selected from different data stores of images. The interface may provide a unified view of the portions. For example, a first portion may be taken from an image of the subject wearing a golf shirt and long pants. A second portion may be taken from an image of the subject wearing a long sleeved shirt and shorts. The first portion may show only the golf shirt and the second portion may show only the shorts thereby providing a depiction of what the subject would look like wearing the shirt shown in the first image with the shorts shown in the second image.

Abstract: Techniques for providing an accurate auto-crop feature for images captured by an image capture device may be described herein. For example, one or more image masks for a color image captured by an image capture device may be received by a computer system. Metadata about the color image that identifies portions of the image as foreground and the color image itself may also be received by the computer system. Further, a representation of a user and a floor region associated with a user may be extracted from the color image using the one or more image masks and the metadata. A first area of the color image may be cropped with respect to the extracted representation of the user and the floor region associated with the user to generate a second area of the color image. In embodiments, a third area of the color image may be obscured based on the received metadata.

Abstract: Features are disclosed for an automatic segmentation and alignment of images for display via an interface. The images may have different scales and lengths. As such, items shown in the images, such as clothing, may not be depicted in a uniform way. Segmentation of the images into image portions where a portion of an image shows a specific item is described. The segmentation may be achieved using models and/or complex image analysis. To provide a realistic view of the subject when image segments are presented together on an interface, additional alignment of the image segments may be performed. The alignment may be achieved using models and/or complex image analysis.

Abstract: Features are disclosed for an interface for browsing images of items having different scales and lengths such as clothing. The interface may present two portions of a subject, each portion selected from different data stores of images. The interface may provide a unified view of the portions. For example, a first portion may be taken from an image of the subject wearing a golf shirt and long pants. A second portion may be taken from an image of the subject wearing a long sleeved shirt and shorts. The first portion may show only the golf shirt and the second portion may show only the shorts thereby providing a depiction of what the subject would look like wearing the shirt shown in the first image with the shorts shown in the second image.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula R--CH.dbd.CH--W--CH.dbd.CH--R.sup.1 are described in which R and R.sup.1 are independently phenyl, diphenyl, naphthyl, indyl, tetrahydronaphthyl or acenaphthenyl and W is divalent phenyl, diphenyl, naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl or acenaphthenyl group, which groups may be substituted, the compounds containing at least one non-aromatic ring. Such compounds are useful as optical whitening agents, for example in textile material or paper.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula R--CH.dbd.CH--W--CH.dbd.CH--R.sup.1 are described in which R and R.sup.1 are independently phenyl, diphenyl, naphthyl, indyl, tetrahydronaphthyl or acenaphthenyl and W is divalent phenyl, diphenyl, naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl or acenaphthenyl group, which groups may be substituted, the compounds containing at least one non-aromatic ring. Such compounds are useful as optical whitening agents, for example in textile material or paper.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula R-CH=CH-W-CH=CH-R.sup.1 are described in which R and R.sup.1 are independently phenyl, diphenyl, naphthyl, indyl, tetrahydronaphthyl or acenaphthenyl and W is divalent phenyl, diphenyl, naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl or acenaphthenyl group, which groups may be substituted, the compounds containing at least one non-aromatic ring. Such compounds are useful as optical whitening agents, for example in textile material or paper.

Abstract: Substituted coumarins are described having at the 7-position the group RO- where R is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl or aralkyl group, and at the 3-position a 1,2,4- or 1,3,4-oxadiazolyl group which possesses a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl substituent. The compounds are useful as optical whitening agents in the treatment of textile fibres.