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7358986 |
Digital imaging system having distribution controlled over a distributed network
The three-dimensional imaging system providing distribution over a distributed network. A low-cost convenient three-dimensional imaging system having a digitizer and orientation fixture which...
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7355597 |
Method, apparatus and computer program product for the interactive rendering of multivalued volume data with layered complementary values
Described is a system, method and computer program product for rendering volumetric multivalued primary data. The system includes a rendering engine having an input coupled to a source of...
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7355605 |
Method and system for automatic orientation of local visualization techniques for vessel structures
A method of orienting a tubular structure in a digital image is provided, wherein the image comprises a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points in a D-dimensional space. The...
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RE40224 |
Pseudo area lights
Computer animators have, till now, largely relegated themselves to using point light sources when simulating directional light sources in computer graphics and animation. The illumination achieved...
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7352368 |
Computer-implemented system and method for displaying three-dimensional images having associated metadata
Computer-implemented systems and methods for displaying an object having three-dimensional characteristics on a user interface Metadata and shape data related to a three-dimensional object are...
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7352882 |
System and method for determining compactness in images
An image processing system for recognizing image features in three dimensional images, which can be medical images, uses a mask generator for generating masks that are used by a candidate searcher...
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7352369 |
System and method for approximating an editable surface
A system and methods are disclosed for automatically approximating an editable surface from a 3D data set or a 3D point set, which may be imaged in the form of a NURBS surface.
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7352892 |
System and method for shape reconstruction from optical images
Reconstructing the shape of the surface of an object in greater than two dimensions is performed using a noise-tolerant reconstruction process and/or a multi-resolution reconstruction process. The...
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7349568 |
Method and apparatus for handling stereoscopic images utilizing parallax images
An image acquiring unit acquires a two-dimensional image from a digital camera and a stereoscopic image from a stereo image storage, and sends those images to a pixel replacing unit. The pixel...
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7348973 |
Modeling hair using interpolation and clumping in an iterative process
The present invention models hairs by generating hairs by interpolation and then further modifying the interpolated hairs to form clumps. The modified hairs can be iteratively reprocessed to...
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7348978 |
Image processing
Provided is image processing technology capable of displaying lines on a field clearly on a screen regardless of the distance to the viewpoint or the visual direction. This image processing method...
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7348975 |
Applications of interval arithmetic for reduction of number of computations in ray tracing problems
Embodiments provide for ray tracing traversal that relies on selected geometrical properties of the application to reduce the number of operations required during each traversal step. The traversal...
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7348962 |
Information input apparatus, information input method, and recording medium
The operation characteristics of an image capture unit are changed on the basis of the captured image. If an object does not move, i.e., if the user does not input, the capture timing and the like...
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7343039 |
System and process for generating representations of objects using a directional histogram model and matrix descriptor
A system and process for determining the similarity in the shape of objects is presented that generates a novel shape representation called a directional histogram model. This shape representative...
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7343268 |
Three-dimensional electronic map data creation method
When creating three-dimensional electronic map data, three-dimensional modeling of a building is performed as follows without measuring height of the building. Firstly, a building is photographed...
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7339587 |
Method for medical imaging and image processing, computed tomography machine, workstation and computer program product
A method is for medical imaging and image processing in the form of a perspective volumetric display. The method includes providing a multiplicity of temporally graded 3D data volumes at a...
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7340346 |
Method for generating data set
A computer method of generating a probabilistic dataset relating to a weather event includes inputting data representative of an historical weather event, and generating data representative of a...
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7340383 |
Control device, method and computer program product for browsing data
A conversion processing method, device and computer program product. The device includes a memory for storing drafting data, a selector for choosing the drafting data stored in the memory, a...
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7339584 |
Method of generating a surface mesh
A method and machine-readable medium provide a technique to generate and modify a quadrilateral finite element surface mesh using dual creation and modification. After generating a dual of a...
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7336274 |
Position related information presentation system, position related information presentation method and recording medium recording control program thereof
A position related information presentation method, and corresponding system and recording medium storing a corresponding program are provided. The method includes a number of steps. With respect...
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7333651 |
Method and apparatus for measuring similarity using matching pixel count
A stereo disparity between a reference image and a search image for a reference pixel in the reference image is determined by (a) calculating a similarity measure between a reference window...
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7333103 |
Client and program for improving three-dimensional air excursion and method thereof
In a server, a client for improving a three-dimensional air excursion and a method and programs thereof, a three-dimensional data can be automatically produced from aerial pictures or satellite...
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7333113 |
Mobile motion capture cameras
A system for capturing motion comprises: a motion capture volume configured to include at least one moving object having markers defining a plurality of points on the at least one moving object; at...
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7333108 |
Entertainment apparatus, object display device, object display method, recording medium and character display method
An entertainment system 10 has: a depth computing module 210 which computes a viewpoint distance from viewpoint coordinate to an object; a scaling computing module 208 which computes scaling...
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7330578 |
DRR generation and enhancement using a dedicated graphics device
DRR generation and enhancement using a dedicated graphics device are described herein. In one embodiment, an example of a process for generating DRR (digitally reconstructed radiography) images...
