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6275236 |
System and method for displaying tracked objects on a display device
A system and method for displaying tracked objects on a display is disclosed The method includes writing current location and a number of previous locations of the object with pixel values having...
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6275239 |
Media coprocessor with graphics video and audio tasks partitioned by time division multiplexing
A media coprocessor for performing 3-D graphics, video, and audio functions. The media coprocessor is comprised of a single IC semiconductor chip which is coupled with a host processor chip, one or...
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6268873 |
Image generation device which selects viewpoint control program based on program selection data set on a course, and information storage medium
An image generation device and an information storage medium that enable sophisticated viewpoint control by simple processing. One viewpoint control program is selected from a plurality of...
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6268872 |
Client apparatus, image display controlling method, shared virtual space providing apparatus and method, and program providing medium
An avatar acting in a shared virtual space is changed in a manner nearly resembling that in a real space. A client PC, along with another client PC, is connected to a shared server through the...
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6268864 |
Linking a video and an animation
An apparatus and method for linking a video and an animation. A data structure containing elements that correspond to respective frames of a first video is generated. Information that indicates an...
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6269366 |
Method for randomly combining images with annotations
A method for producing an image, the method comprises the steps of: storing a plurality of theme images; storing a plurality of annotations; providing a random number generator for randomly...
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6268869 |
Apparatus and method for processing an image display and a readable storage medium storing a computer program
An image display processing apparatus, includes an issuance unit for issuing a display content of one frame including images of a plurality of objects to be displayed on a screen, a monitoring unit...
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6266067 |
System and method for dynamically displaying data relationships between static charts
Method and system aspects for more intuitively presenting a relationship for static chart data from at least two static charts are described. In a method aspect and system for providing same, the...
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6266071 |
Method of producing fluid-like animations using a rapid and stable solver for the Navier-Stokes equations
The present invention is a method for performing computer graphic simulation of a fluid in motion. The method takes input data and calculates the velocity of the fluid at a plurality of points at...
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6262746 |
Displaying and storing an image having transparent and non-transparent pixels
An image is stored as data representing the values of non-transparent pixels, and stored instructions corresponding to some pixels, resulting in a data structure. The image may be displayed by...
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6256649 |
Animated spreadsheet for dynamic display of constraint graphs
An augmented spreadsheet presentation provides for selecting a region of user focus in a primary body of data displayed as an array of cells, with two or more displayed cells of the array of cells...
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6256061 |
Method and apparatus for providing perceived video viewing experiences using still images
A method and apparatus for sequencing views retrieved from a spherical still image file provide the viewer with the perception of a video performance with a low bandwidth transmission. The method...
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6256040 |
Three-dimensional game machine and information storage medium
A covering object (42) that covers a three-dimensional object (40) is provided within an object space. Every time a game-clear condition is satisfied, the display/non-display state of a polygon...
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6256048 |
Two-dimensional virtual camera
A method of producing a frame sequence file from a two-dimensional virtual canvas includes receiving control instructions from a user and thereafter, producing frame sequence file frames by...
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6256047 |
Method of judging hits and computer-readable storage medium storing game data
The invention provides a method of of judging a hit between at least two objects in a game system, the game system being adapted to display a plurality of objects on a screen such that at least one...
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6256046 |
Method and apparatus for visual sensing of humans for active public interfaces
An active public user interface in a computerized kiosk senses humans visually using movement and color to detect changes in the environment indicating the presence of people. Interaction spaces...
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6252602 |
Information processing apparatus
An information processing apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes a main body input and output section, provided to a main body cabinet section, for displaying a plan view of an...
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6252608 |
Method and system for improving shadowing in a graphics rendering system
A system for improved shadowing of images using a multiple pass, depth buffer approach includes rendering a scene from the perspective of a light source to construct a shadow depth map in a...
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6250928 |
Talking facial display method and apparatus
A method and apparatus of converting input text into an audio-visual speech stream resulting in a talking face image enunciating the text. This method of converting input text into an audio-visual...
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6249292 |
Technique for controlling a presentation of a computer generated object having a plurality of movable components
A technique for controlling a presentation of a computer generated object having a plurality of movable components is disclosed. In one embodiment, the technique is realized by receiving a gesture...
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6246420 |
Movement data connecting method and apparatus therefor
A motion data connecting method and apparatus for generating a smooth, natural motion connecting an advancing motion and a following motion with a short calculation time and without imposing a...
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6244959 |
Three-dimensional image processing system with enhanced character control
A video game system includes a game cartridge which is pluggably attached to a main console having a main processor, a coprocessor, expandable main memory and player controllers. A multifunctional...
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6243106 |
Method for figure tracking using 2-D registration and 3-D reconstruction
In a computerized method, a moving articulated figure is tracked in a sequence of 2-D images measured by a monocular camera. The images are individually registered with each other using a 2-D...
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6243856 |
System and method for encoding a scene graph
A system and method for efficiently coding an animation sequence, converts a series of opcodes and associated opcode parameters into an array of integers. The array of integers is converting into...
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6243076 |
System and method for controlling host system interface with point-of-interest data
A system and method are disclosed for a user interface control that utilizes one or more graphical objects ("comets"), which can be operated solely by the eye gaze of a user. The disclosed system...
