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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7990396 | Method for maintaining project standards in computer-aided design projects Embodiments of the invention provide a CAD application that allows users to establish, maintain, and synchronize project standards for style definitions and display settings across multiple drawing files that are part of a design project. The CAD application also al... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7884835 | Techniques for projecting data sets between high-resolution and low-resolution objects A method for projecting a data set from a first object to a second object includes the steps of defining one or more sub-objects, wherein each sub-object represents a portion of the second object, associating the first object with a first sub-object, expanding a pro... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7859551 | Object customization and presentation system A method for generating a personalized presentation, comprising providing an Internet browser user interface for selecting an image and a surrounding context; receiving the selected image and surrounding context by an Internet web server; accounting for the user act... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7663648 | System and method for displaying selected garments on a computer-simulated mannequin A method and system for providing a computer-simulated environment for displaying a selected mannequin wearing a combination of selected garments. In one aspect, three-dimensional scenes containing mannequin and garment objects are created within a three-dimensional... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7511721 | Radiographic image connection processing method, radiographic image connection processing apparatus, computer program, and computer-readable recording medium In a radiographic image connection processing method of connecting plural partial radiographic images, the partial radiographic images are selected, and if appropriate the operation mode is changed, e.g., from an image position adjustment mode, for adjusting a posit... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7440877 | System and method for morphable model design space definition A system, method, apparatus and product for designing, on a display device, a geometric shape is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of displaying an initial set of similarly structured model exemplars on a display device, selecting a chosen set of models from... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433753 | Virtual clothing modeling apparatus and method Trying on the clothes is simulated by processing an image sequence by using a posture dictionary, and a three-dimensional figure, obtained in advance, of a person who wishes to try on clothing. The process includes estimating the posture of the person, and simulatin... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426455 | Optimal boolean set operation generation among polygon-represented regions Performing Boolean operations among two regions; regions and results represented as vector tuples. Establish indexing cells about regions and classify by type of interaction between regions, e.g., (boundary, boundary). For each (boundary, boundary) cell, define pseu... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7420573 | System and method for merging electronic diagrams The illustrative embodiment of the present invention provides a method of reconciling and merging differences between displayed electronic diagrams. After differences between corresponding areas of the two electronic diagrams are detected, the software provides a me... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420566 | Apparatus and method for forming event picture in mobile communication terminal Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for forming an event picture in a mobile communication terminal. According to the invention, when there occurs any event such as call reception, alarm or message reception under state that a service picture is displayed on a s... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409259 | Computer-assisted method for designing garments A method is provided for designing garments including the following steps: a) providing, via computer, at least one garment mold (13) made up of a basic three-dimensional surface, personified by a body (2) enveloping cover. The above mentioned garment ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403209 | Rendering images containing video A video node for use in rendering one or more video frames of a video stream. The video node is represented by a compositing tree (2100). The compositing tree (2100) comprises at least one image primitive node (2140) representing one or more vid... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7375769 | Image processing apparatus In an apparatus for composing image data of a main picture and image data of a sub-picture by a chroma key process, an attribute of an image contained in the sub-picture is detected, a partial area of the sub-picture is set as a chroma key mask area in accordance wi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373593 | Apparatus and method for automatically setting constraints within a document layout A user can efficiently perform a setting operation in an automatic layout system. An information processing apparatus having an automatic layout function includes a function for, in editing containers, measuring a distance between a first container placed on the doc... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366978 | Method and system for creating a grid-like coordinate system for addressing data contained in an irregular computer-generated table Methods and systems provide for imposing structure onto a freeform or irregular table so that a subsequent consuming application may use the table, including presentation of the table and location of the data in the table. A generic grid structure is created having ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366581 | Replace face operator for solid body modeling A computer-implemented solid modeling system performs a replace face operation on a solid body by selecting one or more outgoing faces on the solid target body and replacing the selected faces with one or more incoming faces from an operator body. The selected faces... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360230 | Overlay management A method of personalizing a broadcast channel, comprising: receiving an input from a user (110); and personalizing the broadcast channel; and transmitting the personalized broadcast channel to the user using a compressed video transport method. Preferably, co... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359840 | Remote order acceptance design system and elevator remote order acceptance method A specification plan of an order-made product suitable for a building structure plan is generated promptly. A WWW server 11 and a database server 12 are provided to the equipment designer's side. The database server 12 has a drawing database ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355607 | Automatic 3D modeling system and method An automatic 3D modeling system and method are described in which a 3D model may be generated from a picture or other image. For example, a 3D model for a face of a person may be automatically generated. The system and method also permits gestures/behaviors associat... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355609 | Computing visible regions for a hierarchical view A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment determines the visible regions of potentially overlapping views and writes the visible regions to an output device. The visible regions may be determined using the visible-above region asso... