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| 7176920 | Computer games apparatus A computer games apparatus includes a server operable under the control of a computer program to generate and store data defining a 3D game environment. Objects within that environment can be moved and/or changed in response to signals received by the server from pl... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7084877 | Global motion estimation for sprite generation A complete automatic sprite generation system uses first-order prediction for an initial estimation, delayed elimination for outlier rejection, and field-based sprite generation for an interlaced source. Optionally, higher-order prediction for the initial estimation... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7075529 | Method of processing diverse three-dimensional graphic objects A method of rendering a 2-D graphic object having a plurality of pixels to a 3-D graphic object is disclosed. At first, a directional relation corresponding to the pixels is determined to define relations between the pixels and edges of the 2-D graphic object. Then,... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068272 | System, method and article of manufacture for Z-value and stencil culling prior to rendering in a computer graphics processing pipeline A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for early Z-value based culling prior to pixel rendering in a graphics pipeline. In initial stages of processing, Z-value culling is performed on at least one pixel. Thereafter, the pixel is conditionally rend... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7053894 | Compression of surface light fields A system and method are provided for compressing a graphical representation that describes the appearance of an object from a plurality of viewing directions. Compressing includes accessing the graphical representation, removing redundant descriptive information fro... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050055 | Single semiconductor graphics platform with blending and fog capabilities A graphics pipeline system and associated method are provided for graphics processing. Such system includes a transform module adapted for receiving graphics data. The transform module serves to transform the graphics data from a first space to a second space. Coupl... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7027050 | 3D computer graphics processing apparatus and method In a computer graphics apparatus, a three-dimensional object is modelled using a mesh of triangles which approximate the object surface. To display images, each triangle is sub-divided into smaller triangles, which do not necessarily lie in the same plane as the ori... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6956569 | Method for matching a two dimensional image to one of a plurality of three dimensional candidate models contained in a database A method for matching a two dimensional image to one of a plurality of three dimensional candidate models. The method including the steps of: determining the position and orientation of the two dimensional image; for each three dimensional model, computing a histogr... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6891539 | Picture editing apparatus A first editor memory is supplied with picture data that a user has selected, a second editor memory is supplied with a template that the user has selected, and a key memory is supplied with a key information that the user has selected. A switch inserts the picture ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6873327 | Method and system for automatically adding effects to still images A method and system for automatically adding effects to still images are described. In one embodiment, a source image and a template are selected. Further, designated areas of the source image are automatically replaced with template image information, the template ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6765564 | Device for marking edges of shelves A device for indicating prices, article numbers or similar information on the edges of the shelves in department stores or storing premises. The device comprises a number of displays which shall be mounted to the shelves, and each display is connected to a separate ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6762756 | Graphics processor, system and method for generating screen pixels in raster order utilizing a single interpolator A method and system for generating a graphical display from data describing at least one three-dimensional object is disclosed. The method and system include providing a plurality of processors and a single interpolator coupled with the plurality of processors. Each... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6760021 | Multi-dimensional image system for digital image input and output A two-dimensional image file is transferred from a client via the Internet or other data transfer network to a server having a processor for performing selectable image data processing, according to a stored program. The processor generates a file for output, format... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6760026 | Image-based virtual reality player with integrated 3D graphics objects A system and process for rendering a virtual reality environment having an image-based background, which allows a viewer to move about and interact with 3D graphic objects in a virtual interaction space of the environment. This is generally accomplished by first ren... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6753863 | System and method for streaming real time animation data file A method for of transferring and receiving 3D image motion through communication network based upon virtual behavioral model wherein the virtual model represents the 3D image structure and enables to simulate 3D image motion according to structure components positio... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6753857 | Method and system for 3-D shared virtual environment display communication virtual conference and programs therefor The purpose is to provide a system and a method for 3-D shared virtual environment communication system to enable a plurality of users to share a common virtual environment so that real-time facial expressions of other users can be displayed on user's own terminal a... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6750861 | Information processing device and method thereof, and transmission medium Processing at high speed is realized. Interpolation is carried out between vertexes of a series of vertexes and a series of vertexes taken as a longer series of vertexes of a strip. Interpolation is then carried out between each vertex of the interpolated series of ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6747642 | Method and apparatus for providing non-photorealistic cartoon outlining within a 3D videographics system In a 3D computer graphics system such as a 3D home video game console, efficient techniques for generating non-photorealistic effects such as cartoon outlining involve generating and displaying border lines at object edges based on contents of a pixel memory. Some t... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6738065 | Customizable animation system The present invention is a system and method to provide customizable animation. A motion capture database houses a library of human motion that is accessible via a client-server connection. Users are allowed to select motion sequences and alter these motions in real... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6734852 | Using rendering molecules to manage scene-based rendering A system and method for rapid processing of scene-graph-based data and/or programs is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system may be configured to utilize render molecules to more efficiently render objects. A render molecule is an object that defines the rest of t... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6734866 | Multiple adapting display interface An improved raster engine adapted to render video data from a frame buffer to one of a plurality of disparate displays is disclosed which comprises an integral bounded video signature analyzer, a hardware cursor apparatus supporting dual scanned displays, programmat... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6734861 | System, method and article of manufacture for an interlock module in a computer graphics processing pipeline A system, method and article of manufacture are afforded for providing an interlock module in a graphics pipeline. initially, first information is received indicative of a first set of pixels that overlap a primitive. Such first set of pixels are currently being pro... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6731287 | Method for animating a 3-D model of a face A method for animating a 3-D model of a person's face is disclosed. The 3-D face model carries both the geometry (shape) and the texture (color) characteristics of the person's face. The shape of the face model is represented via a 3-D triangular mesh (geometry mesh... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6727899 | System and method for occlusion culling graphical data A graphical display system of the present invention efficiently performs occlusion culling based on frame-to-frame temporal coherency. The graphical display system utilizes a frame buffer and rendering logic. The rendering logic is configured to receive graphical ob... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6680735 | Method for correcting gradients of irregular spaced graphic data A volume data set composed of voxels is rendered onto an image plane composed of pixels by casting a ray through each pixel of the image plane. A surface of the volume data set is selected as a base plane. Sample points are defined along each ray so that ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6678706 | Hypertext marker and method for dynamically displaying help information in an interactive data processing system A hypertext network is provided for use in an interactive data processing system including a processor device, a memory, a user input device and a display. The hypertext network comprises a plurality of user selectable stored information modules. Each mod... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6677949 | Simplifying and encoding a source mesh The invention concerns a method for coding an original source mesh (M) representing a three-dimensional object, which consists in determining a simple mesh (M0) having reduced number of facets each defined by vertices and edges, then coefficien... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6674430 | Apparatus and method for real-time volume processing and universal 3D rendering An apparatus and method for real-time volume processing and universal three-dimensional rendering. The apparatus includes a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) memory units; at least one pixel bus for providing global horizontal communication; a plurality... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6664956 | Method for generating a personalized 3-D face model A method for generating a 3-D model of a person's face is disclosed. The 3-D face model carries both the geometry (shape) and the texture (color) characteristics of the person's face. The shape of the face model is represented via a 3-D triangular mesh (g... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6654014 | Bird's-eye view forming method, map display apparatus and navigation system In a navigation system using a bird's-eye view display mode, map data on a plan view map are subjected to a perspective projection conversion to obtain drawing data on a bird's-eye view map. In this case, an input of the position of a view point is accept... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6650331 | System, method and computer program product for performing a scissor operation in a graphics processing framework embodied on a single semiconductor platform A graphics pipeline system is provided with an integrated scissor operation. First provided is a transform module adapted for being coupled to a buffer to receive graphics data therefrom. Such transform module is positioned on a single semiconductor platf... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6639593 | Converting bitmap objects to polygons Methods, and apparatus implementing the methods, that provide useful resolution-independent representations of the perimeter of a bitmap object. The methods find the boundary pixels in a bitmap and identify each boundary pixel edge that actually contribut... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6614442 | Macroblock tiling format for motion compensation A macroblock tiling format method and system for implementing the method during an MPEG decoding process is disclosed. The macroblock tiling format groups picture data samples into tiles, each tile including a combination of luminance and/or chrominance d... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6611265 | Multi-stage fixed cycle pipe-lined lighting equation evaluator A lighting evaluation unit in a graphics processing system. The lighting evaluation unit includes a calculation unit having dot product circuitry used in determining specular, diffuse, spot, and attenuation components of a lighting equation in parallel. I... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6606093 | Method and apparatus for antialiasing by gamma corrected area calculation A novel technique and apparatus for antialiasing in a computer graphics system is presented. The invention provides antialiasing by gamma corrected area calculation wherein the pixel coverage area is efficiently determined using cross products of the end ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6606095 | Compression of animated geometry using basis decomposition Methods for coding a time-dependent geometry stream include a basis decomposition coder and a column/row prediction coder. The basis decomposition coder uses principal component analysis to decompose a time dependent geometry matrix into basis vectors and... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6597353 | Information processing device and method thereof, and transmission medium Processing at high speed is realized. Interpolation is carried out between vertexes of a series of vertexes and a series of vertexes taken as a longer series of vertexes of a strip. Interpolation is then carried out between each vertex of the interpolated... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6593925 | Parameterized animation compression methods and arrangements Methods and arrangements are provided for real-time rendering of scenes having various light sources and objects having differing specular surfaces. An offline encoder is employed to parameterize images by two or more arbitrary variables allowing view, li... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6593922 | Computer readable recording medium having programs for three-dimensional computer image processing stored thereon, graduation rendering processing method, and video game device Graduation rendering processing brings about an effective defocused image of multi-levels of halftone according to the depth of the virtual three-dimensional space without requiring complicated operation processing. Subtraction processing is carried out i... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6590574 | Method, system, and computer program product for simulating camera depth-of-field effects in a digital image Camera depth-of-field effects are simulated through a system and method that blurs at least a portion of an image. A source image having a plurality of pixels is transferred to a frame buffer. Either during the transfer or after the transfer, a blending f... | 07/08/2003 |
