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6774913 System, method, and program for selectively merging partial objects  
A system, method and program for merging objects for raster presentation are described. In response to receipt of an input data set including a plurality of objects intended for raster...
6772396 Content distribution system for network environments  
A method and apparatus for republishing content to multiple target server computers such that the content is automatically customized for each target site. Users on client computers can then view...
6771263 Processing volumetric image data with shadows  
Texture-based volume rendering is a technique to efficiently visualize volumetric data using texture mapping hardware. A method is presented that extends this approach to render shadows for the...
6765569 Augmented-reality tool employing scene-feature autocalibration during camera motion  
An augmented reality tool makes use of autocalibrated features for rendering annotations into images of a scene as a camera moves about relative to the scene. The autocalibrated features are used...
6762759 Rendering a two-dimensional image  
A two-dimensional image is rendered from data for a three-dimensional model. This is done by rendering a shaded image based on the data and rendering an outline image, such as a wireframe image or...
6759979 GPS-enhanced system and method for automatically capturing and co-registering virtual models of a site  
A system for capturing a virtual model of a site includes a range scanner for scanning the site to generate range data indicating distances from the range scanner to real-world objects. The system...
6760031 Upgrading an integrated graphics subsystem  
Apparatus and methods are provided for allowing two graphics controllers to cooperate on a single screen and for modifying the AGP protocol to provide symmetric capabilities for both AGP targets...
6756989 Method, system, and computer program product for filtering a texture applied to a surface of a computer generated object  
A method, system, and computer program product for filtering textures applied to a surface of a computer generated object permits an application program running on a computer system to...
6753878 Parallel pipelined merge engines  
An image generator is organized into a plurality of rendering engines, each of which renders an image of a part scene and provides the part image to a merge engine associated with that rendering...
6753879 Creating overlapping real and virtual images  
A computer generated image may be displayed inside an enclosure. The enclosure may include a transreflective surface so that the user can view the image generated by the computer system overlaid...
6754379 Aligning rectilinear images in 3D through projective registration and calibration  
An improved apparatus and method for creating high quality virtual reality panoramas is disclosed that yields dramatic improvements during the authoring and projecting cycles, with speeds up to...
6750873 High quality texture reconstruction from multiple scans  
A system and method is disclosed for constructing a digital model of an object. The system includes an imaging system for generating object surface scan data from a plurality of surface scans, the...
6747646 System and method for fusing three-dimensional shape data on distorted images without correcting for distortion  
A system and method for intra-operatively providing a surgeon with visual evaluations of possible surgical outcomes ahead of time, and generating simulated data, includes a medical imaging camera,...
6747665 Semi-transparent medical image overlays  
The present invention, in one form, is a system for simultaneously displaying an image object generated from an imaging system and a graphical object so that each object is fully visible. More...
6747671 Video apparatus having function to change size of image and method thereof  
When an image is displayed on a display screen having a larger display area than a displayed image, a size of the displayed image is minutely changed cyclically in order to avoid boundary lines to...
6744441 Three-dimensional-picture-generating apparatus, three-dimensional-picture-generating method and program-presenting medium  
A texture picture with a highest resolution is selected among a plurality of pictures taken from different points of view for each patch surface, and texture mapping is carried out by pasting a...
6744440 Image processing apparatus, recording medium, and program  
The texture of a nonsmooth mirror or metal surface can be generated by a simple, highly effective bump mapping process. An original image as a color image is combined with a gray pattern image...
6738073 Camera system with both a wide angle view and a high resolution view  
An improved surveillance system which includes a multi-lens camera system and a viewer. The camera system includes a plurality of single lens cameras each of which have a relatively wide angle...
6738066 System, method and article of manufacture for detecting collisions between video images generated by a camera and an object depicted on a display  
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for detecting collisions or any other type of interactions between video images and an object depicted on a display. First, video images...
6734873 Method and system for displaying a composited image  
An efficient method and system for displaying integrated transparent objects and animation with a window, such as an Internet Web page is described. The present invention implements a...
6734872 System, method, and program for optimally caching overlay instances in a memory system  
A system, method, and program for optimally caching in a memory system an overlay instance. The system includes a local memory and a rasterizing processor coupled to the local memory. Responsive to...
6731305 Camera system which records camera identification in image file  
A camera which has a plurality of subsystems which simultaneously capture a plurality of single view images which together form a panorama. An identification of the particular camera that produced...
6727909 Image editing apparatus and method and medium on which programs are recorded  
An image editing apparatus for laying out images input by an image input device includes a layout device for laying out a plurality of images within one page, and an evaluation unit for evaluating...
6727904 System and method for rendering graphical data  
A system rendering graphical data from a graphics application utilizes a plurality of frame buffers, a plurality of graphics pipelines, and logic. Each of the graphics pipelines is configured to...
6720971 Image processing method and apparatus, and storage medium  
There are provided an image processing method and apparatus for generating a mosaic image by combining a plurality of material images in a mosaic pattern. The number of material images is increased...
