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7305120 Optimized method of scanning and measuring a three-dimensional object  
According to the claimed invention, a method of scanning and measuring surfaces of a three-dimensional object is disclosed. The method includes (a) scanning the object from one or more different...
7302373 System and method for visualizing data in a three-dimensional scene  
A method for displaying a plurality of measurement data along a borehole trajectory includes displaying a borehole model representing the borehole trajectory; and displaying the plurality of...
7301535 3D summary display for reporting of organ tumors  
A computer-implemented method for visualizing a tumor in a volume data includes providing a plurality of tumors, detected and segmented from the volume data, storing locations of a plurality of...
7301536 Electro-optic vision systems  
An image processing system for delivering real scene information to a data processor. The system includes the data processor, an image-delivery mechanism, an information delivery mechanism, and a...
7301547 Augmented reality system  
A virtual reality system surveys a real-world environment, generates 3D data that defines the real-world environment, renders a virtual 3D environment using the 3D data, retrieves a virtual object...
7298891 Bare earth digital elevation model extraction for three-dimensional registration from topographical points  
A method ( 300 ) for extracting a digital elevation model from a plurality of raw topographical points representing a plurality of frames representing a plurality of perspectives of a...
7295699 Image processing system, program, information storage medium, and image processing method  
An original image area IMR is divided into divided image areas DR 1 to DR 4 , texture coordinates specified by division point coordinates are obtained, and images of the divided image areas DR 1 ...
7295201 Method and system for generating automated exploded views  
A method for generating an automated exploded view of an assembly of parts is presented. The method includes determining at least one sequence of viable directions of motion of at least one moving...
7295200 Computer generated hologram display system  
A method of displaying a computer generated hologram includes displaying the image as a set of facets that approximated to the true shape of the object to be displayed. Each of these facets is...
7295205 Method and system for optimizing a finite element mesh  
Computer-implemented method and system for optimizing a finite element mesh. Computing devices are configured to calculate a quality score for at least one original element in a finite element mesh...
7292239 Cull before attribute read  
The VPC unit and setup unit of a graphics processing subsystem perform culling operations. The VPC unit performs culling operations on geometric primitives falling within a specific criteria, such...
7292238 Method of displaying an output image of a scene from a freely selectable viewpoint  
A number of input images of a scene is taken from different viewpoints. A respective model of the scene is made for each input image. The model contains descriptions of the location of surface...
7292716 Medical simulation apparatus and method for controlling 3-dimensional image display in the medical simulation apparatus  
A medical simulation apparatus is provided, which is capable of performing a simulation by correlating a three-dimensional image with an entity model. Coordinates of measurement marks MP 1 , MP 2...
7292240 Virtual reality presentation device and information processing method  
An actual-size observation mode in which an observer performs observation by being immersed in a virtual three-dimensional space in an actual size and a reduced-size observation mode in which the...
7292257 Interactive viewpoint video system and process  
A system and process for generating, and then rendering and displaying, an interactive viewpoint video in which a user can watch a dynamic scene while manipulating (freezing, slowing down, or...
7292250 Character deformation pipeline for computer-generated animation  
A deformation system for animation abstracts the notion of per-point deformation to create a pipeline, including a number of deformation modules capable of handling animation of geometry (such as...
7289131 Method of rendering a graphics image  
A method of rendering a graphics image in which rendering is only carried out in a region to be changed is disclosed. In a preferred form the image includes a plurality of objects and the method...
7289662 Method and apparatus for apparatus for generating three-dimensional models from uncalibrated views  
A system for generating three-dimensional models from still imagery or video streams from uncalibrated views, is presented. The system comprises a computer system including a processor, a memory...
7289121 System for creating and modifying curves and surfaces  
A system that has a flexible tape input device with bend and twist sensors spaced along the tape and a curve generation system producing a virtual B-spline tape curve using the bend and twist...
7286866 Method, system and computer product for cardiac interventional procedure planning  
A method of creating 3D models to be used for cardiac interventional procedure planning. Acquisition data is obtained from a medical imaging system and cardiac image data is created in response to...
7286698 Calibration pattern unit  
A calibration pattern unit which obtains correction information of an imaging system by imaging at the imaging system comprises a calibration pattern which has a known geometric pattern formed on a...
7285047 Method and system for real-time rendering within a gaming environment  
A method and system for real-time rendering within a gaming environment. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a method of rendering a local participant within an...
7286143 Interactive viewpoint video employing viewpoints forming an array  
A system and process for generating, and then rendering and displaying, an interactive viewpoint video in which a user can watch a dynamic scene while manipulating (freezing, slowing down, or...
7283140 Texture montage  
Texture montage is described. In one aspect, feature correspondences are received. The feature correspondences map at least one region on a 3-D mesh to at least one region on an image of one or...
7283135 Hierarchical tile-based data structure for efficient client-server publishing of data over network connections  
In a system of a client and a server, the server stores three dimensional CAD data in a cache. The CAD data is stored in the cache in levels of detail further divided into tiles. When a client...
7281981 Image generation method, program, and information storage medium  
Triangular relation is introduced such that a vertical-attribute attack B 1 (first action) is more advantageous than a horizontal-attribute attack B 2 (second action); the horizontal-attribute...
