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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7936361 | System and method for masking and overlaying images in multiple projector system A system and method for masking images in a multi-projector system, including: converting, using signal processors associated with at least two projectors, at least two independent input video signals into at least two independent signals for masked images, each mas... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7697015 | Storage medium and game device storing image generating program In accordance with a level of importance of a character, a weight is provided for the character. For example, a character operated by a player is provided with a weight heavier than those provided for other characters, and other characters are provided with the resp... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7439980 | Image processing method and apparatus In image processing adapted to a display apparatus using a plurality of line buffers for storing data regarding dots aligned on scanning lines on the screen, when a line having a prescribed width and a prescribed length is drawn on the screen, a line drawing range i... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7420569 | Adaptive pixel-based blending method and system An adaptive pixel-based blending method and system of a video processing system including steps of acquiring a first pixel value in accordance with a first index value, acquiring a first blending factor in accordance with the parts of the first pixel value, calculat... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7362339 | Image processing method and apparatus Image processing is performed on a plurality of layers including at least one line display layer or at least one sprite display layer, from which a plurality of attribute data regarding lines or sprites are sequentially read out so as to produce a plurality of displ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7340106 | Image processing apparatus and method, and image-capturing apparatus The present invention allows the amount of movement indicating the movement of an object within an exposure period to be obtained. An estimated-mixture-ratio processor 401 calculates an estimated mixture ratio for each pixel and an estimated motion vector by ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330600 | Image processing device estimating black character color and ground color according to character-area pixels classified into two classes A character area is extracted from an original image, which is a digital image, according to a feature value calculated with respect to the original image. Pixels belonging to the extracted character area are classified into a first class and a second class accordin... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7302113 | Displaying digital images A method of displaying digital images comprises the steps of using a processor to determine an extent of similarity between a first image part and a second image part, displaying a first image part from a viewpoint and transitioning to displaying a second image part... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7263242 | Method for detecting repetitive surfaces in an optical mouse A repetitive surface detector includes an image capture device capturing an image. An autocorrelator receives the image and generates a signal indicative of a repetitive background of the image. A controller determines a maximum and minimum value in the auto-correla... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256800 | Vertex interaction A method is disclosed for defining surface properties in a virtual world. An object includes vertices defining a surface and surface properties. A number of vertex data layers are provided that permit a user to define several properties, including color, that are th... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250982 | Device and method for processing PIP in TV A device and method for processing a PIP (picture in picture) in a TV, in which a PIP is overlaid on a main picture, thus allowing a user to watch the PIP as well as the main picture even in a region of the PIP at the same time. The device includes a first video pro... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245308 | Display control device and display device A display control device is provided which includes characteristic value-calculating unit for calculating a characteristic value based on an input image signal, a conversion characteristic-calculating unit for determining a conversion characteristic from the charact... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7236645 | Image synthesizing apparatus and method An α value in a desired shape in a desired position can be rewritten to a desired value in a desired range. α value rewriting units for rewriting an α value showing an opaqueness degree of an image are provided. When the desired position comes, an area setting si... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7227553 | Method of digital creation of a multivision filter effect A method of digital creation of a multivision filter effect. The method includes the steps of initializing a plurality of layers and masks corresponding to the layers, wherein the layers and masks have the same dimensions as a picture, and each of the layers has pix... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221778 | Image processing apparatus and method, and image pickup apparatus The present invention allows detection of an exposure time of an image that has already been captured. A motion detector 102 detects an amount of inter-frame movement of a foreground object in a designated frame based on the designated frame and a frame prece... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221366 | Real-time rendering system and process for interactive viewpoint video A system and process for rendering and displaying an interactive viewpoint video is presented in which a user can watch a dynamic scene while manipulating (freezing, slowing down, or reversing) time and changing the viewpoint at will. The ability to interactively co... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218332 | Method and apparatus for windowing and image rendition Systems and methods are presented for processing and rendering image data during a single pass through the image data. A method includes loading scanlines of image data into a rolling band buffer, performing a windowing technique on the image data, and determining i... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215346 | Readability A method of controlling a user interface to display a first graphical element and a second graphical element where the second graphical element, overlays at least a portion of a first graphical element, comprising: determining first color(s) corresponding to the col... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7199795 | Multiresolution geometry caching based on ray differentials with modifications A method and apparatus for rendering a plurality of objects. The method includes receiving ray differential information associated with a ray, determining a first ray differential based on at least information associated with the ray and a first surface patch, proce... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7184063 | Adaptive color schemes Techniques are described for adaptive changing a displayed foreground color when a conflict between the displayed foreground color and an extracted background color is detected. Upon detection of such a conflict, a new foreground color is selected in accordance with... