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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...
7337093 Systems and methods for collaborative shape and design  
One embodiment of the invention provides a computer-implemented method for collaborative three-dimensional (3D) markup. In this embodiment, the method includes obtaining a 3D representation of a...
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...
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...
7330182 3D graphics processing method  
A 3D-graphics processing method for processing 3D objects in a computer system defines a visible region having a far plane and a near plane. A clipping process is performed for a first object lying...
7330183 Techniques for projecting data maps  
A method for constructing mapping coordinates for a high-resolution graphics model includes the steps of expanding a projection cage to substantially encompass both a low-resolution graphics model...
7327362 Method and system for providing a volumetric representation of a three-dimensional object  
A method of providing a volumetric representation of a three dimensional object includes defining a plurality of voxels in a three dimensional space, categorizing voxels as foreground or background...
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...
7327361 Three-dimensional image generating apparatus, storage medium storing a three-dimensional image generating program, and three-dimensional image generating method  
A video game apparatus used as a three-dimensional imaging apparatus includes a CPU. The CPU works together with a GPU to generate and display a game image. More specifically, some objects are...
7321370 Method and apparatus for collating object  
An object collation method comprising a registration procedure for registering the registered data of a registered object in a database, and a collation procedure for collating the input image of a...
7317456 Method and apparatus for transforming point cloud data to volumetric data  
A method and apparatus are provided for transforming an irregular, unorganized cloud of data points ( 100 ) into a volumetric data or “voxel” set ( 120 ). Point cloud ( 100 ) is represented in...
7312804 Program product, image generation method and image generation system  
When the occurrence of an effect event in which an effect object is generated is determined, it is determined whether or not a virtual camera exists within an effect range set based on an...
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...
7310440 Replacement sensor model for optimal image exploitation  
A replacement sensor model for optimally exploiting imaging data obtained by an image sensor. The replacement sensor model includes a ground-to-image function such as a polynomial for converting...
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...
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...
7301539 Method and apparatus for translating an arc definition into a series of conic curve definitions  
A method for translating an arc definition into a series of conic curve definitions in a form usable by an imager includes first defining a given ellipse. Two intersecting vectors each intersect...
7298371 Efficient object storage for zone rendering  
Similar, contiguous primitives are stored as a single primitive in zone rendering bins. A primitive packet used in the bin is allowed to vary in length and the currently open type of primitive is...
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...
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...
7289663 Producing an extended color gamut luminance-chrominance digital image from a captured image  
A method for producing an extended color gamut luminance-chrominance digital image from a captured digital image includes determining an estimate of the colors of the captured digital image of an...
7289119 Statistical rendering acceleration  
Different rendering techniques are selected for portions of a scene based on statistical estimates of the portions' rendering costs. A scene is partitioned into a bounding volume hierarchy. Each...
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...
7283133 Triangle management in triangular meshes based on a tri-edge structure  
Improved triangle management in triangular meshes uses a data structure having two fields to store data for each triangle in the triangular mesh. The first field is a set of three vertices for the...
7280260 Color converting apparatus and color converting method for converting input image data into converted image data  
For each paper type, a plurality of two-dimensional excitation characteristics tables Ti are provided in one to one correspondence with a plurality of colors i. The excitation characteristics table...
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...
7278115 Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a user interface to objects, the user interface exploiting spatial memory and visually indicating at least one object parameter  
A graphical user interface in which object thumbnails are rendered in a three-dimensional environment and which exploits spatial memory. The objects may be moved, continuously, with a...
7275023 System and method of interactively generating a family of mesh models  
A system and method for interactively generating a family of mesh models is provided for use in engineering analysis. The system includes a user computer system having a memory, a processor, a user...
7274381 Panoramic imaging and display system with canonical magnifier  
The present invention provides an image acquisition and viewing system that employs a fish-eye lens and an imager, such as, a CCD array, to obtain a wide angle image, e.g., an image of a...
