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7106347 Transforming pixel data and addresses  
In a passive pixel data handling system, pixel data may be transferred to a transfer function, at a given address range. The transfer function may perform a transformation and readdress the pixel...
7106349 Method and system for enhanced detail-in-context viewing  
An improved method for display of a transitional region of interest while transitioning between a first region of interest and a second region of interest within visual information on a display...
7102651 Hierarchical 2-D color compositing with blending mode and opacity controls at all levels  
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...
7102634 Apparatus and method for displaying virtual endoscopy display  
An apparatus and method for displaying a three-dimensional virtual endoscopic image are provided. In the method, information on a virtual endoscopic image is input in the form of volume data...
7102643 Method and apparatus for controlling the visual presentation of data  
According to one aspect of the invention, disclosed herein is a method of controlling a visual presentation of data to a viewer, the presentation comprising a plurality of display configuration...
7101283 Game machine and information storage medium  
A game machine is disclosed in which a visual point position is automatically changed after an elapse of a fixed time if an object exists between a player character and a visual point position as...
7098929 Display system and method for the display of images  
A display system and method for the display of images wherein there is a selection of a partitioning of an image display area from a predefined set of partitionings and display of a representation...
7098909 Automatic generating device for 3-d structure shape, automatic generating method, program therefor, and recording medium recording the program  
An automatic three-dimensional structure shape generation apparatus for automatically generating the shape of a three-dimensional structure from a plurality of points having three-dimensional...
7095412 Methods and systems for hinting fonts  
Methods and systems for hinting fonts are described. In one embodiment, a system for providing a hinted font is configured to define hints for a glyph of a first font. The hints are defined by one...
7095527 Method and apparatus for printing transparent graphics  
A method for printing documents containing transparent graphics objects includes creating a transparency list containing the transparent graphics objects of said document, and printing only objects...
7095418 Apparatus and methods for texture mapping  
The invention provides texture mapping techniques that facilitate interactive painting of a three-dimensional virtual surface by a user in object space, without requiring global parameterization....
7095411 Methods and systems for hinting fonts  
In one embodiment, a system for providing a hinted TrueType font is configured to provide a source character from a fully hinted TrueType font from which hints are to be transferred. The source...
7092966 Method software program for creating an image product having predefined criteria  
A method and software program for creating an image product having at least one image provided thereon. The method includes providing a digital template for use in creating the image product. The...
7091995 Method for morphing geometric shapes based upon direction map  
The present invention provides a method for morphing different geometric shapes while not using algebraic characteristics and overcoming inefficiency of Minkowski sum computation. The method for...
7091990 Method of guided blind deconvolution of microscopic images and software  
A method for blind deconvolution of microscopic images in which only a single parameter is varied for the estimation of the PSF. The single parameter takes account of the optical properties of the...
7091991 3D stereo browser for the internet  
A viewer for viewing stereo images either downloaded over a network, such as the Internet, or resident on a personal computer uses a graphical user interface (GUI) to facilitate the display of...
7091988 Object region data describing method and object region data creating apparatus  
An object region data describing method of describing information about the object region in an image over a plurality of frames determines the region of a target object in an image using an...
7091989 System and method for data assisted chroma-keying  
The invention illustrates a system and method of displaying a base image and an overlay image comprising: capturing a base image of a real event; receiving an instrumentation data based on the real...
7088359 Vertex reordering in 3D graphics  
A method and apparatus for reordering the vertices of a graphics primitive. The vertices of the primitive are received in a circular order, but the position of the vertices in the circular order is...
7088366 Image generation method, program, and information storage medium  
The shape of a model object specified by a motion processing is changed depending on the shape of a landform so that at least one (foot or hand) of part objects forming the model object does not...
7084885 Image processing apparatus and display control method  
An example image display apparatus includes processing circuitry such as a communication processor and a game processor. The processing circuitry continuously processes a communication-related...
7084884 Graphical object interactions  
A method of controlling the display of an articulated graphical image in a graphical environment comprises sensing manipulation of a user object, controlling the displayed position or shape of the...
7086028 Simplified generation of design change information on a drawing in a computer aided design (CAD) environment  
The invention includes computer instructions that operate to receive an indication of a modification of a design, the design being displayed as part of a drawing within a computer aided design...
7081904 Methods and apparatuses for identifying remote and local services  
Methods and apparatuses are provided for use in local/remote session computing environments. The methods and apparatuses allow users to be more alert as to which graphical user interface (GUI),...
7079996 System and method for design of experiments using direct surface manipulation of a mesh model  
A system and method for design of experiments (DOE) using direct surface manipulation of a mesh model. The method includes the steps of selecting a geometric model in a computer-aided design (CAD)...
