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7620528 Method and program for labeling multi material data  
The present invention includes an external data acquisition step (S 1 ), an external data input step (A), a cell division step (B), a cell classification step (C), a space classification step (D),...
7620234 Image processing apparatus and method for generating a three-dimensional model of an object from a collection of images of the object recorded at different viewpoints and segmented using semi-automatic segmentation techniques  
In an image processing apparatus 2 , images of a subject object 210 and data defining the positions and orientations at which the images were recorded are processed to generate a...
7619628 Caching digital image data  
Methods and systems for processing digital image data utilizing vertically-oriented Effect graphs are provided. When processing digital image data utilizing Effect graphs, it is often necessary for...
7619623 Perfect multidimensional spatial hashing  
A multidimensional hash table is created based on a data source having sparse multidimensional data. The sparse source data is mapped into the hash table using a hash function. The hash function...
7616807 System and method for using texture landmarks for improved markerless tracking in augmented reality applications  
A method of tracking a pose of a moving camera includes receiving a first image from a camera, receiving a sequence of digitized images from said camera, recording, for each of said sequence of...
7616800 Polyp identification through subtraction of models of medical images  
A method of identifying polyps and in a medical image is provided. In a first step, a 3-dimensional model is made of the medical image that contains both polyps (if any were present in the original...
7616211 Rendering processor, rasterizer and rendering method  
A shader sends a “completely full” signal to a buffer control unit when a head pixel in a first pass input from a DDA arrives at a final stage of a pipeline process. When the head pixel in the...
7616204 Method of simulating dynamic objects using position based dynamics  
Disclosed is a method of simulating a dynamic object comprising a plurality of vertices. The method comprises defining a current position and a current velocity for a vertex “v” among the...
7616200 System for reducing aliasing on a display device  
An apparatus and method of displaying a first image on a display device with a plurality of pixels assigns one of a plurality of sample patterns to each pixel on the display device. Each pixel is...
7616199 System and method for interleaved slice volume rendering  
A method for volume rendering a digitized image includes providing a digitized 3-dimensional image with a plurality of 2-dimensional slices comprised of a plurality of intensities corresponding to...
7616198 System and computer-implemented method for modeling the three-dimensional shape of an object by shading of a two-dimensional image of the object  
A computer graphics system generates a three-dimensional model of an object in an interactive manner under control of an operator. An initial model for the object to be modeled is displayed to the...
7613594 Method and computer program product of computer aided design of a product comprising a set of constrained objects  
Disclosed is a method and system of computer aided design of a product comprising a set of objects ( 11 - 51 ). The invention system and method identify (S 10 ) constraints ( 1121 - 4151 ) linking...
7612773 Apparatus and method for rendering for display forward-looking image data  
An apparatus and method for rendering for display forward-looking image data. The apparatus includes rendering for display image data from a forward-looking conical section of tissue collected by...
7609893 Method and apparatus for producing classifier training images via construction and manipulation of a three-dimensional image model  
A system ( 400 ) for generating training images for a pattern recognition classifier ( 54 ) from three-dimensional image data representing an output class comprises a model constructor ( 404 ) that...
7609877 Tactical image parameter adjustment method for stereo pair correlation  
A method for the timely processing of tactical images which allows a military pilot adequate time to track and engage a target. The method uses a correlation process and back propagated neural...
7609275 System and method for mosaic rendering of three dimensional image  
A system and method for a mosaic rendering of a 3D model is provided. Textures are created using polygon information related to a vertex of each face of an inputted 3D model, a normal, and a face...
7609270 System and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multi-media communication application  
In an embodiment, a method is provided for creating a personal animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient. An image file from the sender may be received by a...
7609265 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...
7609263 Drawing processing apparatus and method for compressing drawing data  
A drawing processing apparatus is provided to solve the problems in which pixels of a drawing primitive with sub-pixel information may have an increased amount of data causing a burden on...
7609261 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...
7609260 Image generation program product and image processing device  
This program product causes a computer to function as a unit for setting spectator information including the number of spectators belonging respectively to first and second spectator types, a unit...
7609259 System and method for performing a selective fill for a hearing aid shell  
A method and appertaining system load 3D shape information defining a hearing aid shell into a processor and present a representation of the shell on a display. A fill boundary is entered by a user...
7609258 Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program  
An information processing apparatus generating a three-dimensional map on the basis of three-dimensional map data includes rendering area acquiring means for acquiring a rendering area in which the...
7609257 System and method for applying link analysis tools for visualizing connected temporal and spatial information on a user interface  
A system and method for analyzing a plurality of data elements having both temporal and spatial properties, where a first data element and a second data element of the plurality of data elements...
7605820 Creating texture data outside of a chart boundary  
Discontinuities along texture mapped seams of three-dimensional models may be reduced by creating and sampling texture data outside of chart boundaries. When a texel center is not within a chart...
7605815 Selection representation methods applied to logical groupings  
Systems and methods for generating selection representations for items in a tree structure and applying selection representations to logical groupings. An exemplary method includes retrieving a...
