Processor for controlling the display of rendered image layers and method for controlling same
The invention provides a novel circuit device called a gsprite engine that controls the display of image layers called gsprites. The invention further provides novel methods for controlling the displa... Read More
Inventors: Chauvin, Joseph W.; Gabriel, Steven A.; Good, Howard; Griffin, Kent E.; Powell, III, William Chambers; Scott, III, George Easton; Toelle, Michael A.; Torborg, Jr., John G.; Veres, James E.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Method and apparatus for displaying images such as text
As discussed above, the present invention is directed to methods and apparatus for displaying images, e.g., text and/or graphics, on display devices which are capable of utilizing multiple distinct s... Read More
Inventors: Hill, William; Duggan, Michael; Keely, Jr., Leroy B.; Hitchcock, Gregory C.; Whitted, J. Turner;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Mapping samples of foreground/background color image data to pixel sub-components
The present invention is directed to methods and apparatus for displaying image data that includes foreground/background color information by representing different portions of the image on each of mu... Read More
Inventors: Hill, William; Duggan, Michael; Keely, Jr., Leroy B.; Hitchcock, Gregory C.; Whitted, J. Turner;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Weighted mapping of image data samples to pixel sub-components on a display device
The present invention is directed to methods and apparatus for displaying an image by representing different portions of the image on each of multiple pixel sub-components. rather than on entire pixel... Read More
Inventors: Hill, William; Duggan, Michael; Keely, Jr., Leroy B.; Hitchcock, Gregory C.; Whitted, J. Turner;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Optical display system and method with optical shifting of pixel position including conversion of pixel layout to form delta to stripe pattern by time base multiplexing
I claim: 1. A method of displaying a colored image provided from a display having plural pixels, at least some of which are comprised of plural differently colored sub-pixels which are arranged in oth... Read More
Inventors: Fergason, James L.;, Assignee: |
Non-square scaling of image data to be mapped to pixel sub-components
As discussed above, the present invention is directed to methods and apparatus for displaying images, e.g., text and/or graphics, on display devices which are capable of utilizing multiple distinct s... Read More
Inventors: Hill, William; Duggan, Michael; Keely, Jr., Leroy B.; Hitchcock, Gregory C.; Whitted, J. Turner;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Percutaneous biofixed medical implants
The present invention concerns a percutaneous implant including a portion implantable into a patient, a dermal bonding region capable of forming a bond between the implant and a dermal layer of the pa... Read More
Inventors: Marotta, James S.; LaTorre, Guy; Batich, Christopher; Hench, Larry L.;, Assignee: USBiomaterials Corp. (Alachua, FL); University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, FL) |
Methods and systems for asymmeteric supersampling rasterization of image data
The present invention is directed to methods and systems for displaying images on a flat panel display device, such as a liquid crystal display (LCD). Flat panel display devices use various types of p... Read More
Inventors: Stamm, Beat; Hitchcock, Gregory C.; Betrisey, Claude;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Method and apparatus for rendering sub-pixel anti-aliased graphics on stripe topology color displays
It is an object of the present invention to provide an anti-aliasing method and apparatus for use with a stripe topology color display which provides sub-pixel level smoothing in a manner which enhanc... Read More
Inventors: Paul, Steven William;, Assignee: Agfa Monotype Corporation (Wilmington, DE) |
Method and device for enhancing the resolution of color flat panel displays and cathode ray tube displays
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to produce a post processing method and device for increasing the effective horizontal resolution of waveform displayed on a color flat panel display by a... Read More
Inventors: Lam, Siu;, Assignee: Datascope Investment Corp. (Montvale, NJ) |
Character display apparatus, character display method, and recording medium
According to one aspect of this invention, a character display apparatus includes: a display device having a plurality of pixels; and a control section for controlling the display device. Each of the ... Read More
Inventors: Koyama, Noriyuki; Asai, Yoshimi; Hasegawa, Susumu; Yabuuchi, Yuka; Okada, Satoshi;, Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
Method and apparatus for improving the definition of black and white text and graphics on a color matrix digital display device
The present invention is embodied in a digital signal processing (DSP) technique which finds and processes rendered text which is to be displayed on a color matrix display to increase its horizontal r... Read More
Inventors: Zhu, Daniel Q.;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Map data transmitting method, map data transmitting apparatus, information device and map data transmitting system
The present invention provides a map data transmitting technology that allows polygon data corresponding to an area ranging beyond the slicing range to be transmitted in an appropriate form. (1) A map... Read More
Inventors: Sumizawa, Akio; Endo, Yoshinori;, Assignee: Xanavi Informatics Corporation (Zama, JP) |
Model based image editing and correction
The present invention provides for the automatic application of digital image editing effects to a selected object in a digital image. Attributes of the object to be edited are interactively registere... Read More
Inventors: Lawton, Daryl T.; Monson, John A.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Method for extracting a three-dimensional model using appearance-based constrained structure from motion
