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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120054622 | THREE DIMENSIONAL NAVIGATION OF LISTING INFORMATION Computerized methods and systems for three-dimensional (3-D) displaying and navigating of search results are provided. In embodiments, a criterion may be received from a user of a publication system. A database associated with the publication system may be searched base... | 03/01/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20110234591 | Personalized Apparel and Accessories Inventory and Display Viewing apparel in a store or a catalog may not show a purchaser how the item will look in different light or settings. A user may select elements of a scene, such as a setting, a mannequin, a pose for the mannequin, and apparel/accessories from a web browser-based appl... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110193788 | GRAPHICAL OBJECTS THAT RESPOND TO TOUCH OR MOTION INPUT A first graphical object on a user interface of a device can be transformed to a second graphical object on the user interface. The second graphical object can be manipulated by a user on the user interface using touch input or by physically moving the device. When mani... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110153279 | APPROACH FOR PLANNING, DESIGNING AND OBSERVING BUILDING SYSTEMS A system which may enable users to plan, design and observe various building systems in an abstract and intuitive view, such as with a map view. In this view, virtually all facility information and objects may be displayed as simple shapes (e.g., rectangles). Just by so... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110145693 | TRANSFER OF DIGITAL MEDICAL IMAGES AND DATA A system for distributing images creates a self-sufficient, self-consistent medical imaging and other medical information transfer file that contains image files and corresponding data sets that are bundled with an image viewer application. The medical image and data tr... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110113384 | Media System Having Three Dimensional Navigation via Dynamic Carousel A system and method are set forth which combine an ability to view a motion video with an ability to simultaneously access computer programs. In certain embodiments, the media system provides access to movies, music and photos in a visually appealing three dimensional e... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110065478 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF SETTING ITEMS USING THE SAME A mobile terminal and a method of setting items in a mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal and the method of setting items in a mobile terminal can easily set positions of items in a graphic user interface including a plurality of items.... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110055769 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL LOCATION IMAGE A system to provide a three-dimensional (3D) location image includes a Global Positioning System device to identify location data corresponding to image data generated by a camera, a transmission unit to transmit the image data and the location data to a 3D location inf... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110047515 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR CONTENTS GUIDE AND METHOD THEREOF Disclosed is a three dimensional (3D) navigation system for contents guide and a method thereof. The contents guide navigation system includes a contents classification module to classify contents based on at least one tag defined in the contents, and a navigation modul... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110010671 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENABLING SELECTION OF AN ITEM FROM A PLURALITY OF ITEMS The method of the invention enables selection of an item (21) from a plurality of items (21, 23, 25). The method comprises the steps of visually representing a selected item (21) and reproducing at least part of an audio segment representing the sel... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100257468 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN ENHANCED INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION ENVIRONMENT The present system and method provides an enhanced computing environment for visualizing, managing, organizing, and interacting with digital content in an integrated and user-friendly manner. According to one embodiment, an enhanced computing environment includes a thre... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100214285 | RENDERING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIME HELIX IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE The present invention provides a 3-D time helix renderable in a virtual universe. In one embodiment, there is a time helix tool, including a construction component configured to: generate a 3-D time helix in a virtual universe, and populate the 3-D time helix with a set... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100180236 | Setting and previewing method of dynamically orienting 3D models and machines readable medium thereof A setting and previewing method of dynamically orienting 3D models is provided for reading components of an object model and size features of each component from a model database and displaying them on an interface. The method includes the steps of: selecting one of the... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100174510 | Method and System for Generating and Providing Seating Information for an Assembly Facility with Obstructions A method and system for generating and providing accurate seating information for each seat in an assembly facility are disclosed. The method, and the corresponding components of the system that perform the method, includes determining the position of a seat in an assem... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100058213 | Display controlling apparatus and display controlling method A display controlling apparatus stores therein first position information of pieces of data in a predetermined n-dimensional virtual space displayed on a display device, specifies second position information in the virtual space indicating positions of the pieces of dat... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100058248 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS A method for generating a graphical user interface for a building management system is described. The method includes rendering a graphical representation of a three dimensional object in the graphical user interface. One or more surfaces of the graphical representation... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100042952 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIEWING DEVICE COMPONENTS In a system for viewing the internal components of a device, a user interface is provided. Device selection criteria is received by the system from the user interface. After receiving the device selection criteria, a device model is retrieved from a database in accordan... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20090241433 | ATTRACTION SYSTEM AND ATTRACTION PROVIDING METHOD A theater (54) can be divided into a plurality of booths (64) by booth partition walls (68). By moving the booth partition walls (68), the plurality of booths (64) are combined to form a combined theater (66). When the theater (... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090235207 | Method and system for managing resources on wireless communication network Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) pointing input apparatus which controls a display apparatus. The 3D pointing input apparatus senses a change according to a movement of the 3D pointing input apparatus upon entering a scroll function mode, and maintains a scrolling s... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090216501 | System and apparatus for vicinity and in-building visualization, planning, monitoring and exploring The present invention is a method and system of planning, monitoring and exploring the interior and vicinity of a building or an infra-structure utilizing a computer. The method provides a GUI that optimizes the limited screen space of the computer to provide important ... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090198381 | METHODS FOR REPURPOSING TEMPORAL-SPATIAL INFORMATION COLLECTED BY SERVICE ROBOTS Robots and methods implemented therein implement an active repurposing of temporal-spatial information. A robot can be configured to analyze the information to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the primary service function that generated the information origin... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090172600 | System and Method of Orienting Building Representations Systems and methods are disclosed to display compass-type indicia relative to a three dimensional computer generated image of a building or a region. Such images, presented on multi-dimensional computer driven display devices have associated therewith directional indica... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090150775 | INFORMATION DISPLAY TERMINAL, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM There is provided an information display terminal for displaying an object of a graphical user interface on a display screen including a first operation information acquiring unit for acquiring first operation information including location information on the display sc... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090106090 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Presenting Three-Dimensional Shopping Destinations through an Electronic Information Distribution System Some embodiments provide a method of electronic shopping through a computer network. The method presents, on a display of a computer system, a three-dimensional scene that represents a shopping destination. The three-dimensional scene includes multiple selectable object... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090100379 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A SIMULATED MOVING OBJECT A method and an apparatus for controlling a simulated moving object, wherein during a simulated movement of said object within a three-dimensional virtual world, a switching between different reference points (RP) is performed, wherein said... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090083626 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR A 3D VIRTUAL SCENE A navigation system for navigating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a model or object with which a user can interact. The system accommodates and helps both novice and advanced users. To do this, the system provides a rewind function where view waypoints are... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090083674 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR A 3D VIRTUAL SCENE A navigation system for navigating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a model or object with which a user can interact. The system accommodates and helps both novice and advanced users. To do this, the system provides the capability of tapping a hotkey to acti... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090083673 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR A 3D VIRTUAL SCENE A navigation system for navigating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a model or object with which a user can interact. The system accommodates and helps both novice and advanced users. To do this, the system allows a user to move up and down within a scene re... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090083672 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR A 3D VIRTUAL SCENE A navigation system for navigating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a model or object with which a user can interact. The system accommodates and helps both novice and advanced users. To do this, the system allows a user to walk the view along a horizontal p... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090083671 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR A 3D VIRTUAL SCENE A navigation system for navigating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a model or object with which a user can interact. The system accommodates and helps both novice and advanced users. To do this, the system allows a user to designate a point on a model and t... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090083645 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR A 3D VIRTUAL SCENE A navigation system for navigating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a model or object with which a user can interact. The system accommodates and helps both novice and advanced users. To do this, the system provides scale GUIs that are positioned in the view... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090083627 | Method and System for Providing Information in Virtual Space In an information providing system 100, a virtual three-dimensional space (virtual space) is established by an information management server 40. A user of a mobile communication terminal 50 moves in the virtual space, and browses, posts, and searche... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090007018 | Display Control Apparatus, Display Method, and Computer Program A display control apparatus includes a search unit for searching for a second content linked to a first content and a display control unit for controlling display of a search history of content search performed in accordance with one of a first image and a first charact... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080235630 | Internet based seamless appearing transition method This invention relates generally a method for seamless appearing movement in a digitally created environment such that a computer operator has a sensation of movement within reality. Digitally traversing between and within digital images appears seamless to the computer... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080163103 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING EDGES OF DOCUMENTS An apparatus including a display having a viewable area and a processor connected to the display, the processor being configured to present a border along edges of a document so that the border indicates a proximity of a corresponding edge of the document to the viewing... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080126995 | THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) SEQUENCE DIAGRAM A computer program product providing an interactive three-dimensional (3D) sequence diagram calls for reading sequence data; and generating the 3D sequence diagram including a side view and a top view, the diagram depicting objects, methods and calls relating the object... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080086703 | Preview expansion of list items Computing devices such as mobile devices are typically limited in display size. Information on the devices can be typically displayed in list form, which often allows a user to locate desired information more quickly. Lists of information can be condensed by list items ... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20070136695 | Graphical user interface (GUI), a synthesiser and a computer system including a GUI The present invention relates to a graphical user interface (GUI), a synthesizer and a computer system including such a graphical user interface. In the prior art, input signals may be modified using a variety of controls including rotatable knobs or levers or switches ... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20050289482 | Graphical user interface for 3-dimensional view of a data collection based on an attribute of the data A three-dimensional (3D) view of a data collection based on an attribute is disclosed. A timeline is provided for displaying files and folders. The timeline may include a focal group that displays detailed information about its contents to the user. Remaining items on t... | 12/29/2005 |