7280686 Computer-supported image reconstruction method for a three-dimensional subject  
A computer is supplied with at least three 2-D projections of a subject that are offset from one another by difference angles. A position in the projection surface and a respective surface data...
7280106 Apparatus and method for generating texture maps for use in 3D computer graphics  
A texture map ( 188 ) for texturing a polygon mesh 3D computer model ( 150 ) during rendering is generated by defining a respective triangle within the texture map for each triangle in the polygon...
7281229 Method to create an alternate integrated circuit layout view from a two dimensional database  
A method in accordance with the present invention prepares an alternate view of an integrated circuit (IC) layout from a top view thereof by selecting an initial polygon representing and IC feature...
7280687 Device for detecting position/orientation of object  
A position/orientation detecting device for detecting a three-dimensional position/orientation of an object such as a workpiece in a stereo mode of highly reliable determination of corresponding...
7280105 Occlusion reducing transformations for three-dimensional detail-in-context viewing  
In a data processing system that executes a program of instructions, a method for generating a detail-in-context presentation of a three-dimensional information representation comprising the steps...
7277835 Boundary representation per feature methods and systems  
Computer implemented methods and systems for CAD data exchange, and in particular for creating boundary representations (“breps”) on a feature-by-feature basis are disclosed. According to an...
7277572 Three-dimensional interior design system  
A system and method in a client-server computing environment is provided for generating and rendering a photorealistic three-dimensional (3D) perspective view of a 3D object selectively positioned...
7272541 Method and system for generating and handling a harmonized network of points  
This invention presents methods and systems for generating and handling a harmonized network of points. More generally, this invention reorganizes and optimizes a network of points in terms of...
7272264 System and method for hole filling in 3D models  
A method for hole-filling in 3D models includes identifying vertices adjacent to hole boundaries in a mesh of points on a digital image and constructing a signed distance function based on vertices...
7269471 Tool path data generation apparatus for NC machine tool and numerical controller provided with it  
Tool path data generation apparatus ( 41 ) that can speedily and securely generate tool path data on the basis of CAD data. The tool path data generation apparatus ( 41 ) includes a feature data...
RE39830 Method for apparatus for recording and playback of multidimensional walkthrough narratives  
A method and apparatus for recording and playback of multidimensional walkthrough narratives. A three dimensional modeling language is used to automatically create a simple three-dimensional...
7266445 Method and a system for navigating around real site by creating and accessing database of positional reality images of real site  
A method and a system for navigating a vehicle around a real site. The method comprises the following steps: (A) creating a database of Positional Reality Images (PRI) that substantially accurately...
7265753 Particle tracing with on-demand meshing  
A method of rendering computer graphics is disclosed comprising the steps of: processing a set of light particles in a scene to be rendered; selecting a view of the scene, where the view comprises...
7265756 Generic parameterization for a scene graph  
A parameterized scene graph provides mutable (animated) values and parameterized graph containers such that an application program or the like can selectively change certain aspects of the scene...
7266228 Multi-dimensional data set analysis and modeling with improved feature detection  
A multi-dimensional data set assigns data values to positions in a multi-dimensional geometrical space. A visualization is derived from the multi-dimensional data set, for example, by way of a...
7262770 Graphics image rendering with radiance self-transfer for low-frequency lighting environments  
Real-time image rendering of diffuse and glossy objects in low-frequency lighting environments captures soft shadows, interreflections, and caustics. As a preprocess, a global transport simulator...
7261417 Three-dimensional integral imaging and display system using variable focal length lens  
A three-dimensional (3-D) display system using a variable focal length lens includes at least one two-dimensional (2-D) display device, configured to display at least one two-dimensional image. The...
7262713 System and method for a safe depiction of terrain, airport and other dimensional data on a perspective flight display with limited bandwidth of data presentation  
The present invention is directed to a system and method for a safe flight display through increasing situation awareness by an optimal presentation, given limited capacity of the system. The...
7262766 Apparatus for producing exploded view and animation of assembling, and method thereof  
An apparatus and method for producing an exploded view of an assembly. The invention includes an input unit, a geometrical data memory for storing geometrical data of parts composing an assembly,...
7262767 Pseudo 3D image creation device, pseudo 3D image creation method, and pseudo 3D image display system  
To allow any image to be viewed naturally and to determine a scene structure as close to a real object as possible, frame memories store therein three types of basic depth models indicating the...
7259760 Polygonal curvature mapping to increase texture efficiency  
A texture projection is generated from a plurality of initial polygonal curved surfaces. Specifically, each of the initial polygonal curved surfaces are divided to form a plurality of...
7259761 Systems and methods for sculpting virtual objects in a haptic virtual reality environment  
A user of a virtual object or computer model uses a haptic interface device in the real world to manipulate a virtual tool in a virtual environment to interact and modify the virtual object. The...
7257778 Calendar system and a method for producing a calendar view  
A device and also a system for generating a period-specific calendar view in an electronic device with a display for displaying information and a database for storing calendar data, wherein the...
7256787 Method to imitate lifelike images for computer deformed objects  
A method to imitate lifelike images for computer deformed objects includes the following steps, selecting a number of significant points on an object, categorizing the significant points into...