Provided is a computerized method for recovering 3-D models from a sequence of uncalibrated images with unknown point correspondences. To that end, tracking, structure from motion with geometric const... Read More
Inventors: Kang, Sing Bing;, Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation (Houston, TX) |
Robust multi-modal method for recognizing objects
These objects of the invention are accomplished in accordance with the principles of the invention by providing a tracking method which combines a plurality of representation models, together with mul... Read More
Inventors: Cosatto, Eric; Graf, Hans Peter; Potamianos, Gerasimos;, Assignee: AT&T Corp. (New York, NY) |
Method and apparatus for providing real-time animation utilizing a database of postures
What is claimed is: 1. A computer readable storage medium containing a program element for directing a computer to generate data providing a graphical representation of a synthetic body part in a desi... Read More
Inventors: LaChapelle, Pierre;, Assignee: Taarna Studios Inc. (Montreal, CA) |
Method and apparatus for personnel detection and tracking
The present invention provides a multi-modal visual person detection and tracking framework which also has the capability to identify persons over various periods of time. Through the use of depth, co... Read More
Inventors: Darrell, Trevor; Gordon, Gaile; Harville, Michael; Woodfill, John; Baker, Harlyn;, Assignee: Interval Research Corporation (Palo Alto, CA) |
Method of modeling objects to synthesize three-dimensional, photo-realistic animations
The need remaining in the prior art is addressed by the present invention, which relates to a method for modeling three-dimensional objects and, more particularly, to modeling three-dimensional object... Read More
Inventors: Cosatto, Eric; Graf, Hans Peter;, Assignee: AT&T Corp. (New York, NY) |
Generating an image of a three-dimensional object
OF THE EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS FIG. 13 shows an alternative co-ordinate system. The purpose of the system to be described is to generate a synthetic two-dimensional display of a head, so that the image... Read More
Inventors: Mortlock, Andrew Nicholas; Sheppard, Philip Julian; Wallin, Nicholas James;, Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company (London, GB) |
Method for generating a personalized 3-D face model
The present invention provides an improvement designed to satisfy the aferomentioned needs. Particularly, the present invention is directed to a computer program product for creating a 3-D face model ... Read More
Inventors: Erdem, A. Tanju;, Assignee: Momentum Bilgisayar, Yazilim, Danismanlik, Ticaret A. S. (Istanbul, TR) |
Rapid computer modeling of faces for animation
The following description sets forth a specific embodiment of a 3D modeling system that incorporates elements recited in the appended claims. The embodiment is described with specificity in order to ... Read More
Inventors: Liu, Zicheng; Zhang, Zhengyou; Cohen, Michael F.; Jacobs, Charles E.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Method of image feature coding and method of image search
Accordingly, a general object of the present invention is to provide a method of image feature coding and a method of image search in which the aforementioned drawbacks are eliminated. Another and mor... Read More
Inventors: Sekiguchi, Shunichi; Yamada, Yoshihisa; Chow, James; Asai, Kohtaro;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Method and system for knowledge guided hyperintensity detection and volumetric measurement
It is, therefore, a feature and advantage of the present invention to provide a method and/or system for detecting hyperintense regions in MRI images which addresses the problems associated with human... Read More
Inventors: Gosche, Karen M.;, Assignee: University of South Florida (Tampa, FL) |
Method and apparatus for discerning image distortion by reference to encoded marker signals
Watermarking is a useful way of conveying hidden auxiliary data with an image. But if the image is distorted in an unknown way (e.g., scaled in size, or angularly rotated), it may be impossible to rea... Read More
Inventors: Rhoads, Geoffrey B.;, Assignee: Digimarc Corporation (Tualatin, OR) |
Digital watermark decoding method
In the following discussion of an illustrative embodiment, the words "signal" and "image" are used interchangeably to refer to both one, two, and even beyond two dimensions of digital signal. Example... Read More
Inventors: Rhoads, Geoffrey B.;, Assignee: Digimarc Corporation (Tualatin, OR) |
Purification of alkylene oxides
We claim: 1. A method of purifying a monomeric vicinal epoxide having from 2 to about 8 C atoms or mixtures thereof, contaminated with compounds having active hydrogen, comprising adding at least one ... Read More
Inventors: Dennis, Kent S.; Steiner, Edwin C.;, Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, MI) |
System and method for processing demosaiced images to reduce color aliasing artifacts
A system and method is provided for processing a demosaiced image using a color aliasing artifact reduction (CAAR) algorithm in order to reduce color aliasing artifacts. The CAAR algorithm computes th... Read More
Inventors: Kakarala, Ramakrishna; Baharav, Izhak;, Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Method and apparatus for measuring a biological function of a subject
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a novel radiation diagnostic method and apparatus for producing sharpened images without artifact due to differences in the cardiac beat p... Read More
Inventors: Okazaki, Kiyoshi;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Videofluoroscopy system for in vivo motion analysis
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIG. 1, a videofluoroscopy system for in vivo motion analysis in accordance with the invention includes an x-ray table 12 from which a scanning x-ray gun 10 irra... Read More
Inventors: Bejjani, Fadi J.; Lockett, Ricky; Pavlidis, Lazaros;, Assignee: |
Image Analysis 
