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"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7365705 | Flight control display An aircraft flight control display for orientation of the pilot during an approach of the aircraft toward a destination has a center of the display as its fixed point. An aircraft symbol with a center depicts the longitudinal axis as well as a lateral line to depict... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7310606 | Method and system for generating an image-textured digital surface model (DSM) for a geographical area of interest A computer-implemented method for generating an image-textured digital surface model (DSM) for a geographical area of interest including both buildings and terrain may include using a computer to generate a digital elevation model (DEM) of both the buildings and ter... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7295203 | Determining regions that are occluded from an observation point A method and system for defining a horizon on the surface with reference to the observation point, and identifying a region within the space that is beneath the horizon. Identifying a region that is beneath the horizon includes projecting a ray from the observation ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7237747 | Device for assisting an airplane in intercepting a segment of a flight path utilizing positional and ground speed indicators Device assisting with interception by an aircraft of a flight path segment located in a horizontal plane and a system of assistance with interception and follow-up of such a segment. The device includes means of determining a ground speed vector and means of display... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236646 | Tonal balancing of multiple images Methods are disclosed for tonally balancing multiple images. In one embodiment, the method comprises using a subset of corresponding points in each of a plurality of image overlap regions to solve a set of minimization equations for gains and biases for each spectra... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226167 | Autostereoscopic display apparatus An autostereoscopic optical apparatus (10) for viewing a stereoscopic image comprising a left image to be viewed by an observer (12) at a left viewing pupil (14l) and a right image to be viewed by the observer at a right viewing pupil ( | 06/05/2007 |
| 7194148 | Technique for providing simulated vision A visual simulation technique is provided to facilitate visual activities, such as reading and movement of a subject through surroundings, for sight-impaired persons. The technique obtains digital images of the surroundings via an image retrieval and sending device,... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190392 | Telepresence system and active/passive mode display for use therein A telepresence server is for connection to a telecommunications network for providing access to a reality engine for a plurality of passive users. The reality engine can be controlled by an active user or a professional director through the network or by a local pro... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7180663 | 3D motion picture theatre When any observer receives an image of a scene having the same relative size, shape and location on the retina of each of his two eyes at any instant and the image of the scene has some component of horizontal motion in any direction, the image viewed is three dimen... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177851 | Method and apparatus for dynamic, real-time market segmentation The invention involves generating and presenting, typically electronically, a number of design alternatives to persons who are participating in the design, selection, or market research exercise. The participants (referred to as “selectors”) transmit data indica... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170514 | Determining regions that are occluded from an observation point A method and system for defining a horizon on the surface with reference to the observation point, and identifying a region within the space that is beneath the horizon. Identifying a region that is beneath the horizon includes projecting a ray from the observation ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165842 | Autostereoscopic display apparatus having glare suppression An improved autostereoscopic display apparatus (10) forms left and right virtual images for pupil imaging by forming, through a beamsplitter (16), a real intermediate image near the focal surface of a curved mirror (24). A circular polarizer ( | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158096 | Compact, head-mountable display device with suspended eyepiece assembly A compact, lightweight, head-mountable display device is provided for transmitting an image to a user's eye. The device includes a projection system including a display attached at one end to a head-mountable support fixture. An eyepiece assembly is attached to a se... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158135 | Efficient scenery object rendering The number of graphic objects in a visual tile rendered varies as a function of distance between the tile and a viewpoint in a simulation. Fewer objects are rendered when the tile is far from the viewpoint, and vise versa. A level of detail (LOD) value is pseudo-ran... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7129962 | Efficient video processing method and system A graphics processing device for converting coefficients in a video data stream from a first type, e.g., frequency-domain, to a second type, e.g., color-domain. The device includes an input for receiving the video data stream including a set of coefficients of the f... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7120657 | System and method for adaptive filtering A method for analyzing data, the data characterized by a set of scalars and a set of vectors, to analyze the data into components related by statistical correlations. In preferred embodiments, the invention includes steps or devices for, receiving a set of a scalars... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116323 | Method of hidden surface reconstruction for creating accurate three-dimensional images converted from two-dimensional images An exemplary method of reconstructing a hidden surface area in an image includes the steps of: identifying a separation pixel gap in an image resulting from a repositioning of image pixels to create a three-dimensional image; identifying pixels from one or more imag... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116324 | Method for minimizing visual artifacts converting two-dimensional motion pictures into three-dimensional motion pictures A method for converting two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images includes: tracking an object in an image, the object having an object edge and an object outline thereabout, from frame to frame over a sequence of images; and creating object outlines in s... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117135 | System for providing a high-fidelity visual display coordinated with a full-scope simulation of a complex system and method of using same for training and practice Control panels of a simulated complex system are displayed as a texture mask over a three-dimensional visual representation of an environment in which the complex system is operating. The three-dimensional visual representation is displayed in an inactive window to ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7102633 | Method for conforming objects to a common depth perspective for converting two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images Methods for converting two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images employing various interactive image processing tools that allow a user to apply any number or combination of image pixel repositioning depth contouring effects, algorithms or the like to cre... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099752 | Safelander SAFELANDER provides a method of safely operating aircraft, equipped with a Flight Control Unit, Instrument Landing System, and Autopilot, remotely on the ground and/or in congested airspace. The remote pilot, who can concurrently control a plurality of operational a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091929 | Method and apparatus for displaying images A method and apparatus for displaying images are addressed to displaying differing images to the right and left eyes of a user. A right image is presented to the user's right eye by a right display, and a left image is presented to the user's left eye by a left disp... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081870 | Wearable display and method of displaying images using a wearable display Images are displayed on a wearable display by generating an inner region display signal, and generating an outer region display signal using the inner region signal. The outer region display signal is generated by determining motion, brightness and color characteris... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079137 | Method for digitally rendering an object using measured BRDF data A digital rendering method employs measured BRDF values for a modeled material by collecting BRDF measurements using a precision reflectometer. A laser light may be used as the source of the incident beam. Sparsely measured BRDF data is resampled to build a data tab... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066815 | Remote gaming device A method and system for remote play of a gaming device, such as a slot machine. A player enters play preferences at a remote wagering terminal. The remote wagering terminal transmits the play preferences to a slot network server that stores the play preferences. Bas... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7048384 | Multiple scene projection system A projection system for presenting infrared scenes having biological and chemical agents, simulants and objects such as battlefield items. The generated scenes are primarily for the evaluation of infrared sensors, cameras and stand-off detectors. The system may have... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046837 | System and method for locating irregular edges in image data A system for processing image data, such as an image of a die cut from a silicon wafer, is provided. The system includes an irregular edge detection system, which can locate edge data of a feature of the image data, such as the edge of a probe mark in a bond pad. A ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7038694 | Automatic scenery object generation Data defining one or more graphic objects, such as buildings and vegetation, are automatically generated in a repeatable manner within each of a plurality of visual tiles of a simulated space. A seed is determined for a tile as a function of a location of the tile i... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039571 | Method for programming operator system interface with a simulator A process that takes converted system software code as input to a program created with a commercial compiler to produce a simulated Operator System Interface. An Operator System Interface is produced using program data structures rather than extensive emulation or u... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021937 | Race car simulator The cockpit and external appearance of a racing car are accurately simulated. A spherical mirror display is attached to the underside of the hood of the simulator. When the hood is raised, a video presentation is projected onto a display screen via first and second ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6999239 | Head-mounted display by integration of phase-conjugate material This invention has incorporated projective optics and phase conjugate material thus eliminating the requisite use of an external phase conjugate material to provide a see-through head mounted projective display. A key component of the invention is the use of optical... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6970164 | Determining regions that are occluded from an observation point A method and system for defining a horizon on the surface with reference to the observation point, and identifying a region within the space that is beneath the horizon. Identifying a region that is beneath the horizon includes projecting a ray from the observation ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6963454 | Head-mounted display by integration of phase-conjugate material This invention has incorporated projective optics and phase conjugate material thus eliminating the requisite use of an external phase conjugate material to provide a see-through head mounted projective display. A key component of the invention is the use of optical... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6931368 | Flight control display for use in an aircraft cockpit and in aircraft simulation systems A flight control display shows a representation of terrain, the horizon, an aircraft with a fuselage and aircraft wings, and a gamma ladder. The observer has a viewing direction at least in a predefined attitude range, which viewing direction is directed along the m... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6910892 | Method and apparatus for automatically collecting terrain source data for display during flight simulation A method and apparatus are provided for automatically generating a terrain model for display during a simulated flight along a predefined mission route. The apparatus includes a mission profiler that automatically determines the area containing the mission route for... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6774870 | Gimbal-mounted virtual reality display system A compliant structure which includes a means for sensing translation and rotation of a top plate is disclosed. The structure is composed of a base plate and three supporting legs. The legs are compliant. The deflections of the structure are substantially in a plane ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6735015 | Display apparatus Display apparatus (50) comprising a front projection screen (60), at least one projector (54) which is for providing a display on the screen (60) and which is positioned outside an enclosed display volume, the screen (60) being opt... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6628995 | Method and system for variable flight data collection Aircraft flight data collection is enhanced by changing the data sampling rate as a function of an operational condition of the aircraft, such as its flight phase. An algorithm is used to determine the flight phase. Then, the data is collected at a first ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6610311 | Packaged cosmetic effervescent cleansing pillow A packaged effervescent product is provided which includes a sachet surrounded by an outer package film sealing the sachet against water vapor transmission. The sachet is a cosmetic article which includes an effervescent cleansing composition of an acid m... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6445363 | Head-mounted display apparatus In a head-mounted display apparatus arranged to support a left-eye display system and a right-eye display system, a mounting-state confirming figure for confirming a mounting state of the head-mounted display apparatus on the user is displayed, and the di... | 09/03/2002 |
