Sensor system for printers
An improved sensor system for a printer having a print carriage is provided comprising an ink source, a print head, and a coupler for coupling the ink source to the print head, the coupler including a... Read More
Inventors: Hahs, Richard A.; Coby, August D.;, Assignee: CalComp Inc. (Anaheim, CA) |
Apparatus and methodology for automated filling of complex polygons
Thus, a purpose of the present invention is to provide a manner of accurately filling complex polygons that is autonomously implementable by a graphics co-processor. This is accomplished in accordance... Read More
Inventors: Sfarti, Adrian;, Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Method for filling surface parts of an image with a surface pattern
Generally, the present invention provides a method for filling surface parts of an image with a surface pattern when the image is stored in the form of a bit-representation in a raster image memory co... Read More
Inventors: Robert, Rob W.;, Assignee: Oce-Nederland B.V. (Venlo, NL) |
Method of and an apparatus for processing image data
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method of and an apparatus for processing image data, wherein, when image data to be outputted is processed for smoothing and enhancemen... Read More
Inventors: Inoue, Yoshiaki;, Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Kanagawa, JP) |
Incompressibility constraints for inferring 3-D motion from 2-D projected displacements in a thick-walled ellipsoid with a geodesic-based tessellation
The model of the present invention incorporates incompressibility constraints to infer 3-D motion. One obvious domain of application is tagged-MR cardiac analysis where, due to the sparsity of tags, c... Read More
Inventors: O'Donnell, Thomas; Boult, Terrance E.; Gupta, Alok;, Assignee: Siemens Corporation Research, Inc. () |
Image processing apparatus
The present invention has been devised in view of the above aspects and it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an image processing apparatus which allows the user to confirm the... Read More
Inventors: Kojima, Kunio;, Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
Real time physician view box
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, medical diagnostic images passing to a storage media are loaded into a portion of a video RAM. The video RAM is configured such that a plurality... Read More
Inventors: Cecil, Robert A.; Barni, John J.; McMillen, Lawrence R.;, Assignee: Picker International, Inc. (Highland Heights, OH) |
Method for ignoring redundant constraints in a graphic editor
Provided is a computerized method for solving a plurality of constraints of a graphic drawing. The constraints can be linear or non-linear. In the method, a set of initial values for a set of variable... Read More
Inventors: Heydon, C. Allan; Nelson, C. Gregory; Veach, Eric H.;, Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation (Maynard, MA) |
Printer apparatus
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a printer apparatus which prints an image corresponding to items of printing data without causing any loss around a character portion in t... Read More
Inventors: Suzuki, Michio;, Assignee: Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Graphics processing system
Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure as Letters Patent, is: 1. A graphics processing system of the type comprising: a source of image data defining the boundar... Read More
Inventors: Easton, Colin J.; Gay, Adrian C.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Automatic alignment of objects in two-dimensional and three-dimensional display space using an alignment field gradient
OF THE PRESENT INVENTION Referring now to the drawings, a representative hardware environment for the present invention is depicted in FIG. 1, which illustrates a suitable hardware configuration of a... Read More
Inventors: Venolia, Daniel S.;, Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc. (Cupertino, CA) |
System for providing help information during a help mode based on selected operation controls and a current-state of the system
FIG. 1 illustrates a medical ultrasonic scanning system in which the teachings of this invention may be utilized. The system includes a system processor 12 which may apply signals over a line 14 to c... Read More
Inventors: Krieger, John J.;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) |
Display and keyboard panel
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a display and keyboard panel having a keyboard area and an indication area located in the vicinity of the keyboard area, characterized in th... Read More
Inventors: Negishi, Hidetaka; Aoki, Shigemitsu;, Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX) |
Method and apparatus for implementing adaptive forward differencing using integer arithmetic
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for Integer Adaptive Forward Differencing employing a floating binary point which provides for a high precision out... Read More
Inventors: Chang, Sheue-Ling L.;, Assignee: Sun Microsystem, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) |
Computer system and karaoke system
The present invention has been conceived in view of the above-described drawback in the related background art, and the primary object of the present invention is to provide a computer system capable ... Read More
Inventors: Tsai, Tom Jen;, Assignee: Yamaha Corporation (Hamamatsu, JP) |
Video superposition system and method
The present invention employs a live video source, a background image source, a mask region generator and an overlay device which merges the foreground with the background image based on the output of... Read More
