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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7696993 | Geometry primitive type conversion in a GPU pipeline An input stream of graphics primitives may be converted into to a predetermined output stream of graphics primitives by a processor in a graphics pipeline. The processor recognizes a predetermined sequence pattern in the input stream of graphics primitives to the pr... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7688318 | Reusable data constructs for a modeling system Reusing design data in a computer-aided design model includes automatically analyzing a computer-aided design file to identify a set of elements, storing information corresponding to each element in a manner enabling querying and retrieval of the information, presen... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7675515 | Apparatus, and method for generating analytical model, and recording medium in which program for generating analytical model is stored An apparatus for generating an analytical model of an object shape model including: a detail-mesh-model generating section generating a detail mesh model of the object shape model based on the object shape model; a maximum outer shape mesh model generating section g... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7671857 | Three dimensional image processing A method of preparing on a first device object files used for rendering two-dimensional images of three-dimensional objects on a second device by processing object files containing data defining triangle primitives representing at least one three-dimensional object ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7656402 | Method for creating, manufacturing, and distributing three-dimensional models A method is provided for producing three-dimensional (3D) models. The invention will take any sculpture, character, or model from artwork, still life models, images of human beings, characters from a computer game, or any other 3D digital image or model that is scan... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7649533 | Sliding texture volume rendering Subsets of volume data are sequentially stored for volume rendering from two dimensional textures. For example, pairs of adjacent two-dimensional images are loaded into RAM or cache. Strips of texture data are interpolated for polygons extending between the two-dime... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7646384 | System and method to determine a simplified representation of a model A system, method, and computer program for determining a simplified representation of an assembly model comprising the steps of saving a plurality of display states and configuration settings of an assembly model in a design representation; translating said design r... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7646383 | Methods and apparatuses to effect deformation of computer-generated three-dimensional surfaces Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems to deform a computer-generated three-dimensional surface using a lattice of rigid bone segments driven by an interpolation algorithm to define a muscle. Such embodiments allow a realistic presentation of subde... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7643026 | NURBS surface deformation apparatus and the method using 3D target curve Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for deforming a curved surface using a three-dimensional target curve. The curved surface deformation apparatus of the present invention includes object curved surface selection means, sample vertex extraction means, basis... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7643027 | Implicit feature recognition for a solid modeling system Creating an explicit feature used for construction of a computer-aided design model includes recognizing that model features form an implicit feature, presenting variations of the implicit feature, selecting one of the variations of the implicit feature, and creatin... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7636091 | Computational geometry using control geometry having at least two dimensions 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... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7633502 | System and method for graphically representing anatomical orifices and vessels Methods and systems are provided for generating graphical representations of orifices and vessels. One method comprises generating a representation of the surface (e.g., an endocardial surface) within a coordinate system, and laterally moving the distal end of an el... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7629972 | Image-based protruded displacement mapping method and bi-layered displacement mapping method using the same The present invention relates, in general, to technology applied to entertainment information devices, such as video game machines or computer game programs, information devices for representing geo-spatial information, or information devices for performing three-di... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7623128 | Interactive constraint-based alignment objects A computer-implemented graphics system for creating and editing interactive constraint-based alignment objects. One or more drawing entities are created in the graphics system, wherein the drawing entities are linked together as an alignment object, and one or more ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7609262 | Evolutionary optimization and free form deformation Techniques are provided for representation of designs using a basic design which is then modified by a transformation function. In free form deformation techniques the transformation function is defined by a spline function which transforms the space in which the de... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7605812 | Intelligent modeling method and system for earmold shell and hearing aid design A method and appertaining system are provided for automatically modeling a hearing aid sheet design. A 3D geometric description of an undetailed shell model is received, and its features and associated descriptors are automatically extracted. These features are clas... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7595799 | Process for creating from a mesh an isotopologic set of parameterized surfaces A process for creating from a mesh an isotopologic set of parameterized surfaces includes providing a mesh having a plurality of vertices connected by edges, defining faces, the vertices comprising regular vertices of valence 4 and irregular vertices of valen... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7576739 | Storage medium having game program stored therein, and game apparatus and game processing method therefor An area, in a virtual game world, for arranging a plurality of objects and a minimum allowed distance between objects to be arranged therein are set. A position of an object is changed for temporarily arranging the object to an arbitrary position in the area set in ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7576738 | Method for constructing surface parameterizations A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to construct an optimal parameterization for a discrete surface patch. A three-dimensional image having a surface is selected. An initial parameterization of the surface onto a two-dimensional plane... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7570261 | Apparatus and method for creating a virtual three-dimensional environment, and method of generating revenue therefrom An apparatus and method for creating and using a virtual three-dimensional environment, and methods for generating revenue based on the virtual three-dimensional environment. The virtual three-dimensional environment includes a virtual three-dimensional city model w... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7561155 | Method for reducing transport delay in an image generator A method for reducing the transport delay in a computer image generator. The first step is dividing a single frame buffer into a plurality of screen bins. Next is storing primitives in each screen bin the primitives touch. Then the screen bins are rendered by row fr... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7557803 | Method, computer program product and data structure for representing two- or three-dimensional object modeling A data structure for a graph, which is composed by points and line segments connecting adjacent pairs of the points, respectively, of a two- or three-dimensional object comprises a set of point data of the individual points, each of the point data of the points cons... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7548237 | System and method for managing visual structure, timing, and animation in a graphics processing system A visual tree structure as specified by a program is constructed and maintained by a visual system's user interface thread. As needed, the tree structure is traversed on the UI thread, with changes compiled into change queues. A secondary rendering thread that handl... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7542036 | Level set surface editing operators The present invention is level set system for implementing interactive editing operators for surfaces. Level set models are deformable implicit surfaces where the deformation of the surface (editing operation) is controlled by a speed function in the level set parti... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7542035 | Method for interactively viewing full-surround image data and apparatus therefor A method of modeling of the visible world using full-surround image data includes steps for selecting a view point within a p-surface, selecting a direction of view within the p-surface, texture mapping full-surround image data onto the p-surface such that the resul... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7542037 | Three dimensional geological model construction A method for modeling geological structures includes identifying fault planes in a geologic structure, and creating a set of substantially vertically oriented pillars along the fault plane. The pillar grids are then combined into a common three-dimensional grid pill... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7538764 | System and method to obtain surface structures of multi-dimensional objects, and to represent those surface structures for animation, transmission and display Four related but independent aspects are described: (1) a method and a system to derive mesh surface descriptions (also called connectivity-wireframes) and material properties from objects represented as a scalar field (e.g. discrete multi-dimensional data), scalar ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7528830 | System and method for rendering 3-D images on a 3-D image display screen A system includes a 3-D display device with a display screen, an addresser for addressing the 3-D screen, and a renderer having an input for a 3-D model and an input for at least one viewpoint for rendering image information for supply to the addresser. The renderer... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528831 | Generation of texture maps for use in 3D computer graphics A plurality of texture maps for a 3D computer model of an object are generated by processing images of the object, data defining the computer model, and data defining the relative positions and orientations of the images and computer model. A respective texture map ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7522164 | Using self-adjustable three-dimensional matrix to simplify the construction of a complex 3D scene The aspects of the present invention provide for a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for adding a new virtual object into a virtual scene having at least one existing virtual object. An exemplary computer-implemented method inc... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522165 | Method and system for a computer-rendered three-dimensional mannequin A human body is three-dimensionally reproduced to create a computer-rendered model. The model is dynamically manipulable to adjust or customize the dimensions of the model to specified measurements. Computer renderings of garments are stored in the computer. The mod... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518606 | System and method for generating curved pipe objects for computer aided design models One embodiment of the invention provides a method for generating a curved pipe object in a computer-aided design drawing where the geometry of a curved pipe object is generally represented as a segment of a helix. A user selects a curved pipe creation method and a s... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7499050 | Method and system for mesh-free analysis of general three-dimensional shell structures A method, system and computer program product pertained to engineering analysis of a general three-dimensional (3-D) shell structure using the mesh-free technique is disclosed. The structural responses are solved with mesh-free technique after the 3-D shell structur... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7495662 | Part design system using a context-free grammar A declarative system for designing parts or assemblies of parts is based on a history-based design system (40), which has a storage format with primitives and operations; a modeled object is defined in the history based design system by an ordered sequence of... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7492364 | System and method for creating and updating a three-dimensional model and creating a related neutral file format The present invention discloses a method for building, defining, and storing features in an application neutral format comprising building a feature based on a feature class, wherein the feature class comprises feature geometry, feature constraints, and feature dime... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7489313 | Method of segmenting a three-dimensional data set allowing user corrections The invention relates to a method of segmenting a three-dimensional structure from a three-dimensional, and in particular medical, data set while making allowance for user corrections. The method is performed with the help of a deformable three-dimensional model who... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7483024 | Accelerated ray-object intersection An original mesh is provided with a bounding surface and a convex hull surface. A first tessellation links the convex hull to the original mesh, and a second tessellation links the bounding surface to the convex hull. Using the tessellations to find a first intersec... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7479958 | Image generating device and image generating method An image generating device for forming a behind object prepared with polygon data as a part of the background of a virtual three-dimensional space and generating images of the movement of a character object prepared with polygon data in this virtual three-dimensiona... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7479959 | Geometric modeling system with intelligent configuring of solid shapes A computer program product (190), and a geometric modeling system which executes the program, provides a visual depiction of a three dimensional object upon a display device (158). The program (190) detects insertion of a generic movant solid sh... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7477251 | System for acquiring profile information from three-dimensional profile data, its method and computer software program In order to circumvent the problems above, the present invention aims to expand the scope of the usage of the information included in three-dimensional shape data by acquiring the shape information included in the three-dimensional shape data automatically on a shap... | 01/13/2009 |
