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| 20080198157 | TARGET ZONE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A display system and method for a vehicle are provided. The system includes a processor configured to receive data representative of a target zone and topography and to supply display commands associated with the target zone and the topography. The system further includes a display device coupled the processor for receiving the display commands and operable to render three-dimensional topography at a first scale and a symbol representing the target zone on the three-dimensional topography at a second scale, which is larger than the first scale. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080198158 | 3D map display system, 3D map display method and display program - A three-dimensional (3D) map display system for outputting display information on a 3D map includes: a processor for performing arithmetic processing; and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores 3D map vector data for each of partitioned areas determined in advance according to coordinates and a real landscape photograph texture image to be attached to the 3D map vector data. The processor determines whether to display each surface constituting a 3D figure included in the 3D map vector data; stores display object management data which includes a result of the determination as to whether to display the surface, in the memory; and refers to the display object management data stored in the memory to determine that only a surface that faces a view line direction is to be displayed, and that a surface that does not face the view line direction is not to be displayed. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080204447 | METHOD FOR MODELING AND ANIMATING OBJECT TRAJECTORIES IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE - A method for modeling and animating an object trajectory in three-dimensional (3D) space. The trajectory includes at least one course which represents a 3D model mesh. A course includes at least one segment which is a display unit of the 3D model mesh. A segment includes two 3D points. Multiple vertices are generated for a first 3D point of the segment to specify a plane such that a normal vector of the specified plane is parallel to a vector directed from the first 3D point of the segment to a second 3D point of the segment. The generated vertices are added to the 3D model mesh so that the generated vertices can be subsequently displayed as an extension of the 3D model mesh. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204448 | UNSOLICITED ADVERTISEMENTS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE THROUGH AVATAR TRANSPORT OFFERS - A tool is provided that provides unsolicited advertisements in a virtual universe through avatar transport offers. An information collector component is configured to collect information on an avatar that is online in the virtual universe. A transport offer generator component is configured to present an offer to transport the avatar to another region within the virtual universe for exposure to the unsolicited advertisement. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204449 | ENABLEMENT OF VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT FUNCTIONS AND FEATURES THROUGH ADVERTISEMENT EXPOSURE - The present invention relates to the enablement of virtual universe functions and features through advertisement exposure. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: viewing, by the avatar, advertising content within the virtual environment; and earning a number of points for viewing the advertising content. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204450 | AVATAR-BASED UNSOLICITED ADVERTISEMENTS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - A system, method and program product for providing a virtual universe in which unsolicited advertisements are embodied in automated avatars. A system is provided that includes: a registration system for introducing an advertisement avatar into the virtual universe; a targeting system for targeting a user avatar for delivery of advertising content by the advertisement avatar; a movement system for defining how the advertisement avatar is to move within the virtual universe; and an advertisement delivery system for defining how the advertisement avatar is to deliver the advertising content to the user avatar. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204451 | Geometry processor using a post-vertex cache and method thereof - A geometry processor of a three-dimensional graphic accelerator may include a storage unit storing vertex data and an index corresponding to the vertex data, a vertex shader geometrically processing the vertex data provided from the storage unit, a vertex cache storing vertex data geometrically processed by the vertex shader, and/or an input processing unit receiving vertex data from a central processing unit to determine whether the geometrically processed vertex data corresponding to the vertex is present in the vertex cache. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204452 | 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 view of full data without compromising the visibility of other view areas or data and with minimum user interactions. The slanted viewer combines the use of two-dimensional and three-dimensional concepts to enhance, as well as to preserve, a well-established user interaction environment and navigation system. The slanted viewer serves effectively in viewers showing extended length of text or objects horizontally. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080211804 | METHOD FOR HYBRID RASTERIZATION AND RAYTRACING WITH CONSISTENT PROGRAMMABLE SHADING - A method of generating a computer image wherein secondary raytrace vectors are calculated for the image after the image is rendered using rasterization. The secondary raytrace vectors are based on virtual camera angles that are stored during the rasterization process. The raytrace vectors can be calculated using the same processor as the rasterization, thereby providing greater consistency in the image. A metaprogrammed shader can also be applied to the generated image, wherein the shader uses the same processor as the raytrace and rasterization steps. The metaprogrammed shader allows the shader algorithm to be segmented for streamlined processing by the processor. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080211805 | Method and System for Minimizing an Amount of Data Needed to Test Data Against Subarea Boundaries in Spatially Composited Digital Video - A method and system for minimizing an amount of data needed to test data against subarea boundaries in spatially composited digital video. Spatial compositing uses a graphics unit or pipeline to render a portion (subarea) of each overall frame of digital video images. This reduces the amount of data that each processor must act on and increases the rate at which an overall frame is rendered. Optimization of spatial compositing depends on balancing the processing load among the different pipelines. The processing load typically is a direct function of the size of a given subarea and a function of the rendering complexity for objects within this subarea. Load balancing strives to measure these variables and adjust, from frame to frame, the number, sizes, and positions of the subareas. The cost of this approach is the necessity to communicate, in conjunction with each frame, the graphics data that will be rendered. Graphics data for a frame is composed of geometry chunks. Each geometry chunk is defined by its own bounding region, where the bounding region defines the space the geometry chunk occupies on the compositing window. Only the parameters that define the bounding region are communicated to each graphics unit in conjunction with the determination of which graphics unit will render the geometry chunk defined by the bounding region. The actual graphics data that comprises the geometry chunk is communicated only to those geometry units that will actually render the geometry chunk. This reduces the amount of data needed to communicate graphics data information in spatially composited digital video. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080211806 | RENDERING APPARATUS, RENDERING PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A setup section acquires vertex data including at least homogeneous coordinate and window coordinate relevant to two vertexes of rendering primitive, that is, segment. An edge coefficient calculation unit calculates an edge coefficient used for determining whether or not a pixel exists inside a projection area (parallelogram) of the segment. A bounding box calculation unit calculates a bounding box of the projection area from at least one vertex data of two vertexes and the edge coefficient. A start point determination unit classifies the projection area based on a combination of the edge coefficient, and determines scan start point and scan performing direction of the bounding box in accordance with the classification. An edge function initial value determination unit determines an edge function of the pixel corresponding to the scan start point as an initial value, and carries out a DDA, and thereby, generates setup data for rasterizing. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080218508 | Generation of 3D look-up tables for image processing devices - An image processor is disclosed which is capable of automatically generating a series of test signals, running the test signals through its image processing software and hardware, and capturing the resulting output signals to automatically generate a 3D LUT that represents most or all of the imaging processing steps being performed by the image processor. No external equipment is required to generate the 3D LUT. In other embodiments, the image processor may be connected to an external image processing device, and the image processor can then automatically generate a series of test signals, run those test signals through the external image processing device, and capture the resulting output signals to automatically generate a 3D LUT that represents most of all of the image processing steps being performed by the external image processing device. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218509 | Method and system for repairing triangulated surface meshes - A method of repairing a three dimensional surface mesh model to be watertight and manifold generally includes identifying a plurality of hole edges in the surface mesh model, selecting one of the hole edges, creating a cycle of hole edges that defines a hole in the surface mesh model, converting the cycle of hole edges into two or more cycles of exactly three edges each, and adding a triangular facet to the surface mesh model for each of the cycles of exactly three edges. The process may be repeated until the model is substantially watertight. Non-manifold vertices may be repaired by selecting a vertex of the model, identifying a number of independent cycles of triangular facets sharing the selected vertex, and redefining the selected vertex for at least all but one of the number of independent cycles. This process may be repeated until the model is manifold. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218510 | 3D-2D Adaptive Shape Model Supported Motion Compensated Recnstruction - A method for generating or reconstruction of three-dimensional (3D) images corresponding to a structure of interest ( | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218511 | DESIGN METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIA - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method comprises an extracting detailed shape information which is unnecessary for a simulation from data of a three-dimension CAD model, simplifying the detailed shape information, and creating a simplified model in which the detailed shape information included in the data of three-dimension CAD model is replaced with simplified shape information. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080225040 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TREATING SEMI-TRANSPARENT FEATURES IN THE CONVERSION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A two dimensional image which has a semitransparent object in the foreground of the image has three contributions to the final color shown in a pixel where the semitransparent object is present. Properties of a semitransparent object and background in the given two dimensional image are processed to determine the contribution of the background color of the image, the foreground color of the object, and the alpha channel of the object. Once these properties are determined, the accurate stereoscopic rendering of the semitransparent object in front of the background allows the two dimensional image to be converted to three dimensions. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225041 | Method and System for Vision-Based Interaction in a Virtual Environment - A method and system for vision-based interaction in a virtual environment is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving data from a plurality of sensors to generate a meshed volumetric three-dimensional representation of a subject. A plurality of clusters is identified within the meshed volumetric three-dimensional representation that corresponds to motion features. The motion features include hands, feet, knees, elbows, head, and shoulders. The plurality of sensors is used to track motion of the subject and manipulate the motion features of the meshed volumetric three-dimensional representation. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225042 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALLOWING A USER TO DYNAMICALLY MANIPULATE STEREOSCOPIC PARAMETERS - The present invention is directed to systems and methods for controlling 2-D to 3-D image conversion. In one embodiment, stereo visualization and rendering of the final image is performed by allowing a user to independently select inter-ocular and convergence distances on a frame by frame basis. The user can view the effect of each selected parameter on a real-time basis and may, if desired, use interpolation and select parameters only for key frames. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080231627 | Using Ray Tracing to Enhance Artificial Intelligence Character Behavior - Embodiments of the invention provide use ray-tracing to simulate vision for a artificial intelligence controlled character within a three-dimensional scene. According to one embodiment of the invention, an artificial intelligence system may cast rays into the three-dimensional scene from a viewpoint of the character and may perform ray-tracing with the rays to determine if objects are within a field of view of the character. Furthermore, according to embodiments of the invention, the artificial intelligence system may determine behavior for the character based on whether or not objects are within the field of view, and may determine the behavior for the character based on the objects which are within the field of view. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231628 | Utilizing Ray Tracing for Enhanced Artificial Intelligence Path-Finding - Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatus to use ray-tracing to perform artificial intelligence path-finding. Embodiments of the invention may cast a ray into a three-dimensional scene to determine a path from a starting point to an ending point. The ray may have a trajectory which originates at the starting point and proceeds towards the ending point. The artificial intelligence system may perform ray-tracing using a spatial index to determine if the ray intersects any objects within the three-dimensional scene. If the ray reaches the ending point without intersecting any objects, the path of the ray from the starting point to the ending point is the determined path. However, if the ray intersects an object, the artificial intelligence system may cast additional rays into the three-dimensional scene and perform ray tracing with the additional rays to determine a path from the start point to the end point. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231629 | Method and System for Representing Geometrical Layout Design Data in Electronic Design Systems - A method and system of representing geometrical layout design data having a plurality of polygons in electronic design systems is provided. The method includes extracting topological characteristics data corresponding to one or more polygons to form one or more virtual topological polygon. Each virtual polygon is represented by Scan order (SO), with SO corresponding to order in which the vertices of polygon are encountered by a sweep line moving in predefined direction with a predefined angular orientation. The method further includes determining dimensional data corresponding to each polygon to form one or more sized polygons using one or more virtual topological polygon. Thereafter, the spatial data corresponding to each sized polygon is extracted to instantiate each sized polygon. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231630 | Web Enabled Three-Dimensional Visualization - A method for presenting a perspective view of a real urban environment, augmented with associated geo-coded content, and presented on a display of a terminal device. The method comprises the steps of: connecting the terminal device to a server via a network; communicating user identification, user present-position information and at least one user command, from the terminal device to the server; processing a high-fidelity, large-scale, three-dimensional (3D) model of an urban environment, and associated geo-coded content by the server; communicating the 3D model and associated geo-coded content from said server to said terminal device, and processing said data layers and said associated geo-coded content, in the terminal device to form a perspective view of the real urban environment augmented with the associated geo-coded content. The 3D model comprises a data layer of 3D building models; a data layer of terrain skin model; and a data layer of 3D street-level-culture models. The processed data layers and the associated geo-coded content correspond to the user present-position, the user identification information, and the user command. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231631 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - In an image processing method of determining the positional relationship among virtual objects in virtual space and generating a virtual shadow of the virtual objects, a plurality of virtual objects are rendered in a first plane to which a first axis passing through a virtual light source is normal, and the positional relationship among the plurality of virtual objects is determined based upon the result of rendering acquired. Shadow information of the plurality of virtual objects is generated using the result of acquired rendering. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080238914 | Map Information Creating Device, Map Information Creating Method, and Map Information Creating Program - A 3D road object is an object having road width, height, and length. The 3D road object corresponds to a link. A road surface texture is drawn repeatedly on the top surface of the 3D road object. With a map information creating device, geometry data in a cube shape containing a cross-section including the road width and the height can be extracted. Length of this geometry data can be set to the length of one sheet (one cycle) of the road surface texture in the length direction of the 3D road object. The road surface texture for one sheet as well as drawing cycle information can also be extracted. Moreover, link length information can be extracted from the link. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080238915 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATION OF COLLISION DETECTION - One embodiment includes a method of pre-computing a support map which includes a run-time environment comprising at least one three dimensional convex body having a plurality of vertices on each of at least six sides, each side being divided into a predetermined number of sample regions. The embodiment includes determining, for each of at least six input directions, which of the plurality of vertices extends farthest from the body within each of the sample regions. The embodiment also includes storing resulting output data for each sample region in a memoization structure. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080238916 | Three-dimensional orientation indicator and controller - A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to control a three-dimensional scene view. A three-dimensional (3D) scene having one or more three-dimensional objects is displayed. A 3D representation of a coordinate system of the scene is displayed. The 3D representation contains a current viewpoint, one or more faces, one or more edges, and one or more corners with each face, edge, and corner representing a corresponding viewpoint of the scene. The 3D representation is manipulated. A new current viewpoint of the 3D representation is displayed based on the manipulation. The scene is then reoriented corresponding to the new current viewpoint based on the manipulation of the 3D representation. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080238917 | Graphics hub subsystem for interfacing parallalized graphics processing units (GPUS) with the central processing unit (CPU) of a PC-based computing system having an CPU interface module and a PC bus - A graphics hub subsystem for interfacing parallelized graphics processing units (GPUs) with the CPU of a PC-based computing system having a CPU interface module and a PC bus. The PC-based computing system includes system memory for storing software graphics applications, software drivers and graphics libraries, and an operating system (OS), stored in the system memory, and a central processing unit (CPU), for executing the OS, graphics applications, drivers. and graphics libraries. The graphics hub subsystem includes a hardware hub having a hub router for interfacing with the CPU interface module and the GPUs by way of the PC bus, distributing the stream of geometrical data and graphic commands among the GPUs, and transferring pixel data output from one or more of the GPUs during the composition of frames of pixel data corresponding to final images for display on the display surface. The subsystem also includes one or more software hub drivers, stored in the system memory. The CPU interface module provides an interface between one or more software hub drivers and the hardware hub. During system operation, the software hub drivers: (i) control the operation of the hardware hub, (ii) interact with the OS and graphic libraries, and (iii) forward the stream of geometrical data and graphic commands, or a portion thereof, to each GPU over the PC bus. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080246756 | Pictorial representation of three-dimensional data records - The invention relates to a method for the pictorial representation of a three-dimensional measuring data record, comprising the creation of the three-dimensional measured data record by means of a computer tomographic or nuclear spin tomographic device, the processing of a first subset of the three-dimensional measured data record for a pictorial reproduction in a first pictorial representation in a first representation layer, and the processing of at least one second subset of the three-dimensional measured data record for a pictorial reproduction in at least one second pictorial representation in at least one second representation layer, wherein at least one value of at least one orientation parameter for the determination of the orientation of the at least one second representation layer with respect to the first representation layer can be selected by means of a control device. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246757 | 3D Image Generation and Display System - A 3D image generation and display system facilitating the display of high-quality images in a Web browser comprises means for creating 3D images from a plurality of different images and computer graphics modeling and generating a 3D object from these images that has texture and attribute data; means for converting and outputting the 3D object as a 3D description file in a 3D graphics descriptive language; means for extracting a 3D object and textures from the 3D description file, setting various attribute data, and editing and processing the 3D object to introduce animation or the like and assigning various effects; means for generating various Web-based 3D objects from the 3D data files produced above that are compressed to be displayed in a Web browser and generating behavior data to display 3D scenes in a Web browser with animation; and means for generating an executable file comprising a Web page and Web-based programs such as scripts, plug-ins, and applets for drawing and displaying 3D scenes in a Web browser. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246758 | TERRAIN MODELING BASED ON CURVED SURFACE AREA - A terrain modeling system provides a terrain model having variable resolution. The system receives an input terrain made up of raster points. The system identifies raster points that differ in height from an adjacent raster point by a threshold. The system interpolates the identified raster points to calculate one or more B-spline surfaces. The surfaces correspond to a multi-dimensional representation of a physical terrain. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080252637 | VIRTUAL REALITY-BASED TELECONFERENCING - A virtual reality environment is applied to teleconferencing such that the environment is used to enter into a teleconference. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252638 | Cost Effective Rendering for 3D Displays - A method and apparatus for rendering image data on a 3D display is disclosed. A first image signal is received and then at least one colour component of the first image signal is rendered in reduced spatial resolution to produce a second image signal. The second image signal is spatial filtered wherein spatial errors and view errors are balanced when reconstructing a full resolution signal for the display. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252639 | Switchable Display Device - A switchable display device ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080259072 | SMOOTH GRAY-LEVEL BASED SURFACE INTERPOLATION FOR AN ISOTROPIC DATA SETS - A method of determining a distance of a source point to a surface of an object in three-dimensional space, wherein the object is represented by a decision rule and a plurality of volume elements arranged in slices comprising rows and columns, wherein each volume element carries at least one value, and wherein the decision rule determines membership of each volume element to the object in accordance with the at least one value of the volume element, the method comprising: determining a contour of a representation of the object within each slice; locating on the contour of each slice a homing point closest to the source point; fitting a curve to the located homing points; determining a distance from the source point to the fitted curve; and equating the determined distance as the distance of the source point to the surface of the object. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259073 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VIDEO IMAGES - Embodiments use point clouds to form a three dimensional image of an object. The point cloud of the object may be formed from analysis of two dimensional images of the object. Various techniques may be used on the point cloud to form a 3D model of the object which is then used to create a stereoscopic representation of the object. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259074 | Multi-spectral reconstruction method based on adaptive finite element - A multi-spectral reconstruction method based on adaptive finite element comprising the following steps: discretizing the diffusion equation in the object domain on the single spectral; establishing the relationship between the boundary measurement data and the unknown source variables on single spectral based on a posteriori permissible source region selection method, and forming the objective function based on the multi-spectral characteristics and the regularization method; optimizing the objective function and determining if the reconstruction shall be stopped or not; and if the reconstruction shall not be stopped, refining the mesh adaptively by using a posteriori measure method, and then returning to the first step to continue the reconstruction process. This method uses kinds of a priori information and the multi-spectral information, combined with the adaptive finite element method, proposes a posteriori permissible source region strategy, improves the reconstruction quality and speed of BLT availably, and reduces the ill-posedness of this imaging modality. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080266286 | GENERATION OF A PARTICLE SYSTEM USING A GEOMETRY SHADER - A geometry shader of a graphics processor is configured to generate at least a portion of a particle system. The geometry shader receives vertex data including a reference set of vertices. The geometry shader also receives control data including information on how to create additional vertices for the particle system using the vertex data. The geometry shader processes the vertex data and control data to generate the additional vertices for the particle system. In some embodiments, the control data also includes information on other attributes of the generated vertices. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266287 | DECOMPRESSION OF VERTEX DATA USING A GEOMETRY SHADER - A geometry shader of a graphics processor decompresses a set of vertex data representing a simplified model to create a more detailed representation. The geometry shader receives vertex data including a number of vertices representative of a simplified model. The geometry shader decompresses the vertex data by computing additional vertices to create the more detailed representation. In some embodiments, the geometry shader also receives rules data including information on how the vertex data is to be decompressed. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266288 | ElementSnapshot Control - An ElementSnapshot control receives an element from windows presentation foundation (WPF) that is used to render a bitmap image. A determination is made by the control whether or not the bitmap image has been previously generated. If the bitmap image has been previously generated, the control retrieves the generated bitmap. If the image has not been previously generated, the control supplies the element to a native WPF class in order to generate the bitmap of the element. The generated bitmap is then rendered into a WPF scene. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266289 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY INFORMATION - A mobile communication terminal and a method of controlling display of a webpage thereof are disclosed. When a web browser is initiated to gain access to a webpage, the web browser screen is formed as a 3D polyhedron structure and a plurality of webpage screens are displayed on a plurality of facets of the 3D polyhedron structure. Therefore, a user is provided with various webpage screens on the web browser. Since different webpage screens are displayed on the plurality of facets of the polyhedron structure, the user is able to access a desired webpage screen easily in a single step. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080273027 | Methods and Devices for Generating and Viewing a Planar Image Which Is Perceived as Three Dimensional - A method for generating a planar image which is provided for being perceived by humans as three dimensional, the method comprising the step of generating at least two overlapping portions of planar visual information of which first portion comprises an original planar image and a second portion a diffused image which is generated from the original image by diffusion to a predetermined extent, chosen for stimulating human depth perception. An optical element for generating a planar image which is perceived by humans as three dimensional, the optical element being partly transparent for passing an original planar image and having a predetermined diffusion pattern for generating a diffused image from the original planar image, the predetermined diffusion pattern being chosen for stimulating human depth perception. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080278478 | VIRTUAL NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER - A system, method, program product and service for implementing a virtual network operations center. A system is disclosed that includes: a system for rendering three dimensional (3D) models in an observation space, in which the 3D models mirror actual components in an associated operations center. Also included is a system for rendering a virtual display in the observation space, wherein the virtual display provides a message board for operators viewing the observation space, a cueing system for generating cues within the 3D models; and a communications hub for providing bidirectional communications with the associated operations center. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278479 | Creating optimized gradient mesh of a vector-based image from a raster-based image - A method for creating an optimized gradient mesh of a vector-based image from a raster-based image. In one implementation, a set of boundaries for an object on a raster-based image may be received. An initial gradient mesh of the object may be created. A residual energy between the object on the raster-based image and a rendered initial gradient mesh may be minimized to generate an optimized gradient mesh. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278480 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A polygon selection unit ( | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278481 | PHOTO GENERATED 3-D NAVIGABLE STOREFRONT - Presented are techniques for creating a photo-generated navigable storefront. Such techniques include receiving a images and processing the images through an image matching algorithm. Such images may include, for example, photos taken with a camera. Additionally, the images are tagged with identifier tags in order to associate related or nearby images together. Furthermore, product/service information may be associated with an image such that a selection of a particular image causes the product/service information to be displayed. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278482 | Method to Render a Root-Less Scene Graph With a User Controlled Order of Rendering - A scene graph is provided which represents data and a set of processes thus providing an enhanced approach to the previously known scene graph concept. With this approach the scene graph becomes a rendering description of the data rather than a world description. Previously known scene graphs represent a structure of objects and their attributes. The scene graph has a notation of the traversing order, which together with the types of nodes, the nodes position, node functionality and node state determine the rendering order. Thus, any effects supported by the underlying rendering pipeline can be expressed directly in the scene graph by the user. An API is provided for the scene graph, controlling the actual rendering order and optimization to the user. The scene graph is extensible allowing the user to experiment and express new rendering algorithms in the scene graph semantic. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278483 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A three-dimensional image display capable of reducing a difference between a resolution variation rate in a pixel column direction and a resolution variation rate in a pixel row direction and preventing a color separation phenomenon is disclosed. The three-dimensional image display includes a display panel in which n (n is a natural number) disparity images are displayed and the same disparity images are distributed and displayed in subpixels of the same color, and a lenticular sheet which divides travel paths of the disparity images using a plurality of lenticular lenses which are obliquely arranged in front of the display panel, and the long axes of the lenticular lenses are parallel to an extension line of the subpixels in which the same disparity images are displayed. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278484 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING HAPTIC SYSTEMS AND SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTS - A method is provided for simulating interaction between a tool and an object. The method involves: providing a tool model for simulating the tool in a simulated environment; providing a mesh for simulating the object in the simulated environment, the mesh comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of first force functions between pairs of nodes, each first force function being a function of a distance between its corresponding pair of nodes; and deforming the mesh in response to interaction between the tool model and the mesh in the simulated environment. Deforming the mesh may involve: displacing one or more initially displaced nodes; and displacing one or more level-one-connected nodes, displacement of each level-one-connected node dependent on at least one first force function between the level-one-connected node and a corresponding one of the one or more initially displaced nodes. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278485 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE FOR A DENSE THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE WITH A NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE PANEL - A system and method for providing a dynamic user interface for a dense three-dimensional scene with a navigation assistance panel is presented. Clusters of semantically scored documents are placed in a three-dimensional scene and are arranged as a cluster spine. Each cluster spine is projected into a two-dimensional display. Controls operating on the cluster spines in the display are presented in a user interface. Compasses framing the cluster spines within the display are provided. A label to identify one concept in one or more of the cluster spines appearing within at least one of the compasses is generated. A plurality of slots in the display positioned circumferentially around the compasses are defined. Each label is assigned to the slot outside of the compass for the cluster spine having a closest angularity to the slot. A perspective-altered rendition of the two-dimensional display is provided by a navigation assistant panel. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080284778 | Graphical Instrument Panel - A system for simulating an instrument panel in a wheeled vehicle, comprising: a vehicle interior with an image presentation surface placed on the location for the instrument panel ( | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284779 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING 3-D AVATAR AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method of displaying a 3-D avatar provided includes acquiring a 3-D avatar configuration file for a current user; acquiring at least one 3-D item suite indicated by the 3-D avatar configuration file; displaying the at least one 3-D item suite according to the 3-D avatar configuration file. An instant messaging client, a server and a system of displaying a 3-D avatar are also provided. With the above technical solutions, a 3-D avatar is displayed in an IM client, with which a user can exhibit different personal images by freely choosing different 3-D item suite. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080291198 | METHOD OF PERFORMING 3D GRAPHICS GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATION USING PARALLEL PROCESSOR - Provided is a method of performing three-dimensional (3D) graphics geometric transformation using a parallel processor having a plurality of Processing Elements (PEs). The method includes performing model/view transformation and projection transformation on a first group of vertex vectors using the parallel processor; calculating a value used for quaternion correction of the first group of vertex vectors using a general-use processor, and simultaneously performing model/view transformation and projection transformation on a second group of vertex vectors; performing quaternion correction and screen mapping on the first group of vertex vectors, and simultaneously calculating a value used for quaternion correction of the second group of vertex vectors using the general-use processor; and performing quaternion correction and screen mapping on the second group of vertex vectors. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291199 | COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN APPARATUS - A computer-aided design apparatus generates a tree structure of coordinate systems defining the topology of a three-dimensional object to be fabricated. The coordinate systems are positioned and orientated in accordance with mathematical functions. The mathematical function positioning child coordinate systems has the identity of the parent coordinate systems as a variable so that the positions of the child coordinate systems relative to their parent coordinate systems vary in accordance with the identity of the parent coordinate systems. Data defining the coordinate systems and connections therebetween is stored in a graph. Bases having a defined relationship are identified and three-dimensional content objects are added thereto. The content objects are added using the same mathematical function to generate a three-dimensional content object in each of a plurality of coordinate systems. The mathematical function for generating the content objects has the identity of the coordinate systems as a variable thereof to generate the content object in each coordinate system with a different shape. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080303810 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING LOFT SURFACES USING 3D SCAN DATA - A mechanism for automatically calculating loft surfaces from raw 3D scan data represented as a mesh or point cloud model is discussed. Users enter parameters related to the loft surface calculation via a provided user interface. User input and/or programmatically calculated parameters may include U-V direction, guide curve identification, and the amount of allowable deviation error between the calculated loft surface and the 3D scan data. Profile curves meeting the given parameters are then generated and a loft surface is calculated using the generated profile curves for a selected region. The user may select geometrically separated regions in order to create a single loft surface that connects the separate regions. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303811 | Virtual Professional - A virtual environment including a plurality of virtual professionals capable or providing goods and services to players in the virtual environment is described. The goods and services may be relevant to the real world, the virtual world, or both. Single-use avatars whose availability is limited and which are configured to protect the anonymity of the player controlling the single-use avatar may be used when anonymity is desired. Queues may be used to schedule appointments with virtual professionals. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303812 | Storage medium storing image processing program and image processing apparatus - A game apparatus generates an image of a three-dimensional virtual space as viewed from a predetermined viewpoint, an object being provided in the three-dimensional virtual space. Next, the game apparatus obtains a depth value (Z value) indicating a depth from the viewpoint in a line-of-sight direction in the three-dimensional virtual space for each pixel of the image. Further, the game apparatus detects a pixel corresponding to a contour of the object based on the depth value. Specifically, a plurality of pixels are specified as reference pixels. It is determined whether or not a pixel of interest corresponds to a contour, based on a change level of differences in depth value between the pixel of interest and the reference pixels. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303813 | METHOD FOR RECORDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DATA AND MEDIUM RECORDING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method of storing scene comprising a three-dimensional image, which has been generated by converting an image input an apparatus supporting photographing of the three-dimensional image, into a recording medium. The method includes: loading, in a predetermined file type field, image type information indicating one of a single stereoscopic image and a synthetic image including a monoscopic image and a stereoscopic image; loading, in a configurative information container field, scene descriptor information indicating temporal and spatial relations between a plurality of media objects included in the three-dimensional image, object configurative information indicating object attributes of each media object of said plurality of media objects and a configurative relation between encoded streams of each of the media objects of said plurality, configurative information of the encoded streams, first metadata between the plurality of media objects, and second metadata between each media object of the plurality and the encoded stream thereof, and loading, in a media data container field, a bit stream of each media object included in the three-dimensional image, a bit stream for the first metadata, and a bit stream for the second metadata. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303814 | Three-dimensional data processing system - A three-dimensional data processing system performs a collating operation precisely and can reduce the quantity of data necessary for presenting candidate data. A storage device stores the three dimensional data of each reference body in a set of the primary compressed data, which has been prepared by compressing three-dimensional data in an irreversible compression method, and the secondary compressed data for compensating difference between the three-dimensional data restored from the primary compressed data and the original three-dimensional data. A server device collates, when it receives the collation object data, the three-dimensional data decompressed from the primary compressed data and the secondary compressed data of each reference object with the collation object data, and transmits the primary compressed data of the several reference objects of higher similarities to the client device. This client device decompresses and displays the primary compressed data on a display device. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080309660 | THREE DIMENSIONAL RENDERING OF DISPLAY INFORMATION - Game data is rendered in three dimensions in the GPU of a game console. A left camera view and a right camera view are generated from a single camera view. The left and right camera positions are derived as an offset from a default camera. The focal distance of the left and right cameras is infinity. A game developer does not have to encode dual images into a specific hardware format. When a viewer sees the two slightly offset images, the user's brain combines the two offset images into a single 3D image to give the illusion that objects either pop out from or recede into the display screen. In another embodiment, individual, private video is rendered, on a single display screen, for different viewers. Rather than rendering two similar offset images, two completely different images are rendered allowing each player to view only one of the images. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309661 | METHOD FOR THE DISPLAY OF PROCESS INFORMATION FOR A DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method for the display of process information for a data processing equipment shall enable a particularly simplified and flexible processing, even of complex datasets, based on situation or problem-specific evaluation rules. For this purpose, according to the invention, control data defining the rules for the evaluation of the diagnostic data are fed to an evaluation module, and the evaluation module effects, by means of the rules transmitted by the control data, an evaluation of the diagnostic data by means of which display data suitable for being output on a display device are generated. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309662 | Example Based 3D Reconstruction - A method includes reconstructing the 3D shape of an object appearing in an input image using at least one example objects of a collection of example 3D objects and their colors. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309663 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING ELEMENTAL IMAGES TO THE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ON THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An apparatus is provided with a display unit and a optical filter. The unit has pixels arranged in a matrix form, which are groped into a first group and second groups to display two-dimensional image information constituting elemental images, the image information being obtained from different directions. The optical filter has a first optical opening opposed to the first pixel group and second optical openings opposed to corresponding one of the second pixel groups. The center of the first pixel group is coincident with the axis of the first opening, each center of the second pixel groups is deviated from corresponding one of the second opening axe, and the deviation is gradually increased depending on a distance between the first and the second pixel group centers. The light rays are directed to a reference plane from the first and second pixel groups through the first and second opening axes. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080316201 | Systems and Methods for Displaying Three-Dimensional Images - Systems and methods for displaying three-dimensional (3D) images are described. In particular, the systems can include a display block made from a transparent material with optical elements three-dimensionally disposed therein. Each optical element becomes luminous when illuminated by a light ray. The systems can also include a computing device configured to generate two-dimensional (2D) images formatted to create 3D images when projected on the display block, by a video projector coupled to the computing device. The video projector is configured to project the 2D images on the block to create the 3D images by causing a set of the passive optical elements to become luminous. Various other systems and methods are described for displaying 3D images. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316202 | DIRECT MANIPULATION OF SUBDIVISION SURFACES USING A GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT - A graphics system allows for manipulation of a detail mesh for a subdivision surface. To deform the subdivision surface, the graphics system generates a corresponding deformed control mesh by attempting to satisfy both position constraints of the manipulation and Laplacian constraints for the detail mesh. After the deformed control mesh is generated, the deformed detail mesh can be generated by applying a subdivision function to the deformed control mesh to generate a deformed smooth mesh and then applying detail information to the deformed smooth mesh. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316203 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPECIFYING POINT IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE - An information processing method includes measuring a line-of-sight direction of a user as a first direction, specifying a first point based on the first direction, calculating a three-dimensional position of the first point, setting a first plane based on the three-dimensional position of the first position, measuring a line-of-sight direction of the user after the setting of the first plane as a second direction, specifying a second point included in the first plane based on the second direction, and calculating a three-dimensional position of the second point. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316204 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF A 3D OBJECT MODELED BY GEOMETRIES - A computer program, system and method of computer-aided design of a 3D object. The 3D object is modeled by: (i) cells, the cells being restrictions of geometries of the model; and (ii) a cell graph comprising relations between the cells, which relations capture a topology of the model. The invention system edits an initial model by interacting with a user to identify intended displacements of initial geometries of the model. The system then selects the cells which are restrictions of the geometries to be displaced. Cells adjacent to the selected cells are collected according to the cell graph. Some of the adjacent cells are excluded by means of predefined rules. A solver computes transformations to be applied to initial geometries, from the intended displacements and geometries whose collected cells are restrictions thereof. Lastly the system builds new geometries according to the transformations and initial geometries. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090002363 | Imparting Three-Dimensional Characteristics in a Two-Dimensional Space - Processes and techniques for imparting three-dimensional visual characteristics to images in a two-dimensional space are described. In one implementation, a graphical image is received in a two-dimensional space (e.g., a user interface on a computing device). A shape palette is presented to a user, the shape palette comprising a visual representation of three-dimensional visual information. Based on user markup of the shape palette, three-dimensional visual information is extracted from the shape palette and correlated with the graphical image. The three-dimensional visual information is processed to render the graphical image with three-dimensional visual characteristics. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002364 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE ALTERATION OF THE SHAPE OF A THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A method for determining the alteration of the shape of a three-dimensional object from at least one two-dimensional image of the object, wherein the original three-dimensional model shape of the object is known—or is ascertained from the at least one two-dimensional image of the object. The three-dimensional model shape is rotated such that at least one two-dimensional projection of the three-dimensional model shape matches or resembles at least one partial area or contour of the at least one two-dimensional image of the object, and the area or areas are ascertained in which the at least one two-dimensional image of the object deviates from the two-dimensional projection(s) of the three-dimensional model shape, wherein the deviating two-dimensional area or areas are identified as deformed areas and, after the deformed area or areas have been back-projected onto the three-dimensional model shape, the three-dimensional deformation of the three-dimensional object is ascertained. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002365 | Image processing program and image processing apparatus - A game apparatus includes a computer, and the computer reads rendering data from a rendering buffer, and displays a virtual three-dimensional image by utilizing color data and a depth value for each pixel which are included in the rendering data. When a photographing instruction is input, a focused position is detected on the basis of operation information. The computer calculates a difference between a depth value of each pixel included in the rendering data and a depth value of the focused position to generate color data which is subjected to blur processing with respect to blurring objective pixels, and writes the color data in the calculation buffer for each pixel. The computer generates a display image data including a blurred image on the basis of the color data of each pixel stored in the calculation buffer. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002366 | Method and Apparatus for Volume Rendering of Medical Data Sets - A method and a corresponding apparatus for volume rendering of medical data sets comprises a display ( | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002367 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION INTERFACE - A system and method is provided which allows for user-interactive, multi-dimensional information about coverage areas of wireless service providers. Map data can be continually updated by third party mapping systems, and the coverage data can be continually updated by coverage data repositories maintained by the respective wireless service provider or other entity. Example systems provide users an opportunity to explore coverage areas in a two- or more-dimensional, interactive map including map data and coverage strength layers presented via a user interface. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090009511 | IMAGE-DATA DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE-DATA OUTPUT DEVICE, AND IMAGE-DATA DISPLAY METHOD - An image-data display system includes: a display-related-information acquiring unit that acquires a display size of an object image including a plane projection image of a three-dimensional object; an output-image-data generating unit that acquires instruction image data indicative of two positions in the plane projection image displayed in the object image, a length between the two positions being actual size when the object image is displayed according to the display size; and a display device that displays the object image according to the display size, and executes display processing based on the instruction image data. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090015581 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To increase the number of object for which position, posture, and so forth are regularly updated even when a viewpoint position and a viewing direction are constantly changed in a virtual three-dimensional space, while keeping deterioration in smoothness of a display image unnoticeable. An image processor for producing and displaying a display image showing a picture obtained by viewing a virtual three-dimensional space where a viewpoint and a plurality of display target objects are disposed, from the view point, comprises an object selection unit ( | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090015582 | Short term residential spaces in a geo-spatial environment - A method, apparatus, and system of short term residential spaces in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a community network of user profiles, each profile associated with a specific geographic location, generating a first residential space identifier associated with a first user profile, and generating a first display view to include a three-dimensional map view embodied by the community network, the first residential space identifier, and the first user profile represented at a location in the three-dimensional map view associated with the specific geographic location of the first user profile. In addition, the method may also include simultaneously representing other user profiles adjacent to the first user profile in the three-dimensional map view. The method may also include simultaneously representing other user profiles adjacent to the first user profile of the user profiles in the three-dimensional map view. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090015583 | DIGITAL MUSIC INPUT RENDERING FOR GRAPHICAL PRESENTATIONS - A graphical presentation is produced at a display of a host computer such that a scene description is rendered and updated by a received digital music input, wherein the digital music input is matched to trigger events of the scene description and actions of each matched trigger event are executed in accordance with action processes of the scene description, thereby updating the scene description with respect to objects depicted in the scene on which the actions are executed. The updated scene description is then rendered. The system provides a means for connecting a graphics API to a musical instrument digital interface (e.g., MIDI) data stream and producing a presentation. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090021512 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, AUTOMATIC GENERATION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A parts selection unit ( | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021513 | Method of Customizing 3D Computer-Generated Scenes - An automated method of rapidly producing customized 3D graphics images in which various user images and video are merged into 3D computer graphics scenes, producing hybrid images that appear to have been created by a computationally intensive 3D rendering process, but which in fact have been created by a much less computationally intensive series of 2D image operations. To do this, a 3D graphics computer model is rendered into a 3D graphics image using a customized renderer designed to automatically report on some of the renderer's intermediate rendering operations, and store this intermediate data in the form of metafilm. User images and video may then be automatically combined with the metafilm, producing a 3D rendered quality final image with orders of magnitude fewer computing operations. The process can be used to inexpensively introduce user content into sophisticated images and videos suitable for many internet, advertising, cell phone, and other applications. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021514 | HANDLING RASTER IMAGE 3D OBJECTS - A raster image 3D platform provides methods and systems to facilitate image capture, position detection, and association of the image and position to create a raster image 3D object for modeling and simulation. The 3D object model, when combined with rendered 3D model, can be used in 3D simulation for design and planning purposes. Metadata can be combined with the raster image object to record important aspects of the object such as position, direction, environment, and the like that can be applied to a simulation of the object. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090027379 | IMAGING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an imaging system for displaying image data representative of a structure investigated by scan image data acquisition means. The imaging system comprises display rendering means for processing scan data representative of the configuration of the structure and rendering a display comprising a 3D image of the structure superposed with a scan image representative of the extent of the scan region. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027380 | 3-D visualization - An apparatus, computer program, method, system, and graphical display are provided for analyzing and imaging 3-D or multi-dimensional data volumes using linked 2-D parametric surfaces. At least two 2-D parametric surfaces are each derived from a multi-dimensional data volume. The 2-D parametric surfaces are displayed. The 2-D parametric surfaces are linked to each other. A user interface enables rotation, translation, or scaling of the planes. The linked planes are operated upon in unison. The 2-D parametric surfaces are redisplayed. A subset area may be defined to restrain the area of additional computations. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027381 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are a spherical three-dimensional (3D) content reproduction apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The 3D content reproduction apparatus includes: a spherical display device which reproduces 3D content; and a docking station which provides 3D content, or the 3D content and metadata of the 3D content received from one of a web server and a storage unit to the spherical display device. The docking station includes a detecting unit which detects whether the spherical display device is attached to or detached from the docking station, and transmits a detection result to the spherical display device. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027382 | Method and system for direct rendering of multi-volume data - A method for performing direct rendering of a multi-volume data, having the steps of determining whether a volume of the multi-volume data is one of active and inactive via interaction with a ray for the multi-volume data, recording in triplicate a starting point and an end point of the ray for an eyespace, repeating the determining whether the volume is one of active and inactive via interaction with a ray for the multi-volume data and the recording in triplicate a starting point and an end point of the ray for an eyespace for all volumes of the multi-volume data, providing triples from all volumes to an array, sorting the array to create a sorted triples list array, breaking the ray into a plurality of segments using the sorted triples list array, determining which volumes are active for each of the segments via an active volume list, and sampling each segment of the ray to acquire an accumulated result. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027383 | Computing system parallelizing the operation of multiple graphics processing pipelines (GPPLs) and supporting depth-less based image recomposition - A computing system capable of parallelizing the operation of multiple graphics processing pipelines (GPPLs), The computing system includes a parallel graphics processing subsystem (PGPS) supporting an object-division mode of parallel operation, including at least four stages, namely, decomposition, distribution, rendering and recomposition. The PGPS includes a z-buffering mechanism, wherein the frame buffer has a color value for each pixel, and the z-depth buffer has the same number of entries as the color frame buffer, and stores a z-value for each pixel in the color frame buffer. The z-buffer is initialized to zero, representing the z-value at the back clipping plane of the 3D scene, and the frame buffer is initialized to the background color. The largest value that can be stored in the z-buffer represents the z value of the front clipping plane. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027384 | Method of Identifying Pattern in a Series of Data - In a method and device for generating and/or displaying 3D images the depth of content (d) of an image or a part of an image is temporarily increased to a high level (h) where after the depth of content is decreased to a low level ( | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090033653 | Adaptive Sub-Sampling for Reduction in Issued Rays - According to one embodiment of the invention, by increasing the number of rays issued through adjacent pixels with colors of high contrast while maintaining the number of rays issued through adjacent pixels which do not have colors of high contrast, a ray tracing image processing system may render an anti-aliased image while minimizing the increase in workload experienced by the image processing system. Additionally, according to another embodiment of the invention, by maintaining the number of rays issued through adjacent pixels which have colors of low contrast while increasing the number of rays issued through adjacent pixels which do not have colors of low contrast, the image processing system may reduce workload experienced while performing ray tracing while maintaining the quality of the rendered image. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033654 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALLY REPRESENTING AN OBJECT TO A USER - A first two-dimensional geometric representation of a first moving object from a received first image is determined. A first visual indication to render the first two-dimensional geometric representation of the first moving object in a three-dimensional space is obtained. The first moving object is visually rendered in the three-dimensional space to a user according to the first two-dimensional geometric representation. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033655 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSE ESTIMATION - A system and method for identifying objects using a machine-vision based system are disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment is a method that captures a first image of at least one object with an image capture device, processes the first captured image to find an object region based on a reference two-dimensional model and determines a three-dimensional pose estimation based on a reference three-dimensional model that corresponds to the reference two-dimensional model and a runtime three-dimensional representation of the object region where a point-to-point relationship between the reference three-dimensional models of the object and the runtime three-dimensional representation of the object region is not necessarily previously known. Thus, two-dimensional information or data is used to segment an image and three-dimensional information or data used to perform three-dimensional pose estimation on a segment of the image. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033656 | DATABASE DRIVEN RELATIONAL OBJECT MODELING AND DESIGN SYSTEM, METHOD AND SOFTWARE - The systems, methods, and software of the present invention relate to a database drive relational object modeling and design platform, which addresses the need for a system that allows the design and modification of complex three dimensional objects while doing so in a manner that reduces the requirements for computing power, user training, and man-hours input for design completion. In preferred embodiments, the systems, methods, and software of the present invention provide for a complete end-to-end package that can be used from design initiation to final production, fabrication, and assembly of the designed object. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090040215 | Interpreting Sign Language Gestures - Embodiments of the invention include methods and apparatuses relating to identifying hand gestures. In one embodiment, a hand gesture is identified by capturing an image including an image object of the hand gesture, generating a numerical signature based on the image object, and identifying the hand gesture from reference numerical signatures associated with reference hand gestures. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040216 | Data Compression Method and Apparatus, Data Restoration Method and Apparatus, and Program Therefor - Three-dimensional data ( | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090046093 | MAP DISPLAY DEVICE AND MAP DISPLAY METHOD - A map display device and a map display method, in which a building in a map is formed as a pseudo three-dimensional figure and arithmetic processing to display the figure as a bird's-eye view is simplified. The map display device | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046094 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING AVATAR MOVEMENT IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - The present invention provides a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer useable program code to offer to move an avatar in a virtual universe. A computer predicts a location selection to form a prediction. The computer renders a first viewport in a computer display, based on the prediction. The first viewport includes a first user-control; a first coordinate; and a first attitude. The computer renders a second viewport comprising a second user-control, a second coordinate and a second attitude wherein at least one object is rendered in a computer display from a perspective distinct from a perspective of the first viewport. The computer receives an instruction corresponding to the first user-control. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046095 | Image Analogy Filters For Terrain Modeling - The present disclosure relates to the development of terrain image analogy filters which may be used to convert visible terrain imagery from a first condition to a second condition. For example, from a seasonal “daytime/summer” view to a “nighttime/winter” appearance. The image analogy filters may be generated using processors such as one or more graphics processing units. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046096 | Totally Integrated Intelligent Dynamic Systems Display - An apparatus for graphically displaying analytical data, comprising a generic model to graphically represent a complex set of physical characteristics potentially leading to catastrophic failure of a physical system. A central region represents failure of the physical system; a series of concentric ridges represents level of function. Wedge shaped regions upon the ridges represent predetermined subsystems of the physical system. An icon is displayed with changes in the icon proportional to time, and any one or more of color, position, shape, and rotation of the icon representing prescribed analysis of the physical characteristics. Mappings correlate predetermined characteristics of the system with failure of the physical system, levels of functioning represented by the ridges, subsystems represented by the wedge shaped regions, and/or analysis of the physical characteristics represented in the icon. A sensor interface receives measurements, and a graphics generator prepares a presentation of the model. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046097 | Method of making animated video - A method of making an animated movie includes the steps of casting one or more animated characters as performers in a play of the animated video; creating one or more scenes of the animated video; canvassing the animated character in the scene to form a motion picture, and outputting the motion picture in a realtime playback manner. The motion picture is canvassed by the steps creating a timeline of the scene; setting a light effect of the scene; setting a shooting angle of the animated character in the scene; and setting a movement of the animated character in the scene in responsive to the timeline. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090051680 | Curved-Surface Generating Method and Program, and Three-Dimensional Shape Processing Apparatus - A plurality of representative points are selected from a group of points obtained as results of shape measurement of an object, respective principal curvatures are calculated at the representative points on the basis of positional relationships between the representative point and a plurality of points existing around the representative point, a line of curvature is created on the basis of the principal curvatures of the representative points and a curved surface is generated using this line of curvature. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051681 | Monitoring User Attention in a Computer-Simulated Environment - Provided are methods, data processing systems and computer program product for monitoring user activity and monitoring the effectiveness of objects within a virtual environment such as an immersive, computer-simulated | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051682 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE IMAGES WHICH CONTAIN VIRTUAL OBJECTS - Methods and apparatus for production of composite images, videos, or films which exhibit virtual objects. More particularly, methods and apparatus for rendering, scaling, and/or locating, virtual objects within composite images, videos, or films employing marker objects as reference objects. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051683 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FOOT SHAPE GENERATION - A foot shape generation system that is based on digital photography and a database to provide three-dimensional point cloud information for footwear designers and manufacturers to realize footwear customization. The subject | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051684 | 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 coordinates from an input device to the world-space point on the surface of the 3D object. A normal is determined at that point and a brush image is projected from that point, along the normal, to the underlying surfaces. The system is implemented by providing a system that implements selecting a selected area of a displayed object, and projecting a brush directly onto a surface of the selected area. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051685 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes: a plane display device including a display panel formed of pixels arranged in a matrix form and an image display controller controlling an image displayed on the display panel; an optical plate including a plurality of lenses provided in front of the display panel and controlling light rays illuminated from the pixels; a display mode selector selecting one of stereoscopic image display and two-dimensional image display as a display mode; an analyzer analyzing image information contained in a two-dimensional image displayed based on a display information and determine whether to process the two-dimensional image when two-dimensional image display as a display mode be selected; and an image processor processing the two-dimensional image based on a result of the analysis conducted by the analyzer, sending the processed two-dimensional image to the image display controller, and causing the image display controller to display the processed two-dimensional image on the display panel. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051686 | SIMULATION OF DYNAMIC CITY ENVIRONMENTS AND A RELATED FABRICATION METHOD - A method of dynamic generation by computer simulation of spatial elements, in particular, buildings and roads, constituting a three-dimensional city environment, the method comprising providing a supervisor subroutine responsible for overall control of the simulation; providing a spatial reorganization subroutine subordinate to the supervisor subroutine and responsible for generating the city environment on a local scale; placing a spatial element in the simulation; generating an inquiry from the supervisory subroutine which is sent to the spatial reorganization subroutine and providing spatial materialization of the inquiry by the spatial reorganization subroutine, which involves agents wherein at least some of the agents are able to negotiate with one another. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090058849 | GEOSPATIAL DATA SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY RETRIEVING AND DISPLAYING GEOSPATIAL TEXTURE DATA IN SUCCESSIVE ADDITIVE LAYERS OF RESOLUTION AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial data system may include at least one geospatial data storage device containing three-dimensional (3D) geospatial structure data, and also containing geospatial texture data associated with the geospatial 3D structure data and being retrievable in successive additive layers of resolution. The system may further include at least one geospatial data access device comprising a display and a processor cooperating therewith for communicating remotely with the at least one geospatial data storage device to retrieve and display a scene on the display based upon the 3D structure data and the geospatial texture data associated therewith. The geospatial texture data may advantageously be retrieved and displayed in successive additive layers of resolution. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058850 | System and method for intuitive interactive navigational control in virtual environments - A human-computer-interface design scheme makes possible the creation of an interactive intuitive user navigation system that allows user to issue his intended direction and speed for traversing in the virtual environment with just appropriately positioning a tracker within the operating space. The interface system contains the information about the boundary and center of an arbitrarily-defined static zone within the operating space of the tracker. If the tracker is positioned inside this static zone, the system would interpret it as no traverse is intended. When the user decides to move in a particular direction, he just needs to move the tracker outside the static zone in that direction, and the computer would be able to calculate the intended traverse vector by finding the vector from the center of the static zone to the position of the tracker. The further the tracker is positioned from the static zone, the greater the speed of the intended traverse. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058851 | METHOD FOR DRAWING GEOMETRIC SHAPES - A method for drawing geometric shapes comprises the steps of obtaining a request to draw at least two geometric shapes, each having assigned a depth coordinate and at least one having the depth coordinate variable across its surface, dividing the geometric shapes into rectangles such that each rectangle has a constant depth coordinate, sorting the rectangles according to the depth coordinate value and drawing the rectangles in the sorted order so as to form an output image. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090066690 | SELECTIVE INTERACTIVE MAPPING OF REAL-WORLD OBJECTS TO CREATE INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL-WORLD OBJECTS - A method for interactively defining a virtual-world space based on real-world objects in a real-world space is disclosed. In one operation, one or more real-world objects in the real-world space is captured to define the virtual-world space. In another operation, one of the real-world objects is identified, the identified object is to be characterized into a virtual-world object. In yet another operation, a user is prompted for user identification of one or more object locations to enable extraction of parameters for real-world object, and the object locations are identified relative to an identifiable reference plane in the real-world space. In another operation, the extracted parameters of the real-world object may be stored in memory. The virtual-world object can then be generated in the virtual world space from the stored extracted parameters of the real-world object. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066691 | METHOD FOR RENDERING AN OBJECT - The method is for rendering an object. An object to be rendered is identified. An outline of the object is defined. A front plate of the object is identified. A back plate that is shifted relative to the front plate is created. A beveled side extending between the front plate and the back plate is identified. A beveled contour of the beveled side from a series of segments of edges is created. A boundary line between visible and non-visible segments of surfaces is identified. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090073162 | Three-dimensional design lasts for footwear - Systems and methods for generating three-dimensional design lasts for footwear include: (a) generating a three-dimensional last structure on the computer display (e.g., having the appearance of a conventional footwear last structure); (b) receiving user input indicating offset values for various zones of the last structure, wherein the user input indicates offset values for one or more of: a toe region, a heel region, an ankle region, a forefoot region, and/or an instep region; and (c) generating a three-dimensional design last for the footwear on the computer based on the three-dimensional last structure and the user input indicating the desired offset values. The three-dimensional design last may constitute a modified version of the three-dimensional last structure that has an increased thickness to simulate a desired thickness of an upper material placed on the last structure and/or to more closely simulate an appearance of an actual footwear upper. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073163 | Apparatus for and method of processing vertex - An apparatus for and method of processing a vertex in relation to 3 dimensional (3D) graphics pipeline are provided. According to the method, while a processor processes vertex data in units of batches, vertex data corresponding to a batch to be processed next is extracted and temporarily stored in a buffer independently of the processor. If the processor finishes processing of the current batch, the batch stored in the buffer is output so that the processor can immediately process the batch. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073164 | AUTOMATIC COMPOSITING OF 3D OBJECTS IN A STILL FRAME OR SERIES OF FRAMES - Systems, methods, and computer program products for creating composite images. In one approach, a method for generating an image, comprises the computer implemented steps of: adding a three dimensional (3D) object to a two dimensional (2D) image; rendering a representation of one of the objects in the 2D image viewable through a transparent or semi-transparent portion of the 3D object; and rendering an effect of refraction on one of the objects in the 2D image viewable through the transparent or semi-transparent portion of the 3D object. Additional embodiments are also presented. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090079729 | RENDERING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS ON A SERVER COMPUTER - Technologies are described herein for rendering documents containing three-dimensional objects. A client computer receives a request to display a document. If a program utilized to create the document is not available to display the document, the client computer transmits a request to a server computer to render the document, including the rendering of any three-dimensional objects contained therein. In response to receiving the request, the server computer determines whether the document contains any three-dimensional objects. If the document contains three-dimensional objects, the server computer renders the three-dimensional objects. Once the three-dimensional objects have been rendered, the remaining portion of the document is also rendered. The rendered version of the document is then returned to the client computer in response to the original request to render the document. The rendered document is then displayed on the client computer by a standard viewer application. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090079730 | Method and apparatus for generating 3D image using 2D photograph images - Provided is a method and apparatus for generating a 3D image including: generating a 2D panorama image showing the whole scene by combining a plurality of 2D images, each of which partially showing the scene; and generating a 3D image by folding the 2D panorama image on the basis of image information on the 2D panorama image. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090079731 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR A 3D VIRTUAL SCENE - A navigation system for navigating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a model or object with which a user can interact. The system accommodates and helps both novice and advanced users. To do this, the system provides a set of GUI tracking menus for different navigation tasks where each navigation tool has action tools associated with the navigation task. The action tools are arranged in rings with the most used tools on an outside. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090079732 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR A 3D VIRTUAL SCENE - A navigation system for navigating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a model or object with which a user can interact. The system accommodates and helps both novice and advanced users. To do this, the system locks a cursor to a model point in a scene during panning and controls panning speed relative to a bounding box size of the scene. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090079733 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - An element image array for displaying a three-dimensional image is generated by assigning the parallax images that are contained in multi-viewpoint information obtained under an arbitrary condition to the pixels included in a display panel so that parallax information derived from multi-viewpoint images is assigned to the pixels, based on the incident positions of the optical beams emitted from the pixels and the image obtaining positions of the multi-viewpoint images, while the number of pixels forming each element image is adjusted so that the optical beams become incident substantially in mutually the same area at a first viewing distance. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090079734 | Sketching Three-Dimensional(3D) Physical Simulations - A system for creating physical simulations using hand-sketched three-dimensional (3D) objects, including: a memory device for storing a program; a processor in communication with the memory device, the processor operative with the program to enable: 3D objects to be hand-sketched and assigned physical descriptions; and behavior of the physical descriptions to be simulated in a physics environment. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090085910 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A COMPOSITE IMAGE - A method of rendering a computer generated 3D scene integrated with a base image, the method comprising loading a base image, such as a photograph, and a computer generated 3D scene or model. The base image is displayed on a monitor, and in one embodiment the calibration of the camera which generated the base image is determined. The 3D model is rendered as an overlay of the base image responsive thereto. In another embodiment, the camera calibration of the 3D scene is made consonant with the base image by selecting corresponding points. The base image is then additionally displayed at a predetermined transparency as an overlay of the 3D model. A user then selects pixels of the base image overlay for placement in the foreground. The selected pixels are then displayed without transparency and the balance of the base image overlay removed rendering the integrated image. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090085911 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR A 3D VIRTUAL SCENE - A navigation system for navigating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a model or object with which a user can interact. The system accommodates and helps both novice and advanced users. To do this, the system provides safe navigation features including tool clustering, orientation indicators in the scene, slider indicating scene position, motion warning graphics and other features that help in navigating the scene. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090085912 | Full-Color Anaglyph Three-Dimensional Display - Methods and systems for displaying full-color three-dimensional imagery are provided. A first color set, having a first color spectrum, is defined to include a first set of LEDs. The first color set is assigned to a first color-coded image perspective. A second color set, having a second color spectrum, is defined to include a second set of LEDs. The second color set is assigned to a second color-coded image perspective. The full-color three-dimensional imagery is caused by activating, alternatively, at least two LEDs of the first color set or the second color set and one LED of a remaining color set and displaying the three-dimensional image based on the first image perspective and the second image perspective. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090091563 | CHARACTER ANIMATION FRAMEWORK - An extensible character animation framework is provided that enables video game design teams to develop reusable animation controllers that are customizable for specific applications. According to embodiments, the animation framework enables animators to construct complex animations by creating hierarchies of animation controllers, and the complex animation is created by blending the animation outputs of each of the animation controllers in the hierarchy. The extensible animation framework also provides animators with the ability to customize various attributes of a character being animated and to view the changes to the animation in real-time in order to provide immediate feedback to the animators without requiring that the animators manually rebuild the animation data each time that the animators make a chance to the animation data. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091564 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS HAVING OVERLAPPING PRIMITIVES - The subject application is directed to a system and method for document rendering. Scanline memory locations are first allocated by a memory allocation unit corresponding to a scanline of an electronic document to be rendered. Instruction memory locations are then allocated for each scanline memory location. An electronic document having at least one output primitive is then received and a unique identifier is assigned to each of the primitives. Each output primitive is then converted into a series of instructions, associated with one or more scanline memory locations. Each instruction is then stored in an allocated instruction memory location corresponding to a selected scanline memory location. An encoded scanline output file, including content of each instruction memory location corresponding to each scanline memory location, is communicated to an associated document rendering device. Each primitive is then rendered according to an output priority based upon identifiers associated with the primitives. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091565 | ADVERTISING WITH AN INFLUENTIAL PARTICIPANT IN A VIRTUAL WORLD - Technologies are described herein for advertising with an influential participant in a virtual world. A facilitator rating is determined for each of a plurality of participants in the virtual world. The facilitator rating may indicate an influence of each of the plurality of participants on other participants in the virtual world. One or more participants are identified from the plurality of participants based on the facilitator rating. The one or more participants are utilized to provide an advertisement in the virtual world. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091566 | System and methods for thick specimen imaging using a microscope based tissue sectioning device - Systems and methods according to embodiments of the present invention facilitate imaging and sectioning of a thick specimen that allow for 3D image reconstruction. An example embodiment employs a laser scanning microscope and sectioning device, where the specimen, and optionally, the sectioning device are affixed to respective programmable stages. The stage normally used for aligning the specimen with the microscope objective is used as an integral component for sectioning the specimen. A specimen is imaged such that the imaging depth is less than the sectioning depth to produce overlap in contiguous sets of images; both acts are repeated until the imaging is completed. A substantially or completely seamless 3D image of the specimen is reconstructed by collecting sets of 2D images and aligning imaged features of structures in overlapping images or portions thereof. Specimen may be from a human, animal, or plant. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091567 | IMAGE ENHANCEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FIDUCIAL-LESS TRACKING OF TREATMENT TARGETS - A method and system are presented for enhancing one or more images of an object, so as to increase the visibility within the images of one or more structures within the object. The object may be an anatomical region of a patient, and may include one or more reference structures, for example skeletal structures or vertebral structures, and one or more treatment targets, for example tumors or lesions. An operator, for example a top-hat filter operator, selects at least a first neighborhood and a second neighborhood within the images. The operator selects within each neighborhood one or more pixels having an optimal pixel value, and eliminates the remaining pixels in these neighborhoods. When the operator is applied to the selected neighborhoods, only the pixels having the greatest pixel values remain in the selected neighborhoods, and the remaining pixels are eliminated in the selected neighborhoods. As a result, desired features can be located and enhanced in the images. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090096782 | MESSAGE SERVICE METHOD SUPPORTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ON MOBILE PHONE, AND MOBILE PHONE THEREFOR - A message service method supporting a three-dimensional (3D) image on a mobile phone, and a mobile phone therefor, are provided. A memory stores at least one 3D image code and a 3D image mapped to each 3D image code. When a text-based message is created, a controller inserts a 3D image code mapped to a 3D image selected by a user into the text-based message and sends the message. When the 3D image is dynamically displayed along with text of the message, a sender can better express his or her emotions. A 3D moving image is a more effective means of expression than a still image or text. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090096783 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SENSING USING SPECKLE PATTERNS - Apparatus ( | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090102833 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RE-PARAMETERIZING THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELS REPRESENTED AS CATMULL-CLARK SUBDIVISION SURFACES - A system, method, and program product for re-parameterizing one or more three-dimensional Catmull-Clark models is disclosed. Each of the models has one or more surfaces and one or more extraordinary vertices. One or more adjacent iso-parameter lines of the model have a spacing between them that increases as the iso-parameter lines approach the extraordinary vertex. A re-parameterization process that re-parameterizes the model so that one or more of the extraordinary vertices have adjacent iso-parameter lines with spacing that does not increase as the lines approach the extraordinary vertex. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102834 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102835 | GENERATING AN ASSET FOR INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT USING DIGITAL IMAGE CAPTURE - Systems, methods and apparatus for generating an asset for a simulated environment using digital image capture are disclosed. An outline of an object in a digital image is automatically traced to generate data representing a two-dimensional polygon that encompasses the object. The outline is traced without relying on further input from a user once the digital image of the object has been captured. A portion of the digital image bounded by the two-dimensional polygon is separated from a remaining portion of the digital image. The portion of the image bounded by the two-dimensional polygon is associated with an asset in the simulated environment. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102836 | METHOD FOR REMOTE-CONTROLLING TARGET APPARATUS USING MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM THEREOF - A remote control system and method is provided for remote-controlling a target apparatus using a mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal senses a movement of the mobile communication terminal to measure current position information, acceleration information and angular velocity information of the mobile communication terminal according to the movement, and generates pointer motion information for a pointer of the target apparatus using a distance from the target apparatus and the measured information. The target apparatus receives the generated pointer motion information from the mobile communication terminal, and shifts the pointer being three-dimensionally displayed, according to the received pointer motion information. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102837 | 3D GRAPHIC RENDERING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A three-dimensional (3D) graphic rendering apparatus is provided. The 3D graphic rendering apparatus includes an object-information extraction module which extracts a bound box of each of a plurality of objects, including an i-th object and a j-th object, wherein i and j are natural numbers; an object alignment module which aligns the i-th object and the j-th object according to distances of the i-th and j-th objects, based on the extracted bound boxes of the i-th and j-th objects, from a visual point; and a rendering module which sequentially renders the aligned i-th and j-th objects such that an object among the i-th and j-th objects distant from the visual point can be rendered earlier than an object among the i-th and j-th objects less distant from the visual point. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102838 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOTING THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICAL DATA - Systems and methods for remotely displaying three dimensional graphical data, include a local computing machine that communicates with a remote computing machine via a connection. An application executing on the local computing machine, generates three dimensional graphics commands which are intercepted and transferred to either the remote computing machine or a computing element on the local computing machine. Determining where to transfer the three dimensional graphics commands requires: an analysis of the application to obtain application specific characteristics; an analysis of the remote computing machine to obtain the capabilities of the remote computing machine; an analysis of the local computing machine to obtain the capabilities of the local computing machine; and an analysis of the connection to determine characteristics of the connection. A determination is made in response to obtaining the application characteristics, the remote computing machine capabilities, the local computing machine capabilities and the connection characteristics. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102839 | ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An electronic display device includes a display unit including a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixels, and a barrier unit covering the display unit, including a plurality of first areas and a plurality of second areas alternately arranged along a length direction of the data lines, a first electrode group respectively provided in each of the first areas, each of the electrode groups including a plurality of first sub-electrodes and a plurality of second sub-electrodes alternately arranged along a length direction of the scan lines, a second electrode group provided in each of the second areas on a layer that is different from a layer on which the first electrode group is provided, each of the second electrode groups including a plurality of third sub-electrodes and a plurality of fourth sub-electrodes alternately arranged along the length direction of the scan line, and an insulation layer between the first and second electrode groups. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR 3D MEASUREMENT AND SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION - A system and method for measuring and surface reconstruction of a 3D image of an object comprises a projector arranged to project a pattern onto a surface of an object to be imaged; and a processor stage arranged to examine distortion or distortions produced in the pattern by the surface. The processor stage is arranged to convert by, for example, a triangulation process the distortion or distortions produced in the pattern by the surface to a distance representation representative of the shape of the surface. The processor stage is also arranged to reconstruct electronically the surface shape of the object. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090109213 | ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENHANCING MULTIMEDIA FEATURES IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - In one embodiment, a method for operating a virtual environment is disclosed. The method can include receiving an interactive virtual universe feed from a network in coordinate format. The method can also include displaying an interactive virtual universe and providing a trigger to a client application responsive to a user interaction. The trigger can change a mode of a user's computer where the computer receives and displays video data or pixel data. Thus, the client machine can display higher quality video. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109214 | Product Modeling System and Method - A product modeling system and method are provided. On one embodiment, the product modeling system is used to model a piece of apparel, such as a shirt, with a design wherein the model with the design is used to display the piece of apparel with the design to a consumer. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109215 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER INTERFACE COMMUNICATION WITH AN IMAGE MANIPULATOR - A system, and method for use thereof, for image manipulation. The system may generate an original image in a three dimensional coordinate system. A sensing system may sense a user interaction with the image. The sensed user interaction may be correlated with the three dimensional coordinate system. The correlated user interaction may be used to project an updated image, where the updated image may be a distorted version of the original image. The image distortion may be in the form of a twisting, bending, cutting, displacement, or squeezing. The system may be used for interconnecting or communicating between two or more components connected to an interconnection medium (e.g., a bus) within a single computer or digital data processing system. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109216 | Method and Server Computer For Generating Map Images For Creating Virtual Spaces Representing The Real World - A method and server computer for generating map images and providing the map images to users through the Internet are described. Web sites are automatically and recursively visited and downloaded through hyperlinks. Content items containing address and establishment information are retrieved from the information as downloaded from the visited web sites. The content retrieved items are indexed to associate the address information items contained therein with the establishment information items contained therein about establishments which are located in the addresses associated therewith respectively. A visual indication indicative of the establishment corresponding to an establishment information item is superimposed on a map image in a position corresponding to the address of this establishment with reference to the indexed content items. The map image is transmitted to a user through the Internet in response to a request message from the user. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090115776 | Dynamically Displaying Personalized Content in an Immersive Environment - Embodiments of the invention provide a method of managing content filters within a three dimensional (3D) immersive environment without compromising the visual and interactive integrity of the environment itself. In one embodiment, content may be selectively filtered by dynamically categorizing content within the immersive environment by tracking baseline avatar patterns. Once a pattern is identified between a given content element (i.e., some element of the environment which an avatar may interact with) and avatar interactions (or lack of interactions) with that content element, a filter may be defined and applied to that content element. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090115777 | Method of Generating and Using a Virtual Fitting Room and Corresponding System - The invention relates to a method of generating and using a virtual fitting room and to the corresponding system. According to the invention, computer means which are associated with a camera and display means are used to:
