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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...
7400334 Use of vector graphics in paper printing and website development  
A method of creating a web page from a vector graphics data file includes converting the vector graphics data file from its native file format to a bit map graphics file format, modifying the bit...
7400328 Complex-shaped video overlay using multi-bit row and column index registers  
A graphics system reduces fetching from memory of color-key pixels when video pixels from a video-overlay window are displayed. A frame buffer is divided into multi-line, multi-pixel blocks that...
7397481 Image display method and image display system  
Real space image including a simple prototype created based on three-dimensional CAD data is captured by an image input apparatus. A position/orientation measuring apparatus measures positions and...
7394471 Dynamic cross fading method and apparatus  
Provided is a method and apparatus for dynamic cross fading. Specifically, an embedded system can display an image produced from a blend of other images. Initially, a first image and a second image...
7394462 Superimposing apparatus and method for broadcasting three-dimensional computer graphics image  
A superimposing apparatus and method for broadcasting a 3DCG image can calculate and superimpose additional information such as characters and figures expressed by a 3DCG image on a TV frame in...
7391910 LAPE: layered presentation system utilizing compressed-domain image processing  
A layered presentation system (LAPE) includes a server that performs compressed-domain image processing on image data received from multiple clients including a master client and other clients to...
RE40384 Apparatus and method for manipulating scanned documents in a computer aided design system  
An apparatus and method for manipulating scanned documents using computer aided design (CAD) commands includes a link program which receives the CAD commands and displays all or selected portions...
7386862 Process for allowing Applets to be resized independently from the WEB/HTML page they were created  
The present invention provides for a method for allowing Applets to be resized independently from the WEB/HTML page they were created. The Applet is made “detachable”, from a user's point of...
7386188 Merging images to form a panoramic image  
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for merging images of segments of a view. Methods include: receiving, from a network, a first image representing a first...
7385725 Previewing an image rendered on multiple pages  
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for previewing images to be rendered on multiple pages. A representation of the image mapped onto a two dimensional canvas is displayed....
7385615 System and method for scaling images to fit a screen on a mobile device according to a non-linear scale factor  
A system and method for scaling images to fit a screen on a mobile device. The images are scaled according to a non-linear scale factor to increase usability of the images. The larger images are...
7385614 Compositing images using logically divided object space  
An apparatus and method of processing object data (e.g., a scene having one or more objects) logically divide the object space into a plurality of contiguous (or noncontiguous) portions. At least...
7385601 Systems and methods of generating integrated garment-model simulations  
A method for generating an integrated garment-model simulation is provided. The method includes scanning a human fit model to acquire first shape data representative of a portion of the human fit...
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...
7382290 Mapping program including a map, process and system for precisely representing or determining a location on the map and an electronic device and a storage medium therefor  
A mapping program includes an overlay grid of intersecting lines represented by two series of numbers. An origin is defined and an area of interest is defined. The origin corresponds to a location...
7379621 Method and system for composing universally focused image from multiple images  
The system and method speeds up the image composition process based upon the blurring function and the blurring function determination process; facilitates the confirmation and correction of the...
7379066 System and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multi-media communication application  
In an embodiment, a method is provided for creating a personal animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient. An image file from the sender may be received by a...
7379065 Display of images and image transitions  
The present invention consists of a method comprising the steps of displaying an image representing a source value; displaying an image representing a destination value; and displaying a transition...
7376249 Determination of a motion of a background in a series of images  
The movement of an imaging of a background in a sequence of images of a scene determined. A combination image is composed with pixels which have been built up through combination of several...
7373284 Method of evaluating the performance of a product using a virtual environment  
In a method of evaluating a product worn on a body, a computer based body sub-model of at least a portion of the body is created. A computer based product sub-model of the product is created, at...
RE40293 Method and system for facilitating wireless, full-body, real-time user interaction with digitally generated text data  
An interactive display system includes an electronic camera which intermittently records a participant's image and digitally inputs the video image into a computer, creating a digitized “virtual...
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...
7369102 System and method for navigating a graphical user interface on a smaller display  
Methods for navigating a graphical user interface on a smaller display. One method may include displaying a virtual desktop or a portion of a virtual desktop on a display, displaying a map pane...
7369101 Calibrating real and virtual views  
A method for calibrating real and virtual views includes tracking a calibration screen, wherein a real reference point, generated by a real reference point generator, is projected on the...