Inventors: Lanier, Jaron;, Assignee: Eyematic Interfaces, Inc. (Inglewood, CA) |
Information presentation apparatus and information processing method thereof
An object of the present invention is to be able to provide predetermined information to users, by superposing an annotation on an image obtained by synthesizing a real world and a virtual world. For ... Read More
Inventors: Kobayashi, Toshihiro; Fujiki, Masakazu;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Method for generating soft-edge mattes for visual elements of images
I claim: 1. In an image comprising a plurality of regions, including a first region including a visual element, a second region adjacent to the first region, and a third region adjacent to the second ... Read More
Inventors: Neely, Shawn R.;, Assignee: Pacific Data Images, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Rendering method and apparatus, game system, and computer readable program product storing program for calculating data relating to shadow of object in virtual space
An object of the present invention is to provide a rendering method and apparatus, game system, and computer readable program product that stores a program able to generate a similar image as with a n... Read More
Inventors: Yamaguchi, Akihiro;, Assignee: Square Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Method and program for coordinate decision procedure of voxel model, and recording medium thereof
It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to provide a VOXEL model coordinate decision processing (or procedure) method and program and a recording medium the... Read More
Inventors: Sato, Minoru;, Assignee: Fujitsu Nagano Systems Engineering Limited (Nagano, JP) |
Method and apparatus for the non-volatile storage of the count of an electronic counting circuit
With the foregoing and other objects in view there is provided, in accordance with the invention, a method for the non-volatile storage of the counts of an electronic counting circuit in which the res... Read More
Inventors: Schrenk, Hartmut;, Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Berlin and Munich, DE) |
Programmable sequence controller
Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide an improved programmable sequence controller which is capable not only of inhibiting passage of an output command signal which e... Read More
Inventors: Suzuki, Isao; Yomogida, Toshihiko; Yokota, Tsuyoshi;, Assignee: Toyoda-Koki Kabushiki-Kaisha (Aichi, JP) |
Hardware mechanism for instruction/data address tracing
In contrast to the prior art, the present invention provides a combination of hardware, internal to the CPU, and software which make tracing of instruction much faster and more efficient. Broadly, sev... Read More
Inventors: Levine, Frank E.; Twichell, Brian C.; Welbon, Edward H.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Information processing system having performance measurement capabilities
The first object of the present invention is to provide an information processing system which includes a performance measurement facility that has its amount of mounting reduced. The second object of... Read More
Inventors: Matsuno, Atsushi; Naito, Masanori; Kobayashi, Hiroshi; Horie, Masanori; Sato, Hideki; Tanji, Masayuki; Wada, Shigeaki; Saika, Toshimasa;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP); Hitachi Process Computer Engineering, Inc. (Hitachi, JP) |
Method and apparatus for management of peripheral devices coupled to a bus
These and other needs are satisfied by the method and apparatus of the present invention. According to the present invention, whenever an abort condition appears on the bus of a computer system (e.g.,... Read More
Inventors: Abramson, Darren;, Assignee: Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Oscilloscope-like user-interface for a logic analyzer
The present invention significantly simplifies user control of the logic analyzer with a new oscilloscope-like user-interface. The oscilloscope-like user-interface substitutes two oscilloscope-like co... Read More
Inventors: Bush, Kevin M.;, Assignee: Hewlett Packard Co. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Algorithm for identifying highly suspect components in fault isolation
The present algorithm for identifying highly suspect component in fault isolation includes the step of labeling the components of the system so that the connectivity of the system components is repres... Read More
Inventors: Shah, Rasiklal P.;, Assignee: |
Cardiac signal real time monitor and method of analysis
OF THE INVENTION Referring now to the drawings in more detail, there is shown in FIG. 1 a typical EKG waveform of a heart of a normal healthy person which exhibits a P wave of positive polarity, a QR... Read More
Inventors: Cox, Michael W.; Levin, Richard I.; Cohen, David J.; Frisbie, William R.;, Assignee: Q-Med, Inc. (Clark, NJ) |
Graphic data processing apparatus using displayed graphics for application program selection
The present invention has been accomplished to solve the above described problems involved in a conventional apparatus. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a graphic data pr... Read More
Inventors: Kitagawa, Keiji; Tani, Ikuo;, Assignee: Kitagawa; Keiji (Kawasaki, JP); Design Automation Inc. (Nagaokakyo, JP); Omron Corporation (Kyoto, JP) |
Fluid dynamics animation system and method
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT AND BEST MODE OF CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of a computer environment in which the invented system and method are used. The invented syste... Read More
Inventors: Colwell, Tyler G.;, Assignee: |
Graphic Cards 