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| 20090115778 | Workstation for Processing and Producing a Video Signal - A workstation for processing and producing a video signal comprises a video input system, a video graphics processor, and a video output system. The video input system may comprise a video input module, a first video pipeline, and a second video pipeline. The video output system may comprise a receiver, a video pipeline and a video output module. In addition, the video input system may comprise a video input module having a specific configuration and a video processing module having a connector for coupling the video input module, the specific configuration of the video input module setting the characteristics of the video processing module. The video output system may comprise a video processing module having a connector for coupling a video output module and a video output module having a specific configuration, the specific configuration of the video output module setting the characteristics of the video processing module. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090115779 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NAVIGATION AND TERRAIN CHANGE DETECTION - Methods and systems for performing navigation and terrain change detection based on real-time projection of a structured light pattern are provided. In a method for detecting a change in a field of view from a first point in time to a second point in time, a current three-dimensional dataset of the field of view is generated from a point of reference based on data received in real-time. The location of the point of reference is determined based on geo-spatial data. A stored three-dimensional dataset of the field of view generated from data received at the point of reference at the first point in time is accessed; and used to provide one or more alerts which signify changes in the field of view between the current three-dimensional dataset and the stored three-dimensional dataset. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090115780 | RENDERING AN OUTPUT IMAGE - A method of rendering an output image ( | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090115781 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Games are processed in a more realistic and immediate manner during image processing for soccer games and the like. Specifically, the movements of characters more accurately simulate those of actual opponents, resulting in greater game realism. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090122057 | METHOD FOR INCREASING SPEED IN VIRTUAL THREE DIMENSIONAL APPLICATION - A method for increasing speed in virtual 3D application is applied to a game console, which includes a processor and is used for outputting scan lines of a frame. The method includes the steps of: providing registers corresponding to the scan lines; and interrupting the processor in a vertical blank period. The step of interrupting includes: calculating 3D operating parameters corresponding to the scan lines according to an operation provided to the game console by a user; storing the 3D operating parameters into the registers; and calculating outputted scan lines according to the scan lines and the corresponding 3D operating parameters. Since the registers respectively corresponding to the scan lines are provided, the number of times of interrupting the processor can be decreased and the efficiency can be greatly increased. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090128546 | Method And Program For Registration Of Three-Dimensional Shape - As a feature, a local range image described in a log-polar coordinate system with a tangential plane set as an image plane is used. In a created image, ambiguity concerning an angular axis around the normal is normalized as a power spectrum using Fourier series expansion and changed to an amount invariable with respect to rotation. The power spectrum is dimensionally compressed by expanding the power spectrum in a peculiar space using a peculiar vector. Corresponding points are searched by nearest neighbor in a dimensionally compressed space to calculate a correspondence relation among the points. Wrong correspondence is removed by verification to determine a positional relation among range images. A reliable correspondence relation is narrowed down by verification by cross-correlation and a RANSAC to create a tree structure representing a link relation among the range images. A shape mode is created by applying a simultaneous registration method to plural range images of the tree structure using a result of this registration as an initial value. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128547 | APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING 3D IMAGE - A three-dimensional image display apparatus having improved resolution and an expanded elementary three-dimensional space is disclosed. The three-dimensional image display apparatus includes a display device ( | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128548 | IMAGE REPAIR INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL VIEWPOINTS - A system and method for repairing an object in image data of an event. An image of the event is obtained from a camera, and an object is detected in the image. For example, the event may be a sporting event in which the object is a participant. Moreover, a portion of the object is occluded in a viewpoint of the camera. For instance, a limb of the participant may be occluded by another participant. The object is repaired by providing a substitute for the occluded portion. A user may perform the repair via a user interface by selecting part of an image from an image library and positioning the selected portion relative to the object. A textured 3d model of the event is combined with data from the repaired object, to depict a realistic virtual viewpoint of the event which differs from a viewpoint of the camera. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128549 | FADING TECHNIQUES FOR VIRTUAL VIEWPOINT ANIMATIONS - In one aspect, an image of an event is obtained from a camera, and an object is detected in the image. Data of a textured 3d model of the event and data from the object are combined to depict virtual viewpoints of the event which differ from a real viewpoint of the camera. The object is at least partially faded out at a virtual viewpoint which meets a specified criterion, such as a specified angular offset, or exceeding a specified difference from the viewpoint of the camera. The fading can occur over multiple virtual viewpoints, or over a time period in which the fading is otherwise apparent to a human viewer. In another aspect, an animation is provided in which one object is faded out at a specified virtual viewpoint so that it does not fully occlude another object. For instance, the objects can be participants in a sports event. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128550 | Computing system supporting parallel 3D graphics processes based on the division of objects in 3D scenes - A computing system supporting parallel 3D graphics processes based on the division of objects in 3D scenes. The computing system includes (i) a CPU memory space for storing one or more graphics-based applications and a graphics library for generating graphics commands and data (GCAD) during the run-time of the graphics-based applications, (ii) one or more CPUs for executing the graphics-based applications, and (iii) parallel graphics processing system (PGPS) having multiple graphics processing pipelines (GPPLs), supporting object division based parallelism among the GPPLs, and performing pixel depth value comparison within each GPPL using a common global depth map (GDM) during pixel rendering processing. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128551 | Multi-pass method of generating an image frame of a 3D scene using an object-division based parallel graphics rendering process - A multi-pass method of generating an image frame of a | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128552 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR COMBINING REAL OBJECT AND VIRTUAL OBJECT AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR - When an image in a virtual space in which a virtual object is arranged is generated using a ray tracing method, and when it is determined that a ray which is generated in accordance with the ray tracing method successively intersected an approximate virtual object such as a hand which is a real object at lest twice, an image corresponding to a first intersection is generated in accordance with the ray emitted to the first intersection. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128553 | IMAGING OF ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an imaging device having a Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) scanner to generate MRI data associated with soft tissue of a patient, and supply said MRI data to diagnostic equipment that selects one or more normative soft tissue profiles of a select anatomical section, and generates a three dimensional soft tissue image from the MRI data and the one or more normative soft tissue profiles. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128554 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING VIEW IMPACT - A computer implemented method of determining a view impact of a target structure, the method constituted of: loading a 3D scene; determining a view point and direction of interest of the loaded 3D scene; rendering, without the target structure, a plane of the loaded 3D scene image perpendicular to the determined view point and direction of interest at a distance from the view point distal of the target structure; counting the number of pixels for the rendered plane without the target structure; rendering, with the target structure, a plane of the loaded 3D scene image perpendicular to the determined view point and direction of interest at the distance from the view point distal of the target structure; counting the number of pixels for the rendered plane with the target structure; and calculating the difference between the counted pixels with the target structure and the counted pixels without the target structure. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128555 | System and method for creating and using live three-dimensional avatars and interworld operability - A system and method for creating a live 3D avatar and effecting interworld operability. The system includes an arrangement for providing a 3D wireframe or surface; an arrangement for providing a series of images; and an arrangement for mapping the series of images onto the wireframe or surface. A mechanism is included for predistorting the images prior to mapping. An additional mechanism is included for simulating the lower body of the user, preferably based on the upper body thereof. Ideally, the system and method is implemented in software stored on a machine readable medium and executed by a processor. For interworld operability, a system and method are disclosed for creating an interworld avatar and using said avatar to navigate between virtual worlds on disparate platforms comprising: at least one client machine; at least one world server; at least one routing server; an arrangement for connecting each of the servers and at least one of the servers to the client machine; and software stored on a medium adapted for execution by the client machine or one of the servers for providing an avatar for use in a world provided by the world server via the routing server. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090135175 | VISUALIZATION OF A RENDERED MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATASET - A method of visualization of a multi-dimensional dataset of data-elements involves rendering process in which a display-value and an opacity value are assigned to individual data-elements. The display-values are determined on the basis of a histogram of the data-values of the multi-dimensional dataset. The histogram being is displayed in combination with a separate distribution of display-values. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135176 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING PERSONALIZED MEDIA CONTENT HAVING MULTIPLE CONTENT LAYERS - Systems and methods are disclosed for creating personalized media content having multiple content layers in “one-click” fashion by selecting a background media template or by using an end-user media composition tool to create or modify a template. For example, the personalized media content can include at least two separate layers, the data of each being stored independently of one another. The two layers may include a background layer including at least one background character and an intermediate layer including an individualized three-dimensional (3D) head model, alignment information, and lighting information. The personalized media content can be displayed by overlaying the background layer using the alignment intermediate layer using the alignment information and the lighting information. In certain examples, template data associated with the background media is created and subsequently used on multiple occasions in generating personalized media content with various 3D head models. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135177 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VOICE PERSONALIZATION OF VIDEO CONTENT - Systems and methods are disclosed for performing voice personalization of video content. The personalized media content may include a composition of a background scene having a character, head model data representing an individualized three-dimensional (3D) head model of a user, audio data simulating the user's voice, and a viseme track containing instructions for causing the individualized 3D head model to lip sync the words contained in the audio data. The audio data simulating the user's voice can be generated using a voice transformation process. In certain examples, the audio data is based on a text input or selected by the user (e.g., via a telephone or computer) or a textual dialogue of a background character. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135178 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTING VIRTUAL SPACE - A system, method and computer program product for constructing virtual space. The system includes an image processing unit for processing images, a data receiving unit for receiving data over a network, an image acquisition unit for obtaining image information from an image database, a control unit for obtaining the image information, and a display unit for displaying the images rendered. The method and computer program product for processing images include the steps of receiving data over a network, acquiring image information from an image database, obtaining the image information and displaying the images rendered. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135179 | METHOD OF CODING AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING ON A SCREEN A DIGITAL MOCK-UP OF AN OBJECT IN THE FORM OF A SYNTHESIS IMAGE - method of coding, in the form of a digital file of a three-dimensional synthesis image, a model of an object formed by a stream of image elements (FEI) in which elementary images which are subsets of image elements {EI | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090141018 | VISUALIZATION OF A RENDERED MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATASET - A method of visualization of a multi-dimensional dataset of data-elements involves a rendering process in which a display-value and an opacity value are assigned to individual data-elements. One or several control sets are defined comprising respective datavalues, display-values and opacity values related according to the transfer function and for individual control set(s) the opacity value is adjustable independently of the opacity values of other control set(s). The individually and independently adjustable control sets enable the user to adjust the transfer function in a very intuitive way. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090141019 | 4D REAL-WORLD BROWSING WITH CAPABILITY TO RECOGNIZE AND ACCESS OBJECTS IN REAL-TIME - 3D technologies have facilitated tremendous growth in terms of allowing real-world browsing using compositions of satellite or aerial images or static 3D models of real-world objects. Prior art approaches, however, are limited with respect to real-time capabilities. This invention responds to the noted deficiencies by providing a novel method, apparatus, and system for providing 4D (e.g., 3D+real-time) based approaches to allow users to view images or models of objects in real-time, offering users an opportunity to engage, access and interact with the objects depicted in real-time. The interaction may entail providing a user instruction as to how to complete a given task responsive to an identified problem. One or more objects may connect with a mobile/remote terminal based on application requirements and the like to facilitate such interaction and/or instruction. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090141020 | Systems and methods for rapid three-dimensional modeling with real facade texture - Methods are described for automatically generating a three-dimensional model of a structure including real façade textures obtained from geo-referenced oblique images. The geographical position of at least one real façade texture is located. Geo-referenced images containing the real façade texture are located. A base image having the real façade texture is selected from the geo-referenced images by analyzing image raster content. The real façade texture of the base image is applied to the three-dimensional model. Systems for generating the three-dimensional model are also described herein. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090141021 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING EXPERIENTIAL KNOWLEDGE ASSOCIATED WITH SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL INFORMATION - A method for providing knowledge includes creating a three-dimensional virtual space, generating temporal and spatial information including knowledge and space information concerning the three-dimensional virtual space at a specific time point, and associating the temporal and spatial information with the three-dimensional virtual space to be stored in a memory. The creating the three-dimensional virtual space may be created based on a map or a two-dimensional image. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090141022 | SENSORY UNIT FOR A 3-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - The invention relates to a sensor unit for a display system adapted for generating three dimensional images by combining at least first sub-images for a first eye and second sub-images for a second eye. The sensor unit includes a detector and is adapted to individually detect irradiation properties of the radiation used for the displaying of said first sub-images and/or of the radiation used for the displaying of said second sub-images. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090141023 | SELECTIVE FILTERING OF USER INPUT DATA IN A MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A multi-user animation process provides a modeled three-dimensional (“3D”) environment and virtual reality (“VR”) data to remote clients. The VR data comprises data for animating avatars in the modeled 3D environment. The remote clients provide input data including an ignore signal in response to commands from corresponding users. The multi-user animation process receives the input data, aggregates the input data from each of the remote clients, filters the aggregated input data in response to the ignore signal by removing the input data of a selected one of the remote clients from the aggregated input data, generates updated VR data for each of the remote clients using the filtered aggregated input data and provides an updated modeled 3D environment and the updated VR data to the remote clients. The remote clients display the updated modeled 3D environment and the updated VR data to the corresponding users. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090146995 | GENERATING AND RENDERING THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELS OF FLEXIBLE PACKAGING - A method, and apparatus, and a computer-readable medium encoded with instructions to carry out a method. The method is of rendering a model of a surface of wrinkly material such as paper or foil, e.g., a model of packaging on a display device. The method includes accepting a description of the different parts of the surface of the packaging, and how and where any of the parts are connected, discretizing to form a mesh, modelling the physics of the mesh, running a simulation to find a stable end-state for the mesh, modifying the mesh to visually smooth the mesh in a way that is perceived as typical for flexible packaging material; and rendering the model on a display device. The modifying the mesh is to visually smooth the mesh includes modifying during the rendering or modifying prior to the rendering. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090146996 | IMAGE GENERATION USING LOW-DISCREPANCY SEQUENCES - A computer graphics system generates a pixel value for a pixel in an image and displays a human-perceptible image on an LCD, CRT or other display device based on an electrical output generated in response to the pixel value, the pixel being representative of a point in a scene as recorded on an image plane of a simulated camera, the computer graphics system being configured to generate the pixel value for an image using a selected ray-tracing methodology in which simulated rays are shot from respective ones of a plurality of subpixels in the pixel, each subpixel having coordinates in the image plane. The computer graphics system comprises a sample point generator and a function evaluator. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090146997 | Apparatus for displaying wiring - The present invention provides an apparatus which displays a plan wiring diagram and three-dimensional layout diagram by associating them with each other so that they can be viewed easily. A apparatus for displaying wiring includes a first storage for storing an image of a plan wiring diagram which shows parts and wirings and a second storage for storing a three-dimensional layout of an apparatus which incorporates the parts and the wirings, and a third storage for storing intermediate images transitional between a starting image in the plan wiring diagram and an ending image of a shape of the corresponding wiring in the three-dimensional layout. A processor displays the plan wiring diagram on the display device by retrieving the plan wiring diagram from the first storage based on a user's selection, and retrieves the intermediate images of a wiring from the third storage when the wiring is selected from the plan wiring diagram and displays transitions to the shape shown in the three-dimensional layout. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090153548 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SLICE ALIGNMENT IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SYSTEMS - A method and system for slice alignment in multiple image views are provided. The method includes determining an adjustment of one of a plurality of image views to align an imaged object with at least one alignment marker. The method further includes updating the plurality of image views based on the adjustment. The updating includes at least one of rotating and translating the image views with respect to an intersection of the at least one alignment marker with another alignment marker. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153549 | System and method for producing multi-angle views of an object-of-interest from images in an image dataset - Disclosed are a system and method for creating multi-angle views of an object-of-interest from images stored in a dataset. A user specifies the location of an object-of-interest. As the user virtually navigates through the locality represented by the image dataset, his current virtual position is determined. Using the user's virtual position and the location of the object-of-interest, images in the image dataset are selected and interpolated or stitched together, if necessary, to present to the user a view from his current virtual position looking toward the object-of-interest. The object-of-interest remains in the view no matter where the user virtually travels. From the same image dataset, another user can select a different object-of-interest and virtually navigate in a similar manner, with his own object-of-interest always in view. The object-of-interest also can be “virtual,” added by computer-animation techniques to the image dataset. For some image datasets, the user can virtually navigate through time as well as through space. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153550 | Virtual object rendering system and method - There is provided a virtual object rendering system comprising a camera, at least one sensor for sensing perspective data corresponding to a camera perspective, a communication interface configured to send the perspective data to a virtual object rendering computer, and the virtual object rendering computer having one or more virtual objects, the virtual object rendering computer configured to determine the camera perspective from the perspective data, and to perform the virtual object rendering by redrawing the one or more virtual objects to align the one or more virtual objects with the camera perspective. The virtual object rendering computer may be further configured to produce a merged image of the one or more redrawn virtual objects and a camera image received from the camera. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153551 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING POSE OF 3-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS - A method for transferring a pose from an original digital character to a newly-created digital character, includes: deriving constraints from a pose of the original character; modeling pose characteristics of each joint of the newly-created character as a probability distribution function having an input variable of a rotation angle of corresponding joint; and modeling pose characteristics of all joints of the newly-created character as a joint probability distribution function having input variables of rotation angles of corresponding joints. The method further includes extracting, based on the joint probability distribution function, the rotation angles of all joints of the newly-created character to thereby create a pose of the newly-created character, the rotation angles satisfying the constraints. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153552 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING INDIVIDUALIZED 3D HEAD MODELS - Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a substantially life-like, individualized three-dimensional (3D) head model. In one example, the method includes reconstructing a 3D face mask from the input image data of an individual's head or face. Detected facial landmarks of the reconstructed face mask are aligned with corresponding facial landmarks of a generic head model, and the remainder of the head is reconstructed by generating a blend fit head model from a weighted combination of basis head models. The blend fit model is then deformed to more accurately reflect the facial and/or head geometry of the individual. The method may further include associating an animation rig with the individualized 3D head model that allows for simulated movement of the 3D head model in, for example, personalized media content. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153553 | Method and apparatus for creating 3D face model by using multi-view image information - A method for creating a 3D face model by using multi-view image information, includes: creating a mesh structure for expressing an appearance of a 3D face model by using a first multi-view image obtained by capturing an expressionless face of a performer; and locating joints of a hierarchical structure in the mesh structure, by using a second multi-view image obtained by capturing an expression performance of the performer. Further, the method includes creating a 3D face model that is animated to enable reproduction of a natural expression of the performer, by setting dependency between the joints and the mesh structure. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153554 | Method and system for producing 3D facial animation - A method for producing a 3D facial animation using a single facial video stream, includes producing a representative joint focused on a major expression producing element in a 3D standard facial model, producing a statistical feature-point model of various facial expressions of different people in the 3D standard facial model, moving each feature-point of the statistical feature-point model by tracking a change in facial expressions of the video stream, calculating a transformation coefficient of the representative joint corresponding to a variation of the feature-point of the 3D standard facial model, and producing a 3D facial animation by applying the calculated transformation coefficient to transform the representative joint. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090160851 | TEMPORAL RANKING IN VIRTUAL WORLDS - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to virtual world navigation and provide a method, system and computer program product for applying temporal rankings to elements in a virtual world. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for temporally ranking locations in a virtual world can be provided. The method can include timing a duration of visit for different locations in a virtual world, computing a temporal score for the different locations, and displaying a ranking of the locations by temporal score. For instance, computing a temporal score for the different locations can include computing a sum of durations for each of the different locations, or computing an average of durations for each of the different locations, to name two examples. Optionally, computing a temporal score for the different locations also can include filtering the durations according to a date or time range. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160852 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A system for measuring a three-dimensional object is provided. The system measures differences between a 3D model of an object and a point cloud of the object, and highlights the differences on the 3D model using different colors according to difference ranges that the differences fall. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160853 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a plurality of graphics processing units (GPUs) having different characteristics; a memory configured to store information on association between one of the plurality of GPUs and an application program; and a drawing control unit configured to control the GPU associated with the application program to perform drawing processing when the application program is run. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160854 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL MONITORS WITH MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING WORKSTATIONS - A system and method for utilizing a spatial three-dimensional display unit with a medical diagnostic imaging system is disclosed. The medical diagnostic imaging system may be a picture archival communication system. The system may include at least one two-dimensional display unit and an additional spatial three-dimensional display unit. Accordingly a user may view two and three-dimensional images of similar anatomical objects. The two and three-dimensional images may be linked, providing the user with a consistent viewing angle. The system may be used to review a surgical path. The display parameters of a first three-dimensional data set may be mapped to a second three-dimensional data set. The surgical path of the first data set and the second data set may be displayed on spatial display units. Accordingly, the anatomical objects along the surgical path may be viewed at different points in time, for example prior to surgery and after surgery. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090167755 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING SURFACE MODELS OF GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES - A method and system of generating a surface model of an anatomic structure includes a catheter with which a plurality of location data points are collected from the surface of the anatomic structure. The method and system further includes a computer system that is configured to receive the collected data points from the catheter and to compute the alpha shape of collected data points to thereby generate a surface model of the anatomic structure. The computer system may be further configured to process the computed alpha shape to generate a simplicial surface model of the anatomic structure. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167756 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTATION OF WIRELESS SIGNAL DIFFRACTION IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167757 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING COLOR OF 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - An apparatus and method of processing a three dimensional (3D) image are provided. An apparatus for processing a 3D image includes an image receiver to receive the 3D image and external illumination information associated with the 3D image, a saturation converter to convert a saturation of the 3D image based on the external illumination information, and an illumination converter to convert an illumination of the 3D image based on the external illumination information. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090174701 | System and method for performing motion capture and image reconstruction - A system and method are described for performing motion capture on a subject. For example, a computer-implemented method according to one embodiment of the invention comprise: creating a scalar field for the three-dimensional (3-D) capture volume of the subject; generating a surface mesh for the scalar field; retaining good vertices and removing bad vertices of the surface mesh; and storing the good vertices for use in subsequent reconstruction of the motion of the subject. Another computer-implemented method comprises: capturing a series of image frames of the subject over a period of time each frame each frame having a plurality of vertices defining a captured surface of the subject; establishing a reference frame having one or more of the plurality of vertices; performing frame-to-frame tracking to identify vertices within the N′th frame based on the (N−1)′th frame or an earlier frame; and performing reference-to-frame tracking to identify vertices within the N′th frame based on the reference frame to counter potential drift between the frames. Yet another computer-implemented method comprises: capturing motion capture data including a plurality of images of the N vertices during a motion capture session; retrospectively identifying X of the N vertices to track across the plurality of images where X| 07-09-2009 | |
| 20090174702 | Predator and Abuse Identification and Prevention in a Virtual Environment - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for protecting a child user from inappropriate interactions within an immersive virtual environment. The inappropriate interactions may be detected by examining characteristics of the interactions between a child and another user (e.g., communications, transactions, etc.), by monitoring physical signs of stress in the child (e.g., based on facial gestures, heart rate, etc.), or by receiving software commands given by the child to signal discomfort in a particular situation. Subsequently, preventative actions may be determined based on a level of severity of the inappropriate interaction. The preventative actions may include notifying the parents of the child, altering the virtual world to end the interaction, or notifying authorities of the behavior of the other user. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174703 | PARTICLE-BASED METHOD OF GENERATING AND ANIMATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL VEGETATION - A computer-based method for generating vegetation such as 3D models of trees. The method includes providing in memory a template with model growth rules. A computer processor positions a seed particle in a location in digital 3D space. The base particle is associated with a set of attributes stored in the memory, such as attributes or values provided in the template. A generator module generates the tree model (e.g. a particle system) using a particle-based growth process starting with the seed. The particle growth includes iteratively generating additional particles and also includes gathering environmental data regarding the 3D space for the particles. Then, the method includes determining a move direction for each particle based on the growth rules evaluated with the environmental data The particles are moved to new positions using the move direction, and these steps are continued through time steps to create the tree model. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174704 | Graphics Interface And Method For Rasterizing Graphics Data For A Stereoscopic Display - A graphics interface is operable to generate a stereoscopic image frame comprising a first set of pixels associated with a first view position and a second set of pixels associated with a second view position. The graphics interface comprises a rasterizer examining pixels of a first image to determine those pixels of the first image corresponding to pixels of the first set and examining pixels of a second image to determine those pixels of the second image corresponding to pixels of the second set and rasterizing only the determined pixels thereby to generate the stereoscopic image frame. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174705 | Parallax scanning through scene object position manipulation - One aspect of the invention includes a method of generating virtual autostereoscopic images using a computer. The method may include defining at least one object in a virtual three-dimensional space and defining a virtual point of view. Images may be generated by simulating a parallax scanning motion of the at least one object. The generated images can be displayed and stored. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174706 | Multi-core geometry processing in a tile based rendering system - A method and an apparatus are provided for combining multiple independent tile based graphic cores. An incoming geometry stream is split into a plurality of streams and sent to respective tile based graphics processing cores. Each one generates a separate tiled geometry lists. These may be combined into a master tiling unit or, alternatively, markers may be inserted into the tiled geometry lists which are used in the rasterization phase to switch between tiling lists from different geometry processing cores. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174707 | Anatomical recognition, orientation and display of an upper torso to assist breast surgery - Various methods, techniques or modules are provided to allow for the automated analysis of the 3-D representation of the upper front torso (i) to recognize 3-D anatomical features, (ii) to orient the subject with reference to their anatomy or a display, (iii) to determine dimensional analysis including direct point-to-point lines, 3-D surface lines, and volume values, (iv) to simulate the outcome with the addition of breast implants including breast and nipple positioning, (v) to assist in the selection of the breast implants, and/or (vi) to assist in the planning of breast surgery. The automated analysis is based on the analysis of changes in a 3-D contour map of the upper torso, orientation analysis of 3-D features and planes, color analysis of 3-D features, and/or dimensional analysis of 3-D features and positions of the upper torso. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174708 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATING METHOD AND IMAGE GENERATING PROGRAM - An image generating apparatus for generating a visual field image seen from a photographed person who is photographed in at least one part of plural two-dimensional images, based on the plural two-dimensional images captured by plural image capturing apparatuses, comprises a photographed person's position detector for detecting a position of the photographed person, based on at least two of the plural two-dimensional images; a photographed person's direction detector for detecting a face direction of the photographed person; a three-dimensional information generating section for generating three-dimensional information of space that is photographed, based on at least two of the two-dimensional images; and an image generating section for generating the visual field image seen from the position of the photographed person along the face direction, based on the three-dimensional information, the position of the photographed person, and the face direction of the photographed person. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090179893 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, DISPLAY PANEL AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD USING THE SAME - A three-dimensional image/two-dimensional image display device includes a plurality of display pixels, and a lenticular lens for three-dimensional display. Each display pixel is consisted of M×N number of sub-pixels to be viewed from N view points. A pitch | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090184954 | DESIGN AND ADDRESSING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL, CURVED SENSOR OR DISPLAY BACK PLANE - A method of forming a three-dimensional electronic device includes forming an array of pixels on a flexible two-dimensional surface, the array being formed according to a three-dimensional structure, the pixels having addressing lines accessible from at least one edge of the array, cutting the two-dimensional surface, the cuts being located to allow the two-dimensional surface to be shaped, and shaping the two-dimensional surface to form the three-dimensional surface, the array of pixels forming the three-dimensional electronic device. A three-dimensional electronic device has a flexible substrate containing an array of pixels, the substrate fabricated as a flat surface, then cut and shaped to form a three-dimensional surface, the array of pixels covering the three-dimensional surface in subarrays corresponding to segments of the three-dimensional surface, and addressing lines for each subarray being accessible along an edge of the three-dimensional surface. A method of forming a three-dimensional electronic device includes providing a flexible substrate, forming address lines on the substrate such that the address lines are accessible at an edge of the substrate, forming pixels on the address lines, the pixels being laid out in subarrays, the subarrays being determined by segments of a three-dimensional surface, and accommodating any cuts that will allow the flexible substrate to form the three-dimensional electronic device in the forming of addressing lines and pixels. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184955 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOLUME RENDERING USING DEPTH WEIGHTED COLORIZATION - A method of volume rendering includes obtaining data ( | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090189887 | DIMENSIONS AND COMPUTER AIDED MODELING - An object to be dimensioned may have such a small dimension that the dimension text will not fit within a space defined by extension lines. A dimensioning method is provided that exaggerates extension lines ( | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189888 | Procedure and Device for the Texturizing of an Object of a Virtual Three-Dimensional Geometric Model - A procedure for texturing an object of a virtual three-dimensional geometric model represented by three-dimensional geometric model data comprised of a three-dimensional object data associated with the object. Facet data is created out of three-dimensional geometric model data representing object surfaces of an object and which will be assigned 3D object data. Texture data is created representing a surface texture of the object surfaces of each object and which is assigned facet data. The three-dimensional object data, facet data and texture data are used to create a textured, three-dimensional representation of the object. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189889 | Method and apparatus for visualizing 3D image data from tomographic imaging modalities - At least one embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for visualizing 3D image data from tomographic imaging modalities using a rendering technique in which every pixel is calculated by integrating or summing along respectively one ray through a volume surrounded by the 3D image data. In the method, a peeling function is additionally introduced into the integration or summation, by which, in the integration or summation, the 3D image data on the respective ray only contributes with its full data value to reducing the optical transparency beyond a prescribable value of an optical skin depth. The peeling function is selected such that, in a transition region before the prescribable value of the optical skin depth is reached, the 3D image data on the ray still contributes to reducing the optical transparency with a fraction of its full data value such that there is a smooth profile, generated by the peeling function, when an outer layer is peeled off. The method and the associated apparatus make it possible to avoid image artifacts such as pixel flickering during volume visualization. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189890 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING RESOURCE UTILIZATION BY DELAYING RENDERING OF THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS - Methods and systems for improving resource utilization when remoting three dimensional graphics commands that are generated by an application executing on a local computing machine. An agent that executes on a local computing machine intercepts a first call to a drawing library. The application generates this first call to request information from the drawing library. The agent further transmits a first frame that is generated by the application, to a remote computing machine, and prevents a return of the first call to the requesting application until the agent receives a notification indicating either the first frame was transmitted to the remote computing device or the first frame was rendered. Upon receiving such a notification, the agent permits the return of the first call to the requesting application. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189891 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOTING THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS - Methods and systems for providing three dimensional graphics to remote computing machines and appliances that include an agent executing on a local computing machine to intercept a plurality of graphics commands generated by a three dimensional application executing on a local computing machine. A first portion of the plurality of graphics commands are encoded by the agent using a first codec, while a second portion of the plurality of graphics commands are encoded by the agent using a second codec. The agent creates a frame comprising the first portion and the second portion of the plurality of graphics commands, compresses the frame, and transmits the frame to a remote computing machine. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189892 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING A DIRTY REGION WITHIN A FRAME ENCOMPASSING THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS - Methods and systems for detecting a dirty region within a frame encompassing three dimensional graphics and three dimensional graphics primitives. The methods and systems include executing an application on a local computing machine, the application generating three dimensional graphics, and issuing at least one function call. An agent also executes on the local computing machine to intercept the issued function call; identify, in response to intercepting the function call, at least one location within a frame that contains three dimensional graphics commands generated by the application, where the identified location corresponding to a drawing region; determine a change in a portion of the three dimensional graphics commands associated with the identified location; and extract the changed portion. The agent may also identify a plurality of locations and a plurality of changed three dimensional graphics commands at those locations. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189893 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTING A HASH FROM A THREE DIMENSIONAL DATA SET LOADED INTO A RESOURCE - Methods and system for computing a hash from a three dimensional data set loaded into a three dimensional resource, these methods and systems first determining that an application, executing in a distributed computing environment, locked a three dimensional resource. A identification of a first three dimensional data set loaded into the three dimensional resource by the application is then made. The first three dimensional data set can have a size that is determined in part by a transaction carried out by the application. The performance of an operation on the three dimensional resource by the application is then detected, a first hash is computed on the loaded first set of three dimensional data using a hash function, and the first hash is stored in a repository. Prior to computing the first hash, a portion of the first three dimensional data set can be eliminated, where the portion of the three dimensional data set results from a repetitious transaction. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189894 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING A REMOTING SYSTEM TO DETERMINE WHERE TO RENDER THREE DIMENSIONAL DATA - Methods and systems for rendering three dimensional graphical data by intercepting a three dimensional graphics stream comprising three dimensional graphics commands generated by an application executing on a first computing machine, and then analyzing the characteristics associated with a remoting system to determine a location for rendering three dimensional data from the three dimensional graphics commands. The remoting system may comprise at least the first computing machine having a graphics rendering component, a second computing machine having a graphics rendering component and a network. Based on the analysis, a rendering location is determined and the application is induced to reinitialize a context for determining where to render three dimensional data. The three dimensional data is then rendered from the three dimensional graphics commands at the rendering location. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090195536 | System for three-dimensional rendering of electrical test and measurement signals - The system for three-dimensional rendering of signals has a computer system having acquired, streaming, or previously stored data in its memory representing multiple channels of signals in which each channel has a value which varies over a domain, e.g., time or frequency, and a display coupled to the computer. For each channel, the computer system segments the data of the channel into segments, orders the segments, renders on the display each of the segments, in which each of the rendered segments are aligned in such order along a three-dimensional perspective with gaps between adjacently rendered segments, and lines are rendered extending from each line of each one of the rendered segments to form a three-dimensional plane in the gap to the next successive one of the rendered ordered segments to form a three-dimensional continuous or discontinuous surface characterizing the channel. The surfaces of each of the channels are aligned on the display, and may be of different color, shading, and translucency, whereby channels of overlaid surfaces are viewable on the display. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195537 | GRAPHICS REMOTING ARCHITECTURE - Systems and methods to implement a graphics remoting architecture for rendering graphics images at remote clients are disclosed. In one implementation, when a D3D application hosted on a remote server is used by a remote client, the graphics associated with the D3D application are created and rendered at the remote client. For this, the D3D commands and D3D objects corresponding to the graphics are abstracted into data streams at the remote server. The data streams are then sent to the remote client. At the remote client, the D3D commands and D3D objects are extracted from the data streams and executed to create the graphics images. The graphics images are then rendered and displayed using output devices at the remote client. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195538 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HAPTIC INTERACTION IN AUGMENTED REALITY - The present invention relates to a method and system for haptic interaction in augmented reality. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and system for haptic interaction in augmented reality that can effectively remove noise from real images captured by an image capturing device and minimize discontinuity of force generated in the haptic interaction so as to stably and smoothly perform the haptic interaction in the augmented reality. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195539 | METHOD OF PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE IN MOBILE DEVICE - A processing method of interfacing a 3D image and a camera image is provided. In the processing method, a specific image pattern defined by a user is recognized, the recognized pattern is traced within an image, and a camera image and a 3D image are interfaced based on the tracing result. A 3D object is animated and rendered using a 3D graphic engine. The rendered image of the 3D object and the camera image are integrated and displayed. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090201288 | Rendering 3D Computer Graphics Using 2D Computer Graphics Capabilities - Method for generating and displaying 3D graphic images on the display of a terminal device using 2D graphic environments, where every possible scene is modeled by one or more objects that can be represented by polygons using a suitable modeling method. The geometry of the polygons that correspond to each object is projected for any desired orientation of the objects, onto the plane of the display. For each object, curves connecting the projections of the vertices of its corresponding mesh of polygons in all different orientations of that object and consisting of a plurality of discrete points, is created, such that every point on each curve is stored according to its (x,y) position on the plane, and such that the resolution of each curve is determined according to the number of points. A visibility analysis is performed for every mesh that corresponds to a specific orientation, thereby determining the distance of the points from the viewer. Hidden polygons and/or edges or portions thereof are deleted and the geometry for all orientations is optimally encoded. Then 3D graphic images are displayed in the 2D environments by using the encoded geometry for reconstructing a portion of, or all, the remaining polygons and filling the remaining polygons according to predefined rules. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201289 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL LOCATION - Provided are a method and apparatus for inputting a three-dimensional (3D) location. The method determines whether a control signal for moving a pointer existing at a point in a two-dimensional (2D) coordinate plane is a 3D movement signal for moving the pointer into a 3D space; and based on a result of the determination, the method selectively moves the pointer to a point in the 3D space existing in a direction perpendicular to the 2D coordinate plane, according to the control signal. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201290 | Methods and Systems for Scoring Multiple Time-Based Assets and Events - The methods and systems for scoring multiple time-based assets and events include declaratively playing a first media sequence; and declaratively initiating a second media sequence at a predetermined time prior to an end point of the first media sequence wherein the predetermined time is independent from an amount of time utilized to play the first media sequence. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090207166 | VISUALIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA - The present invention provides a visualization method and apparatus for multidimensional data. According to an embodiment, there is provided a visualization method for multidimensional data including a plurality of parameters to be viewed which are related to a given object, including: displaying the plurality of parameters to be viewed which are related to a given object in different layers along a Z axis of a 3-D coordinate system, wherein each of the plurality of parameters is displayed in a 2-D plane; determining one of the 2-D planes as an interested plane; and in response to focusing on an object instance of the object by a user, linking and displaying locations of the object instance on other planes. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207167 | Method and System for Remote Three-Dimensional Stereo Image Display - An information handling system (IHS) for three-dimensional (3D) image processing may include a stereo image frame buffer that stores two images of a frame, the stereo image frame buffer including a three dimensional rendering surface. A fetcher fetches the two images from the stereo image frame buffer. An encoder encodes the two fetched images. A packager packages the two encoded images of the frame into a single data block for transmission to a remote viewer. A remote IHS receives the single data block via a network. The remote IHS may include a de-packager that receives a single data block that includes two encoded images of a frame. The de-packager de-packages the single data block into two encoded images. A decoder decodes the two encoded images of the frame. A sender sends the two decoded images to left and right buffers, respectively, of a three dimensional stereo rendering surface for display by the remote IHS which acts as a remote viewer. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090213111 | Method for three-dimensional depiction of a digital road map - In order to provide a method that uses the region of a visual depiction of a digital road map in the vicinity of and above the horizon to convey to the user an enhanced impression of depth, provision is made that a plurality of image objects are drawn in the region of the horizon and thereabove, the individual image objects shifting with respect to one another upon a change in the position or travel direction of the vehicle. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213112 | Using Image Content to Facilitate Navigation in Panoramic Image Data - The present invention relates to using image content to facilitate navigation in panoramic image data. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method for navigating in panoramic image data includes: (1) determining an intersection of a ray and a virtual model, wherein the ray extends from a camera viewport of an image and the virtual model comprises a plurality of facade planes; (2) retrieving a panoramic image; (3) orienting the panoramic image to the intersection; and (4) displaying the oriented panoramic image. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213113 | 3D image processing method and apparatus for enabling efficient retrieval of neighboring point - Disclosed are data storing and processing methods or apparatuses which may efficiently perform a process of retrieving neighboring points between points stored in a leaf cell in a point-based 3D data expressing method. A computer-readable recording medium having stored thereon instructions for implementing a method of three-Dimensional (3D) data processing, the instructions including an instruction set of connecting each of a plurality of points with a leaf cell of a spatial tree structure; an instruction set of assigning a ball to correspond to each of the plurality of points; and an instruction set of connecting the ball with a leaf cell intersecting the ball. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213114 | Portable Immersive Environment Using Motion Capture and Head Mounted Display - Embodiments of the present invention provide a collaborative visualization system, which integrates motion capture and virtual reality, along with kinematics and computer-aided design (CAD), for the purpose of, for example, virtual training on a task. A portable motion capture system tracks the movements of one or more trainers and records full-body motion capture data for one or more trainers performing one or more tasks. A virtual reality simulator receives the recorded motion capture data and animates scaled avatars within a three-dimensional virtual reality simulation responsive to recorded motion capture data. An immersive observation system displays the virtual reality simulation, including the animated avatars, as a three-dimensional image that appears to surround one or more trainees using one or more head mounted displays so that the one or more trainees can analyze the one or more tasks performed. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213115 | INSTANT RAY TRACING - Methods, systems, devices and computer program products operable in a computer graphics system include constructing a hierarchical ray tracing acceleration data structure comprising a tree structure, the nodes of which are generated utilizing a bounding interval hierarchy based on defining an axis-aligned scene bounding box and two parallel planes to partition a set of objects in a scene into left objects and right objects, and matching split planes to object bounding boxes. The two planes are perpendicular to a selected one of x, y, or z-axes. Given a splitting plane, each object in an image is classified either left or right based on a left/right selection criterion, and two splitting plane values of the child nodes are determined by the maximum and minimum coordinate of the left and right objects, respectively. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090219280 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING SEAM ARTIFACTS - Embodiments of the present invention include techniques for reducing artifacts in rendered images. In one embodiment, a dual UV engine generates a dual of the graph defined by an initial UV set associated with a 3D model. The dual UV engine then uses existing flattening and layout engines to generate a dual UV set from this dual graph. Using the dual graph to define the dual UV set ensures that the seams corresponding to the initial UV set and the dual UV set minimally intersect. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219281 | REDUCING SEAM ARTIFACTS WHEN APPLYING A TEXTURE TO A THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) MODEL - Embodiments of the present invention include techniques for reducing artifacts in rendered images. In one embodiment, a dual UV engine generates a dual of the graph defined by an initial UV set associated with a 3D model. The dual UV engine then uses existing flattening and layout engines to generate a dual UV set from this dual graph. Using the dual graph to define the dual UV set ensures that the seams corresponding to the initial UV set and the dual UV set minimally intersect. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219282 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING DATASTREAM INCLUDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON MULTIVIEW IMAGE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING DATASTREAM BY USING THE SAME - Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a datastream into which multiview image information is inserted. The method of decoding a multiview image datastream includes extracting multiview image information including information on at least one view image of a multiview image, from at least one elementary stream of the multiview image datastream; extracting a multiview image parameter regarding the multiview image based on the number of elementary streams and a correlation between view images of the multiview image; and restoring the multiview image by using the extracted multiview image parameter and the extracted multiview image information. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090231327 | METHOD FOR VISUALIZATION OF POINT CLOUD DATA - Method for providing a color representation of three-dimensional range data ( | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231328 | VIRTUAL WEB STORE WITH PRODUCT IMAGES - A three dimensional web store having product images is created. Three dimensional product images are rendered from manufacturing information instead of the products themselves. The location of all products, advertisements, aisles, signs, and displays is determined for a real world store. The web store is then created using three dimensional internet or virtual world viewing and maneuvering capabilities, to appear identical to the real world store. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231329 | Processing Graphics Data For A Stereoscopic Display - Processing graphics data for display on a stereoscopic display. In one example embodiment, a method of processing graphics data for display on a stereoscopic display includes several acts. First, a first projection matrix call from a graphics application to a graphics library is intercepted. Next, it is determined that the first projection matrix call produces a perspective projection matrix. Then, the first projection matrix call is forwarded to the graphics library. Next, a first drawing call with a first viewpoint from the graphics application to the graphics library is intercepted. Then, a second drawing call with a second viewpoint is generated. Next, a third drawing call with a third viewpoint is generated. Finally, the second and third drawing calls are forwarded to the graphics library. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231330 | Method and system for rendering a three-dimensional scene using a dynamic graphics platform - There is provided a method of rendering a three-dimensional (3D) scene for viewing on a display using a dynamic graphics platform, where the scene is represented by first group of polygons in 3D space. The method includes determining second and third groups of polygons from first group of polygons, where second group of polygons is determined to be substantially entirely visible in the scene at a viewpoint and third group of polygons is determined to be partially visible in the scene at the viewpoint, projecting vertices of the second and third groups of polygons for viewing on the display, removing portion of each of the third group of polygons determined to be not visible when viewed on the display to form fourth group of polygons, which includes the second group of polygons, and preparing each of the fourth group of polygons for drawing in a pixel-by-pixel process on the display. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231331 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING STEREO IMAGES - A method for displaying a stereo eye image on a curved surface is disclosed. A mathematical model of a computer generated scene having a vertex may be generated. A mono vertex vector may be calculated normal to the curved surface at the vertex location on the curved surface to a center of a viewer position. A left vertex may be calculated by applying a cross product to the vertex vector and a viewer's eye position vector. A right vertex may be calculated into the frame buffer by applying the cross product to the vertex vector and a negative viewer's eye position vector. The calculated points may be projected onto a curved surface for viewing. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231332 | PROCESSING 3D GRAPHICS SUPPORTING FIXED PIPELINE - Techniques, apparatus and system for processing 3D graphics are provided. A graphics processor includes a fixed pipeline code generator to convert an application programming interface (API) supporting a fixed pipeline into first microcodes, a shader pipeline code generator to convert an API supporting a programmable pipeline into second microcodes, and a shader pipeline to process the first or second microcodes by using a shader program. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231333 | SENDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES OVER A NETWORK - A benefit is obtained for sending digital information over a network. The digital information is representative of three-dimensional images which include photographic images. The receiving computer renders the images from the received digital information, and a viewer at the receiving computer can interactively choose a viewpoint or perspective to view the images on a display of the receiving computer. The benefit to the sender can be monetary compensation and/or increased recognition of the sender, for example. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090237396 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING AND SYNCHRONIZING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SITE MODEL AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGERY - An imaging system includes a 3D database for storing data relating to three-dimensional site model images having a vantage point position and orientation when displayed. A 2D database stores data relating to a two-dimensional image that corresponds to the vantage point position and orientation for the three-dimensional site model image. Both the three-dimensional site model image and two-dimensional imagery are displayed typically on a common display A processor operative with the two-dimensional and three-dimensional databases and will create and display the three-dimensional site model image and two-dimensional imagery from data retrieved from the 2D and 3D databases and correlates and synchronizes the three-dimensional site model image and two-dimensional imagery to establish and maintain a spatial orientation between the images as a user interacts with the system. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237397 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for searching for 3-dimensional shapes. The apparatus includes, an input means, an acquisition module, a storage means, a comparison and search module, an output means, and control means. The input means receives 3-dimensional image data. The acquisition module acquires a 2-dimensional image data group about the shape of an object represented by the 3-dimensional image data. The comparison and search module compares the respective data of the acquired 2-dimensional image data group with the respective data of the 2-dimensional image data groups that are previously stored in the storage means, and searches for 3-dimensional image data. The control means controls the modules and the means. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237398 | DETERMINING A NODE PATH THROUGH A NODE GRAPH - Determining a node path through a node graph includes modifying the node graph in accordance with a predetermined platform performance, performing a path finding process through the node graph to obtain the node path, determining if the platform performance has changed, adjusting the node graph to compensate for a change in the platform performance, and re-performing the path finding process through the adjusted node graph to obtain the node path. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090244059 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING VIRTUAL WORLD ENVIRONMENTS BASED UPON EXISTING PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS - In general, the present invention provides a system and method for creating and utilizing virtual worlds for enhanced management of an Information Technology (IT) environment. Two dimensional (2D) and/or three dimensional (3D) virtual world renditions are automatically created to replicate the associated real-life IT environment. Such virtual environments can then be used to familiarize staff with remote locations and to securely provide virtual data center tours to others. This invention comprises a system and method of automatically creating a virtual world environment to reflect a real world environment using information stored in databases and floor plans. The virtual world environment is rendered utilizing a Virtual World Rendering Module and is updated utilizing a Virtual Instrument Update Module. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244060 | Method and apparatus for visualizing an image data record of an organ enclosing a cavity, in particular a CT image data record of a colon - A visualization of an image data record of an organ enclosing a cavity, in particular a CT image data record of a colon, that is reliable and has a low level of computational complexity, is performed according to a method. In at least one embodiment of the method a virtual viewer position outside the organ tissue is defined; an interface between the organ tissue and the cavity is defined with the aid of the image data record; from the middle of the cavity local gradients, that specify the rise in the absorption behavior between a gas contained in the cavity and the organ tissue, are determined; starting from the viewer position, a search beam is defined and an angle between the search beam and the gradients is determined; and a transparency value is allocated to the organ tissue as a function of the angle during visualization. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090251459 | Method to Create, Edit and Display Virtual Dynamic Interactive Ambients and Environments in Three Dimensions - A method for creating, designing, editing and displaying virtual ambients and environments in three dimensions, that can be displayed at a computer display, and navigated by users connected with servers through a network with ten freedom ranges of movement along with sound effects with dynamic properties, including the steps of forming a three dimensional ambient or environment by prebuilt spaces and elements with predefined forms and editable properties, storing prebuilt spaces, elements and properties at databases at servers, permitting assigning, creating, editing and modifying of properties of the elements of the three dimensional ambient or environment by uploading to the database space coordinates in an xyz system, image files, descriptive texts, sound files, external or internal URL locations and data files, and determining a position of users inside the three dimensional ambient with reference to a predefined origin, by a computer program. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251460 | Systems and methods for incorporating reflection of a user and surrounding environment into a graphical user interface - Described are systems and methods for incorporating the reflection of a user and surrounding environment into a graphical user interface (“GUI”). The resulting reflective user interface helps merge the real world of the user with the artificial world of the computer GUI. A video of the user and the surrounding environment is taken using a video capture device such as a web camera, and the video images are manipulated to create a reflective effect that is incorporated into elements of the GUI to create a reflective user interface. The reflective effect is customized for each different element of the GUI and varies by the size, shape and material depicted in the element. The reflective effect also includes incorporation of shadows and highlights into the reflective user interface, including shadows that are responsive to simulated or actual light sources in the surrounding environment. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251461 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus: in conjunction with change of a projection region using an operation part, changes a viewpoint to a position where a reference cross section is in front and the changed projection region is on the back; in conjunction with change of the viewpoint using the operation part, changes a region where the reference cross section is in front and the changed viewpoint is on the back to the projection region; in conjunction with change of a scanning region using the operation part, changes the viewpoint to a position where the reference cross section is in front and the changed scanning region is on the back; in conjunction with change of the viewpoint using the operation part, changes the scanning region to a region where the reference cross section is in front and the viewpoint is on the back; and then executes rendering. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251462 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MESH DISTANCE BASED GEOMETRY DEFORMATION - A method of manipulating at least a portion of a character model into a pose involving a library data having a plurality of deformations, where each deformation is associated with index values of one or more distance measurement nodes. One or more distance measurement nodes are defined for the portion of the character model, wherein each distance measurement node comprises a number of points on a surface defined by the geometry of the character model, wherein the points are separated by a distance value. A particular pose is selected for the character model portion to establish an initial model by selecting values for the pose controls. For the particular pose, a value of the distance measurement nodes is determined. At least one deformation is selected from the library data based in the value of the distance measurement nodes and applied to the initial model to generate a deformed model. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090256836 | HYBRID RENDERING OF IMAGE DATA UTILIZING STREAMING GEOMETRY FRONTEND INTERCONNECTED TO PHYSICAL RENDERING BACKEND THROUGH DYNAMIC ACCELERATED DATA STRUCTURE GENERATOR - A circuit arrangement and method provide a hybrid rendering architecture capable of interfacing a streaming geometry frontend with a physical rendering backend using a dynamic accelerated data structure (ADS) generator. The dynamic ADS generator effectively parallelizes the generation of the ADS, such that an ADS may be built using a plurality of parallel threads of execution. By doing so, both the frontend and backend rendering processes are amendable to parallelization, and enabling if so desired real time rendering using physical rendering techniques such as ray tracing and photon mapping. Furthermore, conventional streaming geometry frontends such as OpenGL and DirectX compatible frontends can readily be adapted for use with physical rendering backends, thereby enabling developers to continue to develop with known API's, yet still obtain the benefits of physical rendering techniques. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256837 | DIRECTING CAMERA BEHAVIOR IN 3-D IMAGING SYSTEM - A method of associating a computer generated camera with an object in a three-dimensional computer generated space. The method receives a command to associate the camera with an object in the simulated space. Based on the command the method determines a path for moving the camera to a position near the object and aiming the camera at the object such that the object. The method creates a video from the simulated camera's perspective of the three-dimensional simulated space. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256838 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR CREATING A PRESET MAP FOR THE VISUALIZATION OF AN IMAGE DATASET - A method for creating a preset map for the visualization of an image dataset is provided. The method comprises dynamically adapting the preset map based on image dataset properties resulting in an adapted preset map. The method may be used for identifying the gray value similarity between the volume that the preset was created for and the volume to which the preset is supplied. This similarity measure is used to adapt the preset. As a result comparable 3D images, including structure and color, are created. An apparatus and a computer-readable medium are also provided. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256839 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING PERFORMANCE VENUE SEAT SELECTION - Seat selection for prospective spectators at a performance venue is facilitated by displaying virtual views of the performance space from any selected seat. The virtual seat views can be photorealistic renderings based on a three dimensional digital model of the performance venue. The virtual seat views can also reflect the seat locations as well as estimated spectator heights of eye. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256840 | Panning Using Virtual Surfaces - The present invention relates to panning a virtual camera in a three dimensional environment. In an embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method pans a virtual camera in a three dimensional environment. In the method embodiment, a first point is determined on a three dimensional model in the three dimensional environment. According to the first point, the three dimensional model, and a position of a virtual camera in the three dimensional environment, a virtual surface is determined. A second point is determined on the virtual surface. Finally, a location of the three dimensional model is changed according to the first point and the second point. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090262107 | DYNAMIC CREATION OF VIRTUAL REGIONS - In various embodiments, virtual universe regions are dynamically generated within a virtual universe based on user requests. Dynamic generation allows virtual universe users or “residents” to create virtual universe regions that are tailored to their desired specifications. Additionally, in some implementations, virtual universe users may have the option to instantly discard or retain a created region after evaluation based on whether the region meets the user's expectations. Furthermore, dynamic generation of regions may increase user satisfaction and provide additional means for revenue generation for the virtual universe administrator and for virtual universe businesses and entrepreneurs. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262108 | STREAMING GEOMETERY FOR USE IN DISPLAYING AND EDITING 3D IMAGERY - Method and systems are provided using streaming geometry in 3D imagery production. In one implementation a method for use in the display of 3D video images comprises receiving a first set of data corresponding to an output from a layout in a production pipeline, generating geometry data for one or more objects represented within the first set of data, merging the geometry data for each of the one or more objects to create one or more merged files, generating a table of contents, wherein the table of contents specifies the location of the geometry data for each of the one or more objects within the one or more merged files and storing the geometry data and the table of contents to a memory device for subsequent retrieval | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262109 | ILLUSTRATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL NATURE OF A DATA SET ON A TWO-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - A volume of a patient can be mapped with a system operable to identify a plurality of locations and save a plurality of locations of a mapping instrument. The mapping instrument can include one or more electrodes that can sense a voltage that can be correlated to a three dimensional location of the electrode at the time of the sensing or measurement. Therefore, a map of a volume can be determined based upon the sensing of the plurality of points without the use of other imaging devices. An implantable medical device can then be navigated relative to the mapping data. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090267937 | FLOATING TRANSITIONS - A computer implemented method and apparatus for floating object transitions. In one embodiment, tracking data identifying a location of an avatar in relation to a range of an object in a virtual universe is received. The range comprises a viewable field. In response to the tracking data indicating an occurrence of a trigger condition, a set of flotation rules associated with the trigger condition is identified. An optimal location and orientation of the object is identified for each flotation action in a set of flotation actions associated with the set of flotation rules. The set of flotation actions are initiated to float the object above a surface. The object changes the location and orientation of the object in accordance with the set of flotation actions associated with the set of flotation rules. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267938 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) VIRTUAL WORLD WORMHOLES - A three dimensional (3D) virtual world wormhole includes hosting a 3D virtual world, and creating a wormhole at a selected location in the 3D virtual world for automatic transport of an avatar from the selected location to a selected destination in the 3D virtual world. Policies may be defined for the wormhole where the wormhole operates in accordance with the defined policies. An avatar may be automatically transported from the location to any one of a plurality of destinations based on a current capacity of each of the plurality of destinations. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267939 | INPUT DEVICE OF COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING COMPUTER SYSTEM - An input device of a computer system and a method for operating the computer system are provided. In the method for operating the computer system, a motion state of the input device in three-dimensional space is detected first. Then, a predetermined code is generated at an operation terminal or a main body terminal of the computer system according to the motion state of the input device. Afterwards, the predetermined code is converted to a corresponding object code, and the object code is sent to the main body terminal of the computer system to make the computer system operate according to the object code. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267940 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CURVED MULTI-SLICE DISPLAY - A method of generating a curved multi-slice display ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090273598 | Methods and apparatuses for automatically converting objects in CAD drawing from two-dimensions to three-dimensions - Methods, apparatuses/systems, and software for converting graphic objects representing two-dimensional beams or columns within a drawing into three-dimensional beams or columns by locating all attribute labels within the drawing containing beam or column information, locating all two-dimensional graphic objects corresponding to the attribute labels, converting the attribute labels to simple text without Unicode formatting, and converting each two-dimensional graphic object into a three-dimensional graphic object based on the corresponding simple text. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273599 | Systems and methods for imaging relationship data in a three-dimensional image - Systems and methods for imaging relationship data as a three-dimensional image, which include rendering a three-dimensional image of an object having at least one attribute, an input marker relative to the object, an output marker relative to the object, and an input/output relationship. A data structure comprising a data field, the data field comprising a three-dimensional image of an input marker, an output marker, an object having at least one attribute and an input/output relationship. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273600 | DESIGN SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND DESIGN SUPPORTING METHOD - A design supporting apparatus calculates, based on flexible object model data as data concerning a flexible object fixed at least at two points, oscillation characteristic data as data concerning oscillation characteristics of the flexible object, and excitation force data as data concerning excitation force applied to the flexible object, an oscillation range shape as the flexible object model data taking into account sectional deformation of the flexible object calculated from excitation force and oscillation information and outputs the calculated oscillation range shape. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273601 | Image Presentation Method and Apparatus for 3D Navigation and Mobile Device Including the Apparatus - Provided are a high-performance, real-time image presentation method and apparatus for a 3-dimensional (3D) navigation system that may be used in a mobile environment since a small amount of data and a simple algorithm are used, and a mobile device including the image presentation apparatus. The image presentation method includes: loading two-dimensional (2D) map data and pattern control map (PCM) data; analyzing the 2D map data; generating 3D image data on a region that is analyzed as requiring 3D images in the analyzing of the 2D map data, based on the PCM data; and displaying 3D images on a display based on the 2D map data and the 3D image data. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090278841 | MANAGING USE LIMITATIONS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE RESOURCE CONSERVATION REGION - A virtual universe can include regions that conserve natural resource usage. A virtual universe natural resource conservation system (“system”) can determine that an avatar is accessing a natural resource conservation region in a virtual universe. The natural resource conservation region is supported with one or more devices that adhere to restrictions on natural resource usage. The system can also apply one or more virtual universe restrictions while the avatar is accessing the natural resource conservation region. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090278842 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZED STREAMING GAME SERVER - Exemplary embodiments include an interception mechanism for rendering commands generated by interactive applications, and a feed-forward control mechanism based on the processing of the commands on a rendering engine, on a pre-filtering module, and on a visual encoder. Also a feed-back control mechanism from the encoder is described. The mechanism is compression-quality optimized subject to some constraints on streaming bandwidth and system delay. The mechanisms allow controllable levels of detail for different rendered objects, controllable post filtering of rendered images, and controllable compression quality of each object in compressed images. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090278843 | COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL CARTONS WITH CURVED CREASES - A method, a computer readable medium with instructions to execute a method, and a carton designed using a method. The method includes accepting a specification of a carton made up of a substrate and having at least one curved crease. The method further includes for a curved crease, accepting a folding angle at any point of the crease; and automatically calculating at least one shape of the folded carton in order to determine a three-dimensional model of the folded carton. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090278844 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING 3D MESH INFORMATION INCLUDING STITCHING INFORMATION - Provided are encoding and decoding stitching information generated when the 3D mesh model that is the non-manifold or non-orientable model is converted into orientable and manifold models upon encoding the 3D mesh information of the 3D mesh model. The method of encoding 3D mesh information includes the steps of: encoding the 3D mesh information to output an encoded bitstream; encoding stitching information of elements contained in the 3D mesh information, the stitching information having a total number of duplicated original elements and, for each of the duplicated original elements, the duplication number, original-element identification information and duplicated-element identification information; and generating a packet of the bitstream, wherein the encoded stitching information is inserted into the packet. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090284523 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR ACCELERATING INTERSECTION TESTING IN RAY-TRACING RENDERING - For ray tracing scenes composed of primitives, systems and methods accelerate intersection testing by testing rays against elements of geometry acceleration data (GAD) arranged in a graph of nodes, where pairs of nodes are connected by edges, and each element bounds a varying granularity selection of the primitives. Upon detection of intersections between rays and elements, references to the rays are added to respective collections associated with the elements. Further processing of those rays is deferred until rays of a given collection are determined ready, and then rays from such a ready collection are tested for intersection with elements of GAD connected by edges to the element associated with the ready collection. When a primitive is bounded by no higher granularity GAD element, it is tested for intersection, and indications of intersection are output. Some examples encourage production of many secondary rays and collect such rays for parallelized testing, regardless of traversal order, camera ray association, or a time when each ray was spawned. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284524 | Optimized Graphical Calculation Performance by Removing Divide Requirements - By employing a scaled method for calculating the intersection of a ray with two bounding planes, divide operations may be avoided, which may result in fewer clock cycles and, possibly simplified processing logic. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284525 | HIGH FIDELTY ANAGLYPHS UTILIZING A FAR-RED PRIMARY COLOR - Four primary colors may be used to render anaglyphs with a full color gamut. The first image of a stereoscopic pair may be rendered in three primary colors while the second image of a stereoscopic pair may be rendered in a fourth primary color. The first image may be rendered in green and blue primary colors and a third primary color which may be a yellow, orange or red. The second image of the anaglyph may be rendered in a red or far-red primary color. A first color filter for viewing the first image may transmit light with wavelengths shorter than an edge wavelength λ | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284526 | RENDERING MULTIPLE CLEAR RECTANGLES USING A PRE-RENDERED DEPTH BUFFER - According to some embodiments, systems, methods, apparatus, computer program code and means are provided to set a first depth value associated with a plurality of pixels of a video image comprising a plurality of planes, create a first clear rectangle with respect to the first depth value, color render the pixels that are not associated with the first clear rectangle, and render the plurality of planes. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090289937 | MULTI-SCALE NAVIGATIONAL VISUALTIZATION - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates providing navigational assistance. An immersive view can include image data that can represent a computer displayable multi-scale image with at least two substantially parallel planes of view in which a first plane and a second plane are alternatively displayable based upon a level of zoom and which are related by a pyramidal volume, wherein the multi-scale image includes a pixel at a vertex of the pyramidal volume. A navigation component can provide navigational assistance via the immersive view based upon navigational input. A display engine can display the immersive view. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090295790 | Method and Devices for Generating, Transferring and Processing Three-Dimensional Image Data - Three-dimensional digital image data comes from a stereographic imaging arrangement ( | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295791 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENT CREATED FROM VIDEO - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates constructing a three-dimensional (3D) virtual environment from two-dimensional (2D) content. A 3D virtual environment can enable a 3D exploration of a 3D image constructed from a collection of two or more 2D images, the 3D image is constructed by combining the two or more 2D images based upon a respective image perspective. The two or more 2D images can be provided by a video portion. An aggregator can reduce the number of frames in the video portion, construct a 3D image based upon key point features in the reduced number of frames and align the key point features geometrically in three dimensions. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295792 | VIRTUAL PETROLEUM SYSTEM - A method of rendering three dimensional visualizations of two dimensional geophysical data includes converting each of a plurality of two dimensional data sets into a respective two dimensional image using two dimensional geological modeling and displaying the two dimensional images in a three dimensional space, the two dimensional images being located within the three dimensional space based on spatial relationships between locations from which the two dimensional data sets originate. An embodiment includes a system for performing the method. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295793 | Method and system for 3D surface deformation fitting - A method is provided for animating a three-dimensional object using an animation rig. An exemplary method according to the invention is a method that defines a positional relationship between the location of one or more known points on first surface and an equal number of corresponding points on a virtual surface, and a time interval. The time interval is incremented, and the positional offsets of one or more known points on the first surface are determined. The corresponding point or points on the virtual surface are then transformed by the positional offset, and the change in animation rig control values for the transformed points on the virtual surface are calculated. The animation rig control values are then updated based on said calculations. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295794 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATING MODES OF GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT - An operating mode controlling method is used with a graphics processing unit of a computer system. The graphics processing unit includes a plurality of stream processors. The operating mode controlling method includes the following steps. Firstly, an operating status of the computer system is detected, thereby determining a normal-operating mode or a power-saving mode of the graphics processing unit. If the graphics processing unit is operated in the normal-operating mode, all of the stream processors are enabled. If the graphics processing unit is operated in the power-saving mode, some of the stream processors are enabled. