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7627168 |
Smart erasure brush
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for erasing in a digital image. A method includes identifying a plurality of tip regions on the image, establishing an erasure color, and...
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7626743 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method and image processing program for rendering pixels transparent in circumscribed areas
An improved image processing technology capable of obtaining a synthesized image file having high reproducibility without causing missing image parts due to partial or complete overlap among...
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7623704 |
Color processing method, color processing apparatus, and storage medium
A representative color calculation section calculates a representative color representing a region, which is a subject of color adjustment in an input image. A color adjustment distance calculation...
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7623137 |
Successive-convolution-compositing technique for rendering translucent surfaces
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses a successive-convolution technique to render a set of visible sprites which are visible through a translucent surface. During...
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7620909 |
Interactive image seamer for panoramic images
An interactive computer program for seaming a number of images into a panorama. Various parameters which affect how the images are seamed can be changed interactively. Parameters such as position,...
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7609276 |
Program, information storage medium, image generation system, and image generation method for generating an image for overdriving the display device
An image generation system including: a drawing section which draws an object to generate image data; and an overdrive effect processing section which performs overdrive effect processing for the...
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7609263 |
Drawing processing apparatus and method for compressing drawing data
A drawing processing apparatus is provided to solve the problems in which pixels of a drawing primitive with sub-pixel information may have an increased amount of data causing a burden on...
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7609260 |
Image generation program product and image processing device
This program product causes a computer to function as a unit for setting spectator information including the number of spectators belonging respectively to first and second spectator types, a unit...
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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),...
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7593020 |
Image editing using image-wide matting
An image editing technique employing a layered representation of the image is presented. The image representation includes a main pixel color layer, a secondary pixel color layer, an alpha layer...
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7573487 |
Dynamically transformable user interface icons
Systems and techniques to transform user interface icons. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes: receiving input indicating a change in functional context of a user interface,...
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7567261 |
System and method for providing graphics using graphical engine
Systems and methods that provide graphics using a graphical engine are provided. In one example, a system may provide layered graphics in a video environment. The system may include a bus, a...
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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...
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7566273 |
Game system and image generating method
An objective of the present invention is to provide a game system, program and image generating method which can generate a more realistic image with reduced processing load by using an alpha value...
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7564470 |
Compositing images from multiple sources
Systems and methods for compositing an image directly from multiple source image data for reducing system memory footprint and bandwidth and for improving color quality of the image. The image is...
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7557817 |
Method and apparatus for overlaying reduced color resolution images
In one embodiment, an image is created by combining an overlay image with a main image. Each pixel of the main and overlay images is defined by a luma component and at least one color component....
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7554558 |
Mechanism for color-space neutral (video) effects scripting engine
A first command is retrieved from a script containing one or more commands written for a first color space. The first command is associated with zero or more input buffers and zero or more output...
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7554554 |
Rendering apparatus
A rendering apparatus includes a low-speed frame buffer, and a first temporary memory and a second temporary memory with high-speed and small capacities. A first/second temporary memory rendering...
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7548248 |
Method and apparatus for image blending
Methods and apparatuses for blending two images using vector table look up operations. In one aspect of the invention, a method to blend two images includes: loading a vector of keys into a vector...
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7545390 |
Multiple backdrop compositing
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for compositing a digital image. The invention performs the steps of providing a current accumulation image;...
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7538778 |
Method and system for dynamically allocating a frame buffer for efficient anti-aliasing
A polygon rendering system for receiving geometric data defining a polygon in an image being generated. The polygon rendering system renders the geometric data as pixel data. The pixel data defines...
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7538775 |
Storage medium storing game program and game apparatus
A relative position of each object with respect to a point of view is changed by changing at least one of information indicating a position of the point of view and information indicating a...
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7532222 |
Anti-aliasing content using opacity blending
An anti-aliasing mechanism. In one aspect, one or more opacities are determined to apply to layers used to render an image. An order in which to render the layers is also determined. This order may...
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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...
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7519219 |
Method and program for correcting facial image and recording medium
A facial image photographed by a digital camera is downloaded to a PC. When a facial image correction program starts, a correction window and a correction item selection window open on a monitor....
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7505046 |
Preserving opaque-like rendering in transparent 2D graphics using knockout groups
Methods and apparatus, including computer programs, for processing transparency attributes of digital graphics objects. The techniques result in the color compositing of an arbitrary structure of...
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7495675 |
Processing illustration artwork
Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing a computer graphics illustration having pieces of artwork.
