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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6262747 | Device-independent trapping A computer-implemented method traps an edge in a color page described by page data, independently of the output device. The method comprises identifying, based on page data for a color page, an edge and first and second adjacent regions having the edge as... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6246415 | Method and apparatus for culling polygons A method and apparatus provide for preserving hardware resources in connection with a display of complex scenes. Polygons which make up portions of the display can be culled prior to use of the hardware resources. An occlusion parameter for use in the cul... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6237010 | Multimedia application using flashpix file format A system, for use on a computer system, creates and publishes a set of images, each image in the set being stored in a FlashPix file which contains at least the image in multiple resolutions, viewing parameters for viewing the image, and information relat... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6236407 | Method for creating graphical images The present invention is a process for creating custom graphical images. A computer user activates the process by selecting a base image or set of base images. The base images may be chosen from a library of such images or created by the user directly. Th... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6219068 | Editor and editing method in CAD system enabling efficient interactive pattern design An editor in a CAD system, which assigns different command functions to each of a plurality of buttons, enables commands for editing processing such as "movement", "deletion", and copying" to be issued by the corresponding buttons, and adds one polygon an... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6209010 | Computer implemented method for wrapping data to an arbitrary path defined by a page description language A method for flowing data, such as text data, into an arbitrary path defined by a page description language specification ("PDL specification") generally comprises the steps of: identifying a path defined in the PDL specification as a data-wrapping path; ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6208352 | Method for the computerized solution of the intersection of polygons Methods and systems for the computerized solution of the intersection of polygons where the product polygon and subtracting polygon are represented by vertices in a product polygon linked list and a subtracting polygon linked list, respectively. In one as... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6208933 | Cartographic overlay on sensor video A sensor system for providing a cartographic overlay on a displayed sensor image for a current location within a selected region. The sensor system includes a sensor for generating the sensor image and a location device for generating a location signal co... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6202073 | Document editing system and method A document editing system edits a document which includes image data. A processing script for editing the image data is either selective or nonselective. If the processing script is nonselective, image editing is automatically performed without user inter... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6201546 | Systems and methods for generating three dimensional, textured models A method for creating a three dimensional, textured model of at least one object is provided. The method includes identifying regions of the at least one object in a number of two dimensional images of the at least one object. The method further interrela... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6201548 | Graphical user interface for image editing A region of the original image is selected and the thus-selected region is then subjected to an example image editing operation called "crop" in which the selected region remains, and the area outside of the selected region is removed. After the "crop" or... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6184857 | Computer-implemented method of rendering an image of smoke A method of simulating the appearance of smoke in an electronically generated video image that uses one or more intersecting opaque spheres. Each sphere has a nonuniform smoke density that produces feathered edges. The smoke sphere is an object modeled as... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6181313 | Liquid crystal display controller and liquid crystal display device In conventional liquid crystal display controllers such as for portable telephone sets, the display is reduced in the stand-by state but the liquid crystal display duty is not changed, i.e., even the common electrodes of the rows that are not producing di... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6172670 | Method and apparatus for simultaneous shape-dependent access to picture data stored at a plurality of addresses A control means 101 is responsive to the shape of data inputted by inputting means 32 to control designating means 102 to switch interleaving patterns of addresses of a memory 18 designated for accessing means 103a to 103d. The designating means 102 desig... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6172682 | Detecting insideness of a rectangle to an arbitrary polygon There is described a method for determining the relative location between a rectangle and a polygon. First, a box that bounds the polygon is created. An outside indicator is returned if the rectangle is outside the box. An intersect indicator is returned ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6146277 | Command input method and recording medium This invention relates to a game system. The game system has a window image including an action command frame and a non-action command frame. When it is a player's turn to designate an action parameter, the window image including the action command frame ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6146143 | Dynamically controlled vehicle simulation system, and methods of constructing and utilizing same A system for simulating the operation of a vehicle, comprising a monitor for displaying a sequence of visual images; a plurality of control devices for the simulated vehicle for manipulation by an operator of the simulated vehicle; a computer, responsive ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6144387 | Guard region and hither plane vertex modification for graphics rendering Performing graphics rendering without the computational expense of hither plane clipping and with only a minimum of display image clipping. Where a three dimensional polygon crosses to both sides of a hither plane, any vertices on the back side of the hit... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6137497 | Post transformation clipping in a geometry accelerator A system and method for performing view clipping and model clipping of graphics primitives in a geometry accelerator of a computer graphics system. The method includes performing view clipping and model clipping of the graphics primitives in homogeneous w... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6133922 | Method of integrating a blend or chamfer surface replacing an edge of a geometrical body into a solid model In a method of integrating a blend or a chamfer surface replacing an edge of a geometrical body into a solid model, a primary blend or chamfer surface is defined and the primary boundaries between the primary surface and the body are calculated. Then the ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6122442 | Structure and method for motion estimation of a digital image by matching derived scores A structure and a format for providing a video signal encoder under the MPEG standard are provided. In one embodiment, the video signal interface is provided with a decimator for providing input filtering for the incoming signals. In one embodiment, the c... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6118457 | Resolution conversion with preservation of fine lines and of hue An image processing method and apparatus which prestore a mask pattern generated using a pseudo-random number in a ROM within the apparatus, and perform image data conversion using the mask pattern. This avoids overlap between the pixel pattern of the ima... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6065015 | Method and apparatus for editing an image file in an electronic camera An image file editing apparatus avoids duplicated display of image files when image files are being displayed from multiple recording medium that are removably insertable into the apparatus. A medium drive device writes and reads files stored in the remov... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6061047 | Method and apparatus for clipping text A method of generating a graphical image, such as a font, is described in which expansion data for an image portion that is not to be written is never added to source data for such portion.... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6052128 | Method and apparatus for clipping convex polygons on single instruction multiple data computers An image to be clipped is decomposed into its edges and the edges simultaneously clipped by multiple execution units of a SIMD computer along pairs of parallel clip planes. Successive parallel operations are performed on polygons recomposed using the clip... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6052129 | Method and apparatus for deferred clipping of polygons While executing the standard graphics processing steps, problem polygons (i.e., those outside of a defined clip volume) are buffered for later processing, while the standard graphics processing continues, without the need for periodically reformatting dat... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6034782 | Adaptive compression for printer I/O channel A cable test application is run in the host computer to determine whether the PC to printer connection is able to maintain at least a predetermined speed of data transfer. The cable test provides an accurate measure of the true throughput of the I/O conne... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6034691 | Rendering method and apparatus The present invention is directed to a real-time controllable reflection mapping function which covers all stereoscopic directions of space. More specifically, the surface of a mirrored object is segmented into a plurality of polygonal elements (for examp... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6031544 | Vector map planarization and trapping A vector map representation of page information to perform trapping. The vector map representation combines the positive attributes of both raster and vector based representations to make trapping more efficient by combining the sparseness of the vector r... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6028645 | Digital video effects apparatus and method therefor A digital video effects apparatus has a graphical user interface having a display upon which is produced a video image within a predetermined shape, the video Image being rotated in time and space to represent a 3-dimensional effect. Control points are se... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6014147 | Computer machine architecture for creating images from graphical elements and a method of operating the architecture A system, method and language for compositing or creating images is disclosed. The images typically comprise a plurality of graphical elements each including color and opacity information. The system utilizes operators having the graphical elements as ope... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6005590 | Geometrical operation apparatus for performing high speed calculations in a three-dimensional computer graphic display system The apparatus comprises an input memory 102 for storing data necessary for geometrical operations, such as coordinate transformation, luminance calculation, and clipping operation of graphics; a global bus connected to the input memory; a plurality of flo... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6005574 | Data processing system including method and apparatus for performing graphics clipping operations A list of graphics orders defining the graphics objects to be displayed is processed to generate a list of modified graphics orders representing those portions of the graphics objects not overlaid by an overlapping area. The mechanisms for clipping to the... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5986669 | Graphics processing with efficient clipping A method for determining data characterizing a primitive resulting after the primitive has been subjected to clipping determines the data after the primitive has been clipped. The data, which may be attribute data, is not determined prior to clipping, the... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5982380 | Hardware clipping device which compares objects with boundaries via use of absolute values It is judged that a vertex exists within a view volume when values stored in registers (231 to 236) are all "1". In other words, whether the vertex exists within or beyond the view volume can be judged by whether the values stored in the registers (231 to... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5966136 | Efficient method for clipping numerous objects against an arbitrary clipping path A method and apparatus for clipping a objects against a non-rectangular polygon. The present invention first defines a rectangular buffer with a height and width equal to the maximum height and width of the non-rectangular polygon. Next, each object is cl... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5943036 | Flicker reduction system for computer graphical interlaced display A flicker reduction system for display of computer graphics on an interlaced display is provided. Under the control of a computer or game system, horizontal lines are analyzed to determine if flicker conditions are present. If flicker conditions exist, a ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5923381 | Device and method for processing a signal with a subject moving against a colored background A device and method that overlays, onto a new colored background a subject clipped from a source video image having a subject moving against a first colored background. A clipping key KD is calculated which makes it possible to separate the color space re... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5914722 | Memory efficient method for triangle rasterization A method of rasterization of a polygon in a 3D draw engine, comprising storing data defining a polygon in a memory organized in pages, the polygon crossing a memory page boundary, comprising rasterizing a first portion of the polygon contained within a me... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5877762 | System and method for capturing images of screens which display multiple windows Methods and apparatus for capturing images on screens which display multiple windows. Exemplary embodiments eliminate unnecessary reading and writing of information pertaining to display data that is not visible. A user designates an arbitrary region of a... | 03/02/1999 |
