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20070273095CHESSBOARD DEVICE WITH AUTO-ELECTRONIC SCORING
... to the present invention can show figures or colors such as characters, digits, circular points, rectangular points, polygons, multiple strips, dots and etc. for identifying players. The light-transmittable components 20 can be provided on ... 		11/29/2007
6755711Box games and activities
... above from the group consisting of triangular, rectangular, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, septagonal, octagonal, nonagonal, decagonal and polygonal; at least one light or piece of light material on the disc body; a piece of material larger than the disc ... 		06/29/2004
20070155488Game progress administering system, game progress administering method, and computer-readable recording medium storing game progress administering program
... are stored in the ROM 163. Each of the mahjong tile objects and the like is comprised of a necessary number of polygons so as to enable the three-dimensional imaging. The imaging processor 111 performs a calculation for the conversion from ... 		07/05/2007
6709335Method of displaying message in an interactive computer process during the times of heightened user interest
... display 110. Video/sound layer 305 may implement graphics commands such as drawing a line on a video display, drawing a polygon, setting the lighting, and so forth. Video/sound layer 305 may also include audio capabilities such as ... 		03/23/2004
6991508Box games and activities
... from the group consisting of triangular, rectangular, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, septagonal, octagonal, nonagonal, decagonal and polygonal; at least one light or piece of light material on the disc body; a piece of material larger than the ... 		01/31/2006
8089485Method for constructing data structure used for proximate particle search, program for the same, and storage medium for storing program
United States Patent: 8089485   ( 2099 of 4479 ) United States Patent 8,089,485 Harada January 3, 2012 Method for constructing data structure used for proximate particle search, program for the ... 		01/03/2012
20060220314Board game apparatus and method of play
... form a basic toy structure of other shapes including but not limited to parallelogram, trapezoid, hexagon, and polygon. Of course, the toy structure may contain a combination of toy structures of different shapes, to construct various ... 		10/05/2006
20050075032Box games and activities
... from the group consisting of triangular, rectangular, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, septagonal, octagonal, nonagonal, decagonal and polygonal; at least one light or piece of light material on the disc body; a piece of material larger than ... 		04/07/2005
20100301105Container with flyer disc member
... from the group consisting of triangular, rectangular, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, septagonal, octagonal, nonagonal, decagonal and polygonal; at least one light or piece of light material on the disc body; a piece of material larger than ... 		12/02/2010
5820383Magnetic manipulatives book
... , such as but not limited to squares, diamonds, circles, ellipses, rectangles, triangles, pentagons, hexagons, other polygons and irregularly shaped figures, the pieces have a tendency to slide around the page. This creates a difficulty ... 		10/13/1998
4938472Game with stacking pieces on inclined surfaces
... as they choose where to place their respective pieces. The planar or pyramidal surface may be divided into polygonal sectors corresponding to the sectors that would be covered by the pieces Some or all of the sectors may be encoded with one ... 		07/03/1990
8092300Game server device, game management system and rating management method
... to the video RAM, for example a writing (pasting) process of texture data to an area of the video RAM specified as a polygon. Here, description is given of a relationship between operations of the CPU 161 and operations of the drawing processing unit 111 ... 		01/10/2012
6229552System and method for automatic motion generation
... in a 2D workspace with multiple movable objects. The robot, the movable objects and obstacles are modelled as convex polygons. In order for the movable objects to reach their specified goal the robot must "grasp" and carry them there. ... 		05/08/2001
4611227Decoder for digital information T.V. signal
... number 9. This command is used to draw irregular shapes and provides an important additional facility to that provided by the "polygon" command number 4 because it reduces the number of bits that are required to be transmitted in order to draw the shape. ... 		09/09/1986
7097559Game system and method for assigning titles to players based on history of playing characteristics
... rotation of each polygon, all of which data is temporarily stored in the RAM 162. Of the three-dimensional coordinate data for each polygon sought in this fashion, the horizontal and vertical coordinate data is supplied to the image draw processor 111 as ... 		08/29/2006
20090021518Method for constructing data structure used for proximate particle search, program for the same, and storage medium for storing program
PRE { font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; } United States Patent Application: 0090021518     ( 3593 of 5499 ) United States Patent Application 20090021518 Kind Code ... 		01/22/2009
6855058Game progress management device, game server device, terminal device, game progress management method and game progress management program
... and various types of screen. The mahjong tile objects and other objects are constituted by a required number of polygons so that they can be drawn three-dimensionally. The image drawing processing section 111 performs processing such as calculation for ... 		02/15/2005
20100127454Game of Strategy Having Dividable Game Pieces
... played with A4 170 and half A4 pieces 172. [0149]Similarly, other pieces may be constructed, either quadrilateral, or any polygon or curved shape that may be split and joined in a way to produce a game tree such as that described above. [0150]The ... 		05/27/2010
20070291035Horizontal Perspective Representation
... taught in art and drafting classes for beginners. FIG. 2 further illustrates central perspective. Using central perspective, the chess board and chess pieces look like three dimension objects, even though they are drawn on a 2D flat ... 		12/20/2007
20100114892INTRODUCING SYSTEM, INTRODUCING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM
... can work in cooperation to depict a string of letters as a two-dimensional image in the frame memory or on a surface of a polygon in accordance with font information that defines the shape of the letters. [0181]The NIC 109 connects the ... 		05/06/2010