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7489320 |
System and method for conserving memory bandwidth while supporting multiple sprites
A system and method for conserving memory bandwidth while supporting multiple sprites includes a memory device that stores main display data and the multiple sprites for presentation upon a display...
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7486337 |
Controlling the overlay of multiple video signals
In one embodiment the present invention includes receiving an alpha component of a graphics signal, receiving a primary video signal, and receiving a secondary video signal. A portion of the alpha...
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7479968 |
Semi-transparent highlighting of selected objects in electronic documents
Highlighting selected objects in an electronic document is provided in a manner such that a highlighted object maintains coloring and formatting properties to allow for a maintenance of visual...
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7479967 |
System for combining virtual and real-time environments
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for combining virtual reality and real-time environment. The present invention provides a system that combines captured real-time video...
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7463789 |
Image-processing device, its method, its program and recording medium storing the program
An image-processing device ( 130 ) includes a data access section ( 131 ) that reads composite image data ( 10 ) having one data structure in which a plurality of image data are combined, and a...
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7463383 |
Image processing method and image processing device
The present invention provides an image processing method and image processing device for performing image processing, based on image data and/or drawing instructions, on a page layout which...
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7450137 |
System and method for blending images
A method of blending a pair of images, each image comprising a plurality of pixels having an intensity. A blending edge is determined for each image, each blending edge comprising at least one...
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7432937 |
System and method for concave polygon rasterization
An apparatus and method to render concave polygons. In some embodiments, the method includes setting an alpha buffer of a hardware rasterizer to zero, generating an alpha mask by rendering the...
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7429993 |
Method and system for presenting functionally-transparent, unobtrusive on-screen windows
Selected visual content is unobtrusively presented on a computing system display, so as not to obscure or prevent access to underlying content. The selected visual content may be designated from...
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7428711 |
Glow highlighting as an ink attribute
Methods for rendering electronic ink with highlighting attributes include: (a) receiving data representing at least one electronic ink stroke including a highlighting attribute; (b) rendering a...
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7420569 |
Adaptive pixel-based blending method and system
An adaptive pixel-based blending method and system of a video processing system including steps of acquiring a first pixel value in accordance with a first index value, acquiring a first blending...
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7417647 |
Making an overlay image edge artifact less conspicuous
The invention is directed, in preferred embodiments, to method and apparatus for storing overlay pixels of a scaled overlay image over background pixels of a background image. The overlay and...
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7414632 |
Multi-pass 4:2:0 subpicture blending
A circuit for blending video signals and subpicture signals is provided. The circuit includes a palette to output at least one subpicture value based on a palette index. The circuit also includes...
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7403209 |
Rendering images containing video
A video node for use in rendering one or more video frames of a video stream. The video node is represented by a compositing tree ( 2100 ). The compositing tree ( 2100 ) comprises at least one...
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7400763 |
Smart erasure brush
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for erasing in a digital image. A method includes identifying a plurality of tip regions on the image, establishing an erasure color, and...
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7388589 |
System for and method of performing an opacity calculation in a 3D graphics system
A system, device and method are disclosed for predicting the opacity of primitives used to produce an image using one or more equations, prior to producing an image. More specifically, the present...
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7382378 |
Apparatus and methods for stenciling an image
The invention provides methods of protecting selected regions of an image from subsequent modification during the operation of a graphics application. The methods allow a user to select a region of...
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7369139 |
Background rendering of images
An apparatus includes a rendering engine to render a foreground of an image. The apparatus also includes a logic, separate from the rendering engine, to merge at least one background color with the...
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7362329 |
Occlusion culling for object-order volume rendering
Computerized systems and methods provide occlusion culling for efficiently rendering a three dimensional image. The systems and methods calculate a set of occluder shields in a voxel dataset using...
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7362327 |
Method for drawing object that changes transparency
In a process where an object fades-in/fades-out, a rate of transparency change is set. A writing threshold is obtained according to the rate of change of the transparency of the object. Polygons...
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7358975 |
Texture-based packing, such as for packing 8-bit pixels into one bit
A method and system for rendering three-dimensional graphics, including text, provide a compressed texture bitmap. The texture bitmap may represent multiple symbols, each comprised of multiple...
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7339596 |
Projection plane color correction method of projector, projection plane color correction system of projector and program for projection plane color correction of projector
By using a spectral reflectance of a projection plane or color information under a light source, which is stored in wall color storage means 4, matrix calculation means 5 calculates a...
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7337127 |
Targeted marketing system and method
A computer-implemented method for targeting marketing content to an online user, includes the steps of collecting data describing the user in a user profile, comparing the user profile with a...
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