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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7436403 | Performance relighting and reflectance transformation with time-multiplexed illumination A lighting apparatus may be configured to illuminate a subject while the subject is undergoing a motion during a time period. An imaging system may be configured to generate image data representative of a sequence of frames of the moving subject. A controller may be... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7012607 | Method and system for generating user-interface output sequences A system and/or method that generates user interface output sequences controlled by a user interface output system. The user interface output system can provide event definitions to an application pro that specify high-level actions to be performed by the sequence a... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7002583 | Display of images and image transitions The present invention consists of a method comprising the steps of displaying an image representing a source value; displaying an image representing a destination value; and displaying a transition image; wherein the transition image is a function of the source valu... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6764403 | System and method for dynamically loading game software for smooth game play A system and method are disclosed for dynamically loading game software for smooth game play. A load boundary associated with a game environment is identified. A position of a character in the game environment is then monitored. Instructions corresponding to another... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6707469 | Synchronous execution in a medical imaging system A programmable, medical imaging system which incorporates algorithms for enhancing the usability of the system for clinicians is described. With respect to programmability, and in one aspect, the present invention relates to a programmable system which includes a le... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6614435 | Method of control of playback of motion and program product and game system for same A method of control of playback of motion for playing back motion of a character more realistically, including determining a motion playback routine in accordance with a value of a parameter expressing the condition of the character, for example, a stress... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6108012 | Image display device for displaying images responsive to number of times of selection of image data by user In an image display device, a ROM contains a plurality of image data indicative of the actions of an animal character. A RAM includes a plurality of action level registers each of which stores for each image data the state of inputs given to select and di... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5977965 | Automatic frame accumulator A method, apparatus, and computer program product for building at least a portion of a motion picture on a computer system first monitors memory in the computer system for the creation of a frame of the motion picture. It consequently sets a flag in the c... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5933152 | Image display device for displaying images responsive to number of times of selection of image data by user In an image display device, a ROM contains a plurality of image data indicative of the actions of an animal character. A RAM includes a plurality of action level registers each of which stores for each image data the state of inputs given to select and di... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5771043 | Method and apparatus for displaying operating procedure A display device or method for an operating procedure which enables an accurate transmission of an operating procedure of a target element to an operator, which enables the operator to understand the operating procedure promptly and rationally and which e... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5428731 | Interactive multimedia delivery engine An engine for the interactive delivery and presentation of multimedia data. The delivery mechanism is premised on a topic and panel metaphor. A topic is comprised of a series of panels. Each panel further defines the multimedia data which will be used whe... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5428774 | System of updating an index file of frame sequences so that it indexes non-overlapping motion image frame sequences In the creation of the index file, one index record is allocated to each set consisting of one retrieval key and the initial and final positions in the motion image of one frame to which the retrieval key is allocated, and information on this set is store... | 06/27/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5353392 | Method and device for modifying a zone in successive images The process makes it possible to modify the content of a sequence of images which can be represented as a pixel matrix. For that a non-deformable target zone to be replaced in the images is identified and is characterized, both in position and in dimensio... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5333255 | Apparatus for displaying a plurality of two dimensional display regions on a display An apparatus for displaying a plurality of two dimensional display regions includes a currently displayed display region on a surface of a visual display. A pointing device generates X and Y coordinate signals corresponding to locations on the display and... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5267154 | Biological image formation aiding system and biological image forming method A biological image formation aiding system and a biological image forming method are provided in which three-dimensional data corresponding to a standard shape of a biological article, standard motion thereof, and a standard material feeling of an outer s... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5237648 | Apparatus and method for editing a video recording by selecting and displaying video clips A video editing system comprising a computer system having a mass storage and a display, a video source, such as a video cassette recorder (VCR), camera, or optical disc player, and a video processor/controller linking the computer to the video source. Th... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5185665 | Apparatus for generating animated video insertions A video apparatus of the invention relates to some function, operation or the like in sets of plural character signals related to each other. When the function or the like is executed, each character within one set is output in sequence in a time series, ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5093907 | Graphic file directory and spreadsheet A combined visual directory and spreadsheet for graphic files is disclosed. Graphic files can be selectively associated with cells of a matrix. A selectable portion of the matrix containing miniaturized versions of the graphic files associated with the ce... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4807158 | Method and apparatus for sampling images to simulate movement within a multidimensional space A method and apparatus for simulating movement within a multidimensional space by sampling a prestored panoramic image. The image formed by sampling is displayed on a CRT display screen. Each of the stored images represents the view derived from data stor... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4805121 | Visual training apparatus A computer controlled visual display system utilizing a complex set of inputs to develop a video display of a preselected terrain. The computer program utilizes three dimensional topographical data in combination with an aerial photograph to generate a se... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4752836 | Method and apparatus for reproducing video images to simulate movement within a multi-dimensional space A method and apparatus for simulating movement within a multi-dimensional space by selecting and reproducing a particular one of a plurality of selectable sequences of video images subsequent to a given sequence of video images. The apparatus comprises an... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4026555 | Television display control apparatus Keyboard-controlled apparatus for producing video signals for standard television receivers includes a random access memory having a multiplicity of storage positions each of which corresponds to a preselected discrete portion of the TV raster. Data store... | 05/31/1977 |