7079141 System and method for specifying a machine vision process using different programming methodologies  
A system and method for specifying a machine vision process utilizing two or more different program creation methodologies. In one embodiment, the different program creation methodologies may...
7075992 Digital lighting control system with video input  
The present invention is a digital lighting system controller with video input capability. The present invention provides both an interface for video input and VGA input, and can also be used with...
7072938 Method and system for distributing objects over a network  
A method and system for passing information between a client, as a browser, and a server, as an application server, where the information is passed through a web server for processing between the...
7068276 Methods and systems for hinting fonts  
In one embodiment, a font-hinting system is configured to select a first TrueType font that has been hinted with hints that define constraints between control points associated with individual...
7068288 System and method for moving graphical objects on a computer controlled system  
A user interface method and system for positioning graphical objects in the display area of a free form system. A selected object may operate in a first state where it can be moved to different...
7064770 Single-pass image resampling system and method with anisotropic filtering  
A method and system for circularly symmetric anisotropic filtering over an extended elliptical or rectangular footprint in single-pass digital image warping are disclosed. The filtering is...
7064752 Multi-function unit of a graphics system for updating a hierarchical Z buffer  
A multi-function unit for occlusion testing primitives being processed in a graphics system and for updating a Z pyramid data structure used for occlusion testing. The Z pyramid data structure is...
7062157 Method and system for modifying a displayed symbolic image based on the accuracy of an input geometric shape  
Image processing means comprises image converting means for converting manipulation data inputted by a user with a manual controller or a mouse into an input pattern image, geometric shape judging...
7061508 Loading pattern generating method  
A method of loading a pallet that begins by showing a plan view of the pallet on a display screen. The direction and patterns of articles to be placed on the pallet are shown in the plan view. The...
7058901 Methods and apparatus for controlling the display of medical images  
A navigation rectangle controls display of medical images in a multi-display system. Multiple thumbnail sized medical images are displayed on a control panel. Each navigation rectangle encompasses...
7053914 Graphic editing device, graphic editing method and storage medium for storing a program  
A flowchart containing objects A–C is displayed on a computer screen. Object B is subordinate to object A and object C is subordinate to object B. If a user selects object B, object B is deleted,...
7055131 Methods and systems for animating the interaction of objects in an object oriented program  
Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide an improved software development tool that allows a developer to animate the execution of compiled source code as a diagram. The...
7050960 Methods and apparatus for generating drawings from computer generated models  
A drafting system that automatically generates digital drawings from a computer generated model of a bracket is described. The drafting system includes a data storage device which stores...
7050079 System and method for dynamically generating viewable graphics  
Collaboration space object model provides for a Place consisting of rooms. A room is made up of pages. Folders are used to organize pages. Members belong to rooms, and are those users authorized to...
7046258 Display and control of permitted data processing based on control information extracted from the data  
A data processing apparatus having a data analysis circuit for extracting data control information from data provided with the data control information to be used for restricting various processes,...
7046403 Image edge color computation  
Methods and apparatus implementing techniques for identifying, in a device space, an effective centerscan object color along an edge between an overscan object and a centerscan object, the overscan...
7047014 Raster-to-vector conversion operations adapted to modeling of RF propagation  
Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to optimizing vector models for use in modeling RF propagation in desired physical environments. In one embodiment, the present invention can operate on...
7042472 Method and apparatus for morphing  
A method of morphing between the states of a sound, which is defined by a group of one or more parameters. The method comprises providing a display of at least five fixed points each associated...
7043695 Object positioning and display in virtual environments  
A virtual environment for user interaction, and virtual objects for use therein, the virtual objects having an internal co-ordinate system with natural language definition to allow simplified...
7042449 Push-tumble three dimensional navigation system  
The present invention relates to a system of interactive navigation of a tool relative to three-dimensional volumetric data. The tool may be a camera or a brush and the volume data may be points,...
7038676 System and method for data compression  
A system and method for compressing video graphics data are provided. The system and method include generating in a graphics pipeline, from video graphics data modeling objects, vertex data...
7038693 Method for creating pixel-oriented pictorial datasets for representing graphic symbols by a numerical control  
A method for creating pixel-oriented pictorial datasets for representing graphic symbols with geometric elements and texts. The method includes a) storing image description datasets for a graphic...
7039869 Global lab software  
A computer program and method are used in connection with a system article of manufacture, operator-system interface, and propagated signal for processing digital images, which are extremely...
7034848 System and method for automatically cropping graphical images  
An image cropping system utilizes memory, an object detector, and an image cropper. A set of digital data that defines a graphical image is stored in the memory. The object detector analyzes the...
7030890 Displaying graphical objects  
Aspects of the present invention relate to a method of controlling the appearance of a graphical object in a graphical user interface. In an embodiment of an aspect of the invention, an object,...