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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...
7400783 Segment based image registration method  
An examined image is segmented, where a segment thereof may correspond to an area scan image or a line scan image of which the size is defined by considering the performance of the servo mechanism....
7398478 Controlled non-proportional scaling display  
An adjustment is made to the size of an original graphic data object in a substantially rectangular original screen to obtain a target graphic data object on a substantially rectangular target...
7379063 Mapping application for rendering pixel imagery  
A mapping application relies on a modified affine transformation algorithm to provide near real-time navigation of imagery, track-up capability and integration of segment and picture data. The...
7349583 Global motion estimation image coding and processing  
The invention provides methods for global motion estimation, determining a coarse estimation, and refining a coarse estimation. Embodiments of the invention provide a fast and robust global motion...
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...
7308028 Apparatus and method for generating mosaic images  
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for generating mosaic images, wherein photographed content is displayed as a still image by a digital TV display or video monitor for an...
7304650 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...
7295218 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...
7295217 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...
7295216 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...
7292255 Image data acquisition optimisation  
A method of creating an image is disclosed. The image is formed by rendering at least a plurality of graphical objects to be composited according to a first hierarchical structure (eg. 4500 )...
7233340 Linking of images to enable simultaneous viewing of multiple objects  
Computerized techniques are provided for linking digitized images of serial sections of a biological tissue sample. Linked, digitized images of the serial section are displayed on a display and...
7221380 Integrated object bend, squash and stretch method and apparatus  
A graphical user interface for a computer system includes a display portion configured to display a representation of a first three-dimensional object, wherein the first three-dimensional object...
7221379 Integrated object squash and stretch method and apparatus  
A graphical user interface for a computer system includes a display portion configured to display a representation of a first three-dimensional object and a second three-dimensional object, wherein...
7190365 Method for navigating in a multi-scale three-dimensional scene  
A method for navigating a 3D scene in a viewing area includes associating a point of interest with a reference shape, which is related to the shape of the 3D object, and displaying a scene...
7187390 Method and program for determing intersection point of triangle with line segment  
A coordinate system R is set in which P 0 is a coordinate origin, P 0 P 1 conforms to a first U axis to have a unit length, P 0 P 2 conforms to a second V axis to have a unit length, and P 0 P 1...
7161606 Systems and methods for directly generating a view using a layered approach  
Apparatuses and methods are presented that use a direct synthesis approach using layers in order to directly generate a virtual view from a pair of images. In one embodiment, a range space is...
7148904 Method and apparatus for merging meshes, and computer readable medium  
A method and an apparatus are provided for merging two meshes whose density differs from each other so as to avoid unnatural appearance. A first mesh and a second mesh that differ from each other...
7126616 Method and system for processing a non-linear two dimensional spatial transformation  
An image transformation method for translating a non-linear 2D geometrical transformation into two separable 1D geometrical transformations first determines the inverse of the 2D geometrical...
7079144 Curve generating device and method, and program recorded medium  
A user gives, as input, two curves at a start time and at an end time and reference correspondence points with respect to the respective curves. Then, a pursuit operation of pursuing a reference...
7075533 System for and method of implementing refraction mapping  
A system performs refraction mapping for an image having an object, the object being viewed along at least one line of sight and at least partially through a boundary of first and second at least...
6867770 Systems and methods for voxel warping  
Systems and methods for calculating a modification of a geometrical shape by applying an inverse modification function to an array representing the shape. An array representing the geometrical...
6803913 Warping text along a curved path  
A system and method is described for manipulating text relative to a curved reference line in order to transform a character, rendered in a particular font, to generate a warped character with the...
6801217 Determining and displaying geometric relationship between objects in a computer-implemented graphics system  
Method for the modification of three-dimensional objects via an input device allowing only two-dimensional input. The method comprises creating a three-dimensional object, displaying a...
6760040 Image processing method, image processing apparatus, semiconductor device, computer program and recording medium  
A technique for expressing an elastic body using computer graphics. The elastic body is expressed by transforming coordinates of shape specific points which specify the shape of an object using a...
6756994 Method and apparatus for handling secondary dependencies  
A method and apparatus for creating a series of images is disclosed. The method manages secondary dependencies of regions in a more efficient manner than the prior art. The present invention...
6670965 Single-pass warping engine  
A first scanline of an input image is spatially transformed into a first pixel sequence of an output image. Holes in the first sequence are interpolated if magnifying the input image. Overlapping...
