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6734855 |
Image editing system and method, image processing system and method, and recording media therefor
Three-dimensional image processing has two processes. In a first process, a three-dimensional space including only a horizon appears on a display screen. By drawing a stroke line in the space, a...
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6731284 |
Method of and apparatus for performing perspective transformation of visible stimuli
The principle purpose of the present invention is to provide an image processing system which uses the two methods to form visible stimuli which depict visual shape. In particular, the present...
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6724384 |
System and method for organization and delivery of data for virtual walkthroughs
A method in an imaging system organizes and compresses into segments of limited size the image collection needed for the application of image based rendering to walkthroughs of large objects. For...
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6724385 |
Method of replaying game, recording medium, program, and entertainment system
Images can be replayed from various viewpoints when games of various genres are replayed. When a game is replayed, a memory control unit holds only a certain replayable region with respect to a...
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6717608 |
Motion estimation for panoramic digital camera
A method for estimating the motion between a first image and a second image in a system for creating a panoramic image from a plurality of images taken by a camera, the method comprising the steps...
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6714690 |
Image processing device having matrix computing units
A geometry processor 10 has an image processing device having a matrix computing unit 14 that is connected to a vector bus VB through which coordinate conversion target data is supplied and a...
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6714197 |
Processor having an arithmetic extension of an instruction set architecture
A processor having an arithmetic extension of an instruction set architecture which incorporates a set of high performance floating point operations. The instruction set architecture incorporates a...
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6710775 |
Animation technique
A method for producing an animation of an object includes displaying an object on a display of a computer system. A perspective system that has a predefined relationship with the object is created...
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6697068 |
Game screen display control method and character movement control method
Provided is a game screen display controlling method comprising the steps of displaying a first game screen obtained from a first projection of a virtual 3-D space; comparing the priority of the...
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6697535 |
Method for refining a parameter of a contour in an image
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for refining groupings of edge points that represent contours in an image. The methods and apparatuses decrease data dispersion and data quantization effects....
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6697067 |
Method and system for storing information regarding a selected view of a three dimensional image generated from a multi-frame object
A method of storing and restoring for replay a selected view from a series of views of a three dimensional image generated from an image object. The three dimensional image is generated in an image...
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6693633 |
Computer-implemented node spreader
A computer-implemented method and system for displaying nodes on a display device. First positions are used for locating a first node and a second node on the display device. The first node and...
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6693639 |
Graphics processor with pipeline state storage and retrieval
A deferred graphics pipeline processor comprised of a mode extraction unit and a Polygon Memory associated with the polygon unit. The mode extraction unit receives a data stream from a geometry...
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6690374 |
Security camera system for tracking moving objects in both forward and reverse directions
A surveillance system that includes a number of camera subsystems. Each camera subsystem includes a number of single lens cameras pointing in different directions which simultaneously capture...
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6687393 |
Efficient methods and apparatus for resampling three dimensional datasets
In one form, the present invention is a method for rapidly resampling a three-dimensional volume of data to permit efficient interactive viewing and visualization of the data is provided in which a...
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6686916 |
Method of creating reference data table
A method of creating a reference table where polygon elements and rectangular pieces are connected with each other. The processor searches, as first searched rectangular pieces, the rectangular...
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6687387 |
Velocity-dependent dewarping of images
A method and apparatus are provided for dewarping images. According to one aspect of the present invention, rotational motion of a scene is taken into account for purposes for performing image...
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6683610 |
Verification device for an effective visual field, method for verifying the effective visual field, and programming medium for verifying the effective visual field
A verification device of an effective visual field range of a display takes into account a use environment. The device includes a composing unit composing a use environment related to a verifying...
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6677953 |
Hardware viewport system and method for use in a graphics pipeline
A system and method are provided for a dedicated hardware-implemented viewport operation in a graphics pipeline. Included is a transform/lighting module for transforming and lighting vertex data....
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6677942 |
Method and apparatus for acquiring normals maps consistent with low spatial resolution meshes
A method, system and computer program for obtaining a digital model of an object. The method includes steps of (a) generating a low spatial resolution numerical representation of an object, such as...
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6674484 |
Video sample rate conversion to achieve 3-D effects
The two dimensional sample rate conversion capabilities of a video display system are used to produce three-dimensional effects. Linear and non-linear scaling is applied to a video image to convey...
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6672964 |
Video game with readily distinguishable characters displaying the character's line of sight
A video game wherein input of a candidate character intended to be the object of an action to be performed by a predetermined character is accepted in accordance with a control operation of a...
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6670958 |
Method and apparatus for routing data to multiple graphics devices
In a specific embodiment, a system for providing video includes a system bus, which in one embodiment is an Advanced Graphics Port (AGP) busy. The system bus is connected to a data bridge, which is...
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6667741 |
Image generating device and image generating method
The brightness of the image of a character displayed on a screen is consistently kept optimum even if the view point of a camera is changed, and the image of the character is appropriately shaded...
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6654031 |
Method of editing a video program with variable view point of picked-up image and computer program product for displaying video program
A method of editing a video program including computer graphics animation, having the steps of setting a camera view point as a view point of images of the video program broadcasted and a user's...