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7327359 |
Computer-readable recording medium recording image display control program, and image display control device and method
To achieve a display across a broad display area, without losing polygons projected towards the foreground of the screen, in particular. An image display control device divides a virtual...
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7327360 |
Hair rendering method and apparatus
A method for rendering a plurality of geometrically thin objects in a computer system includes receiving a plurality of points associated with each of the plurality of geometrically thin objects,...
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7327998 |
System and method of providing a geographic view of nodes in a wireless network
A geographic view rendering tool receives geographic location data for nodes in a wireless network and renders a geographic view displaying the nodes at their corresponding geographic locations....
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7324102 |
Method for generating unified three-dimensional models of complex infrastructure configurations
Embodiments of the invention provide a method for creating a complete 3D model of complex infrastructure configurations, such as divided highways, roadway intersections, etc. Current CAD...
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7324104 |
Method of centerline generation in virtual objects
Methods for generating a centerline or skeleton structure within a 3D virtual object are provided. A first method defines a centerline based on distance from boundary values along points of the...
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7324115 |
Display list compression for a tiled 3-D rendering system
A 3-dimensional computer graphics rendering system receives object data for a scene to be rendered. This includes vertex data and index data. The scene is subdivided into priority of rectangular...
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7324103 |
System and method of direct mesh manipulation
A system and method for computer-aided engineering analysis using direct mesh manipulation of a mesh model is provided. The system includes a computer system having a memory, a processor, a user...
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7324686 |
Scene reconstruction and camera calibration with robust use of cheirality
The technology described relates to reconstruction of 3-dimensional scenes from uncalibrated images, and provides a robust and systematic strategy for using cheirality in scene reconstruction and...
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7321364 |
Automated translation of high order complex geometry from a CAD model into a surface based combinatorial geometry format
The descriptions of higher order complex geometry in CAD systems are fundamentally different from and seemingly incompatible with the surface based combinatorial geometry (SBCG) format for...
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7321677 |
System and method for three-dimensional reconstruction of an artery
A method and system for imaging an artery contained in an arterial tree. A microprocessor generates a three-dimensional reconstruction of the arterial tree from two or more angiographic images...
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7321365 |
Computerized deformation analyzer
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for determining deformation of a surface of a material is provided. The method includes receiving, at a computer, an elastic deformation range...
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7319941 |
Translating mates in geometric models into joint blocks in block diagram models
Methods and systems for translating models generated in one modeling environment into models that can be used in other modeling environments. In particular, information regarding a relationship...
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7319466 |
Method and apparatus for generating and interfacing with a haptic virtual reality environment
A method for generating a haptic interactive representation including the steps of defining a haptic interaction space and building a hierarchical construct, for use within the haptic interaction...
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7319798 |
Apparatus generating 3-dimensional image from 2-dimensional image and method thereof
A 3-dimensional image is generated from an input 2-dimensional image based upon illuminative characteristics of the input image by filtering the 2-dimensional input image with filters of different...
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7315306 |
Motion-based visualization
A data-display system employs a display in which the representations of data objects are caused to move on the display in order to convey information about the represented data objects. In one...
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7315304 |
Multiple volume exploration system and method
Method and system for multiple volume exploration is disclosed. A first 3D volume is rendered in a first region. One or representations are displayed in a second region, where each representation...
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7313266 |
Pose estimation method and apparatus
A three-dimensional image data is formulated and saved in a memory for indicating a three-dimensional shape of an object and reflectivity or color at every point of the object. For each of multiple...
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7312795 |
Image display apparatus and method
Image display method of superimposing virtual space image data on real space image data at an arbitrary viewpoint and exhibiting the superimposed image to a viewer is provided. When real space...
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7312796 |
Perpendicular view three dimensional electronic programming guide
A method and apparatus of displaying an Electronic Programming Guide (EPG). In one embodiment, an EPG is constructed of a three dimensional virtual mesh, in which independent objects representing...
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7310606 |
Method and system for generating an image-textured digital surface model (DSM) for a geographical area of interest
A computer-implemented method for generating an image-textured digital surface model (DSM) for a geographical area of interest including both buildings and terrain may include using a computer to...
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7310095 |
Method, computer program product, and device for projecting an exfoliated picture
A method for projecting an exfoliated picture by outputting direction information of image data having three or more dimensions. The method includes calculating direction information of each voxel...
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7310096 |
HEAD/DATA request in 3D graphics
A method for efficiently processing graphics data for graphics primitives, the graphics data including vertex coordinate information and vertex attribute data. Coordinate information, in the form...
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7307640 |
Method and apparatus for efficient generation of texture coordinate displacements for implementing emboss-style bump mapping in a graphics rendering system
A graphics system including a custom graphics and audio processor produces exciting 2D and 3D graphics and surround sound. The system includes a graphics and audio processor including a 3D graphics...
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7307629 |
Generation of three dimensional fractal subsurface structure by Voronoi Tessellation and computation of gravity response of such fractal structure
Domain characterization generated by Voronoi tessellation, which is very close to realistic geology and computation of gravity response of such domain, has a three dimensional fractal basin...
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7305611 |
Authoring tool for remote experience lessons
A computer-implemented presentation authoring method, tool, and interface is provided for creating a remote experience lesson defined with a hierarchy of pages, at least one of the pages including...
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