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7626590 Method and apparatus for generating procedural texture for natural phenomena and recording medium storing the method  
A method of generating procedural textures for a plurality of natural phenomena, and an apparatus to perform the method, the method including inputting a set of common parameters required to...
7605821 Poisson image-editing technique that matches texture contrast  
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a system for reconstructing an image. During operation, the system receives an original image, wherein the original image includes a defective...
7589742 Random map generation in a strategy video game  
The generation of a random map for use in a video game may involve a random value generation function, with weighted texture and/or object values to control whether certain textures and/or objects...
7542047 Multi-dimensional texture drawing apparatus, compressing apparatus, drawing system, drawing method, and drawing program  
As for a multi-dimensional texture constituted by a plurality of textures different in photographing environment such as a viewing position or lighting conditions, texture images constituting the...
7511714 Video format conversion using 3D graphics pipeline of a GPU  
Video conversion using a 3D graphics pipeline of a graphical processing unit (GPU) is disclosed. A plurality of video data formatted in a first video format is accessed from a memory unit....
7411592 Graphical processing of object perimeter information  
A technique for graphically processing perimeter information includes determining a polar representation of the perimeter of an object to define polar perimeter information, storing the polar...
7356453 Computerized pattern texturing  
A system and method for merging carpet design image patterns in order to create a custom-designed patterned carpet image. A customized carpet image is defined by identifying a plurality of carpet...
7348989 Preparing digital images for display utilizing view-dependent texturing  
A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium, a computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions, and a computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave, all for...
7336277 Per-pixel output luminosity compensation  
Per-pixel luminosity adjustment uses a luminosity mask applied as a texture. In one embodiment, a luminosity texture is defined. Pixel data of an underlying image is converted to an image texture....
7312806 Dynamic width adjustment for detail-in-context lenses  
A method for reducing occlusion in a presentation of a region-of-interest of an original image, the presentation generated by distorting the original image to produce a lens having a focal region...
7271811 View dependent tiled textures  
An array of view-dependent sprited tiles provide different views of an image texture (e.g., structure, color, shading, illumination, transparency, as well as other image attributes). The different...
7233337 Method and apparatus for modeling and real-time rendering of surface detail  
A method comprising generating a surface detail model using a modeling technique, and rendering surface detail in accordance with the developed surface detail model over an object surface. The...
7221371 Shorter footprints for anisotropic texture filtering  
Shortening a footprint is a technique to reduce the number of texture samples anisotropically filtered to determine a texture value associated with a graphics fragment. Reducing the number of...
7091971 System, method, and apparatus for multi-level hierarchical Z buffering  
A secondary representative Z value memory includes a reduced-resolution representation of a primary representative Z value memory. Upon updating of a block of the primary representative Z value...
7061501 Rendering a pencil-sketch image  
A pencil-sketch image is rendered from three-dimensional (3D) data by determining a pencil-sketch texture for a polygon defined by the 3D data, projecting the polygon onto a two-dimensional...
7050058 Interactive water effects using texture coordinate shifting  
A system and process for adding a photorealistic rendering of a body of water to a virtual 3D scene or image and creating a video therefrom having interactive water effects. A region of water is...
7002590 Modifying object geometry to accommodate information attributes  
One or more information attributes about an object is received. A determination is performed to find out if the one or more information attributes is in contention with geometry attributes of the...
7002592 Graphical display system and method for applying parametric and non-parametric texture maps to graphical objects  
A graphical display system comprises memory and a texture mapper. The memory stores a parametric texture map (PTM) and a non-parametric texture map (non-PTM). The texture mapper is configured to...
6970174 Texture mapping method and apparatus  
A texture mapping apparatus for jointing a plurality of texture images where mapping positions are partially overlapped so as to map the texture images on a surface of a three-dimensional model....
6839065 Method for producing bump mapping effect for a three dimensional object of a computer graphic  
A method is for producing the bump mapping effect for a 3D object in a computer graphic. First, a shading vector is produced at one point of the surface of the 3D object. A shift coordinate with...
6781592 Image generating device, image generating method, readable storage medium storing image generating program, and video game device  
An image generating device for displaying a model comprised of a plurality of polygons set in a virtual 3D space and simulating an object having at least one flat plane, the image generating device...