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295795 | Oral Implant Template - A method for producing an artifact-corrected image of negative jaw impression in a recipient jaw comprising, forming a negative impression of said recipient jaw, producing a first digital image of said negative jaw impression, producing a second digital image, including said artifacts of said negative jaw impression in said recipient jaw and using said first digital image to produce an artifact-corrected computer representation of said negative impression in said recipient jaw. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090303230 | Surface parameterization method | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303231 | Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Three-Dimensional Virtual Objects - An electronic device with a touch screen display, a computer-implemented method, and a graphical user interface for navigating in three-dimensional virtual spaces and manipulating three-dimensional objects in the virtual spaces using simple finger gestures are disclosed. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303232 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display panel that displays at least one of a two dimensional (2D) image and a three dimensional (3D) image, and a driver that is driven so as to display an image on the display panel. The driver includes a 3D image conversion unit that converts the 3D image into a protective image if a length of a period during which the 3D image is displayed on the display panel is longer than a length of a first period. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303233 | Systems and Methods for Imaging a Three-Dimensional Volume of Geometrically Irregular Grid Data Representing a Grid Volume - Systems and methods for imaging a 3D volume of geometrically irregular grid data. The systems and methods utilize various types of probes and displays to render the geometrically irregular grid data, in real-time, and analyze the geometrically irregular grid data. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090309873 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - It is made possible to provide a three-dimensional image display device by which an alarm image with high visibility can be displayed at the end of the viewing zone in a parallel-ray one-dimensional IP system, without a reduction of the viewing zone or a decrease in processing speed. A three-dimensional image display device includes: an elemental image display unit that has pixels arranged in a matrix form in a display plane, and displays elemental images; an optical plate that is placed to face the elemental image display unit, has optical apertures that extend linearly in a vertical direction and are arranged at regular intervals in a horizontal direction, and controls light rays from the elemental image display unit; and an image data converting unit that converts image data so that single-color portions having periodically varying widths are inserted to boundary portions between the elemental images, the width varying with locations in the elemental image display unit, the inserted single-color portions being asymmetrical in the entire elemental image display unit. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309874 | Method for Display of Pre-Rendered Computer Aided Diagnosis Results - A method for displaying pre-rendered medical images on a workstation includes receiving three-dimensional medical image data. A region of suspicion is automatically identified within the three-dimensional medical image data. A rendering workstation is used to pre-render the three-dimensional medical image data into a sequence of two-dimensional images in which the identified region of suspicion is featured from a vantage point that is automatically selected to maximize diagnostic value of the two-dimensional images for determining whether the region of suspicion is an actual abnormality. The sequence of pre-rendered two-dimensional images is then stored in a PACS, where it can then be displayed on a viewing workstation. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309875 | DRAWING GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR ELECTRIC CABLE HOUSING COMPONENTS - To make possible using three-dimensional data of electric cable housing components to automatically generate and output a drawing that is simple and useful as two-dimensional data for clearly representing the relationship between upper and lower components. Determination controller | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090315882 | REDUCING THE NUMBER OF VERTICES IN A CLUSTERED DELAUNAY MESH - What is disclosed is a system and method for reducing the number of vertices obtained when building an image gamut from a large number of image pixels. In one embodiment, a color image comprising a plurality of image pixels is received and the color data points measured. An n-dimensional Delaunay triangulation is defined wherein vertices of the triangulation comprise clusters of the measured data points. Cluster analysis is performed on the color data points to determine which existing cluster will receive a new point or if a new cluster should be created. The point clusters are added to the triangulation. For point clusters within the triangulation, a representative point is defined which serves as a normal vertex for the point cluster. The vertex is then added into the triangulation and a gamut generated. The gamut can be used to model a gamut of the color image or a color device. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315883 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY WITH PIXELATED LUMINAIRE - An autostereoscopic display is described. The autostereoscopic display apparatus includes a pixelated backlight having a plurality of vertical pixel stripes. Each pixel stripe includes a left view light source and a right view light source. An image display panel is configured to display a plurality of image stripes that are in registration with the backlight plurality of vertical pixel stripes. A lens array is between the pixelated backlight and the image display panel. The lens array is formed of a plurality of lens stripes. Each lens stripe includes a right view lens and left view lens, and the backlight plurality of vertical pixel stripes are in registration with the plurality of lens stripes. Light from the left view light source is directed through an image stripe and to a left view position through the left view lens and light from the right view light source is directed through an image stripe and to a right view position through the right view lens. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315884 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING AND DISPLAYING IMAGE DATA - A method of outputting three-dimensional (3D) images, the method including: generating first-perspective image data and second-perspective image data to display the 3D image by converting a same two-dimensional (2D) image data; adding additional information indicating a relationship between the first-perspective image data and the second-perspective image data to the first-perspective image data and/or the second-perspective image data; and outputting the first-perspective image data and the second-perspective image data. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090322738 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES USING HOLOGRAMS - We describe a method of generating data for displaying an image defined by a plurality of holographically generated subframes for display sequentially in time to give the impression of said image, the method including: receiving data for said image for display; determining holographic data for a said subframe from target image data at a first spatial resolution derived from said received data; converting said holographic data to image subframe data for display to generate a said holographic subframe, said image subframe data having a second spatial resolution lower than said first spatial resolution; generating reconstructed image data at said first spatial resolution from said image subframe data, said reconstructed image data representing said displayed holographic subframe; adjusting said target image data using said reconstructed image data; and determining holographic data and image subframe data for a subsequent said subframe using said adjusted image data. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322739 | Visual Interactions with Analytics - Visual interaction with an analytics-driven model view composition application. The application includes a data-model binding component that binds input data to model parameters, an analytics solver component that solves for remaining unknown model parameters, and a view composition component that generates a view composition using the model parameters. In one visual interaction, various solutions of the model are provided in alternative views of various view compositions in a single integrated composition. In another interaction, regardless of whether there are multiple view compositions illustrated in a single integrated view, there might be visual prompts in the view composition that suggest an adjustment to make that might move the value of a particular model parameter in a desired direction. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322740 | System and method for displaying a planar image on a curved surface - An image display system for displaying a planar image on a curved viewing surface, such as a theater dome, with minimized image distortion. In order to display the image, a virtual surface, which is a representation of the curved viewing surface, is textured with the image using an angular distribution to thereby form a textured virtual image. The textured virtual image is then displayed onto the curved viewing surface. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322741 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PRODUCING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A three-dimensional display device comprises pixel blocks where pixels having a plurality of dots are arranged to be matrix, respectively, a display body formed in a matter that the pixel blocks are arranged in a matrix, lens blocks where a plurality of lenses are arranged to be matrix corresponding to the pixels, respectively, and a lens panel formed in a manner that the lens blocks are arranged in a matrix. A three-dimensional image is displayed by maintaining the display body and the lens panel at predetermined intervals so as to correspond the arrangement positions of the pixel blocks with those of the lens blocks on the matrix, concurrently, and by spatially matching virtual images of the dots, the virtual images being produced by a plurality of the lenses whose arrangement positions are the same among a plurality of the lens blocks. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100001992 | SURFACE DESIGN TOOLS - A method of designing a consumer-selected surface includes the steps of displaying a representation of a surface, displaying one or more patterns that may be applied to the representation of the surface, and receiving a selection from a user of a pattern selected from the one or more patterns. The method also includes the steps of allowing the user to locate on the selected pattern at a position on the representation of the surface, the position being independent of a size or shape of the selected pattern, and allowing the user to modify the positioned pattern by altering at least one characteristic thereof to develop a modified representation of the surface. Further, the method includes the steps of generating a three-dimensional view of a room that includes a rendering of the modified representation of the surface and providing the generated three-dimensional view to the user. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001993 | GEOMETRIC AND TEXTURE MODIFICATIONS OF OBJECTS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE BASED ON REAL WORLD USER CHARACTERISTICS - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for modifying objects in a virtual universe. A user priority controller determines a real world identity of a set of users controlling a set of avatars within a viewable field of an object in a virtual universe. The user priority controller receives user information describing characteristics of the set of users based on the real world identity of each user in the set of users. The user priority controller generates a temporary and dynamic rule to control modification of the object based on the user information. The user priority controller modifies the object in accordance with the temporary and dynamic rule to increase visibility of the object to an avatar in the set of avatars. The temporary and dynamic rule initiates implementation of geometric and texture modifications to modify the object in accordance with the temporary and dynamic rule. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001994 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING USING 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY - Provided is a communication method using a three-dimensional (3D) image display device. In the communication method, motion information is determined using a motion image obtained by photographing a user's motion indicating the user's request in relation to an opposite party, distance information indicating the distance between the user who is moving and the 3D image display device is determined, and then, the user's request is determined based on the motion information and the distance information. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001995 | Method and System for Remote Visualization Client Acceleration - A method, system, and program product is disclosed for remote visualization in which a server window contents is displayed remotely at a client. The client creates a 3D rendering surface on a client graphics card to display a server window contents and receives update data from the server relating to the server window contents. The update data is uploaded to the client graphics card and the graphics processing unit (GPU) is used to decode the update data and render the update data to the 3D rendering surface. The graphical processing unit includes general purpose computing on graphics processing unit functionality to provide the decoding processing. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001996 | APPARATUS FOR GUIDING TOWARDS TARGETS DURING MOTION USING GPU PROCESSING - A method and apparatus using a graphics processing unit (GPU) are disclosed for three-dimensional (3D) imaging and continuously updating organ shape and internal points for guiding targets during motion. It is suitable for image-guided surgery or operations because the speed of guidance is achieved close to video rate. The system incorporates different methods of rigid and non-rigid registration using the parallelism of GPU processing that allows continuous updates in substantially real-time. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001997 | Information Processing Method - An information processing method transfers information from a start face to an end face with a minimum local distortion by maintaining one-to-one correspondence between the original information on the start face and the transferred information on the end face. The method includes an operation of mapping information taken from a three-dimensional surface onto a rectangular plane, or vice versa, by dividing the start face into a plurality of divisional start faces and preparing divisional end faces that just fill the end face, then deforming each divisional start face to just fit a corresponding one of the divisional end faces, so as to maintain lines and points defining each divisional end face as lines and points also on the end face and to ensure that a first area ratio between each divisional start face relative to the entire start face and a second area ratio between each divisional end face relative to the entire end face is substantially equal. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001998 | Apparatus and method for determining an absolute pose of a manipulated object in a real three-dimensional environment with invariant features - An apparatus and method for optically inferring an absolute pose of a manipulated object in a real three-dimensional environment from on-board the object with the aid of an on-board optical measuring arrangement. At least one invariant feature located in the environment is used by the arrangement for inferring the absolute pose. The inferred absolute pose is expressed with absolute pose data (φ,θ,ψ,x,y,z) that represents Euler rotated object coordinates expressed in world coordinates (X | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100007657 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUALIZATION OF VIRTUAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS - The method of visualization of three-dimensional object of the virtual space, comprising the following operations of: establishing the base coordinate system for the preset area of the real space by stationing, within this space, the base group of receiving/transmitting devices, which group sets the position of axes of the base coordinate system; setting the positions of the pre-produced in the digital format three-dimensional objects of the virtual space concerning the base coordinate system to ensure their virtual presence at within the preset area of the real space; determining the user observation point of the three-dimensional objects of the virtual space concerning the base coordinate system by locating the receiving/transmitting device fixed on the user head and by setting the position of the observation point concerning the receiving/transmitting device fixed on the user head; determining the position of the display units engaged by the user, concerning the base coordinate system by means of location of the receiving/transmitting devices fixed on the display units and also by means of setting the positions of working zones (active areas) of the display units concerning the receiving/transmitting devices fixed thereon; generating a set of presented (displayed) data regarding the three-dimensional objects of virtual space, proceeding from the information regarding the positions of the three-dimensional objects of the virtual space concerning the base coordinate system, the information regarding the position of the observation point concerning the base coordinate system and the information regarding the positions of the displays engaged by the user concerning the base coordinate system; displaying (presenting) the three-dimensional objects of the virtual space on the display units engaged by the user, proceeding from the generated set of presented (displayed) data. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007658 | VOLUMETRIC IMAGE MOTION-BASED VISUALIZATION - Systems, apparatus, and methods for displaying volumetric data using motion-based visualization techniques are provided. An apparatus storing computer executable instructions to be executed by a processor, causing the processor to carryout out a method for displaying data with multiple graphical features visually representing portions of the data and to impart motion to a graphical feature relative to a remainder of the volumetric image to highlight the first graphical feature is provided. A method for displaying a volumetric image in which motion is used to highlight a graphical feature visually representing a portion of the volumetric image relative to the remainder of the image is provided. A system for displaying a volumetric image comprising a user interface, a display, a memory for storing graphical data, and a processor that displays a volumetric image with multiple graphical features of the data and imparts motion to a user-identified graphical feature relative to a remainder of the volumetric image to highlight the first graphical feature are provided. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007659 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A TOMOSYNTHETIC 3D X-RAY IMAGE - In a method and device for generating a tomosynthetic 3D x-ray image, a number of digital x-ray images of an examination subject are acquired at respectively different projection angles, within a limited angle range, using an x-ray source and a digital x-ray detector. At an initial position for a selected projection angle, a spatially-fixed reference point is projected onto a partial region of the acquisition surface of the x-ray detector. For each further projection angle, a corresponding partial region on the acquisition surface is automatically determined. The tomosynthetic 3D image is reconstruction exclusively using image data from the respective partial regions. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007660 | Pattern inversion for improved resolution in 3D imaging - A system and method for improving resolution of a 3-D image by pattern inversion is disclosed. An image of a marker pattern transmitted from the surface of a 3-D object is captured with a sensor and analyzed using a 3-D image analysis method. The respective light and dark areas in the image are then inverted. The inverted image is then analyzed using a 3-D image analysis method, whereby the inversion allows for analysis of a greater portion of the image, resulting in a higher resolution 3-D image than without inversion. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007661 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A three-dimensional image display device includes a three-dimensional image generator and a display panel. The three-dimensional image generator includes a memory part, a control part, and an output buffer part. The memory part has a lookup table storing pixel-shift data corresponding to a plurality of viewpoints and depths. The control part stores image data and depth data in an internal memory, and outputs shifted image data based on the pixel-shift data. The output buffer part outputs three-dimensional image data based on the shifted image data. The display panel displays the three-dimensional image data. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100013829 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROGRESSIVE MESH STORAGE AND RECONSTRUCTION USING WAVELET-ENCODED HEIGHT FIELDS - Systems and methods are provided for progressive mesh storage and reconstruction using wavelet-encoded height fields. A method for progressive mesh storage includes reading raster height field data, and processing the raster height field data with a discrete wavelet transform to generate wavelet-encoded height fields. In another embodiment, a method for progressive mesh storage includes reading texture map data, and processing the texture map data with a discrete wavelet transform to generate wavelet-encoded texture map fields. A method for reconstructing a progressive mesh from wavelet-encoded height field data includes determining terrain blocks, and a level of detail required for each terrain block, based upon a viewpoint. Triangle strip constructs are generated from vertices of the terrain blocks, and an image is rendered utilizing the triangle strip constructs. Software products that implement these methods are provided. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100013830 | Processing Of Signals From Global Navigation Satellite Systems By A Graphics Processor - The programmable graphics processor processing a signal from a global navigation satellite system (“GNSS”); has a rasterizer unit, a pixel shader unit and a memory unit. GNSS satellite, received signal converted into a digitized form of the received signal, and transformed by a programmable graphics processor, wherein an array of a corresponding data of the digitized form signal is stored in the memory unit and operated by the pixel shader unit forming a resulting array, written into the memory unit at the first address (see FIG. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100013831 | METHOD FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPLAYING OIL AND GAS RELATED INFORMATION - A method and system for generating output files which represent computer displayable geographically related data related to the oil and gas industries. The method and system provides an approach for representing vast amounts of data related to oil and gas industry assets geographically so that the data may be displayed in two and three-dimensions. The method and system provide a way of inputting raw data and outputting a file that may be processed by a geographic information system software package to visually represent the data geographically on the surface of the earth. The output file may also be in a number of other file formats and readable by other software applications. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100020066 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Three-dimensional imaging techniques are used for a visualization method and apparatus. In a preferred embodiment, terrain data is displayed as a series of pixels—areas of terrain elevation data. Individual pixels are analyzed to determine whether they are locally smooth or “warpable” relative to their surrounding neighbor pixels. Those pixels that are locally relatively “smooth,” i.e., those satisfying a given set of criteria, are joined with adjacent neighbor pixels by a process referred to herein as “warping” to create “smooth,” gap-free surfaces. A preferred embodiment includes drawing or generating lines between the centers of two pairs of adjacent pixels to determine a slopes m | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020067 | Information processing apparatus - An information processing apparatus displays a shape of an object on a display device by using numerical values on a coordinate axis. The apparatus includes a calculating unit that calculates a minimum rectangular parallelepiped including the component by using numerical values indicative of a shape of the component; an outer-shape calculating unit that replaces every component constituting the object and calculates numerical values indicative of an outer shape of an object formed by collecting every replaced component into one; a determining unit that determines whether the component makes contact with the outer shape by using the numerical values indicative of the outer shape and the numerical values indicative of the shape of the component; and a displaying unit that displays on the display device an object composed of only components as making contact. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020068 | View Point Representation for 3-D Scenes - Techniques are described for deriving information, including graphical representations, based on perspectives of a 3D scene by utilizing sensor model representations of location points in the 3D scene. A 2D view point representation of a location point is derived based on the sensor model representation. From this information, a data representation can be determined. The 2D view point representation can be used to determine a second 2D view point representation. Other techniques include using sensor model representations of location points associated with dynamic objects in a 3D scene. These sensor model representations are generated using sensor systems having perspectives external to the location points and are used to determine a 3D model associated with a dynamic object. Data or graphical representations may be determined based on the 3D model. A system for obtaining information based on perspectives of a 3D scene includes a data manager and a renderer. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020069 | PARTITIONING-BASED PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS FOR GRAPHICS IMAGING - In general, this disclosure relates to techniques for providing a visual representation of a graphical scene that includes a number of different graphical partitions, which may allow a user to identify portions of the graphics scene that exhibit reduced performance due to costs associated with screen partitioning. One example device includes a display device and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to display one or more graphics images in a graphical scene on the display device, display a graphical representation of partitions that overlay the one or more graphics images and that graphically divide the scene on the display device, and analyze graphics data for the one or more graphics images to determine which portions of the graphics data are associated with multiple ones of the partitions. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020070 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING USING A LUMINESCENT SURFACE - The attenuation and other optical properties of a medium are exploited to measure a thickness of the medium between a sensor and a target surface. Disclosed herein are various mediums, arrangements of hardware, and processing techniques that can be used to capture these thickness measurements and obtain three-dimensional images of the target surface in a variety of imaging contexts. This includes general techniques for imaging interior/concave surfaces as well as exterior/convex surfaces, as well as specific adaptations of these techniques to imaging ear canals, human dentition, and so forth. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020071 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING GRAPHICS OBJECTS IN A GRAPHICS DISPLAY SYSTEM - A method and system for controlling the algorithmic elements in 3D graphics systems via an improved 3D graphics API is provided. In one aspect, in a 3D graphics system having privatized formats with privatized drivers used to increase the efficiency of display, existing problems are eliminated that are associated with multiple redundant copies of the publicly formatted graphics data made in host system memory pursuant to various graphics operations e.g., lock and unlock operations. The ability to make a system copy of publicly formatted data is exposed to the developer, eliminating the creation of unnecessary, and redundant copies. Efficient switching between the privatized and public format remains hidden from the developers so that applications execute efficiently while removing consideration thereof from the developers. Thus, developers are free to consider other tasks. In the event that a developer wishes to make a copy of the data, the data is copied pursuant to an operation that the developer calls and over which the developer has control, ensuring that multiple redundant copies of the graphics data are not made in host system memory. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020072 | METHOD OF CREATION OF A VIRTUAL THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE TO ENABLE ITS REPRODUCTION ON PLANAR SUBSTRATES - A method of creation of a virtual three dimensional image to enable its reproduction on at least one planar substrate includes creating a virtual three dimensional space that includes a ground plane. A virtual model of an object is merged into the virtual three dimensional space and located at a desired position on the ground plane. A first virtual camera is placed at a first position in the virtual three dimensional space. Virtual lighting is added to the virtual three dimensional space to create shadows of the virtual model on at least the ground plane. The first virtual camera is used for rendering of the virtual model and the shadows to obtain a rendered image. The virtual model is removed and the rendered image is projected onto the ground plane. A second virtual camera is placed vertically above the projection of the rendered image on the ground plane and is used to capture the virtual three dimensional image of the projection of the rendered image on the ground plane to enable reproduction of the virtual three dimensional image on the at least one planar substrate. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100026681 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING PARALLEL AUGMENTED FUNCTIONALITY FOR A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A method for providing virtual world functionality to a user of a base virtual world having a base virtual world functionality, includes providing first, second and third virtual world layers having respective first, second and third virtual world layer functionalities beyond the base virtual world functionality and providing user access to the base virtual world functionality and to the first and second virtual world functionalities by the second virtual world layer. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026682 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMS - In a graphics processing system, when a fragment reaches a texturing stage, it is determined whether the texture to be applied is a static or dynamic texture (Step | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100033479 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes a detecting unit that detects a position and an orientation direction of a handheld device that is positioned on or near three-dimensional display screen; a calculation processing unit that performs a calculation process for displaying a three-dimensional image in a position that is successive or close to the handheld device, based on the position and the orientation direction of the handheld device; and a display controlling unit that causes the three-dimensional image to be displayed as a conjunctive three-dimensional image in the position that is successive or close to the handheld device, based on a result of the calculation process performed by the calculation processing unit. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100039427 | RECONSTRUCTING THREE DIMENSIONAL OIL PAINTINGS - Techniques for generating three dimensional image data with brushstroke effects from a two dimensional image is disclosed. One or more three dimensional brushstroke patterns from at least one brushstroke are generated. A two dimensional image is partitioned into one or more color regions. For each color region, each three dimensional brushstroke pattern is transformed to obtain a brushstroke effect. Each transformed three dimensional brushstroke pattern is then applied to each color region to generate a three dimensional image data having the brushstroke effect. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039428 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TWO- OR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY MODE OF IMAGE SEQUENCE - A method of determining a two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) display mode is provided. An image sequence is received. Whether a current image included in the image sequence is a 2D or 3D image is determined. Based on a result of the determination, a 2D or 3D display mode for the image sequence is determined. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039429 | Apparatus and method for 3D animation rendering in portable terminal - A portable terminal includes a three dimensional (3D) apparatus for rendering a 3D animation. In the method, one or more animation data for a 3D animation are generated when initializing an application program for execution of the 3D animation. An animation index is determined in consideration of the animation lapse time for the 3D animation when executing the 3D animation. The animation data corresponding to the animation index is selected among the generated animation data to perform a rendering operation. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100045660 | Recommendations for Object Use in Virtual Environment - Techniques are disclosed for helping users determine the “best” places to use and acquire inventory objects within a virtual environment, as well as to notify users of useful inventory items when an avatar is at a particular location in the virtual environment. An object index may be used to store data describing attributes of virtual objects, and a user index may be used to store data describing interactions users engage in with virtual objects. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045661 | Method and system for converting a two-dimensional (2-D) graphic user interface (GUI) into a GUI with a three-dimensional (3-D) effect - A method for converting a two-dimensional (2-D) graphic user interface (GUI) into a GUI with a three-dimensional (3-D) effect includes: defining a GUI display region on a screen, the GUI display region being defined by first and second curved lines that are spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and first and second boundary lines that intersect the first and second curved lines, distances between pairs of points respectively on the first and second curved lines and aligned in the first direction varying in a second direction different from the first direction; performing projection transformation computational processing upon content of the 2-D GUI to result in transformed content; and presenting the transformed content in the GUI display region, the transformed content presenting a 3-D effect. A system that performs the method is also disclosed. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045662 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING AND INTERACTIVELY DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS - A method is provided whereby the user can view and interact with live, realtime 3D content using just a web browser, requiring no extra downloads or third party 3D plugins. The invention uses W3C standard bitmap formats, typically JPEG or PNG, as the delivery vehicle for server side rendered 3D content. The invention provides a 3D rendering application that runs on a web server and responds to commands from the user's web browser to manipulate, re-render and deliver new 3D rendered scenes back to the users' browser. The invention preferably uses Ajax—Asynchronous Javascript and XML to create the client side Web 3D scene manipulation tool set. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045663 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING VISUAL CONTENT FOREGROUNDS - A method and apparatus for identifying visual content foregrounds, the method comprises steps of: determining a 3-D opening-by-reconstruction modest structure element (B | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045664 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSOR AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is an image processor which makes it easier for a person other than a programmer, for example, a designer of a shape and the like of a collided object, to participate in behavior control performed on a mobile object in the case where the mobile object collides against the collided object. A behavior control information storage unit ( | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045665 | Method and device for creating at least two key frames corresponding to a three-dimensional object - The invention relates to a method and a device for creating at least two key images each including an image representing at least one three-dimensional object in a three-dimensional environment, and the exposure of the object in said environment from the viewpoint of the associated image, said method being characterised in that it comprises the following steps: acquiring a first image representing the object in a a predetermined initial position; creating a first key image from the first acquired image and the relative exposure of the least one second image representing said object, the viewpoint of at least one said second image being different from the viewpoint of said first image; determining the relative exposure of the object in its environment based on the difference between the viewpoints of the first image and at least one said second image, each of said viewpoints being determined relative to a position and an orientation; and creating a second key image based on said at least one acquired second image and the relative exposure of the object in its environment. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045666 | Anchored Navigation In A Three Dimensional Environment On A Mobile Device - This invention relates to anchored navigation in a three dimensional environment on a mobile device. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method navigates a virtual camera in a three dimensional environment on a mobile device having a touch screen. A first user input is received indicating that a first object is approximately stationary on a touch screen of the mobile device. A second user input is received indicating that a second object has moved on the touch screen. An orientation of the virtual camera of the virtual camera is changed according to the second user input. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045667 | Navigation In a Three Dimensional Environment Using An Orientation Of A Mobile Device - This invention relates to navigation in a three dimensional environment using an orientation of a mobile device. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method navigates a virtual camera in a three dimensional environment on a mobile device. The method includes: receiving orientation information of the mobile device; and orienting the virtual camera in the three dimensional environment according to the orientation information. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045668 | Apparatus and Method for 3D Packet Scale Down with Proxy Server in Mobile Environment - A mobile network capable of 3-Dimensional (3D) packet scale down includes a server, mobile station and proxy server. The proxy server includes an apparatus and method for 3-Dimensional (3D) packet scale down. The method includes receiving a 3D packet from a main server, generating a set of unit figures constituting a 3D image using a parameter of the received 3D packet, and increasing a size of a partial unit figure in the generated set of the unit figures, and generating a set of the same size as the generated set of the unit figures, by figures of less number than the generated set of the unit figures. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100053150 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INPUT ASSEMBLER DEVICE, AND INPUT ASSEMBLING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A coordinate data read unit ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053151 | IN-LINE MEDIATION FOR MANIPULATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A user holds the mobile device upright or sits in front of a nomadic or stationary device, views the monitor from a suitable distance, and physically reaches behind the device with her hand to manipulate a 3D object displayed on the monitor. The device functions as a 3D in-line mediator that provides visual coherency to the user when she reaches behind the device to use hand gestures and movements to manipulate a perceived object behind the device and sees that the 3D object on the display is being manipulated. The perceived object that the user manipulates behind the device with bare hands corresponds to the 3D object displayed on the device. The visual coherency arises from the alignment of the user's head or eyes, the device, and the 3D object. The user's hand may be represented as an image of the actual hand or as a virtualized representation of the hand, such as part of an avatar. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053152 | System and Method for the Interactive Display of Data in a Motion Capture Environment - A system includes an analysis system for performing an analysis and a motion capture environment interfaced with the analysis system. The motion capture system includes at least one sensor-tracker for tracking a location of a tracked object within the motion capture environment and one or more computers collectively operable to generate a virtual reality environment corresponding to the analysis. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053153 | METHOD OF CODING DATA REPRESENTATIVE OF A MULTIDIMENSIONAL TEXTURE, CODING DEVICE, DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING SIGNAL AND PROGRAM - The invention relates to a method of coding data representative of a multidimensional texture, said data being initially organized on a number of dimensions at least equal to three, at least one of said dimensions being associated with a rendition parameter for said texture, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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| 20100053154 | METHODS FOR AUTOMATED AND SEMIAUTOMATED COMPOSITION OF VISUAL SEQUENCES, FLOWS, AND FLYOVERS BASED ON CONTENT AND CONTEXT - A system with the ability to dynamically compose a sequence of visual views or flows allowing a single object or region, or multiple objects or regions, to be viewed from different perspectives and visual distances is described. The sequence of views can provide smooth flyovers over positions and details on objects that are deemed to be of interest, with changes in zoom level and/or velocity that are functions of the estimated complexity and/or unfamiliarity with features of the object. In an example, a flyover displaying different views on a map of a city arterial system on a small-screened mobile device is composed based on current traffic conditions, swooping up and down with parabolic trajectories, based on distances being traversed, and pausing at times over key traffic jams and other findings of interest based on the estimated visual complexity and predicted atypicality of situations. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100060629 | Graphics-Processing Architecture Based on Approximate Rendering - A graphics processing circuit for rendering three-dimensional graphics data is disclosed. The circuit includes pipelined graphics processing stages, wherein each of two or more of the stages is configured to process at least one of graphics primitives, vertices, tiles, and pixels, according to a stage-specific error budget. Depending on its error budget, each of these stages may select a high- or low-precision calculation, select between lossless and lossy compression, adjust the compression ratio of a variable lossy compression algorithm, or some combination of these approaches. The circuit further comprises a global error-control unit configured to determine error budgets for each of the two or more stages, based on at least one of error data received from the two or more stages, predetermined scene complexity data, and user-defined error settings, and to assign the error budgets to the graphics processing stages. Corresponding methods for processing graphics data are also disclosed. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060630 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMS - When rendering a scene | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060631 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAP DATA GENERATING SYSTEM, THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAP DATA GENERATING METHOD AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAP DATA GENERATING PROGRAM - A three-dimensional map data creation system and a three-dimensional map data creation method ensuring high in a height direction of a structure near a base station of a wireless communication system so as to highly accurately estimate radio propagation characteristics from the base station of the wireless communication system are provided. An external shape of each of structures is acquired from already acquired two-dimensional map data and a height is acquired using a photograph in which structures described in the two-dimensional map data are imaged. At that time, as the photograph, a photograph taken from a floor identical to a floor on which a base station antenna of the wireless communication system that provides a wireless communication service is disposed in an area including one of the structures. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060632 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR THE REAL TIME EMBEDING OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS IN AN IMAGE STREAM USING DATA FROM A REAL SCENE REPRESENTED BY SAID IMAGES - The invention relates to a method and devices for imbedding, in at least one so-called first image of an image stream representing a real scene ( | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060633 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING DIFFERENTIAL RADIOGRAPHY - The present invention relates to a characterisation system ( | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100066730 | System for illustrating true three dimensional images in an enclosed medium - A system for generating three-dimensional images within an enclosed volume wherein the images are oriented with X, Y, and a Z axes. The system includes a transparent housing capable of allowing a collimated light to pass therethrough, at least one laser for producing at least one beam of collimated light, a plurality of light activated units capable of emitting light at threshold θ when activated by the collimated light generated by the laser apparatus. In addition, the system also includes a suspension medium for suspending light-activated units. The suspension medium is a compound with a density capable of suspending the light activated units in a uniform fashion throughout the space | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066731 | Configurator Process and System - A configurator that creates multi angle images of a product that can be configured with options, accessories, colors and the like in 2d imagery, which does not require special software or hardware to view and interact with the configurator. The configurator automatically generates layer logic of how the product can be assembled for use in a configurator engine to manage the relationships of the 2d art layers. The approach outlined here has moved the linking and logic to the generation phase of the layers thereby automatically generating the configuration logic file at rendering that can be used by a simple program to assemble the layers for a visual interface. Essentially, 2d images are created in a layering scheme from 3d models that can be assembled into any combination based on logic to support various configurations of products. The layering scheme approach prevents the need to render complete product image for each combination including breaking into most/least common factors in separate layers and assembling after the fact. Optimization reduces the number of combinations required for multi-angle images of a configured product. The imagery and logic can be updated without as much manual involvement. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066732 | Image View Synthesis Using a Three-Dimensional Reference Model - A novel image view may be synthesized using a three-dimensional reference model. In an example embodiment, a device-implemented method for synthesizing a novel image view includes acts of registering, selecting, applying and synthesizing. An image is registered to at least one reference model. A source block of visual data from the image is selected with regard to a destination block of the reference model based on a source depth associated with the source block and a destination depth associated with the destination block. The destination position of the destination block of the reference model is not visible in the image. The source block of visual data from the image is applied to the destination block of the reference model to produce an image-augmented model. A novel image view is synthesized using the image-augmented model. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066733 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING VIRTUAL WORLD ENVIRONMENTS BASED UPON EXISTING PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS - In general, the present invention provides a system and method for creating, managing and utilizing virtual worlds for enhanced management of an Information Technology (IT) environment. Two dimensional (2D) and three dimensional (3D) virtual world renditions are automatically created to replicate the associated real-life IT environment. Such virtual environments can then be used to familiarize staff with remote locations and to securely provide virtual data center tours to others. The virtual environments are managed through an information monitor and management module that generates a work order sent to the physical location for reconfiguration of the real-life environment. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066734 | Storage Medium Storing Three-Dimensional Image Processing Program, Three-Dimensional Image Processing Apparatus and Three-Dimensional Image Processing Method - A game apparatus functioning as a three-dimensional image processing apparatus includes a CPU. The CPU executes three-dimensional image processing. When a cursor on a display screen is moved according to an instruction from a user, a gazing point is also moved acceding thereto. At this time, a view volume (cone) is deformed such that a gazing point plane is maintained at an original position. Thus, the gazing point and a vanishing point are overlapped with each other on the display screen. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066735 | APPARATUS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE - There is provided a 3D human machine interface (“3D HMI”), which 3D HMI may include (1) an image acquisition assembly, (2) an initializing module, (3) an image segmentation module, (4) a segmented data processing module, (5) a scoring module, (6) a projection module, (7) a fitting module, (8) a scoring and error detection module, (9) a recovery module, (10) a three dimensional correlation module, (11) a three dimensional skeleton prediction module, (12) an output module and a (13) depth extraction module. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066736 | METHOD, INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, AND GAME DEVICE - In a first-person gun shooting game or the like, when the player has performed a shooting operation, a bullet is fired from a gun held by a player's character. When the bullet has hit an enemy character, the enemy character is damaged. The bullet that has hit the enemy character rebounds from the enemy character and hits another object (wooden box) positioned near the enemy character so that the other object breaks. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066737 | DYNAMIC-STATE ESTIMATING APPARATUS, DYNAMIC-STATE ESTIMATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A dynamic-state estimating apparatus includes a control-point setting unit setting a plurality of control points for a three-dimensional object model; a control-point color-information acquiring unit acquiring control-point color information indicating the color at a projection position where each control point is projected on an object image; an initial control-point color-information storing unit storing the control-point color information acquired from the object image for initial setup as initial control-point color information; a control-point position estimating unit estimating the position of each control point at a current time; a current control-point color-information acquiring unit acquiring current control-point color information resulting from projection of the control point on the object image at the current time; and a likelihood calculating unit calculating a likelihood by using the current control-point color information and the initial control-point color information. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066738 | MIXED REALITY SPACE IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS - A mixed reality space image providing apparatus configured to provide a user with a mixed reality space image in which a virtual object image is superimposed on a real space image is provided includes a selection unit configured to select simulation processing from among a plurality of types of simulation processing based on an instruction from the user, a simulation processing unit configured to perform the simulation processing selected by the selection unit with respect to the virtual object image, and a providing unit configured to generate a mixed reality space image by superimposing the simulation-processed virtual object image on the real space image and to provide the generated mixed reality space image to the user. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100073359 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING A WAYPOINT - A display system for use on a vehicle is presented. The display system comprises a cursor control device, at least one electronic display for displaying a first image comprising a three-dimensional conformal view of a terrain and a first movable cursor, and a processor that is coupled to the cursor control device and the at least one electronic display. The processor is configured to move the first movable cursor on the first image in response to input from the cursor control device and to determine a latitude and longitude that correspond to the position of the first movable cursor. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073360 | INPUT DEVICE FOR GRAPHICS - An input device for editing a 3D model displayed in a screen is provided. The input device includes a signal transceiver module and a telescopic sensing component. The signal transceiver module communicates with a graphic system to obtain information of the 3D model. The signal transceiver module includes a first and a second transceiver respectively disposed at a first and a second location of the input device for obtaining a plurality of spatial information of the input device. An expansion of the telescopic sensing component reflects the force of the input device applied to the screen, and the length of the input device is adjusted according to the force. The signal transceiver module transmits the expansion and the spatial information to the graphic system to allow the graphic system to generate a virtual object in the 3D model for simulating the state of the input device merging into the screen. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073361 | INTERACTIVE DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND DELIVERY OF 3D CHARACTER MOTION DATA THROUGH THE WEB - Systems and methods are described for animating 3D characters using synthetic motion data generated by generative models in response to a high level description of a desired sequence of motion provided by an animator. In a number of embodiments, an animation system is accessible via a server system that utilizes the ability of generative models to generate synthetic motion data across a continuum to enable multiple animators to effectively reuse the same set of previously recorded motion capture data to produce a wide variety of desired animation sequences. In several embodiments, an animator can upload a custom model of a 3D character and the synthetic motion data generated by the generative model is retargeted to animate the custom 3D character. One embodiment of the invention includes a server system configured to communicate with a database containing motion data including repeated sequences of motion, where the differences between the repeated sequences of motion are described using at least one high level characteristic. In addition, the server system is connected to a communication network, the server system is configured to train a generative model using the motion data, the server system is configured to generate a user interface that is accessible via the communication network, the server system is configured to receive a high level description of a desired sequence of motion via the user interface, the server system is configured to use the generative model to generate synthetic motion data based on the high level description of the desired sequence of motion, and wherein the server system is configured to transmit a stream via the communication network including information that can be used to display a 3D character animated using the synthetic motion data. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073362 | Method And System For Scene Adaptive Dynamic 3-D Color Management - A video processing system may determine a scene in an image and may adaptively adjust one or more of three dimensional color components of the image based on the determined scene. The three dimensional color components may comprise luma, hue and/or saturation. Statistics for the three dimensional color components may be collected and utilized to determine content and/or scene type within the image. Embedded textual information may also be utilized. Configuration parameters for processing the image may be adapted based on the statistics and/or the knowledge of the content and/or scene type. Hues, saturation levels and/or luma levels may be adjusted based on the statistics, scene type and/or content. The three dimensional color components may be dynamically adapted for at least a portion of the image. The statistics may comprise distributions of saturation over hue and/or luma, distributions of hue over saturation and/or luma, and/or distributions of luma. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073363 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENT TRACKING AND COORDINATION - A configurable real-time environment tracking and command module (RTM) is provided to coordinate one or more than one devices or objects in a physical environment. A virtual environment is created to correlate with various objects and attributes within the physical environment. The RTM is able to receive data about attributes of physical objects and accordingly update the attributes of correlated virtual objects in the virtual environment. The RTM is also able to provide data extracted from the virtual environment to one or more than devices, such as robotic cameras, in real-time. An interface to the RTM allows multiple devices to interact with the RTM, thereby coordinating the devices. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073364 | Conversion method and apparatus with depth map generation - A conversion method and apparatus with a generating of a depth map for two dimensional (2D)-to-three dimensional (3D) conversion. A depth order may be restored based on a line tracing and an edge map generated from an input image, and a stereo image may be generated using depth information. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073365 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RADIAL FUNCTIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECT MODELS - A system, method, and computer program product for determining a radial function and distribution of a three-dimensional object model. One method includes retrieving a three-dimensional object model in a CAD system and sampling random points on the surface of the object model. The method also includes determining a normal vector corresponding to each of the random points and determining a radial function corresponding to each normal vector and respective random point. The method also includes determining, by the CAD system, a radial distribution corresponding to at least two of the radial functions and storing the radial distribution and average values of the radial functions in the CAD system. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073366 | MODEL GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - To estimate a position and orientation of an image pickup device relative to an object to be observed, a model generation apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a depth image representing a distance between a certain point and an object to be observed per pixel with three-dimensional information representing a shape of the object to be observed, a point group generation unit configured to generate three-dimensional point group data representing the shape of the object to be observed based on the depth image, and a model generation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional model representing the shape of the object to be observed as surface information based on the three-dimensional point group data. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073367 | Image processing program and image processing device - A video game device calculates an angle of an object | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100079446 | Intelligent Demand Loading of Regions for Virtual Universes - A computer implemented method, a computer program product, and a data processing system manage regions within a virtual universe. A current location of an avatar is identified within a virtual universe, the current location being within a currently populated region. A vectored movement of the avatar is identified. Any adjacent region that may probabilistically encounter a horizon of the avatar within a region activation time of the virtual universe is identified. If the adjacent region is deactivated, then the adjacent region is activated. An unpopulated region that is currently active is identified, wherein the unpopulated region is within an extended distance from the avatar's current location. The unpopulated region is then deactivated. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079447 | COMPUTER MODELLED ENVIRONMENT - A computer-readable storage medium that includes a computer program and corresponding method, the program comprising code which will: generate a computer-modelled environment comprising a three-dimensional computer-modelled space and one or more three-dimensional computer-modelled objects within that space; and generate a map of values of a kinetic parameter over the object's surface, the kinetic parameter parameterizing a kinetic activity to be modelled to occur within the computer-modelled space in relation to that surface. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079448 | 3D Depth Generation by Block-based Texel Density Analysis - A system and method of generating three-dimensional (3D) depth information is disclosed. A classification and segmentation unit segments a two-dimensional (2D) image into a number of segments, such that pixels having similar characteristics are classified into the same segment. A spatial-domain texel density analysis unit performs texel density analysis on the 2D image to obtain textual density. A depth assignment unit assigns depth information to the 2D image according to the analyzed textual density. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING DYNAMIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL APPEARING IMAGERY ON A TWO-DIMENSIONAL USER INTERFACE - System and method for rendering dynamic three-dimensional appearing imagery on a two-dimensional user interface screen of a portable computing device in dependence on a user's view-point of the screen. The method includes processing, on a portable computing device, data defining a plurality of user view-points of a user interface screen of the portable computing device. The method next includes rendering a first image of a constructed scene on the user interface screen based on a first determined user's view-point of the user interface screen of the portable computing device. The method then includes rendering a different image of the constructed scene on the user interface screen based on a subsequently determined user's view-point of the user interface screen and thereby presenting the illusion of a three-dimensional image of the constructed scene on the user interface screen. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079450 | RECONSTRUCTION OF SHAPES OF NEAR SYMMETRIC AND ASYMMETRIC OBJECTS - A system processes 2D images of 2D or 3D objects, creating a model of the object that is consistent with the image and as veridical as the perception of the 2D image by humans. Vertices of the object that are hidden in the image are recovered by using planarity and symmetry constraints. The 3D shape is recovered by maximizing 3D compactness of the recovered object and minimizing its surface area. In some embodiments, these two criteria are weighted by using the geometric mean. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100085350 | OBLIQUE DISPLAY WITH ADDITIONAL DETAIL - A method and system of creating an oblique display with additional detail such as texture and labels is disclosed. The footprint of objects on the image on a digital elevation map may be determined and an outline of the objects may be determined by creating object polygons that outline the bounds of the objects. The objects that are visible in the image and the objects that are occluded are determined using the footprint of the objects and the object polygons. The occluded object sections may be displayed in a modified form as part of the occluding object. Label display locations may be evaluated for objects to determine an optimal label display location based on a label criteria function and labels may be added to the objects in the image at the optimal label display location. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085351 | Depth of Field for a Camera in a Media-Editing Application - Some embodiments provide a method that provides tools for defining a scene including media objects in a multi-dimensional space. The method provides a set of user interface tools for adjusting a region of focus for rendering the space from a particular location within a particular field of view. In some embodiments, the region of focus is a first region in the space within the particular field of view and the space further includes a second region outside of the region of focus within the particular field of view. In some embodiments, the method also provides a set of effects for applying to the second region but not the first region to visually indicate the first region as the region of focus within the space and the second region as a region outside of the region of focus within the space. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085352 | PARALLEL SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION - Described is a technology in which point cloud surface reconstruction is performed via parallel processing on a graphics processing unit, achieving real-time reconstruction rates. An octree is built for a given set of oriented points, with each node containing a set of points enclosed by the node. The data structure is built on the GPU, in parallel, using level-order traversals to process nodes at a same tree level. The surface is reconstructed based on data configured and located via the traversals. To produce the surface, an implicit function over the volume spanned by the octree nodes is computed using the GPU, e.g., based on a Poisson surface reconstruction method. A sparse linear system is built and a multi-grid solver is employed to solve the system. An adaptive marching cubes procedure is performed on the GPU to extract an isosurface of the implicit function as a triangular mesh | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085353 | USER-GUIDED SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION - Described is a technology by which a user interacts with a surface representative of a point cloud data to correct for imperfect scan data. The surface is reconstructed based on the interaction. Real time viewing of the image is facilitated by parallel surface reconstruction. For example, the user may draw strokes to reduce topological ambiguities in poorly-sampled areas. An algorithm automatically adds new oriented sample points to the original point cloud based on the user interaction. Then a new isosurface is generated for the augmented point cloud. The user also may specify the geometry of missing areas of the surface. The user copies a set of points from another point cloud, and places the points around the target area. A new isosurface is then generated. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085354 | MULTI-MEDIA PROCESSOR, HAND-HELD ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A hand-held electrical communication device including a host processor, a multi-media processor and a display unit is provided. The host processor is used for outputting a graphic rendering command. The multi-media processor is used for adjusting an original image frame as an adjusted image frame, processing a dynamic image of the adjusted image frame as a processed dynamic image frame, processing a static image of the adjusted image frame as a processed static image frame, or drawing a graphic frame according to the graphic rendering command. The multi-media processor scales the adjusted image frame, the processed dynamic image frame, the processed static image frame or the graphic frame. The display unit is controlled by the host processor to display the scaled adjusted image frame, the scaled processed dynamic image frame, the scaled processed static image frame or the scaled graphic frame. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085355 | Image Generating Apparatus, Image Processing Method, Information Recording Medium, and Program - A duplicate generating section ( | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085356 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING MEDIA OBJECTS - System and method for integrating media objects for viewing on and manipulation via a computing device such as a personal computer. The system and method may be provided via an application program interface (API) which provides functions that allow an application program to create a scene and add media objects to the scene. The method includes preparing a translation vector and a rotation matrix for each of the media objects to define an orientation and a location of each of the media objects in the scene. The scene including the media objects is displayed. An interface is provided so that a user may manipulate the scene and the objects therein. The system and method may be implemented on a personal computer or other computing device. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100091012 | 3 MENU DISPLAY - A device and method of rendering visual information combine image information like video and secondary image information, like graphics. The image information and the secondary image information are processed for generating output information to be rendered in a three-dimensional space. The output information is arranged for display on a 3D stereoscopic display having a true display depth range ( | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091013 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE ABOUT MAKING CONTENTS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANIMATION - A contents server for providing a contents creating service is disclosed. When the contents server receives a request for first contents from a terminal, it provides the first contents to the terminal. When the contents server receives second contents using the first contents from the terminal, it gives a point to a producer of the first contents. Thus, contents of a different person can be easily used for creating contents, and a producer of used contents can be properly compensated. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091014 | SPLIT-SCENE RENDERING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL - A method for generating 3D visualization of a large-scale environment comprising the steps of: acquiring a 3D model of the large-scale environment; dividing the 3D model into a near-field part and a far-field part; rendering an array of images of the far-field part; creating a 3D visualization of the near-field part combined with the array of rendered images of the far-field part and displaying the combined rendered images. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100091015 | Product, service, and market integration of three dimensional modeling/rendering software for the construction, remodeling, manufacturing, designing, buying, and/or selling of homes, businesses, structures, vehicles, and/or buildings - This specification encompasses a number of processes geared towards the integration of products, services, and markets into 3D modeling/rendering software platforms. Users of 3D modeling/rendering software platforms will be able to implement over one thousand various products and services into 3D models/renderings of homes, businesses, vehicles, structures, and/or buildings. Users will also be able to send created and/or manipulated 3D models/renderings to a virtual marketplace where commercial entities specializing in construction, remodeling, manufacturing, designing, buying, and/or selling markets will compete for business opportunities related to 3D models/renderings of homes, businesses, vehicles, structures, and/or buildings. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100097372 | SYNTHETIC ACCELERATION SHAPES FOR USE IN RAY TRACING - A synthetic acceleration shape bound primitives composing a 3-D scene, and is defined using a group of fundamental shapes arranged to bound the primitives, and for which intersection results for group members yield an ultimate intersection testing result for the synthetic shape, using a logical operator. For example, two or more spheres are used to bound an object so that each of the spheres is larger than a minimum necessary to bound the object, and a volume defined by an intersection between the shapes defines a smaller volume in which the object is bounded. A ray is found to potentially intersect the object only if it intersects both spheres. In another example, an element may be defined by a volumetric union of component elements. Indicators can determine how groups of shapes should be interpreted. Synthetic shapes can be treated as a single element in a graph or hierarchical arrangement of acceleration elements. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097373 | CATHETER LOCATOR APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE - This invention relates to a method of catheter and radiating coil location in a human body and in particular to the determination over time of the location of the tip of a catheter as it is inserted and during its use in the body. In particular when a radiating coil is used in conjunction with a catheter, a coil locating device can be used to determine the distance the coil is from the device and hence its depth in the body of a patient. To assist a clinician using the coil-locating device, a display is provided that shows both a reference image of a part or portion of a body (non-subject body) and an image of the coil located on the display with reference to the reference image. This is achieved by locating the coil-locating device on or over a predetermined landmark on the patient's body. The coil and its associated signal wires can be incorporated into a stylet, guide wire or a catheter. The coil locating device has a preferable triangular shape in plan view that allows it uppermost apex to be orientated towards the head of the patient and for an axis of the device to be aligned with the mid sagittal plane of the patient. Preferable landmarks on a human body include the xiphoid sternal junction and the caudal/mid sagittal aspect of the jugular sternal notch. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100103164 | Apparatus and method of processing three dimensional graphic data using texture factor - A method and apparatus of processing three-dimensional (3D) graphic data using a texture factor. The method of processing 3D graphic data includes configuring a polygon including a plurality of vertexes, calculating a texture factor of an object texture corresponding to the polygon, the texture factor being associated with a degree by which the object texture is identified on an actual screen, and determining a texture filtering mode with respect to the object texture based on the calculated texture factor. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103165 | IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE OUTPUTTING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING AND OUTPUTTING APPARATUSES - An image decoding method, an image outputting method, an image decoding apparatus and an outputting apparatus, the image outputting method including inputting an image; and if determined that the input image is a video image that is overlaid with a graphic image, outputting an area of the input image, which is overlaid with the graphic image, as a 2-dimensional (2-D) image and outputting the other area of the input image, which is not overlaid with the graphic image, as a 3-dimensional (3-D) image; and if determined that the input image is a video image that is not overlaid with a graphic image, outputting the input image as a 3-D image. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103166 | Method of Visualizing MR Images - In a method and a device MR images having various contrasts are scanned and then values for some or all of the parameters T | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103167 | SPATIALLY-AWARE PROJECTION PEN DISPLAY - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for providing an end user with a digital pen embedded with a spatially-aware miniature projector for use in a design environment. Paper documents are augmented to allow a user to access additional information and computational tools through projected interfaces. Virtual ink may be managed in single and multi-user environments to enhance collaboration and data management. The spatially-aware projector pen provides end-users with dynamic visual feedback and improved interaction capabilities. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103168 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROCESSING AND DISPLAYING IMAGE - A method of processing images, the method including determining whether metadata for generating a depth map corresponding to a predetermined title exists for each of a plurality of titles recorded in a disk by using metadata for disk management, and including converting two-dimensional (2D) images in the predetermined title to three-dimensional (3D) images by using the metadata for generating the depth map if metadata for generating the depth map corresponding to the predetermined title exists. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100110068 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERATING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - A detecting unit detects at least one of a position and a posture of a real object located on or near a three-dimensional display surface. A calculating unit calculates a masked-area where the real object masks a ray irradiated from the three-dimensional display surface, based on at least one of the position and the posture. A rendering unit renders a stereoscopic image by performing different rendering processes on the masked-area from rendering processes on other areas. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110069 | System for rendering virtual see-through scenes - A system for displaying an image on a display includes a display for displaying an image thereon. A three dimensional representation of an image is obtained. The three dimensional representation is rendered as a two dimensional representation on the display. An imaging device is associated with the display. The location of a viewer is determined with respect to the display. The rendering on the display is based upon the determining the location of the viewer with respect to the display. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110070 | 3D IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A three-dimensional (3D) image generator and 3D image generation method scale a depth map or a two-dimensional (2D) image, perform a cross filtering to sharpen a blurred region on the depth map based on location information of the depth map and 2D image, and thus obtain a clearer depth map and provide a more graphical 3D image using the depth map. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110071 | PSEUDO-REALISTIC RENDERING OF BIM DATA RESPONSIVE TO POSITIONAL INDICATOR - An electronically implemented method of on-site visualization of building information model data, the method constituted of: loading a 3D scene comprising building information model data; receiving real time positional information comprising geographic coordinate information and orientation information; rendering a pseudo-realistic image of the loaded 3D scene responsive to the real time positional information; and displaying the rendered pseudo-realistic image. Preferably the method further provides for displaying engineering information of the building information model responsive to the real time positional information. Preferably, the pseudo-realistic image provides shadowing responsive to real time chronographic information and the received real time positional information. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110072 | TERMINAL, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING MUSIC-RELATED IMAGES - A jacket image receiver acquires data for music to be played back and, in addition, a related image related to the music. A three-dimensional image generating unit displays the related image related to music played back in the past along with the related image related to the music currently played back, arranging the images in a three-dimensional space. The three-dimensional image generating unit flickers an image representing a water surface in order to create a visual effect that makes the related images appear floating on the water surface. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100118026 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISUALIZING A QUANTITY OF A MATERIAL USED IN A PHYSICAL OBJECT HAVING A PLURALITY OF PHYSICAL ELEMENTS - A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for illustrating progress in achieving a goal of a system modeled by a computer program. In one embodiment, the invention is evidenced by a method comprising the steps of displaying a widget wherein the widget comprises a center portion representing a category of data represented by the computer program and the category of data includes n data points that must be fulfilled to achieve the goal and an outer portion, comprising a segment representing each one of the n data points; and updating the widget to represent each of the n data points that has been fulfilled by delineating each segment representing a fulfilled data point requirement from each segment representing a non-fulfilled data point requirement. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118027 | METHOD AND MEASURING ARRANGEMENT FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES OF MEASURING OBJECTS BY MEANS OF INVASIVE RADIATION - Three-dimensional images of objects are produced from two-dimensional projection images. Invasive radiation is emitted from a radiation source, and a first set of projection images of the object is captured by a detection device. The projection images are captured at various directions of the object referenced to the radiation source and/or the detection device. A first three-dimensional image of the object is reconstructed from the first set of projection images, the first three-dimensional image is evaluated and depending on a result of the evaluation, a position and/or direction of the object in relation to the radiation source and/or in relation to the detection device is modified, and/or an operational mode of the measuring arrangement for obtaining subsequent projection images of the measuring object is adjusted. After the evaluation of the first three-dimensional image, a second set of projection images of the object is captured by the detection device. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118028 | Method and Mechanism for Programmable Filtering of Texture Map Data in 3D Graphics Subsystems - A system, method and apparatus to provide flexible texture filtering. A programmable texture filtering module is introduced into the graphics processing pipeline of a graphic coprocessor and graphic processor integrated with the host. A program from a defined instruction set may then be loaded into texture processing cores to process texture data consistent with the program. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100123714 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMBINED 4D PRESENTATION OF QUANTITATIVE REGIONAL PARAMETERS ON SURFACE RENDERING - A method and apparatus for combined 4D presentation of quantitative regional parameters on a surface rendering is disclosed herewith. The method comprises: identifying a region of interest in a volumetric image data. Then, the following steps are iterated to produce a 4D surface rendering. The iterated steps include: tracking the region of interest of the volumetric image data to produce a displacement field. A color coded texture representing at least one quantitative regional parameter is applied on a surface defined by the volumetric data and the surface is being surface rendered with reference to the displacement field. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123715 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATING VOLUMETRIC IMAGES - Navigating volumetric images with reference to an anatomic structure is disclosed. The systems and methods include navigating a volumetric image with reference to an axis corresponding to an anatomical structure. The anatomical structure may be a cardiovascular structure, such as cardiac chambers, walls, valves, and/or blood vessels. The navigation may include rotating, slicing, and/or cropping volumetric data with reference to the anatomical structure. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100128029 | Processing Of A Desired Image Having A Dimension Not Equaling Powers Of 2 In A Swizzled Representation - Reducing computational requirements when processing in a swizzled representation, an image portion having a dimension not equaling powers of 2. In an embodiment, the pixels of a source image are stored in a memory in a sequence determined by a swizzled representation. Data indicating boundaries of the image portion of interest are received. A counter is then set to indicate a first position in the swizzled sequence, and a check is performed of whether a position indicated by the counter corresponds to a pixel within the boundaries of the image portion. The counter is incremented by a number of subsequent pixels in the swizzled representation which are not part of the image portion if the position does not correspond to within the boundaries of the image portion. The pixel indicated by the counter is then processed. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100128030 | TRIANGULATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Triangulation processing systems and methods are provided. The system includes a vertex buffer, an angle calculator, an ear calculator, and a triangle selector. The vertex buffer includes a plurality of storage units to store information of a plurality of vertices of a polygon. Each storage unit has an indicator including at least an angle flag and an ear flag. The angle calculator calculates an angle type of the respective vertex, and records the angle type to the corresponding angle flag. The ear calculator determines whether the respective vertex is an ear of the polygon. If so, the corresponding ear flag is marked. The triangle selector selects one of the vertices with the marked ear flags, and clips the selected vertex from the polygon. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100128031 | CHAT TERMINAL DEVICE AND CHAT SYSTEM - A terminal device including a module that receives from a chat sever chat data including comment sentence text data and positional information on an object placed on a chat canvas and stores it in a memory, a module that projects an object placed on the chat canvas to a screen viewed from a virtual camera in a three-dimensional virtual space and calculates the position of the object on the screen, a module that displays on the chat window the comment sentence text data corresponding to the object on the basis of the position of the object on the screen, the position, line-of-sight direction or camera parameter of the virtual camera in the three-dimensional virtual space is changed on the basis of an input from a user. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100128032 | RENDERING APPARATUS FOR CYLINDRICAL OBJECT AND RENDERING METHOD THEREFOR - A rendering apparatus for performing rendering of cylindrical objects includes: a data input unit image transmitting rendering data of individuals of the cylindrical objects which are classified by thickness when three dimensional model data of the cylindrical objects is input; a first rendering unit for performing an alpha line rendering for thin individuals of the cylindrical objects which are classified by thickness; and a second rendering unit for performing a ribbon triangulation rendering for thick individuals of the cylindrical objects which are classified by thickness. Further, the rendering apparatus includes a storage for integrating first rendering result data transmitted from the first rendering unit with second rendering result data transmitted from the second rendering unit to transmit final rendering result data; and a rendering output unit for outputting the final rendering result data. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100134484 | THREE DIMENSIONAL JOURNALING ENVIRONMENT - A three-dimensional journaling system is described herein. The three-dimensional journaling system comprises a data repository that includes journal data of a user, wherein the journal data corresponds to at least one location in a geographic region. The system additionally includes a display component that causes at least a portion of the journal data to be displayed on a display screen as a journal entry in a computer-implemented three-dimensional representation of the geographic region at the location that corresponds to the journal data. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134485 | RENDERING AVATAR DETAILS - The rendering of avatars in a virtual universe is selectively controlled by the avatar owner. Avatar ranking by several criteria, operating either jointly or independently, is employed to control avatar rendering in ways intended to reduce computational loading while not significantly impacting the virtual universe experience. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134486 | Automated Display and Manipulation of Photos and Video Within Geographic Software - A system and method to create geographically located data and metadata from photos, video and user input. In one form, a user with a cell phone/camera can create and share a depiction of a real world location in 3D along with tagging and annotation of elements within the scene to aid in search indexing and sharing. In another form, these processes are used to automate the large scale collection and tagging of real world locations and information in 3D. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134487 | 3D FACE MODEL CONSTRUCTION METHOD - A 3D face model construction method is disclosed herein, which includes a training step and a face model reconstruction step. In the training step, a neutral shape model is built from multiple training faces, and a manifold-based approach is proposed for processing 3D expression deformation data of training faces in 2D manifold space. In the face model reconstruction step, first, a 2D face image is entered and a 3D face model is initialized. Then, texture, illumination and shape of the model are optimized until error converges. The present invention enables reconstruction of a 3D face model from a single face image, reducing the complexity for building the 3D face model by processing high dimensional 3D expression deformation data in a low dimensional manifold space, and removal or substituting an expression by a learned expression for the reconstructed 3D model built from the 2D image. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134488 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS - A remote control system and a remote control apparatus allow a human operator to remotely control a mobile body easily even if the system uses a low-speed communications link. The remote control system includes a remote control apparatus, in which a CPU selects old information based on both old information and the latest mobile body information from a mobile body, and determines a virtual view point V. The CPU generates a three-dimensional environmental image K and the virtual view point V based on the selected old information, and also generates a mobile body model M, a reference point B and a clipping center point based on the latest mobile body information and data regarding a mobile body model M, in a global coordinate system GC. The CPU calculates an angle of view based on a distance d between the virtual viewpoint V and the reference point B, makes a perspective projection of the three-dimensional environmental image K and the mobile body model M from the virtual view point V toward the clipping center point to obtain a projected image, makes a clip from the projected image based on the angle of view thereby making a composite image, and converts the composite image into a display image of a predetermined size. The resulting display image is displayed on a monitor. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134489 | IMAGE SYNTHESIS APPARATUS AND METHOD SUPPORTING MEASURED MATERIALS PROPERTIES - An image synthesis apparatus supporting measured materials properties includes an input unit for receiving from a user selected information on material information processing, sampling and rendering; a material information processing unit for converting measured material data into raw material data, performing material model fitting on the raw material data to generate material information and performing material mixing on the material information to generate mixed material information, wherein the model fitting and the material mixing is performed according to the selected information; and a sampling unit for sampling the raw material data to generate sampling information. The apparatus further includes a materials properties rendering unit for rendering scene information contained in the selected information, the mixed material information and the sampling information to generate surface material information; and an output unit for visualizing the material information and the surface material information. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100141648 | System And Method For View Management In Three Dimensional Space - A method for managing a display space for a 3D environment is provided. A 3D scene having at least one scene object is displayed and the visible surfaces of the scene objects are represented as visible space in a 2D view plane representation. Controllable objects that are to be placed in the scene are defined by parameters such as size, placement priority, proximity relationships and the like. The available space for placing controllable objects, which can include empty space and low priority background and foreground regions, is determined for each controllable object. The placement for controllable objects in the 3D space is then determined in accordance with at least placement parameter and one of the visible space and available space of the view-plane representation such that view management objectives, such as not occluding important scene objects, are accomplished. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141649 | DRAWING DEVICE - An intersection point is obtained between a triangle forming a 3-dimensional graphics and a straight line. In the straight line, a line in a triangle is obtained. Then, a pixel on the line is obtained, and only these pixels are read from memory for a drawing process. The straight line inside the triangle is determined using an edge functions. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100149174 | Information Processing Apparatus and Program - Conventional information processing apparatuses have the problem of not being able to easily extract and observe a three-dimensional region of interest from 3D voxel data. The present invention provides an information processing apparatus in which a first slice information group, which is multiple pieces of slice information obtained as a result of extraction from 3D voxel information using a first three-dimensional region mask extracting the 3D voxel information, is stored, wherein the information processing apparatus: receives input regarding a second three-dimensional region mask; acquires second mesh information constituting the second three-dimensional region mask; determines an internal region, which is a region inside the second mesh information, and an external region, which is a region outside the second mesh information, for each slice information in the first slice information group, based on the second mesh information; and outputs the first slice information group such that the internal region and the external region are visually distinguished from each other. With this information processing apparatus, it is possible to easily extract and observe a three-dimensional region of interest from 3D voxel data. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149175 | 3D ENHANCEMENT OF VIDEO REPLAY - A method for 3-D enhancement of video playback. The method includes receiving a plurality of video streams from a corresponding plurality of video capture devices and processing image data comprising each of the video streams using a 3-D surface reconstruction algorithm to create a 3-D surface map representative of the image data. The 3-D surface map is manipulated to create a virtual camera position. Video is then rendered in accordance with the 3-D surface map and in accordance with the virtual camera position. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149176 | DEPTH-FUSED 3D DISPLAY, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND DRIVING CIRCUIT THEREOF - A Depth-Fused 3D (DFD) display, a driving method thereof and a driving circuit thereof are provided. The driving method includes the steps listed below. During a first frame time, a foreground image signal is provided to a front panel and a first uniform image signal is provided to a rear panel. During a second frame time, a background image signal is provided to the rear panel and a second uniform image signal is provided to the front panel. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149177 | GENERATION OF NORMALIZED 2D IMAGERY AND ID SYSTEMS VIA 2D TO 3D LIFTING OF MULTIFEATURED OBJECTS - A method of generating a normalized image of a target head from at least one source 2D image of the head. The method involves estimating a 3D shape of the target head and projecting the estimated 3D target head shape lit by normalized lighting into an image plane corresponding to a normalized pose. The estimation of the 3D shape of the target involves searching a library of 3D avatar models, and may include matching unlabeled feature points in the source image to feature points in the models, and the use of a head's plane of symmetry. Normalizing source imagery before providing it as input to traditional 2D identification systems enhances such systems' accuracy and allows systems to operate effectively with oblique poses and non-standard source lighting conditions. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149178 | PIPE INSTALLATION SUPPORT APPARATUS - A pipe installation support apparatus includes: a display control device for displaying images of pipes already installed and a pipe to be attached on a display device; an input device for inputting a movement instruction to move or rotate at least one of the image of the pipes; and a moving device for translating or rotating at least one of three-dimensional data of the pipes already installed and the three-dimensional data of the pipe to be attached based on the movement instruction when the movement instruction is input from the input device, wherein when the moving device translates or rotates the three-dimensional data, the display control device moves the images of the pipes already installed and the pipe to be attached displayed on the display device. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100156891 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, PROVIDING INFORMATION UPDATING METHOD, INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION UPDATING SERVER, INFORMATION UPDATING SEVER CONTROL METHOD AND INFORMATION MEMORIZING MEDIUM - Provided is an information providing system that is capable of precisely grasping actual situations of use of provided information and effectively updating the provided information. A space management server ( | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156892 | ALTERNATIVE REPRESENTATIONS OF VIRTUAL CONTENT IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - An invention for generating an alternative representation of virtual content in a virtual universe is provided. In one embodiment, there is an alternative representation tool, including a visual component configured to determine a visual capacity of a user of a virtual universe. The alternative representation tool further includes an alternative component configured to provide an alternative representation of a virtual content renderable in the virtual universe based on the visual capacity of the user of the virtual universe. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156893 | Information visualization device and information visualization method - An information visualization device includes: a content specifier specifying a desired content item in a database; a first display information generator generating first display information by combining first meta-information items out of the meta-information items included in the desired content item; a second display information generator generating second display information by combining second meta-information items out of the meta-information items included in the desired content item; a display information placer generating an information CG model by placing the first and second display information on first and second surfaces of the CG model; a CG model attitude determiner determining an attitude of the information CG model in a virtual space so that the first or second surface is visible from a virtual viewpoint; and a CG model placer placing the information CG model with a determined attitude in the virtual space according to the position information. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156894 | Rendering 3D Data to Hogel Data - Methods and systems for rendering hogels, including receiving a set of 3D data at a node, the node comprising a graphics processing unit, storing at least a subset of the set of 3D data in a buffer, rendering a first hogel view from the subset of 3D data using the graphics processing unit, and rendering a second hogel view by accessing the stored subset of 3D data using the graphics processing unit, where the rendering of the second hogel view is performed substantially in series to the rendering of the first hogel view. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156895 | Processing Pre-recorded Hogel Data - Methods and systems for rendering hogels, including causing one or more nodes to each load a subset of a hogel data set into a buffer, the one or more nodes being configured to each store the corresponding subset of the hogel data set, distributing a next hogel data set command to the one or more nodes, causing the buffer to be processed in response to the next hogel data set command, and issuing a hogel data set complete command in response to determining that the one or more nodes each return a hogel data subset complete command. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156896 | METHOD OF CREATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL AND OBJECT RECOGNIZING DEVICE - This invention aims to ensure accuracy of a three-dimensional model to be registered. With information a of three-dimensional information a, b, c restored by measuring an actual model of a work, which is a target of three-dimensional recognition, from different directions as a reference, other three-dimensional information b, c are coordinate transformed so as to be aligned with the reference three-dimensional information, and three-dimensional information d including all of three-dimensional information b′, c′ after the transformation and the reference three-dimensional information a is created. The three-dimensional information d is temporarily registered as the three-dimensional model. A difference amount among the integrated three-dimensional information a, b′, c′ is calculated, and an evaluation index based on the difference value is displayed with an image view of a contour pattern represented by the three-dimensional model. A user checks the accuracy of the three-dimensional model on this display screen from a degree of variation of the contour line representing the same site and a value of the evaluation index, and determines whether or not to actually register the three-dimensional model d. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156897 | System and Method For Adaptive Scalable Dynamic Conversion, Quality and Processing Optimization, Enhancement, Correction, Mastering, And Other Advantageous Processing of Three Dimensional Media Content - The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing 3D content-centric solutions that greatly improve the quality and impact of 3D media content, while decreasing the required levels of computing power, and lowering the complexity of the necessary 3D media playback and display solutions, thus maximizing the 3D experience produced therefrom. The novel system and method accomplish these goals by providing modular unifying scalable 3D content-centered solutions, preferably implemented in a configurable infrastructure, that improve the quality and impact of any 3D media content, while decreasing the required levels of computing power, and lowering the complexity of the necessary playback and display solutions. The inventive system and method advantageously enable automatic, semi-automatic or user-controlled selective performance of 3D content processing and/or settings/parameter configuration at one or more components of the infrastructure (from 3D content capture to 3D content media display), and in at least one embodiment thereof, the inventive system and method are capable of determining and implementing selective or optimal storage, transmittal, and application(s) of 3D content processing/settings/parameter/profile configuration(s) prior to, or during, display of corresponding 3D content media to one or more viewers thereof. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LESION-SPECIFIC CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM QUANTIFICATION - Methods and systems utilizing the data provided by a non-contrast-enhanced CAC scan that is left unused by the “whole-heart” Agatston or volume scores. Agatston and volume scores summarize overall coronary calcium burden, but do not show the number of vessels involved, the geographic distribution of the lesions, the size and shape of the individual lesions and the distance of the lesions from the coronary ostium. The methods and systems described herein extract and use the enhanced information provided by 3-D CAC scan data and significantly increases its clinical predictive value by providing vessel and lesion specific CAC scores which are superior to the whole-heart Agatston and volume scores in predicting obstructive Coronary artery disease (CAD). | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100164946 | Method and Apparatus for Enhancing Control of an Avatar in a Three Dimensional Computer-Generated Virtual Environment - A method and apparatus for enhancing control of an Avatar in a three dimensional computer-generated virtual environment is provided. In one embodiment, a user can control one or more controllable aspects of an Avatar directly via interacting with a touch sensitive user input device such as a touchpad or touch sensitive screen. Interaction with the touch sensitive user input device enables more precise control and more direct control to be implemented over the action of the Avatar in the virtual environment. Multiple aspects of the Avatar may be controlled, such as the Avatar's forward motion, orientation, arm movements, and grasping of objects. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164947 | PRE-FETCHING VIRTUAL CONTENT IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - An invention that pre-fetches virtual content in a virtual universe is provided. In one embodiment, there is a pre-fetching tool, including a ranking component configured to rank each of a plurality of members belonging to a social network of an avatar according to predefined ranking criteria. The pre-fetching tool further includes a pre-fetching component configured to pre-fetch a virtual content within a proximity of each of the plurality of members belonging to the social network of the avatar based on the ranking. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164948 | Apparatus and method of enhancing ray tracing speed - A method and an apparatus of enhancing a ray tracing speed. The method of enhancing a ray tracing speed may group a secondary ray based on a direction of the secondary ray in a 3D space, and may perform packet tracing based on the grouped secondary ray. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164949 | System and method of rendering 3D graphics - A system and method of rendering three-dimensional (3D) graphics. The system for rendering 3D graphics may include a plurality of cores including a scratch pad memory, a first memory to perform a control flow, a second memory for loop acceleration, and a shared memory to interpolate with the plurality of cores. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164950 | EFFICIENT 3-D TELESTRATION FOR LOCAL ROBOTIC PROCTORING - An apparatus is configured to show telestration in 3-D to a surgeon in real time. A proctor is shown one side of a stereo image pair, such that the proctor can draw a telestration line on the one side with an input device. Points of interest are identified for matching to the other side of the stereo image pair. In response to the identified points of interest, regions and features are identified and used to match the points of interest to the other side. Regions can be used to match the points of interest. Features of the first image can be matched to the second image and used to match the points of interest to the second image, for example when the confidence scores for the regions are below a threshold value. Constraints can be used to evaluate the matched points of interest, for example by excluding bad points. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164951 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORIENTATING SCAN CLOUD DATA RELATIVE TO BASE REFERENCE DATA - A system for orientating scan cloud data of a surface relative to base reference data is provided. The orientating system includes an input source generator adapted to provide the scan cloud data, a tilt-correction means for orientating the point cloud data relative to the base reference data, and a data editing means for filtering spurious point data from the accumulated point cloud data, wherein the base reference data represents at least geometrical parameters of a base reference, the base reference being substantially distinct from the target surface. A system for identifying features in scan could data of a surface is also provided. The identifying system includes an input source generator adapted to provide the scan cloud data, and a partitioning means for partitioning the point cloud data into discrete segments corresponding to different geometric sections of the surface. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164952 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PRODUCTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A stereoscopic image production method and system produces left and right eye images from a two dimensional image. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100177092 | Transit View for a Traffic Report - A method and system for visually displaying views of current transit conditions are disclosed. A user selects a transit system (e.g., bus, train, ferry) and a rundown of views of the transit system to show in a traffic report. To more easily identify the transit system in the traffic report, graphics representing the buildings and other landmarks in the geographic area of the transit system are displayed in x-ray mode, while the transit system graphics are highlighted using colors. Graphic objects are added to the views to provide additional information regarding the transit system, including information regarding incidents on the transit system. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177093 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, DISPLAY PANEL AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD USING THE SAME - A three-dimensional image/two-dimensional image display device includes a plurality of display pixels, and a lenticular lens for three-dimensional display. Each display pixel is consisted of M×N number of sub-pixels to be viewed from N view points. A pitch | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100182311 | Mobile terminal for generating 3-dimensional image - A mobile terminal can generate a 3-dimensional image by using a space code. The mobile terminal includes a light source unit that projects pattern lights to an object; a camera unit that picks-up images of the object exposed to the pattern lights; and a control unit that generates a space code from at least one of images picked up the camera, generates a space code image based on the space code, converts 2-dimensional coordinates of the space code image to 3-dimensional coordinates using a 3-dimensional coordinate equation, and generates a depth image using the 3-dimensional coordinates. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182312 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processor that calculates information concerning a three-dimensional shape comprises: a three-dimensional-shape input unit that inputs drawing data of a three-dimensional shape used for displaying a three-dimensional shape; a display unit that displays a three-dimensional shape of drawing data input to the three-dimensional-shape input unit; and a shape-value-information calculating unit that sets a shape element of a three-dimensional shape displayed on the display unit to data used for calculating a three-dimensional shape, based on an instruction input from outside, calculates a value of a shape concerning the three-dimensional shape not clearly shown within the drawing data as shape value information by using the set shape element, and displays a calculation result on the display unit. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100188396 | Updating Ray Traced Acceleration Data Structures Between Frames Based on Changing Perspective - A method, program product and system for conducting a ray tracing operation where the rendering compute requirement is reduced or otherwise adjusted in response to a changing vantage point. Aspects may update or reuse an acceleration data structure between frames in response to the changing vantage point. Tree and image construction quality may be adjusted in response to rapid changes in the camera perspective. Alternatively or additionally, tree building cycles may be skipped. All or some of the tree structure may be built in intervals, e.g., after a preset number of frames. More geometric image data may be added per leaf node in the tree in response to an increase in the rate of change. The quality of the rendering algorithm may additionally be reduced. A ray tracing algorithm may decrease the depth of recursion, and generate fewer cast and secondary rays. The ray tracer may further reduce the quality of soft shadows, resolution and global illumination samples, among other quality parameters. Alternatively, tree rebuilding may be skipped entirely in response to a high camera rate of change. Associated processes may create blur between frames to simulate motion blur. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188397 | THREE DIMENSIONAL NAVIGATION USING DETERMINISTIC MOVEMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Systems and methods are providing for navigating a three-dimensional model using deterministic movement of an electronic device. An electronic device can load and provide an initial display of a three-dimensional model (e.g., of an environment or of an object). As the user moves the electronic device, motion-sensing components, positioning circuitry, and other components can detect the device movement and adjust the displayed portion of the three-dimensional model to reflect the movement of the device. By walking with the device in the user's real environment, a user can virtually navigate a representation of a three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, a user can record an object or environment using an electronic device, and tag the recorded images or video with movement information describing the movement of the device during the recording. The recorded information can then be processed with the movement information to generate a three-dimensional model of the recorded environment or object. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188398 | X-RAY TOOL FOR 3D ULTRASOUND - A system and method is disclosed for rendering an ultrasound volume. An external image of an ultrasound volume is generated. A fractional part of the external image corresponds to a fractional portion of the ultrasound volume. A composite image of the ultrasound is generated using the external image, wherein the fractional part of the external image is replaced with an internal image of the ultrasound volume fractional portion. The internal image may be generated by changing a value of a visualization parameter used to generate the external image to a value more suitable for rendering an internal image. The ultrasound volume may include a organic structure, wherein the external image depicts an outer surface of the organic structure, and the internal image depicts a vascularity of the organic structure, such that the composite image simultaneously depicts both an outer surface and the vascularity of the organic structure. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188399 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - Provided is a method and apparatus for displaying a 3-dimensional (3D) image. The method includes alternately displaying left and right eye images on a display having a plurality of image lines that are arranged sequentially. Since light emission of all of segments is stopped when the left and right eye images are partially simultaneously displayed, both the left and right eye images can be prevented from being seen at the same time. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100194741 | DEPTH MAP MOVEMENT TRACKING VIA OPTICAL FLOW AND VELOCITY PREDICTION - Techniques for efficiently tracking points on a depth map using an optical flow are disclosed. In order to optimize the use of optical flow, isolated regions of the depth map may be tracked. The sampling regions may comprise a 3-dimensional box (width, height and depth). Each region may be “colored” as a function of depth information to generate a “zebra” pattern as a function of depth data for each sample. The disclosed techniques may provide for handling optical flow tracking when occlusion occurs by utilizing a weighting process for application of optical flow vs. velocity prediction to stabilize tracking. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194742 | ADAPTIVE GRAND TOUR - A system and method of generating a dynamic visualization of a multi-dimensional dataset of data-points are disclosed. The method is an adaptation of the Grand Tour approach, but instead of using all possible projections comprising at least one data point, some of which may not be useful, the method includes generating a set of candidate projections from the space of all possible projections. The set of candidate projections is approximated with a one dimensional smoothed curve and the dynamic visualization is generated, based on a sequence of projections taken along the smoothed curve. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194743 | MULTISCALE THREE-DIMENSIONAL REFERENCE GRID - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for providing a multiscale three-dimensional reference grid that is displayed in design software application programs. The reference grid appears infinite in space and scale. Depth cues are provided that are independent of the viewing projection to allow an end user to sense the orientation of the workspace and how objects in workspace relate to each other in terms of position and scale. Divisions of the grid represent real-world units that are determined dynamically, enabling smooth transitions as divisions are added and removed. The reference grid provides an end user with reference imagery for camera-operation visualization and scene content understanding. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194744 | POSITION PEGS FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL REFERENCE GRID - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for providing position pegs between objects and a three-dimensional reference grid that is displayed in design software application programs. The reference grid appears infinite in space and scale. A position peg that includes a stalk and base is drawn between each object and the reference grid. The stalk indicates the height of the object above or below the reference grid, and the base is positioned on the reference grid. An inside radius of the base indicates the distance between the object and the reference grid. The position pegs are independent of the viewing projection and allow an end user to sense how objects in workspace relate to each other in terms of position and scale. The reference grid and position pegs provide an end user with reference imagery for camera-operation visualization and scene content understanding. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194745 | Holographic Display Having Improved Reconstruction Quality - Disclosed is a display for the holographic reconstruction of a three-dimensional scene using means which allow a reduction of speckle patterns. Speckle patterns result in the graining of a holographic reconstruction and worsen the quality thereof. The 3D scene is incoherently superimposed with itself chronologically or spatially in the eye of the observer. The modulated wave fronts of each reconstructed object point of the scene are shifted relative to themselves in the reconstruction beam path and superimposed in the eye of the observer. The shifting may occur one-dimensionally and two-dimensionally. Each object point is multiplied with itself in the eye of the observer in accordance with the number of the shifted wave fronts. The various speckle patterns over which the eye of the observer averages are also multiplied. Speckle patterns are reduced and the reconstruction quality is thus increased in holographic displays. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194746 | Display of a Three-Dimensional Virtual Space Generated by an Electronic Simulation System - An electronic system for displaying a three-dimensional simulation scenario comprising a calculation unit configured so as to generate a three-dimensional simulation scenario, a display device for displaying the three-dimensional simulation scenario, a virtual video camera set in a displacement plane positioned in turn within the three-dimensional simulation scenario, a pointer set in the displacement plane, a control system configured in such a way as to displace the pointer in the displacement plane in response to a manual action of the user, a processing device configured in such a way as to control a roto-translation of the virtual video camera in the displacement plane in response to a translation of the pointer in the displacement plane itself. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100201681 | Image Editing Consistent with Scene Geometry - Image editing which is consistent with geometry of a scene depicted in the image is described. In an embodiment a graphical user interface (GUI) is provided to enable a user to simply and quickly specify four corners of a rectangular frame drawn onto a source image using the GUI. In embodiments, the four corners are used to compute parameters of a virtual camera assumed to capture the image of the drawn frame. Embodiments of an image processing system are described which use the virtual camera parameters to control editing of the source image in ways consistent with the 3D geometry of the scene depicted in that image. In some embodiments out of bounds images are formed and/or realistic-looking shadows are synthesized. In examples, users are able to edit images and the virtual camera parameters are dynamically recomputed and used to update the edited image. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201682 | GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL FADE ADE MODELS FROM IMAGES - The subject disclosure relates to generating three-dimensional façade models from images. In one aspect, a systematic decomposition schema is disclosed for a façade structured into a Direct Acyclic Graph and implemented as a top-down recursive subdivision and bottom-up merging. In a further aspect, optimization of façade depth operating in a façade surface and in the super-pixel level of a whole subdivision region is described. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100207936 | FUSION OF A 2D ELECTRO-OPTICAL IMAGE AND 3D POINT CLOUD DATA FOR SCENE INTERPRETATION AND REGISTRATION PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT - Method and system for combining a 2D image with a 3D point cloud for improved visualization of a common scene as well as interpretation of the success of the registration process. The resulting fused data contains the combined information from the original 3D point cloud and the information from the 2D image. The original 3D point cloud data is color coded in accordance with a color map tagging process. By fusing data from different sensors, the resulting scene has several useful attributes relating to battle space awareness, target identification, change detection within a rendered scene, and determination of registration success. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207937 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING A PERSONALISED 3D ANIMATED EFFIGY - A system for creating a personalized 3D animated effigy, wherein the system comprises a web server configured to receive personal configuration data from a user interface and a production server configured to create the personalized 3D aminated effigy, wherein personal configuration data received by the web server is processed by the production server to create a whole body model of the personalized 3D animated effigy in combination with a 3D background. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207938 | SIMULTANEOUS THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY AND COLOR TEXTURE ACQUISITION USING SINGLE COLOR CAMERA - A system for simultaneous real-time three-dimensional geometry and color texture acquisition. The system includes a system processor for generating at least three phase shifted black and white fringe patterns with a phase shift of 2 π/3, a light projector adapted to project the fringe patterns onto an object, the projector being electrically connected with the system processor, and a color camera for capturing the fringe patterns to generate at least three raw fringe images. The fringe images are used to calculate a black and white texture image which is further converted to a color image by employing a demosaicing algorithm. The fringe images are also used to calculate a wrapped phase map that is further processed to generate a continuous unwrapped phase map by employing a phase unwrapping algorithm and the unwrapped phase map is converted to co-ordinates using calibrated system parameters for point-by-point three-dimensional shape measurement. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207939 | Image Adjusting Apparatus and Associated Method - An image adjusting method for extending vertical blanking intervals of an image signal is provided. Using the image adjusting method, an adjusted image signal is synchronized with an image signal before the adjustment to prevent image delay. The image adjusting method comprises providing a first image signal having a first data enable signal, wherein the first data enable signal has a first data enable duration; and generating a second data enable signal having a second data enable duration. The first and second data enable durations correspond to a same image frame of an image signal, and the second data enable duration substantially overlaps the first data enable duration. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207940 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a method of displaying an image including: rendering a predetermined pattern of which each coordinate is set to a different grayscale value by pasting the pattern to a three-dimensional model as a texture, setting a corresponding relationship between a coordinate of a rendered image, which is obtained in a bitmap image form by the rendering, and a coordinate of the predetermined pattern for storing the rendered image as image drawing information by analyzing the rendered image, and arranging a desired texture in the rendered image for display based on the stored image drawing information when the desired texture is supposed to be displayed as an image. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100214283 | METHOD TO VISUALIZE CUTPLANES FOR CURVED ELONGATED STRUCTURES - A method for visualization and inspection of elongated curved structures is disclosed. According to an embodiment improved inspection of elongated three dimensional (3D) curved structures such as blood vessels in a 3D medical image is disclosed. Rendering is performed such that it results in the visualization of a (3D) curved cutplane of said curved elongated structure. The advantages of this method are for instance that the cutplane information is interpreted easily in relation to the three-dimensional shape and surroundings of the elongated object, without distortions, and that cutplanes along more than one structure can be visualized and examined together at the same time, without interpretation problems for diagnosis and therapy of anomalies in e.g. the blood vessels. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214284 | MODEL CREATION USING VISUAL MARKUP LANGUAGES - A method and system for defining a model by analyzing images of a physical space. In some embodiments the images of a physical space contain distinctive visual features with associated semantic information, and the model is defined using image feature detection techniques to identify distinctive visual features and a rich marker-based markup language to give meaning to the distinctive visual features. In some embodiments the distinctive visual features are predefined markers, and the markup language specifies model aspects and rules for combining semantic information from a plurality of markers to define the model. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214285 | RENDERING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIME HELIX IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - The present invention provides a 3-D time helix renderable in a virtual universe. In one embodiment, there is a time helix tool, including a construction component configured to: generate a 3-D time helix in a virtual universe, and populate the 3-D time helix with a set of data objects. The time helix tool further comprises a rendering component configured to render the 3-D time helix with at least one of the set of data objects to a user of the virtual universe. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214286 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE DISTRIBUTED GENERATION, CONVERSION, QUALITY AND PROCESSING OPTIMIZATION, ENHANCEMENT, CORRECTION, MASTERING, AND OTHER ADVANTAGEOUS PROCESSING OF THREE DIMENSIONAL MEDIA CONTENT - The present invention is directed to a system and method for enabling multiple parties to access and utilize, separately, in parallel, and/or on a collaborative basis, a plurality of distributed modular 3D content-centric solutions that are operable to greatly improve the quality and impact of 3D media content, while decreasing the required levels of computing power, and lowering the complexity of the necessary 3D media playback and display solutions, thus maximizing the 3D experience produced therefrom. The inventive system and method facilitate and enable multiple parties to work individually or to collaborate, in a scalable and managed manner and at varying degrees, in customizable modular processes of generating, converting into, and/or beneficially processing 3D media content to produce enhanced 3D media content, and thereby greatly improving and maximizing the 3D experience produced therefrom. In various embodiments of the inventive system and method, a centralized system is provided for managing and selectively controlling access to, and utilization of, the plurality of the modular 3D content-centric solutions by a plurality of pre-registered users, and to manage 3D content-related projects by distributing individual tasks, along with appropriate access to necessary 3D content-centric solution module(s), to at least one of the plural pre-registered users. In other embodiments of the present invention, a centralized 3D content generation/conversion/processing (G/C/P) system is provided for managing 3D content-related G/C/P projects and for distributing various tasks for such projects for performance by at least one of the plural pre-registered users by enabling access thereof to necessary 3D content-centric solution module(s). | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214287 | 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 includes a frame buffer coupled to the direct access address translation component. The apparatus further includes a 2D coordinate translation component. The apparatus also includes a 2D engine coupled to the 2D coordinate translation component and to the frame buffer. The apparatus further includes a 3D engine. The apparatus also include a 3D coordinate translation component coupled to the 3D engine and the frame buffer. As will be appreciated, further embodiments of the invention are within the spirit and scope of the claimed invention, and the specific details of a specific embodiment as described need not be present in all embodiments of the invention. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100220097 | ALTERING AVATAR APPEARANCES BASED ON AVATAR POPULATION IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - An invention for the alteration of avatar appearances based on avatar population in a virtual universe is provided. In one embodiment, there is a degradation tool, including an identification component configured to count an amount of a plurality of avatars within a region of a virtual universe. The degradation tool further comprises a modification component configured to degrade the appearance of a set of avatars from the plurality of avatars in the virtual universe based on the amount of the plurality of avatars within the region of the virtual universe. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220098 | Converting 3D Data to Hogel Data - Methods and systems for rendering hogels, including notifying one or more rendering nodes that all rendering is complete in response to determining that each of the one or more rendering nodes completes rendering of corresponding one or more subsets of hogel data from 3D data, the rendering nodes being configured to convert the 3D data to the one or more subsets of hogel data. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220099 | INTERPOLATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INTERPOLATION PROCESSOR - When an interpolation point is interpolated using a curve/curved surface, represented by control points, such as a B-Spline curve/curved surface or a subdivision surface, interpolation processing is performed in such a way that a moving vector for moving each control point is calculated using position information on interpolation points constituting the point group, as well as vector information on the unit direction vector that is set for each interpolation point, and the control point is moved in the movement direction and for the movement amount of this moving vector. By, repeating the generation step of a curve/curved surface that interpolates the interpolation point and the movement step of the control point, the position of a new control point is found that fits the curve/curved surface to the positions and the unit direction vectors of the point group. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100225642 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION OF IMAGES IN THE EARTH'S SUBSURFACE - A system and method for visualizing images in a three-dimensional context. The method involves receiving user input specifying a polyline in a given cartographic reference system. The polyline is displayed in a 2D window. A set of geometry data is generated based on the polyline and a user-specified vertical range. The geometry data set represents a folded object in three-dimensional space, where the folded object has one fold for each knee point in the polyline. A 3D virtual world is rendered to obtain a rendered image. The rendering action includes rendering the geometry data set using a given image as texture. The rendered image is displayed in a 3D window, where the displayed rendered image visually represents the given image as being painted onto the folded object in the three-dimensional space. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225643 | Controlling a Three-Dimensional Virtual Broadcast Presentation - Control of a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation is disclosed. The three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation may be generated based on dynamic information such as traffic information, weather information, or other information that may be featured on a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation. A signal generated by a control device maneuvered by a presenter and reflecting positional information of the control device is received. A view of the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation is manipulated in response to the received signal, the manipulation of the virtual broadcast presentation at least partially based on positional information of the control device. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225644 | Method and System for Transitioning Between Views in a Traffic Report - A method and system for transitioning between views in a traffic report are disclosed. The transition involves having the elements of both the 2D map and the 3D virtual world spatially located in the same virtual world. The transition involves moving from one part of the virtual world to another part of the virtual world while fading out the elements that are specific to the first type of graphic and showing elements that are specific to the second type of graphic. The view can be seamlessly transitioned between the 2D map view and the 3D world view, or between two different 3D world views. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225645 | Receiving system and method of processing data - A receiving system that can receive and process 3D images and a data processing method of the same are disclosed. The receiving system includes an image receiving unit and a display unit. The image receiving unit receives a 3-dimensions (3D) image and system information including additional information of the 3D image (i.e., additional 3D image information), generates 3D signaling information based upon the additional 3D image information included in the system information, and transmits the generated 3D signaling information along with the 3D image through a digital interface. And, the display unit receives the 3D signaling information along with the 3D image through the digital interface, formats the 3D image based upon the receiving 3D signaling information, and displays the formatted 3D image. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225646 | Method for magnifying images and videos and associated image processing device - This invention is a method applicable to an image processing device, which includes the steps of providing a preprocess module for extracting a high-frequency portion of an image inputted into the device, extracting a gradient of the image and decomposing the image into plane and edge regions according to a predetermined fixed threshold, and providing a composite up-scaling module for executing the magnification processes on the image and the high-frequency portion thereof respectively, wherein the magnification process of plane regions of the image and the high-frequency portion is based on a simple interpolation while the edge regions of the image and the high-frequency portion is based on both a smart interpolation and the simple interpolation. The magnification results of the image and the high-frequency portion are then processed by a fusion process, so as to output an image having sharp but not blocky edges, rich details and strong contrast. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100231581 | Presentation of Data Utilizing a Fixed Center Viewpoint - Generally speaking, systems, methods and computer program products for presenting data based on a fixed center viewpoint are disclosed. Embodiments may include receiving a request for an informational surround data shell that depicts a position for one or more objects relative to a celestial body from a point of view at a single fixed center viewpoint and determining a radial distance from the center viewpoint. Embodiments may include generating a data shell based on the determined radial distance and, for each informational surround, generating one or more objects each at the radial distance for rendering in the generated data shell. Embodiments may include generating the informational surround data shell from the point of view of the center viewpoint by rendering the generated objects within the data shell based on their position and transmitting the generated informational surround data shell for presentation to the user. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231582 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING ANIMATION SEQUENCES OF 3D OBJECTS - A method and system for displaying 3D objects. The method includes creating a 3D object for rendering. The method includes exporting the 3D object as a mesh object, a skeleton, and an animation description. The method includes distributing the mesh object, the skeleton, and the animation description as at least two separate files. The method includes combining the mesh object, the skeleton, and the animation description at a user workstation for rendering a sequence defined by the 3D object. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231583 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - The image processing apparatus of the present invention comprises signed distance calculation unit calculating signed distance fields from each input 3D shape data, signed distance integration unit integrating all the signed distances calculated by signed distance calculation unit for each shape data, classification unit classifying each voxel to be outside of the observed object, near the surface of the object or the other, estimation unit estimating whether voxel is inside or outside of the object, and determination unit determining voxel to be inside, outside or near-surface of the object based on the calculation results of the previous units. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231584 | Stereoscopic Image Generator and System for Stereoscopic Image Generation - A vector field, including its local three-dimensional attribute, is substantially visualized on a two-dimensional field of view in an intuitionally visible way. The vector field is mapped onto a three-dimensional coordinate space to produce corresponding coordinate point sequences, the degree of elevation in a local area of a plane in which the coordinate point sequences are connected is determined, the degree of depression in the local area is determined, the degree of elevation/depression in the local area is determined by weight-combining the degree of elevation and the degree of depression, the coordinate space is mapped onto a two-dimensional plane and gray-scale display corresponding to the degree of elevation/depression is conducted on the area of the two-dimensional plane corresponding to the local area. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100238160 | Method for Virtual Image Synthesis - A method synthesizes virtual images from a sequence of texture images and a sequence of corresponding depth images, wherein each depth images stores depths d at pixel locations I(x, y). Each depth image, is preprocessed to produce a corresponding preprocessed depth image. A first reference image and a second reference image are from the sequence of texture images. Then, depth-based 3D warping, depth-based histogram matching, base plus assistant image blending, and depth-based in-painting are applied in order to synthesize a virtual image. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238161 | Computer-aided system for 360 heads up display of safety/mission critical data - A safety critical, time sensitive data system for projecting safety/mission critical data onto a display pair of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) light weight projection glasses or monocular creating a virtual 360° HUD (Heads Up Display) with 6 degrees of freedom movement. The system includes the display, the workstation, the application software, and inputs containing the safety/mission critical information (Current User Position, Total Collision Avoidance System—TCAS, Global Positioning System—GPS, Magnetic Resonance Imaging—MRI Images, CAT scan images, Weather data, Military troop data, real-time space type markings etc.). The workstation software processes the incoming safety/mission critical data and converts it into a three dimensional space for the user to view. Selecting any of the images may display available information about the selected item or may enhance the image. Predicted position vectors may be displayed as well as 3D terrain. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238162 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGHT DISTANCE ANALYSIS - A computer implemented method of visualizing an infrastructure comprising: acquiring a cross section definition, the definition comprising points defining a link and link information, each of the points exhibiting a type; creating at least one three dimensional face linking points of a same type; assigning a face rendering for each of the created at least one three dimensional faces with a material definitional associated with the link information; and displaying the faces with the rendering. The invention also provides for a computing system operable to: acquire a cross section definition, the definition comprising points defining a link and link information, each of the points exhibiting a type; create at least one three dimensional face linking points of a same type; and assign a face rendering for each of the created at least one three dimensional faces with a material definitional associated with the link information. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238163 | Telestrator System - A telestrator system is disclosed that allows a broadcaster to annotate video during or after an event. For example, while televising a sporting event, an announcer (or other user) can use the present invention to draw over the video of the event to highlight one or more actions, features, etc. In one embodiment, when the announcer draws over the video, it appears that the announcer is drawing on the field or location of the event. Such an appearance can be performed by mapping the pixels location from the user's drawing to three dimensional locations at the event. Other embodiments include drawing on the video without obscuring persons and/or other specified objects, and/or smoothing the drawings in real time. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238164 | IMAGE STITCHING USING PARTIALLY OVERLAPPING VIEWS OF A SCENE - An “Oblique Image Stitcher” provides a technique for constructing a photorealistic oblique view from a set of input images representing a series of partially overlapping views of a scene. The Oblique Image Stitcher first projects each input image onto a geometric proxy of the scene and renders the images from a desired viewpoint. Once the images have been projected onto the geometric proxy, the rendered images are evaluated to identify optimum seams along which the various images are to be blended. Once the optimum seams are selected, the images are remapped relative to those seams by leaving the mapping unchanged at the seams and interpolating a smooth mapping between the seams. The remapped images are then composited to construct the final mosaiced oblique view of the scene. The result is a mosaic image constructed by warping the input images in a photorealistic manner which agrees at seams between images. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100245344 | ANNOTATING OR EDITING THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE - In one example, images may be used to create a model of a three-dimensional space, and the three-dimensional space may be annotated and/or edited. When a three-dimensional model of a space has been created, a user may associate various items with points in the three-dimensional space. For example, the user may create a note or a hyperlink, and may associate the note or hyperlink with a specific point in the space. Additionally, a user may experiment with the space by adding images to, or deleting images from, the space. Annotating and editing the space, rather than the underlying images, allows annotations and edits to be associated with the underlying objects depicted in the images, rather than with the images themselves. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245345 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245346 | Image Receiving Apparatus and Memory Medium - This invention improves the convenience of viewing three-dimensional image displays. A mobile communications handset can accomplish three-dimensional image displays using image data received by a communications unit and a broadcast reception unit through a display unit provided with a parallax barrier panel. A control unit automatically performs actions to record the image data as an auxiliary recording while the three-dimensional image display is being performed when the three-dimensional image display is performed using the received image data. That is to say, recording of image data relating to the three-dimensional image display is performed automatically in preparation for cases where the display cannot be viewed three-dimensionally due to viewing conditions. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245347 | EXTRACTION OF DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS - A process that assists with the identification of potential hydrocarbon deposits that includes performing a structural interpretation of a three-dimensional seismic volume, transforming the three-dimensional seismic volume into a stratal-slice volume, performing a stratigraphic interpretation of the stratal-slice volume which includes the extracting of bounding surfaces and faults and transforming the stratal-slice volume into the spatial domain. As illustrated in FIGS. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245348 | Method and System for Minimizing an Amount of Data Needed to Test Data Against Subarea Boundaries in Spatially Composited Digital Video - A method and system for minimizing an amount of data needed to test data against subarea boundaries in spatially composited digital video. Spatial compositing uses a graphics unit or pipeline to render a portion (subarea) of each overall frame of digital video images. This reduces the amount of data that each processor must act on and increases the rate at which an overall frame is rendered. Optimization of spatial compositing depends on balancing the processing load among the different pipelines. The processing load typically is a direct function of the size of a given subarea and a function of the rendering complexity for objects within this subarea. Load balancing strives to measure these variables and adjust, from frame to frame, the number, sizes, and positions of the subareas. The cost of this approach is the necessity to communicate, in conjunction with each frame, the graphics data that will be rendered. Graphics data for a frame is composed of geometry chunks. Each geometry chunk is defined by its own bounding region, where the bounding region defines the space the geometry chunk occupies on the compositing window. Only the parameters that define the bounding region are communicated to each graphics unit in conjunction with the determination of which graphics unit will render the geometry chunk defined by the bounding region. The actual graphics data that comprises the geometry chunk is communicated only to those geometry units that will actually render the geometry chunk. This reduces the amount of data needed to communicate graphics data information in spatially composited digital video. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100253676 | SIMULATING PERFORMANCE OF VIRTUAL CAMERA - Simulating performance of a virtual camera operating inside a 3-D environment having scenes generated for motion pictures and video games including: tracking position and orientation of an object within a physical volume of space; placing the virtual camera within the virtual 3-D environment corresponding to the tracked position of the object within the physical volume of space; capturing shots within a field of view of the virtual camera, wherein the field of view of the virtual camera is measured in accordance with the tracked position and orientation of the object; and displaying the captured shots of the 3-D environment captured with the virtual camera. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253677 | Holographic Display - Disclosed is a holographic display including a spatial light modulator (SLM) with pixels, the SLM pixels being on a substrate, the SLM including circuitry which is on the same substrate as the SLM pixels, the circuitry operable to perform calculations which provide an encoding of the SLM. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253678 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method for displaying a three-dimensional (“3D”) image includes; dividing the 3D image input from an external device into a first image frame corresponding to a first eye of a viewer and a second image frame corresponding to a second eye of the viewer, and generating a first compensation frame and a second compensation frame subsequent to the first image frame and the second image frame, respectively, and displaying the first compensation frame and the second compensation frame on a display panel. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253679 | SYSTEM FOR PSEUDO 3D-INFORMATION DISPLAY ON A TWO-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - The inventive system for pseudo 3d-information display on a two-dimensional display comprises a device for displaying information on a two-dimensional plane, in the form of a personal computer display or a TV screen with a device for forming an image, which is positioned in front of a user in such a way that the user is able to perceive said image on the display or screen by his organs of sight, and at least one sensor for tracking the movement of the user's head or eyes in relation to the display or screen. The computer hardware or the device for forming an image in the TV-set is provided with a function for correcting the image according to the position thereof with respect to the user located in front of the device, which displays information on a two-dimensional plane, by proportionally enlarging the image objects when the distance is decreased or proportionally reducing the image objects untill the detailes thereof are lost when the distance is increased, and with a function for correcting the image according to the angular displacement of the user in relation to the device, which displays information on a two-dimensional plane, by displacing the image and/or the relative position of the objects constituting a virtual 3D space, i.e the interface of the user. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253680 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A graphics plane for storing a graphics image is a storage region where two storage regions, which are an L (Left) region that is an image storage region to store an image for the left eye, and an R (Right) region that is an image storage region to store an image for the right eye, are arrayed, with a 3D image of the cursor of a pointing device being configured of the image for the left eye, and the image for the right eye, and with a position on either the L region or the R region of the 3D image of the cursor being used as the position of the cursor when issuing an event with the position of the cursor as an argument. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253681 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A graphics plane configured to store a graphics image is a storage region where two image storage regions, which are an L (Left) region that is one image worth of image storage region to store an image for the left eye, and an R (Right) region that is an image storage region to store an image for the right eye, are disposed in an array, and drawing of the image for the left eye used for animation as to the L region, and drawing of the image for the right eye used for animation as to said R region are individually performed. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100259537 | COMPUTER VISION CAD MODELS - The CV-CAD (computer vision-computer-aided design) model is an enhanced CAD (computer-aided design) model that integrates local and global computer vision data in order to represent an object not only geometrically but also in terms of computer vision. The CV-CAD model provides a scalable solution for intelligent and automatic object recognition, tracking and augmentation based on generic models of objects. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259538 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FACIAL ANIMATION - An apparatus and method for generating an animation of a virtual character using video data and a limited number of three-dimensional (3D) key models of a virtual character, are provided. The video data includes a sequence of two-dimensional image frames. The key models are blended together using the calculated weights, and a 3D facial expression most similar to the 2D facial expression included in each image frame may be generated. When the above operations are performed for input video data including a sequence of image frames, a facial animation, which makes facial expressions according to facial expressions included in the video data may be created. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100265248 | MULTISCALE THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAVIGATION - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for providing an end user with a multiscale three-dimensional (3D) navigation experience in design software application programs. An adaptive multiscale 3D navigation system allows an end user to transition between a planetary scale down to an individual building scale. The end user may navigate within the building, inspecting object details within the building. The size of the environment is sensed automatically, and the viewing and travel parameters are adjusted accordingly to provide the end user with a seamless navigation experience. A consistent navigation experience is supported at various scales, and real-time collision detection is provided. Scale computation for 3D scenes and collision detection may be based on a generated depth cubemap of the environment. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265249 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - First, a moving direction of an input device is calculated based on motion information obtained from predetermined detection means for detecting attitude or motion of the input device operated by a user. Then, the object in a virtual three-dimensional space is caused to move to a position which is obtained by hypothetically moving a position of the object based on the direction in which the input device has been moved and then by correcting the position of the object hypothetically moved, only in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the input device has been moved. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265250 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAST RENDERING OF A THREE DIMENSIONAL SCENE - A method and system for computing a fast render of a three-dimensional scene. Software objects including object properties represent three-dimensional models within an animation sequence. Object properties store discrete values at a point in time within the animation sequence. A specified frame within the animation sequence is calculated on demand from object properties without calculating preceding frames. A graphical user interface can be dynamically generated from object properties for interfacing between the users and the object properties. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100271365 | Image Transformation Systems and Methods - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable medium are provided that cause a two dimensional image to appear three dimensional and also create a dynamic or animated illustrated images. The systems, methods, apparatuses and computer readable mediums implement displacement maps in a number of novel ways in conjunction with among other software, facial feature recognition software to recognize the areas of the face and allow the users to then customize those areas that are recognized. Furthermore, the created displacement maps are used to create all of the dynamic effects of an image in motion. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271366 | Method and apparatus for producing a three-dimensional image message in mobile terminals - A method and an apparatus for producing a 3-Dimensional (3-D) image message in a mobile terminal are provided. In the method, one of a plurality of stored images is determined. A 3-D image is set and displayed at a predetermined position of the determined image. Further disclosed is setting one of motion, sound, props and text on the selected the 3-D image. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100277468 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR VISUALISING A DIGITAL MODEL IN A REAL ENVIRONMENT - The invention relates to a method and devices for enabling a user to visualise a virtual model in a real environment. According to the invention, a 2D representation of a 3D virtual object is inserted, in real-time, into the video flows of a camera aimed at a real environment in order to form an enriched video flow. A plurality of cameras generating a plurality of video flows can be simultaneously used to visualise the virtual object in the real environment according to different angles of view. A particular video flow is used to dynamically generate the effects of the real environment on the virtual model. The virtual model can be, for example, a digital copy or virtual enrichments of a real copy. A virtual 2D object, for example the representation of a real person, can be inserted into the enriched video flow. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277469 | TACTILE VIRTUAL WORLD - A system for providing a tactile virtual world or environment wherein, in particular, a virtual reality environment provides an interactive 3-D interface for synthesizing the feeling of experiencing a 3-D environment. The invention also provides a method for implementing actual physical applications that can simulate real 3-D environments; for example, such as a physical training exercise or artificial 3-D environments, or simulating the interacting with molecules or complex data sets. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277470 | Systems And Methods For Applying Model Tracking To Motion Capture - An image such as a depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device and a model of a user in the image may be generated. The model may then be adjusted to mimic one or more movements by the user. For example, the model may be a skeletal model having joints and bones that may be adjusted into poses corresponding to the movements of the user in physical space. A motion capture file of the movement of the user may be generated in real-time based on the adjusted model. For example, a set of vectors that define the joints and bones for each of the poses of the adjusted model may be captured and rendered in the motion capture file. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277471 | Real-Time Chromakey Matting Using Image Statistics - A method, system and computer readable media for real-time chromakey matting using image statistics. To identify the chroma key spectrum, the system/method executes in three stages. In an off-line training stage, the system performs semi-automatic calibration of the chroma key parameterization. In the real-time classification stage, the system estimates the alpha matte on a GPU. Finally, an optional error minimization stage improves the estimated matte, accounting for misclassifications and signal noise. Given the resulting matte, standard alpha blending composites the virtual scene with the video feed to create the illusion that both worlds coexist. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277472 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING 3D IMAGES OF A HUMAN BODY IN A MOMENT OF MOVEMENT - A method and system for creating 3D laser-induced images of a body or bodies suspended in air within a transparent material by way of using a scanner (e.g., a laser scanner) to optically scan an environment and stop action. The same 3D data may be utilized construct portraits of individuals through 3D laser etching, 3D laser cutting, 3D printing/rendering (or any form of rapid prototyping). Multiple scanners such as scanners 102, 104, 106 and 108 can be utilized to capture a complete person three dimensionally—laser scans on all X, Y, Z planes, thereby enabling synchronizing scans. Such an approach further enables the construction of a complete three-dimensional data model from multiple data. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277473 | CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR ACTIVATOR COMPLEXED WITH KUNITZ DOMAIN INHIBITOR - The present disclosure provides crystals of and structural coordinates of Hepatocyte growth factor activator with and without bound pseudo-substrate or inhibitor. In a specific embodiment, a crystal structure of activated HGFA complexed with a Kunitz domain inhibitor is provided. The crystals and crystal structures are useful, for example, in the design and synthesis of inhibitors of HGFA. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277474 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A memory unit ( | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100283778 | FRAME BY FRAME, PIXEL BY PIXEL MATCHING OF MODEL-GENERATED GRAPHICS IMAGES TO CAMERA FRAMES FOR COMPUTER VISION - There are two distinct tasks in vision or image processing. On the one hand there is the difficult task of image analysis and feature recognition, and on the other there is the less difficult task of computing the 3D world position of the camera given an input image. In biological vision, these two tasks are intertwined together such that it is difficult to distinguish one from the other. We perceive our position in world coordinates by recognizing and triangulating from features around us. It seems we can not triangulate if we don't identify first the features we triangulate from and we can't really identify unless we can place a feature somewhere in the 3D world we live in. Most, if not all, vision systems in prior art are an attempt to implement both tasks in the same system. For instance, reference U.S. Pat. No. 5,801,970 comprises both tasks; reference U.S. Pat. No. 6,704,621 seems to comprise of triangulation alone, but it actually requires recognition of the road. If the triangulation task can indeed be made separate from and independent of the analysis and feature recognition tasks, then we would need half as much computing resources in a system that does not perform the latter task. By taking advantage of current advances in graphics processing, this invention allows for triangulation of the camera position without the usual scene analysis and feature recognition. It utilizes an a priori, accurate model of the world within the field of vision. The 3D model is rendered onto a graphics surface using the latest graphics processing units. Each frame coming from the camera is then searched for a best match in a number of candidate renderings on the graphics surface. The count of rendered images to compare to is made small by computing the change in camera position and angle of view from one frame to another, and then using the results of such computations to limit the next possible positions and angles of view to render the a priori world model. The main advantage of this invention over prior art is the mapping of the real world onto a world model. One application for which this is most suited is robotic programming. A robot that is guided by an a priori map and that knows its position in that map is far more superior to one that is not so guided. It is superior with regards to navigation, homing, path finding, obstacle avoidance, aiming for point of attention, and other robotic tasks. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283779 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION IN MEDICAL IMAGING USING THE CIRCLE AND LINE TRAJECTORY - A method of reconstructing a volume image of an object includes receiving circle projection data collected by a detector along a circular path with respect to the object; receiving line projection data collected by the detector along a linear path with respect to the object; producing a reconstructed circle path volume image of the object from the pre-processed circle projection data using a reconstruction algorithm that includes a ramp filter; producing a reconstructed line path volume image of the object from pre-processed line projection data using a reconstruction algorithm that includes a Hubert filter; and combining the reconstructed circle path volume image and the reconstructed line path volume image to produce the volume image of the object. An apparatus and computer program product are also described. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283780 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus that enables three-dimensional rendering of an image corresponding to two-dimensional vector-based data with a relatively simple technique. The information processing apparatus includes a first generation unit configured to generate from vector-based graphics data a first coordinate data group at boundary portions of a first image to be rendered based on the graphics data, a second generation unit configured to generate a second coordinate data group by applying a graphics conversion rule to the first coordinate data group to transform the first image to obtain a second image, and a rendering unit configured to render the second image in bitmap form based on the second coordinate data group. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283781 | NAVIGATING AMONG IMAGES OF AN OBJECT IN 3D SPACE - A three-dimensional model of an object is employed to aid in navigation among a number of images of the object taken from various viewpoints. In general, an image of an object such as a digital photograph is displayed in a user interface or the like. When a user selects a point within the display that corresponds to a location on the surface of the object, another image may be identified that provides a better view of the object. In order to maintain user orientation to the subject matter while navigating to this destination viewpoint, the display may switch to a model view and a fly-over to the destination viewpoint may be animated using the model. When the destination viewpoint is reached, the display may return to an image view for further inspection, marking, or other manipulation by the user. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100289795 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - A method of correlating a representation of a body to a three dimensional representation of the body. A representation (such as a two dimensional image) of a body is acquired and a fitness function is generated for it. A two dimensional outline of the three dimensional representation of the body is then generated for a number of sets of three dimensional position and orientation values. These are compared to the fitness function to generate measures of fit for each set of three dimensional position and orientation values. New sets of position and orientation values are then bred using a genetic algorithm or other breeding algorithm. The method is repeated until the measure of fit converges to an acceptable solution. There is also disclosed a system for performing the method. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289796 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A SPATIAL IMAGE - The invention relates to a method for processing a spatial image assembled from partial images or a time sequence of such images by processing the image data in individual processing modules according to an execution sequence and depending on adjustable processing parameters, wherein each module performs processing steps and the sequence is determined by a selectable linking of the. Further, each module is able to exchange data with the modules to which it is linked. If parameters are changed for two modules linked to each other in the execution sequence, (a) an upstream module transmits to a downstream module which areas of the image data present at the upstream module are affected by the change, (b) the downstream module transmits to the upstream module which image data it requires to perform the processing steps thereof. The upstream module recalculates only said image data, and transmits them to the downstream module. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289797 | POSITION AND ORIENTATION ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A position and orientation estimation apparatus detects correspondence between a real image obtained by an imaging apparatus by imaging a target object to be observed and a rendered image. The rendered image is generated by projecting a three dimensional model onto an image plane based on three dimensional model data expressing the shape and surface information of the target object, and position and orientation information of the imaging apparatus. The position and orientation estimation apparatus then calculates a relative position and orientation of the imaging apparatus and the target object to be observed based on the correspondence. Then, the surface information of the three dimensional model data is updated by associating image information of the target object to be observed in the real image with the surface information of the three dimensional model data, based on the calculated positions and orientations. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289798 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method includes: obtaining image portrayal information representing a relationship between coordinates of a rendered image obtained by performing rendering with a texture attached to a 3-dimensional model and coordinates of the texture and a relationship between colors of each pixel of the rendered image and colors of each pixel of the texture; and compressing the image portrayal information representing a relationship between coordinates of the rendered image and coordinates of the texture using a linear compression scheme. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100295846 | FOUR-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF REGIONS EXHIBITING MULTIPLE PHASES OF PERIODIC MOTION - A method for four dimensional reconstruction of regions exhibiting multiple phases of periodic motion includes the operation of building one or more 3-D reconstructions using a set of 2-D projections. The method further includes the operation of deriving one or more 3-D model segments from each of the one or more 3-D reconstructions, wherein a plurality of 3-D model segments are formed thereby, and wherein each of the one or more 3-D model segments is derived from a single one of the one or more 3-D model segments. The plurality of derived 3-D model segments forms a 4-D reconstruction of the region of interest. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295847 | DIFFERENTIAL MODEL ANALYSIS WITHIN A VIRTUAL WORLD - A current three-dimensional model of a real world item is received. A last three-dimensional model of the real world item is also received. Differences between the current three-dimensional model and the last three-dimensional model are determined. A determination is made as to whether the differences fall above or below a threshold indicating a minimum acceptable condition of the real world item. If the differences fall above or below the threshold indicating the minimum acceptable condition of the real world item, then the virtual world is transformed from a previous state where the virtual world does not include the current three-dimensional model and the last three-dimensional model into another state where the virtual world includes the current three-dimensional model and the last three-dimensional model. The virtual world is provided across a network. The current three-dimensional model and the last three-dimensional model may be remotely viewed through the virtual world. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295848 | INTERACTIVE IMAGE SEGMENTATION - When adapting models of anatomical structures in a patient for diagnosis or therapeutic planning, an atlas ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100302233 | Virtual Diving System and Method - An underwater diving simulation system includes at least three surface electronics units defining a diving area in proximity to a desired dive location. Each surface electronics unit includes a microprocessor-controlled transceiver that receives x-y-z position data from an underwater acoustical transponder located on a diver who is located in the diving area. The system provides user selectable, variable underwater virtual reality data to the diver via a communication link. A plurality of sensors in proximity to the diver's head transmits real-time rate of change, horizontal and vertical position of the diver's head to a signal decoder located on at least one of the surface electronics units via said communication link. A pair of projectors and optical elements are typically provided, one for each of the diver's eyes on a diving mask. The virtual reality images are generated by a graphics-processing unit in real-time response to the position and orientation of the diver and the diver's head whereby the diver can experience a virtual reality of diving in a user selectable location and with user selectable sea creatures. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302234 | METHOD OF ESTABLISHING DOF DATA OF 3D IMAGE AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method and a system of establishing depth of field data of a 3D image, applicable to a 3D image including a first and a second visual image. The system includes a storage module, an offset calculator, and a comparator. An offset vector matrix includes data fields in the same number as that of pixels of a first visual image. An offset calculator divides a reference frame by taking an a | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302235 | efficient composition of a stereoscopic image for a 3-D TV - The present invention relates to a method for efficiently composing multiple images into one stereoscopic image comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a first image of said multiple images; (b) blending said first image with a mask, using a pixel base blender, for producing a first blended image; (c) receiving a second image of said multiple images; and (d) blending said second image with said first blended image, using a pixel base blender, for composing said stereoscopic image. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302236 | EXTENSIBLE MAP WITH PLUGGABLE MODES - An extensible map module allows facilitates development of new map styles and presentation elements. Projection and presentation functions are at least partially separated, so that new styles or modes can be developed without impacting existing presentation element features. Similarly, new presentation elements can be developed independently from a particular mode or style implementation. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302237 | Terminal Device and Control Program Thereof - In a mobile phone | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302238 | IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image generation system includes a character control section, a virtual camera control section, an image generation section, and a motion mode switch section. The motion mode switch section switches a motion mode of a character from a free-move mode to a battle mode when an encounter event between the character and another character has occurred in the free-move mode, the free-move mode being a mode in which the character moves on a field in an object space, and the battle mode being a mode in which the character battles the other character. The character control section moves the character on the field in a direction indicated by direction instruction information from a direction instruction section of an operation section in the free-move mode, and causes the character to make a battle motion indicated by the direction instruction information from the direction instruction section in the battle mode. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302239 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATION PROGRAM, MEDIUM THAT RECORDS THE PROGRAM, AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - It is an object of the present invention to move a viewpoint position and a direction of a line of sight a player character with an intuitive operation method without requiring pre-study. In a case where a player touches a point within a movement determination region, a virtual 3D spatial image moved forward in the direction of the line of sight is displayed. In a case where a player touches a point at the left side outside the movement determination region, a virtual 3D spatial image as viewed by a virtual camera panned to the left is displayed, whereas in a case where a player touches a point at the right side, a virtual 3D spatial image as viewed by a virtual camera panned to the right is displayed. Furthermore, in a case where a player touches an upper point, a virtual 3D spatial image as viewed by a virtual camera tilted in the upper direction is displayed, whereas in a case where a player touches a lower point, a virtual 3D spatial image as viewed by a virtual camera tilted in the lower direction is displayed. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302240 | Imaging System - Signals from an object in a field of view are detected by an array of directional sensors and “re-converged” to create a three-dimensional image as the object changes contrast or moves relative to the sensors. Each sensor is oriented along an axis toward the field of view. Sensor signals are converted to logarithms thereof and transients are detected and compared to background signals. Resulting signals are connected in overlapping groups to coincidence detectors in a matrix. Each point in the field of view where two or more sensor axes intersect is represented by a coincidence detector, which is connected to the corresponding group of sensors. If a threshold number of sensors in the group detects a transient, the corresponding point in the image is deemed to be “contrasty” and can be made visible or otherwise perceivable by a human or can be further processed by a computer or other circuit. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100309197 | INTERACTION OF STEREOSCOPIC OBJECTS WITH PHYSICAL OBJECTS IN VIEWING AREA - Changing the path of a virtual object displayed in a stereographic form when a physical object is encountered in the path of the virtual object. Sensors may be used to identify the location of physical objects present in an area of interest (in the viewing area), and the determined location information may be used to determine whether a physical object is present in the path of a virtual object. In an embodiment, a gaming system receives the location information and determines whether a “collision” would occur. In an alternative embodiment, the sensor receives information of the original path of the virtual object, determines the new path based on location information and sends back the new path information to the gaming system. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309198 | METHOD FOR TRACKING 3D ANATOMICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN TUBULAR-SHAPED ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES - A method for visualizing the anatomy of a region of interest of a tubular-shaped organ based on acquired three-dimensional image slices of the region of interest. Prior to segmentation, reference markers are positioned interactively in the image slices, a minimum curvature path connecting the reference markers is automatically extracted and cross-sectional images are interpolated along a plane normal to a tangent vector of the minimum curvature path. A segmented area corresponding to the region of interest is then delimited in each cross-sectional image and, using this segmented area, a three-dimensional surface representation of the region of interest is computed to readily quantify attributes, such as a maximal diameter and a volume, of the region of interest. When the image sets are acquired in different imaging geometries, the image sets may further be co-registered prior to segmentation, resulting in image sets superimposed in the same geometrical reference frame. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309199 | PATH PROXIMITY RENDERING - The invention relates to a system (100) for visualizing an object of interest comprised in a volume of an image dataset, the system comprising a path unit (110) for specifying a path in the volume of the image dataset on the basis of the object of interest, a location unit (120) for determining a location on a projection ray through the volume of the image dataset on the basis of the specified path, and a value unit (130) for computing a projected gray value corresponding to the projection ray on the basis of the determined location on the projection ray. Because the locations on the projection ray are determined based on the specified path for indicating the object of interest, the actual computation of the projection gray values may be designed and constructed to show gray values describing the object of interest while hiding gray values describing other objects, in particular occluding objects. Thus, the system of the invention is arranged for visualizing the object of interest at different viewing angles without occluding the object of interest. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309200 | Method and Data Processing Appliance for the Production and for the Output of a Multidimensional Chart Having at Least Two Graphs - A method and data processing appliance for the producing and outputting a multi-dimensional chart having at least two graphs, wherein for each of the graphs which are to be presented an area between the graph and an abscissa is provided with a respective fill color or with a respective fill pattern, the graphs and the associated areas are presented in presentation planes located above one another, and wherein a respective graph and the associated area in a lower presentation plane are concealed by a graph and the associated area in a higher presentation plane. Here, the chart is produced and output in sections, wherein for each section of the abscissa a first of the graphs and the area associated with the graphs are presented using a higher value in a lower presentation plane and a second of the graphs and the associated area thereof are presented using a lower value in a higher presentation plane. As a result, each graph and a portion of its area are visible in each section. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309201 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDIUM, AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus, medium, and method. The image processing apparatus may include a first calculator and a second calculator. The first calculator may calculate a first weight of a first frame depth value of a first pixel of a depth image and a second weight of a second frame depth value of the first pixel, based on an obtainment time difference between the first frame depth value of the first pixel and the second frame depth value of the first pixel among a plurality of frame depth values of the first pixel. The second calculator may determine a corrected first frame depth value of the first pixel using a linear sum that is calculated by applying the first weight to the first frame depth value of the first pixel, and by applying the second weight to the second frame depth value of the first pixel. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309202 | Terminal Device and Control Program Thereof - In a mobile phone | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309203 | POLYGON PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION STORING MEDIUM - [Problem(s)] It is an object of the present invention to provide a polygon processing apparatus that deletes information on a polygon which is not used in drawing, without changing the shape of a necessary polygon. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309204 | DISPLAY - A display comprises a parallax optic ( | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100315410 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE SYSTEMS FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A system and method for recovering three-dimensional (3D) particle systems from two-dimensional (2D) images are provided. The system and method of the present invention provide for identifying a fuzzy object in a two-dimensional (2D) image; selecting a particle system from a plurality of predetermined particle systems, the selected particle system relating to a predefined fuzzy object; generating at least one particle of the selected particle system; simulating the at least one particle to update states of the at least one particle; rendering the selected particle system; comparing the rendered particle system to the identified fuzzy object in the 2D image; and storing the selected particle system if the comparison result is within an acceptable threshold, wherein the stored particle system represents the recovered geometry of the fuzzy object. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315411 | COMPUTING TRANSITIONS BETWEEN CAPTURED DRIVING RUNS - Various embodiments provide a global approach for computing transitions between captured runs through an intersection. In accordance with one or more embodiments, a transition algorithm receives as input various runs that have been captured through an intersection and an input path through the intersection. The transition algorithm processes its inputs and provides, as an output, a set of points and data such as a direction associated with each of the points. The set of points includes points from different captured runs. The output set of points and associated data indicate which images to obtain from a database and which field of view to create a simulated turn for the user. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315412 | PIECEWISE PLANAR RECONSTRUCTION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENES - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for reconstruction a three-dimensional scene from a collection of two-dimensional images are provided. A computerized reconstruction system executes computer vision algorithms on the collection of two-dimensional images to identify candidate planes that are used to model visual characteristics of the environment depicted in the two-dimensional images. The computer vision algorithms may minimize an energy function that represents the relationships and similarities among features of the two-dimensional images to assign pixels of the two dimensional images to planes in the three dimensional scene. The three-dimensional scene is navigable and depicts viewpoint transitions between multiple two-dimensional images. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315413 | Surface Computer User Interaction - Surface computer user interaction is described. In an embodiment, an image of a user's hand interacting with a user interface displayed on a surface layer of a surface computing device is captured. The image is used to render a corresponding representation of the hand. The representation is displayed in the user interface such that the representation is geometrically aligned with the user's hand. In embodiments, the representation is a representation of a shadow or a reflection. The process is performed in real-time, such that movement of the hand causes the representation to correspondingly move. In some embodiments, a separation distance between the hand and the surface is determined and used to control the display of an object rendered in a 3D environment on the surface layer. In some embodiments, at least one parameter relating to the appearance of the object is modified in dependence on the separation distance. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315414 | DISPLAY OF 3-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS - A system for displaying 3-dimensional images is provided. The system comprises a monitor, a rendering module arranged to provide image data for display by the monitor, a point-of-view module for determining the position of a viewer relative to the monitor, wherein the output of said rendering module is dependent on the determined position of the viewer relative to the monitor and a polar correction module arranged to adjust the brightness of one or more pixels of the monitor dependent on the position of the viewer relative to the monitor. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315415 | Image Processing Device, Method for Processing Image, Information Recording Medium, and Program - A storage unit ( | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315416 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE INSPECTION OF AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS - A computer implemented method for remote inspection of infrastructure of an industrial process in an installation for extraction, processing and/or production of materials. The process is supervised by a control system including one or more computers, and one or more computer display apparatus. At least one computer includes a graphic computer model and a 3D model of the process infrastructure, where a position in the process infrastructure in the 3D model is arranged selectable, wherein the selected position is identified from a viewpoint in the model. The viewpoint information from the model is used to position one or more cameras in the real installation. Images from the real installation are combined with the 3D model in different ways. A remote inspection system and a computer program are also described. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315417 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and display controlling method thereof are provided. The present invention includes determining a polyhedral shape to correspond to a number of display target objects, designating the number of display target objects to facets of a polyhedron having the determined polyhedral shape, displaying the polyhedron having the determined polyhedral shape in a three-dimensional rotational position, and displaying the number of display target objects on the designated facets of the polyhedron. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315418 | TABLETOP, MOBILE AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM FOR PERSONALIZATION AND COOPERATION, AND INTERACTION METHOD USING AUGMENTED REALITY - The present invention relates to a tabletop, mobile augmented reality system for personalization and cooperation and an interaction method using augmented reality. More particularly, the tabletop, mobile augmented reality system for personalization and cooperation according to the present invention adds a mobile interface for providing a personal user space to a table interface for providing a cooperative space for users such that information on a table can be brought to a personal mobile device and controlled directly or manipulated personally by a user, allows for fairness in the right to control the table, and permits users to share the result of personalization. The tabletop, mobile augmented reality system for personalization and cooperation according to the present invention includes a table interface for providing a cooperative space, which allows for interaction among users by enabling users to touch a specific piece of content of the image projected onto a table or via an object disposed on the specific piece of content. The invention further relates to a mobile interface for providing a personal space, which recognizes and traces said object to augment the image projected onto the table with three-dimensional content. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100321377 | System and method for integrating multiple virtual rendering systems to provide an augmented reality - There is provided a system and method for integrating multiple virtual rendering systems to provide an augmented reality. There is provided a method for integrating multiple virtual rendering systems for outputting a composite render to a display, comprising obtaining a first environment data from a first virtual rendering system using a first camera view, obtaining a second environment data from a second virtual rendering system using a second camera view, rendering the composite render by processing the first environment and the second environment, and outputting the composite render to the display. Additionally, the first environment data and second environment data may depend on synchronized or corresponding inputs, and display priority algorithms or masking algorithms may be used to determine virtual and real object display priority. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321378 | Computer Method and Apparatus Providing Interactive Control and Remote Identity Through In-World Proxy - Computer method and apparatus render views of a computer generated virtual world to a remote viewer. The invention method and apparatus establish an avatar of a resident user as a proxy on behalf of the remote viewer. The computer node of the resident user exports proxy avatar views of the virtual world to the remote viewer. The remote viewer computer renders the exported virtual world views without executing virtual world application programs. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321379 | SERVER FOR PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENTS AND METHOD THEREOF, AND TERMINAL FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a 3D contents providing service. A 3D contents providing server includes a 3D contents providing request receiver for receiving a 3D contents providing request through a communication network, a subscriber manager for checking a communication terminal to which the 3D contents will be provided when the 3D contents providing request is received, a 3D contents selecting extractor for receiving 3D contents selecting information to be provided to the checked communication terminal and extracting the selected 3D contents, and a 3D contents provider for providing the extracted 3D contents to the communication terminal, and the 3D contents include side information provided to the communication terminal and output by the communication terminal. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321380 | Image Processing Method and Associated Apparatus for Rendering Three-dimensional Effect Using Two-dimensional Image - An image processing method for rendering a three-dimensional by transforming a first quadrilateral image to a second quadrilateral image is provided, with at least one of the first and second quadrilateral images being a trapezoidal image. The image processing method includes providing the first quadrilateral image, generating coordinates of four vertices associated with the second quadrilateral image according to the first quadrilateral image and the three-dimensional effect; determining a relative height and a relative width according to a height and a width of the first quadrilateral image and the coordinates of the four vertices; and generating a plurality of pixel values of the second quadrilateral image with reference to a plurality of pixel values of the first quadrilateral image according to the relative height and the relative width. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321381 | Image Processing Method and Associated Apparatus for Rendering Three-dimensional Effect Using Two-dimensional Image - An image processing apparatus is for rendering a three-dimensional (3D) effect by transforming a first quadrilateral image to a second quadrilateral image. The apparatus includes a target image determining unit, a block determining unit and a graphic unit. The target image determining unit generates an outline associated with the second quadrilateral image according to the first quadrilateral image and the 3D effect. The block determining unit divides an area within the outline into a plurality of second blocks and correspondingly determines a plurality of first blocks from the first quadrilateral image. The graphic unit scales image data of the first blocks to respectively generate image data of the second blocks to obtain the second quadrilateral image. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321382 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INJECTION OF MAPPING FUNCTIONS - A method and system for improving display quality by injecting a portion of computer code into an existing compositor, using the portion of computer code to apply a mapping function to a first digital image, and forming a second digital image based upon the first digital image as adapted by applying the applied mapping function in the compositor. The second digital image may then be displayed to a viewer via one or more displays where each display forms a part of the displayed digital image. The result may be used for creation of blended or stereoscopic images. The mapping function may be also adapted for modification of geometry or correction of a characteristic (such as color, intensity, etc.) of the display system where such characteristic may be sensed using a detector. The portion of code may be injected into a graphics driver controlling hardware composition for a displayed digital image. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321383 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING OPERATION OF OBJECT AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - An image processing apparatus comprises a simulation unit which performs a simulation of operation of an object and a display unit which generates based on a result of the simulation an image in which a virtual object is operating and displays the image. The apparatus further comprises a calculating unit which calculates a position and orientation of a predetermined part of an observer who observes the virtual object being displayed, and a generating unit which generates a parameter for use in the simulation based on the position and orientation of the predetermined part of the observer and the position and orientation of the virtual object. This structure makes it possible to set parameters of simulation in a virtual-reality or mixed-reality space through manipulation performed by the observer. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321384 | Method, Arrangement and Computer Program for Visualising a Biochemical Pathway - The present invention relates to a method of visualising a biochemical pathway, wherein said pathway represents a plurality of reaction stages linked by reaction steps. Said reaction stages are represented by nodes of said pathway. Said reaction steps are represented by links in between said nodes of said pathway. Node attributes of said nodes are retrieved from a database. Said method comprises the steps of: receiving at least one node attribute type indicating node attributes of a same nature; forming a plurality of collections of one or more nodes of said nodes, said one or more nodes of each collection having same node attributes of said received attribute type; and visualising said pathway on display means in at least three dimensions, wherein collections are distinguishably visualised from each other in at least one grouping dimension of said at least three dimensions. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321385 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMMERSIVE SYSTEM FOR REPRESENTING AN AUTOMATION CONTROL ENVIRONMENT - A computer-implemented system for representing a production environment comprises a modeling module that creates a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of a production environment. The system also includes a view module that renders a graphical depiction of at least a portion of the three-dimensional model from a reference point that is based at least in part upon a location. Methods of using the system are also provided. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100328303 | COMPUTER GRAPHICS PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR RENDERING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ON A DISPLAY SCREEN - A computer graphics processor ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328304 | DISPLAY DIRECTION CORRECTING DEVICE, CORRECTING METHOD, AND CORRECTION PROGRAM FOR MEDICAL 3D IMAGE - In a medical three-dimensional image display orientation modifying apparatus according to the present invention, landmarks (P | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328305 | Method and System for Producing Interactive, Three-Dimensional Renderings of Selected Body Organs Having Hollow Lumens to Enable Simulated Movement Through the Lumen - A method and system are provided for effecting interactive, three-dimensional renderings of selected body organs for purposes of medical observation and diagnosis. A series of CT images of the selected body organs are acquired. The series of CT images is stacked to form a three-dimensional volume file. To facilitate interactive three-dimensional rendering, the three-dimensional volume file may be subjected to an optional dataset reduction procedure to reduce pixel resolution and/or to divide the three-dimensional volume file into selected subvolumes. From a selected volume or subvolume, the image of a selected body organ is segmented or isolated. A wireframe model of the segmented organ image is then generated to enable interactive, three-dimensional rendering of the selected organ. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328306 | LARGE FORMAT HIGH RESOLUTION INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - An interactive display device of a preferred embodiment includes a display surface and a touch interface associated with the display surface. A first LCD layer generates a dynamic parallax barrier and a second LCD layer generates stereoscopic images in cooperation with the first LCD layer. A light source backlights the first and second LCD layers. A preferred method for controlling an interactive stereoscopic display device provides two-dimensional content to be displayed by the second LCD layer, three-dimensional content to be displayed by the second LCD layer, and generates a description that overlays two-dimensional content to be rendered monoscopically onto three-dimensional content to be rendered stereoscopically. Parallax barrier content is displayed on the first LCD layer. A preferred method for displaying images overlays monoscopic and stereoscopic image data into combined image data and displays the combined image data to the second LCD layer. Dynamic parallax barriers are displayed on the first LCD layer in cooperation with the second LCD layer. User interaction with the display device is sensed, and the combined image data is altered in response to user interaction. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110001750 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND GRAPHIC DISPLAY METHOD - A display apparatus and a graphic display method are provided. A display apparatus includes a graphic processing unit which converts data received from an external device into graphics, and a display unit which displays a graphics. Accordingly, the display apparatus can display a high quality 3-dimensional image. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001751 | Providing navigation instructions - A method in a device for providing navigation instructions in a three-dimensional map environment comprises receiving a start and end positions, determining a route, determining graphical two-dimensional map data, generating navigation instructions comprising setting a transparency level and transmitting the navigation instructions to a display. Corresponding device and computer program product are also provided. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110007069 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING CONTENT - A method for presenting content, including arranging two-dimensional content in a three-dimensional virtual scene, wherein the three-dimensional virtual scene represents a three-dimensional space and wherein the two-dimensional content represents an object in the three-dimensional space; changing a view of the three-dimensional virtual scene in response to a user input; and changing the arrangement of the two-dimensional content according to the view change. In an embodiment, first two-dimensional content represents a first face of the object and second two-dimensional content represents a second face of the object. When the view changes, the second two-dimensional content is displayed in place of the first two-dimensional content based on the changed view. In an embodiment, the view of the three-dimensional virtual scene is determined by the location and orientation of a camera and two-dimensional content is arranged to maintain a constant photographing angle between the two-dimensional content and the camera when the camera moves. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007070 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate, based on data on gradation included in two-dimensional graphics data, position information about color reference points of the gradation and shape information about an object to which the gradation is applied, and a conversion unit configured to convert the two-dimensional graphics data into three-dimensional graphics data by calculating a rectangle encircling the object based on the calculated shape information, dividing the rectangle into a plurality of triangles as three-dimensional polygons, and designating colors of the color reference points with respect to vertices of each three-dimensional polygon based on position information about each three-dimensional polygon and the position information about the calculated color reference points. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007071 | Method for Supporting Puncture Planning in a Puncture of an Examination Object - In order to enable improved and faster performance of punctures, a method is provided for technically supporting guidance to a target during a puncture of an examination object. A 3D data set of a body volume of the examination object that is to be treated is segmented. A puncture target is marked in the segmented 3D data set. The available puncture sites are assessed in terms of their suitability as insertion points on the basis of the information obtained through the segmentation. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110012894 | CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE COMPLEX OF HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR BETA CHAIN WITH MET RECEPTOR AND METHODS OF USE - The disclosure provides a crystal structure of a complex of the HGF β-chain with am extracellular fragment of the Met receptor, as well as use of the crystal structure in the design, identification, and selection of ligands that modulate the Met Receptor and the interaction of HGF with the Met receptor. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012895 | Processing Hogel Data - Methods and systems for processing hogel data including providing a set of hogel data, providing one or more properties of a hogel light modulator, and processing the set of hogel data according to the one or more properties of the hogel display. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012896 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, 3D GLASSES, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus, three-dimensional (3D) glasses, and a method for operating the image display apparatus are disclosed. The method includes displaying a two-dimensional (2D) image on a display, sensing whether a user wears 3D glasses, and displaying a 3D image on the display, if it is sensed that the user wears the 3D glasses. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012897 | Methods and apparatus for displaying images - In one aspect, a method of displaying data is provided. The method comprises obtaining projection data of an object by exposing an object to radiation at a plurality of view angles and detecting at least some of the radiation exiting the object to form the projection data, operating a computer to reconstruct the projection data at a reconstruction resolution to form image data comprising a plurality of voxels representing locations within the object, each of the plurality of voxels being assigned an associated intensity indicative of a density of the subject matter at the respective location, determining a maximum resolution for display, above which variation in intensity between adjacent voxels is not supported by information in the projection data, the maximum resolution being less than the reconstruction resolution, and displaying the image data at or below the maximum resolution. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012898 | Global Registration of Multiple 3D Point Sets Via Optimization on a Manifold - A method for registering multiple 3D point sets by determining optimal relative positions and orientations of the 3D point sets. Initial values are determined for the rotation matrices corresponding to the relative orientations of reference frames of the 3D point sets. A registration error cost function is optimized on a product manifold of all of the rotation matrices to determine optimal values of the rotation matrices. The optimal values of the rotation matrices are used to determine optimal values for translation vectors corresponding to the relative positions of the reference frames of the 3D point sets. The 3D point sets are registered on a common reference frame using the optimal rotation matrices and the optimal translation vectors. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012899 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing method, an image processing device and a program which can improve sharpness are provided. An image processing device | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012900 | METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING POINTS OF INTEREST BETWEEN IMAGES WITH NON-PARALLEL VIEWING DIRECTIONS - A method for identifying within a working image of a scene a point of interest designated within a designation image of a scene, the designation image being taken along a first viewing direction and the working image being taken along a second viewing direction, the second viewing direction being significantly non-parallel to the first viewing direction, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a designation image of the scene; obtaining a working image of the scene; correlating said designation image and said working image with each other, directly or by correlating each of said designation image and said working image with a common reference image, so as to derive an interrelation between said designation image and said working image; and employing said interrelation between said designation image and said working image to derive a location within said working image of a point of interest designated within said designation image, characterized in that the method further comprises: obtaining a secondary designation image taken along a viewing direction displaced from, but similar to, the first viewing direction; and co-processing said designation image and said secondary designation image to derive range information relating to a plurality of pixels in said designation image, thereby defining a partial relative three-dimensional model of a portion of the scene relative to the viewing direction of said designation image, wherein said partial relative three-dimensional model is used in said step of correlating. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110018862 | Gaze Intent Estimation for Retargeting of Characters - Any image capturing system, and a method to use same, that includes one or more image capturing devices that have known and fixed positions relative to one another and the eye of a subject, wherein the image capturing devices capture a plurality of images of eye of a subject during a performance is disclosed. The images of the eye, along with the known and fixed relative positions of the image capturing devices are used define eye-lines for the eye of the subject. The eye-lines can then be used to manually or automatically retarget the eye of a rendered or animated figure based on the performance of the subject to retarget the gaze intent of the rendered or animated figure within a scene. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018863 | Image processing apparatus performing rendering at multiple viewpoints and method - Provided is an image processing apparatus and method that may perform rendering based on a plurality of viewpoints to generate a stereoscopic image. Through this, it is possible to decrease a calculation amount. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018864 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD - A remote control device is provided which is of a relatively simple configuration and capable of remotely controlling a digital mirror apparatus or the like. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018865 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE DIMENSIONAL MAP SERVICE AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM - A method for providing a three dimensional (3D) map service and geographic information system (GIS) is provided. The method includes: establishing a search point P, a level L, an angle A, and a direction D for a 3D map service; calculating a viewpoint (x, y, z) with respect to the search point P based on the level L, angle A, and direction D; and providing a 3D map image of the search point P based on the calculated viewpoint (x, y, z). | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018866 | STRUCTURE OF THE FARNESOID X RECEPTOR LIGAND BINDING DOMAIN AND METHODS OF USE THEREFOR - The present invention provides compositions comprising the ligand binding domain (LBD) of a farnesoid X receptor (FXR) in crystalline form. In alternative embodiments, the LBD of FXR is complexed with a ligand therefor. There are provided high resolution structures of FXR complexed with a novel high affinity agonist fexaramine. The discovered structure of a FXR LBD provides the first three-dimensional view of the structural basis for FXR ligand binding. The present invention further provides a computer for producing a time-dimensional representation of FXR or a complex thereof, and a computer for determining at least a portion of the structure coordinates of FXR or a complex thereof. The present invention further provides methods of using this structural information to predict molecules capable of binding to FXR; to identify compounds with agonist, antagonist or partial agonist activity for FXR; and to determine whether a test compound is capable of binding to the LBD of FXR. The present invention further provides compositions comprising compounds identified by such invention methods. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018867 | Video game machine, gaming image display method, gaming image dispaly program and network game system - A video game machine includes a monitor that permits three-dimensional viewing, a virtual camera controller for moving first and second virtual cameras while maintaining a positional relationship in which the two virtual cameras are separated from each other, an image display controller for synthesizing first and second image data acquired by the two virtual cameras upon leading the image data to a display memory, and reading out data content thereof, a game-related image storage block for storing panel images including objects and textures, and a specifier which issues a command for presenting a panel image. The image display controller maps a texture corresponding to an object read out in accordance with the command given from the specifier twice in two storage locations of the display memory that are offset from each other. A player is provided with a gaming image generated with a reduced 3D processing burden, yet creating compelling reality and enjoyable sensation in game playing. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018868 | Video game machine, gaming image display control method and display mode switching control method - A video game machine includes a monitor which permits three-dimensional viewing, a virtual camera controller which selectively provides on-screen presentation in 2D display mode in which two virtual cameras for capturing images are matched with each other and in 3D display mode in which the two virtual cameras are set to achieve a prescribed distance therebetween, an image display controller which generates a 3D image presented on the monitor from image data acquired by the two virtual cameras, a display mode switching processor which repositions the two virtual cameras from the positional relationship in one display mode to the positional relationship in the other in a stepwise fashion. Switching between the 2D and 3D display modes is smoothened and stimulation of a player's eyes or brain caused by a sudden change between states with or without stereoscopic effect is suppressed. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018869 | Flexible Landscape Display System for Information Display and Control - The present invention is a system that grids original data, maps the data at the grid locations to height values at corresponding landscape image pixel locations and renders the landscape pixels into a three-dimensional (3D) landscape image. The landscape pixels can have arbitrary shapes and can be augmented with additional 3D information from the original data, such as an offset providing additional information, or generated from processing of the original data, such as to alert when a threshold is exceeded, or added for other purposes such as to point out a feature. The pixels can also convey additional information from the original data using other pixel characteristics such as texture, color, transparency, etc. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018870 | MULTI-USER ANIMATION COUPLED TO BULLETIN BOARD - A multi-user animation process receives input from multiple remote clients to manipulate avatars through a modeled 3-D environment. Each user is represented by an avatar. The 3-D environment and avatar position/location data is provided to client workstations, which display a simulated environment visible to all participants. A text or speech-based bulletin board application is coupled to the animation process. The bulletin board application receives text or speech input from the multiple remote users and publishes the input in a public forum. The bulletin board application maintains multiple forums organized by topic. Access or participation to particular forums is coordinated with the animation process, such that each user may be permitted access to a forum only when the user's avatar is located within a designated room or region of the modeled 3-D environment. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018871 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A medical image display device provided with storage means for storing a sliced image of an object to be examined obtained by a medical image diagnostic apparatus, extraction means for extracting a center line passing through the region of a hollow organ of the object and the center thereof from the sliced image stored by the storage means, and 3-dimensional image generation means for generating a virtual 3-dimensional image of the inner wall of the hollow organ seen from a viewpoint while sequentially moving the viewpoint from one end to the other end of the center line is provided, with means for changing the direction in which the virtual 3-dimensional image seen from the viewpoint is generated to the direction of bending curvature of the hollow organ according to the bending curvature thereof. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110025684 | Three-dimensional tactical display and method for visualizing data with a probability of uncertainty - A feeder program is utilized for collecting and reading in and maintaining a time synchronization for combat fire solutions which may include threat containment regions. The threat containment regions are defined in terms of a probability of at least one threat being located therein. A three-dimensional viewer program displays bathometry information, an ownship relative position relative to said bathometry information, and determines what portions of said plurality of threat containment regions and said tracking and position information are to be displayed based on an angle of a view. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025685 | COMBINED GEOMETRIC AND SHAPE FROM SHADING CAPTURE - An image capturing system includes one or more image capturing devices and one or more illumination sources that have known and fixed positions relative to one another, wherein the illumination source is held constant or can be calibrated to provide a known illumination level on a subject, such that the variation in shading at various points on the surface of the subject, with different orientations relative to the illumination source, can be used to determine the orientation of the surface of the subject and thereby used to more accurately render an image or other representation of the subject. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025686 | System and Method for Generating a Three-Dimensional Image on a Pre-Printed Lined Substrate - A system for producing and viewing a three-dimensional/stereoscopic image comprises a two-dimensional substrate having a number of blank regions that has been filled in/colored by a user with selected colors calculated to produce a stereoscopic image when viewed through a stereoscopic viewer. The colored regions are separated by black lines and together operate to form a desired image. The image has a background that is predominately black. The black lines and/or background can be provided before or after the user has colored in the blank regions. When the colored image comprising the black lines and black background is viewed through a stereoscopic viewer, the user perceives a three-dimensional image. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025687 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide an image processing device capable of alleviating processing loads in a case of expressing a state in which a part of a foot (shoe) of a player is hidden by turf growing on a field, for example. The present invention relates to the image processing device for displaying on a screen a virtual three-dimensional space in which a first object and a second object ( | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110032251 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TEXTURE COMPRESSION IN A SYSTEM HAVING AN AVC DECODING AND A 3D ENGINE - A texture compression engine of a graphics device receives an uncompressed texture of a 3D graphic application. The received uncompressed texture is transcoded into an AVC reference picture stream. A plurality of mipmaps is constructed from the received uncompressed texture. The texture compression engine determines a texture compression rate based on available memory capacities. The texture compression engine compresses the received texture and its mipmaps at the determined texture compression rate. The compressed texture and mipmaps are further transcoded into the AVC reference picture stream and stored. The transcoded texture and mipmaps comprise either RGB or YCbCr components for a RGB uncompressed texture. The transcoded texture and mipmaps comprise monochrome or luma components for an ARGB uncompressed texture. A graphics accelerator in the graphics device is operable to acquire the stored texture and mipmaps for a 3D graphics scene. The acquired texture and mipmaps are decompressed by AVC decoding. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032252 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY CAPABLE OF PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A display control program includes three-dimensional display processing instructions for performing display processing using first and second input images containing a common object to be displayed and having a parallax so that the object is three-dimensionally displayed by a display, two-dimensional display processing instructions for performing display processing so that the object is two-dimensionally displayed as a two-dimensional image by the display, and display switch instructions for making a switch between three-dimensional display and two-dimensional display of the display. The display switch instructions are adapted to perform display processing so that the object is substantially non-displayed by the display for a prescribed period when a switch is made between a state of three-dimensionally displaying the object and a state of two-dimensionally displaying the object. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032253 | Antenna Near-Field Probe Station Scanner - A miniaturized antenna system is characterized non-destructively through the use of a scanner that measures its near-field radiated power performance. When taking measurements, the scanner can be moved linearly along the x, y and z axis, as well as rotationally relative to the antenna. The data obtained from the characterization are processed to determine the far-field properties of the system and to optimize the system. Each antenna is excited using a probe station system while a scanning probe scans the space above the antenna to measure the near field signals. Upon completion of the scan, the near-field patterns are transformed into far-field patterns. Along with taking data, this system also allows for extensive graphing and analysis of both the near-field and far-field data. The details of the probe station as well as the procedures for setting up a test, conducting a test, and analyzing the resulting data are also described. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110037761 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TIME-RESOLVED, THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY - A method for generating time-resolved 3D medical images of a subject by imparting temporal information from a time-series of 2D medical images into 3D images of the subject. Generally speaking, this is achieved by acquired image data using a medical imaging system, generating a time-series of 2D images of a ROI from at least a portion of the acquired image data, reconstructing a 3D image substantially without temporal resolution from the acquired image data, and selectively combining the time series of 2D images with the 3D image. Selective combination typically involves registering frames of the time-series of 2D images with the 3D image, projecting pixel values from the 2D image frames “into” the 3D image, and weighting the 3D image with the projected pixel values for each frame of the time-series of 2D images. This method is particularly useful for generating 4D-DSA images, that is, time-resolved 3D-DSA images, from a time-series of 2D-DSA images acquired via single plane or biplane x-ray acquisitions with 3D images acquired via a rotational DSA acquisition. 4D-DSA images can also be generated by selectively combining a time-series of 2D-DSA images generated from individual projections from a rotational x-ray acquisition with a 3D image reconstructed from substantially all of the projection views acquired during the rotational x-ray acquisition. These DSA images may have a spatial resolution on the order of 512 | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037762 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF GENERATING A THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL BASED ON A PLURALITY OF IMAGES - A method of creating a three dimensional (3D) model which demonstrates two or three images. The method comprises rendering first and second (and optionally third) images, adjust the plurality of primitives along a first axis of the 3D space according to the first image and along a second axis of the 3D space according to the second image (and optionally, and along a third axis of the 3D space according to the third image), and creating a 3D model which demonstrates the first and second (and optionally third) images according to the plurality of adjusted primitives in the 3D space. The first and second (and optionally third) axes are independent view directions. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL TIME 3D MESH COMPRESSION, BASED ON QUANITZATION - An apparatus for 3D mesh compression based on quantization, includes a data analyzing unit ( | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037764 | MATERIALS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A materials management system ( | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110043515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD CAPABLE OF NAVIGATING AND/OR MAPPING ANY MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SPACE - A method and system that allows a user to perform automatic study, layout and verification of a multidimensional space in real time where the study can be displayed graphically, in 3-dimensions for example, via a handheld unit allowing the system to guide and/or navigate the user throughout the multidimensional space as the automatic study and/or layout is being performed. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043516 | Representing Polarized Light in Computer Models - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for representing polarized light in computer models. A rendering pipeline receives three dimensional modeling data (e.g., geometric primitives) for rendering a two dimensional image are received. The modeling data includes data representing a light source The light energy from the simulated transmission of particles at each pixel of the two dimensional image is calculated for any particles transmitted in an adjoint direction from a specified view point back to the light source. The light energies from each pixel are summed to calculate the total light energy present at the specified view point. The total light energy can be forwarded to other modules in rendering pipeline to more accurately render the two dimensional image, such as, for example, representing polarized light in the two dimensional image. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043517 | ADAPTIVE SNAPPING - A computer implemented method, apparatus, system, article of manufacture, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to position/manipulate an object in a computer drawing application. A drawing model having a snap option and a first zoom level is displayed. The snap option that enables a positioning of an object in alignment with grid lines by causing the object to automatically jump to an exact position when the object is moved to within a first snap distance of the exact position. A zoom operation changes the first zoom level to a second zoom level. Automatically, dynamically, and independently from additional user actions, the first snap distance is recalculated based on the second zoom level. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043518 | Techniques to store and retrieve image data - In a graphics pipeline, during or at the end of a rasterization stage, a post-clip output stage stores primitives and pixels are stored in a portion of memory. Availability of primitives and pixels during or at the end of the rasterization stage permits a variety of manners in which to process primitives and pixels. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043519 | System and Method for Displaying Three-Dimensional Map Based on Road Information - A system and method of displaying a three-dimensional (3D) map based on road information. A display system, including: a culling area determination unit to determine a culling area based on road information; a data conversion unit to convert data of at least a portion of objects displayed on the culling area; and a display unit to display at least the portion of the objects based on the converted data. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110050684 | INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTION - An inspection apparatus inspects an application that is executed in a game device and displays a virtual space. The inspection apparatus comprises: an exposure indicator acquiring unit that acquires a first index relating to the exposure of an advertisement displayed in the virtual space from the game device, the index being calculated by the application that displays the virtual space from a user's point of view; an inspection image acquiring unit that acquires the virtual space, which is actually displayed on a screen on a frame by frame basis; an advertisement region extracting unit that extracts an advertisement displaying region from the image of the virtual space; an exposure indicator calculating unit that calculates a second index relating to the exposure of the advertisement based on the advertisement displaying region; and a verification unit that verifies the application by cross-checking the first index and the second index. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050685 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus, which creates a pseudo three-dimensional image that improves depth perception of the image, includes: an input image acquiring unit that acquires an input image and a binary mask image that specifies an object area on the input image; a combining unit that extracts pixels in an area inside a quadrangular frame picture of the input image and pixels in the object area, specified by the binary mask image, on the input image to create a combined image; and a frame picture combining position determining unit that determines a position on the combined image at which the quadrangular frame picture is placed so that one of a pair of opposite edges of the quadrangular frame picture includes an intersection with boundary of the object area and another of the pair does not include an intersection with the boundary of the object area. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050686 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A three-dimensional data display apparatus is provided with a screen display processing section that generates a display screen with a structure arranged in a virtual space of a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system based on structure information stored in a data storage section and displays the display screen on a monitor, a grid setting-updating section that sets a grid in the virtual space, an operation information acquiring section that acquires operation information from a mouse, an input point position calculation section that calculates coordinates of an input point in the virtual space, calculates a moving destination of the input point based on the operation information, selects coordinates nearest to the moving destination of the input point from any one of the coordinates of each grid lattice based on the grid in the virtual space, the coordinates of a boundary of the structure and the coordinates of the point of intersection between the boundary of the structure and the grid and updates the coordinates of the input point and an input point display processing section that displays the input point at the updated coordinates. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050687 | Presentation of Objects in Stereoscopic 3D Displays - A data processing system includes a rendering system adapted to process data objects to render display frames for presentation via a visual display screen. The display frames include 2D display items corresponding to the data objects, each display item having a 2D screen location within the display frame defined by reference to an X/Y display plane. The rendering system renders stereoscopic 3D views of display frames by rendering left- and right-eye views of the display frames. The left- and right-eye views of the display frames are rendered by processing the data objects corresponding to the 2D display items such that respective left- and right-eye copies of the 2D display items are included in the left- and right-eye views. A set of 3D effects rules is provided that specify relationships between stereoscopic 3D effects and parameters associated with the data objects corresponding to the 2D display items. The stereoscopic 3D effects include lateral offsets in the X-direction of the X/Y display plane to be applied when rendering left- and right-eye copies of display items at respective screen locations, such that selected 2D display items may be perceived by a viewer as being displaced along a Z-axis perpendicular to said X/Y plane. Corresponding computer-implemented methods and computer program products are also included. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050688 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRANSPARENT ACCESS TO HARDWARE GRAPHIC LAYERS - The present invention relates generally to computer graphics, and more specifically to methods of, and systems for, configuring, controlling and accessing multiple hardware graphics layers that are used to compose a single video display. One aspect of the invention is broadly defined as follows: in a computer environment including a software application and an operating system running on a computer, the computer including a graphics card and a video display, the graphics card being operable to render images to the video display, the improvement comprising: the operating system including a universal application programming interface (API) which supports hardware layers on graphics cards; the operating system being operable to: receive draw events via the universal API; determine what hardware layers are available on the graphics card, and what their parameters are; and respond to draw requests from the software application by rendering the draw requests selectively to any of the available hardware layers on the graphics card; whereby the computer environment allows software applications to exploit available hardware layers on the graphics card. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050689 | Method and Apparatus for Creating of 3D Direction Displaying - An apparatus and method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) path are provided. The apparatus includes: a polygon generation unit to generate a left polygon and a right polygon on the left and the right of path data, respectively, based on a linear interpolation point of the path data; and a polygon conversion unit to apply a height value to the linear interpolation point based on the left polygon and the right polygon and to thereby generate the 3D path. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110057928 | GRAPH CREATION METHOD AND GRAPH CREATION DEVICE - A graph creation method includes setting on a plane a coordinate system in which three axis extend from an origin in a radial fashion, setting three evaluation results of three evaluation item for an evaluation object on each the three axis; determining a balance being one of center, circumcenter, incenter, orthocenter, and excenter of a polygon the vertices of which correspond to the three evaluation results set on the three axis; and creating on the coordinate system a graph in which the balance is set. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057929 | MODEL DRIVEN 3D GEOMETRIC MODELING SYSTEM - A method and system of generating a 3D geometric object model for a domain. The method includes: extracting basic geometric elements from an input source; converting the basic geometric elements into domain elements according to a domain model, wherein the domain elements preserve semantic information of their attributes and relationships defined by the domain model; and constructing a 3D geometric model, including 3D geometric objects, from the domain elements by geometric operators according to the domain model, wherein the 3D geometric objects maintain the semantic information of the domain elements, and the semantic information is allowed to be defined in a level of the objects. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057930 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING HIGH-SPEED, HIGH-RESOLUTION DEPTH EXTRACTION TO PROVIDE THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGERY FOR ENDOSCOPY - A system and method for providing high-speed, high-resolution three-dimensional imagery for endoscopy, particularly of a tissue surface at a medical procedure site is disclosed. High-resolution imagery provides greater detail of the tissue surface, but requires high-speed depth-frame imaging to provide timely updated depth information. A pattern of light, such as a point of light for example, may be projected onto the tissue surface and a reflected image analyzed to determine depth information. The point of light can be projected and analyzed quickly to produce faster depth-frame image rates. Three-dimensional structured-light depth resolution information may be generated and combined with either a two-dimensional image or a two-dimensional stereo image to provide three-dimensional imagery of the tissue surface. Switching between three-dimensional images and one of the two-dimensional image and a two-dimensional stereo image may also be provided. Further, the three-dimensional structured- light depth information may be further optimized by combining it with three-dimensional stereo-correspondence depth information to generate hybrid three-dimensional imagery. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110063285 | RENDERING OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES WITH MULTITHREADED RENDERING SOFTWARE PIPELINE - A circuit arrangement, program product and circuit arrangement render stereoscopic images in a multithreaded rendering software pipeline using first and second rendering channels respectively configured to render left and right views for the stereoscopic image. Separate transformations are applied to received vertex data to generate transformed vertex data for use by each of the first and second rendering channels in rendering the left and right views for the stereoscopic image. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063286 | SYSTEM FOR INTERACTING WITH OBJECTS IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A system that facilitates interaction with a 3-dimensional (3-d) virtual environment is described. In this system, a controller device provides information associated with the 3-d virtual environment to a first display. Furthermore, the system includes at least one portable electronic device, which includes a second display and a 3-d motion sensor that detects motion of the portable electronic device, such as: linear motion, rotational motion and/or a gesture. This portable electronic device communicates the detected motion to the controller device. In response, the controller device provides a subset of the 3-d virtual environment and associated context-dependent information to the portable electronic device, which are displayed on the second display. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063287 | Information Presentation in Virtual 3D - A method, system and program product for assisting a presentation owner in creating and presenting information to audience users in a virtual 3D cyclorama-like environment. A presentation object tool provides behavior in the cyclorama object to assist the presentation owner in resolving graphic objects into the cyclorama and in placing information onto the graphic objects. The presenter object tool also provides behavior in the graphic objects to allow the presentation owner to expand a graphic object into a larger viewing size, to increment and decrement the placement of graphic objects within the cyclorama's presentation space, and to place an expanded graphic object into a home viewing position for presentation to audience users. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063288 | Transfer function for volume rendering - Described herein is a technology for facilitating visualization of image data. In one implementation, rendering is performed by a computer system to generate a three-dimensional representation of a region of interest from the image data based on a transfer function. In one implementation, the transfer function causes the computer system to render voxels representing a material that is likely to occlude the region of interest from a desired viewpoint as at least partially transparent. In addition, one or more features within the region of interest may be visually distinguished according to a color scheme. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063289 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - The invention relates to a device for displaying images, in particular three-dimensional images, in a reconstruction space using spatial points that are points of intersection of at least two intersecting light beam bundles. The device comprises an image display unit having image pixels for displaying image information and a beam alignment unit. The beam alignment unit emits the light beam bundle issuing from the image display unit in pre-defined directions so that at the points of intersection thereof at least one spatial point can be produced in the reconstruction space. The light beam bundles leaving the at least one spatial point are directed exclusively to at least one virtual viewing window provided in a viewing plane. The maximum extent of the virtual viewing window corresponds to the diameter of the pupils of the eyes of the observer and, said viewing window tracking the observer during lateral and/or axial movement. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063290 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3-DIMENSION MAP USING TEXTURE MAPPING - A display system and method using texture mapping is provided. The display system, including: a texture maintenance unit maintaining a texture generated based on a characteristic of an object; a texture selection unit selecting a texture based on an object to be displayed; and a texture application unit repeatedly applying the selected texture to at least a portion of a three-dimensional (3D) texture corresponding to the object to be displayed. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110069063 | CATHETER RF ABLATION USING SEGMENTATION-BASED 2D-3D REGISTRATION - A method for registering a two-dimensional image of a cardiocirculatory structure and a three-dimensional image of the cardiocirculatory structure includes acquiring a three-dimensional image including the cardiocirculatory structure using a first imaging modality. The acquired three-dimensional image is projected into two-dimensions to produce a two-dimensional projection image of the cardiocirculatory structure. A structure of interest is segmented either from the three-dimensional image prior to projection or from the projection image subsequent to projection. A two-dimensional image of the cardiocirculatory structure is acquired using a second imaging modality. The structure of interest is segmented from the acquired two-dimensional image. A first distance map is generated based on the two-dimensional projection image and a second distance map is generated based on the acquired two-dimensional image. A registration of the three-dimensional image and the two-dimensional image is performed by minimizing a difference between the first and second distance maps. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069064 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPTH EXTRACTION OF IMAGES WITH FORWARD AND BACKWARD DEPTH PREDICTION - A system and method for spatiotemporal depth extraction of images with forward and backward depth prediction are provided. The system and method of the present disclosure provide for acquiring a plurality of frames, generating a first depth map of a current frame in the plurality of frames based on a depth map of a previous frame in the plurality of frames, generating a second depth map of the current frame in the plurality of frames based on a depth map of a subsequent frame in the plurality of frames, and processing the first depth map and the second depth map to produce a third depth map for the current frame. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110074766 | DRAWING GRAPHICAL OBJECTS IN A 3D SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for drawing in a three-dimensional space. The drawings may include dots, line segments, arrows, polylines (open and closed), polygons, surfaces and 3D volumes. The method may include receiving user input that specifies a drawing in a displayed window and mapping the drawing into the 3D space. The mapping process may involve mapping the drawing onto a surface of an existing graphical object in the 3D space, or, mapping the drawing onto a user-specified plane in the 3D space. The drawing may represent a user's interpretation of a geological feature present on the graphical object surface. The graphical object may represent an object of significance in hydrocarbon exploration and production, e.g., an interpreted section or horizon in the earth's subsurface. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074767 | Generation of Composite Spatial Representations - Techniques for generating a composite spatial representation are presented. For example, a method includes obtaining a plurality of source spatial representations from a plurality of source applications, and forming the composite spatial representation by combining the plurality of source spatial representations. The composite spatial representation is operative to interact with at least one behavioral element that is separate from the composite spatial representation. The obtaining of the plurality of source spatial representations and the forming of the composite spatial representation are executed on a computing system comprising a processor and a memory. One or more computer program instructions for implementing the obtaining of the plurality of source spatial representations and the forming of the composite spatial representation are obtained from the memory and executed by the processor device. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074768 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Movement means moves, in accordance with a user performing an operation, a moving object including a vehicle object, and a rider object riding the vehicle object, and the vehicle object and the rider object are positioned in the virtual world. Contact determination region defining means defines at least one contact determination region for the moving object. Contact determination means determines a contact in the virtual world by using the at least one contact determination region. Contact action control means selects a foot, of the rider object, which is to contact a contact object positioned in the virtual world, in accordance with a determination result of the contact determination means, and performs control such that the selected foot contacts the contact object. Display control means displays the moving object by using the display device. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074769 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING OVERHEAD MAP RESOURCE GENERATION PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING OVERHEAD MAP DISPLAY PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, OVERHEAD MAP RESOURCE GENERATION APPARATUS, AND OVERHEAD MAP DISPLAY APPARATUS - In a virtual three-dimensional space, an overhead image of a region in the virtual three-dimensional space is shot by a virtual camera provided in the virtual three-dimensional space. Next, it is determined whether or not the information about a color included in the shot overhead image satisfies a predetermined condition. Image data of the overhead image which it is determined in the result of the determination does not satisfy the predetermined condition is accumulated in a predetermined storage medium, thereby generating resource data. The above processing is repeated until all overhead images corresponding to a predetermined region in the virtual three-dimensional space are shot. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074770 | Point reposition depth mapping - A method and apparatus for providing optimal correction to depth mapping between captured and displayed stereoscopic content. The solution is derived in a continuous form that can be implemented through CGI scaling techniques compatible with image rendering techniques. Similar correction can be implemented with variable depth-dependent camera separation and disparity re-mapping. The latter is applicable to correcting existing stereoscopic content. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074771 | Image signal processing apparatus, image signal processing method, program, and image signal processing system - There is provided an image signal processing apparatus including a receiving unit that receives a display signal including an image signal containing both two-dimensional and three-dimensional images and a region information in each predetermined unit in the image signal and separates the image signal and the region information from the display signal, a display control unit that generates a first display control information for controlling rendering positions of the first and second regions in the image signal according to the region information and a second display control information for selectively displaying a three-dimensional image in a region corresponding to the rendering position of the second region based on the region information, and a processing unit that generates a display image signal indicating an image where the first and second region are arranged according to the first display control information based on the image signal and the first display control information. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074772 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PROCESSING DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a three-dimensional object processing device which is configured to: project a three-dimensional object that is disposed in a virtual three-dimensional space onto each of a plurality of projection planes that are set in the virtual three-dimensional space to obtain projected objects; deform each of the projected objects in a corresponding one of the plurality of projection planes; and deform the three-dimensional object in the virtual three-dimensional space based on each of the projected objects, which have been deformed in the corresponding one of the plurality of projection planes. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074773 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereoscopic image display device comprises a display panel which is controlled so that image frame data are stored for frame intervals and are displayed for blank intervals, each of the blank interval being between the frame intervals; a polarization control panel which positioned on the display panel and converts a polarization state of light passing through the display panel; and polarization glasses which creates stereoscopic images by restricting the light converted by the polarization control panel and reaching each eye. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074774 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 3D PATH - An apparatus and method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) path are provided. The apparatus includes: a polygon generation unit to generate a left polygon and a right polygon on the left and the right of path data, respectively, based on a linear interpolation point of the path data; and a polygon conversion unit to apply a height value to the linear interpolation point based on the left polygon and the right polygon and to thereby generate the 3D path. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074775 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An image signal processing device is a stereoscopic image display device displaying a stereoscopic image on a screen with right- and left-eye image signals including parallax therebetween, the device including a parallax detecting unit for detecting information about parallax between right- and left-eye image signals; a non-parallax signal generating unit generating a signal produced by eliminating parallax between right- and left-eye image signals according to the parallax information; a right-left level difference detecting unit generating information about a level difference between non-parallax, right- and left-eye image signals free from parallax therebetween; and a level difference correcting unit correcting right- and left-eye image signals for each given level according to the level difference information. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074776 | CONTROLLING VIRTUAL REALITY - A method of interfacing a person with a computer, the method comprising: providing the person with a device having: a shaft having an axis; a tsuba connected to the shaft and having a first side that extends away from the axis and faces the shaft; and a handgrip on a second side of the tsuba opposite the first side; acquiring an image of the device; determining an orientation of the device responsive to the image; and generating an action by the computer responsive to the orientation. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110080399 | System and Method for Creating a Three-Dimensional Virtual Environment - A system for providing a three-dimensional virtual or fantasy environment comprises a viewing device having anaglyph lenses to provide a three-dimensional viewing effect. The viewing device can be a pair of eyeglasses having anaglyph lenses. The system includes a backdrop that may include a support for attaching to a desired structure such as a wall, floor and/or ceiling. The backdrop has themed or scenic artistry from two or more colors superimposed and offset to provide a desired depth effect The backdrop has a central image with a perceived depth different from a surrounding environment. The backdrop can include a light source to provide further visual enhancement for play. The backdrop may be a two-dimensional image on paper, plastic, fabric, or other suitable material. Multiple viewing devices can be provided to permit play by multiple uses at once. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080400 | Pseudo 3D image creation apparatus and display system - A plurality of basic depth models indicate depth values of a plurality of basic scene structures. Statistical amounts of pixel values in predetermined areas in a non-3D image are calculated to generate first evaluation values. A statistical amount of pixel values in a whole of the non-3D image is calculated to generate a second evaluation value. The basic depth models are combined into a combination result according to a combination ratio depending on the generated first evaluation values. Depth estimation data is generated from the combination result and the non-3D image. A texture of the non-3D image is shifted in response to the generated depth estimation data and the generated second evaluation value to generate a different-viewpoint picture signal. The generated different-viewpoint picture signal and a picture signal representative of the non-3D image make a stereo pair representing a pseudo 3D image. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080401 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING OR ELIMINATING PERCEIVED GHOSTING IN DISPLAYED STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - Methods and systems for reducing or eliminating perceived ghosting in stereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) image display are described. A stereoscopic image that includes image content can be received. Display system parameters can be received. A local region of the stereoscopic image can be identified using the image content. The local region can include ghosting. Psychovisual factors can be selected using the image content. A modified stereoscopic image can be generated from the stereoscopic image by reducing or eliminating the ghosting of the local region using the psychovisual factors and the display system parameters. The modified stereoscopic image can be outputted for display. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110084961 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereoscopic image display device comprises a display panel, and a lens panel disposed on one surface of the display panel, wherein the lens panel includes, a lower substrate, a lower electrode layer having electrodes divided in plurality on one surface of the lower substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed on the lower electrode layer and tilted in a lens form, an upper substrate combined to the lower substrate, and an upper electrode layer disposed on one surface of the upper substrate and having pattern omissions where a part of electrodes is omitted in areas corresponding to a surface of discontinuity of the lens form. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084962 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREIN - A mobile terminal and image processing method therein are disclosed, by which a screen effect can be given to a specific object in a currently displayed image. The present invention includes displaying a first image on a screen, receiving an input of a selection action for a specific object included in the displayed first image, performing a screen effect processing on the specific object selected by the selection action, and displaying the first image including the specific object having the screen effect processing performed thereon. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084963 | ELECTRICALLY-DRIVEN LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - An electrically-driven liquid crystal lens, which can achieve not only a gentle parabolic lens plane when being realized via alignment of liquid crystals based on a changed electrode configuration, but also a reduced cell gap of a liquid crystal layer and a stable profile even in a large-area display device, and a stereoscopic display device using the same are disclosed. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110090214 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND VIDEO SIGNAL - An image signal processing device supplying entire-circumference viewpoint images including plural viewpoint images respectively corresponding to plural viewpoints provided on the circumference of a circle with the center at a subject to a display device displaying the subject as a stereoscopic image, includes: a buffering means for buffering the inputted entire-circumference viewpoint images; and an arrangement means for generating a video signal of a given video standard by arranging the buffered entire-circumference viewpoint images on frames of the given video standard. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090215 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING LIBRARY PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A right virtual camera and a left virtual camera are set on a straight line passing through a reference virtual camera and extending perpendicular to a camera direction of the reference virtual camera, in accordance with the reference virtual camera set within a virtual space. A right background image and a left background image are generated such that the right background image and the left background image have relative relation in accordance with positional relation between the right virtual camera and the left virtual camera. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090216 | Pseudo 3D image creation apparatus and display system - Basic depth models indicate depth values of a plurality of basic scene structures. Statistical amounts of pixel values in predetermined areas in a non-3D image are calculated to generate evaluation values. The basic depth models are combined into a combination result according to a combination ratio depending on the generated evaluation values. Calculation is made as to a skin-color intensity indicative of a degree of a skin color at each pixel of the non-3D image. Depth estimation data is generated from the combination result, the non-3D image, and the calculated skin-color intensity. A texture of the non-3D image is shifted in response to the generated depth estimation data to generate a different-viewpoint picture signal. The generated different-viewpoint picture signal and a picture signal representative of the non-3D image make a stereo pair representing a pseudo 3D image. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090217 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A three-dimensional sense adjusting unit displays three-dimensional images to a user. If a displayed reaches a limit of parallax, the user responds to the three-dimensional sense adjusting unit. According to acquired appropriate parallax information, a parallax control unit generates parallax images to realize the appropriate parallax in the subsequent stereo display. The control of parallaxes is realized by optimally setting camera parameters by going back to three-dimensional data. Functions to realize the appropriate parallax are made into and presented by a library. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090218 | Arrangement for the display of images perceivable in three dimensions - The invention relates to an arrangement for the display of images perceivable in three dimensions, comprising an image generator provided with a great number of picture elements (pixels) (α | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110096069 | DISPLAY OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT DURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRESENTATION - A method of displaying non-stereoscopic images in three-dimensional moving presentations includes providing or receiving non-stereoscopic frames of two-dimensional images and stereoscopic frames of three-dimensional images and alternatingly displaying non-stereoscopic frames at least once to a left eye and at least once to a right eye. The method further includes setting and operating a display rate for the alternatingly displaying of the non-stereoscopic frames to a mean integer number of flashes per frame for the left eye and for the right eye or mean non-integer number of flashes per frame for the left eye and for the right eye such that the flashes are equal in duration and some flashes of a current frame are displayed into a following frame period. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096070 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY - A stereoscopic image display including an image displaying unit and an optical grating is provided. The image displaying unit has a black matrix and pixels surround by the black matrix, and each pixel has a width P in a first direction. The optical grating is disposed corresponding to the image displaying unit, wherein the optical grating comprises a plurality of constitutional groups arranged in the first direction. Each of constitutional groups comprises a plurality of slits having the same width W to expose the corresponding pixels, the width P of pixel and the width W of slit satisfy a specific relationship, so as to reduce the morie phenomenon and provide excellent stereo image quality. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096071 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - An image display device includes an image display section and a lenticular lens including a plurality of lenses arranged in a linear array. Each lens is defined by a plurality of adjacent variable lenses having a common optical axis. The image display device also includes a controller that controls optical characteristics in a plurality of the variable lenses such that the common optical axis for at least one of the lenses is moved in a given direction. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096072 | Three-dimensional space interface apparatus and method - A three-dimensional (3D) space interface apparatus and method are provided. The 3D space interface apparatus provides an interface in which a user may directly touch and transform a 3D virtual object of a 3D space, which is shown in various ways depending on a position of the user. The 3D space interface apparatus may provide for manipulation of the 3D virtual object by the user using a sensing signal that senses the position and movement of a manipulation object the user. Specifically, an interface unit of the apparatus verifies, using the sensing signal, whether a predetermined movement of the manipulation object has occurred or whether a contact between the 3D virtual object and the manipulation object has been made, and generates a predetermined reaction corresponding to the predetermined movement or the contact. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110102419 | ORIENTATION INVARIANT OBJECT IDENTIFICATION USING MODEL-BASED IMAGE PROCESSING - A system for performing object identification combines pose determination, EO/IR sensor data, and novel computer graphics rendering techniques. A first module extracts the orientation and distance of a target in a truth chip given that the target type is known. A second is a module identifies the vehicle within a truth chip given the known distance and elevation angle from camera to target. Image matching is based on synthetic image and truth chip image comparison, where the synthetic image is rotated and moved through a 3-Dimensional space. To limit the search space, it is assumed that the object is positioned on relatively flat ground and that the camera roll angle stays near zero. This leaves three dimensions of motion (distance, heading, and pitch angle) to define the space in which the synthetic target is moved. A graphical user interface (GUI) front end allows the user to manually adjust the orientation of the target within the synthetic images. The system also includes the generation of shadows and allows the user to manipulate the sun angle to approximate the lighting conditions of the test range in the provided video. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102420 | METHOD FOR 3D PREPROCESSING FOR RAY TRACING - A method for 3D preprocessing for ray tracing includes: selecting and storing visible surfaces by designating one of a plurality of structures as a reference structure and remaining structures as relative structures, searching for the relative structures from the reference structure, storing relative structures having a surface visible from the reference structure, and removing relative structures having an invisible surface; conducting selection and storage based on distance measurement by measuring the distance from the reference structure to each of the stored relative structures and removing relative structures positioned beyond a reference spot predetermined with reference to the reference structure; and calculating a ray propagation path by calculating the propagation path of the ray between the reference structure and each of the relative structures stored in said conducting selection and storage based on distance measurement. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102421 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing device includes an image generator that generates a first image representing a content and one or more second images from the content including the first image, and a display controller that displays the one or more first images on a first plane in a depth direction as seen from an image display screen, aligns one or more second images on an axis three-dimensionally perpendicular to the first plane on which the first images are displayed, and displays the images as a first screen. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102422 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL/THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus which displays two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) images and a method of driving the same. In the 2D/3D image display apparatus, an image signal input unit inputs, to a display panel, a left image signal, a left inversion image signal, at least one 2D image signal, a right image signal and a right inversion image signal, a left shutter of shutter glasses is open in synchronization with the left image signal, a right shutter of the shutter glasses is open in synchronization with the right image signal, and the left shutter and the right shutter of the shutter glasses are closed in synchronization with the left inversion image signal, the at least one 2D image signal, and the right inversion image signal. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102423 | High density multi-view image display system and method with active sub-pixel rendering - Provided are a high density multi-view image display system and method based on active sub-pixel rendering. The image display system may perform a rendering with respect to a viewpoint image in a pixel unit, using a viewpoint varying based on a position of left/right eyes of a user. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102424 | STORYBOARD GENERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method for generating a storyboard image is disclosed. The method comprises retrieving three-dimensional image data defining at least one three-dimensional object; rendering the three-dimensional image data from a predefined viewpoint to generate two-dimensional background image data including a two-dimensional representation of the or each three-dimensional object visible from the predefined viewpoint; and superimposing two-dimensional foreground image data over the two-dimensional background image data to generate a composite two-dimensional image representing the storyboard image. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102425 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM UTILIZED FOR CONTROLLING STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A display control program includes virtual camera setting instructions for setting respective positions and directions of a right virtual camera and a left virtual camera within a prescribed virtual space used for virtual photographing in the virtual space, and view volume setting instructions for setting respective view volumes of the right virtual camera and the left virtual camera. The view volume setting instructions are adapted to set the view volumes such that both of the view volume of the right virtual camera and the view volume of the left virtual camera include a display target region, which is a region in the virtual space at least to be displayed on a display, and the view volume of at least one virtual camera extends asymmetrically with respect to a line extending from the position of one virtual camera in the camera direction, toward a side where the other virtual camera is present. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102426 | METHOD OF GENERATING SYNC SIGNAL FOR CONTROLLING 3D GLASSES OF 3D IMAGE SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING THE SYNC SIGNAL - A method of generating a sync signal for controlling three-dimensional (3D) glasses in a 3D image system, methods of transmitting and receiving a 3D glasses control sync signal, and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving the 3D glasses control sync signal are provided. The method of generating a 3D glasses control sync signal includes: generating sync signal start indicator information notifying a start of a 3D glasses control sync signal, state sequence mode information indicating an operating state of the 3D glasses with regard to whether a left glass or a right glass is opened or closed, and sequence duty information indicating a retaining time period of the operating state of the 3D glasses; and generating the 3D glasses controlling signal by combining the generated sync signal start indicator information, the generated state sequence mode information, and the generated sequence duty information according to a set order. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102427 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A three-dimensional sense adjusting unit displays three-dimensional images to a user. If a displayed reaches a limit of parallax, the user responds to the three-dimensional sense adjusting unit. According to acquired appropriate parallax information, a parallax control unit generates parallax images to realize the appropriate parallax in the subsequent stereo display. The control of parallaxes is realized by optimally setting camera parameters by going back to three-dimensional data. Functions to realize the appropriate parallax are made into and presented by a library. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102428 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A three-dimensional sense adjusting unit displays three-dimensional images to a user. If a displayed reaches a limit of parallax, the user responds to the three-dimensional sense adjusting unit. According to acquired appropriate parallax information, a parallax control unit generates parallax images to realize the appropriate parallax in the subsequent stereo display. The control of parallaxes is realized by optimally setting camera parameters by going back to three-dimensional data. Functions to realize the appropriate parallax are made into and presented by a library. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102429 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONIC INSPECTION APPARATUS - A three-dimensional ultrasonic inspection apparatus includes: an ultrasonic transducer disposed m×n piezoelectric vibrators in a matrix; a signal processing device to receive, detect an echo, and generate a three-dimensional image data by processing an electric signal of the echo detected; and a display processing device to display a result of processing the three-dimensional image data generated by the signal processing device, wherein the display processing device includes a peak detecting unit to detect a first peak and a second peak of an intensity distribution of the three-dimensional image data in a depth (z) direction, a joint portion image creation unit to create a three-dimensional image of the joined area by mapping z direction distance of the first peak and the second peak to x-y plane, a determination unit to determine whether the joined area is sound or not, and a display unit to display the three-dimensional image and the determination result of the joined area. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110109616 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING OF THE ORAL CAVITY - A method for creating three-dimensional models of intra-oral scenes features. The intra-oral scene is illuminated by a two-dimensional array of structured illumination points, with anti-aliasing achieved by using stored two-dimensional patterns of pixels for anti-aliasing. Using a single camera to form images reduces the amount of apparatus necessary to introduce into the patient's mouth. Three-dimensional models are obtained from the single image by triangulation with a stored image of the structured illumination onto a reference surface such as a plane. Alternative methods include the use of “bar-coded” one-dimensional patterns. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109617 | Visualizing Depth - An image such as a depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device. The image may then be analyzed to identify one or more targets within the scene. When a target is identified, vertices may be generated. A mesh model may then be created by drawing lines that may connect the vertices. Additionally, a depth value may also be calculated for each vertex. The depth values of the vertices may then be used to extrude the mesh model such that the mesh model may represent the target in the three-dimensional virtual world. A colorization scheme, a texture, lighting effects, or the like, may be also applied to the mesh model to convey the depth the virtual object may have in the virtual world. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109618 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING NAVIGATION DATA IN 3D - A computer arrangement including a processor and memory accessible for the processor is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the memory includes a computer program including data and instructions arranged to allow the processor to: a) obtain an image to be displayed, b) obtain depth information relating to the image, c) use depth information to identify at least one region in the image, and d) select display mode for at least one identified region. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109619 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus and an image display method where the image display apparatus according to an embodiment displays a main screen and a sub-screen having a different depth or slope from the main screen so as to create the illusion of depth and distance. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109620 | Image processing apparatus and method for enhancing depth perception - An image processing apparatus and a method for enhancing depth are disclosed. The image processing apparatus may classify an input image into a foreground layer, a middle layer, a background layer, may calculate a representative color of each of the classified layers, and perform rendering of a color stereoscopy of the middle layer and a color stereoscopy of the background layer based on the representative color and a lightness of the background layer, thereby enhancing a stereoscopic effect and a depth. Also, a color temperature of the foreground layer and a color temperature of the middle layer are controlled based on the representative color and the background layer, to generate a difference in depth between the middle layer and the foreground layer, thereby representing an image having a more enhanced depth. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109621 | System and Method for Designing an Insert Based on a Three Dimensional Image of a Foot - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a method and system for designing a support device for a foot. The method and system may include a scanner for obtaining a two-dimensional image of the surface of a foot; an image processing facility for converting the two-dimensional image of the surface of the foot into a three-dimensional map; and a support device design facility for designing a support device based on the foot parameters from the three-dimensional map. The support device design facility is adapted to modify the support device design based at least in part on a foot abnormality. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109622 | STEREOSCOPIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A stereoscopic liquid crystal display device having a touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein a stable touch detection can be performed without influencing the operation of a neighboring display panel or an electrically-driven liquid crystal lens, are disclosed. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109623 | PARALLAX BARRIER FILTER - There is provided a parallax barrier filter realizing far higher brightness than a conventional barrier filter. A large number of apertures | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109624 | POWER SAVING IN MOBILE DEVICES BY OPTIMIZING FRAME RATE OUTPUT - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method comprising providing 2-D or 3-D graphics content to a graphics processing module; processing the graphics content to generate a stream of images (e.g., three dimensional images and/or two dimensional images) for display, the stream having a frame rate; and governing a rate of processing the graphics content to limit the frame rate of the generated stream of images to be less than or equal to a frame rate threshold. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109625 | DRAWING PROCESSING APPARATUS, TEXTURE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND TESSELLATION METHOD - A drawing processing apparatus for performing tessellation processing, comprising a pixel shader and a texture unit. An internal division operation part of the pixel shader issues texture load instructions to the texture unit, specifying parametric coordinate values of a patch of a parametric surface, and thereby acquires internal division factors interpolated based on the parametric coordinate values from the texture unit. The internal division operation part issues texture load instructions to the texture unit further, specifying the internal division factors acquired from the texture unit as new interpolation factors, and thereby acquires control points internally divided based on the internal division factors in advance from the texture unit. Based on the internal division factors corresponding to the parametric coordinate values, the internal division operation part performs recursive internal division operations on the control points acquired from the texture unit, thereby determining a point on the parametric surface corresponding to the parametric coordinate values. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109626 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING AN IMAGE IN ORDER TO LOCATE A PART THEREOF - A method is disclosed to automatically segment 3D and higher-dimensional images into two subsets without user intervention, with no topological restriction on the solution, and in such a way that the solution is an optimal in a precisely defined optimization criterion, including an exactly defined degree of smoothness. A minimum-cut algorithm is used on a graph devised so that the optimization criterion translates into the minimization of the graph cut. The minimum cut thus found is interpreted as the segmentation with desired property | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110115783 | POINT CLOUD DECIMATION ENGINE - A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to visualize a point cloud dataset. A grid, having cells, is mapped over the point cloud dataset. The points are sorted and a contribution factor is computed for each cell. Each cell and its contribution factor is stored. A viewing area and total number of viewing points is determined. The cells are intersected with the viewing area to determine visible cells. The contribution factors for the visible cells are accumulated and divided into the total viewing points to determine a point extraction value. A number of points to read (and display) from each visible cell is determined by multiplying the contribution factor of each visible cell by the point extraction value. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115784 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THREE DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL OBJECTS ON A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A method of manipulating a three-dimensional (3D) virtual objects at a wireless device is disclosed and includes detecting a press on a 3D sensor array and moving the 3D virtual object in response to the press. Further, the method includes detecting a release of the press on the 3D sensor array and stopping the 3D virtual object. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115785 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - When generating a projection image by setting a plurality of search points in an intended display area of a three-dimensional image along a plurality of visual lines, each connecting each pixel on a projection plane on which the three-dimensional image is projected and an arbitrary viewpoint, calculating a pixel value of each search point by an interpolation operation based on pixel values of adjacent pixels of each search point, and determining a pixel value of each pixel on the projection plane with respect to each visual line based on the calculated pixel value of each search point, if an adjacent pixel of a search point is a pixel in an unintended display area, the pixel value of the search point is calculated such that the pixel value of the pixel in the unintended display area does not contribute to the calculation, thereby preventing an artifact arising from the unintended display area. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115786 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In an image processing apparatus, a feature point acquirer acquires feature points, which are characteristic points on a face in an image presenting a face. A supplementary feature point calculator calculates supplementary feature points on the basis of the feature points acquired by the feature point acquirer. An image transform unit utilizes the feature points and the supplementary feature points to transform the image so as to match the structure of a face in a projected image that depicts the surface of a given three-dimensional face shape projected onto a flat plane. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115787 | VISULATION OF GEOLOGIC FEATURES USING DATA REPRESENTATIONS THEREOF - One exemplary embodiment presents a unified approach in the form of an Interactive “Violation” (simultaneous visualization and simulation) Environment (IVE) designed to efficiently segment geologic features with high accuracy. The IVE unifies image structure analysis and implicit surface modeling as a surface-driven solution that assists analysts, such as geoscientists, in the segmentation and modeling of faults, channels, and other geobodies in 3-D data, such as 3-D seismic data. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115788 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING STEREOSCOPIC EFFECT IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for setting a three-Dimensional (3D) effect in a portable terminal are provided. In the method, a 3D effect index for each of a plurality of items forming a display screen or a list is set. A display depth of each item according to the set 3D effect index is controlled when the plurality of items are displayed. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115789 | IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed is an image displaying apparatus for displaying a received three-dimensional (3D) image signal as a two-dimensional (2D) image or a 3D image, and a method for performing the same. In the method, the 3D image signal is divided into left and right eye signals. Based on a user's selection, the 3D image signal is either displayed as the 3D image, by alternately displaying the left and right eye signals, or displayed as the 2D image, by consecutively displaying either the left eye signals or the right eye signals. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115790 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING 2D IMAGE SIGNALS INTO 3D IMAGE SIGNALS - The present inventive concept can be used in a wide range of applications, including: mobile devices, such as mobile phones; an image processing apparatus or processor and computer programs, including a member for converting 2D image signals into 3D image signals or using an algorism for converting 2D image signals into 3D image signals. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115791 | METHOD, APPARATUS, SIGNALS, AND MEDIA FOR PRODUCING A COMPUTER REPRESENTATION OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE OF AN APPLIANCE FOR A LIVING BODY - A method and apparatus for producing a computer representation of a three-dimensional surface of an appliance for a living body is disclosed. The method involves identifying a plurality of spaced apart planes intersecting the three-dimensional surface, and for each plane in the plurality of spaced apart planes identifying a plurality of basis points on the plane. The basis points lie generally along a curve on the plane. The method also involves determining surface coordinate locations of a plurality of points on the plane that lie on the three-dimensional surface, each surface coordinate location being defined as an offset from the basis point, and storing the surface coordinate locations in a computer memory. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110122125 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AND ARRANGING DATA 3-DIMENSIONALLY - A three-dimensional data displaying method includes: rendering a three-dimensional matrix image by arranging meta information representing data entries at coordinates composed of a horizontal axis component, a vertical axis component, and an azimuth component, based on arrangement information, with respect to structured data entries including the meta information and the arrangement information; and displaying the three-dimensional matrix on a screen. The meta information may include a topic word and a visual display, and the arrangement information may include a first classification attribute corresponding to the horizontal axis component, a second classification attribute corresponding to the vertical axis component, and a third classification attribute corresponding to the azimuth component. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122126 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE, METHOD FOR CONVERTING 3D MESSAGE, GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) PROVIDING METHOD RELATED TO 3D IMAGE, AND 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING 3D IMAGE - A three-dimensional (3D) image providing method and a display apparatus using the same are provided. According to the 3D image providing method, if a particular manipulation is input from a user in the two-dimensional (2D) mode, whether an input image is a 2D image or a 3D image is detected. If the input image is the 3D image, the display mode is changed to the 3D mode and the 3D image is displayed. If the input image is the 2D image, the input 2D image is converted to a 3D image and the converted 3D image is displayed by changing the display mode to the 3D mode. Thus, regardless of whether the input image is the 2D image or the 3D image, users can execute the 3D mode using the single manipulation. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122127 | METHOD FOR CHANGING PLAY MODE, METHOD FOR CHANGING DISPLAY MODE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS AND 3D IMAGE PROVIDING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A play mode changing method, a display mode changing method, and a display apparatus and a three-dimensional (3D) image providing system using the same are provided. The method for changing a play mode includes: receiving state information regarding shutter glasses from the shutter glasses; and based on the received state information, performing one of changing the play mode and displaying a message for changing the play mode. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122128 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY UNIT - Embodiments of the invention provide an image display device that is switchable between a two-dimensional display mode, a three-dimensional display mode enabling non-autostereoscopic image display, and a three-dimensional display mode enabling autostereoscopic image display. In one embodiment, the image display device comprises a display panel operable to transmit light corresponding to image data; a polarization state conversion section comprising a first polarization segment for converting light transmitted by the display device to a first polarization state, and a second polarization segment for converting light transmitted by the display device to a second polarization state; and an optical separation element that is placed, via application of a voltage, in an on state in which light transmitted by the display panel is refracted or an off state in which light transmitted by the display panel is not refracted. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122129 | PHOTO MANTEL VIEW AND ANIMATION - A system and computer-implemented method for rendering images on a two-dimensional display, such as a computer, handheld device, or television screen, so that the images appear to be positioned in a three-dimensional space is disclosed. The images may be graphics files or standard files with an associated thumbnail image. Numerous layouts of the images on the display are disclosed. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122130 | Modifying Perspective of Stereoscopic Images Based on Changes in User Viewpoint - Modifying perspective of stereoscopic images provided by one or more displays based on changes in user viewpoint. The one or more displays may include a first display that is provided substantially horizontal for displaying 3D horizontal perspective images and/or a second display that is provided substantially vertical for displaying text or conventional images such as 2D images, or 3D vertical perspective images. The horizontal display surface may be typically positioned directly in front of the user, and at a height of about a desktop surface so that the user can have about a 45° looking angle. The vertical display surface may be positioned in front of the user and preferably behind and above the horizontal display surface. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122131 | VERSATILE 3-D PICTURE FORMAT - A 3-D picture is provided as follows. A pair of pictures (LP, RP) is provided that comprises a first picture (LP) being intended for one eye of a viewer, and a second picture (RP) being intended for the other eye of the viewer. In addition, a depth map (DM) specifically dedicated to the first picture (LP) is provided. The depth map (DM) comprises depth indication values. A depth indication value relates to a particular portion of the first picture (LP) and indicates a distance between an object at least partially represented by that portion of the first picture and the viewer. Such a 3-D picture allows a satisfactory 3-D visual rendering on a great variety of display devices. Preferably, the 3-D picture is supplemented with rendering guidance data (GD) that specifies respective parameters for respective rendering contexts. These respective parameters preferably relate to generating a shifted viewpoint picture from the first picture (LP) and the depth map (DM). | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110128281 | USER-RESPONSIVE RENDERING OF A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE ENVIRONMENT - Methods, services, program products and devices are provided for user-defined configuration of a rendering of a virtual universe domain environment. A first user of a virtual universe domain environment selects or defines an artifact tag comprising rendering data and a protocol for applying the tag to an artifact of the virtual universe domain, the protocol comprising a compliance prerequisite for rendering the tag information to another second user of the virtual universe domain environment. A first user requesting application of a tag to an artifact item within the virtual universe domain, causes a setting or updating of a protocol compliance value. An avatar of another, second second user engaging the artifact item causes a virtual universe client of the engaging second user avatar to render the item to the second user in compliance with the tag rendering data if a set or updated compliance value meets a compliance prerequisite. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128282 | Method for Generating the Depth of a Stereo Image - A method for generating image depth of a stereo image is provided. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, a stereo image is received. Next, a number of paths with greater gradient are searched in the stereo image. Then, the image depths of a number of first pixels in the paths are generated. After that, the image depths of a number of second pixels not in the paths are generated according to the image depths of the first pixels. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110134108 | INTERACTIVE THREE-DIMENSIONAL AUGMENTED REALITIES FROM ITEM MARKERS FOR ON-DEMAND ITEM VISUALIZATION - A system that provides interactive three-dimensional (3D) augmented realities can include an augmented reality item marker (ARIM), a network-enabled mobile computing device, an augmented reality item lookup service (ARILS), and an augmented reality item viewer (ARIV). The ARIM can be a two-dimensional graphic conforming to a standardized encoding specification that can encode data elements about a product item. The network-enabled mobile computing device can include a camera configured to digitally capture the ARIM. The ARILS can be configured to provide a data response that includes augmented reality item data to the network-enabled mobile computing device. The ARIV can be configured to present an interactive 3D augmented reality visualization of the product item utilizing the augmented reality item data provided by the ARILS. A presented view of the interactive 3D augmented reality visualization can be automatically and dynamically changed to reflect planar position changes of the network-enabled mobile computing device. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134109 | AUTO-STEREOSCOPIC INTERPOLATION - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for auto-stereoscopic interpolation. A first two dimensional image and a second two dimensional image are received. A reduced pixel image is generated for each of the first and second two dimensional images, wherein each reduced pixel image comprises a reduced pixel size that is less than the original pixel size. Boundary information is calculated for each of the first and second two dimensional images. A depth map is calculated for the first and second reduced pixel images, wherein the depth map comprises data indicative of three dimensional information for one or more objects in the first and second reduced pixel images. A depth map is calculated for the first and second two dimensional images based on the boundary information for each of the first and second two dimensional images and the depth map of the first and second reduced pixel images. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134110 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING APPLICATIONS OF THE SAME - A mobile terminal and method of controlling applications of the same are disclosed, by which each operation of all applications currently executed in a multitasking mode can be effectively controlled within one picture. The present invention includes executing a plurality of applications, displaying an execution picture of a first application among a plurality of the executed applications on a screen, and displaying a 3D polyhedron displaying a control window of at least one of a plurality of the applications except the first application on a corresponding facet of the 3D polyhedron on a screen in the course of displaying the execution picture of the first application. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134111 | REMOTE RENDERING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES USING VIRTUAL MACHINES - Remote rendering of three-dimensional images using virtual machines includes using a hypervisor executing on a physical computer to allocate exclusive and direct access to a graphics processing unit in the physical computer, to a first virtual machine. An agent executing on a second virtual machine intercepts three-dimensional draw commands generated by a three-dimensional application and forwards the intercepted draw commands to a rendering agent executing on the first virtual machine. The rendering agent then transmits the intercepted draw commands to the graphics processing unit for rendering upon which the graphics processing unit renders a three-dimensional image from the draw commands. The rendering agent obtains the rendered image from the graphics processing unit and forwards the image to the second virtual machine. Upon receiving the rendered image, the second virtual machine transmits the rendered image to another remote, physical computer where the rendered image is displayed to a user. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134112 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING GESTURE RECOGNITION FUNCTION AND INTERFACE SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Disclosed is an interface system including: a mobile terminal having a gesture recognition function that includes a camera capable of exchanging a filter and a controller analyzing image information provided from the camera to recognize a user's gesture and outputting a control signal corresponding to the recognized gesture; and a secondary apparatus that communicates with the mobile terminal in a short-range wireless communication method. In the interface system, the mobile terminal recognizing the user's gesture transmits the corresponding control signal to the secondary apparatus in the short-range wireless communication method so as to control the secondary apparatus. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134113 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING POSITIONS BETWEEN IMAGING MODALITIES AND TRANSFORMING A DISPLAYED THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CORRESPONDING TO A POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF A PROBE - Systems and methods are provided for transforming a displayed three-dimensional image corresponding to a position and orientation of a field of view of an imaging probe. A three dimensional image of a tissue in a first co-ordinate space can be displayed. A field of view of an imaging probe in a second co-ordinate space can be configured, where the imaging probe has a plurality of transmitters removably connected to it, the transmitters operable to determine the position and orientation of the field of view relative to the positions of the transmitters in the second co-ordinate space. The first and second co-ordinate spaces can be co-registered, and the position and orientation of the field of view in the second co-ordinate space can be transformed to the first co-ordinate space. The three-dimensional image can be displayed to correspond to the transformed position and orientation of the field of view. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134114 | DEPTH-BASED GAIN CONTROL - A method for depth mapping includes capturing an electronic image of a scene using an imaging device. The electronic image is processed to generate depth data with respect to the scene. The gain of the imaging device is set responsively to the depth data. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134115 | DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTER GLASSES AND DISPLAY SYSTEM USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel having pixels. A first image signal for displaying two-dimensional pictures, a second image signal for displaying three-dimensional pictures, and a third image signal for displaying a black picture are written into the pixels. A control circuit writes the third image signal to the pixel of the display panel during at least one frame period when switching a first mode for displaying the two-dimensional pictures and a second mode for displaying the three-dimensional pictures. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134116 | INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARTUS - As a virtual plane used when converting a designation point, which is a touched position on a touch panel, into a control point, in a virtual three dimensional space, used for controlling a movement of an object, a first virtual plane is used when a ball is an object to be controlled; a second virtual plane is used when an object to be operated is a dog and an action mode thereof is an attention mode; a third virtual plane is used when the object to be operated is the dog and the action mode thereof is a lick mode; a fourth virtual plane is used when the object to be operated is the dog and the action mode thereof is a rope shake mode; and a fifth virtual plane is used when the object to be operated is the dog and the action mode thereof is a circle mode. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134117 | GRAPHICS RENDERING APPARATUS, GRAPHICS RENDERING METHOD, GRAPHICS RENDERING PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREIN GRAPHICS RENDERING PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - To aim to provide a graphics rendering apparatus comprising: a scaling coefficient determination unit operable to determine, based on polygon data representing a polygon onto which a texture is to be mapped, a scaling coefficient that is a basis for scaling first vector data from which the texture is to be generated; a vector data conversion unit operable to generate second vector data by scaling the first vector data based on the scaling coefficient; a texture generation unit operable to generate a texture based on the second vector data; and a texture mapping unit operable to map the texture generated by the texture generation unit onto the polygon. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110141101 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEAD APPARATUS - A method for producing a three-dimensional likeness of a real-life subject from a two-dimensional image. The method includes uploading a digital image including facial features of a real-life subject from local memory storage to storage in a remote server. A user of the method then selects a target image area from the digital image and matches peripheral features such as skin tone, hair style, and hair color to the real-life subject. The remote server processes the said target image area and the peripheral features together to produce a three-dimensional representation which may be previewed by the user. Once approved and purchased through an on-line e-commerce transaction, multiple two-dimensional sheets corresponding to the three-dimensional representation are generated and a tangible embodiment of the three-dimensional representation is formed from the two-dimensional sheets as a head apparatus for shipment to the user. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141102 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VISUALIZING FEATURES IN AN IMAGE - An imaging system includes a detector configured to receive data that can be reconstructed into a three-dimensional (3D) image of an object, and a computer programmed to obtain 3D image data of the object, the 3D image data including an internal structure of the object, define a longitudinal dimension of the internal structure from the 3D image data along a length of the structure, extract a first set of parameter-of-interest data related to the internal structure from the 3D image data along a first ray extending from a first location along the length of the structure and at a first angular orientation with respect to a base vector that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension, and plot the extracted first set of parameter-of-interest data at a pixel location of a two-dimensional (2D) plot that corresponds to the first location and corresponds to the first angular orientation. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141103 | Integrated Data Visualization for Multi-Dimensional Microscopy - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing an integrated data visualization interface for multi-dimensional microscopy image and measurement data are disclosed. The integrated data visualization interface utilizes the known dimensional relational relationships between the images to automatically provide synchronized and coordinated visualization and manipulations across multiple related images and measurement data in multiple dataset viewer components (e.g., image grids, browsable image strips, tables, and graphs). Other features of the dataset viewer components are also disclosed. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141104 | STEREOSCOPIC COLOR MANAGEMENT - Stereoscopic color management of images with plural views. Image data for each view is defined in a component input device color space. Image data in the component input device color spaces is converted to a nominal source color space using plural input transforms each corresponding to one of the plural views. A rendering transform is used to convert image data for each view in the nominal source color space to a nominal destination color space. The nominal source color space, nominal destination color space and rendering transform are the same for all views. The image data for each view in the nominal destination color space is ultimately converted to a component output device color space associated with a stereoscopic output device respective of the view using a respective output transform. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141105 | Facial Animation System and Production Method - A facial animation production method for producing 3-dimensional (3D) facial animation data in response to input video data includes the following steps. First, data positioning and character sorting processes are performed on the input video data to acquire first-layer character data, for indicating multiple first-layer character points, and first-layer model data. Next, first-layer model outline data and first-layer character outline data are respectively obtained according to the first-layer model data and the first-layer character data. Then, the first-layer character outline data is compared with the first-layer model outline data to judge whether a judgment condition is satisfied. If not, output character data are produced according to the first-layer character data, and fundamental facial-mesh transformation data are thus produced. Thereafter, the 3D facial animation data are displayed according to the fundamental facial-mesh transformation data. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141106 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING SPEAKERS AND EMPHASIZING SELECTED OBJECTS IN PICTURE AND VIDEO MESSAGES - A method for emphasizing selected objects in digital data of at least one of pictures and video that is stored in digital messages, the messages including sender addresses and being stored in a memory system of a digital messaging system for a plurality of users, includes the step of identifying picture regions including at least one of faces and persons in the digital data of the messages on the digital messaging system having the same sender address. Sender-relevant picture regions in the identified picture regions that represent a sender of the message are determined based on at least one of: a) a comparison with a reference picture of the sender stored on the memory system; b) a comparison of speech data in the digital data with reference speech data using at least one of speaker recognition methods, speaker verification methods and speaker identification methods, taking into account picture data and speech data in the message; and c) a frequency of occurrence of the identified picture regions in the messages that have the same sender address. The digital data of the messages is then modified so as to emphasize the sender-relevant picture region. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141107 | Method for Producing an Autostereoscopic Display and System for an Autostereoscopic Display - The invention relates to a methods for producing an autostereoscopic display, that shows at least one object. An illustrative method in accordance with the invention comprises, with the help of a radiation image design in a virtual optical imaging system, comprising at least one object, an imaging lens that is disposed opposite the at least one object and images said object as an object image in an image plane, and a recording device recording the object image in the image plane, producing image data for a parallax panoramagram of the object image in the recording device, producing an image corresponding to the image data for the parallax panoramagram and producing an autostereoscopic display by disposing a transparent planar arrangement of imaging elements that corresponds to the imaging lens upstream of the parallax panoramagram. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141108 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTING INSTRUCTED POSITION DURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY, AS WELL AS PROGRAM - An instructed position, which includes an instruction area for receiving a predetermined instruction and is displayable two-dimensionally and three-dimensionally, on a display means where an instruction image is displayed is detected. Upon setting on the display means a control range corresponding to the instruction area displayed on the display means such that the control range is changed between during the two-dimensional display and during the three-dimensional display, information of a tentative instructed position is obtained by receiving an instruction directed to the instruction area during the three-dimensional display. A horizontal shift on the display means of the tentative instructed position during the three-dimensional display relative to a position of the instruction area during the two-dimensional display is calculated. The control range is changed based on the horizontal shift to make the control range coincide with a visually recognized instruction area through stereoscopic viewing during the three-dimensional display. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110148856 | Parameter Visualization System - A parameter visualization system is disclosed that includes a controller configured to receive three-dimensional position data indicating a location of an earthmoving machine on a worksite, and to receive parameter information comprising values of a plurality of parameters. The plurality of parameters includes parameters of at least one of the earthmoving machine and the worksite. The controller is further configured to generate a first display signal configured to provide a value of a first parameter in the plurality of parameters, to receive a modification of the value of the first parameter, to calculate a value of a second parameter based on the modification of the value of the first parameter, and to generate a second display signal configured to provide a visual depiction of a value of at least one of the first parameter or the second parameter along a three-dimensional visual depiction of the worksite. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148857 | FINDING AND SHARING OF DIGITAL IMAGES BASED ON SHARED FACE MODELS - Systems and methods are described herein for finding and sharing digital images of a user, such as digital photographs of the user, that are located in collections of digital images belonging to others. In accordance with at least one implementation, a face model of a first user is built using a first user computer, wherein the face model is built based on digital images of the first user stored on or accessible to the first user computer. The face model of the first user is then made accessible to a second user computer for use by the second user computer in finding digital images of the first user stored on or accessible to the second user computer. The digital images found by the second user computer are then made accessible to the first user computer. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148858 | VIEW SYNTHESIS WITH HEURISTIC VIEW MERGING - Several implementations relate to view synthesis with heuristic view merging for 3D Video (3DV) applications. According to one aspect, a first candidate pixel from a first warped reference view and a second candidate pixel from a second warped reference view are assessed based on at least one of a backward synthesis process to assess a quality of the first and second candidate pixels, a hole distribution around the first and second candidate pixels, or on an amount of energy around the first and second candidate pixels above a specified frequency. The assessing occurs as part of merging at least the first and second warped reference views into a signal synthesized view. Based on the assessing, a result is determined for a given target pixel in the single synthesized view. The result may be determining a value for the given target pixel, or marking the given target pixel as a hole. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148859 | METHOD OF DETERMINING POINTING OBJECT POSITION FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE SYSTEM - An exemplary method of determining a pointing object position for three-dimensional interactive system, adapted for an interaction between a pointing object and a three-dimensional interaction display with embedded optical sensors. The method includes the steps of: acquiring a two-dimensional detected light intensity distribution caused by the pointing object acting on the three-dimensional interaction display; obtaining two light-shading intensity maximum values according to the two-dimensional detected light intensity distribution; and determining a one-dimensional positional information of the pointing object on a distance direction of the pointing object relative to the three-dimensional interaction display by use of the positional distance between the two light-shading intensity maximum values. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148860 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A stereoscopic display is proposed. A first display zone and a second display zone are displayed based on light for a first light source group, in response to a first data voltage signal fed to the first display zone and the second display zone, and to a second data voltage signal fed to a third display zone. The second display zone and the third display zone are displayed based on light for a second light source group, in response to the second data voltage signal fed to the first display zone, and to the first data voltage signal fed to the second display zone and the third display zone. The first display zone and the second display zone are displayed based on light from the first light source group, in response to the second data voltage signal fed to the first display zone and the second display zone, and to the first data voltage signal fed to the third display zone. The second display zone and the third display zone are displayed based on light from the second light source group, in response to the first data voltage signal fed to the first display zone, and to the second data voltage signal fed to the second display zone and the third display zone. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148861 | PET DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AN ARRANGEMENT, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING A DISTRIBUTION OF A TRACER UPTAKE - The invention relates to a data processing system | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148862 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MESH MODELS OF FEATHERS - Provided are an apparatus and a method for generating mesh models of feathers. The apparatus for generating the mesh models of the feathers includes a geometrical model analyzing unit that analyzes groups of barbs included in a geometrical curve model of the feather; a calculating unit that calculates the number of grids for each of the groups of barbs by applying curve lengths of the barbs and an average length of the curve lengths included in each of the groups of barbs; and a mesh model generating unit that constructs the geometrical curve models as polygonal mesh models based on the number of grids. According to the present invention, it extracts curved points by using characteristics of a model of a feather and constructs polygonal meshes by using the extracted curved points, thereby making it possible to physically and realistically express the forced physical variation of the polygonal meshes. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148863 | 3D DISPLAY DRIVING METHOD AND 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for driving a 3D display and a display apparatus using the same are provided. The display apparatus includes a storage unit to store a received image and a controlling unit to drive a display by adjusting the brightness value using a first look-up table when the previous frame is different from the current frame and adjusting the brightness value using a second look-up table when the previous frame is the same as the current frame. According to the exemplary embodiment, an overdrive method may be applied to a 3D image display apparatus effectively. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148864 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING HIGH-QUALITY USER-CUSTOMIZED 3D AVATAR - Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for creating a 3D avatar. The method of creating a three dimensional (3D) avatar includes receiving body information of a user and storing the body information in a DataBase (DB), and creating a 3D avatar for the user by modifying standard data, predetermined based on body information about various persons and stored in the DB, based on the body information of the user. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148865 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC RIGGING AND SHAPE SURFACE TRANSFER OF 3D STANDARD MESH MODEL BASED ON MUSCLE AND NURBS BY USING PARAMETRIC CONTROL - The present invention relates to a method for automatic rigging and shape surface transfer of a 3-D standard mesh model based on muscles and Nurbs by using parametric control. The method for automatic rigging and appearance surface transfer of 3-D standard mesh model based on muscle and Nurbs by using parametric control includes: extracting a joint-skeleton structure from scan data of dynamic objects having a skeleton structure, or input 3-D mesh models, generating a muscle and a appearance surface based on anatomy information, and generating a standard mesh model that approximates the appearance of the models by using the extracted joint-skeleton structure and the generated muscle and appearance surface; and performing the transfer of the standard mesh model by controlling the parameter so that the occupying error between the multi-view image information of the dynamic objects and the projection image information of the approximating standard mesh model is in the predetermined allowable error range. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148866 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL URBAN MODELING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is a 3D urban modeling apparatus and method. The 3D urban modeling apparatus includes a calibration unit for calibrating data about a translation and a rotation of at least one capturing device at a time that input aerial images and terrestrial images were captured. A building model generation unit generates at least one 3D building model based on the aerial images and the terrestrial images to which results of the calibration have been applied. A terrain model generation unit generates a 3D terrain model by converting an input digital elevation model into a 3D mesh. A texture extraction unit extracts textures related to the building model and the terrain model from the aerial images and the terrestrial images. A model matching unit generates a 3D urban model by matching the building model with the terrain model, which are based on the textures, with each other. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148867 | SHAPE OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE - A shape optimization method includes: obtaining parameter data including data concerning a first relational expression that causes coordinate values of plural vertexes in at least a portion of an object to be changed together and includes a parameter capable of setting values from outside; determining, according to a predetermined algorithm, a value of the parameter in the parameter data; calculating coordinates values of the plural vertexes from a second relational expression determined by the first relational expression and the determined value of the parameter; generating shape data including coordinate values of first vertexes to define the shape of the object from initial coordinate values and the calculated coordinate values; causing to execute cost calculation of the shape defined by the shape data; and outputting shape data in case of a best result of the cost calculation after repeating the aforementioned processing based on a result of the cost calculation. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148868 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL FACE AVATAR THROUGH STEREO VISION AND FACE DETECTION - Provided are an apparatus and method for reconstructing 3D face avatar. The apparatus includes a face detection unit, a stereo matching unit, a bilateral filter, and a texture mapping unit. The face detection unit receives a left image and right image of a user, and detects a face image of the user from the left and right images using a face detection algorithm. The stereo matching unit receives the left and right images of the user, and creates a depth map image from the left and right images through a stereo matching operation which uses disparity between the left and right images. The bilateral filter abstracts the detected face image through a bilateral filtering operation. The texture mapping unit texture-maps the abstracted face image on the created depth map image to reconstruct a 3D avatar. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148869 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus in which a user can view a 3D image using shutter glasses is provided. The display apparatus, in which a user can view a three-dimensional (3D) image using shutter glasses, may include: a cover; a display module which is disposed in the cover and displays an image; and a transmitter which is disposed in the cover and transmits a synchronization signal to the shutter glasses to synchronize the image displayed by the display module with the shutter glasses. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148870 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING GRAPHIC TENTACLE MOTIONS - Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for generating graphic tentacle motions. In the method, a 3D tentacle is divided into a 1D center line and a 2D surface based on information about an initial mesh of the 3D tentacle. New locations of sample points of the center line in a new frame are determined from initial locations of sample points of the center line, based on a tentacle root motion. New locations of sample points of the surface in the new frame are determined from initial locations of sample points of the surface, based on both the initial locations of the center line sample points and the tentacle root motion. The surface is coupled to the center line using the locations of the sample points of both the center line and the surface in the new frame. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148871 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RENDERING WOVEN FABRIC MATERIAL BASED ON TYPE OF WEAVE - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for rendering woven fabric material based on a type of weave. The apparatus includes an input unit, a database (DB), a control unit, and a display unit. The input unit receives information about the type of weave and the material properties of the surface of a woven fabric object. The DB stores information about correlations between the types of weave and the material properties of the woven fabric objects and mathematical Bi-directional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF). The control unit searches the DB for rule data based on search condition information inputted from the input unit, and renders the woven fabric material. The display unit displays a rendered virtual woven fabric object in response to a control signal from the control unit. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148872 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - This invention is directed to provide a technique for efficiently, optimally deciding the shape and number of meshes when performing mesh coding for an object having a gradation. This invention is also directed to provide a technique for setting representative points to minimize the mesh distortion. A mesh generation unit divides an object area into a plurality of meshes and obtains position information, gradient information, and color information for each vertex of a mesh. A mesh control unit decides unnecessary vertices based on the difference between color information of each vertex and color information in the object area that corresponds to the vertex. An optimization unit obtains position information, gradient information, and color information of necessary vertices to minimize the difference between color information of each necessary vertex other than the unnecessary vertices and color information at a position in the object area that corresponds to the necessary vertex. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110157154 | SINGLE SCREEN MULTI-MODALITY IMAGING DISPLAYS - Methods and systems provide an integrated display, on a single screen, of images obtained from multiple modalities used in screening a subject. The methods and systems are usable with 2D, 3D, and 4D imaging, by which a single screen displays a screen image from a first modality. A window delineating an area of interest is placed on a first modality image from the first modality, and this area of interest is then displayed on a second modality image from a second modality, thereby providing a combined image representing the area of interest through both modalities. Preferably, the first modality image corresponds and/or is correlated with the second modality image. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157155 | LAYER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CHOREOGRAPHING STEREOSCOPIC DEPTH - Implementations of the present disclosure include an interface that provides display and management of depth and volume information for a stereoscopic 3-D image. More particularly, the interface provides information for the one or more layers that comprise the stereoscopic 3-D image. Depth information for the one or more layers of the stereoscopic image may include aspects of a pixel offset, z-axis position and virtual camera positions. The adjustment of one aspect of the depth information may affect the values for the other aspects of depth information for the layers. This information may be used by an animator to confirm the proper alignment of the objects and layers of the image in relation to the image as a whole. In addition, the interface may maintain such depth information for several stereoscopic 3-D images such that the information and adjustment to any number of 3-D images may be obtained through the interface. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157156 | 3D OBJECT DISPLAY METHOD AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS THEREOF - An electric apparatus and a 3D object display method thereof are provided. The 3D object display method is suitable for a 3D monitor having interlaced first display areas and second display areas, and includes the following steps of: displaying a 3D object formed by a first display image and a second display image on the 3D monitor such that the first display image and the second display image are displayed on the first display areas and the second display areas respectively; and adjusting the location or the area size of the 3D object by moving the boundary of the 3D object at least a min moving unit formed by one first display area and one adjacent second display area. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157157 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - In a method for displaying a three-dimensional object, a pixel value matrix and a projection depth matrix are created, coordinates of the object are read according to a B-spline curve, and a triangle mesh model is created according to the coordinates. A triangle is selected from the triangle mesh model one by one, so as to obtain coordinates of vertexes of the selected triangle, convert the coordinates of the vertexes to two-dimensional, and generate a figure according to the two-dimensional coordinates. A projection depth of the selected triangle is computed and colors of the selected triangle are added to the figure if the computed projection depth is less than a corresponding projection depth recorded in the projection depth matrix. The pixel value matrix and the projection depth matrix are updated and a two-dimension image formed by elements of two matrixes is outputted onto a display screen. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157158 | Display panel module, semiconductor integrated circuit, drive method of pixel array unit and electronic apparatus - A display panel module includes: a pixel array unit in which sub-pixels each having a current-driven self luminous device and a pixel circuit controlling the drive of the self luminous device are arranged in a matrix state; a signal line drive unit driving signal lines; a writing control line drive unit controlling writing of potentials appearing at the signal lines to the sub-pixels based on a scanning clock of a given frequency; and a power supply control unit controlling supply and stop of drive power supply with respect to the sub-pixels, which supplies drive power supply prescribing a lighting period of the self luminous devices in the unit of given plural horizontal lines at the same timing in the order of completion of signal potential writing based on the scanning clock after waiting time of a given length passes after completion of the signal potential writing of a first horizontal line in which the signal potential writing is completed first as well as controls the length of the lighting period in one frame to be the same in all horizontal lines. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157159 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING MULTI-VIEWS THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - A method and a device for generating a multi-views three-dimensional (3D) stereoscopic image are based on displaying positions of target image elements of each view image of a multi-views 3D stereoscopic image in a 3D stereo display. Source image elements suitable to be displayed at each displaying position are obtained from a 2D-depth mixed image formed by combining a source 2D image and a corresponding depth map through an inverse view image searching manner, thereby generating a multi-views 3D stereoscopic image from the set target image elements for being displayed in the 3D stereo display. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157160 | Three-Dimensional Image Generating Device, Three-Dimensional Image Display Device, Three-Dimensional Image Generating Method, and Program - Provided is a three-dimensional image generating device including: a depth setting portion configured to set a depth of each pixel or pixel group of a two-dimensional image, from which a stereoscopic view image is formed, from depth-degree information indicating a depth degree of each pixel or pixel group of the two-dimensional image; a coordinate calculating portion configured to calculate coordinates of a left eye image and a right eye image of a three-dimensional image on a display plane corresponding to each pixel or pixel group of the two-dimensional image from the depth and a distance from the display plane to a viewing position; and an image generating portion configured to generate the left eye image and the right eye image corresponding to the two-dimensional image according to the calculated coordinates. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157161 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING STEREO-SCOPIC IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of displaying a stereoscopic image comprises; dividing an input image into a left-eye image and a right-eye image, estimating a crosstalk in accordance with a position of a display panel using a grayscale difference between the left-eye image and the right-eye image, displaying the left-eye image and the right-eye image and adjusting opening periods and closing periods of a pair of shutter glasses so that a shutter of the pair of shutter glasses is open and closed respectively during the opening period and the closing period based on the estimated crosstalk. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157162 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a left-eye sub image generation unit that generates a left-eye sub image constituting a sub image for 3D display together with a right-eye sub image, a right-eye sub image generation unit that generates the right-eye sub image, a left-eye trajectory image generation unit that generates an image of a left-eye trajectory region that is a region including a trajectory region, as a left-eye trajectory image, a right-eye trajectory image generation unit that generates an image of a right-eye trajectory region that is a region including a trajectory region, as a right-eye trajectory image, and a superposition unit that superposes the left-eye sub image and the left-eye trajectory image on a left-eye main image constituting a main image for 3D display together with a right-eye main image, and superposes the right-eye sub image and the right-eye trajectory image on the right-eye main image. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157163 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a reproduction unit configured to reproduce a 3D image data including image data of an image for right eye and an image for left eye set with predetermined parallax, a category specification unit configured to specify a category of the 3D image data to be reproduced by the reproduction unit, a determination unit configured to reference a table in which each category of the 3D image data and a degree of parallax are associated to determine the degree of the parallax corresponding to the category specified by the category specification unit, and a parallax control unit configured to control the parallax of the 3D image data reproduced by the reproduction unit to the degree of the parallax determined by the determination unit. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157164 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus including: a reproduction unit reproducing 3D image data including image data of a right-eye image and a left-eye image in which a predetermined parallax is set; a comparison unit comparing a strength of the parallax set in the 3D image data to be reproduced by the reproduction unit to a strength of a parallax appropriate for ages of viewers obtained from viewer information registered in advance; and a parallax control unit controlling the parallax of the 3D image data reproduced by the reproduction unit according to a strength which is based on the comparison result obtained by the comparison unit. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157165 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SHUTTER GLASSES - An image display method includes alternately receiving left and right images of a 3D image; and turning on a backlight such that the backlight is on only in periods when the left images are displayed or only in periods when the right images are displayed. A method of controlling shutter glasses separately for left and right images of a three-dimensional (3D) image includes alternately receiving the left and right images of the 3D image; and opening two shutters of the shutter glasses only in periods when the left images are received or only in periods when the right images are received. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157166 | Image Processing Apparatus Having On-Screen Display Function and Method Thereof - An image processing apparatus having an on-screen display (OSD) function includes a processing circuit and an OSD circuit. The OSD circuit generates OSD data, and the on-screen data comprises left-eye display data and right-eye display data. The processing circuit processes image data, which comprises left-eye image data and right-eye image data, and respectively blends the left-eye and right-eye display data of the OSD data with the left-eye and right-eye image data of the image data to generate combined image data. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157167 | COORDINATED DRIVING OF ADAPTABLE LIGHT MANIPULATOR, BACKLIGHTING AND PIXEL ARRAY IN SUPPORT OF ADAPTABLE 2D AND 3D DISPLAYS - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for driving an adaptable light manipulator and a pixel array in a coordinated fashion so as to achieve a selected one of a plurality of possible viewing configurations of an adaptable two-dimensional/three-dimensional image display. Methods, systems, and apparatuses are also described for driving an adaptable light manipulator, a pixel array and a non-uniform light generator in a coordinated fashion so as to achieve a selected one of plurality of possible viewing configurations of an adaptable two-dimensional/three-dimensional image display. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157168 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH ADAPTATION BASED ON VIEWING REFERENCE OF VIEWER(S) - A display system that presents three-dimensional content to a viewer is described herein. The display system includes a screen assembly having one or more adaptable display characteristics relating to the presentation of three-dimensional content, first circuitry that at least assists in producing reference information corresponding to at least one aspect of a viewing reference of the viewer, and second circuitry that causes modification of at least one of the one or more adaptable display characteristics, the modification corresponding at least in part to the reference information. The viewing reference of the viewer may comprise one or more of a location of the viewer relative to the screen assembly, a head orientation (tilt and/or rotation) of the viewer, and a point of gaze of the viewer. The first circuitry may comprise, for example, viewer-located circuitry and/or other circuitry that is communicatively connected to the second circuitry for providing the referencing information thereto. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157169 | OPERATING SYSTEM SUPPORTING MIXED 2D, STEREOSCOPIC 3D AND MULTI-VIEW 3D DISPLAYS - Operating systems are described that interface applications and display screens capable of displaying two-dimensional and three-dimensional content. In one aspect, an operating system includes an application programming interface (API), a display driver interface, and a display driver. The API enables one or more applications to deliver requests that define a screen region and either a two-dimension indicator or a three-dimension indicator. The display driver interface passes configuration commands corresponding to the requests. The display driver is associated with a display screen. The display driver receives the configuration commands and responds by generating screen control signals to adjust the display screen to support the screen region. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157170 | PROGRAMMING ARCHITECTURE SUPPORTING MIXED TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYS - Applications are provided that contain code of a programming language enabling simultaneous display on a screen of both two-dimensional and three-dimensional content. Furthermore, development systems and program libraries supporting the same are provided. A first command is generated by first program code of an application. The first command directs a first configuration of a first region of the screen to support the three-dimensional content. A second command is generated by second program code of the application. The second command directs a second configuration of a second region of the screen to support the two-dimensional content. The display of the three-dimensional content is caused within the first region of the screen, and the display of the two-dimensional content is caused within the second region of the screen. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157171 | FULL-SCREEN 3D IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A full-screen 3D image display device provides a dynamic liquid crystal parallax barrier device for solving a 3D image resolution deterioration problem caused by view separation of a multi-view 3D image displayed by a conventional parallax barrier, and achieves the purpose of displaying a multi-view 3D image with a full-screen image resolution through a multi-view image dynamic combination and display procedure and a barrier electrode dynamic driving procedure. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157172 | USER CONTROLLED REGIONAL DISPLAY OF MIXED TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONAL CONTENT - Techniques are described herein for supporting user controlled regional display of mixed two and three dimensional content. A display system includes a pixel array, a screen assembly, and a screen surface. The screen assembly and the pixel array are controlled to cause various settings for a regionally adjustable characteristic of the screen assembly to be applied to respective regions of the screen assembly. Each setting specifies a value of the regionally adjustable characteristic that is to control or affect a visual characteristic that is associated with content that is to be presented in the corresponding region. A user may provide an input signal that specifies setting(s) for the regionally adjustable characteristic with respect to specified region(s) of the screen assembly. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157173 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A three-dimensional sense adjusting unit displays three-dimensional images to a user. If a displayed reaches a limit of parallax, the user responds to the three-dimensional sense adjusting unit. According to acquired appropriate parallax information, a parallax control unit generates parallax images to realize the appropriate parallax in the subsequent stereo display. The control of parallaxes is realized by optimally setting camera parameters by going back to three-dimensional data. Functions to realize the appropriate parallax are made into and presented by a library. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157174 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A three-dimensional sense adjusting unit displays three-dimensional images to a user. If a displayed reaches a limit of parallax, the user responds to the three-dimensional sense adjusting unit. According to acquired appropriate parallax information, a parallax control unit generates parallax images to realize the appropriate parallax in the subsequent stereo display. The control of parallaxes is realized by optimally setting camera parameters by going back to three-dimensional data. Functions to realize the appropriate parallax are made into and presented by a library. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157175 | Reshaping A Camera Image - Apparatuses, computer media, and methods for altering a camera image, in which the source image may be angularly displaced from a camera image. A plurality of points on the camera image is located and a mesh is generated. Compensation information based on the displacement is determined, and a reshaped image is rendered from the mesh, the compensation information, and the camera image. The camera image is reshaped by relocating a proper subset of the points on the camera image. Deformation vectors are applied to corresponding points on the mesh using the compensation information. A correction factor is obtained from an angular displacement and a translation displacement of the source image from the camera image. The deformation factor is multiplied by the compensation factor to faun a deformation vector to compensate for angular and translational displacements of the source image from the camera image. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110164028 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR CALIBRATING A DISPLAY UNIT COMPRISING A DISPLAY AND AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC ADAPTER DISC - A method and a device for calibration (or “electronic” adjustment) of a display unit are provided and include a display and autostereoscopic adapter disc, particularly provided for fixing to the display. A method and advice for generation or playback of 3D images by the display unit including autostereoscopic adapter disc and display are also provided. Misalignment of the adapted disc with the display are compensated for by corresponding adjustment of the image display on the display. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164029 | Working with 3D Objects - Three-dimensional objects can be generated based on two-dimensional objects. A first user input identifying a 2D object presented in a user interface can be detected, and a second user input including a 3D gesture input that includes a movement in proximity to a surface can be detected. A 3D object can be generated based on the 2D object according to the first and second user inputs, and the 3D object can be presented in the user interface. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164030 | Virtual camera control using motion control systems for augmented reality - There is provided a system and method for integrating a virtual rendering system and a motion control system to provide an augmented reality. There is provided a method for integrating a virtual rendering system and a motion control system for outputting a composite render to a display, the method comprising obtaining, from the motion control system, a robotic camera configuration of a robotic camera in a real environment, programming the virtual rendering system using the robotic camera configuration to correspondingly control a virtual camera in a virtual environment, obtaining a virtually rendered feed using the virtual camera, capturing a video capture feed using the robotic camera, rendering the composite render by processing the feeds, and outputting the composite render to the display. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164031 | NOVEL IMPLEMENTATION OF TOTAL VARIATION (TV) MINIMIZATION ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM SUITABLE FOR PARALLEL COMPUTATION - The CT imaging system optimizes its image generation by frequently updating an image and adaptively minimizing the total variation in an iterative reconstruction algorithm using many or sparse views under both normal and interior reconstructions. The projection data is grouped into N subsets, and after each of the N subsets is processed by the ordered subsets simultaneous algebraic reconstruction technique (OSSART), the image volume is updated. During the OSSART, no coefficients is cached in the system matrix. This approach is intrinsically parallel and can be implemented with a GPU card. Due to the more frequent image update and the variable step value, an image quality has improved. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164032 | Three-Dimensional User Interface - Methods and systems for interfacing a computer system are provided, which include capturing three-dimensional image maps over time of at least a part of a control element such as the body of a human subject, generating a three-dimensional representation of scene elements by driving a three-dimensional display with a second sequence of three-dimensional maps of scene elements. The two sequences of maps are correlated to detect a direction and speed of movement of the part of the body with respect to the scene elements. A relationship of the direction and speed of movement to at least one of the scene elements is established. A computer application is controlled according to the relationship that is established. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164033 | ULTRASONIC INSPECTION DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC INSPECTION METHOD - An ultrasonic inspection device allows position adjustment of three-dimensional inspection data and shape data to be easily performed on a display screen and allows a defect echo and a shape echo to be quickly identified. A calculator generates the three-dimensional inspection data from waveforms stored in a data storage unit. A three-dimensional display unit displays the three-dimensional inspection data generated by the calculator and the three-dimensional shape data on an object to be inspected. The calculator corrects the relative displayed positions of the three-dimensional inspection data and the three-dimensional shape data on the basis of a coordinate system defined by points and a surface that constitute a part of the three-dimensional shape data displayed by the three-dimensional display unit, and causes the three-dimensional display unit to display the three-dimensional inspection data and the three-dimensional shape data while the three-dimensional inspection data and the three-dimensional shape data overlap each other. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164034 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE SUPPORTING MIXED TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYS - Application programming interfaces (APIs) are provided that enable applications to display two-dimensional and three-dimensional content in regions of a display screen. A first command is received from an application directing at least in part a first configuration of a first region of the screen to support the three-dimensional content. The first command is responded to by sending a first configuration request to place the screen in a three-dimensional mode within the first region. A second command is received directing at least in part a second configuration of a second region of the screen to support the two-dimensional content. The second command is responded to by sending a second configuration request to place the screen in mode corresponding to a two-dimensional mode within the second region. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164035 | METHOD OF MOTION COMPENSATION FOR TRANS-CATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164036 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An autostereoscopic display device comprising a view forming module in registration with an image forming means. The image forming means has an orthogonal array of display pixels spatially defined by an opaque matrix. The view forming module provides at least two optical functions, namely a view forming function and a brightness non-uniformity reducing function. The view forming function modifies the direction of outputs of the display pixels such that the outputs of groups of the display pixels are projected in respective different directions as a plurality of views. The view forming function is provided by an array of parallel lenticular lenses arranged across the view forming module and having a first pitch. The brightness non-uniformity reducing function spreads the outputs of the display pixels such that brightness non-uniformities caused by imaging of the opaque matrix are reduced. The brightness non-uniformity reducing function defines a second pitch across the view forming module less than the first pitch, and further defines an effective spreading angle in a plane perpendicular to axes of the view forming elements substantially equal to or less than the angle between adjacent views projected by the view forming function. The brightness non-uniformity reducing function is provided by an array of lenses or a diffuser. In the case of an array of lenses, these lenses may be integrated with the lenticular lenses providing the view forming function in the form of lenses having a polygonal cross section. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164037 | AERIAL IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, AERIAL IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVNG AERIAL IMAGE GENERATING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - An apparatus and method generating a road image including no features such as trees and tunnels hiding or covering a road surface. A mobile measuring apparatus installed in a vehicle may acquire a distance and orientation point cloud, a camera image, GPS observation information, a gyro measurement value, and an odometer measurement value, while moving in a target area. The position and attitude localizing apparatus may localize the position and attitude of the vehicle based on the GPS observation information, the gyro measurement value and the odometer measurement value. The point cloud generating apparatus may generate a point cloud based on the camera image, the distance and orientation point cloud, and a position and attitude localized value. The point cloud orthoimage generating apparatus may extract points close to a road surface exclusively from the point cloud by removing points higher than the road surface, orthographically project each extracted point onto a horizontal plane, and generate a point cloud orthoimage. The point cloud orthoimage may show the road surface including no features covering or hiding the road surface. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110169818 | Reducing viewing discomfort - A method for displaying a pair of stereoscopic images on a display includes receiving a pair of images forming the pair of stereoscopic images, one being a left image and one being a right image. Then estimating a disparity between the left image and the right image based upon a matching of a left region of the left image with a right region of said the image. Based upon the estimated disparity adjusting the disparity between the left image and the right image. Based upon the adjusted disparity modifying at least one of the right image and said the image to be displayed upon the display. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169819 | Typed data graph visualization system in three dimensions - A visualization system presents inter-connected three-dimensional models representing components of a data graph to a user on a display. A visualization graph is created from the association of a user-specified data graph, which may not include graphical information, to three-dimensional models through a type graph. Arrangement of three-dimensional models into discrete units is determined from local relations between components of the data graph. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169820 | 3D IMAGE SPECIAL EFFECT DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR CREATING 3D IMAGE SPECIAL EFFECT - A 3D image special effects device for creating special effects on a 3D image including a first image and a second image having disparity. The 3D image special effects device includes: a range specification receiving unit capable of receiving an input of a specified range of the first image on which the special effects are created; a first block division unit capable of dividing the specified range into a plurality of first image blocks; a first special effects unit capable of creating the special effects on each of the plurality of the first image blocks; a block matching unit capable of determining an image which corresponds to an image of the each of the plurality of the first image blocks from the second image, and deriving a parallax vector which represents directionality and a magnitude of parallax between the first image blocks and the corresponding image; a second block division unit capable of determining a plurality of second image blocks on the second image in accordance with the parallax vector, the second image blocks corresponding to the plurality of first image blocks; and a second special effects unit capable of creating the special effects on the determined plurality of second image blocks. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169821 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE, STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE - An object of the invention to provide a method for maintaining display quality as much as possible and reducing a crosstalk amount. A method for correcting stereoscopic images according to the present invention has (a) at least one of a step of detecting a range of crosstalk and a crosstalk amount occurring on a left image or a right image as black-side correction data, and a step of detecting the range of crosstalk and the crosstalk amount as white-side correction data, based on crosstalk characteristic data, (b) at least one of a step of making the black-side correction data into lower-limit data, and a step of making the white-side correction data into upper-limit data; and (c) a step of gamma-converting the left image or the right image based on at least one of the lower-limit data and the upper-limit data. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169822 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING, FOR INSTANCE FOR MOBILE 3D GRAPHIC PIPELINES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - A system renders a primitive of an image to be displayed, for instance in a mobile 3D graphic pipeline, the primitive including a set of pixels. The system locates the pixels in the area of the primitive, generates, for each pixel located in the area, a set of associated sub-pixels, borrows a set of sub-pixels from neighboring pixels, subjects the set of associated sub-pixels and the borrowed set of pixels to adaptive filtering to create an adaptively filtered set of sub-pixels, and further filters the adaptively filtered set of sub-pixels to compute a final pixel for display. Preferably, the set of associated sub-pixels fulfils at least one of the following: the set includes two associated sub-pixels and the set includes associated sub-pixels placed on pixel edges. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169823 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA PROCESSING - An apparatus generates three dimensional image data. Specifically, image data for a first image layer and image data for a second image layer is generated together with depth indication data for at least one of the first image layer and the second image layer. The two image layers may be used e.g. for dependent images, such as foreground and background images, or for independent images, such as initial and final images for a cross fade. A dependency indicator which is indicative of a dependency between the image layers is generated and included in the three dimensional data. A rendering device may receive the three dimensional data and generate images for a three dimensional representation based on the data. The three dimensional processing is adapted in dependence on the dependency indicator. For example, interlayer de-occlusion processing may only be performed if the dependency indicator is indicative of dependent image layers. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169824 | 3D IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE IN 3D IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - Multiplication coefficients K | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169825 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A subject is imaged at a predetermined time interval by a plurality of imaging units which obtains a plurality of images having a parallax of a subject viewed from different viewpoints by imaging the subject from different viewpoints. An evaluation value which includes at least one of a luminance and a high frequency component of the images obtained by the imaging units at the predetermined time interval is calculated. When the evaluation value has changed by an amount exceeding a predetermined threshold value, the distance information calculation and three-dimensional processing on the plurality of images and object are performed. Here, a relative position of the object with respect to the three-dimensional image in a three-dimensional space is changed based on the distance information such that overlapping of the object and the three-dimensional image on top of each other is prevented when the three-dimensional display is performed. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169826 | UNIVERSAL COLLABORATIVE PSEUDO-REALISTIC VIEWER - A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling an electronic device to perform a method of visualization, the method constituted of: loading a 3 dimensional (3D) scene comprising visual model data; rendering a first pseudo-realistic image of the loaded 3D scene responsive to a first view positional indicator; transmitting the rendered first pseudo-realistic image to at least two remote computing platforms; receiving from any of the at least two remote computing platform a scene control command; rendering a second pseudo-realistic image of the loaded 3D scene responsive to the received scene control command; and transmitting the rendered second pseudo-realistic image to the at least two remote computing platforms. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110175899 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING LOGGING DATA - Borehole data presentation systems and methods that facilitate communication of volumetric logging data to a surface processing system for presentation to a driller or other user interested in visualizing the formations surrounding a borehole. The disclosed systems optionally tailor the telemetry stream to match the chosen display technique, thereby maximizing the logging system utility for the driller. Variable opacity of certain data regions or certain data discontinuities greatly facilitates data comprehension, particularly when true three-dimensional display technologies are employed. Holographic or stereoscopic display technologies may be employed to show the three-dimensional dependence of measured formation properties such as resistivity, density, and porosity. Alternatively, the radial axis can be used to represent a formation parameter value, thereby enabling cylindrical cross-plots of multiple measurements. The user can control viewing position and orientation to more fully explore the three dimensional representation. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175900 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MESOSCOPIC GEOMETRY MODULATION - A computer-implemented method for mesoscopic geometry modulation. The method includes determining a first set of mesoscopic details associated with an object by applying a filter to an image of an object, where mesoscopic details included in the first set of mesoscopic details are detectable in the image of the object and are not detectable when generating a coarse geometry reconstruction of the object, and generating a three-dimensional model for the object by modulating the coarse geometry with the first set of mesoscopic details. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175901 | DETACHABLE SCREEN FOR MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE SHOWING 3D DYNAMIC VIEWS - A detachable display unit, an electromechanical device utilizing the display unit, and a method of use are disclosed. The display unit includes a communication link whereby data can be communicated between the display unit and the associated electromechanical device. The display unit includes a position sensor which provides position information for determining a current position of the display unit when detached from the associated electromechanical device. A graphical user interface displays a dynamic virtual representation of the associated electromechanical device based on the determined current position. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175902 | MULTILAYER DISPLAY DEVICE - A multilayer display system includes a first layer operable to display a first display signal comprising a first group of data, a second layer positioned in front of the first layer and operable to display a second display signal comprising a second group of data, and a first graphics processing unit connected to the first layer. The first graphics processing unit may be configured to transmit the first display signal to the first layer. The multilayer display system further includes a second graphics processing unit connected to the second layer. The second graphics processing unit may be configured to transmit the second display signal to the second layer. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175903 | SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES AND METHODS THEREFOR - A disclosure is provided for devices, systems and methods directed to viewing 3D images. The system comprises a head mounted display; a position sensor for sensing a position of the head mounted display; a rendering engine for rendering an image based on information from the position sensor which is from a viewer's perspective; and a transmitter for transmitting the rendered image to the head mounted display. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175904 | PERCEPTUALLY-BASED COMPENSATION OF UNINTENDED LIGHT POLLUTION OF IMAGES FOR PROJECTION DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Where images are displayed such that unintended light is also included and that light cannot be fully subtracted from the displayed image, an image processor compensates by compensating for the remaining light using perceptual models. In some cases, the perceptual model includes a plurality of user sensitivities and computation is performed, at least in part, based on expected user sensitivity to light pollution in portions of the images. The perceptual model might include a contrast sensitivity function, threshold-vs-intensity, saliency prediction and visual masking. The model might include artist indications of view attention. A light pollution likelihood map might be used to reduce the amount of computation needed, using a likelihood measure to determine an amount of computation to perform. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175905 | INFOSHAPE: DISPLAYING MULTIDIMENSIONAL INFORMATION - Apparatus for displaying data records of plural dimensions as a three dimensional shape, wherein the shape has an area on the surface of said shape for ones of said data records, and at least one visual feature of said area is responsive to a relevance factor value of its corresponding record in relation to a reference criterion and said relevance factor value is determined by an approximation or distance to said criterion. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175906 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A three-dimensional (3D) display system is provided for displaying a 3D image. The 3D image includes at least a first image and a second image, with a parallax between the first image and the second image. The 3D display system includes a display device, and a liquid crystal lens array. Further, the display device is configured to display at least two combined images of the 3D image in a single display period, and each of the two combined images includes a part of the first image and a part of the second image. The liquid crystal lens array has a plurality of lens units configured to separate the part of the first image and the part of the second image in each of the two combined images into predetermined viewing directions, respectively, such that a complete first image and a complete second image are displayed without losing resolution. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175907 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a disparity setting unit that sets disparity between left-eye and right-eye images for a 3D image based on a manipulation from a manipulation unit that allocates a predetermined manipulation for a depth direction of a 2D image; and a 3D image creating unit that creates data on the left-eye and right-eye images in which a corresponding object is arranged in positions separated by the disparity set by the disparity setting unit. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175908 | Image Effect Display Method and Electronic Apparatus Thereof - An image effect display method for displaying image effect during switching between a plurality of picture statuses includes providing a database, which includes a plurality of object models and a plurality of image effect templates; providing a status lookup table, which includes corresponding relationships between the plurality of picture statuses and the plurality of object models, and corresponding relationships between switching the picture statuses and the image effect templates; generating image effect data according to the database and the status lookup table by a transform program; and displaying a corresponding image effect according to the image effect data when one of the picture statuses is switched to another of the plurality of the picture statuses. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175909 | ANATOMY-DEFINED AUTOMATED CPR GENERATION - The invention relates to a system ( | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175910 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD, AS WELL AS PROGRAM - Two or more images having a parallax therebetween are obtained by imaging a subject from different positions using imaging units. Three-dimensional processing for three-dimensional display is applied to the two or more images, and the two or more images are displayed on a display unit. While the imaging units carry out a zoom operation, three-dimensional display with a reduced parallax between the two or more images or two-dimensional display is performed. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110181587 | Image display device having imaging device - An image display device having an imaging device, includes: an image display part in which a plurality of pixels including light-emitting devices are arranged; a light transmission region provided in the image display part; an imaging device arranged on a back side of the image display part; a light condensing means for condensing light passing through the light transmission region to the imaging device; and a position detecting means for obtaining position information of a subject based on image information acquired through the imaging device. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181588 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA PROCESSING - Three dimensional image data is provided which includes data representing a first image which specifically may be a background image. A mixed image which is a combination of the first image and a second image which specifically may be a foreground image, a transparency map related to the mixed image comprising transparency values for pixels of the mixed image and a depth indication map for the mixed image comprising depth indication values for pixels of the mixed image. The use of a mixed image may allow three dimensional processing while at the same time allowing 2D backwards compatibility. Image quality around image objects may be improved by modifying transparency values in response to depth indication values and/or depth indication values in response to transparency values. Specifically, an improved alignment of transitions of depth indication values and transparency values may provide improved three dimensional foreground image object edge data. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110187701 | 3D Projection System with Non-Integer Flash Rate - A method of displaying a 3D image having the steps of providing a first left eye image ( | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187702 | DRIVE-BY TOMOGRAPHY - A method for constructing a tomographic image includes: (a) using at least one transmitter to transmit a signal through at least a portion of an area of interest; (b) using at least one receiver to receive the signal after the signal has passed through the area of interest; (c) extracting tomographic data from the signal; (d) repeating steps (a), (b) and (c) with the transmitter and/or receiver at different locations; (e) converting the tomographic data samples from irregularly spaced samples to a set of samples that are regularly spaced; and (f) constructing an image of the area of interest from the converted tomographic data samples. An apparatus that performs the method is also provided. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187703 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBJECT TRACKING USING APPEARANCE MODEL - A method and system are provided for tracking an object, such as a person, within in a scene. The system/method receives input to track an object of interest in a scene with one or more image capture devices, captures a 2D image of the object, creates via an image processing system a 4D model of the object, and then uses the model to provide enhanced tracking of the object. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187704 | GENERATING AND DISPLAYING TOP-DOWN MAPS OF RECONSTRUCTED 3-D SCENES - Technologies are described herein for generating and displaying top-down maps of reconstructed structures to improve navigation of photographs within a 3-D scene. A 3-D point cloud is computed from a collection of photographs of the scene. A top-down map is generated from the 3-D point cloud by projecting the points in the point cloud into a two-dimensional plane. The points in the projection may be filtered and/or enhanced to enhance the display of the top-down map. Finally, the top-down map is displayed to the user in conjunction with or as an alternative to the photographs from the reconstructed structure or scene. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187705 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - A stereoscopic image displaying method provides a data driving signal related to a right-eye image and a left-eye image. During a plurality of frame periods, the data driving signal switches polarities every m frame periods, wherein m is an integer larger than 1. The right-eye image is outputted during the odd-numbered frame periods among the plurality of frame periods, while the left-eye image is outputted during the even-numbered frame periods among the plurality of frame periods. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187706 | Presenting a View within a Three Dimensional Scene - Presenting a view based on a virtual viewpoint in a three dimensional (3D) scene. The 3D scene may be presented by at least one display, which includes displaying at least one stereoscopic image of the 3D scene by the display(s). The 3D scene may be presented according to a first viewpoint. A virtual viewpoint may be determined within the 3D scene that is different than the first viewpoint. The view of the 3D scene may be presented on the display(s) according to the virtual viewpoint and/or the first view point. The presentation of the view of the 3D scene is performed concurrently with presenting the 3D scene. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187707 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUALLY AUGMENTED ENDOSCOPY - Virtually augmented endoscopy includes overlaying optical endoscopy image data with a virtual endoscopy model. Image distortion in the optical endoscopy image data can be substantially reduced. Features in the virtual endoscopy model can be correlated with features in the optical endoscopy image data to improve examination performance. A correlation path through the virtual endoscopy model can be determined that reasonably follows the physical path of an endoscope. A 2D or 3D correlation model can be generated from the image data and correlated to the virtual endoscopy model. Correlation between the scan data domain and the image data domain can use either the correlation path, correlation model or a combination thereof. CAD tools and other features of virtual endoscopy can then be applied to enhance the performance of optical endoscopy. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187708 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processor includes a 3D image output section for outputting a 3D image; an average parallax calculator for calculating a parallax level of each predetermined pixel based on a lefty-eye image and a right-eye image, and calculating an average screen parallax level based on the parallax level; a data acquisition section for detecting the type of 3D image or a characteristic of synthesized image; a correcting and synthesizing section for correcting the average screen parallax level depending on the type of 3D image or the characteristic of synthesized image, setting a corrected average parallax level as parallax to be added to the caption or OSD, adding the parallax to the caption or OSD, and synthesizing a caption or OSD with parallax; and an image synthesizer for superimposing the caption or OSD synthesized image with parallax on the 3D image. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187709 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION - A mobile terminal to display information includes a memory unit to store menu information and application information corresponding to a menu; a display unit that includes a touch panel and displays a first item contained in the menu information or the application information corresponding to the menu; and a control unit that rotates a touched display area of the first item and displays a second item contained in the menu information or the application information corresponding to the menu. The menu may include a main menu, one or more sub-menus, and one or more items, which may be executable applications. The first item may be an entry in a contact list, a status item representing recent call or message activity, or a multimedia item. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187710 | PRESENTING FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL LANDSCAPE - Systems, methods, and software for efficiently presenting financial information in a three-dimensional landscape are described. In some aspects, observed market values for multiple sets of future financial payoffs are received. For example, the future financial payoffs can be based on derivatives contracts, bonds, or other types of financial instruments. A three-dimensional landscape of the observed market values is generated. The three-dimensional landscape includes groups of discrete graphical elements representing the sets of future financial payoffs. Each of the discrete graphical elements has a visual attribute that represents the observed market value for one of the future financial payoffs. The discrete graphical elements in each group are positioned in proximity to each other in the three-dimensional landscape to allow visual comparison of the observed market values for the set of future financial payoffs represented by the group. The three-dimensional landscape can be updated in real time based on updated market values. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187711 | Presenting Series Information in a Three-Dimensional Landscape - Systems, methods, and software for efficiently presenting information in a three-dimensional landscape are described. In some aspects, values for multiple series of data points are received. The data points may relate to financial instruments or business intelligence metrics. A three-dimensional landscape of the values is generated. The three-dimensional landscape includes arrays of discrete graphical elements, where each array corresponds to one of the series. Each discrete graphical element has a visual attribute that represents one of the observed market values. The elements in each array are distributed along a first dimension of the three-dimensional landscape and positioned adjacent to one another to allow visual identification of trends within each series. The arrays are spaced apart from each other in a second dimension of the three-dimensional landscape to allow visual comparison of the trends across different series. The three-dimensional landscape can be updated in real time based on updated market values. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110193857 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING A COLLECTION OF WIDGETS ON A MOBILE DEVICE DISPLAY - A system renders a collection of widgets on a mobile device display by identifying a first appearance and a second appearance associated with a respective rendering of a first and second collection of widgets on the mobile device display. The system transitions from the rendering of the first collection to the second. The system receives notification to transition the collection of widgets on the mobile device display from a two-dimensional presentation to a three-dimensional presentation. The system renders a native widget on the mobile device display utilizing a native interface by identifying a non-native widget requiring a non-native interface to operate on the mobile device display. The system provides a proxy widget to host the non-native widget allowing the non-native widget to operate on the mobile device display utilizing the native interface. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193858 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES USING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for displaying images using an electronic device sets a virtual three dimension (3D) image of an object, and stores the virtual 3D image in a storage device of the electronic device. The method further obtains a movement direction and a movement angle of the electronic device by a G-Sensor of the electronic device, rotates the virtual 3D image of the object according to the movement direction and the movement angle of the electronic device, and displays the rotated image of the object on a display device of the electronic device. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193859 | Apparatus and method for generating octree based 3D map - A method of generating a 3D complex octree map. A plurality of points each having 3D location information are detected from a range image. A space having the detected plurality of points is represented using grids. If points in a grid forms a plane, the grid is not subdivided and planar information about the plane is stored. A space not forming a plane is subdivided, thereby enhancing the storage efficiency. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193860 | Method and Apparatus for Converting an Overlay Area into a 3D Image - Apparatuses and methods for converting an overlay area of a two-dimensional (2D) monoscopic image into a three-dimensional (3D) image are provided. A depth map representing a perspective based on an input monoscopic image is generated to provide depth values of the input monoscopic image. At least one overlay area and at least one background image included in the input monoscopic image are then detected, and a depth value of one or more or both of the overlay area and the background image are corrected to a desired value. A stereoscopic image is generated based on the corrected depth value, such that the resulting stereoscopic image prevents inconsistent viewing depths between an overlay area and the background image in order to prevent viewer fatigue. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193861 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A three-dimensional sense adjusting unit displays three-dimensional images to a user. If a displayed reaches a limit of parallax, the user responds to the three-dimensional sense adjusting unit. According to acquired appropriate parallax information, a parallax control unit generates parallax images to realize the appropriate parallax in the subsequent stereo display. The control of parallaxes is realized by optimally setting camera parameters by going back to three-dimensional data. Functions to realize the appropriate parallax are made into and presented by a library. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193862 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EARLY Z TEST IN TITLE-BASED THREE-DIMENSIONAL RENDERING - A method and system for an early Z test in a tile-based three-dimensional rendering is provided. In the method and system for an early Z test, a portion which is not displayed to a user is removed prior to performing a rasterization process, and thereby performing the 3D rendering efficiently. The method includes segmenting a scene into tiles for performing a rendering with respect to a triangle; selecting a first tile of the tiles, which has a tile Z value less than a minimum Z value of the triangle; and performing the rendering with respect to the triangle in remaining tiles excluding the selected first tile of the tiles. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193863 | THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - A three dimensional display system comprises a display ( | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110199370 | Image Processing Method for Feature Retention and the System of the Same - The present invention discloses an image processing method for feature retention associated with averaging processes. The image processing method comprises: scaling and aligning a plurality of image data for acquiring feature information; determining a plurality of two-dimensional feature label points according to the feature information for generating at least one Bezier curve; utilizing the at least one Bezier curve to generate at least one Bezier tube and performing Bezier tube fitting for generating result of Bezier tube fitting; deforming the plurality of image data according to the Bezier tube or the result of Bezier tube fitting for generating a plurality of deformed image data; and averaging the plurality of deformed image data for generating feature-preserved average image data. The present invention also provides an image processing system, a computer readable storage medium, and a computer program product, for implementing the image processing method. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199371 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a display portion which displays an image stored in a recording medium; an information output portion which is connected to a display device displaying a plane image or a stereoscopic image to output image information for displaying the image, which is stored in the recording medium, on the display device; and a control portion which performs the control of displaying the image stored in the recording medium and operational support information for supporting the display operation of the image on the display portion and the display device, and performs the control so that, when the image which is the display target is the stereoscopic image, the operational support information is displayed on the display portion and the image which is the display target is not displayed on the display portion. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199372 | METHOD, CLIENT DEVICE AND SERVER - A method of detecting an object in an image at a client device is described. This method comprises the steps of: receiving from a server a two dimensional image of a scene, the scene being captured by a camera and the image comprising an object located within the scene, receiving from the server position data, the position data being indicative of the position of the object within the image; receiving from the server an outline representation of the object at that position, the outline representation defining for pixel positions in a segment of the image at that position whether the pixel position represents the object; and on the basis of said outline, detecting the object in the image. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199373 | Screen Device for Three-Dimensional Display with Full Viewing-Field - A screen device for three-dimensional display with full viewing-field comprises a display screen ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199374 | VISUAL IMAGE SEARCHING METHOD - The method discloses a searching method by visual image, the method includes connecting to a searching engine, and then the user terminal transmits a key word to the searching engine. The searching outputs searching results which includes the virtual image and the web linking information to the user terminal. The user may use the cursor or finger to indicate a certain image to show the summary of the web site. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199375 | Automatic 3D Modeling System and Method - An automatic 3D modeling system and method are described in which a 3D model may be generated from a picture or other image. For example, a 3D model for a face of a person may be automatically generated. The system and method also permits gestures/behaviors associated with a 3D model to automatically generated so that the gestures/behaviors may be applied to any 3D models. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110205223 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device comprises a liquid crystal display panel configured to selectively implement 2D images and 3D images, panel driving circuits configured to drive the liquid crystal display panel, a backlight configured to include a plurality of light sources and supply light to the liquid crystal display panel, and a controller configured to modulate input data to generate frame data synchronized with N (where N is a positive integer equal to or more than 4) multiple frame frequency, control the panel driving circuits such that the same frame data is displayed in the liquid crystal display panel every two consecutive frame periods, control the backlight to be turned off for a former frame period of the two frame periods allocated to display the same frame data, and control the backlight to be turned on for a latter frame period of the two frame periods. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205224 | CONTENT REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein are a content reproducing apparatus to display a content image and a menu image on a display device, and a control method thereof. The menu image is generated based on a support capability of the display device. Therefore, when the content image and the menu image are alternately displayed, screen flickering may be prevented from occurring due to a change in image format. Also, a support capability of each constituent element may be notified to the user as guide information, and the content image may be output after user confirmation. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205225 | Method and a system for generating a synthesized image of a hair - The invention relates to a method of generating a synthesized image of a hair, comprising the following steps:
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| 20110205226 | GENERATION OF OCCLUSION DATA FOR IMAGE PROPERTIES - A method of generating an occlusion image property map for an occlusion viewing position for a three dimensional scene is provided. The occlusion image property map comprises at least some image property values that are occluded from the occlusion viewing position. The method utilises an algorithm which can generate an image property map for an image representing the scene as a function of a viewing position. The method generates ( | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205227 | Method Of Using A Storage Switch - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for processing signals, particularly signals encoding two-dimensional images, such as photographs, video frames, graphics, and other visually displayed information. Rather than attempting 3D-boosting by applying a global contrast enhancement method, method and system embodiments of the present invention generate a soft-segmented image, portions of which are effectively locally contrast enhanced and portions of which, having excepted region types, are not locally contrast enhanced, to produce an output image which is selectively 3D-boosted. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110210960 | Hierarchical blurring of texture maps - Systems and methods for hierarchical blurring of texture maps are described herein. An embodiment includes determining a region where a texture is partially mapped to a 3D surface and populating an unmapped portion of the determined region with compressible low frequency data. A system embodiment includes a region determiner to determine a region of interest in an image and a blurring engine to populate an unmapped portion of determined region with compressible low frequency data. In this way, when a texture is partially mapped to the 3D model's surface, leaving the rest unused, embodiments of the invention save bandwidth by padding an unmapped region with compressible low frequency information. Furthermore, embodiments avoid contaminating a rendered 3D model with unwanted colors which bleed in when unmapped pixels are averaged in with mapped pixels. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210961 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE PROFILE OF A SURFACE OF AN OBJECT - A method of determining the profile of a surface of an object is disclosed that does not require that the video inspection device be at a certain angle relative to the surface when an image of the surface is obtained (e.g., allows non-perpendicular captures of the image | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210962 | MEDIA RECORDING WITHIN A VIRTUAL WORLD - A method for recording media generated within a virtual world from user selectable locations that chosen by a participant of the virtual world without requiring a link with a location of their avatar. The media may be audio or video or still images generated or rendered within the virtual world. The method allows a user to insert independent movie recorders in a virtual world with the cameras associated with such recorders being independent from the avatar and each other. A virtual world generator may include a movie recorder module that allows a participant of the virtual world to insert a movie recorder into the world. The user may also change its position to selectively position a camera on the front portion of the movie recorder body and change the orientation of the movie recorder to allow the user to determine the scene within the world recorded by the camera. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210963 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A system and method for displaying three dimensional (3D) images projects a current image on a screen to obtain an original 3D image by a 3D projector, detects a movement of a user by a 3D camera at each time interval, and transfers coordinate alterations of the user to a computer. The computer adjusts a position of the current image on a display according to the coordinate alteration of the user, and transfers the adjusted current image to the 3D projector. Then, the 3D projector projects the adjusted current image on the screen, so as to obtain a new 3D image on the screen. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210964 | Stereoscopic flat panel display with synchronized backlight, polarization control panel, and liquid crystal display - An enhanced liquid crystal display design is provided having relatively fast response time particularly useful in high speed or highly intense applications, such as stereoscopic or autostereoscopic image display. The liquid crystal display device is configured to display stereoscopic images, and comprises an LCD panel and control electronics configured to drive the LCD panel to a desired 10 stereoscopic display state. The control electronics are configured to employ transient phase switching and overdrive the LCD panel to a desired state to enable relatively rapid display of stereoscopic images. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210965 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING VIDEO IMAGES - A method of generating a disparity map is described. The method is for an image sequence which is displayable on a screen defining a screen plane, wherein the image sequence includes a stereoscopically viewable first object perceivable by a viewer on an image plane different to the screen plane, the stereoscopically viewable object comprising a first image viewable by a viewer's eye and a second image viewable by the viewer's other eye, the method comprising:
