Position encoding arrangements
We claim: 1. A position encoding arrangement comprising means defining a position locating area; means for providing an at least approximate indication of the value of at least one positional co-ordin... Read More
Inventors: Bird, Peter Frank;, Assignee: The Marconi Company Limited (GB2) |
Multi-dimensional digital filter having adders, multipliers and shift elements
I claim: 1. In a multi-dimensional digital wave filter having k dimensions, said filter being formed of circuit means composed of logic elements such as adders, multipliers, and shift elements, the co... Read More
Inventors: Fettweis, Alfred;, Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Berlin and Munich, DE) |
Mesh buffer for decompression of compressed three-dimensional graphics data
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A graphics decompressor according to the present invention decompresses three-dimensional graphics objects. Three-dimensional compression of such geometry advantageously p... Read More
Inventors: Deering, Michael F.; Wynn, Aaron S.;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Method for estimating volumetric distance maps from 2D depth images
The present invention approximates 3D distance maps from range images of real-world objects or from triangulated object models using single or multiple projected 2D depth images. The invention can be ... Read More
Inventors: Gibson, Sarah F. F.; Perry, Ronald N.;, Assignee: |
Animation generating method in a design supporting system
In the software design supporting system described in the above-described JP-A publication, the internal conditions of the respective actors other than the data flow and also the external conditions o... Read More
Inventors: Takahashi, Hisashi; Yuura, Katsuhiko; Kubo, Shoichi; Sugawara, Yasuhiro;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP); Hitachi ULSI Engineering Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Method and apparatus for arbitrating access requests to a shared computer system memory by a graphics controller and memory controller
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a prioritization protocol is provided for use in arbitrating usage requests from a memory controller and from a graphics controller for a shared physica... Read More
Inventors: Wade, Nicholas D.;, Assignee: Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Method and system for automatically consolidating icons into a master icon
The shortcomings of the prior art are overcome and additional advantages are provided through the provision of a method for facilitating selection of one or more of a plurality of icons located on a c... Read More
Inventors: Grossman, Bertrand M.; Pickover, Clifford A.; Schwartz, Michael Stephen;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Device for regulating linear motion
I claim: 1. A device regulating linear motion of a driven component part, particularly of a driven part of a machine tool moving along at least two correlated axes x and y of which one is a guiding ax... Read More
Inventors: Wiederstein, Gerd-Walter;, Assignee: Starkstrom Gummersbach GmbH (Marienheide, DE) |
Automated integrated composite lamination system
With more particular reference to FIG. 1 the production line therein depicted uses rail means 10 and 12 extending about and along a tape applying work table 14, a pattern or cutting work table 16 and... Read More
Inventors: August, Arthur; Huber, John G.;, Assignee: Grumman Aerospace Corporation (Bethpage, NY) |
System and method for processing a letter for bulk mailing
A system for processing a letter for bulk mailing, said system comprising: printing means; means for supplying stationery items; computer means, said computer means including means for receiving lette... Read More
Inventors: Durst, Jr., Robert T.; Fougere, Guy L.; Hunter, Kevin D.; Schmidt, Alfred C.;, Assignee: Pitney Bowes, Inc. (Stamford, CT) |
Picking function for a pipeline graphics system using hierarchical graphics structures
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A graphics system employing the present invention is shown in FIG. 1. Graphics control processor 100 is responsible for executing a graphics program residing in system mem... Read More
Inventors: Ebbers, Timothy J.; Gibbons, Daniel G.; Li, David W.; Liang, Bob C.; Tannenbaum, David C.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Efficient look-up table methods for Reed-Solomon decoding
OF THE INVENTION As will become apparent from the following description, the present invention provides benefits in the implementation and use of Reed-Solomon decoding operations, particularly when s... Read More
Inventors: Hung, Ching-Yu; Cheng, Yaqi; Wolf, Tod D.;, Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX) |
Moving image management apparatus and method
The invention claimed is: 1. A moving image management apparatus for management of plural moving images recorded on a storage medium in correspondence with one or plural representative images, compris... Read More
Inventors: Tojo, Hiroshi; Sohma, Hidetomo; Nakamura, Tadashi; Shimotashiro, Masafumi; Ito, Masanori;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Kadoma, JP) |
Magnetic devices utilizing garnet epitaxial materials
1. The Figures The device of FIGS. 1 and 2 is illustrative of the class of "bubble" devices described in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. MAG-5, No. 3, September 1969, pp. 544-553, in which switc... Read More
Inventors: Blank, Stuart L.; LeCraw, Roy C.; Wolfe, Raymond;, Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Computer-generated image system to display translucent features with anti-aliasing
Accordingly, it is a principal object of the present invention to provide a computer-generated image system that is capable of producing visual images with more realism than is obtainable by anything ... Read More
Inventors: Yan, Johnson K.;, Assignee: The Singer Company (Binghamton, NY) |
