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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7212635 | Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and image processing system An image processing apparatus for encrypting a profile for color matching, generates a table which stores change information of the profile, changes data in the profile on the basis of the generated table, and encrypts the table by a predetermined algorithm. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212201 | Method and apparatus for segmenting an image in order to locate a part thereof A method is disclosed to automatically segment 3D and higher-dimensional images into two subsets without user intervention, with no topological restriction on the solution, and in such a way that the solution is an optimal in a precisely defined optimization criteri... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209136 | Method and system for providing a volumetric representation of a three-dimensional object The invention provides a method of providing a volumetric representation of a three-dimensional object. The method comprises several steps, including obtaining a line list of points of at least one set of lines having start and end points corresponding to intersecti... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209141 | Macroblock padding A boundary macroblock of a video object is padded without significant synchronization overhead between a host processor and an existing coprocessor. The host processor determines horizontal and vertical graphics primitives as a function of shape data stored in a hos... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209138 | Image processing A method of constructing a two-dimensional image includes receiving information describing a two-dimensional N-gon mesh of vertices and constructing an image by coloring at least some of the N-gons based on the respective vertices of the N-gons. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209137 | Efficient triangular shaped meshes The present invention renders a triangular mesh for employment in graphical displays. The triangular mesh comprises triangle-shaped graphics primitives. The triangle-shaped graphics primitives represent a subdivided triangular shape. Each triangle-shaped graphics pr... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206729 | Inertial field generator: a method for controllably coupling kinematic character motions to dynamically simulated elements A method is described to let animators control the extent by which kinematically scripted character motions affect dynamically simulated objects' motions. The dynamic objects are connected to the kinematic character, such as clothing or hair, and the motion of the d... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206661 | Persistent naming for sub-paths of intermittent fillet weld beads A computing environment is provided with the ability to at least contribute to the persistent naming of the divided sub-paths, including their edges and vertices, of a continuous path of an intermittent fillet weld bead, including the determination of an invariant w... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202877 | Sprite rendering Computation of sprite position and size in JSR-184 with revised modelview matrix made with column vector lengths of original modelview matrix. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203634 | Computational geometry system, interrupt interface, and method A computational geometry server is provided that includes a server, a communication link, at least one client, and an interrupt interface. The server has processing circuitry and an operation manager. The operation manager is configured to compare source geometric d... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200532 | Subdivision surface-based geometric modeling system A method for surface modeling of images to produce realistic images or to provide simulations with accurate surface information is provided. More particularly, the present invention relates to a new subdivision depth computation technique and to an improved label-dr... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200537 | Wire harness design supporting method and program To easily transform three-dimensional data of a wire harness into a two-dimensional drawing. Wire harness data of a wire harness to be routed in a desired object is inputted to a computer. The wire harness data includes coordinate information which is three-dimensio... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199793 | Image-based modeling and photo editing The invention provides a variety of tools and techniques for adding depth information to photographic images, and for editing and manipulating images that include depth information. The tools for working with such images include tools for “painting” in a depth c... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199801 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method To provide an image processing apparatus that enables display of a situation where all or a part of a display image changes using simple image processing. A first texture image, a second texture image, display priority of each pixel constituting the first texture im... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199807 | Mixed reality presentation method and mixed reality presentation apparatus A set of objects to be rendered by an identical rendering method is specified from objects which form a virtual space. A hierarchical structure formed by the object included in the specified set is generated. The objects included in the specified set are rendered by... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200251 | Methods and systems for modeling objects and object image data using medial atoms Methods and systems for modeling objects and object image data using medial atoms are disclosed. Objects and object image data can be modeled using medial atoms. Each medial atom includes at least two vectors having a common tail and extending towards an implied bou... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197353 | Sensitivity encoding MRI acquisition method A sensitivity encoding method (SENSE) is used to acquire an MR image having a reduced field of view. The number of aliased replicates caused by surrounding object boundaries is calculated for each image pixel location to obtain optimal aliasing artifact suppression ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197723 | Semiconductor device manufacturing In a system including a plurality of diverse semiconductor manufacturing facilities, each of the facilities having a respective manufacturing process requiring semiconductor specific design information in a corresponding diverse format, a method for supplying data t... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196703 | Primitive extension Method and apparatus for generating a primitive extension defining a generalized primitive is described. The primitive extension defines the connectivity and vertices used to specify a collection of connected primitives, such as a strip-type or fan-type generalized ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197372 | Apparatus and method for managing and distributing design and manufacturing information throughout a sheet metal production facility An apparatus prepares data for manufacturing a product or a part with a pre-determined shape by using a bending press provided with detachable tools. The apparatus includes a computer memory that stores bending order information for manufacturing the product or the ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196707 | Tangent balancing When a Bézier spline is fitted to a plurality of points the two tangent handles at each control point can be very different in length. A method of fitting a second spline to the first spline that has tangent handles of equal length at each control point is provided... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196702 | Geometric design and modeling system using control geometry A method and system for computer aided design (CAD) is disclosed for designing geometric objects. The present invention interpolates and/or blends between such geometric objects sufficiently fast so that real time deformation of such objects occurs while deformation... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197474 | Method of modeling product demand subject to a large number of interactions A data processing system-implemented method or data processing system readable medium can be used to model operating parameter(s) for a vendor. Detailed analysis of the impact of prices or other variables, on the demand of each item, is performed. These allow us to ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197441 | Method for generating progressive solid models based on cellular topology Disclosed is a method for generating progressive solid models based on a cellular topology. A cellular model generating section 10, if a specific feature-based model is inputted, performs a mapping operation on the input feature-based model with reference to ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194125 | System and method for interactively rendering objects with surface light fields and view-dependent opacity A method renders a model of a 3D object. A polygon model of the 3D object is generated, and a set of input images are acquired of the object. For each vertex of the polygon model, a set of visible views are located, and a set of closest views are selected from the v... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193633 | Method and apparatus for image assisted modeling of three-dimensional scenes A computer-assisted technique for constructing a three-dimensional model on top of one or more images (e.g., photographs) such that the model's parameters automatically match those of the real world object depicted in the photograph(s). Camera parameters such as foc... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194117 | System and method for performing a three-dimensional virtual examination of objects, such as internal organs Methods for generating a three-dimensional visualization image of an object, such as an internal organ, using volume visualization techniques are provided. The techniques include a multi-scan imaging method; a multi-resolution imaging method; and a method for genera... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190363 | Method and system for processing graphics simulation data A method and system for processing graphics simulation data is disclosed. Initially, a group of three-dimensional visual models to be rendered in a graphics simulation are constructed. Data that are utilized to move and control elements of the graphics simulation ar... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190331 | System and method for measuring the registration accuracy of an augmented reality system A method for determining registration accuracy of an augmented reality system is provided. The method includes the steps of providing an input device for inputting a position of a user's touch; registering the input device with a workspace coordinate system of the a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190367 | Method, apparatus, and system for rendering using a progressive cache A method, apparatus, and system for rendering are disclosed. A rendering request is defined, where the rendering request describes an object to be rendered. A progressive cache is queried to determine a cached element most representing a display image satisfying the... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190364 | System and method for polygon-smoothing in texture-based volume rendering A system and method for polygon-smoothing in texture-based volume rendering is provided. The method comprises the steps of: downsizing a slice polygon and determining boundary polygons around the downsized slice polygon using a smoothing factor, wherein the downsize... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191020 | Output service provision system, virtual object management terminal, mobile object, virtual object management terminal program, mobile object program, and output service provision method This invention provides an output service provision system which is capable of allowing a user to easily receive a provided output service, providing an output service responsive to the user and flexibly coping with situational variations. Upon determining that a vi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190362 | System and method for organizing data for a 3-dimensional graphics pipeline A system and method for pipelining three-dimensional graphical data in which two-dimensional renderings of objects are created from polygon data by transforming and lighting each polygonal vertex and then connecting the vertices. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188093 | Methods and systems for determining circular dependency Methods and systems are disclosed for determining whether circular dependency exists in a plurality of dependency rules. The method includes generating for at least some of the plurality of dependency rules a plurality of exclusion lists. Each exclusion list is asso... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187390 | Method and program for determing intersection point of triangle with line segment A coordinate system R is set in which P0 is a coordinate origin, P0P1 conforms to a first U axis to have a unit length, P0P2 conforms to a second V axis to have a unit length, and P0P1×P | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187378 | Determining the convex hull of convex polygons with congruent corresponding angles The convex hull of two polygons having congruent corresponding angles with the same orientation can be determined by analyzing the relationship of each vertex of one of the polygons relative to its adjacent vertices. More particularly a line may be defined between a... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187810 | Methods and systems for correcting image misalignment The invention provides methods of determining a correction for a misalignment between at least two images in a sequence of images due at least in part to sample movement. The methods are applied, for example, in the processing and analysis of a sequence of images of... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184048 | System and method for generating an animatable character A system and method are disclosed for generating an animatable object. A skeleton of the desired character is constructed by the user utilizing various predetermined components. These predetermined components include a various selection of rods and joints. The rods ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184051 | Method of and apparatus for rendering an image simulating fluid motion, with recording medium and program therefor An apparatus for processing an image has a texture rendering unit for storing a texture image in a texture rendering area of an image memory, an image rendering unit for storing a polygon in a display rendering area of the image memory based on at least the texture ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184587 | Three-dimensional shape creating program, three-dimensional shape creating method, three-dimensional shape creating apparatus, and computer readable recording medium recorded with three-dimensional shape creating program A three-dimensional shape creating program, a three-dimensional shape creating method, a three-dimensional shape creating apparatus and a computer readable recording medium recorded with the three-dimensional shape creating program, wherein one feature is made up of... | 02/27/2007 |
