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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7228316 | Three-dimensional volumetric geo-spatial querying A three-dimensional (3D) volumetric geo-spatial querying system. The system can include a 3D GIS. The 3D GIS can include a database of geo-spatial data configured to store geo-spatial data using, not two-dimensional, but three-dimensional coordinates. The GIS furthe... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7116341 | Information presentation apparatus and method in three-dimensional virtual space and computer program therefor An information presentation apparatus creates a three-dimensional animation of a specific object in a three-dimensional virtual space on the basis of the human characteristic of paying more attention to a moving object. A user's attention can be drawn to a specific ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6940506 | Method and apparatus generating analysis mesh data, and computer product A shape characteristic extractor decomposes and extracts typical shapes where element division is easy from shape data that indicates the shape of an object. An analysis mesh data generator generates analysis mesh data (element dividing information) for each of the ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6690841 | Method and apparatus for image registration A machine vision system includes an apparatus for registering an input image of an object, such as an aircraft engine blade, to a reference image comprising ideal specifications for the object in order to detect flaws in the object. The system includes on... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6459824 | Method of retrieving moving pictures using joint points based on pose information There is disclosed a method of retrieving moving pictures using joint point based moving information for allowing an user to retrieve pictures including a desired person object or the pose of the person object for still picture/moving picture data of mult... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6290604 | Video game apparatus and memory used therefor A video game apparatus includes an external ROM. This external ROM is previously memorized with player object data, basic shadow object data and light object data. A direction in which a shadow is thrown is determined according to the player object data a... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6288727 | Method and apparatus for providing realistic movement of human characters on a video display A computer, such as a PC includes a memory having an imaging program stored in it and a display unit, such as a restor scan CRT are all operatively connected together so that the computing unit can generate a signal that will result in an image being disp... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6266064 | Coherent visibility sorting and occlusion cycle detection for dynamic aggregate geometry A visibility sorting method coherently computes a visibility ordering of a collection of moving objects seen by a moving camera in an animated graphics scene. The method detects whether an object occludes other objects. Objects that form an occlusion cycl... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6184899 | Articulated figure animation using virtual actuators to simulate solutions for differential equations to display more realistic movements A computer, such as a PC, includes a memory having an imaging program stored in it and a display unit, such as a raster scan CRT are all operatively connected together so that the computing unit can generate a signal that will result in an image being dis... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6061606 | Geometric phase analysis for mask alignment A method of measuring overlay error comprises forming a first mask having a first alignment array comprising a periodic pattern of first features having a first periodicity, forming a second mask having a second alignment array comprising a pattern of sec... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6034690 | Post-processing generation of focus/defocus effects for computer graphics images A method and apparatus are described for post-processing a computer-generated image of a three-dimensional object for display as a pixel image. A focus depth is specified either by a user or from within the system for each image frame. The image pixels ar... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6014150 | System and method of defining and employing behaviors for articulated chains A system and method for defining and employing behaviours for articulated chains in computer animations. At least one control, such as a shape control or a resolution plane control, is defined for the articulated chain and is employed as a constraint by t... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5850229 | Apparatus and method for geometric morphing A method of geometric morphing between a first object having a first shape and a second object having a second shape. The method includes the steps of generating a first Delaunay complex corresponding to the first shape and a second Delaunay complex corre... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5564000 | Method and apparatus for viewing three dimensional objects A method of viewing an object by imparting a continuous, steady, cyclic motion to the object which keeps the orientation of the object substantially the same. The object can be a real 3-D object or can be an abstract object such as those used in 3-D compu... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5416899 | Memory based method and apparatus for computer graphics A memory based computer graphic animation system generates desired images and image sequences from 2-D views. The 2-D views provide sparse data from which intermediate views are generated based on a generalization and interpolation technique of the invent... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5411272 | Video game with spiral loop graphics A method is provided for controlling the appearance of a video game game character, as the character traverses a path displayed on a display screen; wherein the method is used in a video game system which includes a graphics controller, digital memory and... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5388990 | Virtual reality flight control display with six-degree-of-freedom controller and spherical orientation overlay A virtual reality flight control system displays to the pilot the image of a scene surrounding a vehicle or pod having six degrees of freedom of acceleration or velocity control by the pilot and traveling through inertial space, the image itself including... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5359703 | Moving an object in a three-dimensional workspace In response to user signals requesting motion of a displayed object, a system presents a sequence of images, each including an object perceptible as a moved continuation of the previously displayed object. The user can independently request radial motion ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5315692 | Multiple object pipeline display system A computer-controlled imaging system for providing a realistic representation of a three-dimensional scene on a two-dimensional medium in which multiple objects, viewed from several aspects and which may be combined informing a scene, are stored in digita... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5297057 | Method and apparatus for design and optimization for simulation of motion of mechanical linkages A method and apparatus for performing kinematic analysis of linkages using generalized mechanisms selected from a catalog of mechanisms. From an initial selection of mechanisms, the one most closely matching a desired behavior is chosen and an optimizatio... | 03/22/1994 |
| 4965753 | System for constructing images in 3-dimension from digital data to display a changing scene in real time in computer image generators A three-dimensional image processing system which reconstructs real-time display images from scene photographs. The system permits real-time projection of multiple, digitized, photographic databases into the eye space of an unconstrained observer. From th... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4953107 | Video signal processing Apparatus for generating an image for digital scene simulation, the apparatus comprising a first store for storing address data defining the three-dimensional shape of an object, a second store for storing video data defining the two-dimensional surface d... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4766423 | Three-dimensional display apparatus A cursor moves at a constant velocity in a constant direction in a display space for displaying a three-dimensional image. When two parameters for representing a direction in a three-dimensional space are entered, the cursor changes its direction accordin... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4600919 | Three dimensional animation The disclosure is directed to an improved method and apparatus for generating a sequence of video frames representative of three-dimensional animation. A plurality of key frames are stored, each key frame including a common figure having one or more joint... | 07/15/1986 |
