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6466215 |
Animation creating apparatus and method as well as medium having animation creating program recorded thereon
A storage unit includes a part table which stores animation parts indicative of actions and expressions of a person divided into a plurality of frames and which further stores attribute values of...
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6466214 |
Marking parameters for animation
The present invention advantageously provides for a method and system that is operable on a computer system, for selectively determining parameters values or keys to be made available to graphical...
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6466205 |
System and method for creating 3D models from 2D sequential image data
A system and method providing for the generation of an image having enhanced three-dimensional attributes from a source image having only two-dimensional spatial domain information is disclosed....
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6462741 |
Method and apparatus for creating animation having motion changing with passage of time as desired and computer-readable recording medium in which animation creating program is recorded
A presenting time for an animation is determined as follows for each of a plurality of frames of the animation in passage of time at a prescribed speed which can be changed as desired. First, for...
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6462742 |
System and method for multi-dimensional motion interpolation using verbs and adverbs
A system for providing improved computer animation can be used in interactive applications such as 3D video games and virtual environments. Tie system comprises an offline authoring system with...
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6462740 |
System for in-scene cloth modification
A system for in-scene cloth modification that allows a user to make modifications to cloth during animation of objects associated with the cloth and have the new geometry updated in the in-scene...
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6456289 |
Animation system and method for a animating object fracture
Animation systems and methods are provided for modeling and animating objects, including breaking, tearing or cracking of the objects. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention includes...
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6452598 |
System and method for authoring and testing three-dimensional (3-D) content based on broadcast triggers using a standard VRML authoring tool
A system and method for authoring and testing three-dimensional (3-D) content based on broadcast triggers using a standard VRML authoring tool. In one embodiment, a computer implemented method for...
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6449019 |
Real-time key frame effects using tracking information
Real time effects are provided by using tracking information to define values for parameters of an effect. The tracking information also may be combined with parameters for various effects that...
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6448970 |
Image generation apparatus for causing movement of moving body based on flow data for a fluid set on a course, and information storage medium
An image generation apparatus and information storage medium wherein the flow of a fluid over a course influences the behavior of a moving body. The moving body is moved along the course, based on...
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6441825 |
Video token tracking system for animation
An animation system includes a video source filter, a tracker, a command recognizer, a character synthesizer, a character store, an overlay module, a video rendering filter and, optionally, a video...
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6437785 |
Method of conveying a relationship between objects in a scene
Conveying a relationship between two objects in a scene is accomplished by selecting source and destination ends of an imaginary line between the objects in the scene, a source object being located...
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6437784 |
Image producing system for three-dimensional pieces
A set of tools provides the ability to generate computer-based representations of three-dimensional pieces and produce a representation of a combination of such pieces in a container such as a...
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6437786 |
Method of reproducing image data in network projector system, and network projector system
The invention provides a method of reproducing image data in a network projector system, and a network projector system, which can conveniently process image data that includes moving pictures at...
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6438254 |
Motion vector detection method, motion vector detection apparatus, and data storage media
The present invention provides a motion vector detection apparatus for performing a hierarchy motion vector detection process, in which an unnecessary second hierarchy motion detection process is...
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6438581 |
Method for reducing data rate during transmission of object-related data between two computer elements communicating within time limits
A process for reducing required data throughput when transmitting object or process oriented data between user areas communicating within time conditions, uses a data transmission device having at...
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6434597 |
Animated virtual agent displaying apparatus, method for displaying a virtual agent, and medium for storing instructions for displaying a virtual agent
A method and apparatus for processing attached E-mail data and storage medium for processing a program for attached data in which, in sending/receiving an E-mail using a virtual pet displayed on a...
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6429870 |
Data reduction and representation method for graphic articulation parameters (GAPS)
A data reduction and representation method reduces the number of graphic articulation parameters (GAPs) that must be stored or transmitted to animate an object. A number of GAPs are identified that...
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6426750 |
Run-time geomorphs
Real-time rendering of large-scale surfaces with locally adapting surface geometric complexity according to changing view parameters. A view-dependent progressive mesh (VDPM) framework represents...
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6421047 |
Multi-user virtual reality system for simulating a three-dimensional environment
A computer-implemented multi-user virtual reality system that erects a networked virtual world for real time interaction amongst multiple participants. A computer-simulation of an animated world is...
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6417855 |
System and method for utilizing thresholds during a dynamic display of data relationships between static charts
Method and system aspects for utilizing thresholds during the display of dynamically displayed charts are described. The aspects include obtaining data from first and second static charts and...
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6417865 |
Affinitive placement by proximity in a computer-implemented graphics system
A computer-implemented graphics program provides affinitive placement of objects by proximity, wherein two or more objects are automatically placed in a drawing relative to one another using...
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6417853 |
Region based moving image editing system and method
One embodiment uses a computer system to define areas with moving image information of interest in a sequence of digital moving image frames. The sequence of digital moving image frames has at...
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6417854 |
Image processing system
The image processing system comprises means for preparing a plurality of textures for providing to at least one first texture thereof a background image, in which a movable object is either in a...
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6414684 |
Method for communicating and generating computer graphics animation data, and recording media
A method for communicating and generating computer graphics animation data relates to transmission and reception of computer graphics animation data in a system comprising a server computer, a...