20100151933GAME SERVER DEVICE, GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND RATING MANAGEMENT METHOD
... to the video RAM, for example a writing (pasting) process of texture data to an area of the video RAM specified as a polygon. [0046]Here, description is given of a relationship between operations of the CPU 161 and operations of the drawing ... 		06/17/2010
8113960Introducing system, introducing method, information recording medium, and program
... can work in cooperation to depict a string of letters as a two-dimensional image in the frame memory or on a surface of a polygon in accordance with font information that defines the shape of the letters. The NIC 109 connects the information processing ... 		02/14/2012
6860813Game ethod and system for indicating input device orientation relative to game space
... , there is provided an image processing computing section 11a for carrying out geometry processing such as polygon coordinate conversion or vector computation in so called three-dimensional computer graphics. This image processing computing section 11a is ... 		03/01/2005
20110105226System and Method for Capturing Text for an Online Application
... CIP application) results in a very smooth captured surface, then a high polygon-count tracked surface (i.e., the polygon motion follows the motion of the face precisely). Finally, when the video of the live performance is mapped on the ... 		05/05/2011
20110107220USER INTERFACE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VIDEO STREAM
... CIP application) results in a very smooth captured surface, then a high polygon-count tracked surface (i.e., the polygon motion follows the motion of the face precisely). Finally, when the video of the live performance is mapped on the ... 		05/05/2011
20110122063System and method for remote-hosted video effects
... CIP application) results in a very smooth captured surface, then a high polygon-count tracked surface (i.e., the polygon motion follows the motion of the face precisely). Finally, when the video of the live performance is mapped on the ... 		05/26/2011
20110126255System and method for remote-hosted video effects
... CIP application) results in a very smooth captured surface, then a high polygon-count tracked surface (i.e., the polygon motion follows the motion of the face precisely). Finally, when the video of the live performance is mapped on the ... 		05/26/2011
7052173Timepiece
... screw-engaging with the outside bezel, and the outside bezel is fixed to an annular step of a case band by means of a polygonal spring so as to avoid the separation of the rotating bezel from the step (for example, see JP-A-10-239454). In the first ... 		05/30/2006
6655829Static mixer and process for mixing at least two fluids
... have another cross sectional shape, particularly a rounded form such an oval or ellipse. Even forms such as a triangle or other polygons may be acceptable if the corners normally formed at their vertices are rounded. The rounded or curved form prevents ... 		12/02/2003
4930839Single-legged chair
... , having a substantially circular cross section. Alternatively, the support post 10 may have a rectangular or other polygonal cross section; however, to minimize the entire weight of the chair for easy carrying, the support post 10 should ... 		06/05/1990
7097347Static mixer and process for mixing at least two fluids
United States Patent: 7097347 ( 1 of 1 ) United States Patent 7,097,347 Vanden Bussche , et al. August 29, 2006 Static mixer and process for mixing at least two fluids Abstract A novel mixing apparatus ... 		08/29/2006
4015778Multifunctional folding chair
... by round tubings is preferred to surface contact by flat tubings which would require the design and making of special polygonal tubings. The seat E, back panel F and storage chamber G are made preferably of molded durable plastics. The fastener D is ... 		04/05/1977
4783081Playing or games board on which several games can be played
... . It would also be possible to use elements of which any cross section perpendicular to the axis of rotation is a regular polygon. This would make it possible to work with still more coloured images. The preferred embodiment according to the invention ... 		11/08/1988
20100166056SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCODING VIDEO USING A SELECTED TILE AND TILE ROTATION PATTERN
... CIP application) results in a very smooth captured surface, then a high polygon-count tracked surface (i.e., the polygon motion follows the motion of the face precisely). Finally, when the video of the live performance is mapped on the ... 		07/01/2010
20100166058Temporary Decoder Apparatus and Method
... CIP application) results in a very smooth captured surface, then a high polygon-count tracked surface (i.e., the polygon motion follows the motion of the face precisely). Finally, when the video of the live performance is mapped on the ... 		07/01/2010
20100166062System and Method for Selecting a Video Encoding Format Based on Feedback Data
... CIP application) results in a very smooth captured surface, then a high polygon-count tracked surface (i.e., the polygon motion follows the motion of the face precisely). Finally, when the video of the live performance is mapped on the ... 		07/01/2010
20100166063SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSING VIDEO FRAMES OR PORTIONS THEREOF BASED ON FEEDBACK INFORMATION FROM A CLIENT DEVICE
... CIP application) results in a very smooth captured surface, then a high polygon-count tracked surface (i.e., the polygon motion follows the motion of the face precisely). Finally, when the video of the live performance is mapped on the ... 		07/01/2010
20100166064System and Method for Utilizing Forward Error Correction with Video Compression
... CIP application) results in a very smooth captured surface, then a high polygon-count tracked surface (i.e., the polygon motion follows the motion of the face precisely). Finally, when the video of the live performance is mapped on the ... 		07/01/2010
20100166065System and Method for Compressing Video Based on Latency Measurements and Other Feedback
... CIP application) results in a very smooth captured surface, then a high polygon-count tracked surface (i.e., the polygon motion follows the motion of the face precisely). Finally, when the video of the live performance is mapped on the ... 		07/01/2010
20100166066System and Method for Video Compression Using Feedback Including Data Related to the Successful Receipt of Video Content
... CIP application) results in a very smooth captured surface, then a high polygon-count tracked surface (i.e., the polygon motion follows the motion of the face precisely). Finally, when the video of the live performance is mapped on the ... 		07/01/2010
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