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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7369277 | Image processing apparatus, drawing processing method, and computer program A drawing instruction processor refers to a bit map line table that shows whether the bit arrays in the row unit are the same in the order of concentrations. The drawing instruction processor decides whether dither patterns to be used for the adjacent specified draw... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369138 | Full-scene anti-aliasing method and system A method and system for performing full-scene anti-aliasing for an image through a technique of rotating and unrotating rasterization of a scene and rendering a resulting image. A scene is rasterized at a first angle relative to a first coordinate system to generate... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365747 | Methods and systems for controlling an image generator to define, generate, and view geometric images of an object Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention allow a user operating on a data processing computer to view geometry of an object model produced by an image generator hosted on an image processing computer by allowing the user to... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365746 | Signage display system and process The invention is a novel display system, for signage and the like. An apparatus and process is provided for displaying a static source image in a manner that it is perceived as an animated sequence of images when viewed by an observer in relative motion to the appar... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366676 | Method and system for in-service monitoring and training for a radiologic workstation In a method and a computer system for screening of medical cases known proven positive and/or known proven normal cases are inserted in the flow of cases during the screening. On a user's option the known cases can be infiltrated in the case stream in accordance wit... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362327 | Method for drawing object that changes transparency In a process where an object fades-in/fades-out, a rate of transparency change is set. A writing threshold is obtained according to the rate of change of the transparency of the object. Polygons included in the object are sequentially processed, and an α value of t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362921 | Method and apparatus for representing and searching for an object using shape A method is disclosed for representing a sequence of images constituting a moving image by processing signals corresponding to the image. An object appearing in one image is identified in the sequence in a first perspective view, and the same object appearing in ano... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362331 | Time-based, non-constant translation of user interface objects between states The present invention relates to a method for moving objects within the graphical user interface (GUI) of an operating system in a manner that provides a transitional effect between window states, which is pleasing to the user. This transitional effect includes chan... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362323 | Method and apparatus for identifying features of multidimensional image data in hypermedia systems A method and apparatus that utilizes coordinates of a “hot spot” selected in an image map to index a location in a secondary image. An object table is indexed using data stored in the indexed location of the secondary image to link a program action to the “hot... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362324 | Stereo image display apparatus and method, and storage medium There is provided a stereo image display apparatus in which a CPU 201 of a PC 101 carries out control in accordance with a stereo image display program such that a suitable viewing position verification image that appears different when a glasses-free ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362335 | System and method for image-based rendering with object proxies A system and method for rendering with an object proxy. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a set of view textures corresponding to a set of viewing directions; selecting a viewing direction for rendering; selecting at least two view textures from the forme... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360156 | Method and system for performing actions on content in a region within a free form two-dimensional workspace A method and system are provided for performing actions on content in a region within a free form two-dimensional workspace. In a computer software application, a region is defined within the workspace, an action is associated with the region, content is received wi... | 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 |
| 7360167 | User interface expander and collapser A method of indicating expanded states and collapsed states of lower level expander/collapser items in a higher level visual control of a user interface display. The method includes providing, in the higher level visual control, a lower level expander/collapser indi... | 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 |
| 7359901 | Compressed document matching An apparatus and method for determining if a query document matches one or more of a plurality of documents in a database. In a coarse matching stage, a compressed file or other query document is scanned to produce a bit profile. Global statistics such as line spaci... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7356198 | Method and system for calculating a transformed image from a digital image The invention relates to a system and method for calculating a transformed image from a digital image and formatted information related to a geometric transformation, especially formatted information related to the distortion and/or chromatic aberrations of an appli... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356823 | Method for displaying single monitor applications on multiple monitors driven by a personal computer A direct access driver solves limitations of DirectX operation under the Microsoft architecture when using multiple monitors. The direct access driver allows applications employing DirectX application program interfaces to use hardware acceleration without display e... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355633 | Video-image control apparatus and method with image generating mechanism, and storage medium containing the video-image control program A video-image control apparatus enables a client to obtain the details of an object in a displayed video image. For this purpose, when the angle of a camera 1003 is changed in accordance with an instruction from an external device, it is determined whether or... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353069 | Electronic apparatus capable of adjusting display direction and display-direction adjusting method thereof An electronic apparatus capable of adjusting display direction and display-direction adjusting method thereof are disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a sensing unit, a processing unit, and a display unit. The sensing unit is for outputting a sensing signal ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352292 | Real-time, three-dimensional synthetic vision display of sensor-validated terrain data A terrain database that is rendered in three-dimensional perspective on a Synthetic Vision display in a moving vehicle is updated in real-time in response to data from a ranging sensor. The updated database may be stored and shared with users of displays in other ve... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7352371 | System and method for providing a perspective-corrected representation of a multi-dimensional cluster A system and method for providing a perspective-corrected representation of a multi-dimensional cluster is presented. Clusters are displayed based on independent spatial orientations within multiple dimensions. For each such spatial orientation, the clusters are loc... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348963 | Interactive video display system An interactive video display system. A display screen is for displaying a visual image for presentation to a user. A camera is for detecting an object in an interactive area located in front of the display screen, the camera operable to capture three-dimensional inf... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349568 | Method and apparatus for handling stereoscopic images utilizing parallax images An image acquiring unit acquires a two-dimensional image from a digital camera and a stereoscopic image from a stereo image storage, and sends those images to a pixel replacing unit. The pixel replacing unit replaces pixels, among the two-dimensional image, correspo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348989 | Preparing digital images for display utilizing view-dependent texturing A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium, a computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions, and a computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave, all for providing a graphic image utilizing view-dependent texture data, including ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348978 | Image processing Provided is image processing technology capable of displaying lines on a field clearly on a screen regardless of the distance to the viewpoint or the visual direction. This image processing method has a step for disposing a linear model formed from multiple polygons... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345687 | Adaptive sampling of a static data set A sampling module is provided. Two or more rays are cast onto a surface from a single point of origin. The ray or rays intersect the surface at various locations. The distance between the intersection points of each pair of adjacent rays is calculated. This distance... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343026 | Operation recognition system enabling operator to give instruction without device operation An operation recognition system including an object to be operated, at least one camera, a processor, and a controller. At least one camera is configured to acquire image data of an operator in a predetermined period of time, and a processor is configured to perform... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343363 | Methods and apparatus for grouping elements of element pairs into element sets Methods and apparatus for grouping elements of element pairs into element sets are disclosed. A master processor transmits number pairs corresponding to the element pairs to worker processors, selectively assigns processing of one or more of the number pairs to the ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342581 | Method and apparatus for displaying 3-D state indicators A method for presenting a user selected status of an object in a three dimensional graphic display is disclosed. The method includes the step of receiving a request to select a property of an object for display. The method further includes the step of displaying at ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343039 | System and process for generating representations of objects using a directional histogram model and matrix descriptor A system and process for determining the similarity in the shape of objects is presented that generates a novel shape representation called a directional histogram model. This shape representative captures the shape variations of an object with viewing direction, us... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339587 | Method for medical imaging and image processing, computed tomography machine, workstation and computer program product A method is for medical imaging and image processing in the form of a perspective volumetric display. The method includes providing a multiplicity of temporally graded 3D data volumes at a multiplicity of instants, a 3D data volume, respectively being assigned to an... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337093 | Systems and methods for collaborative shape and design One embodiment of the invention provides a computer-implemented method for collaborative three-dimensional (3D) markup. In this embodiment, the method includes obtaining a 3D representation of a shape on a client using a web-based interface, displaying the 3D repres... | 02/26/2008 |
