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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356470 | Text-to-speech and image generation of multimedia attachments to e-mail A multi-mail system and method is disclosed in which a sender may convey and a recipient can realize emotional aspects associated with substantive content of a multi-mail message by receiving a message that is more than textual in nature. Voice recognition technolog... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7167186 | Systems and methods for motion adaptive filtering The systems detect movement of text or areas of high spatial frequency in one frame to another frame. If such movement is detected and meets a certain level or threshold, the subpixel rendering processing of such text or areas of high spatial frequency can be change... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7109993 | Method and system for the automatic computerized audio visual dubbing of movies A method for automated computerized audio visual dubbing of a movie comprises (i) generating a three-dimensional head model of an actor in a movie, the head model being representative of specific facial features of the actor, and (ii) generating a three-dimensional ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097894 | Novelty note pad A novelty note pad is disclosed which comprises a plurality of detachable bound paper sheets each of which contains a single block graphic of a series of graphics in successive phases of a cycle of action, along an edge thereof, wherein the earliest graphic is on th... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7003132 | Embedding hidden auxiliary code signals in media Methods for embedding and reading auxiliary messages from image signals use embedded code signals modulated with the auxiliary message. These embedded ode signals may be used to convey hidden tracking codes in images, video and printed objects. The embedded code sig... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6545740 | Method and system for reducing motion artifacts A motion artifact reduction system (10) includes a series of cinematic feature image frames (IFm, IFm+1)captured at an incoming frame rate. The motion artifact reduction system (10) also has a processor (12) operable to determine whe... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6338503 | Promotional display structure and method A promotional display structure has a plurality of elongate strips of stiff but bendable material assembled in a pack with their obverse and reverse faces alternating in the pack, the first face having textual display including promotional matter and in s... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6044101 | Semiconductor laser device A semiconductor laser device having a multiplicity of individual lasers disposed in a laser-active region within outer boundary surfaces having front and rear boundary surfaces extending crosswise to an exit direction of the laser light, and lateral, bott... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5748199 | Method and apparatus for converting a two dimensional motion picture into a three dimensional motion picture Techniques for converting a two-dimensional motion picture into a three dimensional stereo motion picture are disclosed. Wire frames of objects in the motion picture are constructed using the frames of the two-dimensional motion picture, substituted for t... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5313522 | Apparatus for generating from an audio signal a moving visual lip image from which a speech content of the signal can be comprehended by a lipreader A device for facilitating comprehension by a hearing impaired person of a telephone conversation includes a cord coupling to a telephone line a circuit which can convert the received audio speech signal into a series of phonemes. The circuit also includes... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5257066 | Pivoting film drive mount A mounting assembly for a film drive unit used with photographic film printers. A mount base having a central aperture is adapted to be secured proximate the optical stage of a photographic printer. A pair of substantially parallel rails are attached to t... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5198902 | Apparatus and method for processing a video signal containing single frame animation material Apparatus for processing a video signal derived by single frame animation for subsequent merging with live action material, comprises a motion vector estimator (11) for deriving motion vectors in dependence on motion in the picture sequence represented by... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5068646 | Data display A technique for achieving read-time animation in bit-map data displays in apparatus having a display memory in which digital codes are stored to give the color and/or luminance of each pixel of the display and the display memory is accessed repeatedly in ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5042941 | Process for producing animated films A process of producing animated films which permits greater rapidity in the filming, while at the same time reducing the cost. The process comprises the steps of: a) photographing a single time by a camera a black and white drawing of each of the componen... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5029997 | Stop-frame animation system An stop motion animation sequence of a tangible object is made by the steps of making a series of drawings representing three-dimensional object to be animated in various sequential positions; sequentially embodying the drawings on a projection medium suc... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4952051 | Method and apparatus for producing animated drawings and in-between drawings A method and system which enables an animator to make drawings and in-between drawings. Preceding and following tweens 74 and 75 are shown to the animator in such a way that they are distinguishable from each other and from the in-between drawing 73 on wh... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4913539 | Apparatus and method for lip-synching animation The disclosed invention takes advantage of the fact that the speech information and processing needed for successful animation lip-synching is actually much less than the information and processing which is needed for identifying individual words, as in t... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4841291 | Interactive animation of graphics objects A technique is described for animating graphics objects (sprites) on a display. The display manager allows a user to select a sprite from the display or from a sprite table. Then the user selects the operation to perform on the sprite. Enabled operations ... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4827532 | Cinematic works with altered facial displays The invention relates to a cinematic work and includes substituting for an original sound track of a motion picture a new sound track in a different language while at the same time correcting the lip movements of actors in the film to correspond to the ne... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4711543 | TV animation interactively controlled by the viewer An animation method supersedes the motion picture branching method by, first, enabling rapid and repeated switching of multiple tracks of different camera-originated animation of the same character during continuous action in a scene, and second, by enabl... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4695141 | Method for the production of a combined live-action and animation motion picture film The method comprises the production of a live-action film of subjects acting against a white background, making black-and-white subjects enlargements with grey gradation of useful film frames, drawing separate contour images from these enlargements, paint... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4600281 | Altering facial displays in cinematic works The invention relates to substituting for an original sound track of a motion picture a new sound track in a different language while at the same time correcting the lip movements of actors in the film to correspond to the new language. The method makes u... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4594733 | Signal processing system and the method A/D conversion of a video scan signal having a substantially constant shading profile. Waveform of a blank or white scan signal is decomposed into gently varying component and steeply changing component superposed on the former. These components are detec... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4260229 | Creating visual images of lip movements A system and method that creates visual images of lip movements on film, video tape, or other recorded media. Speech sounds are analyzed, digitally encoded and transmitted to a data memory device. Stored within the data memory device is a program for prod... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4214823 | Animation stand control system A control system for an animation stand including a stored program computer for monitoring and storing a plurality of manually produced positions of a camera and a support relative to each other and for calculating a plurality of driver command signals fr... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4114167 | Miniaturized model kitchen having coordinated interchangeable and integratable modules A miniaturized model kitchen which is used for simplified planning of full sized kitchens and immediate, scaled reproduction thereof in full color prospective view and plan view photographs comprises a foldable stand with a rotatable floor planning surfac... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4104625 | Apparatus for providing facial image animation An image animation apparatus includes a rotating disk having film negatives mounted around its periphery each film negative having a different facial expression on it. By use of an associated microprocessor which responds to certain control inputs the seq... | 08/01/1978 |
| 3970379 | Animation method and system A system and method for producing an animated motion picture in which the scene contents for the next succeeding frame in a plurality of sequential picture frames may be aligned with respect to the previous frame scene content prior to the photographic re... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969022 | System for producing a colored motion picture film from black-and-white medium A system is disclosed for producing a colored-motion picture film from a black-and-white source film. Each frame of the black-and-white film is projected as an image onto a work surface to which colors are applied within selected areas for combination wit... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3941463 | Method of producing a colored film from a black-and-white picture The method of producing a colored film from an exposed black-and-white picture and especially from an exposed black-and-white motion picture film wherein a black-and-white image is projected onto a surface, opaque pastel colors are applied within selected... | 03/02/1976 |
