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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| 8099400 | Intelligent storing and retrieving in an enterprise data system A method and system is presented which provides a TDM framework for managing self-describing measurement data. The TDM framework provides applications with a central platform for accessing measurement data across an entire enterprise system. By means of individual p... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7984370 | Method of processing plurality of images arranged in chronological order A meeting data conversion application executed in a PC successively obtains the first and last images and an image immediately before reduction of display content, among a plurality of images arranged in chronological order. Among the obtained images, an image immed... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975226 | Determining presentation effects for a sequence of digital content records Various embodiments of the present invention pertain to determining presentation effects for a sequence of digital content records based at least upon a comparison of environmental conditions in which the digital content records were captured. Examples of such envir... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7904815 | Content-based dynamic photo-to-video methods and apparatuses Methods and apparatuses are provided for automatically generating video data based on still image data. Certain aspects of the video may also be configured to correspond to audio features identified within associated audio data. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7886229 | Content-management interface A content-management interface is implemented using superposition of graphical “widget” elements onto an on-screen display of the real-time image of a user. The widgets are motion-sensitive control elements which are responsive to user movement that produces mot... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7805679 | Apparatus and method for generating slide show and program therefor When slide show image data sets are generated from a plurality of image data sets, the image data sets, DVD-Video files representing the slide shows generated from the image data sets, and information representing reproduction order are stored in a manner that allow... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7797633 | Streaming to media device during acquisition with random access Playing a media file can include receiving input from a user identifying a playback location associated with a media file; downloading media content corresponding to the identified playback location from the media file; displaying a status bar to the user on a displ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7770117 | Morphing between views of data A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium are provided that in an embodiment morph between two graphical views of related content that share a common frame of reference. In an embodiment, the two views depict the same data at different resolutions. The ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7725829 | Media authoring and presentation A system and method for facilitating non-linear viewing of media is provided. The system facilitates non-linear viewing of media by providing a scene selector that scans a digitized media and selects a scene in the digitized media and a metadata generator that produ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7725828 | Application of speed effects to a video presentation Some embodiments provide a method of specifying speed effects for playing a video clip. The method defines a set of speed effects for the video clip. It then displays in real-time a presentation of the video clip that accounts for the set of speed effects defined fo... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7644364 | Photo and video collage effects A media editing application for creating and displaying video effect clips. A detection component detects video files stored in a memory of a computer. A user interface displays the detected video files and various video effects that can be applied to video files. T... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7496845 | Interactive presentation viewing system employing multi-media components An interactive, multi-media presentation viewing system and process for viewing educational or business presentations integrating presentation graphics in the form of presentation slides, video, audio, text, and other streaming media into a powerfully coordinated vi... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7441198 | Virtual collaboration window system and method This invention is a method for manipulating virtual objects displayed on a video conference broadcast by generating a computerized three dimensional image of an object to be superimposed on a first video broadcast signal from a local video camera for display on a re... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432940 | Interactive animation of sprites in a video production A method of animating a sprite in a video production comprising a plurality of sequential video frames is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of selecting (2004) a feature, with which the sprite is to be juxtaposed, in one of said video frames, applying... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428703 | Methods and systems for processing media content Methods and systems for processing media content are described and in at least some embodiments utilize a composite or composition, which can be considered as a representation of an editing project as a single track. Editing projects can have one or more tracks, and... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7412654 | Apparatus and method for handling special windows in a display An apparatus and method for handling special windows in a display comprises a window manager in an operating system that is called by application programs to create special windows. The window manager embeds static key signals including encoded special window inform... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7386810 | Information processing apparatus and method, and information processing program To improve the convenience in picture processing of a target picture, a filtering unit (102) and patterning unit (103) are supplied with information on a target one selected by a touch pad (6) from a plurality of pictures to minify to thumbnail ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7375768 | System and method for automatic creation of device specific high definition material There is provided herein a system and method for adapting high resolution input material to display specifications of a particular display device, thereby ensuring that the high quality of the input material is preserved as best as possible in the final video work. ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7362310 | Systems and methods to move a keyboard According to some embodiments, a keyboard may be moved to a location behind a display. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355606 | Methods and apparatuses for the automated display of visual effects Methods and apparatuses for the generation of visual effects according to the elapsed time for real time display. One embodiment of the present invention provides an automated mechanism for displaying visual effects (e.g., fade to or from a target color) through adj... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343207 | Method for the operation of an electronic device A method is provided for operating an electronic device with control software controlled by means of an operating surface. An interface is disposed between the operating surface and the control software to decouple the operating surface from the control software and... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328004 | Advertising system using radio communication between advertiser and consumer Advertisement system and method of advertising by using one or more advertiser devices, which each corresponds to an advertisement which is perceptible by a user of a consumer device. The advertiser device and the consumer device are equipped with a nearby radio con... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313808 | Browsing continuous multimedia content A program distribution system includes a plurality of set-top boxes that receive broadcast programming and segmentation data from content and information providers. The segmentation information indicates portions of programs that are to be included in skimmed or con... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305618 | Methods for multimedia content repurposing Comprehensive multimedia content re-purposing relating to wireless communications employs content constructs that are compact representations of the content information. For video content, the constructs are content operators that represent 2D image regions and/or 3... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302644 | Real time production system and method An integrated, fully automated video production system that provides a video director with total control over all of the video production devices used in producing a show. Such devices include, but are not limited to, cameras, robotic pan/tilt heads, video tape play... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287226 | Methods and systems for effecting video transitions represented by bitmaps Multi-media project editing methods and systems are described. In one embodiment, a project editing system comprises a multi-media editing application that is configured to enable a user to combine multiple different video clips into a video project. A bitmap proces... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284187 | Encapsulated document and format system Methods for producing and multiplexing a file format, as well as structures for a hierarchical file format and data file, are provided. The data file may include data that is divided in a hierarchical manner, including a highest level document portion that supports ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280738 | Method and system for specifying a selection of content segments stored in different formats A method, system and program product are described for specifying a selection of content segments stored in different formats. The invention involves receiving specification of a plurality of portions of first content stored in a first format, the specification iden... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7266835 | Method and apparatus for secure transactions in an interactive television ticker A user can perform secure transactions via an interactive television ticker. While viewing an advertisement scrolling in the ticker, the user can select that advertisement to initiate an on-line transaction. That resulting transaction can be performed within the tic... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262775 | System supporting animation of graphical display elements through animation object instances A graphical display animation system is disclosed that supports timed modification of element property values of elements within a graphical display. The animation system utilizes a display structure for maintaining a set of elements corresponding to displayed objec... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7254776 | Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus is provided that inputs and outputs images of different resolutions. When a resolution of a line drawing input via an interface is lower than the resolution of the monitor and the resolution of an image input via the interface is ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251783 | Large area storage display A large area display workstation provides a liquid crystal display, configured to produce an image. The electrical components of the liquid crystal display are disposed on a substrate through a large area fabrication technique. The workstation has a first, high-reso... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246314 | Methods and apparatuses for interactive similarity searching, retrieval and browsing of video Methods for interactive selecting video queries consisting of training images from a video for a video similarity search and for displaying the results of the similarity search are disclosed. The user selects a time interval in the video as a query definition of tra... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240286 | Content editing apparatus, content editing method, content editing program, and computer-readable storage medium A content editing apparatus that edits digital broadcast content that is composed of a plurality of data carousels for realizing pseudo-interaction is provided. An operation reception unit receives identification information and a transmission start time and a trans... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240075 | Interactive generating query related to telestrator data designating at least a portion of the still image frame and data identifying a user is generated from the user designating a selected region on the display screen, transmitting the query to the remote information system Methods, apparatuses, and systems enabling an interactive information retrieval system that includes a user interface allowing users to graphically generate information queries for objects of interest found in various media, such as television, video, and print. The... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225405 | System and method for audio creation and editing in a multimedia messaging environment A system for editing audio objects in which a variety of audio objects are represented as images and laid out in a 2 dimensional visual environment. The system includes a display unit, a processing unit, a user interface unit, and a device for playing/receiving audi... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221852 | Motion picture playback apparatus and motion picture playback method The present invention is directed to a motion-picture time scale control instruction system for time-controlled playback of motion picture in accordance with a time-scale control signal. In accordance with the preferred embodiment, during playback of motion-picture ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207006 | Run-time hypervideo hyperlink indicator options in hypervideo players A hypervideo player for playing hypervideos containing both video and hypervideo hyperlinks provides user selectable run-time options for the form of hypervideo hyperlink emphasis region display attributes displayed at the time of viewing. The hypervideo player may ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7207007 | Editing system, editing method, clip management device, and clip management method The relation between the edit resultant clip and the clip to be edited is managed with the hierarchical structure by managing means, so that the complicate editing works can be easily performed if the editing works are performed based on the information stored in th... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7187467 | Image supply apparatus, image output apparatus, control apparatus therefor, and image forming apparatus incorporating them An ink jet printer for forming an ink jet printed long strip of cloth includes a design image generation unit, a receiving unit, a generating unit and a synthesizing unit. The design image generation unit generates design image data representing a design image repea... | 03/06/2007 |