7271803 Method and system for simulating stereographic vision  
A 3-D visual simulating system stores image data sets in a predetermined viewing space for right and left visual field and selects a portion of the stored image data corresponding to the current...
7272256 System and method for progressive stereo matching of digital images  
Method and a system for correlating pixels between two digital images. In general, the present invention uses a progressive iterative technique that finds generally unambiguous pixel matches by...
7268781 Image display control method  
In a game system, a player can displace direction of a view line disposed in a three-dimensional space coordinate system to change the corresponding perspective-projected image by changing the aim...
7259767 Image texture segmentation using polar S-transform and principal component analysis  
The present invention relates to a method and system for segmenting texture of multi-dimensional data indicative of a characteristic of an object. Received multi-dimensional data are transformed...
7256781 Image processing apparatus and method of same  
An image processing apparatus for finding reflectivity based on a BRDF model expressing a ratio of reflection of light incident upon one point of a surface of an object to be drawn at the object...
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...
7256783 Image capture device, a method of capturing images, an image producing device and a method of producing images  
The imaging device reads out a first time spatial parameter required for image capturing of an object from various time spatial parameters stored in the storage server and/or recorded on the...
7250944 Geographic view of a modelling system  
Geo View is a three-dimensional virtual universe in which a real-world or virtual object may be represented by one or more virtual objects whose attributes are derived from attributes of the...
7250948 System and method visible surface determination in computer graphics using interval analysis  
A system ( 40 ) is provided for visible surface determination in furtherance of photorealistic rendering in a computer graphics environment. The system includes a scene database ( 42 ) and a...
7239312 Method, apparatus and program for processing a three-dimensional image  
An image processing apparatus and an image processing method reconstruct a three-dimensional image of an object which expresses a texture, glossiness, and three-dimensionality with realism. The...
7239331 Method and apparatus for correction of perspective distortion  
Perspective distortion in an imaged scene is corrected by identifying a group of points in the imaged scene such that the group of points define a shape. Two vanishing points are determined based...
7236169 Geometric processing stage for a pipelined graphic engine, corresponding method and computer program product therefor  
A geometric processing stage for a pipelined engine for processing video signals and generating processed video signal in space coordinates (S) adapted for display on a screen. The geometric...
7236172 System and process for geometry replacement  
A system and process for replacing unwanted geometry (for example, tracking markers) in a recorded scene with new geometry. A 3-D matchmove process creates a 3-D map. The 3-D map is used to...
7233332 Method and apparatus for rendering shadows  
A method and apparatus for rendering shadows. A pre-rendering process implements a two dimensional array or map of depth-based functions, such as a visibility function in z. During rendering of an...
7232409 Method and apparatus for displaying endoscopic images  
A method is disclosed for displaying endoscopic images that includes three-dimensional surfaces, variable viewing points, directions, and orientations. A computer receives a captured endoscopic...
7233337 Method and apparatus for modeling and real-time rendering of surface detail  
A method comprising generating a surface detail model using a modeling technique, and rendering surface detail in accordance with the developed surface detail model over an object surface. The...
7230619 Use of sigma-weighted darkmaps for texture map processing  
A respective weighting value is calculated for each texel in a texture map that is to be used to render a 3D computer model, the weighting value being calculated in dependence upon the red, green...
7230616 Bi-level iso-surface compression  
Methods, structures and systems for encoding and decoding isosurface data. An encoder process takes volume data and an isolevel as input and produces compressed isosurface data as output. The...
7230622 Method and computing device for rendering graphical objects  
A method and computing device for rendering graphical objects is provided. A transformation to be applied to a graphical object is determined. Verification data corresponding to the transformation...
7230621 Three-dimensional imaging system and methods  
The present invention relates to a system and methods for rendering simulated three-dimensional images on a display device. More particularly, the present invention involves systems and methods for...
7224356 Stretch-driven mesh parameterization using spectral analysis  
A method of performing stretch-driven mesh parameterization. A method of performing stretch-driven mesh parameterization comprising, computing a spectral analysis to parameterize a mesh, and...