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| 8189006 | Caching attributes of surfaces without global parameterizations Surfaces without a global surface coordinate system are divided into surface regions having local surface coordinate systems to enable the caching of surface attribute values. Surface attribute functions are evaluated to determine surface attribute values for the su... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189008 | Color control intuitive touchpad A method and apparatus whereby a two-dimensional touchpad control for selecting color is implemented via a touch sensitive surface with a graphical attachment on its surface to select both an intensity and a color. The graphical attachment having two regions, one re... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189007 | Graphics engine and method of distributing pixel data A graphics engine and related method of operation are disclosed in which a pixel distributor distributes pixel data across a plurality of pixel shaders using a first approach when the presence of one or more rendering features is indicated, else using a second appro... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8179399 | Rasterizing method A rasterizing method calculates an attribute (C) of a pixel having coordinates (X, Y) based on the coordinates (X0, Y0), (X1, Y1), (X2, Y2) of vertices of a primitive in a screen space, Z coordinates ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169446 | Reflection property control layer and display device A display device includes: a reflection property control layer which is disposed in the front face of a display screen, whereby reflection properties are switched for each predetermined region; and a control unit configured to switch the reflection properties of the... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169445 | Methods and systems for full-color three-dimensional image display Methods and systems for displaying full-color three-dimensional imagery are provided. A first color set, having a first color spectrum, is defined to include a first set of LEDs. The first color set is assigned to a first color-coded image perspective. A second colo... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8159498 | Gamut mapping and subpixel rendering systems and methods In a first embodiment, a display system comprises a display panel with 4 or more colored subpixels. The display system receives input image data specified in a first color space and outputs image data specified in a second color space. The display system further com... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8134570 | System and method for graphics attribute packing for pixel shader usage A system, method and computer program product are provided for packing graphics attributes. In use, a plurality of graphics attributes is identified. Such graphics attributes are packed, such that the packed graphics attributes are capable of being processed utilizi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134571 | Automatic CAD algorithm selection A computer system for automatic selection of a computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm including a database storing image data, a browser for navigating the data and selecting image data, an application receiving image data selected by the browser, and a selector s... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134572 | Assigning region attributes in a drawing Techniques for assigning a region attribute to a region in a drawing are disclosed. One technique includes editing the drawing to define a current region, associating the current region with a previous region having a previous region attribute, and assigning the pre... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130233 | Modifying screen objects A system for identifying prior selection of specific display information on an EPG. In one embodiment, a user selects an object on a screen, and upon selection of the object, an attribute of the object (e.g., color, transparency, etc.) is modified. The modified valu... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8111261 | Method and apparatus for noise A method for creating an appearance of texture in a computer image having the steps of introducing information into a computer from which the image is produced for each point of the image in 3D geometric space. There is the step of computing a pseudo-random hash val... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8098256 | Video acquisition with integrated GPU processing Systems and techniques for processing sequences of video images involve receiving, on a computer, data corresponding to a sequence of video images detected by an image sensor. The received data is processed using a graphics processor to adjust one or more visual cha... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094163 | Method of directing a viewer's attention subliminally in image display A method of directing a viewer's attention in an image display to enhance the perceived image quality and thus the viewer's preference of the image is disclosed. An image with an area of interest (AOI) is provided. The AOI is briefly displayed for a first time perio... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094162 | Method and device for adjusting preferred color and liquid crystal display device with the same Method and device are disclosed for adjusting a preferred color which enables a user to set a preferred color conveniently and a liquid crystal display device with the same. The method and device for adjusting a preferred color includes displaying a menu selection i... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8077182 | User interface controls for managing content attributes A computer-implemented method includes displaying a content item having at least one attribute that is changeable in value, maintaining a history of image states, each image state in the history corresponding to a change in at least one attribute value relative to a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077183 | Stepmode animation visualization A stepmode animation visualization emphasizes authored values of computer graphics variables. Users select all or a portion of the computer graphics variables associated with objects in a scene to be included in the stepmode animation visualization. When users activ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068116 | Methods, systems, and data structures for generating a rasterizer Methods, systems and data structures produce a rasterizer. A graphical state is detected on a machine architecture. The graphical state is used for assembling a shell rasterizer. The machine architecture is used for selecting replacement logic that replaces portions... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8063911 | System and method for gamut mapping of out-of-gamut signals A system and method for gamut mapping out-of-gamut signals. A method includes adjusting each color in a color signal, determining a maximum color value of the color signal, in response to a determining that the maximum color value exceeds a maximum displayable color... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059132 | Digital photo frame capable of displaying images asynchronously and method thereof A method for displaying images asynchronously is provided. The method includes: providing at least one display mode, the display mode defines a total display area count displayable showed on a display, an interval to display images on the display, and a predetermine... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8049762 | Architectural structure design methods, architectural structure design apparatuses, and articles of manufacture Architectural structure design methods, architectural structure design apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are described according to some aspects of the disclosure. In one aspect, an architectural structure design method includes responsive to user input, modi... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044965 | Color processing apparatus and method In order to calculate the calorimetric value of a color patch under a given viewing illuminant, a plurality of colorimetric value sets obtained by measuring the colors of color patches under a plurality of illuminants are stored in a memory, the type of spectral dis... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8031201 | Computer-aided methods and systems for pattern-based cognition from fragmented material A method for obtaining and analyzing information objects including generating, collecting or discovering information objects. The information objects are signified at least in part using deliberately ambiguated signifier prompts, for example, linear scale opposing n... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026922 | Data input device and display layout method for the same A data input device and a display layout method for the same, which permit quickly laying out plural display keys for inputting data by touching these keys. The location of a base key, the spaces between adjacent keys other than the base key and a key alignment para... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8026924 | Display system and method for displaying video signals A method for displaying a video signal and a display system using the same are provided. According to the method for displaying a video signal, the display system provides a setting menu through which a user can set an output resolution according to an occupancy lev... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8026923 | Contextual variable attribute scaling Embodiments for contextual variable scaling relate to selection of objects. For example, such objects may include text, audio, visual, and/or physical objects. In one or more examples, such objects may be selected for variable scaling. For example, variable scaling ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8022961 | Image display apparatus and image display method The system control section 50 displays the entire original image as a display image, or scrolls a display image with a part of the original image being the display image, depending on relationship between the aspect ratios of the original image and the displa... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018466 | Graphics rendering on a network on chip Graphics rendering on a network on chip (‘NOC’) including receiving, in the geometry processor, a representation of an object to be rendered; converting, by the geometry processor, the representation of the object to two dimensional primitives; sending, by the g... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7995070 | Color processing apparatus and method thereof In order to obtain an excellent color processing result by calculating an optimal white point in partial adaptation, first white point data which indicates white of a device is input, the first white point data is projected onto a predetermined curve, and white poin... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995071 | Method and apparatus for painting group of objects Methods and apparatus, including computer program apparatus, implementing techniques for processing digital artwork. In one aspect, the techniques process aggregations of artwork where both the aggregation and at least some of the aggregated artwork have attached st... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990392 | White balancing that uses values of white-balanced colors on the visible gamut's boundary White balancing is performed using a mapping that maps the visible gamut's boundary into itself. A predefined color Win is mapped into a color Wout which is a white color or a color perceived as white under some viewing conditions. If Sin ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986328 | Graphics optimization system and method A graphics optimization system comprises a graphics application adapted to render a data model for presentation via a graphics card using a plurality of different data rendering settings. The system also comprises an optimizer adapted to interface with the graphics ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982744 | Image processing device, image processing method, image processing program, recording medium storing image processing program, and image display device An image processing device outputs four-color image data to a display section, the display section performing display using display pixels each composed of four sub-pixels, and having an arrangement of the display pixels in which a pixel arrangement in an even line ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7982743 | Method and apparatus for reading film grain patterns in a raster order in film grain simulation The present invention provides a method and apparatus for reading film grain patterns in a raster order in film grain simulation including establishing a pseudo-random starting position, repeating the pseudo-random starting position for each line of a group of film ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978201 | Method for compensating an image A method for compensating an image produced by image means for implementing image information takes account of ambient illumination. Luminance of external background illumination around the image means is measured. The measured luminance of the background illuminati... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973796 | Natural framing system In one embodiment, a method of displaying a representation of a frame includes identifying a molding type capable of being used in a frame. A set of digital images is obtained, wherein each one of the set of digital images represents molding of the molding type in a... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973795 | Image display system, image display apparatus, and image correction processing program An image display system includes: an information processing apparatus that performs a predetermined image correcting process on image data; an image display apparatus that displays an image on the basis of the image data corrected by the information processing appar... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7965298 | Apparatus, method, and medium for displaying content according to motion Provided is an apparatus, a method, and a medium for displaying contents according to motions by identifying the direction of a sensed motion and moving the content region in a direction opposite to the identified direction or moving the background region in the ide... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961196 | Cost effective rendering for 3D displays A method and apparatus for rendering image data on a 3D display is disclosed. A first image signal is received and then at least one colour component of the first image signal is rendered in reduced spatial resolution to produce a second image signal. The second ima... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7956865 | Method and system for modification of EPG object attributes A system for identifying prior selection of specific display information on an EPG. In one embodiment, a user selects an object on a screen, and upon selection of the object, an attribute of the object (e.g., color, transparency, etc.) is modified. The modified valu... | 06/07/2011 |
