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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8073859 | Sequential pattern data mining and visualization One or more processors (22) are operated to extract a number of different event identifiers therefrom. These processors (22) are further operable to determine a number a display locations each representative of one of the different identifiers and a co... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7750918 | Shapes comprising repeated graphic elements Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a shape may comprise one or more repeated graphic elements. ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7495670 | Shapes comprising repeated graphic elements Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a shape may comprise one or more repeated graphic elements. ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7432937 | System and method for concave polygon rasterization An apparatus and method to render concave polygons. In some embodiments, the method includes setting an alpha buffer of a hardware rasterizer to zero, generating an alpha mask by rendering the concave polygon as a plurality of convex polygons of connected vertices, ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7356453 | Computerized pattern texturing A system and method for merging carpet design image patterns in order to create a custom-designed patterned carpet image. A customized carpet image is defined by identifying a plurality of carpet design fields within a carpet and selecting a distinct design pattern ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7296025 | System and method for managing creative assets via a rich user client interface A method and system according to the present invention provide integrated virtual asset management and publishing capabilities via a Rich user client interface. The client user, via a Rich user client interface, communicates with a central application server to stor... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7280114 | Line stipple pattern emulation through texture mapping A method is described to render a line stipple pattern in an ad hoc piecewise fashion by creating a texture map having information that represents the line stipple pattern. The method also includes, for each of a plurality of line primitives that each represent a di... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277830 | Capturing a user's design intent with resolvable objects Software for designing interior and/or exterior spaces efficiently ensures that user intent is captured in a timely, practical manner. When a user creates an input, such as selecting a shape of a table to put into a design space, the design software creates an initi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271811 | View dependent tiled textures An array of view-dependent sprited tiles provide different views of an image texture (e.g., structure, color, shading, illumination, transparency, as well as other image attributes). The different views of the image texture correspond to different viewing angles at ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268773 | Data entry user interface A method and system for selecting a value from a range of values includes selecting a field having a value, selecting a location of a graphic to choose a value from the range, and then reselecting the field to store the value. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7259766 | Aperiodic tiling of textured images A method and system for performing textured mapping of a target area is provided. According to the method, input is received that defines a textured image. Tiles are generated from the textured image used to cover the target area in an aperiodic tiling pattern. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246085 | Electronic catalogue system, server, and medium for displaying on one screen images of a commercial product and articles for comparison An electronic catalogue system which, for easy sensory recognition of the size of a commercial product which is displayed in an electronic catalogue, displays on one screen the image of the commercial product together with the image of an article for comparison whic... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246044 | Method for aiding space design using network, system therefor, and server computer of the system Provided is an environment which enables a user to implement 3D space design on a computer accessible to a server computer via a network. The server computer includes a layout design program which is operable on a screen activated by a browser of the client computer... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240052 | Refinement of a search query based on information stored on a local storage medium The generation a search query based on information stored on a storage medium is described. According to one embodiment of the invention, search criteria is entered to perform a search of a storage medium of a client computer. The search of the storage medium determ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239325 | Image generation method and image generation device It is an object of the present invention to generate more realistic pattern by mapping a texture to a three-dimensional polygon. An image generation device has image memory, in which are stored basic textures to be mapped to generate overall patterns on polygons by ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7227550 | Processing module for a computer system device A processing module converts an input signal, which is generated in a computer system device, into a digital output signal at a video output. The digital output signal is adapted to be visualized by a display device. The processing module includes a scaler for scali... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7199783 | Wake-up detection method and apparatus embodying the same An input apparatus is disclosed having a hand-sensing system, a wake-up detector, and a microcontroller. After a period of inactivity, the apparatus is placed into a sleep mode to conserve power. During the sleep mode, an electrical property that the hand-sensing sy... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7173635 | Remote graphical user interface support using a graphics processing unit Methods, apparatus and systems for the display, on a remote node, of a three-dimensional (3D) image rendered on a host system in a first image format are described. In general, the 3D image is transformed into a second image format that is compressed (i.e., uses few... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7148897 | Rendering successive frames in a graphic object system Disclosed is an imaging engine system (699) generally intended for the reproduction of graphical object images using apparatus having limited computing resources, such as so-called “thin clients”. Numerous developments of traditional image processing and ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149368 | System and method for synthesis of bidirectional texture functions on arbitrary surfaces A bidirectional texture function (BTF) synthesizer serves to synthesize BTFs on arbitrary manifold surfaces using “surface textons” given a sample BTF as an input. The synthesized BTFs fit the surface geometry naturally and seamlessly, and not only look similar ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7138964 | Mobile unit with dual panel display An electroluminescence display device that comprises an array of pixels, an electroluminescence device formed in each of the pixels, a first electrode formed in the electroluminescence device, a second electrode formed in the electroluminescence device, an electrolu... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136072 | System and method for performing texture synthesis In one embodiment, a method for synthesizing a texture of a desired size from a sample texture is provided. The method comprises the steps of generating a matrix of the desired size, and providing values to the matrix. The values include random values and at least a... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7113192 | Large 1D texture map representation with a 2D texture map A method is described that involves storing 1D texture map information within a 2D texture map. The 1D texture map has a size that exceeds a maximum allowable 1D texture map size. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7088367 | Methods and system for general skinning via hardware accelerators Complex computer graphics forms and motions can be constructed either by hand or with motion or geometry capture technologies, once they are created, they are difficult to modify, particularly at runtime. Interpolation provides a way to leverage artist-generated sou... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085415 | Image display apparatus An image display apparatus comprises a line buffer unit which stores binary image data, the binary image data being divided into a plurality of line portion data, each line portion data having a fixed length. Pattern matching units are connected in parallel with the... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081893 | System and method for point pushing to render polygons in environments with changing levels of detail A system and method are described for pushing child vertices to predetermined parent vertices to remove detail from an array of polygons. In one embodiment, a graphics engine identifies an LOD boundary that divides the array of polygons into low LOD and high LOD are... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7070846 | Carpet constructions, systems, and methods A textile substrate such as patterned carpet for coordinating with other flooring is provided. The substrate includes a multi-colored pattern produced by a process for coloring substrates, using the application of liquid colorants, in which the assignment of color i... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7064762 | Methods and system for general skinning via hardware accelerators Complex computer graphics forms and motions can be constructed either by hand or with motion or geometry capture technologies, once they are created, they are difficult to modify, particularly at runtime. Interpolation provides a way to leverage artist-generated sou... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7064767 | Image solution processing method, processing apparatus, and program The invention establishes a target face to which a texture will be mapped and determines the start point for drawing the texture and the number of drawing iterations. In accordance with the drawing start point and the number of drawing iterations, the texture is map... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7061501 | Rendering a pencil-sketch image A pencil-sketch image is rendered from three-dimensional (3D) data by determining a pencil-sketch texture for a polygon defined by the 3D data, projecting the polygon onto a two-dimensional surface, and mapping the pencil-sketch texture onto the polygon to render th... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061500 | Direct-mapped texture caching with concise tags A graphics system architecture, in which condensed cache tags for texture are achieved by a remapping operation which exploits the relation between the level-of-detail parameter of mip mapping and the maximum resolution. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7062722 | Network-linked interactive three-dimensional composition and display of saleable objects in situ in viewer-selected scenes for purposes of promotion and procurement A design professional such as an interior designer running a browser program at a client computer (i) optionally causes a digital image of a room, or a room model, or room images to be transmitted across the world wide web to a graphics server computer, and (ii) int... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057619 | Methods and system for general skinning via hardware accelerators Complex computer graphics forms and motions can be constructed either by hand or with motion or geometry capture technologies, once they are created, they are difficult to modify, particularly at runtime. Interpolation provides a way to leverage artist-generated sou... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055107 | Method and system for automated selection of optimal communication network equipment model, position, and configuration A method for engineering management and planning for the design of a communications network in three dimensions (3-D) combines computerized organization, database fusion, and site-specific communication system performance prediction models. The method enables a desi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050626 | Color conversion apparatus and color conversion program storage medium A color conversion apparatus has an input section for inputting page information having both image information including color data and character information including color data, a color conversion section for practicing mutually different color conversions for bot... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7027067 | Image processing apparatus and method If gamut mapping (hue restoration) defined by one Lab color space is applied in color matching under different reference white points, the human vision perceives the hue as inconsistent. In view of this, input data which is dependent on a color space of an input dev... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6975319 | System, method and article of manufacture for calculating a level of detail (LOD) during computer graphics processing A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for calculating a level of detail (LOD) value for use during computer graphics processing. First, a plurality of geometrically arranged coordinates is identified. A distance value is computed based on the geom... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6950551 | Terminal and input/output characteristic measurement method and calculation apparatus for display device An apparatus for creating an ICC profile in a simple manner without using a specialized measuring instrument. A display control unit reads out a dot pattern image from a pattern image data holding unit and a grayscale pattern image containing a plurality of grayscal... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947055 | System and method for synthesis of parametric texture map textures In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to method for assigning coefficients to a texel of a parametric texture map (PTM) texture. The method may comprise the steps of: generating a random PTM matrix of a desired size, the random PTM matrix comprising t... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6940514 | Parallel initialization path for rasterization engine A system and method are disclosed for a rasterization pipeline with a parallel initialization path that may provide an increased rate of triangle processing. The edge walker, span walker, and sample generator modules of a rasterization pipeline may be modified to en... | 09/06/2005 |