6765584 System and method for creating a vector map in a hardware graphics pipeline  
A system and method are provided for creating a vector map in a hardware graphic pipeline. Initially, one of a plurality of transforms is selected in a hardware graphic pipeline. Further, input is...
6673281 Method of designing and manufacturing a plastic blow-molded container  
An efficient and cost-effective method of designing and manufacturing a plastic blow molded container having highly artistic sculptural relief. Computer software is utilized to graphically design a...
6664971 Method, system, and computer program product for anisotropic filtering and applications thereof  
A first copy of an object is rendered using a texture sample selected from a texture image. This texture sample is selected from the texture image according to a first set of texture coordinates....
6573894 Systems, methods and computer program products for converting image data to nonplanar image data  
Image data is converted to nonplanar image data for display on a nonplanar display, using a planar image graphics computer system, such as an OpenGL® system, which converts image data to planar...
6559853 Environment map creation using texture projections with polygonal curved surfaces  
An environment map creation system creates an environment map from one or more images representing an environment. The environment map creation system includes a texture projection generation unit,...
6525728 Method and apparatus for using a general three-dimensional (3D) graphics pipeline for cost effective digital image and video editing, transformation, and representation  
A method in accordance with our invention permits the manipulation of a two-dimensional pixel array using a standard 3D graphics pipeline. The method comprises the steps of forming a wire mesh of...
6339431 Information presentation apparatus and method  
A data input section inputs time series data changeable over the passage of time. An annotation input section inputs an annotation related to at least one of the time series data. A transformation...
6326976 Method for determining the representation of a picture on a display and method for determining the color of a pixel displayed  
The present invention concerns a method for determining the representation of a picture on a display and a method for determining the color of a pixel displayed on a display. It is the object of...
6191795 Ellipsoidal projection mapping  
A projective body is aligned with a surface to generate texture coordinates for the surface. The present invention includes selecting an appropriate projective body for a given surface, orienting...
5903270 Method and apparatus for mapping a two-dimensional texture onto a three-dimensional surface  
A method of mapping two-dimensional textures onto a three-dimensional object yields the correct result in terms of pattern placement, scale, repeat and flow of various textures. This is...
5877779 Method and apparatus for efficient rendering of three-dimensional scenes  
A method and apparatus for rendering an object or scene from a preselected viewpoint onto a display. The object is represented by a texture map stored in a memory of a processor-based system, and...
5825364 System and method for constructing a three dimensional model from two dimensional images using poissan probability  
A system that obtains thin slices of an object for which a three dimensional model is to be constructed. Each slice is photographed and the photographic image data input to a computer system and...
5680525 Three-dimensional graphic system with an editor for generating a textrue mapping image  
A three-dimensional graphic system includes a scene origination equipment, a rendering apparatus and a display device. The user interface unit of the scene origination equipment displays on the...
5673377 Method and system for displaying a representation of a three-dimensional object with surface features that conform to the surface of the three-dimensional object  
Disclosed are a system and method for providing a three-dimensional graphic-user interface operator experience real-time feedback to modification to three-dimensional objects projected onto a...
5670984 Image lens  
A method for displaying an image on a display surface which preserves context and detail information when the image is compressed to fit onto a display surface. The image is transformed from a...
5461706 Lighting effects for digital video effects system  
Lighting effects for a digital video effects system are provided through a write-side process. An array of pixel values from a source video image is mapped onto an object surface to produce an...
5432528 Video combiner  
A video signal combiner includes circuitry for generating a gleam key signal for keying a video image which has been spatially transformed, a plurality of multiplier circuits for simultaneously...
5412768 Method and apparatus for rotating an image  
In a method and an an apparatus for rotating a source image about a reference point on a reference coordinate axis through an arbitrary angle θ to obtain a destination image, the source image is...
4949286 Dress design forming apparatus  
A method and apparatus for interactively generating and visually displaying deformed, free curved surfaces for use in dress designing using a computer aided display apparatus by forming plane...
4796201 Stored program controlled system for creating and printing graphics bearing packaging  
Stored program controlled data processing apparatus operates in concert with display and printing equipment to create, modify and print graphics for consumer goods or other packaging applications....
4791581 Method and apparatus of forming curved surfaces  
A method and apparatus for interactively generating and visually displaying deformed, free curved surfaces using a computer aided display apparatus by designating a desired deformation area,...
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