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6411300 |
Processing apparatus
An information processing apparatus, typically incorporated in a small-size, portable computerized electronic data storage device, has a display unit combined with a tablet which coacts with a...
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6408775 |
Sewing or embroidery machine
A sewing or embroidery machine with a microprocessor ( 10 ), which is connected to an entry device ( 6, 19-22 ) for entering commands to a display screen ( 5 ), and to at least one memory ( 9, 13...
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6407743 |
System and method for morphing based on multiple weighted parameters
A system and method for generating new appearances of an object from a plurality of pre-defined appearances. The invention applies to a plurality of attributes for each appearance. A user may...
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6404438 |
Behavioral learning for a visual representation in a communication environment
Utterances comprising text and behavioral movement commands entered by a user are processed to identify patterns of behavioral movements executed by the user's visual representation. Once...
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6404437 |
Nuclear reactor core performance data visualization system
A nuclear reactor core performance data visualization system provides a method and apparatus for extracting and visually displaying large amounts of numerical performance data acquired from an...
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6404436 |
Image processing method, image processor, and pseudo-experience device
A system two dimensional image processing comprises an image display 300 , a central processing unit 102 , memories 103-108 , a program processing section 100 which executes a game program...
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6404435 |
Method and apparatus for three-dimensional alphanumeric character animation
A character is represented in a character generator as a set of polygons. The character may be manipulated using three-dimensional animation techniques. A code for a character may be used to access...
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6398647 |
Method for displaying a reproduced image of a game
When a replay condition is established in advance of a game, a reproduced image which replays a specific scene in the advance of the game is displayed. In displaying the reproduced image, a...
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6400368 |
System and method for constructing and using generalized skeletons for animation models
A method and system for constructing a skeleton for use in animation models allows definition of a skeleton with non-articulated chain elements. These non-chain elements can be 3D objects, which...
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6396500 |
Method and system for generating and displaying a slide show with animations and transitions in a browser
A method and system for automatically translating slides in a slide presentation file into a series of corresponding slide HTML pages for displaying a slide show with a viewing facility such as a...
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6392651 |
Interactive timeline visualization
A system for graphically displaying an item (having a plurality of elements) on a display device as the item appears at a preselected time in a timeline first determines which of the plurality of...
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6392658 |
Panorama picture synthesis apparatus and method, recording medium storing panorama synthesis program 9
A panorama picture synthesis apparatus synthesizes a panorama picture from a plurality of picture data obtained by capturing a plurality of parts of an object such that they overlap one another....
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6392652 |
Method and apparatus for delivering animation over the internet
A method for delivering animation includes transmitting a single source image to a client system. Parameters that generate a function are transmitted to the client system. Modulation frames are...
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6389375 |
Virtual reality modelling
A model of a geometrical object comprising: bits in a first data structure encoded to identify a first set of elements from a collection of representations of geometrical shapes for a collection of...
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6388667 |
Image generation device and information storage medium
An actor management section ( 110 ) manages the generation, activation, execution per unit time, sleep, halt, restart and termination of actors ( 20 ) to ( 40 ) which are instances of a class and...
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6388665 |
Software platform having a real world interface with animated characters
A software development platform generate a user interface that adopts a real world metaphor. In particular, the user interface appears to a user as containing rooms of a home. The user can specify...
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6388670 |
Transmitter-receiver of three-dimensional skeleton structure motions and method thereof
A transmitter of three-dimensional skeleton structure motions in which motion data of a skeleton structure in three-dimensional computer graphics (CG) is transmitted from a transmitting end to a...
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6388666 |
System and method for generating stereoscopic image data
A system and corresponding method for generating stereoscopic image from modelling data and camera animation curve data created in the process of creating a computer graphics animation sequence...
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6386978 |
Video game with variable game space display reduction ratio
A video game system has a controller including a CPU which functions as a controller action detecting unit, a skiing control unit, and a display control unit. The controller action detecting unit...
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6384829 |
Streamlined architecture for embodied conversational characters with reduced message traffic
An architecture including a speech manager that identifies input, input content, and location of the input (speech, for example), a action scheduler, a dialog manager, and an animation system...
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6384830 |
Real-time three-dimensional weather data processing method and system
A method of processing weather data in real-time for graphical display is disclosed. A plurality of subsets of weather data defining a detectable volume of a weather event affecting a geographic...
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6380934 |
Estimating targets using statistical properties of observations of known targets
A method for estimating scenes from images generates a plurality of scenes and renders an image for each scene. The scenes and corresponding images are partitioned into patches. Each patch is...
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6377263 |
Intelligent software components for virtual worlds
A system and method for creating a virtual reality is defined. The virtual reality is efficiently constructed by providing a framework, or paradigm, in which the various aspects of the virtual...
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6377276 |
Bitmap animation of on-screen-display graphics over a distributed network and a clipping region having a visible window
A method of and apparatus for bitmap animation and display of on-screen-display graphics utilizes the HAVi architecture and displays the bitmap animation using a clipping region and a visible...
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6377256 |
Assisted camera orientation and positioning during object manipulation in a three-dimensional scene
A system manipulates an object in a three-dimensional graphical scene that includes a graphical camera in a first position and a first orientation. The system receives an object manipulation...
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