7365757 Method and apparatus for independent video and graphics scaling in a video graphics system  
A method and apparatus for independent video and graphics scaling in a video graphics system is accomplished by receiving a video data stream, wherein the video data stream includes video data in a...
7362918 System and method for de-noising multiple copies of a signal  
A “composite signal generator” automatically combines two or more copies of a signal to produce a composite that is better than the individual copies. For example, given two or more input...
7362339 Image processing method and apparatus  
Image processing is performed on a plurality of layers including at least one line display layer or at least one sprite display layer, from which a plurality of attribute data regarding lines or...
7362338 Controllable pixel border for improved viewability of a display device  
A display device having a display matrix (m+2x by n+2x) including an active, e.g., controllable, pixel border located around the edge locations of a frame buffer matrix for improved character...
7355609 Computing visible regions for a hierarchical view  
A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment determines the visible regions of potentially overlapping views and writes the visible regions to an output device. The...
7355608 Method for priority transmission and display of key areas of image data  
A method and an apparatus for selecting, prioritizing, saving, and receiving image data are disclosed. Portions of an image can be selected and the selected portions assigned priorities using...
7355600 Global intersection analysis for determining intersections of objects in computer animation  
A method of globally analyzing intersections between objects in computer animation includes providing objects represented by meshes, with each of the meshes being formed by a set of vertices, where...
7352374 Image data set with embedded pre-subpixel rendered image  
Various imaging processing techniques are disclosed for displaying a pre-subpixel rendered image. The pre-subpixel rendered image can be transmitted directly to a display capable of displaying a...
7349578 System and method for editing digital images  
A system and method for editing digital images are described. The system for editing digital images forms an image template containing a selected record of one or more image editing operations...
7348997 Object selection in a computer-generated 3D environment  
An object selection of 3D objects in a computer-generated 3D environment method and system. The method includes defining a 3D space in a computer-generated environment. The method further includes...
7348984 Image generating apparatus, database and storage medium  
An image generating apparatus is provided with an image generating part for generating a sequential character image by connecting a plurality of unit image groups which are respectively guaranteed...
7345693 Airport display device  
An airport display device including a display including at least one window, a database including data related to an airport, a selector configured to select a degree of zoom for the airport to be...
7343566 Method and apparatus for displaying a window for a user interface  
Methods and apparatuses to display windows. In more than one embodiments of the invention, a window is closed automatically (e.g., after a timer expires, or when a condition or criterion is met, or...
7343049 Method and apparatus for performing optical character recognition (OCR) and text stitching  
A method of generating an electronic text file from a paper-based document that includes a plurality of characters includes capturing a plurality of partially overlapping digital images of the...
7342594 Techniques for displaying non-blocking always visible displays and their applications  
A non-blocking always visible display application is provided to copy and save first pixel values corresponding to a first display screen area, blend the copied first pixel values with second pixel...
7340346 Method for generating data set  
A computer method of generating a probabilistic dataset relating to a weather event includes inputting data representative of an historical weather event, and generating data representative of a...
7339599 Image-processing apparatus and method, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium for discouraging illegal copying of images  
An object of the present invention is to provide a technique by which machines can determine whether printed material is an original or a copy. A technique for outputting printed material which has...
7337389 System and method for annotating an electronic document independently of its content  
A system, method, and apparatus for annotating an electronic document independently of its content is provided. According to one variation, a tablet and stylus-based computer is programmed with a...
7336286 Method of and an apparatus for processing images  
In an image processing apparatus to conduct an on-screen display operation, the bus band of an image memory is minimized. The apparatus includes an image memory including a first memory area to...
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....
7336264 Method and system for editing or modifying 3D animations in a non-linear editing environment  
A non-linear editing (NLE) system for editing and/or modifying 3D animation information comprises elements represented by clip objects which can be positioned and/or manipulated relative to a time...
7330195 Graphic pieces for a border image  
A graphic piece can be used to add a border to an image. The graphic piece is created by creating a graphic image foreground image and a graphic image background image. The foreground and...
7330194 Video object clipping method and apparatus  
A video object clipping method includes storing, in a storage unit, original images each including a video object to be clipped and reference alpha images representing objects prepared, determining...
7330182 3D graphics processing method  
A 3D-graphics processing method for processing 3D objects in a computer system defines a visible region having a far plane and a near plane. A clipping process is performed for a first object lying...
7327375 Control program for display apparatus  
As characters move, building are rotated and deformed, then, a powerful expression as if the characters moved lively and freely in three-dimensional space. The game machine stores a first image...