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"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5459823 | Graphics engine for true colour 2D graphics A graphics engine is disclosed which can be used in a colour desktop publishing system. The graphics engine accepts 32-bit RGBM data and performs pixel level calculations under computer control to output processed 32-bit RGBM data. The engine comprises a ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5410644 | 3D video special effects system Real-time video information is digitized and stored as a plurality of digital pixels in a memory. A 3D surface is then constructed from a flat source surface by breaking the surface into a plurality of flat polygonal patches and folding, rotating and mani... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5379370 | Method and apparatus for drawing lines, curves, and points coincident with a surface A method, for execution by a graphics processing system (10), for rendering objects for display to a viewer upon a display (20) having a plurality of display pixels. The method includes the steps of, for a surface to be displayed having a surface marking ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5369736 | Texture mapping method A texture mapping method projects a specified texture picture onto the surface of an object in another specified picture. Three-dimensional data on the surface shape of the object to be projected is not known previously. The three-dimensional data on the ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5333245 | Method and apparatus for mapping surface texture A two- or three-dimensional image of an object is first input into a computer system. An operator may then define one or more regions of the image for application of surface texture. A two-dimensional image of a surface texture is also input into the comp... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5327509 | Compressed image system for texture patterns The disclosure describes the use of an image generator connected to receive at least two, and preferably three, base colors that have been previously compressed using two blend factors to interpolate degrees of color intensity in a texture image. A decode... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5307450 | Z-subdivision for improved texture mapping A graphical display system and a method for Z-subdivision of polygons into quadrilaterals and triangles whose vertices are arranged between two adjacent Z planes. This slicing allows both atmospheric and texture parameters to be interpolated linearly with... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5261041 | Computer controlled animation system based on definitional animated objects and methods of manipulating same A computer system and method for the generation and manipulation of animated objects in a computer-controlled environment. The animated objects include state data and methods defining the behavior of the object. The animated objects also have an associate... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5257346 | Wire-mesh generation from image data A method and apparatus for obtaining well defined surface descriptions from a three-dimensional image. The invention employs an imaging and graphic system to receive as input an image and initial surface of points. The surface of points are modified in th... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255352 | Mapping of two-dimensional surface detail on three-dimensional surfaces A system and method for providing surface detail to mathematically defined three-dimensional surfaces which preserves the specific dimensional integrity of the surface detail image being mapped to provide dimensionally correct surface detail. This is acco... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5255360 | Dual programmable block texturing and complex clipping in a graphics rendering processor A block texturing and complex clip mask processor for use in a graphics rendering cogenerator. The processor provides two directly accessed texture patterns, and combinational logic for combining texture patterns and graphic primitive signals. The combine... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5239623 | Three-dimensional image generator A three-dimensional image generator generates a random signal which it filters in two dimensions generate a realistic three-dimensional image of a natural object such as ocean waves or clouds. By performing the filtering operation repeatedly on overlappin... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5230039 | Texture range controls for improved texture mapping A graphical display system and process for specifying and controlling a display range in which a specified form of texture mapping is applied or suppressed. Object data from a host computer is processed by four pipelined graphics subsystems before being d... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5179638 | Method and apparatus for generating a texture mapped perspective view A method and apparatus for providing a texture mapped perspective view for digital map systems. The system includes apparatus for storing elevation data, apparatus for storing texture data, apparatus for scanning a projected view volume from the elevation... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5175806 | Method and apparatus for fast surface detail application to an image A system and method for use with a two-dimensional CAD system for rapidly applying surface detail, such as various patterns, to a 2-D image in a manner to provide a 3-D appearance. During a preprocessisng step, a 2-D image to which a perspective mesh has ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5109479 | Method of designing three dimensional electrical circuits A computer aided design package is used to create a mathematical representation of a three-dimensional object. This object is defined as a set of surfaces oriented in space. A map of the flattened object is created by concatenating selected ones of the su... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5016183 | Textile design system and method A realistic image of woven cloth surface is provided by a system which receives a user input of a yarn cross section design to produce a side view image of a resultant spun or unspun yarn and which utilizes either basic weave patterns or user-designed pat... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5003496 | Page memory control in a raster image processor A raster image processor for an all points addressable marking engine includes a page memory having a data input and a write enable input. Halftone tints are applied to bit maps of objects stored in the page memory by applying a tint bit pattern to the da... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4998214 | Apparatus for line imaging A high speed real time print head controller is provided for supporting a high resolution vector graphics command set which is employed to perform flexible high speed generation of textured line effects. Rows of continuous graphics line information are ge... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4974177 | Mapping circuit of a CRT display device In a mapping circuit of a CRT display device in accordance with the present invention, vertex calculating means (2 and 3) evaluates corresponding relations between vertexes of a three-dimensional polygon and vertexes of a two-dimensional polygon and incli... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4974176 | Microtexture for close-in detail In a computer image generation system, as a viewpoint approaches a surface of an object and is closer than a predetermined threshold distance from the surface, a texture pattern obtained from cell data becomes fuzzy, and may not provide adequate motion cu... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4970666 | Computerized video imaging system for creating a realistic depiction of a simulated object in an actual environment A system and method for producing highly realistic video images which depict the appearance of a simulated structure in an actual environment, and provides for accurate placement of the structure in the environment and matching of the perspective of the s... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4945500 | Triangle processor for 3-D graphics display system A process which stores a representation of a polygon forming a portion of a three-dimensional object and compares the polygon to pixels from a scan line as they are passed by. The processor stores a representation of a polygon and compares each pixel pass... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4888713 | Surface detail mapping system A system and method for providing surface detail to computer generated two-dimensional graphic images of apparel or other free-form surfaces such that the three-dimensional appearance of the image is provided or enhanced. That is accomplished through a co... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4879668 | Method of displaying internal surfaces of three-dimensional medical images A count is kept of the number of surfaces traversed, in a variety of three-dimensional imaging systems which are particularly advantageous for use in medical applications based upon data generated by magnetic resonance imaging systems and computerized axi... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4855934 | System for texturing computer graphics images Methods and apparatus for rendering a spacial contour texture map onto a generally planar polygon for display on the screen of a video monitor in a computer graphic system includes a memory for storing spacial distance measures between the individual texe... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4821212 | Three dimensional texture generator for computed terrain images An improvement for the real-time computer generation of visual scenes based on an algorithm that reduces the processing of elevation data to simple repetitive accumulations and a compare operation to generate occult data using grid elevation data bases is... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4812988 | Processor for the elimination of concealed faces for the synthesis of images in three dimensions A processor of images of objects described in three dimensions for determining parameters of pixels on a display screen. The processor possesses inputs for parameters of convex polygons describing the objects in a frame of visualization and determines fro... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4763119 | Image processing system for area filling of graphics An area fill technique for graphic images is disclosed wherein the contour lines constituting an image are given in a series of line segments or a series of vectors, and horizontal line segments are ignored. Each line segment other than the horizontal one... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4736315 | Apparatus for evaluating density and evenness of printed patterns An apparatus for evaluating density-evenness of patterns printed on an article includes a circuit for calculating density distribution of the image data in each segment; a circuit for normalizing the density distribution with an area of effective image da... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4677576 | Non-edge computer image generation system A computer image generation system is described which models objects without the necessity of linear edges. The system is adaptable for dynamic (real time) image generation from a compact model base for use in, for example, flight training systems. Scene ... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4615013 | Method and apparatus for texture generation A method and an apparatus for texture generation for a digital image generator of an aircraft flight simulator is disclosed in which (a selected two of the three) coordinates of each pixel of an image are inverse transformed to earth coordinates (112-124,... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4396989 | Method and apparatus for providing a video display of concatenated lines and filled polygons A method and apparatus for compactly describing an image made up of concatenated lines or filled polygons. The drawing of lines for the image begins at an initial drawing point determined in a coordinate system defined by a unit screen and proceeds from p... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4386411 | Random pattern generator A random pattern generator is used to generate waveforms displayed on a cathode ray tube. A plurality of waveforms are built up to form an observed pattern for use in the design of textiles or carpets. To form a waveform a series of numbers Xi (i=1, 2, 3 ... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4343037 | Visual display systems of the computer generated image type A visual display system of the computer generated image type, for a ground based flight-simulator having a rectangular raster-scanned display and having a surface detail information store for providing a visual display of textured surfaces in perspective ... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4213252 | Repeating pattern simulation of a polygon face object system The terrain objects within the data base for an aircraft flight simulation system are formed by polygon faces and include certain objects formed by repetitive patterns of equally spaced identical polygon faces. More specifically, objects such as runway ma... | 07/22/1980 |
