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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130717 | Real-time Animation for an Expressive Avatar Techniques for providing real-time animation for a personalized cartoon avatar are described. In one example, a process trains one or more animated models to provide a set of probabilistic motions of one or more upper body parts based on speech and motion data. The proc... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127181 | AV DEVICE There is a problem in that, conventionally, an OSD of a channel sign is displayed in a uniform pattern regardless of any switching operations. Thus it may be difficult for a user to intuitively grasp which switching operation causes a screen display based only on inform... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131463 | System and Method for Assembling and Displaying Individual Images as a Continuous Image A system for continuously displaying individual images to present a visual narrative is provided. The system includes a storage module that stores multiple digital images. The images include image data that corresponds to a portion of a least one panel of narrative artw... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105457 | TIME-DEPENDENT CLIENT INACTIVITY INDICIA IN A MULTI-USER ANIMATION ENVIRONMENT A method for managing a multi-user animation platform is disclosed. A three-dimensional space within a computer memory is modeled. An avatar of a client is located within the three-dimensional space, the avatar being graphically represented by a three-dimensional figure... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105458 | MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE PROGRESSION BAR A method comprising displaying a display area adapted to display a multimedia element, displaying a progression bar adapted to represent at least a portion of a duration of the multimedia element, and providing an indicator associated with the progression bar, the indic... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105456 | Interactive, multi-environment application for rich social profiles and generalized personal expression A system and method provides to users the ability to create fully extensible, visually-dominated tokens and associated tackboards, the ability to create fully extensible, visually-dominated collections of tokens, the ability to create an adaptable, interactive, animated... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105455 | UTILIZING DOCUMENT STRUCTURE FOR ANIMATED PAGINATION In general, this disclosure describes techniques for visually emphasizing information displayed on a computing device. In one example, a method that includes receiving a first portion of a document for display by the computing device, the first portion of the document i... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081750 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM During a display of a slideshow of a composite image comprising a plurality of images, a user operates a print bookmark, resulting in composite images and individual images that can be printed being set and stored as print candidate images. By displaying, in a list, sto... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081404 | SIMULATING ANIMATION DURING SLIDESHOW A method and system for simulating an animation effect during the display of a digitally encoded picture, including the steps of: storing a plurality of predetermined animation effects; identifying at least one selected portion of the picture by means of a main subject ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069028 | REAL-TIME ANIMATIONS OF EMOTICONS USING FACIAL RECOGNITION DURING A VIDEO CHAT Embodiments are directed towards displaying an animated video emoticon by augmenting features identified in a video stream. Augmenting features identified in the video stream may include modifying, in whole or in part, some aspects of the identified features but not oth... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050297 | ALIGNING ANIMATION STATE UPDATE AND FRAME COMPOSITION An event, such as a vertical blank interrupt or signal, received from a display adapter in a system is identified. Activation of a timer-driven animation routine that updates a state of an animation and activation of a paint controller module that identifies updates to ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044250 | Systems, Methods, and Machine-Readable Storage Media for Presenting Animations Overlying Multimedia Files Provided are systems, methods, and machine-readable storage media for presenting animations overlying multimedia files in accordance with the present disclosure. Embodiments are described for linking an animation to a multimedia file and presenting the animation overlyi... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120036483 | DEVICE, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A CHANGE FROM A FIRST PICTURE TO A SECOND PICTURE ON A DISPLAY, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT A device is described having a memory storing data specifying a change animation between pictures to be displayed successively on the display, a setting circuit configured to store a setting specifying that a change animation between pictures to be displayed successivel... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120026174 | Method and Apparatus for Character Animation The present invention provides various means for the animation of character expression in coordination with an audio sound track. The animator selects or creates characters and expressive characteristic from a menu, and then enters the characteristics, including lip and... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026172 | COLLISION FREE CONSTRUCTION OF ANIMATED FEATHERS To generate a skin-attached element on a skin surface of an animated character, a region of the skin surface within a predetermined distance from a skin-attached element root position is deformed to form a lofted skin according to one of a plurality of constraint surfac... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026173 | Transitioning Between Different Views of a Diagram of a System Presenting different views of a system based on input from a user. A first view of a first portion of the system may be displayed. For example, the first portion may be a device of the system. User input specifying a first gesture may be received. In response to the fir... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120019540 | Sliding Motion To Change Computer Keys The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented touch screen user interface method that includes displaying a plurality of keys of a virtual keyboard on a touch screen computer interface, wherein the keys each i... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120013621 | System and Method for Facilitating the Creation of Animated Presentations The system and method of creating animated presentations of the present invention focuses largely on the ability for web users with little training to easily create and share animated presentations with other users on the web in addition to allowing experienced artists ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120013620 | Animating Speech Of An Avatar Representing A Participant In A Mobile Communications With Background Media Animating speech of an avatar representing a participant in a mobile communication including preparing the avatar for display for display including: selecting images to represent the participant, selecting a generic animation template having a mouth, fitting the images ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120007870 | METHOD OF CHANGING PROCESSOR-GENERATED INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERIZATIONS PRESENTED ON MULTIPLE INTERACTING PROCESSOR-CONTROLLED OBJECTS Processor-controlled objects, such as inter-communicating processor-controlled blocks, are adapted to present changeable individual characterizations to a user. A user manipulating the objects can cause, over time, a designated object to inherit characterizations and pr... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120007869 | Distributed physics based training system and methods A distributed simulation system is composed of simulator stations linked over a network that each renders real-time video imagery for its user from scene data stored in its data storage. The simulation stations are each connected with a physics farm that manages the vir... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120007859 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING FACE ANIMATION IN COMPUTER SYSTEM A method and apparatus generate a face animation in a computer system. An input of a face image is received. A head model and a skull model are determined for the face image. The head model is matched with the skull model, and a face model is generated. At least one par... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120001924 | Embedding Animation in Electronic Mail, Text Messages and Websites Provided are techniques for providing animation in electronic communications. An image is generated by capturing multiple photographs from a camera or video camera. The first photograph is called the “naked photo.” Using a graphics program, photos subsequent to the ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120001906 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR 3D ANIMATION A system for 3-dimensional animation includes a computer apparatus, a means for display in communication with the computer apparatus, and a means for storage in communication with the computer apparatus. The means for storage is disposed to store data representing a 3D ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120001923 | SOUND-ENHANCED EBOOK WITH SOUND EVENTS TRIGGERED BY READER PROGRESS A sound-enhanced ebook is disclosed, the sound being presented to a reader of the ebook in accordance with the reader's progress through the ebook. The sound-enhanced ebook includes text information, and a plurality of sound events, each sound event being played in resp... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110316859 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES Apparatus and method for displaying images are provided. The apparatus is configured to cause a display of an image; detect one or more inputs by one or more input objects; determine coordinates of the one or more inputs in respect to the image; determine one or more pr... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110316860 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM [Problems] An appropriate motion expression in which a processing load on image processing for a motion of a character is reduced and a predetermined site of the character is in contact with a contact allowed object appropriately is carried out. 12/29/2011 | |
| 20110316858 | Apparatuses and Methods for Real Time Widget Interactions An electronic interaction apparatus is provided with a touch screen and a processing unit. The processing unit executes a first widget and a second widget, wherein the first widget generates an animation on the touch screen and modifies the animation in response to an o... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110310104 | DIGITAL COMIC BOOK FRAME TRANSITION METHOD A method is provided in which, during a first period of time, first data relating to a first frame of a digital comic book are displayed via an electronic display device. The displayed first data includes a first content element. During a second period of time, second d... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310109 | VISUAL PREVIEWS Visual animation platforms may allow users to develop visual media projects, such as movies. Many visual animation platforms may provide animation effects that may be applied to visual elements of a visual media project. Unfortunately, current techniques for providing a... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110304631 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING A HARDWARE ACCELERATED WEB ENGINE Methods of expressing animation in a data stream are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of expressing animation in a data stream includes defining animation states in the data stream with each state having at least one property such that properties are animated as a... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110306422 | IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM An image generation system includes an image information acquisition section that acquires image information from an image sensor, a skeleton information acquisition section that acquires skeleton information based on the image information from the image sensor, the ske... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307837 | REGION OF INTEREST TRACKING FOR FLUID SIMULATION A method of simulation comprises controlling an avatar in an environment. Movement of graphical elements is simulated in a fluid coordinate frame surrounding said avatar, wherein said graphical elements in said fluid coordinate frame obey a first rule set. Said graphica... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110304629 | REAL-TIME ANIMATION OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS Animation of a character, such as a video game avatar, to reflect facial expressions of an individual in real-time is described herein. An image sensor is configured to generate a video stream, wherein frames of the video stream include a face of an individual. Facial r... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110304630 | REAL-TIME TERRAIN ANIMATION SELECTION In-game characters select the proper animation to use depending on the state of the terrain on which they are currently moving. In this specific case the character chooses an animation depending on the angle of the ground on which it is walking. The method involves real... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110298809 | ANIMATION EDITING DEVICE, ANIMATION PLAYBACK DEVICE AND ANIMATION EDITING METHOD An animation editing device includes animation data including time line data that defines frames on the basis of a time line showing temporal display order of the frames, and space line data that defines frames on the basis of a space line for showing a relative positio... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110298827 | LIMITING AVATAR GESTURE DISPLAY Technology determines whether a gesture of an avatar depicts one of a set of prohibited gestures. An example of a prohibited gesture is a lewd gesture. If the gesture is determined to be a prohibited gesture, the image data for display of the gesture is altered. Some ex... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110298808 | Animated Vehicle Attendance Systems In one embodiment, an animated vehicle attendant system may include: a communication path positioned within a vehicle; an avatar creation interface positioned within a passenger compartment of the vehicle and communicatively coupled to the communication path; a first di... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110292054 | System and Method for Low Bandwidth Image Transmission An image transmission method (and related system) for obtaining data of a local subject and processing the data of the local subject to fit a local model of at least a region of the local subject and extract parameters of the local model to capture features of the regio... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110292055 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANIMATING NON-HUMANOID CHARACTERS WITH HUMAN MOTION DATA Systems, methods and products for animating non-humanoid characters with human motion are described. One aspect includes selecting key poses included in initial motion data at a computing system; obtaining non-humanoid character key poses which provide a one to one corr... | 12/01/2011 |
