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7616213 System and method for real-time co-rendering of multiple attributes  
Systems and methods for enhancing the combined image of multiple attributes without comprising the image of either attribute. The combined image of the multiple attributes is enhanced for analyzing...
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...
7613566 Navigation device with improved zoom functions  
A navigation device with improved zoom functions is disclosed. The navigation device is generally operable to display a map with varying magnifications and perspectives to enable a user to increase...
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...
7609264 Shell radiance texture function  
A shell radiance texture function (SRTF) is defined to record an outgoing radiance from a base volume of an object to be rendered. Using the SRTF, radiance values are precomputed and stored for the...
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...
7607106 Image display system  
An image display system is disclosed that enables users to navigate very large digital images quickly and seamlessly. The system is optimized to transmit image data from a disk drive to a display...
7605825 Fast zoom-adaptable anti-aliasing of lines using a graphics processing unit  
A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for performing anti-aliasing operations on lines using a graphics processing unit (GPU). Input comprising a plurality of...
7598963 Operating sub-pixel rendering filters in a display system  
A method of operating spatial sampling filters comprises detecting subpixel rendered areas, turning on a first set of spatial sampling filters for the subpixel rendered areas in response to...
7598959 Display controller  
Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to update video display pixels. A video display bus can communicate data to a video display according to specified clock...
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),...
7593011 Light map compression  
A technique to reduce the size of a light map using variable sampling is provided. A surface is identified and divided into various regions in accordance with the frequencies associated with the...
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...
7589866 Editing of digital images, including (but not limited to) color-to-monochromatic conversion and changing the color of a monochromatic image  
Color is edited using a color representation including digital values B (brightness), e and f such that B=√{square root over (D 2 +E 2 +F 2 )}, e=E/B, f=F/B, where DEF is a linear color...
7581195 System for managing data objects  
A device for managing image and audio files displays thumbnails, which are representative of the files, on a screen in different arrangements, depending on the selected layout and order. When the...
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.
7576738 Method for constructing surface parameterizations  
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to construct an optimal parameterization for a discrete surface patch. A three-dimensional image having a surface is selected. An...
7576733 Touch screen image setting frame  
A touch screen image setting frame configured to be placed over a monitor having a touch screen overlay, including an inner perimeter that defines an opening in the touch screen image setting...
7574653 Adaptive image formatting control  
A method for rendering images for display on a client device is provided. A single image may be stored on the server for conversion into an image suitable for display on a particular client device....
7570271 High speed display of high resolution image  
A system maintains data from different resolution levels of an image in textures of a graphics processing unit (GPU). Image data is organized into multiple resolution layers of an image. Data from...
7567259 System and method for display compositing  
A method for display compositing is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a plurality of respective color values and a plurality of respective blending values for a...
7567249 Three-dimensional drawing model generation method, three-dimensional model drawing method, and program thereof  
A three-dimensional drawing model generation method draw a three-dimensional model as a texture image, which decrease the number of polygons of the texture model and allows smooth drawing. By...
7564455 Global visualization process for personal computer platforms (GVP+)  
A system and process that incorporates hardware and software as elements to be combined with procedures and processes to obtain, format, store, combine, control, display, record, and visualize...
7561156 Adaptive quadtree-based scalable surface rendering  
A 3D scalable surface renderer allows efficient real-time 3D rendering of high-detail smooth surfaces. The renderer is exceptionally effective with software rendering and low-end weaker graphics...
7554552 Method of graphical generation of vectors with dark contours  
The field of the invention is that of graphical libraries providing graphical functions used for the drawing of symbologic images. One of the fields of favored application is the generation of...
7551172 Sending three-dimensional images over a network  
A benefit is obtained for sending digital information over a network. The digital information is representative of three-dimensional images which include photographic images. The receiving computer...
7548243 Dynamic scene descriptor method and apparatus  
A method for rendering a frame of animation includes retrieving scene descriptor data that specifies at least one object, wherein the object is associated with a first database query, wherein the...
7548241 Determining a node path through a node graph  
Determining a node path through a node graph includes modifying the node graph in accordance with a predetermined platform performance, performing a path finding process through the node graph to...
7548238 Computer graphics shader systems and methods  
Methods and systems are described that unite various shading applications under a single language, enable the simple re-use and re-purposing of shaders, facilitate the design and construction of...
