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Wearable Device For Feeding and Observing Birds and Other Flying Animals
A device for feeding and observing flying animals comprising a hat, a support mounted on the hat and extending outward from the hat, and a feeder mounted on the support.
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| 7256797 | Image processing device with synchronized sprite rendering and sprite buffer An image processing device comprises a decoder, a sprite buffer interface, and a sprite buffer as well as a rendering engine, a frame buffer interface, and a frame buffer, which is characterized by synchronizing the write timing for the sprite buffer with the read t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7193750 | Image processing method and apparatus, and storage medium therefore Disclosed is an image processing method. According to the present invention, the image processing method, whereby a multi-value bit map development area, in which is stored a multi-value bit map that represents an output image, and a plurality of pattern planes, eac... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7113185 | System and method for automatically learning flexible sprites in video layers A simplified general model and an associated estimation algorithm is provided for modeling visual data such as a video sequence. Specifically, images or frames in a video sequence are represented as collections of flat moving objects that change their appearance and... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7079159 | Motion estimation apparatus, method, and machine-readable medium capable of detecting scrolling text and graphic data A motion estimation apparatus, method, and machine-readable medium capable of detecting scrolling text or graphic data, which can provide information of whether text or graphic data scrolling in a horizontal direction on a screen exists and information related there... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6611268 | System and process for generating 3D video textures using video-based rendering techniques A system and process for generating a 3D video animation of an object referred to as a 3D Video Texture is presented. The 3D Video Texture is constructed by first simultaneously videotaping an object from two or more different cameras positioned at differ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6538635 | Electronic apparatus comprising a display screen, and method of displaying graphics An electronic apparatus includes a screen configured to display a desired portion of a icons. A controller rotationally moves of icons along a fictitious ring so that the desired portion of the icons are displayed on the screen.... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6532312 | Photoquilt A mosaic image, called a quilt, is created from a large (but finite) number of images submitted by people via the internet. Viewers, through the internet may view the quilt, zoom in or out, pan through the mosaic image to view images used to make the quil... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6526183 | Static image generation method and device The invention relates to a method and device for generating a large static image M(n), such as a sprite or a mosaic, from a video sequence including successive video objects. This method comprises a first step for estimating motion parameters related to t... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6496606 | Static image generation method and device The invention relates to a method and device for generating a large static image M(n), such as a sprite or a mosaic, from a video sequence including successive video objects. This method comprises a first step for estimating motion parameters related to t... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6487323 | Static image generation method and device The invention relates to a method for generating a large static image M(n), such as a sprite or a mosaic, from a video sequence. This method first comprises, in view of a first accretion step, an estimation of the motion parameters related to the video ob... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6337701 | Apparatus for hardware support of software color cursors and method therefor An apparatus and method for the hardware support of multicolor software cursors is provided. The data structures defining the software cursor are mapped into the buffer of a video device supporting a multicolor sprite. Each color region in the software cu... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6292203 | Method of enhancing the resolution of cursor movement on the display screen of a video display system A method is provided for use on an OSD-based (On-Screen Display) video display system, such as a VCD system, a super VCD system, or a DVD system, for the purpose of enhancing the resolution of cursor movement on the display screen of the video 5 display s... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6205260 | Sprite-based video coding system with automatic segmentation integrated into coding and sprite building processes A sprite-based coding system includes an encoder and decoder where sprite-building is automatic and segmentation of the sprite object is automatic and integrated into the sprite building as well as the coding process. The sprite object is distinguished fr... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6069633 | Sprite engine A sprite engine or compositor that is well-adapted to a variety ofadaptable to a host platforms and that minimizes the amount of drawing that occurs on a refresh of a framebuffer display area. The invention exploits the host platform's abilities to perfor... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5793351 | Video display processor having indication of sprite in excess of the number of sprite registers A video display processor and video display system which overlays mobile patterns called sprites over a background. For each horizontal line the video display processor reads from an external memory data corresponding to sprites appearing on that line. Th... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5748174 | Video display system including graphic layers with sizable, positionable windows and programmable priority A graphic video display system including at least one graphic layer having sizable, positionable windows and programmable priority values the sprites having fixed priority values. Portions of graphic layer windows and sprites which overlap with a current ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5612717 | Video display processor having color palette and digital to analog converter on a single integrated circuit A video display processor generates display for displaying either a movable sprite or background via a display monitor or TV set operating a monitor. The video display processor includes a data port, at least one sprite register, a color palette, a color ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5552804 | Sprite coincidence detector indicating sprite group A video display processor and video display system which overlays mobile patterns called sprites over a background. Each sprite includes an indication of a predetermined sprite group. A sprite coincidence detector generates an indication of each sprite gr... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5546518 | System and method for composing a display frame of multiple layered graphic sprites A data processing apparatus includes a graphics display device for displaying a display frame comprising a plurality of display frame pixels. A sprite management system composes the display frame from a plurality of graphic sprites. Each graphic sprite co... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5089811 | Advanced video processor having a color palette An advanced video processor generates displays for displaying of either graphics or text information via a display monitor or a TV set operating as a monitor. A color palette is included in the advanced video processor for programming of the color of the ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4951038 | Apparatus for displaying a sprite on a screen Apparatus for displaying a sprite on a screen comprises sprite attribute tables each including coordinates indicating a display position of a sprite, a pattern code defining the sprite in regard to pattern data, and control data defining a display mode of... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4561659 | Display logic circuit for multiple object priority A display control circuit provides the logical determination of display information for each dot point of a color television or other display device used in connection with an electronic game for displaying up to eight "targets", as well as background inf... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4189728 | Apparatus for generating a plurality of moving objects on a video display screen utilizing associative memory In a video game where several objects are moved across the screen in a horizontal axis in 16 different zones, a RAM type memory has memory locations exclusively dedicated to each zone to provide a starting address for the object in its zone. A single time... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4112422 | Method and apparatus for generating moving objects on a video display screen A method and apparatus for generating moving objects for a video game display. Common apparatus including a microprocessor with RAM provides vertical motion for all objects and separate horizontal position counting hardware horizontal motion for each obje... | 09/05/1978 |
