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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7982753 | Information display apparatus An information display apparatus connected to a display unit for visually presenting information to a user is disclosed. The information display apparatus displays a frame within a display region of the display unit, information to be displayed in the frame, and an ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7937654 | Text reflow in a structured document A method and computer program product for reflowing a PDL page without using the original application used to create the PDL page. The method and computer program product include receiving a page represented in a page description language, the page including a plura... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7403211 | Method and system for interactive region segmentation A method and computer graphics program executed by a processor for interactively subdividing a region in a computer controlled graphics display system is described. The user directly manipulates a control object (or “handle”) using a pointing device such as a co... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395515 | Method and apparatus for screen object manipulation The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for manipulating screen objects utilizing multiband regions of influence. Positioning a reference point of an object within a particular band invokes a particular functionality or operation related to that band.... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7345693 | Airport display device An airport display device including a display including at least one window, a database including data related to an airport, a selector configured to select a degree of zoom for the airport to be displayed from a plurality of different degrees of zoom, a control un... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7209149 | Image cropping and synthesizing method, and imaging apparatus By selecting a template, a crop boundary (98a) is displayed on an image on a screen. The crop boundary has a corresponding shape to that of a frame of the selected template, and is variable in size while keeping the same shape and being centered on a r... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7098933 | Acquiring and unacquiring alignment and extension points A method, apparatus, and an article of manufacture for acquiring and unacquiring data points of interest in a drawing program. Data points of interest are acquired after a display cursor is positioned over the data point of interest for an acquisition pause time. Th... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6989847 | Method and apparatus for screen object manipulation The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for manipulating screen objects utilizing multiband regions of influence. Positioning a reference point of an object within a particular band invokes a particular functionality or operation related to that band.... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6957395 | Computer interface having a single window mode of operation A computer-human interface manages the available space of a computer display in a manner which reduces clutter and confusion caused by multiple open windows. The interface includes a user-selectable mode of operation in which only those windows associated with the c... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6937291 | Adaptive video scaler An adaptive filter is adjustable for performing scaling operations. During a scaling operation, the adaptive filter stores scaled data in a memory such that more data samples may be retrieved during a subsequent scaling operation. The size of a finite impulse respon... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6904392 | Annotation management In CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM systems in which three dimensional objects are display along with two dimensional annotations, a method and system is described for assisting the user in selecting a location for placement of the annotation on the object so that it annotates the p... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6873343 | Scalable graphics image drawings on multiresolution image with/without image data re-usage A method and apparatus for creating a background or foreground image at different resolutions with a scalable graphic thereon is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises selecting a version of an image for display with a scalable graphic. The version of th... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6768497 | Elastic presentation space A method for displaying visual information on a display screen of a computer, comprising the steps of scaling the visual information to produce a scaled representation to fit on the display screen the scaled representation containing the entire content of the visual... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6480813 | Method and apparatus for defining a precision drawing in a drawing program A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for defining a precision drawing point is disclosed. The method permits the definition of temporary interesting points anywhere in the drawing space. Each temporary interesting point allows the definition of a s... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6337703 | Method and apparatus for screen object manipulation The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for manipulating screen objects utilizing multiband regions of influence. Positioning a reference point of an object within a particular band invokes a particular functionality or operation related to... | 01/08/2002 |
| 5687305 | Projection of images of computer models in three dimensional space A system and method for precisely superimposing images of computer models in three-dimensional space to a corresponding physical object in physical space. The system includes a computer for producing a computer model of a three-dimensional object. A proje... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5463722 | Automatic alignment of objects in two-dimensional and three-dimensional display space using an alignment field gradient A method and apparatus for automatic alignment of manipulated objects in two-dimensional and three-dimensional graphic space. The present invention provides an alignment field gradient which emanates from objects surrounding the manipulated object(s). As ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5450096 | Character generating method and apparatus In a character generating method and apparatus for producing a bit map image of a designated character size from outline data, a character developing circuit calculates a shearing factor of a target stroke when a conversion scaling factor is smaller than ... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5266938 | Method for calibrating a display and apparatus for implementing the same method A method and apparatus for calibrating the scale of an X-Y display device is provided wherein at least two intersecting linear loci are formed and displayed on the screen of the device to show the X and Y axes of effective coordinates of the display devic... | 11/30/1993 |
| 4974174 | Alignment method for positioning textual and graphic objects In a computer system, an application program is able to specify the location of an object to be displayed relative to another object to be displayed by means of alignment points selected for each of the objects. The alignments points include the intersect... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4891770 | Apparatus and process for creating variably sized block diagrams to accommodate variable text contents while yet retaining overall block shape A computer aided design system processes input instructions to produce block diagrams. Each block has sub-blocks and text may be placed into each sub-block. The system then automatically draws the blocks to an optimum size. Boundaries defining the edge of... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4841453 | Multidirectional scan and print capability A character generator with multidirectional scan and variable line and character (or symbol) size capability. Universality is implemented by producing a serial binary stram which can be used to print or display in any of eight combinations of scan directi... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4574364 | Method and apparatus for controlling image display In a method for controlling an image display apparatus having a file management table for managing information including titles of image data stored in a file memory and storage addresses therefor and a window management table for managing information inc... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4254409 | Control system for full line variable height and width character and symbol printing A control system for modifying a conventional full width page printer to permit generation of different printed characters, symbols, or other graphic elements of different sizes in a single line. Use of this control system permits the sequential generatio... | 03/03/1981 |
