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7420556 Information processing method and information processing apparatus  
An information processing method and information processing apparatus facilitate selection of components which form a geometric model. Of a plurality of components which form a three-dimensional...
7414627 Maximize data visibility using slated viewer  
A slanted viewer is provided to maximize data visibility. In the context of computer graphics and a rendering technique, the slanted viewer's use of three-dimensional rendering provides an instant...
7407297 Image projection system and method  
A system and method of mapping and/or projecting images onto a three-dimensional architecture. In one aspect, the invention a method of mapping and/or projecting imagery onto a three-dimensional...
7394473 Browser and program containing multi-medium content  
The present invention relates to a program containing a browser capable of dealing with highly functional multimedia content in a straightforward manner, and a multimedia content. A reception...
7384667 System and method for producing simulated oil paintings  
A method and apparatus for producing simulated oil paintings by means of a variety of commercial software programs. A digital color image is created and printed on to a substrate. Also printed on...
7330198 Three-dimensional object manipulating apparatus, method and computer program  
When the user touches a display screen, a touch-operated input device ( 7 ) detects a coordinate of a user-touched point on the display screen and a touch-input conversion program is executed to...
7324121 Adaptive manipulators  
A method of repositioning a manipulator in relation to a viewport is provided in a system for interacting with a three-dimensional object configured with a manipulator. The object and the...
7319798 Apparatus generating 3-dimensional image from 2-dimensional image and method thereof  
A 3-dimensional image is generated from an input 2-dimensional image based upon illuminative characteristics of the input image by filtering the 2-dimensional input image with filters of different...
7299101 Manipulatable model for communicating manufacturing issues of a custom part  
Any issues associated with manufacture of a part are identified and highlighted on a part model. A software method and system then uses motion of the part model for communicating the...
7281229 Method to create an alternate integrated circuit layout view from a two dimensional database  
A method in accordance with the present invention prepares an alternate view of an integrated circuit (IC) layout from a top view thereof by selecting an initial polygon representing and IC feature...
7272264 System and method for hole filling in 3D models  
A method for hole-filling in 3D models includes identifying vertices adjacent to hole boundaries in a mesh of points on a digital image and constructing a signed distance function based on vertices...
7248270 Stroke-based posing of three-dimensional models  
A posing system for three-dimensional characters and other models uses a stroke-based gestural language to position elements of the characters in a three-dimensional environment. A user draws a...
7236178 Dynamically adjusted brush for direct paint systems on parameterized multi-dimensional surfaces  
A system that implements a “tangent space brush,” allowing a user to paint directly onto a parameterized object, for example a three dimensional object. A tangent space brush projects...
7233327 Subdividing rotation in a character using quaternion interpolation for modeling and animation in three dimensions  
Subdividing rotation between two poses in three dimensions may be accomplished in three parts. First, data defining the two poses is obtained from the animation or modeling interface. Second, a...
7215325 Point inputting device and method for three-dimensional images  
Where an arbitrary point on an image is designated in the field of a medical image, it is generally designated on a sectional image, and an arbitrary point on a three-dimensional image cannot be...
7212664 Constructing heads from 3D models and 2D silhouettes  
A method reconstructs or synthesizes heads from 3D models of heads and 2D silhouettes of heads. A 3D statistical model is generated from multiple real human heads. The 3D statistical model includes...
7180528 Method and system for image templates  
A method and system for enabling a user to import a user-defined graphics edit into at least one template, the method including the steps of selecting, by the user, at least one first editable...
7176915 Subdividing rotation in a character using quaternion interpolation for modeling and animation in three dimensions  
Subdividing rotation between two poses in three dimensions may be accomplished in three parts. First, data defining the two poses is obtained from the animation or modeling interface. Second, a...
7161600 Methods and apparatus for transforming three-dimensional objects in video games  
An unprocessed cluster index and its amount of parallel movement are acquired. The order of processing clusters does not matter as long as the frame is the same. Subsequently, with respect to an...
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...
7088377 System and method for designing, synthesizing and analyzing computer generated mechanisms  
A computer graphics and analysis application improvement providing calculation, regeneration, and display of mechanism solutions based on inputted desired functions such as part positions by...
7084888 Orientation detection marker, orientation detection device and video game device  
The invention provides an orientation detection marker having a simple structure and capable of providing information enabling the remote measurement of the orientation of a controller. Light...
7059729 Display apparatus and image pickup apparatus  
A display apparatus comprises a screen which can rotate and provides a part for controlling view angle, a mirror group which comprises a plurality of mirrors arrayed in a ring form along a surface...
7023436 Three-dimensional model processing device, three-dimensional model processing method, program providing medium  
A three-dimensional model processing apparatus is provided. The three-dimensional model processing apparatus can more really carry out a processing change of shape, color, and the like with respect...
7012601 Line drawing for a volumetric display  
A method for rapid rendering of a desired line in a volumetric display having a rotatable screen includes stepping the rotatable screen through a sequence of angular positions and, at each angular...
6999096 Method and apparatus for rendering using symplectic ray tracing  
The method for rendering using symplectic ray tracing is comprised the step of fixing the location of observation, fixing view screen of observation, practicing the symplectic ray tracing,...
