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7623734 |
Method and system for automatically inscribing noisy objects in scanned image data within a minimum area rectangle
A minimum area rectangle inscription method and system for automatically generating a minimum area rectangle that inscribes and bounds an approximately rectangular object (or “noisy” object)...
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7623687 |
Three-dimensional face recognition
Apparatus for obtaining 3-Dimensional data of a geometric body for matching, and particularly for use in facial matching, comprises a three dimensional scanner for obtaining three-dimensional...
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7620527 |
Method and apparatus for synthesizing and analyzing patterns utilizing novel “super-formula” operator
Patterns (e.g., such as images, waveforms such as sounds, electromagnetic waves, or other signals, etc.) are synthesized, modulated and/or analyzed through the use of a computer programmed with a...
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7620250 |
Shape matching method for indexing and retrieving multimedia data
The invention relates to a method for indexing and retrieving multimedia data. In particular the invention provides a method of comparing at least two sets of multimedia data using shape...
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7613341 |
Gap detection in a drawing
A technique for searching for a gap in a drawing is disclosed. The technique includes sweeping an evaluation line across at least a portion of the drawing, detecting on the evaluation line an...
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7612776 |
Functions acting on arbitrary geometric paths
A facility for evaluating a spreadsheet cell is described. The facility reads a function call stored in a spreadsheet cell. The function call specifies an arbitrary geometric path and an operation...
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7605941 |
Drawing apparatus and drawing-data-generation apparatus therefor as well as drawing method and drawing-data-generation method therefor to efficiently perform stable drawing operations
A drawing apparatus in which drawing data, which is required to perform a drawing operation on drawing blocks on a surface that can be drawn at one time by drawing heads moving relatively to said...
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7602405 |
Multiple brush components
In a brush tool of an electronic graphics design application, a single composite brush may include one or more brush components which are applied to the same stroke trail defined by a single pen...
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7602396 |
Method and apparatus for painting groups of objects
Methods and apparatus, including computer program apparatus, implementing techniques for processing digital artwork. In one aspect, the techniques process aggregations of artwork where both the...
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7595802 |
Method and system for graphically navigating among stored objects
The invention is directed to a product life cycle management (PLM) system, comprising a database storing objects, preferably 3D objects, and relations between said objects. The PLM system provides...
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7593566 |
Data recognition device
A data recognition device including: a recognizing unit that specifies, out of processing target data that changes in time series, predetermined recognition target data parts from the first to the...
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7590512 |
System and method for deformation analysis using inverse pre-deformation of finite element mesh
Finite element analysis methods and computer systems for analyzing deformation to an object are disclosed. According to various embodiments, the method includes the steps of: (1) performing a...
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7589731 |
Graphics systems and methods
Embodiments of graphics systems and methods are disclosed. In one method embodiment, a graphics method comprises receiving information about a line primitive and segmenting the line primitive with...
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7589730 |
System and method for drawing a dashed path
A system and method for rendering or facilitating the rendering of an attractive dashed path. A dashed path comprises a pattern of alternating stroke and gap segments; different dash patterns...
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7589729 |
Image synthesis by rank-1 lattices
Systems and techniques are described in which rank-1 lattices are used in computerized image processing, in particular in the context of image synthesis. These include systems and techniques for...
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7588493 |
Methods and apparatus for analyzing a game situation using positional information in a game space
In a computer game, a game situation is analyzed using states of a plurality of game elements by determining a state for each of the plurality of game elements ( 10 ), generating a representation...
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7586490 |
Systems and methods for three-dimensional sketching
Systems, methods and computer program code for three-dimensional sketching may comprise, according to some embodiments, receiving input from a computer-augmented surface such as a Liquid Crystal...
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7576753 |
Method and apparatus to convert bitmapped images for use in a structured text/graphics editor
An image analysis and conversion method and system. Bitmapped ink images are converted to structured object representations of the bitmapped images, which may be read and edited by a structured...
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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...
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7567258 |
Hardware-accelerated anti-aliased vector graphics
In order to render a primitive, the primitive is subdivided into trapezoids and triangles. The subdivision occurs using scanline-aligned lines. These simple scanline-aligned regions are further...
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7564458 |
System and method for interactively linking data to shapes in a diagram
A facility for linking data from an external data source to shapes in a diagram is provided. The facility is implemented as a component of a graphical visualization program, and provides a modeless...
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7561169 |
Systems and methods for generating user specified information from a map
An embodiment relates generally a method of generating user-specified information. The method includes selecting a plurality of points on a map, where the plurality of points forms a closed...
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7555163 |
Systems and methods for representing signed distance functions
A system and method for implicitly computing signed distance values in a graphics application. In one embodiment, rather than storing numerous distance values along a given raster scan line, only...
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7554545 |
Drawing apparatus operable to display a motion path of an operation article
The drawing apparatus images the operation article by intermittently emitting light to the operation article to derive a location of the operation article on the screen. The cursor is displayed at...
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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...
