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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8089495 | Method for the display of standardized large-format internet pages with for example HTML protocol on hand-held devices with a mobile radio connection A method for the display of standardized Internet pages (for example, in HTML or XML standard), generated for display on large-size screens, on a small display on hand-held devices (mini-computer, PDA or mobile radio device) is disclosed, in which the hand-held devi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7880752 | Method and apparatus for proportionally adjusting the size of images transmitted between mobile communications terminals A plurality of image data attached to electronic mail data is stored in a memory. A control unit identifies an image having the largest width, from among images drawn by each image data. The control unit then computes a contraction scale to be used for fitting the l... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7705864 | User selectable hardware zoom in a video display system A display controller system is controlled to provide a display surface zoom using hardware scaling from user input at the operating system, application program or hardware level. User input defining coordinates of a frame portion within a frame buffer memory is obta... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7626600 | Projection-type image display system, projector, information storage medium, and image projection method To provide a projection-type image display system, a projector, a program, an information storage medium, and an image projection method that enable simple changing of a projection position, a liquid-crystal projector is provided with: a sensor which senses a projec... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7619639 | Adaptive scaling using a programmable video engine The invention pertains to an adaptive scaling technique. A look-up table of optimized filter coefficients is used to configure a multi-tap filter when scaling a video image. The look-up table reflects the scaling between standardized video source (input) resolutions... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7551187 | Systems and methods that utilize a dynamic digital zooming interface in connection with digital inking The present invention relates to systems and methods that facilitate annotating digital documents (e.g., digital inking) with devices such as Tablet PCs, PDAs, cell phones, and the like. The systems and methods provide for multi-scale navigation during document anno... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7489324 | Automated image processing Automated electronic document design systems and methods for appropriately sizing and positioning uploaded user images into predefined image areas in a product design being created in a Web environment. For an image that is not to be cropped when incorporated into t... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7438426 | Projection display apparatus and digital zooming method thereof A projection display apparatus and digital zooming method thereof is disclosed. The projection display apparatus receives a first image and includes a control unit, an image processor, an image scaler, a projection lens and a display unit. The control unit is for ca... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7423658 | Image processor, method of providing image processing services and order processing method An apparatus for processing an image, containing the 3D positional information of an object, realizes highly user-friendly and entertaining functions. The object image is presented on a display panel. When the user specifies a point on the panel screen, a real size ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7414639 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method and program An image processing apparatus for changing the size of image data of an original image, includes: a comparison part comparing an image information value which indicates predetermined image information of the original image, with a corresponding predetermined referen... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7408551 | Performance-based representation for support of multiple decisions A computer-implemented decision support system provides a performance-based representation using multi-dimensional clipping and transformation algorithms. Three types of supporting information are presented to the decision maker: a function matrix that describes the... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405740 | Context sensitive scaling device and method A method is provided for scaling a source image to produce a destination image. According to the method, a local context metric is calculated from a local portion of the source image. A convolution kernel is generated from a plurality of available convolution kernel... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400333 | Video display system with two controllers each able to scale and blend RGB and YUV surfaces Multiple independent displays from one graphics controller can be driven in a wide variety of modes using multiple display controllers. This invention incorporates a unique combination of enhancement building on a generic single multi-display graphics subsystem. Dig... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397971 | Image generating method and image generating apparatus A first storage unit is a storage area for storing original images. Inputted to an input unit is an operation instruction from a user. An obtaining identifying unit identifies an optimal original image pair. An obtaining processing unit accesses the first storage un... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7372473 | Zooming controller A method and device for accessing a broad data field having a fine resolution. The user selects a scale which can be varied. The scale controls a range within the data field. By moving the range to encompass different portions of the data field, the user can scan th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365882 | Halftone screen frequency and magnitude estimation for digital descreening of documents A highly efficient method and system for eliminating halftone screens from scanned documents while preserving the quality and sharpness of text and line-art is disclosed. The method and system utilizes a single channel screen frequency estimator module, which genera... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365757 | Method and apparatus for independent video and graphics scaling in a video graphics system A method and apparatus for independent video and graphics scaling in a video graphics system is accomplished by receiving a video data stream, wherein the video data stream includes video data in a first format. A graphics data stream is also received, and the graph... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363582 | System and method of retrieving and presenting partial (skipped) document content Systems and methods of retrieving and presenting partial (skipped) document content are provided. A typical system includes a document parsing stage, a device request for content stage and a delivery of requested content stage. A target device can include a device p... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355610 | Method and apparatus for expanding image data to create enlarged images for display In a method, a plurality of scale factors and a plurality of sets of pixel replication sequences are provided. A scale factor, a pixel replication sequence, a first pixel of an original image, and a scale offset parameter are selected. The selected first pixel is ma... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352810 | Coding process and device for the displaying of a zoomed MPEG2 coded image The process is characterized in that, the zoomed image being defined by its horizontal and vertical homothety ratio with respect to the coded image, it performs the following steps: calculation of the horizontal and vertical sizes ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349030 | Segment buffer loading in a deinterlacer A display processor integrated circuit includes a display processor portion and an on-chip programmable logic portion. The programmable logic portion can be configured to implement custom video and/or image enhancement functions. The display processor portion perfor... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350155 | Resizing internet document for display on television screen Methods and systems for scaling down a Web page image enables the image to be displayed on a standard television without horizontal scrolling of the image. A Web page image that initially has a horizontal dimension larger than the horizontal dimension of a televisio... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333120 | Zooming controller A method and device for accessing a broad data field having a fine resolution. The user selects a scale which can be varied. The scale controls a range within the data field. By moving the range to encompass different portions of the data field, the user can scan th... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333545 | Digital video decoding, buffering and frame-rate converting method and apparatus A decoder decodes full frame MPEG-2 video by a single method that applies regardless of buffer memory and frame rate conversion considerations. A display control module handles frame rate and field sequence in response to host configuration, trick play command signa... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328230 | SIMD four-data element average instruction According to some embodiments, a Single-Instruction/Multiple-Data averaging operation is presented. The averaging operation averages multiple sets of data elements, for example, two data elements each from a first source and a second source, producing a set of avera... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7307643 | Image display control unit, image display control method, image displaying apparatus, and image display control program recorded computer-readable recording medium The present invention relates to an image display control unit comprising a screen size information obtaining section, an image information obtaining section for obtaining information on vertical and horizontal sizes of an image, an arithmetic section for calculatin... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7298382 | Figure selection method, figure selection device, and storage medium storing figure selection program A figure selection method and device including a retrieval operation of a figure element adjacent to a designated figure element where a figure is formed by a plurality of figure elements. According to an aspect of the present invention, the retrieval operation is c... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7292252 | Projection type image display system, projector, program, information storage medium and image projection method capable of avoiding obstacles in the projection area To provide a projection type image display system, projector, program, information storage medium and image projection method which can project an image applicable to viewing environment of a changed projection position, a liquid crystal projector is provided with: ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7293243 | Application sharing viewer presentation An improved application sharing system and method are described wherein an application sharing viewing display is modified to increase the likelihood that a viewing user is able to see without scrolling the entirety of a window of interest displayed by a sharing use... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289132 | Method and apparatus for image acquisition, organization, manipulation, and publication To better realize the great potential of amateur digital photography, the present invention introduces an integrated system for the acquisition, organization, manipulation, and publication of digital images by amateur digital photography enthusiasts. The system of t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287220 | Methods and systems for displaying media in a scaled manner and/or orientation The invention relates to methods, systems, and programming for displaying media in a scaled manner and/or in an orientation other than an operating system displays its graphical user interface. Some embodiments lay out digital content at a virtual pixel resolution a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283927 | Activity recording module The invention refers to a system of recording the activities carried out by an individual person during specific time intervals. This system will normally be on an electronic device, but the initial method of recording may be paper-based. This system involves record... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283839 | Wireless communicating terminal for providing integrated messaging service and method thereof Provided is a wireless communication terminal having a function of providing an integrated messaging service. The wireless communication terminal includes: a wireless transceiver for transceiving a message to/from an outside device through a wireless network; a stor... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278117 | Image segmentation and warping for specialized display viewing A method, program product and system for warping image data, the method comprising in one embodiment: receiving image data for an image; segmentation of the image into a plurality of regions based on regional classification of the image; obtaining a set of warping r... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275210 | Systems and methods for generating video summary image layouts Systems and methods for creating aesthetically pleasing visual image summaries from a collection of input images. The systems and methods determine a visual image summary by creating candidate partial layouts, assigning penalty scores to the candidate partial layout... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265765 | Method and adjusting device for projection-type display An image display device including an image signal input terminal to which image signals are input, an image display system for forming an optical image based on the image signals, and a device adjusting system for adjusting internal conditions of the image display d... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265760 | Method and system for defining border tile attributes for polygons A method and system for defining border tile attributes for polygons. In one embodiment, a method for defining attributes of polygon border tiles comprises: decomposing a polygon into a plurality of segments; decomposing the segments into a plurality of border tiles... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262784 | LCD controller to hold a fixed image aspect ratio A circuit and a method for maintaining the aspect ratio of images when there is a difference in format between image sources and display panels is provided. Lines are added in the vertical direction both at the top and at the bottom of the display panel in order to ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257274 | System and method for scaling an image A system and method for scaling raster image data in multiple directions. One embodiment of the present invention comprises obtaining input scan lines containing a raster image and obtaining at least one scaling value. The method involves a process for altering the ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254270 | System and method for bounding and classifying regions within a graphical image A region bounding and classifying system utilizes memory and logic. The memory stores a set of image data that defines a graphical image. The logic is configured to identify a plurality of regions of different data types within the image and to bound each of the plu... | 08/07/2007 |