6720976 Image processing unit and method including blending processing  
The present invention allows executing blending processing for translucent polygons sequentially from the polygon at the front. The present invention is characterized in that rendering processing...
6717608 Motion estimation for panoramic digital camera  
A method for estimating the motion between a first image and a second image in a system for creating a panoramic image from a plurality of images taken by a camera, the method comprising the steps...
6717586 Apparatus, method, program code, and storage medium for image processing  
An accumulation buffer is cleared (S 501 ), an real image is input (S 502 ), a color buffer is cleared (S 503 ), and the real image is drawn in the color buffer (S 504 ). Then the viewpoint...
6714209 Browser-based system providing methodology for labeling of photo compact discs with a photo-facsimile table of contents  
A browser-based system is described that provides a methodology for labeling of photo compact discs with a photo-facsimile table of contents. The system allows a customer at an e-commerce photo Web...
6714218 Scaling images  
A method and apparatus for scaling is provided. The method comprises enabling a user to identify at least a portion of an image on a display device. The method comprises enabling scaling of an...
6710777 Method and apparatus in a data processing system for installing appropriate WID values for a transparent region  
A method and apparatus in a data processing system for updating a buffer containing display information used to display pixels from a first layer and a second layer on a display in the data...
6707464 System and method for identifying tie point collections used in imagery  
A system and method of the present invention identifies tie point collections used in imagery. At least one image collection device acquires images of a selected geographic or other region. A...
6707465 Data processing apparatus and method, and storage medium  
This invention provides a technique capable of always keeping digital watermark information embedded in image data having the embedded digital watermark information by an optimum scheme on the...
6707458 Method and apparatus for texture tiling in a graphics system  
A graphics system including a custom graphics and audio processor produces exciting 2D and 3D graphics and surround sound. The system includes a graphics and audio processor including a 3D graphics...
6704026 Graphics fragment merging for improving pixel write bandwidth  
A merge unit for the merging of tiles or arrays of pixels or samples, and suitable for use in a high performance graphics system is described. The unit may improve the utilization of memory...
6704027 Portable terminal  
The present invention was made to solve the problem that users cannot check e-mail containing an attached image at a glance on conventional portable terminals. According to the present invention,...
6697535 Method for refining a parameter of a contour in an image  
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for refining groupings of edge points that represent contours in an image. The methods and apparatuses decrease data dispersion and data quantization effects....
6697082 Program product storing image display program, image display program, image display method, and game system  
A computer readable storage medium for storing an image display program giving rise to a soft focus effect to a specific portion of a game screen is provided. The program maker a computer generate...
6697015 Radar apparatus  
A radar apparatus can supervise a target easily and can enlarge a display showing a target. The target is one of a group of multiple targets and the positions of the multiple targets are detected...
6680739 Systems and methods for compositing graphical data  
A preferred method for producing a composite digital video data stream, which contains data corresponding to an image to be rendered, includes the steps of: receiving multiple digital video data...
6677956 Method for cross-fading intensities of multiple images of a scene for seamless reconstruction  
A computer implemented method cross-fades intensities of a plurality of overlapping images by identifying pixels in a target image that are only produced by a first source image. The weights of all...
6670963 Visual attention model  
An improved visual attention model uses a robust adaptive segmentation algorithm to divide a current frame of a video sequence into a plurality of regions based upon both color and luminance, with...
6670908 Automated system and method for processing meteorological data  
A computer based method of processing meteorological data to automatically characterize significant meteorological events is disclosed. Meteorological data is received and processed to generate a...
6671421 Method of adjusting image reading position, method of reading image and image reading apparatus  
The invention provides an image reading apparatus structured such that two or more line image sensors are arranged in a main scanning direction, in which it is possible to securely restrict a...
6661426 User interface generation  
An on-screen display generation apparatus ( 10 ) and method for controlling the same are provided, in which data from two or more independent sources ( 12, 16 ) is used by a windows controller ( 22...
6661906 Image creating apparatus  
An image creating apparatus for creating plural kinds of images which are different in each image class about brushwork and expression based on data of a single image, which includes a face...
6661425 Overlapped image display type information input/output apparatus  
An information input/output device having an intuitive operating feeling and improved information viewing and discriminating properties. The device comprises an superposing image extraction unit ...
6657637 Moving image combining apparatus combining computer graphic image and at least one video sequence composed of a plurality of video frames  
A coordinate light source calculating unit 103 calculates 3D coordinates for points forming one or more objects and performs clipping. A rendering unit 104 performs rendering and outputs the...
6654019 Panoramic movie which utilizes a series of captured panoramic images to display movement as observed by a viewer looking in a selected direction  
Movement through multi-dimensional space is simulated using a series of panoramic images which are projected or displayed in sequence. The user's direction of view, that is the selected view...
6654011 Trim operation based on enhanced face definition  
A method, apparatus and system for use in CAD/CAM design in which two or more bodies may be combined to form an assembly. When the assembly is formed, the two bodies intersect so that the volume of...