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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,...
7620206 Image processing device and method, and distribution medium  
To make it possible to accurately track a prescribed part a low-resolution overall image is taken in from an input image, and a medium-resolution image, whose center is the head part, is extracted...
7619638 Custom composite image system and method  
A system and method for automatically generating composite images from component images selected by a system user and incorporating the composite images into an image of a custom product. The user...
7619634 Image display apparatus and image data transfer method  
An image display apparatus that prevents a transfer of data of a main image from going into wait state when two or more types of image data, which are generated by different generators, are...
7619626 Mapping images from one or more sources into an image for display  
The present invention provides systems and methods that provide images of an environment to the viewpoint of a display. The systems and methods define a mapping surface at a distance from the image...
7609847 Methods and systems for determining object layouts  
Systems and methods according to the present invention provide techniques to automatically generate an object layout. Various candidate placement positions are evaluated by computing values...
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...
7602968 Overlaid graphical user interface and method for image processing  
A graphical user interface for execution on a computer for image processing of a digital image, and method, in which an input interface is overlaid on the digital image and visually connected to...
7602405 Multiple brush components  
In a brush tool of an electronic graphics design application, a single composite brush may include one or more brush components which are applied to the same stroke trail defined by a single pen...
7602404 Method and apparatus for image assisted modeling of three-dimensional scenes  
A computer-assisted technique for constructing a three-dimensional model on top of one or more images (e.g., photographs) such that the model's parameters automatically match those of the real...
7602396 Method and apparatus for painting groups of objects  
Methods and apparatus, including computer program apparatus, implementing techniques for processing digital artwork. In one aspect, the techniques process aggregations of artwork where both the...
7600191 Image display method, program, and image display apparatus  
A table is allocated indexes corresponding to display positions on a monitor screen, respectively, and data indicating an unexposed part at each of the display positions is stored in each index of...
7598966 Methods and systems for automatically rendering information on a display of a building information system  
A method, system and computer program product for automatically rendering information on a display screen of a building information system. Following generation of a plan image, such as a floor or...
7598965 Subpixel rendering filters for high brightness subpixel layouts  
A display system comprises a display panel substantially comprising a subpixel repeating group tiled across the panel in a regular pattern. The subpixel repeating group comprises at least one white...
7598952 Three-dimensional image compositing on a GPU utilizing multiple transformations  
A method includes identifying a plurality of image elements to be rendered within a three-dimensional image. The method also includes identifying a set of light sources according to which lighting...
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),...
7595810 Methods of manipulating a screen space of a display device  
Methods to manipulate a screen space of a display device are disclosed. A plurality of application windows of a plurality of applications are displayed on a screen space. At least a first...
7595809 Method and system for determining an occlusion cost for concurrently presenting one or more images in a shared viewing region  
Methods and systems for determining an occlusion cost for concurrently presenting multiple images within a shared viewing region are described. Image saliency data is received for a first image to...
7589747 Mixed reality space image generation method and mixed reality system  
A mixed reality space image generation method for generating a mixed reality space image formed by superimposing a virtual space image onto a real space image obtained by capturing a real space,...
7589720 Mesh editing with gradient field manipulation and user interactive tools for object merging  
User interactive methods of determining vertex correspondence between boundaries or curves on objects to be merged is provided. One method relates to projecting a boundary of one object onto a...
7586545 Apparatus and methods for controlling an on-screen display  
The present invention provides an OSD display apparatus that prevents even a local OSD display from being blended with a surrounding background image. To implement this, the OSD display apparatus...
7586490 Systems and methods for three-dimensional sketching  
Systems, methods and computer program code for three-dimensional sketching may comprise, according to some embodiments, receiving input from a computer-augmented surface such as a Liquid Crystal...
7584306 KVM switch with on-screen-display and a computer switching method thereof  
An input signal from a set of user interface devices is captured, and the input signal is converted into a packet by a console processor. The packet is transferred to a remote processor, and the...
7583323 Method and apparatus for scaling image block  
An image scaling method for calculating a pixel value of a target pixel within a scaled image block is disclosed. The method includes selecting a plurality of reference pixels from the image block,...