7545387 Method and apparatus for sampling on a non-power-of-two pixel grid  
The embodiments of the present invention are a method and apparatus to perform anti-aliasing using multi-sampling on a non-power-of-two pixel grid. Using the present invention with 6 sample...
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...
7538769 Regional progressive meshes  
A regional progressive mesh provides support for real-time rendering of large-scale surfaces with locally adapting surface geometric complexity according to changing view parameters. The regional...
7535473 Collaborative environments in a graphical information system  
Collaborative environments in a geographic information system (GIS). Collaboration between multiple processors can be provided within the GIS. A first processor can stream to a server session list...
7532221 Texture-based packing, such as for packing 16-bit pixels into four bits  
A method and system for rendering three-dimensional graphics, including text, provides a compressed texture bitmap. The compressed texture bitmap may represent multiple symbols, each comprised of...
7532220 System for adaptive resampling in texture mapping  
An apparatus for mapping primitives of a 3D graphics model from a texture space to a screen space. The apparatus includes a texture memory for storing texture maps. A resampler resamples, for each...
7528843 Dynamic texture fetch cancellation  
Systems and methods for dynamically canceling texture fetches may improve texture mapping performance. A shader program compiler inserts condition code writes and condition code comparison...
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...
7525544 System and method of converting edge record based graphics to polygon based graphics  
A method for converting graphic object data that defines a graphic object, including converting the graphic object data from a path format to a second format, the path format including path...
7522174 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program for implementing image processing method, and recording medium recording program  
An image processing apparatus, method, program and recording medium can arrange images concentrically with respect to a circular label. image data and a type of an arrangement pattern of image data...
7522163 Method and apparatus for determining offsets of a part from a digital image  
A method for image recognition of a material object that utilizes graphical modeling of the corner points of a vertex which includes projecting a point on a digital display to an inward depth, a...
7518606 System and method for generating curved pipe objects for computer aided design models  
One embodiment of the invention provides a method for generating a curved pipe object in a computer-aided design drawing where the geometry of a curved pipe object is generally represented as a...
7508392 Method for expanding the display of a volume image of an object region  
In a method for expanding the display of a volume image of an object region, in particular in medical applications, in which at least one first image data set of a larger object region is made...
7508388 Method for extending the display of a 2D image of an object region  
In a method to extend the display range of 2D image recordings of an object region, particularly in medical applications, first 2D or 3D image data are acquired from a larger object region, and at...
7495801 Editing (including hue editing) of digital color images  
Color is edited using a color representation including digital values B (brightness), C (chroma) and H (hue) such that B=√{square root over (D 2 +E 2 +F 2 )}, cos C=D/B and tan H=E/F, where DEF...
7495800 Color coordinate systems including systems with a coordinate defined by a square root of a quadratic polynomial in tristimulus values and, possibly, by a sign of a function of one or more of tristimulus values  
Color is represented using digital values B (brightness), e and f such that B=√{square root over (D 2 +E 2 +F 2 )}, e=E/B, f=F/B, where DEF is a linear color coordinate system. Alternatively,...
7495675 Processing illustration artwork  
Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing a computer graphics illustration having pieces of artwork.
7489420 Color editing (including brightness editing) using color coordinate systems including systems with a coordinate defined by a square root of a quadratic polynomial in tristimulus values and, possibly, by a sign of a function of one or more of tristimulus values  
Color is edited using a color representation including digital values B (brightness), e and f such that B=√{square root over (D 2 +E 2 +F 2 )}, e=E/B, f=F/B, where DEF is a linear color...
7489317 Method and apparatus for anti-aliasing for video applications  
Antialiasing method and apparatus for video applications. A method for antialiasing a video graphic. A determination is first made as to the relative position of a desired pixel being within the...
7489313 Method of segmenting a three-dimensional data set allowing user corrections  
The invention relates to a method of segmenting a three-dimensional structure from a three-dimensional, and in particular medical, data set while making allowance for user corrections. The method...
7489305 Touch screen control  
A digital imaging device is provided with a touch sensitive display screen 10 . The screen 10 displays an image 12 captured by the imaging device. Along one side of the screen is a toolbar 14...