6665840 System and method for run time generation of potential label positions  
A system and method for generating multiple potential label positions for a polygon at run time, rather than selecting from pre-configured label positions. The present invention analyzes the...
6608631 Method, apparatus, and computer program product for geometric warps and deformations  
Techniques for geometric deformations in computer graphics are described, including a flexible and general modular methodology for constructing, analyzing, and evaluating geometric warps and...
6577776 Transforming video images  
The invention provides a method for transforming pixels of a digital image by a preselected-transformation. The method includes acts for receiving pixel values of a selected pixel block from an...
6437794 Interactive image generation method and apparatus utilizing a determination of the visual point position of an operator  
In an interactive image generation method and apparatus, excellent operability is provided when the operator selects a figure to be operated on from among a plurality of figure units displayed on...
6417865 Affinitive placement by proximity in a computer-implemented graphics system  
A computer-implemented graphics program provides affinitive placement of objects by proximity, wherein two or more objects are automatically placed in a drawing relative to one another using...
6400851 Rotating image data  
Rotating image data ninety degrees is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, the computerized system includes an operating system providing a graphics interface library, and a graphics...
6384828 Digital processing apparatus and method for use in enlarging the size of an image displayed on a 2D fixed-pixel screen  
Apparatus comprising a logic member and a shear member incorporating an upsampler are used to enlarge the number of pixels in at least one image dimension by a factor F=N/M, where N is a first...
6381375 Methods and apparatus for generating a projection of an image  
Novel methods for generating a projection of an image according to the invention concurrently rotate, scale, translate, skew, shear, or otherwise transform the image via a sequence of two...
6330356 Dynamic visual registration of a 3-D object with a graphical model  
The invention displays computer graphics in combination with imagery of real objects, while maintaining apparent alignment notwithstanding any changes of viewpoint of an imaging device relative to...
6330003 Transformable graphical regions  
A system and method of providing a transformable region that may be used on graphics devices having different resolutions. The original path and geometric data of the region, as well as all...
6326969 Emulating screen overlays by flip-mapping memory  
A method and apparatus for managing background and foreground display images. Graphics memory for images which are rendered in software is referenced by a processor using an MMU (memory mapping...
6320598 Time-based media processing system  
Existing media signals are processed to create new media content by defining content representations for the existing media and establishing functional dependencies between the representations. The...
6310622 Automatic graphical pattern placement and adjustment  
Methods and apparatus implementing a technique for positioning and editing graphical elements repeated along a path in an electronic document. The technique includes creating an enhanced path,...
6308144 Method and apparatus for providing three-dimensional model associativity  
A CAD/CAM system provides a positive indication to a user that the user has located a cursor so that an object on a two-dimensional sketcher plane has been aligned with a point of interest within...
6304680 High resolution, high accuracy process monitoring system  
A method and system for monitoring a process which determines a location of a product in three dimensional space with respect to a process monitoring system. This is accomplished by generating a...
6281906 Method for the modification of three-dimensional objects  
Method for the modification of three-dimensional objects via an input device allowing only two-dimensional input. The method comprises creating a three-dimensional object, displaying a...
6249289 Multi-purpose high resolution distortion correction  
A high resolution distortion correction system is provided for an arbitrary projection system. First, a field of view is subdivided into multiple viewports. The multiple subdivided viewports...
6239812 Apparatus and method for high speed 2D/3D image transformation and display using a pipelined hardware  
A specialized hardware engine implementing a pipeline technique allows a host graphic workstation to process and display bit mapped images in real time. This hardware engine is capable to apply a...
6215915 Image processing methods and apparatus for separable, general affine transformation of an image  
A separable, general affine transformation according to the invention permits an image to be concurrently rotated, scaled, translated, skewed, sheared, or otherwise transformed via a sequence of...
6215502 Method and apparatus for automatically reconfiguring graphical objects relative to new graphical layouts  
A method and apparatus for generating graphical objects. One embodiment of the invention includes generating a graphical object in a first graphical layout and behavioral attribute data associated...
6208767 Hardware rotation of images with line sorting in L*A*B* color space  
A method for rotating an input image matrix having pixel grouping data to form an output image matrix in a computer is provided. The pixel grouping data is accessed and readdressed to rotate the...
6204852 Video hand image three-dimensional computer interface  
A video gesture-based three-dimensional computer interface system that uses images of hand gestures to control a computer and that tracks motion of the user's hand or an elongated object or a...
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