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7620638 Process for selecting an object in a PLM database and apparatus implementing this process  
The invention is directed to a process, an apparatus and a program for selecting an object in a PLM database containing modeled objects. The invention allows a user to rapidly display a view of the...
7619626 Mapping images from one or more sources into an image for display  
The present invention provides systems and methods that provide images of an environment to the viewpoint of a display. The systems and methods define a mapping surface at a distance from the image...
7612775 Real-time conformal terrain rendering  
A method for rendering a real-time conformal view of terrestrial body's terrain being traversed by a mobile platform includes storing digital terrain elevation data (DTED) tiles for at least a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7596257 Medical image processing device method and program for displaying a section for a clinical application  
A conventional medical image processing apparatus is capable of forming a section perpendicular to a reference plane, but has a drawback that a section intersecting the reference plane at a desired...
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...
7593577 Method and apparatus for representing and searching for an object in an image  
A method representing an object appearing in still or video image for use in searching, wherein the object appears in the image with a first two-dimensional outline, by processing signals...
7593019 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...
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...
7587520 Image display system with visual server  
An image display system with one or more client computers in selective communication with a visual server having image processing capabilities. The client computer generates image modifying data...
7586489 Method of generating surface defined by boundary of three-dimensional point cloud  
Disclosed is a method of generating a three-dimensional (3D) surface defined by a boundary of a 3D point cloud. The method comprises generating density and depth maps from the 3D point cloud,...
7583858 Image processing based on direction of gravity  
A method of processing a digital image to produce an improved digital image, includes receiving the digital image captured with a camera; determining a first vanishing point associated with the...
7583275 Modeling and video projection for augmented virtual environments  
Systems and techniques to implement augmented virtual environments. In one implementation, the technique includes: generating a three dimensional (3D) model of an environment from range sensor...
7583265 Image display method and device, image display system, server, program, and recording medium  
An image display method for displaying, after imaging, a plurality of image data each relating to attribute data, includes: disposing a reference image object for indication of each of the...
7580036 Detail-in-context terrain displacement algorithm with optimizations  
A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in a terrain data representation for display on a display screen, comprising: translating each point of the representation within a...
7576743 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.
7576742 Picture display controller, moving-picture information transmission/reception system, picture display controlling method, moving-picture information transmitting/receiving method, and computer program  
A picture display controller can display picture data taken from a plurality of viewpoints in a flexible manner. For displaying moving-picture data taken from the plurality of viewpoints, read from...
7576741 Method, computer program product, and device for processing projection images  
A method for improving the quality of a projection image. The method includes setting a plurality of rays that pass through voxels. Each ray corresponds to a pixel. The method further includes...
7573475 2D to 3D image conversion  
A method of creating a complementary stereoscopic image pair is described. The method includes receiving a first 2D image comprising image data, where the first 2D image is captured from a first...
7570804 Apparatus and method for determining stereo disparity based on two-path dynamic programming and GGCP  
Provided is an apparatus and method for determining stereo disparity based on two-path dynamic programming and GGCP. The apparatus includes a pre-processing unit for analyzing texture distribution...
7570261 Apparatus and method for creating a virtual three-dimensional environment, and method of generating revenue therefrom  
An apparatus and method for creating and using a virtual three-dimensional environment, and methods for generating revenue based on the virtual three-dimensional environment. The virtual...
7567198 Subaperture 3D imaging  
Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, and articles for receiving phase history data collected from synthetic aperture radar imaging of a terrain, dividing the received phase history data into a...
7564571 Method for calibrating a camera-laser-unit in respect to a calibration-object  
The invention refers to a method for calibrating a camera-laser-unit ( 1 ) with respect to at least one calibration-object ( 12 ) disposed at a given position and orientation in a three-dimensional...
7557812 Multilevel texture processing method for mapping multiple images onto 3D models  
A multilevel texture mapping process for a 3D model that maps different perspective images onto a 3D model is developed. The textures mapped to the 3D model are processed from image level to...
7557804 Methods and apparatus for three-dimensional isographic navigation  
A system renders an object as a plurality of layers displayed within a three-dimensional view. The system receives a selection of a layer from the plurality of layers in the three-dimensional view,...
7554557 Device and method for image compression and decompression  
An image compression device includes a floating-point texture-loading unit, a shader, a RGB to YCrCb compressor, and a parameter adjusting unit. The floating-point texture-loading unit receives raw...
