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7439971 Mesh generation method for numerical simulation  
A mesh generating method for numerical simulation of one (1) piece of an analysis target, in a short time period, where there are plural numbers of high-density configuration data, each presenting...
7440609 Method of segmenting a three-dimensional structure  
The invention relates to a method for segmentation of a three-dimensional structure in a three-dimensional data set, especially a medical data set. The method uses a three-dimensional deformable...
7439990 Surface selecting method and information processing apparatus  
A surface selecting method in an information processing apparatus for selecting a prescribed surface of a 3D model displayed on a display unit of the information processing apparatus includes a...
7439972 Method of generating a computer readable model  
A method of generating a computer readable model of a geometrical object constructed from a plurality of interconnectable construction elements, wherein each construction element has a number of...
7439970 Computer graphics  
A method of and apparatus for generating a graphical image of at least part of an object provided within a hierarchically divided region of space from a plurality of stored graphical...
7432924 3D digital subtraction angiography image processing apparatus  
A 3D image processing apparatus comprises a storing unit storing mask images corresponding to projection directions associated with a subject contrast images corresponding to the projection...
7432936 Texture data anti-aliasing method and apparatus  
Computer-implemented methods of pre-filtering texture data and methods of generating a filter control for pre-filtering texture data for generating a graphics image are disclosed. The disclosed...
7425950 Web 3D image display system  
A Web-based 3D-image display system that downloads 3D-image files from a Web server and smoothly displays 3D -images on a Web browser. The Web-based 3D-image display system is provided with a Web...
7425954 Systems and methods for providing signal-specialized parametrization  
Systems and methods are provided for optimizing a parametrization scheme in accordance with information about the surface signal. A surface parametrization is created to store a given surface...
7423656 Method and apparatus for generating morphing sequence  
A method of generating a morphing sequence utilizing a computer, the method comprising the step of user-defining respective components in a source object and a target object respectively, wherein...
7423666 Image pickup system employing a three-dimensional reference object  
The present invention provides a three-dimensional chart, a parameter acquiring method and an information processing device that are used for carrying out camera calibration in a wide range with...
7423641 Computer graphics systems and methods generating smooth feature lines for subdivision surfaces  
Computer graphics systems and methods are provided for generating a representation of a feature in a surface defined by a mesh representation, the mesh comprising at a selected level a plurality of...
7417633 Workstation for processing and producing a video signal  
A workstation for processing and producing a video signal comprises a video input system, a video graphics processor, and a video output system. The video input system may comprise a video input...
7417635 Computational geometry using control geometry having at least two dimensions  
A method and system for computer aided design (CAD) is disclosed for designing geometric objects. The present invention interpolates and/or blends between such geometric objects sufficiently fast...
7414623 Adaptive sampling for procedural graphics  
Techniques and tools for rendering procedural graphics are described. For example, an architecture is provided which allows evaluation of geometric, transform, texture, and shading procedures...
7408560 System and method for dynamic propagation and display of graphical edits  
A system and method for improving user feedback during graphical edits by dynamically propagating each incremental edit through the dependency tree and displaying real-time updates to the graphic...
7408548 Triangulating procedural geometric objects  
A complex procedural surface can be expressed based on some constructive solid geometry operations performed on primitive procedural surfaces. The domain based representation of the complex...
7409259 Computer-assisted method for designing garments  
A method is provided for designing garments including the following steps: a) providing, via computer, at least one garment mold ( 13 ) made up of a basic three-dimensional surface, personified by...
7403209 Rendering images containing video  
A video node for use in rendering one or more video frames of a video stream. The video node is represented by a compositing tree ( 2100 ). The compositing tree ( 2100 ) comprises at least one...
7400324 Computer graphics systems and methods for encoding subdivision triangular surfaces  
A system is described for generating a plurality of identifiers, each associated with one of a like plurality of subdivision surfaces of a surface element, and for generating, using an identifier...
7400323 Process for creating a parametric surface having a required geometrical continuity  
Creating a parametric surface having a required geometrical continuity Gi from a set of parametric elementary surfaces includes providing a set of parametric elementary surfaces, each elementary...
7397474 Restricting smoothing operations on a three-dimensional geometrical primitive according to a surface normal  
Smoothing operations on a three-dimensional geometrical primitive, such as a mesh, are restricted by filtering the set of smoothing vectors to apply a user-selected restriction to the set of...
7397475 Interactive atlas extracted from volume data  
A computer-implemented method for building an atlas includes providing a volume data for a plurality of bones, segmenting, individually, the plurality of bones from the volume data, storing...
7398128 Method, device, and computer product for creating height-limited-area information, and method of manufacturing three-dimensional structure  
A base-plane-height determining unit determines whether a base plane is formed with planes of different heights. A base-plane determining unit determines, when it is determined that the base plane...