Face and edge trim method for an automatic mesh generation system
OF THE INVENTION As described above, the Delaunay mesh generation procedure for a solid object creates a mesh of tetrahedra. During generation of the mesh, the Delaunay procedure calculates circumsph... Read More
Inventors: Meshkat, Siavash N.; Ruppert, James M.;, Assignee: International Business Machine Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
System for generating color blended video signal
This invention provides a system for generating a video color signal that includes improved apparatus for providing color blends. Elements for providing color blends are distributed throughout the sys... Read More
Inventors: Wobermin, James A.;, Assignee: Ampex Corporation (Redwood City, CA) |
Pipeline architecture for generating video signal
The symbol generator of this invention is comprised of a pipeline series of processing stages that generate a video data signal by generating and providing address signals to a color palette or equiva... Read More
Inventors: Wobermin, James A.; Wong, Hon K.;, Assignee: Ampex Corporation () |
Method and processor for drawing `polygon with edge`-type primitives in a computer graphics display system
Briefly described, in a computer graphics display system having a display processor and display means including a frame buffer for storing individual pixels for each of a plurality of lines to be disp... Read More
Inventors: Gonzalez-Lopez, Jorge; Lanzoni, Thomas P.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Compressed image system for texture patterns
Accordingly, it is an important object of the present invention to provide a means for reducing the storage required for color texture patterns. It is also an object of the invention to provide a text... Read More
Inventors: Rich, Henry H.;, Assignee: Star Technologies, Inc. (Sterling, VA) |
Integrated circuit device with a memory that preserves its content independently of a synchronizing signal when given a self-control request
The present invention is directed to an integrated circuit device. According to a first aspect of the present invention, the integrated circuit device comprises: a synchronizing signal generation circ... Read More
Inventors: Iwata, Shunichi; Satou, Mitsugu;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Enterprise integration system
The present invention is directed to a system and method for integrating computer systems found in many types of enterprises. An enterprise integration system is coupled to a number of legacy data sou... Read More
Inventors: Walsh, Thomas C.; Young, Michael J.; DiCelie, Joseph J.; Wong, David W. H.; Esenther, Alan W.;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. (Cambridge, MA) |
Image display system with compressed video signal recording and display
An object of the present invention is to reduce the size and weight and the cost of the image display system for recording or reproducing video signals. Another object of the present invention is to m... Read More
Inventors: Yoshimura, Katsuji; Hasegawa, Masahide; Nagasawa, Kenichi; Takahashi, Koji;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Digital zooming system utilizing image buffers and employing an approximated bilinear interpolation method
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a zoom system capable of avoiding the disadvantages in the conventional zoom systems disclosed above. Another object of the present invent... Read More
Inventors: Park, Sung-Wook; Paik, Joon-Ki;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon, KR) |
Vibration compensator which corrects for vibration errors based on servocontrol unit errors
It is an object of the present invention to solve the problems described above. More specifically, it is an object of the present invention to provide an imaging apparatus which is capable of preventi... Read More
Inventors: Hirose, Hisataka;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Display pattern processing apparatus
In view of the foregoing, it is an object of the present invention to provide a pattern processing apparatus capable of high-speed processing of color data. Another object of the invention is to provi... Read More
Inventors: Iwata, Tsukasa;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
System for protection of software in memory against unauthorized use
It is an object of the invention to provide a method and apparatus which protects digital data from unauthorized copying and/or use. It is another object of the invention to provide a memory security ... Read More
Inventors: Kittirutsunetorn, Kitti;, Assignee: |
Method and apparatus for improving the security of an electronic codebook encryption scheme utilizing a data dependent encryption function
In accordance with the present invention, an apparatus and method are described for improving the security of an electronic codebook encryption scheme. A transmitter unit is used for encoding or encry... Read More
Inventors: Normile, James O.; Chu, Ke-Chiang;, Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc. (Cupertino, CA) |
System comprising at least one encoder for coding a digital signal and at least one decoder for decoding a coded digital signal, and encoder and decoder for use in the system
The encoder shown in FIG. 1 is made up of two layers. The first layer elements 10-21 codes signals on the basis of the highest resolution and the second layer elements 30-41 codes signals on the basi... Read More
Inventors: Hekstra, Andries P.; Koster, Arian; Schinkel, Dolf A.;, Assignee: Koninklijke PTT Nederland N.V. (NL) |
Radio-communication vehicle identification system
It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle identification apparatus and method capable of specifying an ETC vehicle in a plurality of vehicles passing through a gate. In order to ac... Read More
Inventors: Mitsuno, Atsushi;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Graphic Cards 
