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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7400325 | Culling before setup in viewport and culling unit The VPC unit and setup unit of a graphics processing subsystem perform culling operations. The VPC unit performs culling operations on geometric primitives falling within a specific criteria, such as having a property within of a numerical range limit. This limit re... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400329 | Graphics images system and method A system for 3-dimensional gaming on a mobile handset is provided. The system includes a converter component operable to convert a pre-rendered 3-dimensional graphic image having 24-bit color resolution to a 3-dimensional graphic image having 16-bit color resolution... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397943 | Method and arrangement for touchless detection of data of uneven surfaces A method for detecting data of an uneven surface of an object includes the following steps: illuminating at least one of stripes and a grid on the uneven surface using at least one light source; detecting, without a touching contact, light reflected from the uneven ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398481 | Virtual environment capture A system and method for capturing and modeling an environment is described. A user may direct a rangefinder within an environment to capture data points and correlate the data points with predefined objects. One may also capture images of the environment to be used ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397481 | Image display method and image display system Real space image including a simple prototype created based on three-dimensional CAD data is captured by an image input apparatus. A position/orientation measuring apparatus measures positions and orientations of the image input apparatus and simple prototype. An in... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397473 | Geometry based search method for 3D CAx/PDM repositories Traditional techniques of 3D data retrieval using names and subjective attributes are not robust and are difficult to automate over large 3D repositories. Certain techniques developed for search and classification of 2D engineering designs, are in general, difficult... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393485 | Method and apparatus for creating a sculpture on a container An efficient and cost-effective method of designing and manufacturing a molded container having highly artistic sculptural relief. Computer software is utilized to design a skin shape, create artwork designs, add relief to the artwork designs, and apply the artwork ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394977 | Apparatus and method for creating 3-dimensional image The present invention relates to a apparatus and method for generating 3-dimensional image, which comprises a image photographing part composed of a camera part, a turn table part, a photographing angle adjustment part, a X-axis adjustment part, and a Y-axis adjustm... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7395128 | System, method, and device for designing a die to stamp metal parts to an exact final dimension A system and method for designing stamping tools that produce parts of desired dimensions. The system and method compensate for post stamping deviations from the desired dimensions in the shape of the tools used to produce the parts. The compensated tools result in ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394462 | Superimposing apparatus and method for broadcasting three-dimensional computer graphics image A superimposing apparatus and method for broadcasting a 3DCG image can calculate and superimpose additional information such as characters and figures expressed by a 3DCG image on a TV frame in real time by combining a general three-dimensional graphics accelerator ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394918 | Image recognition method and apparatus An image recognition apparatus has an image capture section for capturing a range image, an image deformation section for deforming the range image captured by the image capture section, and a recognition section for recognizing the presence/absence of three-dimensi... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391417 | Program and image processing system for rendering polygons distributed throughout a game space An entire view volume in a virtual three-dimensional game space to be displayed on a display unit is divided into a front view volume closer to a view point and a back view volume away from the view point. In a first frame of two successive frames, polygons in the b... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392133 | Car navigation system A car navigation system by which a user can easily grasp a drop-in target in the course of a route. In a summary road map displayed in a two- or one-window display representation, contents of a two-dimensional road map is properly selected and simplified, roads are ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389356 | Generalized differentiation methods and arrangements for adaptive multimedia communications Various methods and arrangements are provided for transmitting adaptive multimedia content over networks that provide differential services. By way of example, one method includes compressing video objects, generating at least one corresponding elementary stream con... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388580 | Generating eyes for a character in a virtual environment A method for generating relatively realistic virtual eyes for a character in a virtual environment, such as a video game, chat room, and virtual world. Different types of visual effects and textures are layered to create relatively realistic virtual eyes for a chara... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385614 | Compositing images using logically divided object space An apparatus and method of processing object data (e.g., a scene having one or more objects) logically divide the object space into a plurality of contiguous (or noncontiguous) portions. At least two portions each have object data for such object(s). The apparatus a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385601 | Systems and methods of generating integrated garment-model simulations A method for generating an integrated garment-model simulation is provided. The method includes scanning a human fit model to acquire first shape data representative of a portion of the human fit model; defining a three-dimensional surface simulation based on the fi... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384667 | System and method for producing simulated oil paintings A method and apparatus for producing simulated oil paintings by means of a variety of commercial software programs. A digital color image is created and printed on to a substrate. Also printed on to the same substrate and registered thereto, is a slow drying, clear,... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385600 | Three dimensional display method, system and apparatus A system, method and apparatus for providing a two dimensional image that will be perceived by the human visual perception system as a three dimensional image is disclosed. The system and apparatus preferably employ a transparent rear projection screen onto which an... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385608 | State tracking methodology Redundant changes of tracked state issued by an application are filtered out by comparing the new state value with the old value, and if they are the same, no update is made. State changes are collected in on-chip memory and added to the bin if the state vector asso... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382369 | Systems and methods for robust sampling for real-time relighting of objects in natural lighting environments The present invention is directed to a enhanced Precomputed Radiance Transfer (PRT) system employing an algorithm to compute a PRT signal over a surface mesh and subdividing facets of the mesh to increase the number of surface vertices such that the spatial variatio... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382367 | Method and system for transferring state variables in adaptive mesh-free analysis A method and system for transferring state variables between an old and new model in an adaptive mesh-free analysis is described. The old and the new model are associated with a set of old and new integration points, respectively. A third set of nodes is formed to i... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379060 | Image processing method and image processing apparatus An image processing method includes a position/orientation acquisition step of acquiring a position and orientation of a viewpoint, a virtual image creation step of creating a virtual image on the basis of the position and orientation of the viewpoint, and a holding... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379061 | Method and system for fault isolation within a network element in an optical network A method and system for fault isolation within a network element in an optical network is described. A single fault in the system can give rise to multiple alarms detected at multiple points. Finding the root cause alarm corresponding to the fault that has triggered... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379065 | Display of images and image transitions The present invention consists of a method comprising the steps of displaying an image representing a source value; displaying an image representing a destination value; and displaying a transition image; wherein the transition image is a function of the source valu... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377650 | Projection of synthetic information A real environment during which a feedback between the position of the information and the projection thereof ensues with means for image processing and/or pattern recognition. The feedback ensues in such a manner that the information is positioned at a predetermine... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379582 | Three-dimensional structure verification supporting apparatus, three-dimensional structure verification method, recording medium, and program therefor A projection image data captured from a plurality of angles is processed, and a three-dimensional image data accurately indicating a three dimensional structure for an object is obtained. A shape computing unit 260 computes shape data indicating an outline of... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379584 | Methods for registration of three-dimensional frames to create three-dimensional virtual models of objects A method and system are provided for constructing a virtual three-dimensional model of an object using a data processing system, and at least one machine-readable memory accessible to said data processing system. A set of at least two digital three-dimensional frame... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375678 | Displaying obstacles in perspective view A system and method for displaying obstacles in a conformal perspective view. The system comprises a display screen for graphical display of data, at least one obstacle data source, one or more graphics processors for receiving obstacle data from the at least one ob... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375726 | Method and system for simulation of a thread in computer graphics simulations Method for describing a thread as a geometric object in a three dimensional computer graphics system. The method comprises generating a set of fixture points defining points in space through which the thread passes, generating a set of one or more segments represent... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375727 | System, method and computer program product for geometrically transforming geometric objects Z-buffer rendering of three-dimensional scenes is made more efficient through a method for occlusion culling by which occluded geometry is removed prior to rasterization. The method uses hierarchical z-buffering to reduce the quantity of image and depth information ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375736 | Test method for VGA with overclock frequency and a VGA system thereof A method for testing overclock frequency of VGA includes the following steps. Step A is to receive a new clock parameter of a GPU and a new memory clock parameter, which determine the operation of the VGA. Step B is to make use of the clock parameter of the GPU and ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376707 | Method and apparatus for automatic sending of E-mail and automatic sending control program supplying medium A method and apparatus for sending an E-mail, dispatching or delivering mail with an animated representation as if a pet were going in and out on a GUI picture simulating the inside of a room. In addition, the user can send an E-mail with a friendly feeling using an... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373284 | Method of evaluating the performance of a product using a virtual environment In a method of evaluating a product worn on a body, a computer based body sub-model of at least a portion of the body is created. A computer based product sub-model of the product is created, at least one parameter of which is variable as a function of fluid loading... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372990 | Texture image compressing device and method, texture image decompressing device and method, data structures and storage medium A texture image compressing device includes a separating unit configured to separate intensity maps, including intensity values and light source-independent texture images, those images including color components from a plurality of texture images corresponding to d... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372460 | Method and program for generating volume data from boundary representation data A data input means inputs boundary data of an object to a computer, a data converting means converts the boundary data into a triangle patch having a phase, an associating means divides a space into rectangular parallelepiped cells having boundary planes intersectin... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372935 | Method for minimizing image artifacts and medical imaging system The invention relates to a method for “truncation correction” in an x-ray system, i.e. a correction method during the reconstruction of projection images of an object recorded from different projection angles, if parts of the object do not lie in the field of vi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373377 | Interactive virtual thematic environment The present invention is directed to a method of integrating information, including real-time information, into a virtual thematic environment using a computer system, including accessing the stored information from a database or downloading the real-time informatio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372461 | Image processing apparatus and method of same An image processing apparatus able to decrease the number of minute unit graphics, able to achieve an improvement of performance of graphics drawing processing, and able to efficiently generate images, provided with a triangle generator for receiving vertex data fro... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372458 | Method to fast search printing frequency to present a 3D image A method for searching a printing frequency to display a 3D picture includes breaking an image into strips and using NumLen lenses to form a NumLen-1 image cycle. After the NumLen-1 image cycle is formed, a quantity of images of the image cycle is defined to be dpi/... | 05/13/2008 |