7583274 Video display screen segmentation  
An apparatus for controlling the format of a video display. The apparatus includes a profile module for defining at least one profile. The profile has at least one display characteristic of video...
7583273 Method and system for transforming spatial data  
A method for transforming spatial data includes displaying a first graphical representation that represents spatial data formatted in a first coordinate system and displaying a second graphical...
7583271 Method and apparatus for data processing recognizing an object represented as two-dimensional image  
In order to generate a three-dimensional shape model corresponding to a two-dimensional image easily, a data processing apparatus includes a three-dimensional shape generating section and a texture...
7577902 Systems and methods for annotating pages of a 3D electronic document  
To annotate a three-dimensional electronic object, e.g., document, a user specifies, on a two-dimensional screen, a portion of a page of a three-dimensional document as a specified page area to be...
7577314 Method and apparatus for generating a panorama background from a set of images  
A method of generating a panorama background from a set of images comprises dividing each of the images into blocks and comparing color-space features of corresponding blocks of the images to...
7576757 System and method for generating most read images in a PACS workstation  
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for identification of most read images. Certain embodiments provide automatically determining a reading time for an image...
7576755 Picture collage systems and methods  
Systems and methods provide picture collage systems and methods. In one implementation, a system determines a salient region in each of multiple images and develops a Bayesian model to maximize...
7573492 Monitoring system and method, and program and recording medium used therewith  
A monitoring system includes a picture capturing unit, a storage unit for storing original images composed of still images captured by said picture capturing unit, or a compressed images composed...
7573488 System and method for organizing two and three dimensional image data  
A method and system are disclosed for storing, retrieving and otherwise handling two and/or three dimensional image data forming a picture or image. The picture is defined by a plurality of levels,...
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,...
7573486 Method and system for automatic generation of image distributions  
A method and system for automatically producing arrangements of two-dimensional extents in a computer-based editing or animation environment is presented. The method consists of defining a set of...
7570272 Method of generating a map display for a graphical user interface  
A method of generating a map display for a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising the steps of displaying a map, highlighting a first area on the map surrounding a first position fix wherein the...
7570259 System to manage display power consumption  
Some embodiments involve determination of a first characteristic associated with a first interface displayed by a display, and determination of a second characteristic associated with a second...
7568022 Automated display of an information technology system configuration  
An Information Technology (IT) system display method and computer program product. A description is provided of a configuration of devices, network segments, and vertical connectors relating to an...
7567262 Hybrid graphics for interactive reporting  
A computer in the form of a client comprises a graphical user interface and a memory, the memory including a first data object for storing the feature data in a first format, and a second data...
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...
7567260 Grouping layers in composited image manipulation  
A method of compositing a plurality of ordered image layers which include a group of consecutive layers. The group has a shape effect and a composition effect. Any image layers under the group are...
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...
7567258 Hardware-accelerated anti-aliased vector graphics  
In order to render a primitive, the primitive is subdivided into trapezoids and triangles. The subdivision occurs using scanline-aligned lines. These simple scanline-aligned regions are further...
7567254 Parallel texture synthesis having controllable jitter  
A method and system for synthesizing texture using upsampled pixel coordinates and a multi-resolution approach. The parallel texture synthesis technique, while based on a neighborhood matching...
7565028 Digital composition of a mosaic image  
A mosaic image resembling a target image is composed of images from a data base. The target image is divided into regions of a specified size and shape, and the individual images from the data base...
7559034 Method and system for using a hyperlink, banner, or graphical icon to initiate the overlaying of an object on a window  
A method and system for overlaying an object in a window of a software application where an overlay plane is composed of at least one object and the overlay plane is overlaid with the window using...
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....
7557813 Picture displaying method, picture displaying program, and editing apparatus  
A picture displaying apparatus and method of arranging mapping corresponding to the whole or a part of a material that has a time concept in time series on a screen. Gradation is set to the mapping...
7557812 Multilevel texture processing method for mapping multiple images onto 3D models  
A multilevel texture mapping process for a 3D model that maps different perspective images onto a 3D model is developed. The textures mapped to the 3D model are processed from image level to...
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...