7394472 Combinatorial evaluation of systems including decomposition of a system representation into fundamental cycles  
One embodiment of the present invention includes a computer operable to represent a physical system with a graphical data structure corresponding to a matroid. The graphical data structure...
7394463 Method for generating three-dimensional mesh method for magnetic field of rotating machine, system for generating three-dimensional mesh, system for analyzing magnetic field of rotating machine, computer program, and recording medium  
Based on rectangular element data constituting a boundary surface that separates a rotating machine into a stator-side portion and a rotor-side portion, and polygonal or polyhedral element data...
7392163 Method and system for controlling hourglass deformations of solid elements in finite element analysis  
Hourglass deformations due to zero-energy or hourglass modes in rank-deficient solid elements must be effectively controlled, or the deformations may grow large and produce an unrealistic deformed...
7388580 Generating eyes for a character in a virtual environment  
A method for generating relatively realistic virtual eyes for a character in a virtual environment, such as a video game, chat room, and virtual world. Different types of visual effects and...
7385601 Systems and methods of generating integrated garment-model simulations  
A method for generating an integrated garment-model simulation is provided. The method includes scanning a human fit model to acquire first shape data representative of a portion of the human fit...
7386429 Wrinkle simulation software  
The present invention introduces a simulation software for displaying a human being comprised of a plurality of arm joints, wherein each of the plurality of arm joints comprises a 1st part and a...
7382367 Method and system for transferring state variables in adaptive mesh-free analysis  
A method and system for transferring state variables between an old and new model in an adaptive mesh-free analysis is described. The old and the new model are associated with a set of old and new...
7379061 Method and system for fault isolation within a network element in an optical network  
A method and system for fault isolation within a network element in an optical network is described. A single fault in the system can give rise to multiple alarms detected at multiple points....
7375726 Method and system for simulation of a thread in computer graphics simulations  
Method for describing a thread as a geometric object in a three dimensional computer graphics system. The method comprises generating a set of fixture points defining points in space through which...
7369972 System, method, and program product for re-parameterizing three dimensional models represented as Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces  
A system, method, and program product for re-parameterizing one or more three-dimensional Catmull-Clark models is disclosed. Each of the models has one or more surfaces and one or more...
7365747 Methods and systems for controlling an image generator to define, generate, and view geometric images of an object  
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention allow a user operating on a data processing computer to view geometry of an object model produced by an image...
7363197 Analytical shell model forming apparatus  
An analytical shell model forming apparatus includes a medial surface forming unit for approximating a solid model to a plurality of shell models. An extracting unit compares a plurality of formed...
7358969 Method and system for partitioning the surface of a three dimentional digital object model in order to map a texture  
The present invention is directed to a method and system and computer program for decomposing a triangle mesh representing the surface of a digital object model, reconstructed from 3D scanning...
7355607 Automatic 3D modeling system and method  
An automatic 3D modeling system and method are described in which a 3D model may be generated from a picture or other image. For example, a 3D model for a face of a person may be automatically...
7355598 System and method for fast generation of high-quality maximum/minimum intensity projections  
A method for rendering a volumetric image includes providing a digitized volumetric image comprising a plurality of intensities corresponding to a domain of points in a 3-dimensional space, casting...
7355600 Global intersection analysis for determining intersections of objects in computer animation  
A method of globally analyzing intersections between objects in computer animation includes providing objects represented by meshes, with each of the meshes being formed by a set of vertices, where...
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.
7348974 Image processing system for use with a patient positioning device  
An image processing system ( 1 - 5 ) is provided which obtains images of a patient ( 8 ) from multiple view points and which then generates positioning instructions for a mechanical couch ( 7 ) to...
7348989 Preparing digital images for display utilizing view-dependent texturing  
A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium, a computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions, and a computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave, all for...
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...
7343278 Tracking a surface in a 3-dimensional scene using natural visual features of the surface  
A facility for determining the 3-dimensional location and orientation of a subject surface in a distinguished perspective image of the subject surface is described. The subject surface has innate...
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...
7337030 Automated derivative view rendering system  
A system and method for creating a derivative view from graphical data which is derived from native application data. The native application data may be extracted from a graphical application, such...
7336375 Wireless methods and systems for three-dimensional non-contact shape sensing  
Systems for acquiring an approximation of the surface geometry of a 3-dimensional object include a self-powered wireless, non-contact optical scanner, the location and orientation of which may be...
7333105 Active polyhedron for 3D image segmentation  
A method for three dimensional image segmentation of a volume of interest includes providing a three dimensional image of the volume of interest, providing an initial polyhedron having a plurality...
7333104 Method and program of converting three-dimensional shape data into cell internal data  
A method of converting three-dimensional shape data into cell internal data. The method includes an oct-tree division step of dividing external data including boundary data of a target object into...