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7551173 |
Pixel accurate edges for scanline rendering system
A method ( 2500 ) of converting a monotonic curve into edge information is disclosed. A method ( 2800 A) of determining an integer edge crossing value, Xi, for a new edge crossed by a scanline...
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7538764 |
System and method to obtain surface structures of multi-dimensional objects, and to represent those surface structures for animation, transmission and display
Four related but independent aspects are described: (1) a method and a system to derive mesh surface descriptions (also called connectivity-wireframes) and material properties from objects...
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7535622 |
Programmable light beam shape altering device using programmable micromirrors
A digital micromirror device (“DMD”) is used to alter the shape of light that is projected onto a stage. The DMD selectively reflects some light, thereby shaping the light that is projected...
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7535469 |
Apparatus and method for creating three-dimensional caricature
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for creating a three-dimensional caricature, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for creating a three-dimensional caricature...
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7528833 |
Three-dimensional data controller and three-dimensional data processor
A three-dimensional data controller controls voxel data by distributing the voxel data to hierarchical nodes. The three-dimensional data controller stores combination patterns, each representing...
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7512624 |
Tight integration of processing and visualizing temporal data
Methods, computer-readable media, and systems for identifying characteristics of time-related data associable with intervals are provided. A frame is associated with each of a number of intervals...
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7509586 |
Method and system of calculating focus on an item
There are presented a method and system of calculating focus applied to an item ( 102 ) among a group of items ( 101 ). In embodiments of the invention a focus measurement is decayed from all items...
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7505048 |
Estimation of overlap of polygons
Various techniques are disclosed for easily and accurately estimating the amount of overlap between two or more polygons. With various examples of these techniques, a pattern of objects, such as...
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7502685 |
Vehicle navigation apparatus and method with traveling direction indication at guidance intersection
A vehicle navigation apparatus is provided which can reliably guide a vehicle along a guidance route when the vehicle approaches an intersection of interest at which it is to make a turn even if...
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7502028 |
Assigning region attributes in a drawing
Techniques for assigning a region attribute to a region in a drawing are disclosed. One technique includes editing the drawing to define a current region, associating the current region with a...
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7499055 |
Method of font generation for displaying the thickness of strokes of characters
The present invention employs the notion of a Chinese writing brush in moving a geometric figure to produce a style of calligraphy, where the area of the geometric figure is large or small, then...
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7495670 |
Shapes comprising repeated graphic elements
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a shape may comprise one or more repeated graphic elements.
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7495665 |
Storage medium having game program stored thereon and game apparatus
Plane position coordinates indicating a position of a player object in a plane game field is updated based on an action which is performed by the player object on the plane game field and is...
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7492377 |
Display devices and driving method therefor
A display device, for example a liquid crystal display device ( 1 ), and driving method are provided that avoid the need to provide the display device with display data (e.g. video) containing...
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7483029 |
GPU having raster components configured for using nested boustrophedonic patterns to traverse screen areas
In one embodiment, the present invention is implemented as a GPU configured for traversing pixels of an area. The GPU includes a set-up unit for generating polygon descriptions and a rasterizer...
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7483028 |
Providing 1D and 2D connectors in a connected diagram
Dynamic routing of 1D and 2D connectors is provided in a connected diagram. 2D connector shapes, end-shapes, content such as text or images are dynamically adjusted as objects are placed onto the...
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7477263 |
Relayout of all or part of a graph in association with a change in state of a graph element
A computer implemented method, apparatus and computer program product for adjusting a graph. A modification to a first object in the graph is determined in which the first object has a position...
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7471296 |
Formatting object for modifying the visual attributes of visual objects to reflect data values
A formatting object according to the present invention conveys information to the reader of a document (such as a table or chart) by associating visual attributes (such as color, fill type, border...
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7471295 |
Multi-variate data and related presentation and analysis
A recursively partitioned/nested geometric structure is employed to graphically present and/or facilitate analysis of multi-variate data, including functions of multi-dimensional variables. Visual...
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7468727 |
Methods of visualizing graphs
Methods for visualizing a graph by automatically drawing elements of the graph as labels are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving node information and edge information from...
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7463262 |
Image processing apparatus and method
A plurality of position data are input, which indicate the position of an observation target defined in a three-dimensional space, on its three-dimensional image, which is viewed from a...
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7460124 |
Vector-based geometric polygon schema
A system for configuring orientation and storing criteria corresponding to vector elements that form a boundary of a polygon is provided. This innovation can define the boundary of a polygon as...
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7446770 |
Apparatus of and method for drawing graphics, and computer program product
An apparatus of drawing graphics includes an edge coefficient calculator calculating, from vertex data on vertices of a triangle, edge coefficients of edge functions used to determine whether a...
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7439987 |
Vector graphic normalizer
A computer algorithm that is able to convert a parent CGM file, which may include a plurality of disparate methods of defining objects or high-level primitives, with low-level primitives to produce...
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7439978 |
Information processing system, information processing method, storage medium, and program
An information processing system includes a display unit for displaying an image; a drawing unit for drawing a first straight line and a second straight line on the image displayed by the display...
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