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6650324 |
Defining surface normals in a 3D surface mesh
In rendering an image of a 3D surface, a computer system obtains a digital model that includes data points defining vertices for triangles that represent 2D faces of the 3D surface. The computer...
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6650329 |
Game system and program
The objective of this invention is to provide a game system and program that enable a greater variety of replay images, removing any monotony from such replay images. If an enemy object ( 16 ) is...
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6646640 |
System and method for creating real-time shadows of complex transparent objects
A system and method for creating real-time shadows of complex transparent objects includes a processor and a main memory that stores a transparent blocker object and a receiver object. A light...
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6642924 |
Method and system for obtaining visual information from an image sequence using visual tunnel analysis
A method and a system for obtaining visual information from an image sequence using a visual tunnel analysis are described. The present invention determines the position and orientation of rays...
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6642923 |
Altering the shape of an artwork
The artwork is defined by a tree structure having leaf nodes comprising objects and parent nodes comprising graphical operators. Each node has fields storing values indicative of horizontal and...
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6639597 |
Visibility splatting and image reconstruction for surface elements
In a method for projecting surface points of a graphic object onto pixels in a depth buffer to determine depth values of the pixels, each surface point is projected onto a corresponding pixels. A...
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6639596 |
Stereo reconstruction from multiperspective panoramas
A system and process for computing a 3D reconstruction of a scene using multiperspective panoramas. The reconstruction can be generated using a cylindrical sweeping approach, or under some...
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6636234 |
Image processing apparatus for interpolating and generating images from an arbitrary view point
There is provided a method of generating an interpolated image without any constraint even in a wide moving range. When two real images have an inclusive relationship, the two images are rotated to...
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6636216 |
Digital image warping system
Method and apparatus for producing a warped image from an input image. Image warp data encoded as an image on a card is read by a data reader in a camera. Each element of the warp map maps a...
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6633291 |
Method and apparatus for displaying an image
A three-dimensional shape model indicating a first part is constructed and a three-dimensional shape that works as a transparent screen is disposed thereon continuously. A sight line direction is...
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6628286 |
Method and apparatus for inserting external transformations into computer animations
Transformation matrices describing the motion of an articulated reference object specify translations of the reference object and/or its articulated parts, and are relative to the origin of the...
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6628283 |
Dynamic montage viewer
A method of displaying overlapping images of an object or space, each of which might be from different angles or perspectives on that object or space, which preserves the value of the detail of the...
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6628282 |
Stateless remote environment navigation
A system for viewing a scene from a remote location. The system includes a client machine. The system includes a network connected to the client machine. The system includes a server machine having...
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6628284 |
Method and apparatus for processing graphics perspective transformations
A method and apparatus in a data processing system for processing perspective transformations. An estimate of a depth coordinate is obtained. A determination is made as to whether the estimate is...
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6624813 |
Three-dimensional graphics processor and its drafting method using parallel scanning lines as processing unit
The present invention, a three-dimensional graphics processor and its drafting method using parallel scan-ning lines as processing unit, makes use of a data base memory to completely receive and...
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6621493 |
Metafile compression
A Windows® metafile is compressed by first processing individual records. In some types of records, record type indicators are mapped to values having fewer significant bits than the original...
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6621494 |
Map database device, map display apparatus and recording medium capable of efficiently having and utilizing height data
The map database device according to the present invention is employed to display a bird's eye view map achieved by converting a two-dimensional map into a display format adopting a bird's eye view...
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6618048 |
3D graphics rendering system for performing Z value clamping in near-Z range to maximize scene resolution of visually important Z components
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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6618051 |
System and method for creating and displaying representations of holographic images
A system and method for creating and displaying representations of holographic images comprises a display device, digital image data, a simulation module configured to create a representation of a...
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6618049 |
Method and apparatus for preparing a perspective view of an approximately spherical surface portion
A computer system ( 10 ) can prepare and present on a display ( 22 ) a two-dimensional image that includes a perspective view, from a selected eyepoint ( 71, 152 ), of an object ( 23 ) which is a...
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6612930 |
Video game apparatus and method with enhanced virtual camera control
A video game apparatus includes a CPU. The CPU detects a camera code of a land object at a foot of a player object. According to the camera code, any one is selected of a first virtual camera, a...
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6611266 |
Method for achieving roaming capabilities and performing interactive CGI implanting, and computer games using same
A method for realistically implanting a non-floating. Computer Graphic Image object into a real camera image sequence filmed scene, and for obtaining roaming capabilities therein, including...
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6611753 |
3-dimensional intersection display for vehicle navigation system
A navigation system includes a display which provides a 3-D perspective view. The angle of viewing in the perspective view is increased based upon the complexity of the intersection being...
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6603475 |
Method for generating stereographic image using Z-buffer
A method for generating a three-dimensional stereographic image on the basis of a two-dimensional planar image for one eye and depth information of the image stored in the Z-buffer. The first...
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6603476 |
Method, system and program for topographically aware operating system
A topographical aware Operating System (OS) which is platform and application independent. The OS contains a 2D to 3D rendering converter within a topographical framework, a Java Virtual Machine...
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