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6239814 |
Method for indicating the existence of a control object
Method for indicating the existence of a control object displayed as part of a graphical user interface. The existence of a control object displayed as part of a graphical user interface may be...
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6232988 |
Systems and methods for converting a component in an animation to an interactive object
A conversion system for converting one or more components of a time-based component media (TBCM) to one or more interactive objects. In one embodiment, a conversion controller converts components...
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6232965 |
Method and apparatus for synthesizing realistic animations of a human speaking using a computer
A method and apparatus for synthesizing speech or facial movements to match selected speech sequences. A videotape of an arbitrary text sequence is obtained including a plurality of images of a...
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6232989 |
Data augmentation system and method
A system and method for augmenting data and for integrating the augmented data into a program running on a computer system is provided. The invented system couples to a data collection computer...
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6229904 |
Automatic morphing photography booth
The present invention teaches a computerized automatic morphing photography booth for generating a synthesized composite or altered image from two or more initial images and a method therefor. The...
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6229533 |
Ghost object for a virtual world
A virtual world computer process includes portable virtual token objects that can be used by on-line users of the virtual world to facilitate exchange of goods and services within the virtual...
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RE37156 |
Rewinding time-based script sequences
The system of the present invention provides a mechanism for executing a script sequence containing a plurality of commands and associated time for executing the commands. The system allows a user...
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6226015 |
Method of automatically producing sketches and cartoon images from movies
Sketch and cartoon images are automatically generated from video or still images captured in real-time from a digital camera or obtained from a stored file. Steps of the method include calculating...
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6222554 |
Navigation in three-dimensional workspace interactive displays having virtual force fields associated with selected objects
In a data processor controlled display system having three-dimensional objects laid out in a three-dimensional virtual workspace, the objects have associated therewith virtual force fields around...
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6219069 |
Method for generating animation in an on-line book
A method for creating an on-line book with an animated cover. The method includes a process for inserting an animation sequence at the beginning of an on-line book which is compiled into the M14...
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6213871 |
Nurturing simulation apparatus for virtual creatures
It is a purpose of this invention to provide a simulation apparatus for nurturing a virtual creature for growing the virtual creature while disciplining or training the virtual creature by...
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6215498 |
Virtual command post
A system of networked terminal apparatus for creating a three dimensional animated work environment wherein terminal users of various levels of immersion are depicted as avatars in the virtual work...
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6213873 |
User-adaptable computer chess system
A computer-based strategic game system for, e.g., playing chess includes a kingbrain that is characterized by a rating and a queen brain. The rating of the kingbrain is automatically adjusted to...
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6208358 |
Image processing device, image processing method and storage medium
The present invention aims to provide an image processing device whereby the direction of movement of characters can be specified by means of control pad keys only. The image processing device...
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6208356 |
Image synthesis
Synthesis of a moving picture of a face (e.g. to accompany synthetic speech) is performed by converting an input phoneme string into a sequence of mouth shapes or visemes. Specifically a shape is...
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6208360 |
Method and apparatus for graffiti animation
An apparatus having an input for inputting a plurality of line drawings indicating changed shapes of a stroke and a quantizer for quantizing corresponding strokes between the plural line drawings...
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6208357 |
Method and apparatus for creating and animating characters having associated behavior
A system is provided for displaying an animated character. The system identifies a character for display and identifies at least one skill associated with the identified character. The system also...
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6203425 |
Image generating device, method thereof, game device and storage medium
The present Invention provides image generating technology capable of expressing a complex yet natural movement of the characters with less image data regardless of the playback speed. A image...
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6204862 |
Method and apparatus for broadcasting live events to another location and producing a computer simulation of the events at that location
A live event may be broadcasted by producing a computer coded description of the sub-events that constitute the event. The coded description is stored in a centralized computer data base and the...
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6195104 |
System and method for permitting three-dimensional navigation through a virtual reality environment using camera-based gesture inputs
A system and method for constructing three-dimensional images using camera-based gesture inputs of a system user. The system comprises a computer-readable memory, a video camera for generating...
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6191784 |
User interface system and method for controlling playback time-based temporal digital media
A system and method that maps temporal control functions into a six degree of freedom pointing device. The six degree of freedom pointing device controls both transport and view modes within a...
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6191799 |
Method apparatus and computer-readable medium for altering the appearance of an animated object
A data animation program (11) is provided that alters the appearance of an animated object (39) to reflect a percentage change in data represented by the animated object. The data is provided to...
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6191798 |
Limb coordination system for interactive computer animation of articulated characters
A method and apparatus for interactively controlling and coordinating the limb movements of computer-generated articulated characters with an arbitrary number of joints. On-line computational...
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6188800 |
Two-dimensional spatial transformation system for video processing
A two-dimensional spatial transformation system performs two-dimensional spatial transformation on an original video image in accordance with a two-pass method. Video data representing the original...
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6184899 |
Articulated figure animation using virtual actuators to simulate solutions for differential equations to display more realistic movements
A computer, such as a PC, includes a memory having an imaging program stored in it and a display unit, such as a raster scan CRT are all operatively connected together so that the computing unit...
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