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| 20110210966 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING THREE DIMENSIONAL CONTENT IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus and a method for generating Three Dimensional (3D) contents in an electronic device are provided. The method includes extracting data having geometric information, generating two images having binocular disparity using the geometric information of the extracted data, and outputting the generated two images to a display unit. The generating of the two images having the binocular disparity includes rendering a first image using the geometric information of the extracted data, and generating a second image using depth information of an object in the first image. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210967 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes: a horizontal resolution converting unit that converts a horizontal resolution of input image data to output horizontal resolution-converted image data; a line memory for the left eye and a line memory for the right eye that store the horizontal resolution-converted image data; a line memory specifying unit that specifies the line memory to store the horizontal resolution-converted image data; a line memory reading unit that reads the horizontal resolution-converted image data from either of the line memory for the left eye and the line memory for the right eye; and a vertical resolution converting unit that converts a vertical resolution of the horizontal resolution-converted image data read by the line memory reading unit to generate output image data. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210968 | ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMING GUIDE - A method and apparatus of displaying visual guide for multimedia content. In one embodiment, the visual guide is constructed of a three dimensional environment, in which multimedia content information is displayed. A user may navigate the three dimensional environment to view additional or alternative information. In one or more arrangements, different surfaces of the three dimensional environment may correspond to different levels of preference or desirability. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210969 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING A DEPTH MAP - The present invention relates to a device and method ( | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110216059 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING REAL-TIME THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS IN AN AREA OF INTEREST - Systems and methods for generating real-time 3D representation of a user immersed in a 3D representation of an area of interest are provided. In some embodiments, a method may be provided where the method provide steps for generating a three-dimensional area of interest based at least on substantially real-time data, generating an avatar immersed in the generated three-dimensional area of interest for each user of a plurality of users, animating each avatar immersed in the generated three-dimensional representation of area of interest based at least on gesture data received from one or more cameras associated to each user of the plurality of users, and manipulating objects represented in the three-dimensional representation of the area of interest. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216060 | Maintaining Multiple Views on a Shared Stable Virtual Space - Methods, apparatus, and computer programs for controlling a view of a virtual scene with a portable device are presented. In one method, a signal is received and the portable device is synchronized to make the location of the portable device a reference point in a three-dimensional (3D) space. A virtual scene, which includes virtual reality elements, is generated in the 3D space around the reference point. Further, the method determines the current position in the 3D space of the portable device with respect to the reference point and creates a view of the virtual scene. The view represents the virtual scene as seen from the current position of the portable device and with a viewing angle based on the current position of the portable device. Additionally, the created view is displayed in the portable device, and the view of the virtual scene is changed as the portable device is moved by the user within the 3D space. In another method, multiple players shared the virtual reality and interact among each other view the objects in the virtual reality. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216061 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE INFORMATION AND AUTOSTERIOSCOPIC SCREEN - A method for displaying image information on an autostereoscopic screen that is suitable for simultaneous display of a plurality of views visible respectively from at least one of a plurality of laterally offset viewing zones. A first stereoscopic half-image and a second stereoscopic half-image, which are perceptible simultaneously and together produce a stereoimage, are reproduced on the screen such that the first stereoscopic half-image is visible from two laterally offset and respectively continuous regions, while the second stereoscopic half-image is visible from a stereozone which is situated between the two mentioned regions and is smaller than each of these two regions. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110221742 | Scalable High Performance 3D Graphics - A high-speed ring topology. In one embodiment, two base chip types are required: a “drawing” chip, LoopDraw, and an “interface” chip, LoopInterface. Each of these chips have a set of pins that supports an identical high speed point to point unidirectional input and output ring interconnect interface: the LoopLink. The LoopDraw chip uses additional pins to connect to several standard memories that form a high bandwidth local memory sub-system. The LoopInterface chip uses additional pins to support a high speed host computer host interface, at least one video output interface, and possibly also additional non-local interconnects to other LoopInterface chip(s). | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221743 | Method And System For Controlling A 3D Processor Using A Control List In Memory - A graphics processing device generates control lists for controlling processing of 3D graphics. Control lists comprise primitive data for the 3D graphics, pointers to primitive data and control data. Tags that correspond to records within the control lists may be utilized for the control of processing. The graphics processing device may comprise a 3D pipeline comprising parallel processors. Processing is performed on a tile by tile basis and comprises a tile binning phase and/or a tile rendering phase. The two phases of processing may be performed in parallel on different sets of data. Control lists comprise a main list and/or sub-lists, for example, tile lists. Control lists may comprise links to other lists. Processing control may advance through the control lists without interaction from a driver and/or from a processor that is external to the graphics processing device. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221744 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereoscopic image display device for realizing a three-dimensional image includes; an image display device including an image display area having a plurality of pixels, each pixel of the plurality of pixels being composed of two sub-pixels selected from a group of a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel and a fourth sub-pixel, and a retarder disposed on the image display device and configured to convert a linearly polarized image from the image display device into left-handed circularly polarized light and right-handed circularly polarized light. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221745 | INCORPORATING MEDIA CONTENT INTO A 3D SOCIAL PLATFORM - A 3D social media platform is provided that allows users to share and experience a realistic social viewing experience with members of their social network. More specifically, a user shares a virtual 3D social venue with one or more members within their social network (e.g., Facebook friends) for the purpose of experiencing the content (e.g., movie, television, video game) as if each of the members were physically together in the venue. The user selects 2D media content, such as a web page, from an external and independent source (such as a web browser) to instantiate onto a virtual screen, window, or other viewing surface inside the virtual 3D social venue. The instantiated media content is displayed to the user and any invited friends within the context of the virtual three-dimensional space. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221746 | 3D EYEGLASSES, METHOD FOR DRIVING 3D EYEGLASSES AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING 3D IMAGE - Three-dimensional (3D) eyeglasses, method for driving 3D glasses, and a 3D image providing system are provided. 3D glasses which interwork with the 3D display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a power unit which supplies power to the 3D eyeglasses; a sensing unit which detects whether or not a user is wearing the 3D eyeglasses; and a controlling unit which controls the power unit to supply power when the sensing unit detects that the user is wearing the 3D eyeglasses. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221747 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image display device and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method for operating the image display device including a plurality of backlight lamp includes receiving a 3-Dimensional (3D) image, alternately aligning the left-eye image and the right-eye image of the 3D image, and displaying any one of the aligned left- and right-eye images if a display switching signal for switching the 3D image to a 2-Dimensional (2D) image is input. In the displaying step, the backlight lamps are turned on in synchronization with any one of the aligned left- and right-eye images. Accordingly, it is possible to easily view the 3D image as the 2D image. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221748 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF VIEWING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - A method of generating an e-book document comprises representing some or all of a page of an electronic document as a graphic textures sequence derived from the document page. The sequence comprises successively smaller graphic textures, arranging them to form a first mip-map suitable for use by 3D graphics hardware, and outputting an e-book document comprising the first mip-map representing some or all of the document page. A method of reading an e-book document includes accessing at least a portion of the mip-map comprising the sequence of graphic textures, constructing a surface in a 3D virtual space comprising one or more polygons, applying to the polygon surface a graphic texture derived from the accessed part of the mip-map responsive to scaling of the polygon surface with respect to an e-book reader display, and displaying the textured polygon surface on the display, thereby displaying some or all of the page. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221749 | Photolithographed Micro-Mirror Well For 3D Tomogram Imaging of Individual Cells - A micro-mirror well. In one embodiment the micro-mirror well includes a plurality of planar mirrors arranged around an axis of symmetry and inclined to form a pyramid well, where each of the plurality of planar mirrors is capable of reflecting light emitting from an object of interest placed inside the pyramid well. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221750 | DISPLAY DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD - Movement of a display device is detected, and an image is displayed in stereoscopic display or planar display depending on the detected movement. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110227909 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNIVERSAL 3D VIEWING DEVICE - A signal format definition data appropriate for a rendering device used to present alternate-frame sequencing based 3D material is identified and the identified signal format definition data is thereafter used to decode received synchronization signals associated with the rendering device. A shutter of a universal viewing device may thus be controlled as a function of the decoded synchronization signals associated with the rendering device to thereby allow for viewing of the alternate-frame sequencing based 3D material. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227910 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORKSTATION FOR SECURITY AND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS - A method of and a system for displaying volumetric data on a 2D or 3D display are provided. In particular, a method of highlighting objects using contours of selected objects on a 2D display and on a 3D stereoscopic display is provided. The contour highlighting method provides users an attention cue of highlighted objects while preserves the details of objects to be observed. The applications of the 3D display workstation for security luggage screening and for medical diagnosis and surgical planning are also provided. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227911 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A method may be provided for operating an image display device capable of three-dimensionally displaying an object. The method may include producing a main image, providing a first subtitle On Screen Display (OSD) object for displaying a first subtitle of the main image, and providing a second subtitle OSD object for displaying a second subtitle of the main image. The second subtitle OSD object may have a different depth value from the first subtitle OSD object. The method may also include displaying the first subtitle OSD object and the second subtitle OSD object. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227912 | IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - An image generating method includes: generating first and second projected two-dimensional images of a front object seen from first and second viewpoints, the front object being a part of the three-dimensional image divided by a predetermined boundary surface; interpolating the first and second projected two-dimensional images to generate a first interpolated two-dimensional image of the front object seen from a third viewpoint locating on a straight line connecting the first and second viewpoint; generating third and fourth projected two-dimensional images of a rear object seen from the first and second viewpoints, the rear object being another part of the three-dimensional image divided by the predetermined boundary surface; interpolating the third and fourth projected two-dimensional images to generate a second interpolated two-dimensional image of the rear object seen from the third viewpoint; and overwriting the first interpolated two-dimensional image on the second interpolated two-dimensional image. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227913 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling a Camera View into a Three Dimensional Computer-Generated Virtual Environment - Motion sensors on a portable computing device are used to control a camera view into a three dimensional computer-generated virtual environment. This allows the user to move the portable computing device to see into the virtual environment from different angles. For example, the user may rotate the portable computing device about a vertical axis toward the left to cause the camera angle in the virtual environment to pan to the left. Likewise, rotational motion about a horizontal axis will cause the camera to move up or down to adjust the vertical orientation of the user's view into the virtual environment. By causing the view in the virtual environment that is shown on the display to follow the movement of the portable computing device, the display of the portable computing device appears to provide a window into the virtual environment which provides an intuitive interface to the virtual environment. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227914 | GENERATION OF A DEPTH MAP - A method of generating a depth map for an image comprises the following steps: displaying the image, displaying an indication on the image in a first region of the image, displaying a plurality of labels, receiving a user input selecting one of the plurality of labels, setting a label for the first region to the selected label, repeating steps two to five for a different region, until a predefined event has occurred, accessing a predefined scheme for converting a label map to a depth map, and generating a depth map according to the predefined scheme and labels set following the user inputs. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227915 | Computer interface employing a manipulated object with absolute pose detection component and a display - A system that has a remote control, e.g., a wand, equipped with a relative motion sensor that outputs data indicative of a change in position of the wand. The system also has one or more light sources and a photodetector that detects their light and outputs data indicative of the detected light. The system uses one or more controllers to determine the absolute position of the wand based on the data output by the relative motion sensor and by the photodetector. The data enables determination of the absolute pose of the wand, which includes the absolute position of a reference point chosen on the wand and the absolute orientation of the wand. To properly express the absolute parameters of position and/or orientation of the wand a reference location is chosen with respect to which the calculations are performed. The system is coupled to a display that shows an image defined by a first and second orthogonal axes such as two axes belonging to world coordinates (X | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227916 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM AND GAME APPARATUS - A computer generating a three-dimensional space and the images to be shown on a display: sets a first angle of view of the virtual camera; displays the image in accordance with the first angle of view; detects a position on the displayed image pointed to by the input device; calculates a straight line passing through the detected position and the virtual camera in the three-dimensional space; identifies an object intersecting the straight line; automatically sets a second angle of view of the virtual camera to zoom in and display the identified object, and displays the identified object using the display device from the perspective of the second angle of view. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110234581 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL RENDERING OF A VIRTUAL AUGMENTED REPLICA OF A PRODUCT IMAGE MERGED WITH A MODEL IMAGE OF A HUMAN-BODY FEATURE - A system for rendering a merged virtual 3D augmented replica of a 3D product image and a 3D model image of a body part. A 3D modeling engine transforms an acquired 2D image of a body part into a 3D augmented replica thereof. A GUI enables the merging, displaying and manipulating of the 3D product image and the 3D augmented replica of a body part. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234582 | Display Apparatus and Method of Controlling Images - A display apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image using a parallax barrier scheme includes a display module having a display region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, and a parallax barrier facing the display region. In the parallax barrier, a plurality of aperture regions are formed as light-transmissive regions so that each one of the aperture regions corresponds to a predetermined number of the pixels. In one embodiment, each of the aperture regions is in a shape that exhibits an identical shape when rotated by 90 degrees. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234583 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARALLEL RAY-TRACING EMPLOYING MODULAR SPACE DIVISION - Novel method and system for distributed database ray-tracing is presented, based on modular mapping of scene-data among processors. Its inherent properties include scattering data among processors for improved load balancing, and matching between geographical proximity in the scene with communication proximity between processors. High utilization is enabled by unique mechanism of cache sharing. The resulting improved performance enables deep level of ray tracing for real time applications. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234584 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE - An HMD includes left and right camera units which have wide-angle lenses, capture the image of a real space, and capture a left viewpoint image and a right viewpoint image. A main image is extracted from a central portion of each viewpoint image, and a left sub-image and a right sub-image are extracted from a peripheral portion of each viewpoint image. The distortion of the wide-angle lens in each main image is corrected, and the corrected main images are displayed in front of the left and right eyes as a stereo image. The left sub-image and the right sub-image are displayed on the left and right sides of the main image without being corrected. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234585 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING 3D IMAGES IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A 3 Dimensional (3D) image processing method and apparatus for a mobile terminal are provided. The method enables the mobile terminal to reconstruct side-by-side 3D images. The method includes, receiving a side-by-side 3D image including vertical lines of pixels, generating a left frame to form a left image and a right frame to form a right image by copying lines of the left half of the side-by-side 3D image to even-numbered lines of the left frame and copying lines of the right half of the side-by-side 3D image to odd-numbered lines of the right frame, completing the left image and the right image by interpolating existing lines of the left frame and the right frame, and generating a 3D image frame by combining the left image and the right image, and displaying the 3D image frame. Hence, the mobile terminal may provide higher quality 3D images to the user. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234586 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND ACTIVE SHUTTER GLASSES - The image signal processing device includes: an image signal obtainment unit which obtains a three-dimensional image signal for allowing three-dimensional viewing of images using a pair of active shutter glasses; an output unit which outputs the three-dimensional image signal; a judgment unit which judges whether or not the pair of active shutter glasses is in a valid state which allows three-dimensional viewing using the pair of active shutter glasses, based on a result of obtaining information from outside the image signal processing device; and a control unit which switches, by controlling the output unit, an output signal from the output unit, from the three-dimensional image signal to a two-dimensional image signal associated with the three-dimensional image signal, when a result of the judgment by the judgment unit indicates that the pair of active shutter glasses is not in the valid state. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234587 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING OR INTERACTIVE LIGHTING OF A COMPLEX THREE DIMENSIONAL SCENE - The present invention concerns a method for rendering or interactive lighting of a tridimensional scene ( | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234588 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MODIFYING AN ANIMATION WIRE FRAME - An animation wireframe is modified with three-dimensional (3D) range and color data having a corresponding shape surface. The animation wireframe is vertically scaled based on distances between consecutive features within the 3D range and color data and corresponding distances within the generic animation wireframe. For each animation wireframe point, the location of the animation wireframe point is adjusted to coincide with a point on the shape surface. The shape surface point lies along a scaling line connecting the animation wireframe point, the shape surface point and an origin point. The scaling line is within a horizontal point. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110242090 | AUGMENTED REALITY DIRECTION ORIENTATION MASK - An augmented reality device provides a virtual mask that surrounds the viewer and includes a variation that provides information about the direction to a target item. The variation, which may be a variation in transparency, color, geometric shape, texture, material, lighting, or shading, is associated with the position of the target item so that orientation of the variation in the virtual mask does not change with respect to the direction of the target item. A portion of the virtual mask that is in the direction that the viewer is facing is displayed over the real-world image with the variation in the virtual mask providing information to the viewer about the direction of the target item. When the viewer rotates with respect to the target item, a different portion of the virtual mask that is in the current field of view is displayed. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242091 | IMAGE PROCESSING CIRCUIT - An image processing circuit includes a first memory, a second memory, a write unit and a read unit. The first and second memories alternately store sub pixels of an input image including a plurality of parallax images corresponding to different view point directions. The write unit writes the sub pixels to one of the first and second memories. The read unit reads the sub pixels as an output image from the other of the first and second memories. Each of the first and second memories stores sub pixels for a plurality of successive lines. While the write unit writes the sub pixels of the input image to one of the first and second memories, the read unit reads the sub pixels of the output image from the other of the first and second memories. The first and the second memories are alternately changed. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242092 | Image display system - An image display system including: an image acquisition section that acquires a specific number of images of an imaging subject by imaging with an imaging section from different respective imaging positions; a detection section that detects regions of attention expressing specific loci of attention in each of the specific number of images acquired by the image acquisition section; and a selection section that selects, from combinations of the images, a combination of images for display as images on a display section, the combination of images having a minimum number of images having all of the loci of attention expressed by the regions of attention detected by the detection section in the specific number of images. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242093 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMAGE DATA IN IMAGE SYSTEM - An apparatus for providing image data in an image system includes: a stereoscopic image generation unit configured to receive image data and depth information data and generate stereoscopic image data; a parallax calculation unit configured to analyze parallax information of a 3D image from the stereoscopic image data, divide the analyzed parallax information step by step, and determine parallax step information; a caption and text generation unit configured to generate a caption and a text by applying the parallax step information and generate position information of the generated caption and text; and an image synthesis unit configured to insert the caption and text into the stereoscopic image data based on the position information of the caption and text and provide 3D image data. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242094 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a stereoscopic image display includes an input module, a luminance processing module, a display panel, a light source, and a control module. The input module takes in a first image signal and a second image signal which has a parallax with respect to the first image signal and whose luminance is lower than that of the first image signal. The control module controls the lighting time of the light source to make the length of lighting time of the light source longer than a predetermined length of time when the first image signal whose luminance has been decreased by the luminance processing module is displayed on the display panel, and to make the length of the lighting time shorter than the predetermined length of time when the second image signal whose luminance has been increased by the luminance processing module is displayed on the display panel. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242095 | METHOD FOR DEFINING FLUID/SOLID BOUNDARY FOR COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS - A method for defining a fluid/solid boundary for computational fluid dynamics simulations making use of a coordinate system mesh and a solid object model comprises: a step of defining straight lines on which all of the grid points of the coordinate system mesh are positioned; a step of obtaining intersecting points of the straight lines with the surface of the solid object model; and a step in which, for each of the straight lines having the intersecting points, the grid points on the straight line are searched for a nearest point to each of the intersecting points, and based on the searched-out nearest points, the grid points positioned are determined whether the grid point is positioned inside the solid object model or in the fluid region. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242096 | ANATOMY DIAGRAM GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A storage unit stores a multiplicity of keywords to be extracted from medical treatment reports, each of the multiplicity of keywords representing a region of a human body, a disease name, or a treatment method, and an image generation condition for volume rendering appropriate for the region or the like in such a manner that each of the multiplicity of keywords and the image generation condition are correlated with each other. An extraction unit extracts, from a medical treatment report, at least one of the multiplicity of keywords representing a region of a human body, a disease name, or a treatment method. An image generation unit generates an anatomy diagram by performing volume rendering on a three-dimensional image representing a three-dimensional human body model by using the image generation condition correlated with the at least one of the multiplicity of keywords. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242097 | PROJECTION IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - In generating a virtual endoscopic image, an interior of a lumen is made viewable even when the viewpoint position is changed. A virtual endoscopic image generation element generates a virtual endoscopic image by volume rendering based on three-dimensional data. An opacity curve setting element sets an opacity curve which defines the relationship between pixel values of the three-dimensional data and opacity values. A viewpoint position setting element sets a viewpoint position of a virtual endoscopic image. A movement amount determination element determines a movement amount of the opacity curve with respect to an opacity curve at a reference viewpoint position. When a virtual endoscopic image is generated by the virtual endoscopic image generation element, the opacity curve setting element sets an opacity curve obtained by moving the opacity curve by the determined movement amount in the virtual endoscopic image generation element. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242098 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - When a plurality of faces are arranged in order of distance, a three-dimensional effect evaluation value r for each face is determined on the basis of a three-dimensional effect evaluation function Fl having a point A which internally divides the distance from the front side to the rear side in the depth direction at 1:2 as the vertex. A face with the maximum three-dimensional effect evaluation value r, serving as a face with the highest priority, is determined to be a main object. Then, three-dimensional processing is performed on a plurality of images such that the parallax of the determined main object is the minimum, thereby generating an image for three-dimensional display. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242099 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a reproduction control unit inputting single viewpoint images and multi viewpoint images and generating output data to be output to a display unit. In a case where the display unit performs display in a multi viewpoint image display mode, the reproduction control unit generates and outputs the output data in which each viewpoint image forming the multi viewpoint image is developed at a development position of each viewpoint image defined according to a multi viewpoint image transmission format when outputting the multi viewpoint images. The reproduction control unit generates and outputs the output data in which the same single viewpoint image is developed at the development position of each viewpoint image defined according to the multi viewpoint image transmission format when outputting the single viewpoint images. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242100 | DRIVING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - It is an object to provide a specific driving method for reduction in power consumption in displaying a 3D image with field sequential driving. A driving method of a liquid crystal display device is a method in which a stereoscopic image can be perceived with a liquid crystal display device switching an image for a left eye and an image for a right eye to display the image for the left eye or the image for the right eye, and a pair of glasses having a switching means with which the image for the right eye and the image for the left eye are switched in synchronization with display of the image for the left eye or the image for the right eye in order that the left or right eye of a viewer may selectively perceive the image for the left eye or the image for the right eye; the image for the left eye and the image for the right eye are perceived by the left eye or right eye in a mixed color by switching light which is emitted from a backlight portion and which corresponds to a plurality of colors, within a predetermined period, and the light which is emitted from the backlight portion are continuously emitted in accordance with an image signal of each of a plurality of colors which forms the image for the left eye and the image for the right eye. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242101 | STEREOSCOPIC LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTER GLASSES AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, stereoscopic liquid crystal shutter glasses include a left-eye liquid crystal shutter and a right-eye liquid crystal shutter. Each of the left-eye liquid crystal shutter and the right-eye liquid crystal shutter has a response time not more than 5 milliseconds. Each of the left-eye liquid crystal shutter and the right-eye liquid crystal shutter has a contrast ratio not less than 350:1. The contrast ratio is a value at an angle of sight of 30 degrees in left direction and in right direction. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242102 | VEHICLE USER INTERFACE UNIT FOR A VEHICLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A vehicle user interface unit for a vehicle electronic device. The vehicle user interface unit includes a three-dimensional (“3D”) display unit having a display, and is configured to display an image for perception by a user as a virtual 3D image. The virtual 3D image is at least partially located in front of the display when the user observes the display. A display control unit is configured to control the generation of the image by the 3D display unit. The virtual 3D image includes a 3D object having at least two regions located in different spatial planes. Each region includes a plurality of interaction elements. An input unit is configured to detect the location of a user-controlled object and to interpret the detection of a predefined variation of the user-controlled object as a selection of one of the interaction elements in the virtual 3D image. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242103 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method for displaying an image of the mobile terminal are disclosed. An optimum stereoscopic image is provided to a user and virtual information or a graphic object having the same depth as that of a particular object included in the stereoscopic image is displayed to correspond to the particular object, thereby informing the user that the virtual information or the graphic object is information regarding the particular object. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242104 | Methods and Systems for Presenting Three-Dimensional Motion Pictures with Content Adaptive Information - The present invention relates generally to methods and systems for the production of 3D motion picture subtitles adapted to image content for improved viewer experience. Some embodiments of the present invention relate to positioning subtitles at variable, scene-dependent depth. Certain aspects of the present invention may be applicable to general 3D display applications and/or digital projection of 3D motion pictures. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110248987 | INTERACTIVE THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYS ON HANDHELD DEVICES - Techniques are disclosed for rendering an anamorphic projection of 3D scene geometry on a handled device using a correct asymmetric perspective geometry projection. Once pose of the handheld device is determined, a relative eye position may be inferred when the device is tilted away from an initial or default pose, based on data supplied by accelerometers. Thus, embodiments of the invention result in a holographic style display without the need for glasses or external sensing attachments. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248988 | IMAGE CONVERTING DEVICE AND THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An image converting device includes; a downscaling unit which downscales a two-dimensional image to generate at least one downscaling image, a feature map generating unit which extracts feature information from the downscaling image to generate a feature map, a visual attention calculating unit which generates a low-level attention map based on a visual attention of the feature map, and an image expansion unit which up-scales the low-level attention map, wherein an increasing gray value may be added to image data disposed on the upper portion in the low-level attention map, and 0 or a decreasing gray value may be added to the image data disposed on the lower portion. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248989 | 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD FOR SETTING DISPLAY MODE, AND 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM - A 3D display apparatus, a method for setting a display mode thereof, and a 3D image providing system are provided. The method for setting a display mode in a 3D display apparatus which displays a 3D image in association with at least one 3D glasses include obtaining information regarding an age of a user who is wearing the 3D glasses and adjusting stereoscopic sense of the 3D image according to the age information. Since the 3D image display apparatus determines the age of a user and adjusts 3D image display environment according to the age of a user, the user may feel less fatigued while viewing the 3D image. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248990 | GENERATION OF A MODIFIED 3D IMAGE OF AN OBJECT COMPRISING TOOL MARKS - There is provided a method for generating a 3D representation of an object, comprising: acquiring 3D topographic data representative of at least one portion of the object having a macroscopic form and microscopic features; separating the 3D topographic data into microscopic data representative of the microscopic features and macroscopic data representative of the macroscopic form; independently scaling one of the microscopic data and the macroscopic data in order to enhance the microscopic features with respect to the macroscopic form, thereby obtaining scaled topographic data; and generating a 3D image using the scaled topographic data, thereby obtaining a modified representation having enhanced microscopic features for the at least one portion of the object. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248991 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING 3D GLASSES, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL TERMINAL, AND 3D GLASSES, DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROL TERMINAL AND 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM THEREOF - Methods of controlling three-dimensional (3D) glasses, a display apparatus, and a control terminal for controlling brightness of a 3D image, and the 3D glasses, the display apparatus, the control terminal, and a 3D display system related to the same are provided. The method of controlling the 3D glasses includes: obtaining a control signal related to controlling brightness of an image; and controlling a shutter of the 3D glasses according to the obtained control signal. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248992 | AVATAR EDITING ENVIRONMENT - An avatar editing environment is disclosed that allows users to create custom avatars for use in online games and other applications. Starting with a blank face the user can add, rescale and position different elements (e.g., eyes, nose, mouth) on the blank face. The user can also change the shape of the avatar's face, the avatar's skin color and the color of all the elements. In some implementations, touch input and gestures can be used to manually edit the avatar. Various controls can be used to create the avatar, such as controls for resizing, rotating, positioning, etc. The user can choose between manual and automatic avatar creation. The avatar editing environment can be part of a framework that is available to applications. One or more elements of the avatar can be animated. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248993 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STEREO PICTURES - A three-dimensional stereo display, and a system and method are provided for controlling the three-dimensional stereo display. The three-dimensional stereo display includes backlight, a first polarizer, a first liquid crystal panel, a second polarizer and a second liquid crystal panel which are sequentially arranged on the backlight source. The second liquid crystal panel switches the polarizing angle of the light travelling through and exiting from said second liquid crystal panel between a horizontal and vertical polarization. Due to the polarization direction of light could be changed by the liquid crystal panel, and makes the light for the left-eye image and the right-eye image are mutual perpendicular. The polarization direction of the light for the left-eye image is the same as that of the left lens, and the polarization direction of the light for the right-eye image is the same as that of the right lens. So the light belongs to the left-eye image or the right-eye image can pass through the left lens or the right lens respectively, then a stereo image will emerge in people's brain due to the effect of “fusion activity”. Further, there is no need to close the polarized spectacles, the displaying efficiency is improved compared with the “Active Stereo”. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248994 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An autostereoscopic display device comprises a display ( | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110254833 | MESH ESTIMATION OF TERRAIN - A method for generating a three dimensional grid of terrain includes receiving data representing a three-dimensional point cloud and generating a plurality of slices of the data. The method evaluates the slices using a swarm intelligence algorithm. The method is able to identify both terrain and objects. The terrain can also be identified as traversable terrain. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254834 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention may provide a stereoscopic image display device capable of preventing crosstalk or reduction of viewing angles upon displaying stereoscopic images, and improving image quality such as contrast ratio; an optical filter for the stereoscopic image display device; polarizing glasses for observing stereoscopic images; or a method of improving stereoscopic image quality. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254835 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CREATION OF 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - The invention relates to a method and system for generating a 3-dimensional image on a 2-dimensional display of a device. The method includes the steps of receiving an image in image processor means and using the image processor means to determine at least two pixels layers in the image. A proximity value is then assigned to each pixel layer wherein the proximity value is indicative of a depth perception of the pixel layer relative to a user of a device having a display screen. An instruction module is then coupled to the image operative to cause each pixel layer to move along an axis of orientation on the 2-dimensional display of the device and at a velocity rate dependent upon the proximity value assigned to the pixel layer. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254836 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, SHUTTER 3D SPECTACLES AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are shutter 3D spectacles which are used for a display apparatus displaying a left eye image and a right eye image alternately, the shutter 3D spectacles including a left eye shutter and a right eye shutter which are open and closed; a signal receiver which receives a synchronization signal from the display apparatus to operate the left eye shutter and the right eye shutter; and a controller which opens and closes the left eye shutter and the right eye shutter based on the synchronization signal, and the controller controlling the left eye shutter and the right eye shutter to operate the 3D spectacles in one of a 2D mode and a 3D mode. The shutter 3D spectacles operates selectively in a 2D mode and a 3D mode and provides a 2D image for a user even when a 3D image is being displayed. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254837 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image display apparatus and a method for controlling the same are discussed. The method for controlling an image display apparatus that displays a 3-dimensional (3D) image includes generating first user captured information representing a captured image of a first user of the image display apparatus, receiving second user captured information representing a captured image of a second user of another image display apparatus from a server or the another image display apparatus, and displaying at least one of a 3D object corresponding to the first user captured information and a 3D object corresponding to the second user captured information with a background image. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254838 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA ON STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE, METHOD FOR PLAYING BACK STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE, AND METHOD FOR CREATING FILE OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - Provided are a method for transmitting data related to a stereoscopic image and a method for playing back a stereoscopic image. The stereoscopic image data transmitting method includes generating stereoscopic image data related to a stereoscopic still image in a predetermined file format ( | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110261048 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A system and method for displaying a three dimensional (3D) image on a touch screen of an electronic device detects an initial touch point and an end touch point of a touch motion, when the touch screen is touched. Then the method creates a coordinate system for the touch screen, and calculates a motion direction and a motion angle of the touch motion according to coordinates of the initial touch point and the end touch point in the coordinate system. Additionally, the method adjusts a display orientation of the 3D image displayed on the touch screen according to the motion direction and the motion angle, and displays the adjusted 3D image on the touch screen. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261049 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA VISUALIZATION AND RELATED APPLICATIONS - In a data visualization system, a method of creating a visual representation of data, the method including the steps of providing instructions to an end user to assist the end user in: constructing multiple graphical representations of data, where each graphical representation is one of a predefined type and includes multiple layers of elements that contribute to the end user's understanding of the data; arranging multiple graphical representations of different types within the visual representation in a manner that enables the end user to understand and focus on the data being represented; and displaying the visual representation. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261050 | Intermediate View Synthesis and Multi-View Data Signal Extraction - An intermediate view synthesis apparatus for synthesizing an intermediate view image from a first image corresponding to a first view and a second image corresponding to a second view different from the first view, the first and second images including depth information, wherein the second image being is divided-up into a non-boundary portion, and a foreground/background boundary region, wherein the intermediate view synthesis apparatus is configured to project and merge the first image and the second image into the intermediate view to obtain an intermediate view image, with treating the foreground/background boundary region subordinated relative to the non-boundary portion. A multi-view data signal extraction apparatus for extracting a multiview data signal from a multi-view representation including a first image corresponding to a first view and a second image corresponding to a second view being different from the first view is also described, the first and second images including depth information. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261051 | Method and Device for Displaying Information, in Particularly in a Motor Vehicle - In a method for displaying information, particularly in a vehicle, at least one object for conveying a portion of gross information is represented graphically in at least one first display mode with the aid of a display mounted, e.g., in the vehicle, and as a function of a control signal of a control device, graphic data are generated which alter the representation of the graphical object such that the graphical object changes over to at least one second display mode. In the second display mode, the object is shown swiveled about an axis in a perspective or three-dimensional manner relative to the first display mode of the object, and the portion of the gross information conveyed by the object is greater in the second display mode than the portion of the gross information conveyed by the object in the first display mode. A corresponding display device is adapted to perform the method described above. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261052 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROWSING VISUAL CONTENT DISPLAYED IN A VIRTUAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE - The invention provides a method for constructing a zoom path between a predetermined viewing point P | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261053 | PLUG-IN ARCHITECTURE FOR WINDOW MANAGEMENT AND DESKTOP COMPOSITING EFFECTS - The system and method described herein relates to a plug-in architecture that enables accelerated rendering and compositing of one or more graphical effects instantiated by one or more separate visual effect plug-ins. The plug-in architecture enables setting up visual effects, accepting graphical output requests, customizing visual effects, and/or allowing enhanced graphics rendering for desktop usage, among other things. The invention provides a modular approach to customizing and rendering visual effects. The plug-in architecture enables plug-ins to be exchanged, modified, removed, and added, among other things. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261054 | 3D IMAGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A 3D image control apparatus is provided which prevents unevenness of luminance in an observed image on a screen caused in a 3D image viewing system including an impulse type display device and liquid crystal shutter glasses. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110267337 | BRACKET-SLOT-TO-WIRE PLAY COMPENSATION ARCHWIRE DESIGN - A method and workstation are described for designing compensation in an orthodontic archwire in order to offset the bracket-slot-to-wire play and realize the disered displacement in a tooth from an initial position to the target position. Bracket-slot-to-wire play can reduce the effectiveness of an archwire in bringing the teeth of an orthodontic patient from malocclusion to desired target. Bracket-slot-to-wire play is the difference in volume between the size of a bracket slot, which is larger than the size of the archwire, and the size of the sliding segment of an archwire inserted in the bracket slot. Customized archwires comprise alternating sliding segments interconnected by segments with bends and/or twists in three-dimensional space. The sliding segments are placed in the bracket slots and exert forces on the brackets created by the segments with bends and/or twists for moving the teeth towards the target positions. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267338 | Apparatus and method for reducing three-dimensional visual fatigue - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for reducing 3D visual fatigue that a user feels when viewing a 3D image. An optimal 3D image may be regenerated and displayed without causing 3D visual fatigue and thus, it is possible to significantly reduce the 3D visual fatigue. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267339 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIEWING MEDICAL 3D IMAGING VOLUMES - A method of automatically tracking the portions of a 3D medical imaging volume, such as the voxels, that have already been displayed according to use-defined display parameters, notating those portions, and providing the user with information indicating what portions of the imaging volume have been displayed at full resolution. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267340 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION CORRECTION AND IMAGE ENHANCEMENT FOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - Images of an object, such as OCT scans of a human eye, can include distortions and data gaps due to relative motion of the object and the image acquisition device. Methods and systems for correction of such distortions and data gaps are described herein. Motion-corrected data is arrived at by applying three-dimensional transforms to input three-dimensional data sets that represent at least partially overlapping regions of the imaged object. The three dimensional transforms are computed based on an objective function that accounts for similarity between the transformed three-dimensional data sets and the estimated motion of the object relative to an imaging instrument. Methods and systems described herein advantageously eliminate the need for postulated assumptions and reliance on landmarks and are capable of filling data gaps, thereby producing high quality, undistorted images of objects subject to movement during imaging. Multiple motion-corrected data sets can be merged or combined to produce a data set with improved image quality. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267341 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A stereoscopic display apparatus includes a display panel which scans an image at a frame frequency that is an odd-numbered multiple of a field frequency, an image signal input unit which inputs an image signal to the display panel, a backlight unit which emits light to the display panel, and a shutter controller which controls an opening and a closing of a left eye shutter and a right eye shutter of shutter glasses. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267342 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING SIGHT DISTANCE - A method of sight distance analysis comprising: acquiring a scene-graph representation comprising three dimensional entities; acquiring at least one three dimensional object representation within the scene graph environment; acquiring a target object representation; selecting at least one camera position; positioning the acquired target object representation in the scene graph representation at a distance from the selected at least one camera position; and determining a visibility factor for the positioned target object representation. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267343 | Reducing Variation in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning - A method and apparatus are disclosed that reduces variation in radiation therapy treatment planning among plurality of users within the same or different geographic locations. The system includes a method and an apparatus that provide users with the knowledge information and utilizing the knowledge information to contour target volumes for radiation treatment planning. The mode of operation includes utilizing a stand-alone workstation or a server computer connected to the plurality of thin client workstations. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110273437 | Data Dependent Method of Configuring Stereoscopic Rendering Parameters - A method of determining a configuration of stereoscopic rendering parameters in a computer graphics environment by periodically determining the location of data within the viewing frustum and adapting the parameters to generate a stereo render. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273438 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CHOOSING DATA THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and a method of choosing data thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a database and a play unit. The display unit is capable of displaying a three-dimensional (3D) diagram which is used to indicate a plurality of data categories. The outward appearance of the 3D diagram may be transformed in order to point to one of the data categories according to an input instruction. The play unit may read the corresponding multimedia data from the database according to the instruction and play it. The 3D diagram is preferably described by a pillar section, a ring section and a connecting section. The pillar section lies at a central region of the ring section and connects to the ring section via the connecting section. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273439 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A method of driving an image display device comprises inserting a reset frame displaying black data between neighboring data frames alternately displaying left-eye data and right-eye data; reflecting gray-scale information of an (n−2)th data frame in a reset frame corresponding to an (n−1)th frame through a predetermined data calculating operation; detecting a data variation between the (n−1)th reset frame and an nth data frame, reading a compensation value corresponding to the detection result from a lookup table, and modulating input data of the nth data frame using the read compensation value; and inverting the polarity of the modulated data according to N frame inversion (N is a multiple of 4) and applying the data having the inverted polarity to a display panel. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273440 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A stereoscopic image display and a method for driving the same are disclosed. The stereoscopic image display includes a display panel displaying a two-dimensional (2D) image data in a 2D mode and displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image data in a 3D mode, a gamma reference voltage generating circuit that generates first gamma reference voltages and second gamma reference voltages different from the first gamma reference voltages, outputs the first gamma reference voltages in the 2D mode, and outputs the second gamma reference voltages in the 3D mode, and data driver that converts the 2D image data into the first gamma reference voltages in the 2D mode and converts left eye image data and right eye image data into the second gamma reference voltages in the 3D mode. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273441 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THEREOF - An organic light emitting display device for displaying 2D and 3D image, the organic light emitting display device including a scan driver for supplying a scan signal to a plurality of scan lines; a data driver for supplying a data signal to a plurality of data lines; a plurality of pixels that located at crossing regions of the scan lines and the data lines for controlling a current flowing from a first power driver to a second power driver via an organic light emitting diode; a data processor for classifying data supplied from outside as 2D or 3D data, and for producing 2D or 3D; and a timing controller for transmitting 2D or 3D data supplied from the data processor to the data driver, wherein the timing controller is configured to set the pixels in a non-emission state during a scan period. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273442 | RECOGNITION AND POSE DETERMINATION OF 3D OBJECTS IN 3D SCENES - The invention provides a method for recognizing instances of a 3D object in 3D scene data and for determining the 3D poses of said instances comprising the following steps: (a) providing 3D scene data; (b) selecting at least one reference point from the 3D scene data; (c) computing, for each selected reference point, pose candidates for the 3D object under the assumption that said reference point is part of the 3D object; and (d) computing a set of filtered poses from the pose candidates. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273443 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE FEATURES - A method and a system for three-dimensional modeling of a three-dimensional scene features, are described. According to the present invention, a reference-image is captured from a known angle while an array of two-dimensional random patterns is projected onto a reference surface from another known angle. The reference image is turned in relation to the reference surface. Then, an image of the scene is captured while the array of two-dimensional random patterns is projected onto it from the same angles. By matching the patterns of these images and measuring the movement between the two projected patterns, the third dimension is computed using triangulation techniques. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273444 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SELECTED GARMENTS ON A COMPUTER-SIMULATED MANNEQUIN - A method and system for providing a computer-simulated environment for displaying a selected mannequin wearing a combination of selected garments. In one aspect, three-dimensional scenes containing mannequin and garment objects are created within a three-dimensional modeling environment, and a simulation is performed using a cloth simulator within the modeling environment to model the construction, draping, and collision of the garment with the mannequin. Rendering frames corresponding to a variety of garments, mannequins, garment dimensions, garment styles, wearing patterns, viewing angles, and other parameters, are then generated from which images can be rendered and displayed in accordance with user requests. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273445 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING HAIR AND CLOTH USING POLYHEDRAL-BASED CONSTRAINTS - Systems and methods are disclosed to create a realistic and dynamic model of an animated object, such as hair or cloth, by employing control vertices and control entities that make up an animated object. The control vertices are used as polyhedral vertices in the creation of a polyhedral mesh, such as a tetrahedral mesh, and a constraint is employed during simulation in which the polyhedral volume is preserved. Using the systems and methods, the workflow may be significantly improved and costs significantly lowered. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273446 | ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic imaging device includes a display unit and a barrier layer. The display unit includes scan lines for transferring select signals, data lines for transferring data signals corresponding to first and second images formed according to one or more input signals, and pixels connected with the scan and data lines. The barrier layer includes first barriers and second barriers corresponding to the first barriers. The first image is displayed during a first period of a unit period during which an image of a single frame is displayed. The second image is displayed during a second period different from the first period. The first barriers are driven according to the first image, the second barriers are driven according to the second image, and a region of the barrier layer corresponding to a mixed region in which the first and second images coexist is a non-transmission region. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110279445 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING LOCATION-BASED CONTENT - An approach is provided for rendering content associated with a location-based service. Content is retrieved that is associated with a point on an object identified in the location-based service. The object can be represented by, but is not limited to, a three-dimensional or two-dimensional model or models or by an augmented reality view. A model of the object is retrieved. Rendering of the content is caused, at least in part, on one or more surfaces of the object model in a user interface of the location-based service. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279446 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING A PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF OBJECTS AND CONTENT RELATED THERETO FOR LOCATION-BASED SERVICES ON MOBILE DEVICE - A method including causing, at least in part, rendering of a perspective view showing one or more objects in a field of view. The method further including retrieving content associated with an object of the one or more objects in the field of view, and causing, at least in part, rendering of a graphic representation relating to the content on a surface of the object visible in the perspective view in a user interface for a location-based service of a mobile device. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279447 | Rendering Transparent Geometry - Methods and systems for rendering 3D scenes, including rendering a portion of the 3D scene to a corresponding pixel to determine a pixel value, determining a designated-next multisample of the corresponding pixel, and storing the pixel value at the designated-next multisample in response to determining that a depth value of the portion of the 3D scene is less than a depth value stored at the designated-next multisample. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279448 | Rendering Transparent Geometry - Methods and systems for rendering 3D scenes, including rendering a portion of the 3D scene to a corresponding pixel to determine a pixel value, determining a designated-next multisample of the corresponding pixel, and storing the pixel value at the designated-next multisample in response to determining that a depth value of the portion of the 3D scene is less than a depth value stored at the designated-next multisample. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279449 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING OCULAR DISTANCE - A method for calculating an ocular distance is presented. The method includes the following steps. A three-dimensional (3D) image display device generates one or more second display points and displays one or more virtual reference points. One or more calibration points are obtained, and these calibration points are generated through interaction by a user using an interaction component with the reference points. An ocular distance of the user is calculated according to a relative position between the display points, the calibration points, and the user. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279450 | THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A three dimensional (3D) image display apparatus is provided. The 3D image display apparatus includes an image input unit which receives a 3D image, an image processing unit which divides the input 3D image into a left-eye image and a right-eye image and processes the left and right-eye images, an image output unit which comprises one sheet of polarization film which is capable of switching a direction of polarization, to provide a different direction of polarization with respect to the left and right-eye images being displayed, by switching the direction of polarization of the polarization film, and a control unit which controls the image output unit so that the left and right-eye images processed at the image processing unit are time-divided and displayed alternately. As a result, 3D images are represented conveniently. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279451 | 3D IMAGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND 3D IMAGE CONTROL METHOD - A crosstalk image signal is generated by multiplying an image signal in a subsequent display period of a correction target image signal by a coefficient which is set corresponding to a vertical position on a display screen of a display apparatus in a descending order from the top, or multiplying an image signal in a previous display period of the correction target image signal by a coefficient which is set corresponding to the vertical position on the display screen in a descending order from the bottom. Then the crosstalk image signal is subtracted from the correction target image signal. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279452 | MAP DISPLAY APPARATUS - A map display apparatus is disclosed, which includes a display for display of a 3D map on a map display screen and a controller for displaying the 3D map in first or second 3D state, and switches a display state of the 3D map from the first 3D state to the second 3D state in response to satisfaction of a predetermined switching condition in the first 3D state. In the first 3D state, a road is drawn in an upper/lower direction of the map display screen and front view object images, each being is an image of an object facing onto the road and viewed from the road, are arranged facing onto the road. In the second 3D state, at least some of the front view object images are rotated more toward position of being perpendicular to a line of sight e than in the first 3D state. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110285695 | Pictorial Representation in Virtual Endoscopy - The invention relates to a method for the pictorial representation of a three-dimensional measured data record representing part of a hollow body, comprising the following steps: processing of a first subset of the two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional measured data record for an image reproduction in a first two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional intraluminal pictorial representation of an inner surface of the part of the hollow body, processing of a second subset of the three-dimensional measured data record for an image reproduction in a second two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional intraluminal pictorial representation of the part of the hollow body, representation of the processed first subset of the three-dimensional measured data record in the form of the first two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional intraluminal pictorial representation in a representation plane and representation of the processed second subset of three-dimensional measured data record in the form of the second two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional intraluminal pictorial representation in the representation plane. data of the second subset of the three-dimensional measured data record for one or several planes in a predetermined distance perpendicular to the surface structure represented in the first two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional intraluminal pictorial representation are represented color-coded on the surface structure of the inside of the hollow body which is represented in the entire first two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional intraluminal pictorial representation. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285696 | Direct 3-D Drawing by Employing Camera View Constraints - An interactive 3-D drawing method supports 3-D modeling of real-world scenes captured in the form of multiple images taken from different locations and angles. The method enables the user manipulate a 3-D drawing primitive without changing its appearance on a selected input image. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285697 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY - A three-dimensional (“ | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285698 | Method and arrangement for three-dimensionally recognizable representation - The invention relates to methods and arrangements for unaided three-dimensionally recognizable representation by a method for three-dimensionally recognizable representation, in which individual image elements (α | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285699 | USING 3D TECHNOLOGY TO INDEPENDENTLY VIEW MULTIPLE SERIES OF IMAGES BY DIFFERENT GROUPS OF VIEWERS - A system and method of using 3D technology wherein multiple series of images are displayed on a single display module. A group of viewers can select a single series of images to view from the multiple series of images displayed independent of other groups of viewers. One technique uses temporal separation to display multiple series of images, and a viewer uses eyewear to restrict viewing to one series of images of the multiple series of images displayed. An alternate technique uses spatial separation to display multiple series of images, and the lateral position of the viewer determines the one series of images viewed from the multiple series of images displayed. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285700 | DEVICE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY USING VIEWING ZONE ENLARGEMENT - The present invention relates to a autostereoscopic image display device capable of observing a natural three-dimensional image without crosstalk or pseudo-stereoscopic zone between optimal viewpoints and without using special glasses. The three-dimensional image display device of the present invention includes: a display panel configured to display image information of at least two viewpoints; an optical substrate that is separately disposed from the display panel at a predetermined distance, the optical substrate being configured to form at least one intermediate viewing zone between left and right viewing zones included in base viewing zones corresponding to two viewpoints, which are observed when a position of an observer moves horizontally; and a control unit configured to provide the image information corresponding to the respective viewpoints at the base viewing zones and remove image information from the at least one intermediate viewing zone. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285701 | Stereo-Matching Processor Using Belief Propagation - In accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure, a processor for performing stereo matching of a first image and a second image is described. The processor may include a first pipeline stage configured to generate data costs associated with a first tile selected from the first image, wherein the data costs is generated based on pixels in the first tile and corresponding pixels in the second image. The processor may include a second pipeline stage configured to generate disparity values associated with the first tile and an outbound message from the first tile to one of neighboring tiles in the first image, wherein the disparity values and the outbound message are generated based on the data costs and inbound messages from the neighboring tiles to the first tile. The processor may further include a third pipeline stage configured to store the disparity values and the outbound message in a memory, wherein the outbound message is used by the second pipeline stage as one of the inbound messages during processing of a second tile selected from the first image. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285702 | VISUALIZING A TIME-VARIANT PARAMETER IN A BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE - The invention relates to a system and a method for visualizing a time-variant parameter at a plurality of positions in a biological structure, wherein a visualization display is configured to display a first representation showing a first visualization parameter at a plurality of time intervals, determined in a first volume between a first and a second boundary of the structure, and to display a second representation showing first and second visualization parameters determined in the first and in a second volume extending between the first and the second boundary of the structure. By providing the user with this combination of the two representations, a higher resolution of data may be processed and meaningfully visualized for intermediate volumes between the first and the second boundary. This is based on the insight that it is desirable to view data between boundaries of a structure as well as at different positions through the structure. However, without simple means of visualization, processing a higher resolution of data is not feasible. This is especially useful when performance differences may be present between the structure at the first and the second boundary. For example, perfusion measurements within the myocardium are different for the endocardial and epicardial layers. Therefore, the relative position of the measurements relative to these layers yields valuable data in the evaluation of perfusion. This increases the information which the healthcare professional can extract from imaging data without complicating the representations required to visualize it. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285703 | 3D AVATAR SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING BACKGROUND IMAGE - Disclosed are a system and a method for providing an avatar service with the background having the reality. A 3-D avatar service is provided under a 2-D background image and a user feels as if the 2-D background image is realized as a 3-D space. Thus, the user feels the reality as if the avatar exists in the 3-D space based on the 2-D images photographed by a camera without performing the 3-D rendering. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285704 | SPATIALLY-CORRELATED MULTI-DISPLAY HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE - A human-machine interface involves plural spatially-coherent visual presentation surfaces at least some of which are movable by a person. Plural windows or portholes into a virtual space, at least some of which are handheld and movable, are provided by using handheld and other display devices. Aspects of multi-dimensional spatiality of the moveable window (e.g., relative to another window) are determined and used to generate images. As one example, the moveable window can present a first person perspective “porthole” view into the virtual space, this porthole view changing based on aspects of the moveable window's spatiality in multi-dimensional space relative to a stationary window. A display can present an image of a virtual space, and an additional, moveable display can present an additional image of the same virtual space. Technology is used to determine aspects of the spatiality of the display devices in the physical world, and use the determined spatiality to affect the images displayed on the displays. For example, determined spatiality of the movable display relative to another display can be used to provide relative spatiality of images the two displays present to enhance the user's immersive perception. The movable display can context-switch between pointer functionality and spatial functionality depending on whether it is pointing toward a stationary display. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285705 | 2D/3D SWITCHABLE COLOR DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH NARROW BAND EMITTERS - A 2D/3D switchable display system having a selector for selecting a two-dimensional (2D) or a three-dimensional (3D) image processing path; a first processor for processing image data through the two-dimensional image processing path; a second processor, independent of the first processor, for processing image data through the three dimensional image processing path; a first set of at least three emitters having corresponding first wavelengths; a second set of at least three emitters having corresponding second wavelengths; and a controller that during a 2D operation activates both first and second sets of emitters to present a single image, while during a 3D operation activates the first set of emitters to present a first image having one half of stereo image information and activates the second set of emitters to present a second image having a second half of stereo image information. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285706 | THREE-DEMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A 3D image processing apparatus includes: a main screen image processing unit which generates a main screen processed image by performing a format conversion process on a main screen image; a sub screen image processing unit which generates a sub screen processed image by performing a format conversion process on a sub screen image; and a synthesizing unit which generates a synthesized image by synthesizing the main screen processed image and the sub screen processed image. Furthermore, the main screen image processing unit generates a left screen output image by performing the format conversion process on a left screen input image that is a left half of a 3D image, and the sub screen image processing unit generates a right screen output image by performing the format conversion process on a right screen input image that is a right half of a 3D image. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285707 | DIFFUSION-BASED INTERACTIVE EXTRUSION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES INTO THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS - Methods and systems for creating three-dimensional models from two-dimensional images are provided. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of creating a polygon-based three-dimensional (3D) model from a two-dimensional (2D) pixel-based image involves creating an inflatable polygon-based 3D image and extruding the inflatable polygon-based 3D image. The inflatable polygon-based 3D image is created based on a 2D pixel-based input image by representing pixels making up the 2D pixel-based input image as polygons. The inflatable polygon-based 3D image is extruded by generating z-coordinate values for reference points associated with the polygons based upon a biased diffusion process. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110292031 | MANIPULABLE HUMAN INTERACTIVE PROOFS - A manipulable human interactive proof (HIP) displays at most a portion of verification information. A user performs at least one manipulation on the HIP display to obtain full verification information. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292032 | MULTILEVEL DISPLAY CONTROL LIST IN TILE BASED 3D COMPUTER GRAPHICS SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are provided for rendering a 3 dimensional computer graphics image. The image is divided into plurality of rectangular tiles which are arranged in a multi level structure comprising a plurality of levels of progressively larger groupings of tiles. Image data is divided into a plurality of primitive blocks and these are assigned to groupings of tiles within the multi level structure in dependence on the groupings each one intersects. Control stream data is derived for rendering the image and this comprises references to primitive blocks for each grouping of tiles within each level of the multi level structure, the references corresponding to the primitive blocks assigned to each grouping and control stream data is used to render the primitive data into tiles within the groupings of tiles for display. This is done such that for primitive blocks which intersect a plurality of tiles within a grouping, control stream data is written for the grouping of tiles rather than for each tile within the grouping. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292033 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A hand-held electronic device ( | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292034 | REAL TIME CONCURRENT DESIGN OF SHAPE, TEXTURE, AND MOTION FOR 3D CHARACTER ANIMATION - Systems and methods for automatically generating animation-ready 3D character models based upon model parameter, clothing selections, and texture-region color component selections are described. One embodiment of the invention includes an application server configured to receive the user defined model parameters and the at least one texture selection via a user interface. In addition, the application server includes a generative model and the application server is configured to generate a 3D mesh based upon the user defined model parameters using the generative model and to apply texture to the generated mesh based upon the at least one texture selection. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292035 | IMAGE OUTPUT CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image output control apparatus includes a detector and a controller. The detector is configured to detect a capability of an image display apparatus. The controller is configured to execute control to output one of a 2D image and a 3D image to the image display apparatus based on the capability detected by the detector. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292036 | DEPTH SENSOR WITH APPLICATION INTERFACE - A method for processing data includes receiving a depth map of a scene containing a body of a humanoid subject. The depth map includes a matrix of pixels, each pixel corresponding to a respective location in the scene and having a respective pixel depth value indicative of a distance from a reference plane to the respective location. The depth map is processed in a digital processor to extract a skeleton of at least a part of the body, the skeleton including multiple joints having respective coordinates. An application program interface (API) indicates at least the coordinates of the joints. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292037 | 3D MODEL COMPARISON - Techniques for comparing 3D models are provided. A method for comparing 3D models includes obtaining a first skeleton of a first 3D model, obtaining a second skeleton of a second 3D model, and calculating similarity between the first and the second 3D models based on distance, angle, and inter-position related global constraints of the first and the second skeletons. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292038 | 3D VIDEO CONVERSION - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a primary stream of video frames derived from 3D video game console can be packed into time multiplexed format in which left eye and right eye images are packed into a single frame. The stream of frames can be coupled into first and second image processors. The first image processor zooms and vertically shifts the left eye image from each frame in the primary stream to produce a first output stream of left eye images. The second image processor zooms and vertically shifts the right eye image from each frame in the primary stream to produce a second output stream of left eye images. The first and second output streams can be fed into a 3D video recording device and stored in a dual image video format. Alternatively, the first and second output streams can be fed into a dual image video projection device for real-time projection of 3D video from the game console. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292039 | VISUALIZATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - This method includes: generating data of a mask surface with respect to visualization data arranged in a virtual three-dimensional space, for calculation values at respective calculation points; identifying, from a first data storage storing, as time-series data, positions of the calculation points and calculation values at the calculation points, a first point whose position is closest to a predetermined point on the mask surface; reading out, from the first data storage, a position of the identified first point in each time; arranging the mask surface in each time based on a direction of a user's sight line and the read position in each time so as to make the mask surface perpendicular to the direction of the user's sight line and have the predetermined point on the mask surface arranged at the read position; and drawing polygon data of the visualization data and the mask surface in time series. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292040 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM - A stereoscopic display system includes: a display panel; a backlight; and shutter eyeglasses including a left-eye shutter and a right-eye shutter. The backlight is off during a period in which the left-eye and right-eye shutters both are open. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292041 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A stereoscopic display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel for scanning an image alternately at a first frame frequency and a second frame frequency, different from the first frame frequency, an image signal input unit for inputting an image signal to the display panel, a backlight unit for emitting light to the display panel, and a shutter controller for selectively controlling an opening and closing of a left eye shutter and a right eye shutter of shutter glasses. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292042 | 3D DIGITAL PAINTING - The present invention provides method and system for | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292043 | Depth Map Coding to Reduce Rendered Distortion - Several implementations relate to depth map coding. In one implementation, a depth coding rate, that results from coding one or more portions of a depth map using a particular coding mode, is determined. The depth map can be used to render video for a different view than that of the depth map. A depth map distortion, that results from coding the one or more portions of the depth map using the particular coding mode, is determined. A value of distortion for the rendered video, based on the depth map distortion and on a particular relationship between the depth map distortion and values of distortion for the rendered video, is determined. It is determined whether to use the particular coding mode to code the one or more portions of the depth map, and the determination is based on the value of distortion for the rendered video and the depth coding rate. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292044 | DEPTH MAP CODING USING VIDEO INFORMATION - Several implementations relate to depth map coding. In one implementation, it is determined that differences between collocated video blocks are small enough to be interchanged. Based on that determination, a depth block corresponding to a first of the video blocks is coded using an indicator that instructs a decoder to use a collocated depth block, corresponding to a second of the video blocks, in place of the depth block. In another implementation, a video signal includes a coding of at least a single indicator that instructs a decoder to decode both a depth block and a corresponding video block using collocated blocks, from other pictures, in place of the depth block and the corresponding video block. In another implementation, the depth block and the corresponding video block are decoded, based on the single indicator, using the collocated blocks in place of the depth block and the corresponding video block. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292045 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD - A three-dimensional image output device includes: a viewpoint image acquiring device for acquiring a plurality of viewpoint images obtained by photographing a same subject from a plurality of viewpoints; a parallax information acquiring device for acquiring parallax amounts in a plurality of sets of feature points at which features substantially correspond to one another from the acquired plurality of viewpoint images; a parallax amount adjusting device for adjusting the parallax amount in each of the acquired feature points, and performing adjustment of assigning different weights to the parallax amounts in accordance with values of the parallax amounts; a parallax image generating device for generating a parallax image corresponding to the parallax amount of each of the feature points after the adjustment; and a parallax image output device for outputting a plurality of parallax images including the generated parallax image. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110298787 | LAYER COMPOSITION, RENDERING, AND ANIMATION USING MULTIPLE EXECUTION THREADS - Architecture that creates an independent system which takes as input standard 2D layers and composites and renders the layers in 3D. Hardware accelerated graphics effects can be added to these layers, and additionally, the layers can be animated independently. Layer types provided include CPU, bitmap, GPU, and Direct2D. The layers are organized in trees and the layer manager handles the layers composition, rendering, and animations on hardware or software devices. Layers have properties such as visibility, 3D coordinates, for example. Animations and transitions can be provided at the layer and layer property level. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298788 | PERFORMING VECTOR MULTIPLICATION - A method includes receiving packed data corresponding to pixel components to be processed at a graphics pipeline. The method includes unpacking the packed data to generate floating point numbers that correspond to the pixel components. The method also includes routing each of the floating point numbers to a separate lane of the graphics pipeline. Each of the floating point numbers are to be processed by multiplier units of the graphics pipeline. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298789 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DITHERED IMAGE DATA FOR STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY - A method and apparatus capable of reducing or preventing dithering noises in 3D dither for displaying stereoscopic or 3D images are provided. The method entails generating image data in which two consecutive frames have the same dithered image data. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298790 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image signal processing device including: a central area control processing unit that enlarges or reduces a central image segment of a stereoscopic image signal by a magnification factor according to a desired stereoscopic effect; a surrounding area control processing unit that reduction-processes a surrounding image segment of the stereoscopic image signal by a corresponding magnification factor when the central area control processing unit enlarges the central image segment, and enlargement-processes a surrounding image segment of the stereoscopic image signal by a corresponding magnification factor when the central area control processing unit reduces the central image segment; and a transition area control processing unit that performs, in an image segment that transitions between the central image segment and the surrounding image segment, a process of connecting a gap between the enlargement and reduction factors of the central image segment and the surrounding image segment using non-linear scaling. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298791 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY IMAGE CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed herein is an information display device, including: an image display section adapted to display binocular parallax images; a display image control section adapted to control the binocular parallax images displayed on the image display section; and a position information acquisition section adapted to acquire position information representing the three-dimensional position of a target existing in the three-dimensional space on the display surface of the image display section, wherein the display image control section controls the binocular parallax images displayed on the image display section according to the three-dimensional position of the target represented by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition section. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298792 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a stereoscopic image display device and a method for manufacturing the same, which facilitates to improve picture quality and to realize wide viewing angle and high luminance of stereoscopic images by improving crosstalk of left-eye image and right-eye image, wherein the stereoscopic image display device comprises a display panel including lower and upper substrates which are bonded to each other, and are provided with a left-eye displaying area (LDA) for displaying a left-eye image of stereoscopic image, and a right-eye displaying area (RDA) for displaying a right-eye image of stereoscopic image; a light-guiding member formed in the upper substrate and overlapped with an interface between the left-eye displaying area (LDA) and the right-eye displaying area (RDA); and an optical-axis changing member formed on the upper substrate, wherein the optical-axis changing member includes a left-eye retarder corresponding to the left-eye displaying area, and a right-eye retarder corresponding to the right-eye displaying area. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298793 | 3D X-RAY IMAGING OF CORONARY VESSELS WITH ECG GATING AND MOTION CORRECTION - A method for three-dimensional visualization of a moving structure by a rotation angiography method is described. A series of projection images is recorded by an image acquisition unit from different recording angles during a rotation cycle. A three-dimensional image data can be reconstructed from the projection images. A continuous rotation cycle is proposed to be performed with simultaneous recording of at least one ECG. A three-dimensional reconstructed reference image is generated through a first correction of the motion of the moving structure by affine transformations. A three-dimensional image data of the moving structure is reconstructed from the data acquired in the continuous rotation cycle when using the reconstructed reference image while performing an estimation and correction of the motion by elastic deformations. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298794 | CIRCULAR POLARIZED CONTACT LENSES AND METHODS THEREOF - An apparatus and method for three-dimensional viewing that includes a first contact lens and a second contact lens of a pair. The first contact lens of the pair has a circular polarization filter in a clockwise direction or counterclockwise direction. The second contact lens of the pair has a circular polarization filter in the other one of the clockwise direction or the counterclockwise direction. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298795 | TRANSFERRING OF 3D VIEWER METADATA - A system of processing of three dimensional [3D] image data for display on a 3D display for a viewer is described. 3D display metadata defines spatial display parameters of the 3D display such as depth range supported by the 3D display. Viewer metadata defines spatial viewing parameters of the viewer with respect to the 3D display, such as viewing distance or inter-pupil distance. Source 3D image data arranged for a source spatial viewing configuration is processed to generate target 3D display data for display on the 3D display in a target spatial viewing configuration. First the target spatial configuration is determined in dependence of the 3D display metadata and the viewer metadata. Then, the source 3D image data is converted to the target 3D display data based on differences between the source spatial viewing configuration and the target spatial viewing configuration. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298796 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMMERSIVE SYSTEM FOR REPRESENTING AN AUTOMATION CONTROL ENVIRONMENT - A computer-implemented system for representing a production environment comprises a modeling module that creates a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of a production environment. The system also includes a view module that renders a graphical depiction of at least a portion of the three-dimensional model from a reference point that is based at least in part upon a location. Methods of using the system are also provided. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298797 | GRAPHIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are a method and apparatus for processing a graphic stream. The method may include determining whether a graphic picture is reproducible as a three-dimensional (3D) image by assigning different depth values according to graphic objects or by assigning the same depth value to the graphic picture, using 3D capability information. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298798 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A three-dimensional imaging and display system is provided in which user input is optically detected in an imaging volume by measuring the path length of an amplitude modulated scanning beam as a function of the phase shift thereof. Visual image user feedback concerning the detected user input is presented. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110304607 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Data of a coordinate input provided on a second image displayed on a display device is acquired, and input position data representing the coordinate input provided on the second image is generated. At least a first feature point is extracted from a first image, the first feature point being a feature point having a first feature on the first image; a predetermined superimposition image is superimposed on the first image, at a position on the first image based on the first feature point, the position corresponding to a position, represented by the input position data, on the second image based on a second feature point, the second feature point being a feature point having the first feature on the second image; and the first image on which the superimposition has been made is displayed on the display device. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304608 | DISPLAY LIST CONTROL STREAM GROUPING IN TILE BASED 3D COMPUTER GRAPHICS SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are provided for rendering a 3 dimensional computer graphics image. The image is subdivided into a plurality of rectangular areas and primitives which may be visible in the image are assigned to respective ones of a plurality of primitive blocks. A determination is made as to which primitive blocks contain primitives which intersect each rectangular area. The rectangular areas are then grouped into a plurality of fixed size groups and control stream data for each of the fixed size groups is derived, this control stream data including data which determines which primitive blocks are required to render the rectangular areas in each respective first fixed size group. The control stream data is then used to render the image for display. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304609 | Design Support Apparatus and Design Support Method - An embodiment of the design support apparatus includes: a component database in which 3D shape data of each component in equipment and 3D layout data of each component are stored as component data for each component; a design criteria database in which information defining an inter-component distance between a first component and a second component to be verified and determination criteria used for verification of the inter-component distance are stored; a distance calculation unit which extracts component data of each of the first component and the second component from the component database, and calculates the inter-component distance from each of the extracted component data; and a determination unit which determines whether or not the calculated inter-component distance satisfies the determination criteria. