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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7358986 | Digital imaging system having distribution controlled over a distributed network The three-dimensional imaging system providing distribution over a distributed network. A low-cost convenient three-dimensional imaging system having a digitizer and orientation fixture which automatically acquires and calibrates to each other. Automatic acquisition... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359547 | Pseudo three dimensional image generating apparatus The pseudo depth information of a subject is generated from multiple images of the subject captured with and without illumination or under various illumination intensities. A pseudo 3D image generating apparatus generates a pseudo 3D image. It includes an image stor... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359575 | Dynamic warp map generation system and method Dynamic warp map generation system and corresponding method are disclosed. A compactor obtains spatial transformation parameters along with geometric and optical distortion parameters and combines them to form hybrid grid data in a hybrid vector space. This vector s... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358962 | Manipulating association of data with a physical object Data elements stored in a computing system and associated with a physical object are reassociated with the same or another physical object. An identifying characteristic presented by the physical object, such as a reflective pattern applied to the object, is detecte... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359576 | Using difference kernels for image filtering Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for filtering an image. A filter kernel is received to determine one or more filtered values for each pixel in a sequence of pixels, where adjacent pixels are separated by a characteristic distance in the i... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358970 | Method and apparatus for modifying depth values using pixel programs A method and apparatus for generating depth values in a programmable graphics system. Depth values are calculated under control of a pixel program using a variety of sources as inputs to programmable computation units (PCUs) in the programmable graphics system. The ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358974 | Method and system for minimizing an amount of data needed to test data against subarea boundaries in spatially composited digital video A method and system for minimizing an amount of data needed to test data against subarea boundaries in spatially composited digital video. Spatial compositing uses a graphics unit or pipeline to render a portion (subarea) of each overall frame of digital video image... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358971 | Generating images using ray tracing and ray tree generated using low-discrepancy sequences Computer graphics apparatus, methods and systems and program products operable to generate and display human-perceptible images, comprise a ray tracer operable to generate a ray tree, the ray tree comprising a primary ray shot along a selected direction and a plural... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358973 | Mixture model for motion lines in a virtual reality environment Improved human-like realism of computer opponents in racing or motion-related games is provided by using a mixture model to determine a dynamically prescribed racing line that the AI driver is to follow for a given segment of the race track. This dynamically prescri... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355597 | Method, apparatus and computer program product for the interactive rendering of multivalued volume data with layered complementary values Described is a system, method and computer program product for rendering volumetric multivalued primary data. The system includes a rendering engine having an input coupled to a source of multivalued primary data and an output coupled to a display. The rendering eng... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355607 | Automatic 3D modeling system and method An automatic 3D modeling system and method are described in which a 3D model may be generated from a picture or other image. For example, a 3D model for a face of a person may be automatically generated. The system and method also permits gestures/behaviors associat... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356178 | System and method for improved multiple-dimension image displays An improved imaging system includes a memory-storage unit, a multiple-dimensional image processor configured to convert information within a multiple-dimensional data set to a two-dimensional representation in a plane orthogonal to an operator-identified view axis, ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356172 | Methods and systems for motion tracking Systems and methods are described for tracking motion in a medical imaging system. The methods use landmark sets including hard landmarks and soft landmarks. The systems can include means for generating a landmark set, means for constructing a landmark set spatial r... | 04/08/2008 |
| RE40224 | Pseudo area lights Computer animators have, till now, largely relegated themselves to using point light sources when simulating directional light sources in computer graphics and animation. The illumination achieved is computationally feasible but not totally realistic. While it is po... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355605 | Method and system for automatic orientation of local visualization techniques for vessel structures A method of orienting a tubular structure in a digital image is provided, wherein the image comprises a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points in a D-dimensional space. The method includes selecting a point in the domain of the image, computing... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355587 | Method and apparatus for computer input using six degrees of freedom A computer input device includes a camera for capturing an image of a pattern on a surface. A processor in the computer input device determines equations for lines from the image of the pattern, applies the line equations to a transform to form transformed line equa... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356192 | Apparatus and method for processing an image An enhancing degree for sharpness enhancing is determined as a parameter for enhancing the sharpness of the input image by using at least one of information about a subject included in the input image and information about the display for displaying the input image.... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356780 | User interface system, scene description generating device and method, scene description converting device and method, recording medium, and sending medium A user interface system comprises a server having a scene description converting device for converting scene description containing input user interaction into converted scene description while leaving parts containing the user interaction and a scene description de... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352369 | System and method for approximating an editable surface A system and methods are disclosed for automatically approximating an editable surface from a 3D data set or a 3D point set, which may be imaged in the form of a NURBS surface. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352911 | Method for bilateral filtering of digital images A method for processing an image using a bilateral filter. The bilateral filter is reformulated at each pixel location in the image into a sum of the original signal value of a central pixel at said pixel location and a bilateral correction term which is a function ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353188 | Product selling system and method for operating the same A product selling system is provided which allows clients with networks accessible to the Internet to contact a service provider network for purchases. The service provider network includes a database with three dimensional (3D) image data for a variety of its produ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352882 | System and method for determining compactness in images An image processing system for recognizing image features in three dimensional images, which can be medical images, uses a mask generator for generating masks that are used by a candidate searcher to search for candidate images in the three dimensional image. The ca... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352370 | Four-dimensional volume of interest A method and apparatus for representing a deformable volume of interest in four dimensions is described, where the four dimensions are three spatial dimensions and one temporal dimension including discrete points in time, and where the deformable volume of interest ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352386 | Method and apparatus for recovering a three-dimensional scene from two-dimensional images A method and apparatus for recovering a three-dimensional (3D) scene from two-dimensional (2D) images. A sequence of images is divided into a number of smaller segments and a 3D reconstruction is performed on each segment individually. All the reconstructed segments... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352892 | System and method for shape reconstruction from optical images Reconstructing the shape of the surface of an object in greater than two dimensions is performed using a noise-tolerant reconstruction process and/or a multi-resolution reconstruction process. The noise-tolerant reconstruction process can be a Bayesian reconstructio... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353213 | System and method for preventing duplicate printing in a web browser A method and system for processing shipping labels having postage is described. In one configuration a hidden frame in a secure browser window is used to control printing of an actual shipping label while allowing unlimited sample printing of a sample shipping label... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352368 | Computer-implemented system and method for displaying three-dimensional images having associated metadata Computer-implemented systems and methods for displaying an object having three-dimensional characteristics on a user interface Metadata and shape data related to a three-dimensional object are received. The shape data defines the three-dimensional object in a three-... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353457 | Graphical access to data objects A method, apparatus and system for accessing data objects from a storage medium includes rendering a combination of graphical structures. Each graphical structure depicts a storage hierarchy or logic, and can include a link or reference to stored data objects. The c... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348980 | Method and apparatus for interface for graphic display of data from a Kstore A method for providing a display of data from an interlocking trees datastore in a graphical display system having a graphic display device is disclosed, the method including the steps of collecting display requirements for defining a value and at least one display ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348976 | Three-dimensional shape display program, three-dimensional shape display method, and three-dimensional shape display apparatus A three-dimensional shape is displayed at a high speed on the basis of compressed data. A subdivision pattern for at least one face that forms the three-dimensional shape is determined on the basis of three-dimensional shape data that defines the three-dimensional s... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348974 | Image processing system for use with a patient positioning device An image processing system (1-5) is provided which obtains images of a patient (8) from multiple view points and which then generates positioning instructions for a mechanical couch (7) to vary the position of a patient. A number of techn... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349158 | Diffraction grating-based encoded micro-particles for multiplexed experiments Microparticles 8 includes an optical substrate 10 having at least one diffraction grating 12 disposed therein. The grating 12 having a plurality of colocated pitches Λ which represent a unique identification digital code that is detected... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348971 | Active matrix panel In an active matrix panel, a pixel matrix which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of source lines, and thin film transistors is formed on a first transparent substrate. A second transparent substrate is formed opposite to the first transparent substrat... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347780 | Game system and game programs A portable game system that uses polygon graphics to generate a 3-D player character, or body part such as a hand, moving through a 3-D simulated game space for display on an LCD screen in the portable game system. Overlaying an LCD screen is a touch screen that sen... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349832 | Water particle manipulation Realistic sprays for simulated fluids are created by adding a set of spray particles to a boundary region just below the fluid surface. The fluid surface is determined by solving a level set equation for a zero level corresponding to the fluid surface. Additionally,... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348973 | Modeling hair using interpolation and clumping in an iterative process The present invention models hairs by generating hairs by interpolation and then further modifying the interpolated hairs to form clumps. The modified hairs can be iteratively reprocessed to generate more hairs and thereby produce a greater level of detail in the re... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349936 | Interpolation method, apparatus for carrying out the method, and control program for implementing the method There is provided an interpolation method for the Volume-of-Fluid (VOF) applied to a two-phase incompressible fluid, in particular, which makes it possible to cause time evolution of a shape-describing function based on the Volume-of-Fluid (VOF) method while preserv... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347555 | Multi-dimensional imaging apparatus, systems, and methods A lens, an apparatus, and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to receive a plurality of left eye rays through a first plurality of separating facets of a lens at an image acquisition plane, and to receive a plurality of right eye rays through a se... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348962 | Information input apparatus, information input method, and recording medium The operation characteristics of an image capture unit are changed on the basis of the captured image. If an object does not move, i.e., if the user does not input, the capture timing and the like are decreased to reduce the consumption power. The capturing conditio... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349975 | Simulcast web page delivery A multimedia broadcast system provides program schedule information simulcast as a Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) data stream including commands and displayable, selectable indicia associated with the commands, along with programs for display. A set top box is ad... | 03/25/2008 |