6999071 Method and apparatus for displaying 3d images  
The invention relates to a method for displaying three-dimensional images. In the method light beams (L e ) are associated to several different screen points (P) of a screen ( 20 ). The light beams...
6977651 3-d model providing device  
A three-dimensional model providing apparatus in which a customer can easily modify the input three-dimensional data. The apparatus comprises an input section ( 10 ) for inputting three-dimensional...
6975756 Image-based photo hulls  
The invention features an improved, photo hull based method of generating a three-dimensional representation of a visual scene based upon a set of multi-view reference images. In one aspect, a...
6956566 Streaming of images with depth for three-dimensional graphics  
An apparatus, executing on a server or similar machine and a client machine, and a corresponding method, includes mechanisms for rendering a two-dimensional image of a three-dimensional object, and...
6914618 Methods and systems for producing A 3-D rotational image from A 2-D image  
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention produce a three-dimensional rotational image from a two-dimensional image including a plurality of objects. Each...
6901356 Simulation apparatus, simulation method and computer-readable recording medium having simulation program recorded thereon as well as designing supporting apparatus  
The invention provides a simulation apparatus by which a problem upon designing can be found in the designing stage on the upstream without imposing an unnecessary working time to a designer. The...
6847385 Method and apparatus for hardware rotation  
A method and apparatus for hardware rotation is described. In one embodiment, the invention is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a direct access address translation component. The apparatus also...
6831639 Computer readable storage medium storing 3-D game image processing program, 3-D game image processing method, video game machine, and 3-D game image processing program  
The present invention is for easily drawing a polygon model having borderlines at high-speed. The video game machine comprises a recording medium 200 for enlarging the 3-D model where a normal...
6825856 Method and apparatus for extracting measurement information and setting specifications using three dimensional visualization  
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for viewing a depiction of an object (for example a solder joint) in a multi-dimensional manner, morphing the object's depiction using a...
6801218 Method of modifying kitchen cabinet designs within cabinet design software to accommodate utilities  
A method for designing a kitchen which automatically transfers the utility locations and required clearances in a kitchen layout to a subsequent kitchen layout when the designer makes design...
6774914 Navigation method in 3D computer-generated pictures by hyper 3D navigator 3D image manipulation  
A method of selecting and displaying an item on a display screen uses a pointing and selecting device including a control button. Displayed, on the screen, are (i) a multifaceted three dimensional...
6754378 Image forming apparatus, image forming method and computer-readable storage medium having an image forming program  
An image forming process for easily making an image drawing (ortho-image) in an actual place while confirming it in real time. Measuring of control points (at least three points) is performed (S...
6710783 Presentation device  
In a presentation device for the two-dimensional presentation of the volume data elements of a volume dataset, parts of the volume dataset can be selected by prescribing boundary surfaces. The...
6697081 Image processing method and device, and storage medium storing a program therefor  
An image processing method is capable of generating an image containing graphics that are transformed without carrying out multiplying/dividing operations. Image data of a transformed graphic is...
6687399 Stereo synchronizing signal generator for liquid crystal shutter glasses  
A stereo synchronizing signal generator for liquid crystal shutter glasses is provided. The stereo synchronizing signal generator includes a signal generating unit to generate preliminary...
6674894 Method and apparatus for enhancing an image using data optimization and segmentation  
A method and system are disclosed for generating enhanced images of multiple dimensional data using a depth-buffer segmentation process. The method and system operate in a computer system modify...
6664986 Computer user interface for orthodontic use  
In a computer system that includes a Central Processing Unit and an associated input device, storage device and display device, a method for displaying on the display device a virtual...
6597363 Graphics processor with deferred shading  
Graphics processors and methods are described that encompass numerous substructures including specialized subsystems, subprocessors, devices, architectures, and corresponding procedures....
6574360 Accelerated occlusion culling using directional discretized occluders and system therefore  
An occlusion culling method for image processing and system therefor. The culling method first determines which polygons are hidden, or occluded, by other objects. These hidden or occluded polygons...
6563507 Storage circuit control device and graphic computation device  
Texture data containing pixel data indicating the color of a plurality of pixels arrayed in matrix fashion are stored in a texture buffer of a DRAM, and the multiple pixel data stored in the...
6529627 Generating 3D models by combining models from a video-based technique and data from a structured light technique  
A 3D modeling system employing a commercially available structured light source is disclosed. The light source projecting a light stripe is swung manually across an object or a particular area of...
6496597 Generating image data  
Image data is generated by a process of radiosity, wherein a plurality of elements are defined in three dimensional space. Selected elements are set as being non-occluding and light emission values...
6476818 Storage circuit control device and graphic computation device  
Texture data which is two-dimensional image data indicating color data of multiple pixels positioned in a matrix form is stored in a texture buffer of a DRAM, a texture engine circuit combines the...
6434278 Generating three-dimensional models of objects defined by two-dimensional image data  
A three-dimensional model of an object can be generated using a computer system by identifying reference points in two or more 2D representations of the object to be modeled, and deriving 3D...
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