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352917 | Image processing apparatus and method, and image pickup apparatus The present invention aims to recognize the mixture state of images. An area specifying unit 103 specifies a mixed area in which foreground object components which form a foreground object and background object components which form a background object are mi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352359 | Method and system for applying gearing effects to inertial tracking Methods and systems for interactive interfacing with a computer gaming system are provided. A method includes providing an input device, where the input device is configured to convey inertial data that is to be interpreted by the computer gaming system. The method ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352358 | Method and system for applying gearing effects to acoustical tracking A method and system for enabling dynamic user interactivity between user actions and actions to be performed by a computer program is provided. The system includes a computing system and an acoustic detection analyzer that is coupled to or executed by the computing ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7336818 | Image processing device and method, and image-taking device The present invention allows an image to be processed corresponding to the mixture of a background image and an image of a moving object. A region specifying unit specifies a mixed region wherein foreground object components making up foreground objects and backgrou... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333233 | Method of utilizing variable data fields with a page description language A computer implemented method for generating a bitmap suitable for high-speed variable printing, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a page description language file, the page description language file defining at least one variable data area and at least one sta... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330192 | Rendering translucent layers in a display system A system and method of rendering overlapping layers in a computer display, such as a windowing system, employs front-to-back assembly of the displayed image. An arbitrary number of overlapping elements, such as windows, can be presented, without requiring temporary ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330195 | Graphic pieces for a border image A graphic piece can be used to add a border to an image. The graphic piece is created by creating a graphic image foreground image and a graphic image background image. The foreground and background images are merged into a graphic image file, the contents of which ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327504 | Method of detecting clipped image pixels A method is described for detecting the clipped pixels of a digital color image. The method includes the steps of: (a) producing a uniformity map from the digital color image, where the uniformity map indicates locations within the digital color image that are subst... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328177 | System and method for interactive, computer assisted personalization of on-line merchandise purchases A system and method for enabling on-line purchasers to customize and personalize their purchasing options by prompting the customer to indicate customer preferences regarding merchandise and services to be purchased on-line. The system and method use intelligent pro... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327487 | Banded compositor for variable data A method and apparatus for Variable Data Printing that adds performance requirements to a raster image processor (RIP) memory optimization that employs memory bands within the page composition process. Documents containing both recurring elements as well as non-recu... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321370 | Method and apparatus for collating object An object collation method comprising a registration procedure for registering the registered data of a registered object in a database, and a collation procedure for collating the input image of a target object with the registered data. The registration procedure i... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315979 | Method and system for dynamic flowing data to an arbitrary path defined by a page description language Improvements to a method for flowing variable data, such as text data, image data, bar code data, and the like, into a path of a template defined by a PDL specification in a high-speed printing operation. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315849 | Enterprise-wide data-warehouse with integrated data aggregation engine An enterprise-wide data-warehouse comprising a database management system (DBMS) including a relational datastore storing data in tables. An aggregation module, operatively coupled to the relational datastore aggregates the data stored in the tables of the relationa... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312803 | Method for producing graphics for overlay on a video source Discloses a method for producing graphical overlay elements on a source video program stream using Microsoft PowerPoint slides as a source of the graphical overlay elements to be overlaid on the source video program stream, including representations of real-time inf... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312802 | Coordinate design and information system A coordinate design and information system (CDIS) combining coordinate geometry, spatial features and drafting into one package. CDIS uses an object-oriented and spatial-based approach in which all objects have a set of attributes, while space and areas are defined ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310104 | Graphics display system with anti-flutter filtering and vertical scaling feature A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, and graphics input. The chip includes a single polyphase filter that preferably provides both anti-... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310606 | Method and system for generating an image-textured digital surface model (DSM) for a geographical area of interest A computer-implemented method for generating an image-textured digital surface model (DSM) for a geographical area of interest including both buildings and terrain may include using a computer to generate a digital elevation model (DEM) of both the buildings and ter... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308332 | Virtual clothing modeling apparatus and method Trying on the clothes is simulated by processing an image sequence by using a posture dictionary, and a three-dimensional figure, obtained in advance, of a person who wishes to try on clothing. The process includes estimating the posture of the person, and simulatin... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305713 | Method and system for preventing capture of electronic digital content A computer-implemented method of protecting content includes receiving a request from a user to access the content. The user is enabled to perceive the content based on the request received from the user. The user is prevented from capturing the content when percept... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302286 | Method and apparatus for the three-dimensional presentation of an examination region of a patient in the form of a 3D reconstruction image In a method and apparatus for the three-dimensional presentation of an examination region of a patient in the form of a 3D reconstruction image, a preoperatively acquired 3D image dataset of the examination region is employed in a medical procedure, datasets represe... | 11/27/2007 |
