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| 6911976 | System and method for rendering images using a strictly-deterministic methodology for generating a coarse sequence of sample points A system and method for generating sample points that can generate the sample points in parallel. The sample points can be used in processing in parallel, with the results subsequently collected and used as necessary in subsequent rendering operations. Sample points... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6885370 | System and method for rendering images using a Russian roulette methodology for evaluating global illumination A computer graphics system generate a pixel value for a pixel in an image to simulate global illumination represented by an evaluation of an unknown function ƒ of the form f ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6772285 | System and method for identifying busy disk storage units A busy disk evaluation system includes a busy disk evaluation module and a control module. The busy disk evaluation module is configured to perform a busy disk evaluation operation in which it processes access request statistics relating to access requests directed ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6724383 | System and computer-implemented method for modeling the three-dimensional shape of an object by shading of a two-dimensional image of the object A computer graphics system generates a three-dimensional model of an object in an interactive manner under control of an operator. An initial model for the object to be modeled is displayed to the operator as illuminated from a particular illumination direction and ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6704621 | System and method for estimating ego-motion of a moving vehicle using successive images recorded along the vehicle's path of motion An ego-motion determination system is disclosed for generating an estimate as to the ego-motion of a vehicle moving along a roadway. The ego-motion determination system includes an image information receiver and a processor. The image information receiver... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6606092 | System and method for generating and using systems of cooperating and encapsulated shaders and shader DAGs for use in a computer graphics system A computer graphics system is described in which a new type of entity, referred to as a "phenomenon," can be created, instantiated and used in rendering an image of a scene. A phenomenon is an encapsulated shader DAG comprising one or more nodes each comp... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6556705 | System and method for aligning a locally-reconstructed three-dimensional object to a global coordinate system using partially-detected control points A system and method are described for aligning a locally-reconstructed three-dimensional object, whose local reconstruction is relative to a local coordinate system, to a global coordinate system by using pre-mapped control points which are projected onto... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6496190 | System and method for generating and using systems of cooperating and encapsulated shaders and shader DAGs for use in a computer graphics system A computer graphics system is described in which a new type of entity, referred to as a "phenomenon," can be created, instantiated and used in rendering an image of a scene. A phenomenon is an encapsulated shader DAG comprising one or more nodes each comp... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6490349 | System and method for scan-dialing telephone numbers and classifying equipment connected to telephone lines associated therewith A telephone scan-dialing arrangement includes a listener module, at least one dialing control module and at least one dialing module, each dialing module being associated with a respective modem. The listener module receives a command to initiate a scan-d... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6434280 | System and method for generating super-resolution-enhanced mosaic images A super-resolution-enhanced mosaic image generating system is provided for generating a super-resolution-enhanced mosaic image from a plurality of image frames, each image frame being associated with image data representative of an image of a portion of a... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6389461 | System and method for supplying and updating information from one or more works to one or more remote user devices in a readily accessible form, and remote user device for use therein An information supply and update system includes abase subsystem and one or more remote user devices. The remote user devices are conveniently handheld devices such as personal digital assitants, cellular telephones, smart phones, paging devices and the l... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6289334 | Apparatus and method for decomposing database queries for database management system including multiprocessor digital data processing system An improved system for database query processing by means of "query decomposition" intercepts database queries prior to processing by a database management system ("DBMS"). The system decomposes at least selected queries to generate multiple subqueries fo... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6219444 | Synthesizing virtual two dimensional images of three dimensional space from a collection of real two dimensional images Method and apparatus are provided for generating two dimensional images representing scenes of three dimensional spaces as viewed for arbitrary observing point. In a specific embodiment of the method and apparatus, consecutive virtual images, computed fro... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6212534 | System and method for facilitating collaboration in connection with generating documents among a plurality of operators using networked computer systems A system for facilitating collaboration among a plurality of users in connection with generation of a document includes a document information store and one or more user modules. The document information store stores document information relating to docum... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6201541 | System and method for "Stitching" a plurality of reconstructions of three-dimensional surface features of object(s) in a scene defined relative to respective coordinate systems to relate them to a common coordinate system A system is disclosed for stitching a plurality of reconstructions of three-dimensional surface features of at least one object in a scene to relate the reconstructions to a common coordinate system. Each reconstruction is generated from a plurality of tw... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6167151 | Apparatus and method for 3-dimensional surface geometry reconstruction A system for reconstructing the surface geometry of an object includes a three-view optic head, a mechanical manipulator, a local 3D surface geometry reconstruction unit and a surface geometry stitching unit. The three-view optic head is operative to gene... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6141794 | System and method for synchronizing access to shared variables in a virtual machine in a digital computer system A code generating system generates, from code in a program, native code that is executable by a computer system. The code generating system may be included in a just-in-time compiler used to generate native code that is executable by a computer system, fr... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6138166 | Interconnection subsystem for interconnecting a predetermined number of nodes to form a Moebius strip topology Interconnection subsystems having diverse topologies, for interconnecting small numbers of nodes having a predetermined maximum degree in a multiprocessor computer system, include subsystems broadly classified into a number of general classes based on the... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6138167 | Interconnection subsystem for interconnecting a predetermined number of nodes to form an elongated brick-like non-square rectangular topology Interconnection subsystems having diverse topologies, for interconnecting small numbers of nodes having a predetermined maximum degree in a multiprocessor computer system, include subsystems broadly classified into a number of general classes based on the... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6138199 | System for data transfer in a ring topology comprising selectors to selectively bypass external devices or a downstream device based upon presence indications A digital data transfer system transfers digital data along a path in a ring topology. The digital data transfer system comprising a host controller and a digital data transfer subsystem. The host controller generates and receiving digital data and the di... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6134599 | System and method for organizing devices in a network into a tree using suitability values In a digital data network, a plurality of devices interconnected by a communication link organize themselves into a tree structure. Each of the devices has an associated suitability value that generally relates to the device's suitability for becoming a n... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6131106 | System and method for floating-point computation for numbers in delimited floating point representation Floating point numbers and other values are represented in a "delimited" representation in which all numbers, including those which would in the IEEE Std. 754 representation, be in the de-normalized format, are in a format which is normalized with an impl... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6115811 | Digital data process system including efficient arrangement to support branching within trap shadows A digital computer includes an efficient mechanism by which an exception handler can traverse the instruction stream in a reverse direction to identify the instruction which gave rise to the exception condition after a discontinuity in an instruction stre... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6094198 | System and method for reconstructing surface elements of solid objects in a three-dimensional scene from a plurality of two dimensional images of the scene An arrangement for generating reconstructon information to facilitate reconstruction of three-dimensional features of objects in a scene based on two-dimensional images of the scene taken from a plurality of locations. The arrangement includes a plurality... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6088510 | Computer system and method for generating and mutating objects by iterative evolution A computer object processing system for, during selected iterations, generating an object, such as an expression defining an image. During an initial iteration, a predetermined number of seed objects are generated, each seed object defining an object for ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6085229 | System and method for providing client side personalization of content of web pages and the like A network includes one or more client computers which can retrieve Web pages and supplemental content items, such as advertisements, from one or more server computers, for display or other processing. Each Web page can have fixed content, one or more fixe... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6064815 | System and method for generating fix-up code facilitating avoidance of an exception of a predetermined type in a digital computer system A system for avoiding exceptional conditions during execution of a program comprises an execution enviornment for executing the program and a fix-up code generation subsystem. The program comprises an instruction stream comprising a series of instructions... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6061693 | System and method for retrieving and updating configuration parameter values for application programs in a computer network A configuration parameter value access system used in connection with a computer system performs an access operation in connection with a configuration parameter in response to a configuration parameter access request from an applications program. Each co... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6055316 | System and method for deriving an appropriate initialization vector for secure communications A secure communications arrangement is disclosed including a source device and a destination device interconnected by a network. The source device generates message packets for transfer to the destination device, each message packet including information ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6052124 | System and method for directly estimating three-dimensional structure of objects in a scene and camera motion from three two-dimensional views of the scene A scene reconstruction system generates a reconstruction of at least one feature of at least one three-dimensional object in a scene from three two-dimensional views as recorded from a plurality of diverse locations. The scene reconstruction system includ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6026497 | System and method for determining the resolution of a granular clock provided by a digital computer and for using it to accurately time execution of computer program fragment by the digital computer A system for facilitating determination of accurate timing of execution of a computer program fragment by a digital computer comprises a clock resolution determination subsystem and an iteration number determination subsystem. The clock resolution determi... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6014514 | System for generating and graphically displaying call stack information for processing elements in a parallel processing system A system for generating a "where graph" for a parallel processing system comprising a parallel processing array controlled by a control processor. The processing array comprises a plurality of processing elements each processing a program comprising a mai... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6009515 | Digital data processing system including efficient arrangement to support branching within trap shadows A digital computer includes an efficient mechanism by which an exception handler can traverse the instruction stream in a reverse direction to identify the instruction which gave rise to the exception condition after a discontinuity in an instruction stre... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5999929 | World wide web link referral system and method for generating and providing related links for links identified in web pages A link referral system includes a classification arrangement for classifying Web pages that the system retrieves over the World Wide Web. In assigning a link in a Web page to a particular classification, the classification arrangement originally establish... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5999729 | System and method for developing computer programs for execution on parallel processing systems A parallel program development and processing system includes a parallel program development section and a parallel program execution section. The parallel program development section allows a program developer to develop programs for execution by a paral... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5991818 | System and method for transferring information representative of conditions at a receiving device for a virtual circuit in a computer network A system comprises a plurality of devices which communicate over a network. At least one of the devices transmits information to at least one other of the devices in information messages over a virtual circuit established therebetween using the network. T... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5983170 | System and method for generating semantic analysis of textual information A system receives an information stream comprising the textual information whose semantic content is to be determined, divides the information stream into a series of elements and classifies each element into one of a plurality of predetermined classifica... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5978419 | Transmitter and receiver circuits for high-speed parallel digital data transmission link An information transfer system includes a transmitter and a receiver for transferring information over a differential communication link. The transmitter circuit includes a plurality of gated driver circuits each associated with one of a plurality separat... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5953343 | Digital information transfer system and method A digital data transfer system comprises a source module and a destination module interconnected by an information transfer medium. The source module initiates a transfer operation in which it transfers a data item and an associated address over an inform... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5915096 | Network browsing system and method A network browser system facilitates browsing of resources in a network, each of the resources having a respective network address. The network browser system includes a browsing control list and a browsing computer. The browsing control list includes at ... | 06/22/1999 |