7602396 Method and apparatus for painting groups of objects  
Methods and apparatus, including computer program apparatus, implementing techniques for processing digital artwork. In one aspect, the techniques process aggregations of artwork where both the...
7599985 Distributed hypermedia method and system for automatically invoking external application providing interaction and display of embedded objects within a hypermedia document  
A system allowing a user of a browser program on a computer connected to an open distributed hypermedia system to access and execute an embedded program object. The program object is embedded into...
7599820 Graphical user interface for interactive construction of typical cross-section frameworks  
Embodiments of the invention provide a method, apparatus and article of manufacture for modeling a variety of three dimensional structures that may be represented as a longitudinal series of...
7599814 System and method for computing reachable areas  
The present invention relates to computing reachable areas given a first point. More specifically, the present invention relates to the computation of an intersection between a first surface and a...
7599547 Symmetric stereo model for handling occlusion  
The present symmetric stereo matching technique provides a method for iteratively estimating a minimum energy for occlusion and disparity using belief propagation. The minimum energy is based on an...
7599088 Method for designing two-dimensional graphics for use on three-dimensional cartons bearing such graphics  
Planar substrates are printed, cut, and folded to form three-dimensional cartons. Given graphics intended to appear on a carton surface or panel, printed graphics are laid-out and automatically...
7598960 System and method for cache-friendly volumetric image memory storage  
A method of storing a digital image in a computer memory includes providing a N-dimensional digital image, defining an offset for each image element (x 1 , . . . , x N ) by the formula offset...
7598952 Three-dimensional image compositing on a GPU utilizing multiple transformations  
A method includes identifying a plurality of image elements to be rendered within a three-dimensional image. The method also includes identifying a set of light sources according to which lighting...
7598951 Multiple effect expression method and apparatus in 3-dimension graphic image  
A method and apparatus for synthesizing and expressing multiple effects and textures in a 3-dimensional graph image. The method includes: defining nodes in VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language),...
7596468 Method for measuring a selected portion of a curved surface of an object  
A computer-implemented method for measuring a selected portion of a curved surface of an object is disclosed. The method includes the blocks of displaying a straight-line across an object,...
7596418 Fluvial geomorphic landscape design computer software  
A method and system is provided for producing erosionally stable fluvial geomorphic landscape designs in a computer aided design environment. A topography input module is configured to access a...
7596259 Image generation system, image generation method, program, and information storage medium  
An image generation system includes a first image generation section for generating images IL 1 and IR 1 for the left eye and the right eye, a second image generation section for generating...
7596102 Image exchange for image-based push-to-talk user interface  
A visual interface for a PTT user terminal displays user images of participants in a PTT conference. When a PTT conference is established, a controller determines whether an image associated with...
7595797 Transforming a polygonized object into an implicit-function representation  
An image processing method using a computer includes extracting vertex coordinates (S 13 ) of a triangular-shaped polygon, setting a region (S 14 ) surrounding the triangular-shaped polygon (TP) on...
7593547 Video-based encroachment detection  
A method and system for video-based encroachment detection are provided, the method including receiving first and second images, modeling a background from the first image, subtracting the...
7593023 Method and apparatus for the creation of randomized custom image effects  
An image capture device includes a processor configured to generate pseudo-random numbers. Optionally, these pseudo-random numbers may use a portion of an image as a seed for the random number...
7593009 Apparatus and method for reconstructing three-dimensional graphics data  
An apparatus and method for reconstructing 3D graphics data is provided. The apparatus includes a parsing unit to parse 3D graphics data, an aligning unit to align objects of a scene graph having...
7590512 System and method for deformation analysis using inverse pre-deformation of finite element mesh  
Finite element analysis methods and computer systems for analyzing deformation to an object are disclosed. According to various embodiments, the method includes the steps of: (1) performing a...
7589720 Mesh editing with gradient field manipulation and user interactive tools for object merging  
User interactive methods of determining vertex correspondence between boundaries or curves on objects to be merged is provided. One method relates to projecting a boundary of one object onto a...
7589719 Fast multi-pass partitioning via priority based scheduling  
Computer operations are partitioned for execution by a processor. A plurality of operations to be partitioned is received. The respective priorities for each of the plurality of operations is...
7587303 Non-linear solver for a flexible slender-body system  
For determining the behavior of a flexible system submitted to predetermined displacement boundary conditions, a process uses geometrically non-linear finite element analysis. The process has a...
7587082 Object recognition based on 2D images and 3D models  
Methods and systems for performing object directed recognition based on two-dimensional images and three-dimensional models. Transforms are used to map features of an object to an image seen from a...
7587081 Method for processing stereo vision data using image density  
An image collection system collects stereo image data comprising left image data and right image data of a particular scene. An estimator estimates a reference three dimensional image density...
7586490 Systems and methods for three-dimensional sketching  
Systems, methods and computer program code for three-dimensional sketching may comprise, according to some embodiments, receiving input from a computer-augmented surface such as a Liquid Crystal...