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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8072471 | Processing cursor movements in a graphical user interface of a multimedia application A method for processing a selected item in a GUI of a multimedia application is provided. The method includes receiving a hot key input that specifies a function that is to be applied to the selected item and displaying a set of control guidelines associated with th... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7949948 | Constraint and rule-based page layout Technologies are described herein for laying out content. Constraints and rules are defined for one or more content objects. The constraints are utilized to lay out content objects on a canvas. Content is received for one of the content objects. The constraints and ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7411594 | Information processing apparatus and method In order to improve the ease of operation of a conventional walk-through system using panoramic photographic images, a system is provided with a view calculating unit for calculating view information in accordance with a user instruction from an operation unit, the ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7348998 | Method for orienting a digital image on a display of an image display device The method of capturing a digital image for viewing from a stream of digital images on a touch display of a digital imaging device includes accessing a stream of digital images comprised of a plurality of individual digital images, selecting an individual image from... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339597 | Creating and manipulating related vector objects in an image Computer programs and computer-implemented methods implement techniques for creating and manipulating related vector objects in an image. These include creating a first vector object or elements in an image, creating a second vector object or elements in the image, ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327375 | Control program for display apparatus As characters move, building are rotated and deformed, then, a powerful expression as if the characters moved lively and freely in three-dimensional space. The game machine stores a first image plane for displaying a ground, a second plane for displaying imag... | 02/05/2008 |
| RE39950 | Method and apparatus for interactively manipulating and displaying presumptive relationships between graphic objects A presumptive mode computer aided design and drafting system for interactively manipulating and displaying graphic objects that employ predefined rules to govern the geometric layout and logical relationships representing a physical design, schematic or process flow... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7271813 | Rotational display system The present invention provides a system which integrates unique lighting technologies, switching systems, mounting systems, information delivery systems and power supply systems within a vehicular wheel to provide an advanced, high quality visual display apparatus. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7190365 | Method for navigating in a multi-scale three-dimensional scene A method for navigating a 3D scene in a viewing area includes associating a point of interest with a reference shape, which is related to the shape of the 3D object, and displaying a scene according to a user-requested action, while keeping the point of interest wit... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7176946 | Displaying apparatus and method of controlling the same A displaying apparatus including a signal generator part generating a video signal, and a display part displaying thereon a picture based on the video signal generated by the signal generator part, further comprising including a setting part including a portion set ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7002604 | Screen rotation The invention method and system provides rotation of an image on a display screen. A graphics library translates on-screen coordinates from a base viewing mode to a desired alternate viewing mode. The translated coordinated are rendered directly to the display scree... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000197 | Method and apparatus for inferred selection of objects One or more embodiments of the invention comprises a collection of techniques to infer the real construction of a collection of graphical elements. Typically the underlying graphical elements of a physical object have a parent-child relationship in the graphical dis... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6995776 | Terminal device, information display method, and program for said information display method A terminal device detects the inclination of the terminal device per se in a predetermined direction, and, based on the detected inclination, changes the display format of an element object on a display screen or enlarges/regenerates an element object on a display s... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6928618 | Intelligent drag of assembly components One or more embodiments of the invention provide a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for positioning a graphical component in a computer-implemented drawing program. A selection of a graphical component displayed on a display device is received. Thereaft... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6911980 | Manipulation of curves and surfaces In a shape manipulation method, relocation information is received indicative of an intended change in position of a target location on a Bezier shape, the contour of the Bezier shape being governed by control points. In response to the relocation information, new p... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6897862 | Method and system for applying constraints to chains of curves A method and system for applying constraints to a wireframe chain of curves for Computer-Aided Design (CAD) is disclosed, whereby a geometric constraint network can be expanded to include chains of curves as types of wireframe entities. As such, a chain of curves ca... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6781597 | Edit modes for three dimensional modeling systems A computer program product executes in a computer workstation according to methods of the invention to provide editing handles for solid shapes. The computer program provides a graphical user interface in the preferred form of an icon which is visually associated wi... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6760041 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT THAT PERFORMS ENLARGEMENT, REDUCTION AND SHAPE-MODIFICATION PROCESSING OF IMAGES ON A MONITOR, DEPENDING ON OUTPUT FROM PRESSURE-SENSITIVE MEANS, METHOD THEREFOR AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH THE METHOD Electronic equipment which provides an easier-to-use user interface for zoom-in and zoom-out actions has a switch which includes a pressure-sensitive unit, and a processing unit that performs enlargement or reduction processing depending on the output from the press... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6710783 | Presentation device In a presentation device for the two-dimensional presentation of the volume data elements of a volume dataset, parts of the volume dataset can be selected by prescribing boundary surfaces. The boundary surfaces are displaceable. The selected volume can be presented ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6366293 | Method and apparatus for manipulating and displaying graphical objects in a computer display device A graphical object in an object-oriented environment is comprised of a plurality of child graphical objects. The parent graphical object and each of the child graphical objects have a property corresponding to the orientation of a representation of the re... | 04/02/2002 |
| 5572639 | Method and apparatus for interactively manipulating and displaying presumptive relationships between graphic objects A presumptive mode computer aided design and drafting system for interactively manipulating and displaying graphic objects that employ predefined rules to govern the geometric layout and logical relationships representing a physical design, schematic or p... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5511157 | Connection of sliders to 3D objects to allow easy user manipulation and viewing of objects An easy to use method is practiced by the user of the computer system to allow for precise control of a displayed three dimensional object about any one of three perpendicular axes. A procedure is called which defines three "hot spots" for the X, Y and Z ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5045844 | Image paralleling and rotating system In an image information processing apparatus including a combined display and input unit, which includes a coordinate specifying unit for specifying on a screen a rectangular area containing an image and also specifiying the destination to which it is to ... | 09/03/1991 |