7554542 Image manipulation method and system  
An animation system is made up of an audio analysis unit, having an audio output and a state change output, and a control unit having an input and an output, the input being constructed to receive...
7554539 System for viewing a collection of oblique imagery in a three or four dimensional virtual scene  
A system for selecting oblique images from a collection of geo-referenced oblique images and viewing them within the context of a virtual, three- or four-dimensional (3D space and time) geographic...
7551174 Method and apparatus for triangle rasterization with clipping and wire-frame mode support  
A low-cost high-speed programmable rasterizer accepting an input set of functionals representing a triangle, clipping planes and a scissoring box, and producing multiple spans per clock cycle as...
7545375 View-dependent displacement mapping  
A computer implemented method for generating a representation of structure for use in rendering a synthesized image is provided. The representation is a view-dependent displacement mapping that...
7545374 Image display control program, image display control method, and video game device  
An image display control program for displaying a plurality of objects on a display unit from a plurality of angles is disclosed, the image display control program causing a video game device to...
7538780 Drawing processing apparatus, display apparatus, drawing processing method and navigation apparatus  
A drawing processing apparatus and method wherein scrolling display which provides no sense of incongruity is achieved in 3D display. 3D information is produced using information in a drawing...
7538768 Image display device utilizing 3D protecting process by detecting a parallax value  
An image display device capable of displaying an images on right and left image display elements ( 26 I, and 26 R) by receiving right and left image signals for displaying three-dimensional images...
7532750 Image processing apparatus and method, program, and image processing system  
An image processing apparatus and method produce sectional image data of a specimen in an arbitrary direction without deterioration of picture quality. A re-construction process produces volume...
7532215 Image generating apparatus, image generating method and image generating program  
An image generating apparatus for generating a visual field image seen from a photographed person who is photographed in at least one part of plural two-dimensional images, based on the plural...
7529431 Method and device for reconstructing and representing multidimensional objects from one-dimensional or two-dimensional image data  
The method/device reconstructs/represents multidimensional objects from one- or two-dimensional image data based on recordings of one- or two-dimensional partial image areas, wherein...
7529400 Image encoder, image decoder, record medium, and image recorder  
A sub-sampling portion ( 101 ) sub-samples images of data corresponding to the left and right viewpoints. A joining method selector ( 104 ) selects the joining method that minimizes the...
7528842 Image processing apparatus and image processing method  
A frame difference computation unit of a texture unit identifies a prediction macroblock, by evaluating sums of absolute differences between a target macroblock in a first frame image and a...
7528841 Image transformation apparatus, image transformation circuit and image transformation method  
An image transformation apparatus is provided, which includes a modeling unit 5 that calculates the coordinates of vertices of each polygon and calculates a pre-filter coefficient corresponding...
7525553 Computer graphics processor and method for generating a computer graphics image  
A computer graphics processor is described comprising a model information providing unit ( 210 ) for providing information representing a set of graphics primitives, a rasterizer ( 227 ) capable of...
7525543 High performance shading of large volumetric data using screen-space partial derivatives  
A method and system for shading large volumetric data sets using partial derivatives computed in screen-space. The method and system provide a fast and efficient shading a large datasets. Screen...
7522170 Graphics system interface  
An interface for a graphics system includes simple yet powerful constructs that are easy for an application programmer to use and learn. Features include a unique vertex representation allowing the...
7522164 Using self-adjustable three-dimensional matrix to simplify the construction of a complex 3D scene  
The aspects of the present invention provide for a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for adding a new virtual object into a virtual scene having at least one...
7519471 Driving support methods, apparatus, and programs  
Apparatus, methods, and programs display a virtual escort vehicle that appears to be driving ahead of a user's vehicle on at least one of a windshield of the user's vehicle and a display disposed...
7515152 Adaptive sampling of a static data set  
A sampling module that adjusts the sampling density of a static data set. Two or more rays are cast onto a surface from a single point of origin. The ray or rays intersect the surface at various...
7509241 Method and apparatus for automatically generating a site model  
A method and apparatus for automatically combining aerial images and oblique images to form a three-dimensional (3D) site model. The apparatus or method is supplied with aerial and oblique imagery....
7499049 Relative geometry system and method  
A system, method, and computer program product for reducing processing time related to relative geometry calculations performed for objects in a simulated three-dimensional environment. The method...