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184047 | Method and apparatus for the generation of computer graphic representations of individuals Apparatus for generating computer models of individuals is provided comprising a booth (1) that is connected to a server (2) via the Internet (3). Image data of an individual is captured using the booth (1) and a computer model correspond... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179171 | Fish breeding toy for cellular telephones A cellular telephone breeding toy includes a memory storing genetic traits of corresponding breedable virtual fish. The memory also stores sets of image templates, there being at least one genetic trait associated with each image template. A keypad is used to select... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176937 | Methods and apparatus for displaying multiple data categories Methods and apparatus are provided for displaying data categories each having a plurality of data subcategories. The apparatus comprises a display having a current luminous output capacity that is configured to produce a first visual presentation of first data subca... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7158153 | Method and circuit for adjusting background contrast in a display device A method for adjusting the contrast of a background region in a display device is provided. A video signal for a background region is received in a background region mode. The gain of the video signal is adjusted responsive to a background region control signal ther... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151546 | Restricting scope of blending modes in 2-D compositing using isolated groups Methods and apparatus, including computer programs, for processing transparency attributes of digital graphics objects. The techniques result in the color compositing of an arbitrary structure of artwork elements defining the appearance of a page to produce a result... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7142209 | Real-time rendering system and process for interactive viewpoint video that was generated using overlapping images of a scene captured from viewpoints forming a grid A system and process for rendering and displaying an interactive viewpoint video is presented in which a user can watch a dynamic scene while manipulating (freezing, slowing down, or reversing) time and changing the viewpoint at will. The ability to interactively co... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7106275 | 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 ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106348 | Texture information assignment method, object extraction method, three-dimensional model generating method, and apparatus thereof The present method represents a three-dimensional shape model by polygons according to a plurality of object images information picked up by rotating a real object for every arbitrary angle to assign texture information on each polygon from object image information ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099518 | Measurement of blurring in video sequences A method for determine blurring in a test video sequence due to video processing includes detecting blocks within each frame of the test video sequence that have valid image edges. An edge point within each valid image edge block is selected and a series of points d... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095450 | Method and apparatus for generating a display signal Apparatus for interactively generating a display signal. The apparatus comprises: a receiver (2) for receiving a broadcast signal (15), the broadcast signal comprising a plurality of datastreams each including image data defining a background object ( | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095425 | Superposed colors graphic for providing a continuous color fade transition between two colors A superposed colors graphic providing a true, continuous color fade transition between two different colors achieved by applying first and second color graphics onto respectively different side surfaces of at least one transparent substrate, each color graphic havin... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7085259 | Animated audio messaging A method for providing an animated audio message includes wirelessly receiving indicia of an audio message and an image, and animating the image in association with the audio message to produce an animated audio message. A system for providing animated audio message... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085434 | Sprite recognition in animated sequences Sprite identification in animated sequences is achieved by performing three separate but related procedures, namely (i) identification of the sprite, (ii) identification of the background and (iii) identification of the identified sprite's translation path. By analy... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7061499 | Image drawing apparatus An image drawing apparatus includes a first data reading unit which stores a source image data into a first image data buffer. A second data reading unit reads a destination image data from a destination area of a memory device and stores the destination image data ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7034850 | Displaying method, displaying apparatus, filtering unit, filtering process method, recording medium for storing filtering process programs, and method for processing images A line image which comprises one line parallel to the juxtaposing direction of light-emitting elements is extracted from a three-time image, and a work region is determined, in which, in the juxtaposing direction, an M sub-pixel is added to the front side of the lin... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034835 | System and method of converting frame-based animations into interpolator-based animations A system and method of converting frame-based animation into interpolator-based animation is provided. The system and method includes a) identifying each unique combination of animation object and associated depth identified in frame instructions for the plurality o... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034818 | System and method for converting range data to 3D models A method converts range data of an object to a model of the object by first generating an adaptively sampled distance field from the range data. The adaptively sampled distance field is then edited to produce the model. The range data can include a plurality of rang... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030885 | Method and apparatus for measuring color-texture distance, and method and apparatus for sectioning image into plurality of regions using measured color-texture distance A method and apparatus for measuring a color-texture distance and a method and apparatus for sectioning an image into a plurality of regions using the measured color-texture distance are provided. The method of measuring a color-texture distance includes the steps o... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7002602 | Apparatus and method for blending graphics and video surfaces 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 blends graphics and video information by various graphics windows usin... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6999104 | Image processing device for layered graphics A graphics processing device and a semiconductor chip therefor, which offer a simple and easy way to change the order of layers in a combined picture. A reading circuit reads a plurality of source images out of a graphics memory. A combiner circuit combines given so... | 02/14/2006 |