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304610 | Design Support Apparatus and Design Support Method - An embodiment of the design support apparatus includes: a component database in which 3D shape data of each component in equipment and 3D layout data of each component are stored; a design criteria database in which information which specifies a target component to be verified and determination criteria used for verification of a shortest inter-component distance between the target component and one or more peripheral components close to the target component are stored for each of the verification items; and a determination unit which extracts component data of the target component from the component database, extracts component data of each of the peripheral components corresponding to the extracted target component, and determines whether or not the inter-component distance between the target component and the peripheral components satisfies the determination criteria for each of the verification items. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304611 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Using as a texture of an image to be placed in a virtual world an image included in a predetermined area in a captured image captured by a real camera, a virtual world image is generated, in which the object placed in the virtual world is viewed from a virtual camera. Then, the captured image captured by the real camera is combined with the virtual world image, and the combined image is displayed on a display device. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304612 | Parallax system, parallax image panel, device having the parallax image panel, parallax display method and non-transitory computer readable medium - A parallax system that includes a set of pixels disposed in a matrix where each pixel of the set of pixels has transmission portions and reflective portions symmetrically arranged about a pixel center. Further, the parallax system is implemented in a parallax image panel that may be embodied in one of a digital camera, a personal computer, a mobile terminal equipment, a video camera, or a game machine. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304613 | AUTOSPECTROSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTO-STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to an auto-stereoscopic display device and a method for operating an auto-stereoscopic display device for providing a three-dimensional image of a scene to a viewer so as to extend the experienced visual comfort zone of a viewer. A display device comprises a user position determination section operable to determine a position of the viewer with respect to said display device, and a display section operable to send out two images in at least a first pair of angular directions having a left angular direction and a right angular direction suitable for being looked at respectively by a left eye and a right eye of the viewer located at a particular position, wherein said display section is configured to send out the two images in said first pair of angular directions to confer a three-dimensional effect as if the viewer were looking at the scene in a first viewing direction under a first angle. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304614 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes: a cylindrical rotation section having an axis of rotation therein and rotating around the axis of rotation; a light-emission element array mounted in the rotation section, and including light-emission elements arranged to formed a light-emission surface; a slit provided in a circumferential surface of the rotation section, and allowing light from the light-emission surface to pass therethrough to outside of the rotation section; a display controller performing emission control on the light-emission elements to allow an image to be formed by the light emitted through the slit and to be displayed around the rotation section; and an eyepoint detection section detecting an eyepoint position of each of one or more viewers around the rotation section. The display controller performs emission control on the light-emission elements to allow contents of a displayed image to differ depending on the viewer's eyepoint position detected by the eyepoint detection section. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304615 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A game device | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304616 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - Disclosed is an LCD device which facilitates to improve picture quality of two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) images by automatically converting an image driving mode (2D/3D) in accordance with a viewing distance, and a method for driving the same, wherein the device comprises a distance measuring unit which measures a viewing distance between the LCD device and a viewer; an image mode controller which sets a 2D image mode or 3D image mode in accordance with a comparison result between the viewing distance and a preset reference distance; a timing controller which aligns externally-provided image signals in accordance with the 2D image mode or 3D image mode set by the image mode controller, and converts the aligned image signals into image data by frame unit; and a liquid crystal panel which displays an image based on the 2D image mode or 3D image mode. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304617 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - An information storage medium that stores a program, the program causing a computer to function as a moving object control section that controls movement of a moving object in a virtual three-dimensional space based on an operation input, a virtual camera control section that controls a setting of the virtual camera, and an image generation section that generates an image of the virtual three-dimensional space viewed from the virtual camera. The virtual camera control section includes a first camera control section that performs a first camera control process based on camera control data that defines a moving route of the virtual camera as a change in at least one of a relative position and a relative direction of the virtual camera with respect to the moving object, and at least one of a position and a direction of the moving object in the virtual three-dimensional space. The virtual camera control section disposes the virtual camera in the virtual three-dimensional space based on a first setting value obtained by the first control process. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110310086 | System and method for generating computer rendered cloth - A system, method and computer software program on a computer readable medium for loading cloth modeling data, generating an environmental model, generating a basic cloth model, and generating sections of a cloth surface model based on the basic cloth model and the cloth modeling data. The sections of the cloth surface model may be partial geometric forms, a portion of a ball and stick model or a non-uniform rational basis spline, and may be joined together and smoothed to form a complex cloth model. The smoothed cloth model may include a series of waves or folds in a computer rendered cloth surface to represent draped or compressed cloth on a three dimensional surface. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310087 | USER INTERFACE TRANSITION BETWEEN CAMERA VIEW AND MAP VIEW - A user interface transition between a camera view and a map view displayed on a mobile platform is provided so as present a clear visual connection between the orientation in the camera view and the orientation in the map view. The user interface transition may be in response to a request to change from the camera view to the map view or vice-versa. Augmentation overlays for the camera view and map view may be produced based on, e.g., the line of sight of the camera or identifiable environmental characteristics visible in the camera view and the map view. One or more different augmentation overlays are also produced and displayed to provide the visual connection between the camera view and map view augmentation overlays. For example, a plurality of augmentation overlays may be displayed consecutively to clearly illustrate the changes between the camera view and map view augmentation overlays. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310088 | PERSONALIZED NAVIGATION THROUGH VIRTUAL 3D ENVIRONMENTS - Personalized navigation technique embodiments are presented that generally involve providing personalized navigation through a virtual three-dimensional (3D) environment. In one general embodiment this is accomplished by inputting a representation of a virtual 3D environment that is to be navigated, along with a number of user specified navigation preferences, and outputting a customized navigation experience. This navigation experience is produced by first establishing a path through the virtual 3D environment, and then optionally controlling the behavior of a virtual camera which reveals the virtual 3D environment to the user as the user traverses the path. Both the path and the virtual camera behavior are personalized to a user based on the aforementioned navigation preferences. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310089 | Viewpoint Change on a Display Device Based on Movement of the Device - Embodiments of the disclosed technology comprise a handheld display device with built-in accelerometer and, in some embodiments, compass. The display of a human figure is changed based on a change in viewpoint/orientation of the device. That is, upon detecting a change in viewpoint (e.g., viewing angle, tilt, roll, or pitch of the device), the image of the person changes. This may be used with a still picture of a person, such as for the sale of clothing, or in conjunction with moving images, such as for a sports or exercise instructional video. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310090 | DATA MODULATION METHOD AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A data modulation method comprises, comparing left eye image data during a (4N+1)-th frame period with previous frame data, selecting a preliminary modulation value for a left eye image, preliminarily modulating the left eye image data during the (4N+1)-th frame period to reach the preliminary modulation value for the left eye image, and secondarily modulating left eye image data during a (4N+2)-th frame period to reach the preliminary modulation value for the left eye image or a modulation value smaller than the preliminary modulation value. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310092 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND USE THEREOF - An image display device has a matrix screen having a plurality of pixels arranged in columns and a periodic grating arranged in front of the matrix screen having a structure extending parallel to the columns. A lateral direction grating period corresponds to a whole number multiple of adjacent column spacing of the matrix screen. In a use of this image display device, at least two different viewing positions are detected and disjunctive excerpts of columns of the matrix screen are determined in accordance with the detected viewing positions such that a respective excerpt is associated with each of the detected viewing positions, this excerpt including all columns at least partly visible through the grating from this viewing position, wherein the matrix screen is controlled in dependence with image information of at least two different images such that exactly one of the images is displayed on each of the excerpts. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310093 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND 3D IMAGE ACQUISITION-EXAMINATION METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus providing a three-dimensional (3D) image acquisition-examination mode is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display unit to display a 3D examination test shape for examining a degree of 3D image acquisition, a user interface unit to allow a user to input a degree of the user's acquisition to the 3D examination test shape, and a control unit controlling to display an output according to the degree of the user's acquisition input through the user interface unit. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310094 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING IMAGE - An image manipulation apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image of an object displayed on a display apparatus in correspondence with orientation of a mobile apparatus includes: an orientation information processor configured to generate orientation displacement information corresponding to orientation of the mobile apparatus; a renderer configured to generate a rendering image of the three-dimensional image using the three-dimensional image of the object and the orientation displacement information; and a transmitter configured to transmit the rendering image to the display apparatus. An image manipulation method of displaying a three-dimensional image of an object displayed on a display apparatus in correspondence with orientation of a mobile apparatus includes: generating orientation displacement information corresponding to orientation of the mobile apparatus; generating a rendering image of the three-dimensional image using the three-dimensional image and the orientation displacement information; and transmitting the rendering image to the display apparatus. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310095 | THREE DIMENSIONAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND PROCESSING METHOD - A three dimensional processing circuit and processing method is disclosed. In the present invention, a key depth is obtained to change an OSD location by analyzing the key image information in the 3D image. Therefore, the disadvantages of the conventional 3D processing circuit and processing method are fixed so as to decrease fatigue of user's eyes. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310096 | TIMING CONTROL UNIT AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING USING THE SAME - Provided are a timing control unit and method for adjusting a speed of a system and a display apparatus and method using the same. The display apparatus includes: a panel unit including a plurality of cells and a plurality of electrodes for driving the plurality of cells; and a driving controller which, when a three-dimensional (3D) image signal is input, sends a common signal to an electrode group combining a certain number of electrodes of the plurality of electrodes. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310097 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is an image processing apparatus that stereoscopically displays a two-dimensional image, comprising a generating section that generates a left-side image and a right-side image by shifting the two-dimensional image left and right in a display region; and an output section that outputs the left-side image to a left eye of the user and the right-side image to a right eye of the user. The generating section generates the left-side image and the right-side image by shifting the two-dimensional image to the left and right within the display region by a distance no greater than a distance between pupils of a user. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310098 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image display apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention that is capable of providing an image display apparatus is able to efficiently achieve 2D/3D mixed representation while suppressing data transmission amount. The image display apparatus refers to shape information | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310099 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A 3D image processing apparatus which generates a left-eye image signal and a right-eye image signal for stereoscopic vision, including: a blend ratio determination unit which determines, for each of a plurality of objects which are displayed in layers, a blend ratio that is used in synthesizing images, at each pixel position of the left-eye image signal and the right-eye image signal, so that the blend ratio increases as an offset that is an amount of shift in position between a left-eye image and a right-eye image of the object increases; and a synthesis unit which synthesizes, based on the blend ratio determined by the blend ratio determination unit, pixel values of the objects at each pixel position of the left-eye image signal and the right-eye image signal, to generate the left-eye image signal and the right-eye image signal. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110316845 | SPATIAL ASSOCIATION BETWEEN VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates interaction between two entities located away from each other. The system includes a virtual reality system, an augmented reality system, and an object-state-maintaining mechanism. During operation, the virtual reality system displays an object associated with a real-world object. The augmented reality system displays the object based on a change to the state of the object. The object-state-maintaining mechanism determines the state of the object and communicates a state change to the virtual reality system, the augmented reality system, or both. A respective state change of the object can be based on one or more of: a state change of the real-world object; a user input to the virtual reality system or the augmented reality system; and an analysis of an image of the real-world object. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316846 | TOUCH PANEL FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - A touch panel for displaying stereoscopic image includes a substrate, a plurality of first sensing strings, second sensing strings and third sensing strings. Each of the first sensing strings includes a plurality of sensing pads respectively having a first retarder region. The second sensing strings are parallel with the first sensing strings, and each of the second sensing strings includes a plurality of second sensing pads respectively having a second retarder region. The third sensing strings are perpendicular to the first sensing strings and the second sensing strings, and each of the third sensing strings includes a plurality of third sensing pads and fourth sensing pads arranged alternately. Each of the third sensing pads includes the first retarder region and each of the fourth sensing pads includes the second retarder region. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316847 | Display Apparatus and Associated Glasses - A display apparatus associated with a pair of glasses displays three-dimensional (3D) content. The pair of glass includes a transmitting circuit for establishing bi-directional communication with the display apparatus; and a proximity sensor, which is for sensing whether the pair of glasses is worn, controlling the pair of glasses, and for controlling whether to perform 3D display on the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes an image capturing apparatus, which is for capturing an image, determining whether the pair of glasses is worn, and for controlling the display apparatus and the pair of glasses according to a determination result. The display apparatus includes an image processing module for extracting two-dimensional (2D) content from the 3D content. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316848 | CONTROLLING OF DISPLAY PARAMETER SETTINGS - A system of controlling displaying of image data has a source device ( | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316849 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE ON DISPLAY UNIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A frequency of each gradation in an image for the left eye histogram is compared with a frequency of each gradation in an image for the right eye histogram. An integration histogram is generated using at least a larger one of the frequency of each gradation in the image for the left eye histogram and the frequency of each gradation in the image for the right eye histogram. A gradation correction parameter is set based on the generated integration histogram. The gradations of the image for the left eye and the image for the right eye are corrected using the gradation correction parameter. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316850 | Three-Dimensional Display System, Display and Method of Controlling Backlight of Three-Dimensional Display - A three-dimensional display system including a display and a pair of three-dimensional glasses having a light sensor is provided. The display includes a backlight driving module and a backlight module, wherein the backlight driving module modulates an original synchronization signal to generate a modulated backlight driving signal for driving the backlight module to generate a backlight. The display alternatively generates a left eye image and a right eye image according to a three-dimensional image signal. The three-dimensional glasses then determines whether the image output from the display is the let-eye image or the right-eye image based on the variation in brightness of the backlight generated by the backlight module of the display. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316851 | 3D HISTOGRAM FOR COLOR IMAGES - The disclosed implementations relate generally to 3D histograms and other user interface elements for color correcting digital images. A color correction method includes: generating a user interface for display on a display device, the user interface including a display area; generating a three-dimensional cube representing a color space for display in the display area; and generating a plurality of spheres for display within the cube, where the spheres are sized to represent pixel densities in a digital image. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316852 | MULTI-USER ANIMATION COUPLED TO BULLETIN BOARD - A multi-user animation process receives input from multiple remote clients to manipulate avatars through a modeled 3-D environment. Each user is represented by an avatar. The 3-D environment and avatar position/location data is provided to client workstations, which display a simulated environment visible to all participants. A text or speech-based bulletin board application is coupled to the animation process. The bulletin board application receives text or speech input from the multiple remote users and publishes the input in a public forum. The bulletin board application maintains multiple forums organized by topic. Access or participation to particular forums is coordinated with the animation process, such that each user may be permitted access to a forum only when the user's avatar is located within a designated room or region of the modeled 3-D environment. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120001898 | AUGMENTING VIRTUAL WORLDS SIMULATION WITH ENHANCED ASSETS - A system and method includes using a side simulation device for: receiving a scene description of a virtual world scene from a virtual world simulator, including a description of a special object that requires modification, and descriptions of other objects in an immediate vicinity of the special object; receiving a description of a desired modification to the special object; performing the modification of the special object to provide an enhanced special object such that the enhanced special object can be fully integrated with the other objects in the scene; transmitting the enhanced special object to a data store; and transmitting a proxy object signal to the simulator means to be placed in the virtual world scene to alert any viewers of the virtual world scene to refresh their view by adding the enhanced special object to their simulation by accessing the enhanced special object from the data store. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001899 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISPLAY MODES - A 2D/3D switching system is provided. The 2D/3D switching system includes a 2D/3D switching device for selectively processing lights from 2D images and 3D images. The 2D/3D switching device includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes arranged corresponding to the plurality of first electrodes and separated with a distance, and a liquid crystal layer placed between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. The 2D/3D switching system also includes a driving unit coupled to the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes to provide driving voltages to the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes, and to provide at least one voltage adjustment signal to adjust corresponding driving voltages of at least one of plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001900 | GAME MACHINE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A game machine, a display control method, and a display control program that can express a polygonal data object created from polygonal data in a three-dimensional virtual space by line drawing according to a performance state. A three-dimensional object is generated from polygon data which connects vertex coordinates in the three-dimensional virtual space. The vertex coordinates of the polygon data on the three-dimensional object are extracted. Lines are drawn between adjoining vertex coordinates among such vertex coordinates extracted. Part of the lines are deleted based on a performance condition corresponding to a performance state provided by a game using a game medium. A three-dimensional performance image based on the three-dimensional object of which part of the lines are deleted is drawn, and displayed and controlled on a display device. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001901 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING 3D AUGMENTED REALITY - An apparatus to provide three-dimensional (3D) augmented reality (AR) image includes an image obtainer to obtain an image including an object, and an image processor to calculate 3D position information about the object, obtain AR data corresponding to the object, covert the AR data according to the 3D position information, and generate a 3D AR image using the converted AR data and the obtained image. A method for providing 3D AR image includes obtaining an image including an object, calculating 3D position information of the object, obtaining AR data corresponding to the object, converting AR data according to the 3D position information, generating a 3D AR image using the converted AR data and the obtained image, and displaying the generated 3D AR image. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001902 | Apparatus and method for bidirectionally inpainting occlusion area based on predicted volume - An apparatus and method for bidirectionally inpainting an occlusion area appearing during generation of a virtual viewpoint image, using a foreground area and a background area based on a predicted volume are provided. The method includes receiving an input of a depth image and a color image, the depth image having depth information for a first viewpoint, and the color image having color information for the first viewpoint, generating a virtual viewpoint image at a second viewpoint based on the depth image and the color image, separating the virtual viewpoint image into a foreground area and a background area, based on the depth information and direction information regarding a direction from the first viewpoint to the second viewpoint, predicting a three-dimensional (3D) volume of the foreground area, and inpainting an occlusion area bidirectionally using the foreground area and the background area, based on the predicted 3D volume, the occlusion area being included in the virtual viewpoint image. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001903 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - An display apparatus displays a three-dimensional image formed of a plurality of viewpoint images, and includes an image controller that controls a second viewpoint image to suppress a crosstalk of a first viewpoint image the first viewpoint image and the second viewpoint image are included in the plurality of viewpoint images. The image controller switches a control mode for suppressing the crosstalk, between a subtraction mode and an addition mode in accordance with an image input signal forming the three-dimensional image. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001904 | METHOD OF PROCESSING 3D IMAGES, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM - The method is for processing a multiplex image, the multiplex including at least one first view intended to be viewed by a first eye of an observer and at least one second view intended to be viewed by a second eye of the observer. The two views are spatially sub-sampled according to complementary grids and mutually spatially shifted. The method includes a demultiplexing of the multiplex image so as to extract the first and the second views. And, for at least one missing pixel of the first view, there is a determination of a first window of the first view containing the location of the missing pixel and representing a first detail in the first view, a determination of a second window of the second view representing the same first detail in the second view, and a formulation of the missing pixel by using the pixels of the second window. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001905 | Seamless Integration of Multi-GPU Rendering - A computer based rendering system is provided. The computer based rendering system includes an abstraction mechanism to provide configuring instructions to two or more processors, the configuring instructions being operative to facilitate scene rendering. The configuring provides processor setup instructions to at least one driver. Each of the two or more processors renders a respective portion of the scene independent of the other of the processors. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001906 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR 3D ANIMATION - A system for 3-dimensional animation includes a computer apparatus, a means for display in communication with the computer apparatus, and a means for storage in communication with the computer apparatus. The means for storage is disposed to store data representing a 3D animation, the means for display is disposed to display a representation of the 3D animation, and the computer apparatus is configured to perform a method of 3D animation. The method includes setting an inter-axial distance between logical representations of two cameras, the inter-axial distance being configured to produce a desired 3D effect for a target audience, and creating a stereoscopic frame set representing the 3D animation using the logical representations of the two cameras. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001907 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR 3D ANIMATION - A system includes a computer apparatus, a means for display, and a means for storage. The computer apparatus is configured to perform a method of 3D animation. The method includes setting a first inter-axial distance between logical representations of a first set of two cameras, the first inter-axial distance being configured to produce a desired 3D effect for a target audience, setting a second inter-axial distance between logical representations of a second set of two cameras, the second inter-axial distance being based on the first inter-axial distance, setting a multi-rig spacing between the first and second sets of two cameras, the multi-rig spacing begin a value determined to reduce depth distortion effects in the 3D animation, and creating a stereoscopic frame set representing the 3D animation using the logical representations of the first and second sets of two cameras. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001908 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FORMING SURFACE PROCESSED DATA - Surface processed data is formed to which a grain having a good outward appearance is applied without generating little distortion on the surface of a product by requiring no enormous data process. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120007850 | Sensor Based Display Environment - A three-dimensional (“3D”) display environment for mobile device is disclosed that uses orientation data from one or more onboard sensors to automatically determine and display a perspective projection of the 3D display environment based on the orientation data without the user physically interacting with (e.g., touching) the display. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007851 | METHOD FOR DISPLAY OF IMAGES UTILIZING CURVED PLANAR REFORMATION TECHNIQUES - Examples of methods, systems, and computer readable media for aligned display of rendered images are described which may align a direction of display of two or more images rendered using different techniques. The different techniques may include volume rendering and curved planar reformation techniques. The aligned display may facilitate understanding of features in the images. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007852 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLING COMPONENTS - A system and method for enhancing assembly of components in an environment using augmented reality techniques. The system includes: an input module that obtains both virtual data and real data taken in real-time of the component that is to be assembled by an operator and of the environment; and an augmented reality module, in which a position and orientation of the data is determined for the positioning of the virtual data over the real data by a plurality of markers, the virtual data and the real data being combined in augmented reality in real-time. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007853 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY TRACKING METHOD - A three-dimensional display device is provided in the present disclosure. The three-dimensional display device includes an image displaying device, an optical control element, a direction sensor and a control unit. The optical control element is positioned on a surface of the image displaying device, the direction sensor measures and inclination angle of the display panel, and the control unit adjusts images displayed by the image displaying device according to the inclination angle. The three-dimensional display device of the present disclosure has the advantages of fast tracking speed, high tracking precision and low cost. A mobile terminal and a three-dimensional display tracking method are also provided in the present disclosure. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007854 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal including a touchscreen configured to display content on a screen and a controller controlling operations related to the content. The touchscreen receives a touch input comprising a touch of at least one first part of the content according to a first touch scheme and receives a touch input comprising a touch of at least one second part of the content according to a second touch scheme. If the touch according to the second touch scheme is altered, the controller controls an operation of the content according to the altered touch of the second touch scheme. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007855 | CONVERTING METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR 3D STEREOSCOPIC CARTOON, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a method and a system for stereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) cartoon conversion and a recording medium for the same. In accordance with the method and the system for stereoscopic 3D cartoon conversion and the recording medium for the same, a two-dimensional (2D) digital still image and an alpha map image including depth information are received, and a depth information range, absolute binocular parallax, relative binocular parallax and a screen position are simultaneously controlled based on the depth information included in the alpha map image and a user input, thereby generating a stereoscopic 3D cartoon. Accordingly, it is possible to maximize productivity as compared to a manual operation. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007856 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereoscopic display device includes a display panel, two different polarized backlights and a synchronization module. The display panel is to alternately generate left-eye visible images and right-eye visible images. The two different polarized backlights are to alternately illuminate the display panel so as to output the left-eye visible images and right-eye visible images, respectively. The synchronization module is to synchronize the left-eye visible images and right-eye visible images with illumination periods of the respective polarized backlights. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007857 | Information Processing Device, Information Processing Method, and Program - There is provided an information processing device including a display section configured to display a first object in a virtual three-dimensional space having a depth direction of a display screen, an operation section configured to acquire an operation for moving the first object in at least the depth direction, and a controller configured to move the first object on the display screen in accordance with the acquired operation, to execute, when a region of the first object overlaps a first overlap determination region, a first process to one or both of the first and second objects, and to execute, when the region of the first object overlaps a second overlap determination region, a second process to one or both of the first and second objects. The first overlap determination region may be a region obtained by extending the second overlap determination region in at least the depth direction. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007858 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A stereoscopic image display device includes a patterned retarder including a first retarder transmitting light incident from odd numbered display lines of the pixel array so as to be modulated into first polarized light, and a second retarder transmitting light incident from even numbered display lines so as to be modulated into second polarized light, and a data conversion unit converting input side-by-side type 3D image data into line-by-line type 3D image data, performing a weighted average for luminance signals of odd and even data which are vertically adjacent to each other in left image data of the side-by-side type 3D image data, and performing the weighted average for luminance signals of odd and even data which are vertically adjacent to each other in right image data of the side-by-side type 3D image data. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007859 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING FACE ANIMATION IN COMPUTER SYSTEM - A method and apparatus generate a face animation in a computer system. An input of a face image is received. A head model and a skull model are determined for the face image. The head model is matched with the skull model, and a face model is generated. At least one parameter for the generated face model is adjusted according to an expression of the input face image, thus being capable of allowing a user to easily generate a face model and a facial animation with various expressions without manually adjusting various parameters. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007860 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPTICAL SHUTTER ARRAY - An optical shutter array is constituted by a first electrode that transmits three colors of light, a modulating layer that transmits the three colors of light transmitted through the first electrode, formed by a material of which the refractive index changes by application of voltage; and a second electrode constituted by a plurality of linear electrodes arranged in each of a plurality of divided regions, into which pixel portions have been divided, that transmit the three colors of light transmitted through the modulating layer. The first electrode, the modulating layer, and the second electrode are layered and provided between a pair of partially light transmitting mirrors. A configuration is adopted, in which the three colors of light transmitted through the linear electrodes are sequentially transmitted through the partially light transmitting mirror by sequentially switching and applying voltages to the linear electrodes. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007861 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR 3-D DISPLAY CONTROL - A representative Device and Method for 3-D Display Control is disclosed. The method for controlling stereo image display is disclosed. That is, to receive an image input signal wherein the image input signal includes a first refresh rate; to convert a frame rate of the image input signal to generate an image output signal, wherein the image output signal includes a second refresh rate which is higher than the first refresh rate, and includes a first image signal, a first VBI (Vertical Blanking Interval), a second image signal, a second VBI, a third image signal and a third VBI; to output a control signal for a left eye shutter of shutter glasses during a duration between the first VBI and a part of the second image signal; and to output a control signal for a right eye shutter of the shutter glasses during a duration between a part of the third image signal and the third VBI. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007862 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING VISUAL CONTENT IN A VIRTUAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE - A system and system for positioning content elements in a virtual 3D space. A 2D base plane is designated in the 3D space, and the visual content is positioned in the 3D space with at least one page being parallel to the base plane. A viewpoint and a viewing ray are selected in the 3D space from which to view the 3D space with the viewing ray being neither parallel nor perpendicular to the base plane. A 2D surface is then positioned in the 3D space so that the 2D surface intersects the view ray between the viewpoint and the base plane. At least a portion of the 3D space is then projected onto the 2D surface by a perspective projection determined by the viewing ray. The process may be repeated as desired each time optionally selecting a new viewpoint and/or selecting a new viewing ray and/or altering a property of one or more content elements. The projection onto the viewing surface may be displayed on a display device such as a computer monitor. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007863 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Based on the position and orientation information of an ultrasonic probe, an image generation unit acquires, from three-dimensional volume data, an image of a slice corresponding to a tomographic image of an object obtained by the ultrasonic probe. An image composition unit composes the image of the slice with the tomographic image to generate and output a composite image. In this composition, a region of the tomographic image is specified as an unclear image sensing region, and the image in the unclear image sensing region is replaced with the image in a region of the image of the slice corresponding to the unclear image sensing region, thereby composing the tomographic image with the image of the slice. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120013600 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A three-dimensional (3D) image processing method is provided. The method includes receiving from an image source a 3D image containing a plurality of images that are previously compressed, and storing pixel data of the received plurality of images. The method also includes determining that the plurality of images do not have a same number of pixel columns, determining at least one boundaries among the plurality of images, and determining a minimum number of pixel columns and a maximum number of pixel columns of the plurality of images. Further, the method includes adjusting any one of the plurality of images having a column number less than the maximum number such that each of the plurality of images has the maximum number of pixel columns, decompressing the plurality of images, and discarding from each of the decompressed plurality of images by a determined number of last columns, wherein the determined number is the difference between the maximum number and the minimum number. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013601 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING BACKLIGHT THEREOF - A stereoscopic image display device comprises a frame rate conversion unit that divides 3D input data into left eye image data and right eye image data, inserts reset frame data containing black grayscale data between the left eye image data and the right eye image data, and generates the (n+1)-th frame data to the (n+4)-th frame data containing the left eye image data, the black grayscale data, the right eye image data, respectively, and the black grayscale data, a look-up table that stores local dimming values used to control brightness for the overall local dimming zones to the minimum during the (n+2)-th and (n+4)-th frame periods, and local dimming values used to control brightness for each local dimming zone to target brightness during the (n+1)-th and (n+3)-th frame periods, and a backlight controller that controls light source brightness of the backlight unit for each local dimming zone. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013602 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY - A stereoscopic image display includes; a display panel including a pixel including; a first subpixel, and a second subpixel disposed adjacent to the first subpixel, wherein the first subpixel and the second subpixel are adjacent along a subpixel border line which is a virtual line disposed at an interface between the first subpixel and the second subpixel, and a lenticular lens disposed on the display panel, the lenticular lens having a lens axis, in which the lens axis and a subpixel border line may intersect each other, or a portion of the subpixel border line may be substantially parallel with the lens axis. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013603 | Depth Map Enhancing Method - The present invention discloses a depth map enhancing method. The method includes steps of obtaining an original depth map and a depth related parameter and storing the original depth map and the depth related parameter into a storage medium; quantifying the gray level of every pixel in the original depth map between 0 and 1 to obtain a plurality of quantified gray levels; raising the depth related parameter to the power of every quantified gray level respectively, subtracting 1, being divided by the value of the depth related parameter subtracting 1 and then being multiplied by a max gray level value to obtain a plurality of depth-relation-enhanced gray levels; and evenly distributing the plurality of depth-relation-enhanced gray levels between 0 and the max gray level value according to the relative proportional relationship among the plurality of depth-relation-enhanced gray levels to obtain a plurality of final gray levels. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013604 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING SENSE OF DEPTH THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display and an image extractor that extracts a reference object included in an input image, an image converter that calculates a distance from a position on a screen at which the input image is displayed to a virtual position of the reference object when the reference object is expressed as a 3D image. The display apparatus automatically sets a depth corresponding to the distance, and a controller controls the display unit to display the input image as a 3D image according to the set depth. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013605 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal includes a controller and a display unit for displaying a stereoscopic image including a first image provided to a left eye of a user and a second image provided to a right eye of the user. The controller detects at least one same object between the first and second images, and determines a distance between a point at which the detected at least one same object is positioned in the first image and a point at which the detected at least one same object is positioned in the second image. When the determined distance is equal to or greater than a preset critical value, the controller changes a position of the at least one same object in each of the first and second images to decrease the distance to less than the preset critical value. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013606 | Parallax Barrier and Application Thereof - Disclosed herein is a parallax barrier including a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and the second substrates. A plurality of first strip electrodes and a plurality of second strip electrodes are arranged on the first substrate, whereas a plurality of third electrodes and a plurality of fourth electrodes are arranged on the second substrate. Each of the third electrodes has a step-shaped first portion and each of the fourth electrodes has a step-shaped second portion. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013607 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOUSE POINTER - A method of generating a mouse pointer which has a predetermined depth within a three-dimensional (3D) image includes extracting depth information of at least one object of a 3D image, determining a location of a mouse pointer within the 3D image, and processing the mouse pointer to have a predetermined depth in the determined location by using the extracted depth information. Accordingly, a user enjoys an enhanced 3D effect by generating and displaying a mouse pointer having a predetermined depth in a location of the changed mouse pointer if the location of the mouse pointer is changed by using a pointing unit. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013608 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SCALABLE ENCODING OF 3D MESH, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SCALABLE DECODING OF 3D MESH - A scalable three-dimensional (3D) mesh encoding method includes dividing the 3D mesh into layers of complexity into a plurality of graduated levels and generating vertex position information and connectivity information of each of the plurality of levels. The vertex position information about the 3D mesh is encoded based on a weighting in each bit plane and vertex position information having a higher weighting in each bit plane is first encoded. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013609 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A FIRST PERSON WORLD VIEW OF CONTENT - An approach is provided for presenting a global view of content. A content mapping platform determines a viewing location of a device with respect to a user interface, wherein the user interface depicts a three-dimensional object in which a surface closest to the viewing location is transparent to show, at least in part, an opposite surface of the three-dimensional object. Further, the content mapping platform then determines at least one target location associated with at least one content item. Furthermore, the content mapping platform causes, at least in part, a rendering of the at least one content item on the opposite surface of the three-dimensional object based, at least in part, on the at least one target location. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013610 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes a display panel, which includes a plurality of pixels and selectively implements a 2D image and a 3D image, and a patterned retarder for dividing light from the display panel, on which the 3D image is implemented, into first and second polarization components. The display panel includes first to fourth gate lines, which cross a data line and are disposed along a column direction in the order named, first and second pixels which are disposed between the first and second gate lines to be vertically adjacent to each other, third and fourth pixels which are disposed between the third and fourth gate lines to be vertically adjacent to each other, and a black matrix spatially for separating left and right images of the 3D image from each other. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013611 | System and Method for Visualizing Multi-Dimensional Data Using Shape Attributes - There is provided a method and system for visualizing multi-dimensional data on a user interface of a computing device, each dimension of the data having a plurality of values defining the associated values of the data for the dimension. The method comprises receiving mapping information defining at least one mapping between each potential dimension of the data to a corresponding shape attribute. The method further comprises generating, for each dimension of the data, a plurality of visual markers in response to varying a pre-defined visual characteristic of the corresponding shape attribute from a baseline shape for the characteristic, the plurality of visual markers configured for representing the dimension values of the dimension and each of the visual markers varying a pre-defined measure from the baseline shape and defining, for each dimension of the data, a link between each visual marker associated with the corresponding shape attribute with each potential dimension value of the plurality of dimension values, the link defined in response to pre-defined criteria. The method further comprises representing each dimension value of each dimension of the multi-dimensional data with the linked visual marker and concatenating the plurality of visual markers corresponding to each of the different dimensions of the multi-dimensional data and associated dimension values to form a singular visual object for visualizing the multi-dimensional data and associated dimension values. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013612 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AS 3D IMAGE - An electronic apparatus and a method for displaying a graphical user interface are disclosed. A position determination module determines the position of a user. A controller calculates a depth setting value based on a predetermined distance value and the determined position and adjusts depth values of a plurality of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) based on the calculated depth setting value. A display displays the plurality of GUIs with the adjusted depth values. The plurality of GUIs is displayed at respective output positions. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013613 | Tools for Use within a Three Dimensional Scene - Tools for use within a 3D scene. The 3D scene may be presented by at least one display, which includes displaying at least one stereoscopic image of the 3D scene by the display(s). The 3D scene may be presented according to a first viewpoint. User input may be received to the 3D scene using one or more tools. The 3D scene may be updated in response to the use of the one or more tools. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013614 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A stereoscopic image display apparatus and method which reduce crosstalk and select either high resolution images or bright images. The stereoscopic image display apparatus includes first and second image forming areas, each area including multiple contiguous horizontal rows. The areas are alternately disposed in a liquid crystal display, and display right and left eye images on the first and second image forming areas, respectively. The display displays the images in a fixed manner or replaces or overwrites the image areas every time a frame is switched, and displays a frame image in which the right and left eye images are simultaneously displayed. When the first and second image forming areas are alternately replaced, according to the frame switching timing, the backlight is controlled to turn on and phase difference states of right and left eye glasses of polarized eyeglasses are alternately replaced. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013615 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a plasma display device including a plasma display panel that performs gradation display of an image by a sub-field driving method. A protective layer of the plasma display panel includes a base layer formed on a dielectric layer and a plurality of aggregated particles dispersed all over a surface of the base layer. The plasma display device forms an image by a right-eye field in which a right-eye image signal is displayed and a left-eye field in which a left-eye image signal is displayed. The right-eye field and the left-eye field have a plurality of sub-fields. The first sub-field has a minimum luminance weight, the second sub-field has a maximum luminance weight, and the third and subsequent sub-fields have luminance weights decreasing in sequence. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013616 | COMPUTER GRAPHICS VIDEO SYNTHESIZING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A CG image combining device generates a CG image by mapping an image to an object. A memory unit stores shape data and a pair of left-view and right-view image data. A determination unit refers to the shape data to evaluate a curvature of the object's surface from normal vectors of polygons constituting the object. Furthermore, the determination unit determines whether the object is suitable for stereoscopic image mapping by comparing the curvature with a threshold. A mapping unit (i) generates left-view CG data by combining the left-view image data with the shape data and generates right-view CG data by combining the right-view image data with the shape data, when the object is suitable for the mapping, and (ii) generates left-view CG data and right-view CG data by combining one of the left-view and right-view image data with the shape data, when the object is not suitable for the mapping. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120019510 | Multiple source associated particle imaging for simultaneous capture of multiple projections - Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for performing neutron radiography. For example, in one exemplary method, an object is interrogated with a plurality of neutrons. The plurality of neutrons includes a first portion of neutrons generated from a first neutron source and a second portion of neutrons generated from a second neutron source. Further, at least some of the first portion and the second portion are generated during a same time period. In the exemplary method, one or more neutrons from the first portion and one or more neutrons from the second portion are detected, and an image of the object is generated based at least in part on the detected neutrons from the first portion and the detected neutrons from the second portion. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME SURGERY VISUALIZATION - A system for providing real-time surgery visualization to achieve symmetric results is provided. The system includes at least one imaging device configured to capture at least one image of a first area of a subject during a surgical procedure. The system further includes at least one projector configured to project at least one reflected image onto a second area of the subject located across an axis of symmetry of the subject from the first area of the subject. The at least one reflected image is reflected with respect to the axis of symmetry and the first area of the subject. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019512 | NOISE SUPPRESSION FOR CONE-BEAM IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - A method for 3-D volume image reconstruction of a subject, executed at least in part on a computer, obtains image data for 2-D projection images over a range of scan angles. For each of the plurality of projection images, a noise-corrected projection image is generated by steps of transforming the image data according to a variance-stabilizing transform to provide transformed image data, applying Gaussian based noise suppression to the transformed image data, and inverting the transformation of the noise-suppressed transformed image data to generate the noise-corrected projection image. The noise-corrected projection image is stored in a computer-accessible memory. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019513 | 3D LAYERING OF MAP METADATA - Techniques and tools are described for rendering views of a map in which map metadata elements are layered in 3D space through which a viewer navigates. Layering of metadata elements such as text labels in 3D space facilitates parallax and smooth motion effects for zoom-in, zoom-out and scrolling operations during map navigation. A computing device can determine a viewer position that is associated with a view altitude in 3D space, then render for display a map view based upon the viewer position and metadata elements layered at different metadata altitudes in 3D space. For example, the computing device places text labels in 3D space above features associated with the respective labels, at the metadata altitudes indicated for the respective labels. The computing device creates a map view from points of the placed labels and points of a surface layer of the map that are visible from the viewer position. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019514 | THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - A three-dimensional (3D) display including a memory unit, a signal processing unit, a display panel, a pair of shutter glasses and a timing controller is provided. In a first display period of a left eye frame period, the signal processing unit reading and outputting the first display data from the memory unit. In a third display period of a right eye frame period, the signal processing unit reading and outputting the third display data from the memory unit. In a second display period of the left eye frame period and a fourth display period of the right eye frame period, the signal processing unit outputting second display data. The timing controller controlling the shutter glass and driving the display panel according the first display data, the second display data and the third display data. As such, writing-in time and display time of frames can be increased. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019515 | DISPLAY METHOD - A display method thereof is provided. The display method includes following steps. In a first display period of a left eye frame period, first display data are read from a memory unit, and the left eye frame is displayed accordingly. In a second display period of the left eye frame period, second display data is provided and a black frame is displayed accordingly. In a third display period of a right eye frame period, third display data are read from the memory unit, and the right eye frame is displayed accordingly. In a fourth display period of the right eye frame period, the second display data is provided and the black frame is displayed accordingly. As such, writing-in time and display time of frames can be increased. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019516 | MULTI-VIEW DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING COLOR CONSISTENT SELECTIVE SUB-PIXEL RENDERING - A multi-view display system and method using color consistent selective sub-pixel rendering are provided. The multi-view display system may determine a pixel value based on a contribution level of a viewpoint varying based on a viewing position. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019517 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF 3D CHARACTER ANIMATION FROM 3D MESHES - Systems and methods for animating 3D characters using a non-rigged mesh or a group of non-rigged meshes that define the appearance of the character are illustrated. Certain embodiments disclose a process for the automatic rigging or autorigging of a non-rigged mesh or meshes. In one embodiment, a method of automatically rigging at least one mesh defining the external appearance of a 3D character includes creating a 3D representation of the external appearance of the 3D character defined by the at least one mesh, where the 3D representation is a single closed form mesh, identifying salient points of the 3D representation, fitting a reference skeleton to the 3D representation, calculating skinning weights for the 3D representation based upon the fitted skeleton, and automatically rigging the 3D character by transferring the skeleton and skinning weights generated with respect to the 3D representation to the at least one mesh defining the external appearance of the 3D character. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019518 | Rendering system and method based on weighted value of sub-pixel region - A rendering system and method based on a weighted value of a sub-pixel region are provided. The rendering system may change a pixel value of a single sub-pixel using pixel values of sub-pixels that represent, as respective central viewpoints, a plurality of viewpoints represented by the single sub-pixel based on an inclined lens, and may perform rendering using the changed pixel value. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019519 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an image processing device which enables image display that takes full advantage of a color reproduction performance of a panel without providing a viewer with a feeling of strangeness. In at least one embodiment, an image processing device includes: a first color space converter configured to convert an externally transmitted RGB signal into an XYZ signal; a three-dimensional matching processor configured to perform conversion to tristimulus values of the XYZ signal to generate an XYZ signal; and a second color space converter configured to convert the XYZ signal to an RGB signal for a liquid crystal panel. The three-dimensional matching processor performs the conversion to the tristimulus values such that saturation and brightness of only colors whose chromaticity coordinate is outside a boundary line provided on an xy chromaticity diagram are increased, and maintains the tristimulus values as they are such that colors whose chromaticity coordinate is within the boundary line are displayed in colors accurate to colors represented by the RGB signal. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019520 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - For generating a destination image (a left-eye image) from an original image and a height map thereof, the height of the height map of the original image is compared with the height of the height map of the destination image, and if a pixel of the original image is higher, the pixel of the original image is copied to a pixel of the destination image. After the pixel of the original image is copied to the pixel of the destination image, the height of the pixel of the original image is decremented. The pixel of the original image is copied in the rightward direction to pixels of the destination image until the height of the pixel of the original image becomes 0 or until a height of the pixel of the destination image becomes lower than that of the pixel of the original image. The same processes are performed on each pixel of the original image, and thereby the left-eye image is generated. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019521 | IMAGE OUTPUT CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE OUTPUT CONTOL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image output control apparatus includes a memory, an input module, and a controller. The memory is configured to store first identification information used to limit output of a 3D image. The input module is configured to input second identification information used to cancel limitation of output of the 3D image. The controller is configured to determine whether or not the second identification information is valid based on the first and second identification information to execute control to limit the output of the 3D image or cancel the output limitation based on a result of the determination. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019522 | ENHANCED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND TARGETING (eSAT) SYSTEM - eSAT pushes 3D scene awareness and targeting to forward positioned mobile operators and their handheld devices in environments such as found in military theaters of operation, border control and enforcement, police operations, search & rescue and large commercial industrial operations. A host computer hosts a 3D model of a scene and dynamically captures and transmits a windowed portion of the visual representation of that 3D model over a wireless network to the mobile operators' handheld devices. The windowed portion of the visual representation is streamed directly to the operators' handheld device displays. The mobile operators may interact with and control the 3D model via the wireless network. The host computer may synthesize the visual representation of the 3D model with live feeds from one or more of the handheld devices or other assets to improve situational awareness. Either the mobile operators or host operator can make point selections on the visual representation to extract geo-coordinates from the 3D model as a set of target coordinates. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019523 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A stereoscopic image display device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed, in which switching between a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image is performed using an electro wettable material depending on whether a voltage is applied. The stereoscopic image display device comprises a display panel; a first electrode formed on one surface of the display panel; a wall formed to divide a plurality of lens areas at the boundary of the respective lens areas on the first electrode; an electro-wettable material included in the wall; a first substrate formed on the wall to face the display panel; and a second electrode formed at the center of each wall on the first substrate. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019524 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE SUPPLY DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image display device includes: a feature value calculating section which calculates an image feature value related to the brightness of image data using parallax between image data for a right eye and image data for a left eye which form 3D image data; an expanding coefficient calculating section which calculates an expanding coefficient, which is related to brightness expand processing, on the basis of the image feature value; a brightness expanding processing section which performs brightness expanding processing on the image data for the right eye and the image data for the left eye on the basis of the expanding coefficient; and an image display section which displays an image on the basis of the image data for the right eye and the image data for the left eye subjected to the brightness expanding processing. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019525 | Stereoscopic Display Apparatus - A stereoscopic display apparatus that may reduce distortion of a displayed stereoscopic image including a display unit displaying an image that is linearly polarized in one direction; a stereoscopic filter disposed in front of the display unit; and a phase correction plate disposed in front of the display unit. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019526 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AND REPRODUCING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENTS IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus produce and reproduce Augmented Reality (AR) contents in a mobile terminal. In the method, contents are produced. An image including an object corresponding to the contents is recognized. Recognition information for the object corresponding to the contents is obtained based on a recognition result. AR contents including the contents and the recognition information are generated. Therefore, AR contents for an input image may be easily produced and reproduced, and the AR contents may be used as independent multimedia contents, not an auxiliary means of other contents. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019527 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A display apparatus includes a display unit that displays a 3D image thereon, the 3D image being created by combining two pieces of image data in which adjacent right-side and left-side parts of respective fields of view overlap with each other; a touch panel that is provided on the display screen of the display unit and that detects a touch position of an external object or a nearby position of an object near a surface of the touch panel; and a sensitivity setting unit that sets, in accordance with the level to which the 3D image appears to protrude in a direction perpendicular to the display screen, the detection sensitivity of the touch panel. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019528 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A display apparatus includes a display unit that displays a three-dimensional image generated by combining two pieces of image data; an area selecting-setting unit that selects an adjustment area in which an offset distance, which is a virtual distance from a display screen of the display unit in a direction perpendicular to the display screen in the three-dimensional image, is adjusted; an input unit that receives a change instruction signal for giving an instruction to change the offset distance in the adjustment area; an offset-distance adjustment unit that adjusts the offset distance in the adjustment area in accordance with the change instruction signal; and a display controller that causes the display unit to display a three-dimensional image by using the two pieces of image data in which the offset distance in the adjustment area is adjusted. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019529 | DISPLAY ASSEMBLIES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND METHODS FOR DEFECT COMPENSATION - The range of embodiments includes systems, methods, and apparatus for defect compensation that may be applied to displays having multiple imaging layers, such as high dynamic range displays, and/or to stereoscopic displays, such as autostereoscopic displays. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019530 | STEREO DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to stereo display systems. In one embodiment, the stereo display system includes a display ( | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019531 | Method and Apparatus for Applying a Rotational Transform to a Portion of a Three-Dimensional Representation of an Appliance for a Living Body - A method and apparatus for applying a rotational transform to a portion of a three-dimensional representation of an appliance for a living body is disclosed. The representation is defined by an input plurality of coordinates stored in a processor circuit memory, the input plurality of coordinates representing a general shape of the appliance. The method involves applying the rotational transform to the portion of the representation of the appliance within the transform volume to produce an output plurality of coordinates representing a modified shape of the appliance such that the general shape of portions of the appliance outside the transform volume remain un-modified by the rotational transform, and storing the output plurality of coordinates in the processor circuit memory. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019532 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD AS WELL AS PROGRAM - Three-dimensional processing is applied to more than one images taken from different points of view to generate a stereoscopic image, and the stereoscopic image is stereoscopically displayed. An instruction to control a stereoscopic effect of the stereoscopically displayed stereoscopic image is received, and the three-dimensional processing is applied to the more than one images to achieve a stereoscopic effect according to the instruction. Then, control values of the stereoscopic effect according to the instruction are recorded in a recording unit with the control values being associated with the more than one images. At this time, if there are the control values of the stereoscopic effect recorded in the recording unit, difference values between the control values of the stereoscopic effect according to the instruction and the recorded control values of the stereoscopic effect are recorded in the recording unit. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120026157 | MULTI-VIEW DISPLAY SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a multi-view display system. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a display screen to display multiple views simultaneously, and a controller to control the views presented on the display screen. The apparatus is configurable by the controller to provide multiple view settings, the view settings including a first setting in which the apparatus provides a single view to each viewer of the display screen and a second setting in which the apparatus provides a first view to a first viewer of the display screen and a second view to a second viewer of the display screen. A first filtering element filters views presented to viewers of the display screen such that an intended view is displayed to one or more viewers. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026158 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a three-dimensional image generation program, which is used for generating, as images to be used for stereoscopic display, two images showing a scene within a virtual three-dimensional space viewed from two cameras set in the virtual three-dimensional space, the three-dimensional image generation program causing a computer to function to: acquire a value of a screen distance parameter, which indicates a distance from a representative position for the two cameras to a virtual screen position in the virtual three-dimensional space; and generate, as the images to be used for the stereoscopic display, the two images showing the scene within the virtual three-dimensional space viewed from the two cameras disposed at positions and in directions that are determined based on the acquired value of the screen distance parameter. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026159 | ACTIVE TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD FOR PROVIDING STEREOGRAPHIC IMAGE - An active-type stereographic image display apparatus includes an image display unit; a touch sensing unit to sense a touch position through a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer that are arranged to cross with each other, and to separate an image output from the image display unit through a lens array into a first eye image and a second eye image based on a refractive index of light; and a lens driving control unit to control a focal length by controlling the lens array. The method for driving the active-type stereographic image includes displaying a stereographic image comprising a first eye image and a separate second eye image, sensing a touch position of a user input, separating an image output into a first eye image and a second eye image, and controlling a focal length provided by a lens array. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026160 | Photographable three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus - Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus. The 3D display apparatus may include a mode decision unit to determine a mode corresponding to a predetermined criterion, a barrier panel to form a pattern based on the determined mode, and a controller to control a power of a backlight unit associated with an image panel, based on the determined mode. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026161 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A stereoscopic display including a displaying element, a light converging element, and a scanning element is provided. The displaying element is adapted to provide a light. The light converging element is disposed on a transmission path of the light for converging the light to at least one view region. The scanning element is disposed on the transmission path of the light for changing at least one transmission direction of the light with time. The scanning element includes a plurality of scanning units. Each of the scanning units includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first material with anisotropic refractive indices. The first material with anisotropic refractive indices is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026162 | DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING APPARATUS, DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING PROGRAM, AND DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING METHOD - Providing a diagnosis assisting apparatus that allows, in a diagnostic screen of a tubular tissue, easy understanding of the positional relationship between a curved cutting surface represented by a CPR image and the tubular tissue. Extracting a tubular tissue region representing a tubular tissue from volume data obtained by imaging and setting a core line to the tubular tissue, generating a CPR image which includes the core line and a longitudinal section of the tubular tissue region, obtaining the longitudinal section from the CPR image generation means, generating a pseudo three-dimensional image that includes a mark representing the obtained longitudinal section, as well as the tubular tissue in the extracted tubular tissue region based on the volume data, and displaying the pseudo three-dimensional image. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026163 | METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Data of display data signals input to a plurality of display circuits are alternately switched between an image data for the left eye and an image data for the right eye every a plurality of frame periods; the plurality of display circuits are divided into a plurality of groups each including the display circuits in at least one row, and in each group, pulses of display selection signals are sequentially input Z (Z is a natural number greater than or equal to 3) times to the display circuits in the respective rows; and data of the display data signal input during a K-th (K is a natural number greater than or equal to 2) frame period and data of the display data signal input during a (K−1)-th frame period are compared. As a result, a color image and a black image are selectively displayed. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026164 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE WITH A SWITCHABLE PARALLAX BARRIER FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN TWO-VIEWS 3D DISPLAY MODE AND MULTI-VIEWS 3D DISPLAY MODE, AND METHOD THEREFOR - An auto stereoscopic image display device, comprising a screen with a plurality of subpixels, a first parallax barrier and a second parallax barrier which differs from the first parallax barrier by a different slot spacing. The display device is switchable between a first mode being a multi-views 3D mode (multi-users 3D mode) in which the first parallax barrier is activated while the second parallax barrier is deactivated and a second mode being a two-views 3D mode (single-user 3D mode) in which the first parallax barrier is deactivated while the second parallax barrier is activated. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026165 | Image Processing Apparatus and Method, and Program - The present invention relates to image processing apparatus and method, and a program which can display a multi-viewpoint image having more appropriate disparity. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026166 | SPATIALLY-CORRELATED MULTI-DISPLAY HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE - A human-machine interface involves plural spatially-coherent visual presentation surfaces at least some of which are movable by a person. Plural windows or portholes into a virtual space, at least some of which are handheld and movable, are provided by using handheld and other display devices. Aspects of multi-dimensional spatiality of the moveable window (e.g., relative to another window) are determined and used to generate images. As one example, the moveable window can present a first person perspective “porthole” view into the virtual space, this porthole view changing based on aspects of the moveable window's spatiality in multi-dimensional space relative to a stationary window. A display can present an image of a virtual space, and an additional, moveable display can present an additional image of the same virtual space. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120032946 | NEW CALIBRATION PROCEDURES FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION - The present invention discloses new calibration procedures for three-dimensional digital image correlation (3D-DIC) method comprising steps: providing a 3D-DIC system: arranging an object at a focus of a first image capture device and a second image capture device, and using a light source device to uniformly project light on the object, and linking the system to a processor capable of data processing and analyzing; providing a calibration plate: arranging the calibration plate at a position where the object is located; performing a system calibration procedures: treating the first and second image capture devices as an identical unit and rotating them simultaneously to acquire a plurality of calibration images of the calibration plate, wherein each calibration image contains a plurality of circles formed at an identical spacing which is preset to work out a plurality of system parameters through the spacings for measurement and calculation of the object. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032947 | 3D/2D MULTIPRIMARY COLOR IMAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A 3D/2D multiprimary color image device is provided with an optical unit to direct one image to the left eye and another image to the right eye. Each color dot of the multiprimary color image device comprises at least two color sections controlled independently. To display a 3D image, one section of a color dot is for displaying a left eye image while another section of the same color dot is for displaying a right eye image. To display a 2D image, both sections of a color dot for the left eye and for the right eye displaying the same image independently. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VIDEO IMAGES FOR CAMERA RECREATION - Embodiments use point clouds to recreate a camera. The point cloud of the object may be formed from analysis of two dimensional images taken by the camera. Once the virtual camera has been formed, the camera may be used in the process of generating stereoscopic three dimensional images of the scene within the 2D images. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032949 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A stereoscopic image display includes a display panel, an active black stripe controller, which analyzes an information of a 3D depth between left eye image data and right eye image data, obtains a 3D depth value, compares the 3D depth value with a predetermined threshold value, and assigns data copied from the left eye image data and the right eye image data as data to be written to second division subpixels of pixels of the display panel when the 3D depth value is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold value, a data driving circuit which converts digital data received from the active black stripe controller into a data voltage and supplies the data voltage to data lines of the display panel, and a gate driving circuit sequentially supplying a gate pulse to gate lines of the display panel. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032950 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WHILE RENDERING OBJECT IN 3D GRAPHIC-BASED TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method synthesize additional information while rendering an object in a 3D-based terminal. A disparity of the additional information is determined with a value that is equal to a disparity of an object or greater than the disparity of the object by a predetermined value in a situation in which the object hidden by the additional information is to be synthesized using a depth buffer. The additional information is overlaid on an image with consideration of the determined disparity of the additional information. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032951 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RENDERING OBJECT IN 3D GRAPHIC TERMINAL - A method for rendering an object in a 3D graphic terminal includes constructing camera coordinates, based on vertex information of objects existing in a 3D space, and selecting one object in a left frustum and a right frustum, based on the constructed camera coordinates, wherein the left frustum is defined centered on a left virtual camera viewpoint, and the right frustum is defined centered on a right virtual camera viewpoint. The method further includes determining a binocular disparity by projecting vertexes of the selected object in the left frustum and the right frustum, and adjusting frustum parameters of the left virtual camera and the right virtual camera when the determined binocular disparity is greater than an allowable binocular disparity. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032952 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND LOCATION TRACKING DEVICE - A system, apparatus, and method for displaying a 3D image and a location tracking device are provided. A location tracking unit receives an image frame acquired by capturing an image of a user, detects a location of the user using the received image frame, calculates a movement velocity of the user using the detected location of the user and at least one of previously detected locations of the user, predicts a location of the user at time point which a predetermined time elapses using the detected location of the user and the calculated movement velocity, and calculates a 3D image change amount based on the predicted location of the user. An image processing unit performs a control operation to display a 3D image based on the calculated 3D image change amount. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032953 | AUTOMATED CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT FOR CONTOURING - A system and method for automatic contrast enhancement for contouring. The system and method including displaying a volumetric image slice to be analyzed, receiving a delineation of a target anatomic structure in the volumetric image slice, identifying a region of interest based upon an area being delineated in the volumetric image slice, analyzing voxel intensity values in the region of interest and determining an appropriate window-level setting based on the voxel intensity values. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032954 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES, PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE APPROPRIATE FOR A 3D IMAGE SIGNAL - The present invention provides a stereoscopic image reproducing apparatus which provides a user interface (UI) appropriate for a 3D image signal, comprising: a user interface generating unit which generates the user interface; a UI-scaling unit which scales the generated UI in accordance with the mode of the 3D image signal; a first storage unit which stores the scaled UI together with a first position value; a second storage unit which copies the UI stored in the first storage unit, and stores the copied UI together with a second position value in accordance with the mode of the 3D image signal; and an integrated storage unit which integrates the UIs stored in the first storage unit and in the second storage unit in accordance with the position value of each of the UIs, and stores the integrated UIs. Preferably, the UI-scaling unit performs a downscaling process for reducing the generated UI in the horizontal direction when the 3D image signal has a side-by-side mode. In addition, the UI-scaling unit preferably performs a downscaling process for reducing the generated UI in the vertical direction when the 3D image signal has a top-down mode. The present invention thereby provides a user interface which causes no distortion in a stereoscopic image display. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032955 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A configuration is realized which enables data not displayed on a display section to be always observed as a virtual object. A configuration is realized with which, in various kinds of display apparatus such as a PC and a portable telephone having a display section, non-displayed data that extends off the area of the display section is displayed as a virtual object at a position contiguous to the display data of the display section. This configuration allows the user to always observe and view not only data displayed on a limited display area of a PC or the like but also data that has gone off the display section, thereby enhancing data processing efficiency. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032956 | APPLICATIONS WITH INTEGRATED CAPTURE - Embodiments include a system for integrating capture software functionality into other software applications including computer aided design (CAD) application, search application, database management application, email applications, network publishing applications, collaboration applications, copying and facsimile applications, manufacturing applications and similar programs. A user may utilize any of these applications to initiate a capture of an image or model. The applications may include an integrated capture functionality or message system to communicate with a capture application to initiate a capture. A separate or integrated conversion application may automatically be invoked to convert and return the image or model to the requesting application. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032957 | DATA PROCESSING UNIT WITH MULTI-GRAPHIC CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA USING THE SAME - A data processing apparatus including a first graphic controller configured to process a first image, the first image being one of a first still, moving and three dimensional (3D) image; a second graphic controller configured to process a second image, the second image being one of a second still, moving and three dimensional (3D) image, the first and second graphic controllers being integrated into one chip; and a controller operatively connected to the first and second graphic controllers and configured to determine whether to enable the second graphic controller, and change the second graphic controller from an inactive state to an enabled state. Further, though the second graphic controller is changed from the inactive state to the enabled state, the first graphic controller is maintained in an enabled state. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120038623 | GENERATING A MAP DISPLAY IMAGE - A method and apparatus are disclosed for generating a display image including a map view and linepiece information for example legible text and/or characters (e.g. alphanumeric) such as road names superposed on the map view. In at least one embodiment, the technique selects linepieces that are easy to read, by (i) selecting from a first subset of alphanumeric linepieces associated with information on the map, a second sub-set of the alphanumeric linepieces satisfying predetermined criteria including display angle; and (ii) including in the display image the second sub-set of alphanumeric linepieces. The first sub-set may be selected according to distance criteria. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038624 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ACTIVATING A BACKLIGHT OF A DISPLAY DEVICE DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY CONTENT - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for activating a backlight of a display device displaying stereoscopic content. In use, a state of a display device is identified in which an entirety of an image of stereoscopic display content intended for viewing only by a first eye of a user is displayed. Further, a backlight of the display device is activated, in response to the detection of the state. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038625 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEPTH OF IMAGE AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE METHOD - A method for controlling depth of an image includes identifying a target to be displayed in a three-dimensional manner in a three dimensional manner, determining a size of the identified target, calculating a depth of the target in correspondence with the determined size, and displaying the target in the three-dimensional manner according to the calculated depth on the screen. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038626 | METHOD FOR EDITING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A method for controlling a mobile terminal image includes providing a first image and a second image via a controller on the mobile terminal, the first and second images reflecting a binocular disparity to form a three dimensional image, identifying an editing target from the three dimensional image, editing a first image of the identified editing target, and applying the edited first image and a second image corresponding to the edited first image to the three dimensional image. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038627 | Display system and method using hybrid user tracking sensor - Example embodiments of a display system and method using a hybrid user tracking sensor are described. The display system may determine a final location of a user based on information of a face or eyes of a user generated based on information received from a plurality of cameras and posture information generated based on information received from a plurality of sensors. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038628 | REAL-TIME AUTOMATIC CONCATENATION OF 3D ANIMATION SEQUENCES - Systems and methods for generating and concatenating 3D character animations are described including systems in which recommendations are made by the animation system concerning motions that smoothly transition when concatenated. One embodiment includes a server system connected to a communication network and configured to communicate with a user device that is also connected to the communication network. In addition, the server system is configured to generate a user interface that is accessible via the communication network, the server system is configured to receive high level descriptions of desired sequences of motion via the user interface, the server system is configured to generate synthetic motion data based on the high level descriptions and to concatenate the synthetic motion data, the server system is configured to stream the concatenated synthetic motion data to a rendering engine on the user device, and the user device is configured to render a 3D character animated using the streamed synthetic motion data. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038629 | System and Method for Integrating Gaze Tracking with Virtual Reality or Augmented Reality - This invention relates to gaze tracking methods and systems integrated with virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR). A system may include one or more cameras for capturing images of a subject's eyes, a display device for displaying a VR or AR image, a first reflecting surface associated with the display device for at least partially reflecting light from the eyes to the one or more cameras and for transmitting the VR or AR image; and a second reflecting surface for at least partially reflecting light from the eyes to the one or more cameras and for receiving the VR or AR image and rendering the VR or AR image to the subject as at least one component of a VR or AR environment. The methods and systems described herein may be used in research, medical, industrial, aerospace, and entertainment applications. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038630 | Method for Measuring the Perception of Spatial Orientation of a Person - A method for measuring the perception of spatial orientation of a person comprising the steps of: modifying a first non visual frame of reference and providing a second non visual frame of reference and measuring the value of the parameter representative of the perception of spatial orientation; modifying a first visual frame of reference so as to provide a second visual frame of reference and measuring the value of the parameter representative of the perception of spatial orientation; combining the measured values of the parameters representative of the perception of spatial orientation of preceding steps so as to obtain a value representing the sensitivity of the person referred to a scale of sensitivity to perception of spatial orientation. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038631 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL DATA - A method of using a computer to generate virtual autostereoscopic images from a three-dimensional digital data set, includes establishing a first point of view and field of view of a subject volume including a region of interest. The method includes reading at least one scene parameter associated with the field of view of the subject volume. The method includes determining a second point of view offset some distance and along some vector from the first point of view based on a value derived from at least one scene parameter wherein said second point of view at least partially overlaps the first field of view and wherein said first and second points of view create a view plane with perpendicular orthogonal views of the subject volume. The method also includes generating and storing images and relevant metadata from said first and second points of view. The method includes displaying the stored images by alternatingly displaying stored images from said first and second points of view at a rate of between 2 and 60 cycles per second. Additionally, one or more transformations can be performed on the alternatingly displayed images that brings some desired point in the region of interest of both images into a converged critical alignment wherein the said region of interest appears three-dimensional to a viewer on an standard two-dimensional unaided display. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038632 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY, STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM, METHOD OF DETECTING PARALLAX DISPLACEMENT IN STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A favorable stereoscopic image with less parallax displacement is allowed to be displayed. An image processor includes: a storage section storing parallax displacement data concerned with parallax displacement caused in a stereoscopic display; and a parallax displacement correction section correcting a stereoscopic image to be displayed on the stereoscopic display based on the parallax displacement data, in which the stereoscopic display includes a display section including a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged to display a parallax composite image created from a plurality of parallax images, and a parallax separation structure separating the parallax composite image into the plurality of parallax images. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038633 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GEOSPATIAL MANAGEMENT AND VISUALIZATION OF EVENTS - Methods and apparatus are provided for geospatial management and visualization of events, by presenting a dynamic, user-interactive geospatial environment for performing real-time operations management and pre/post-mission analytical activities. A geospatial event management system integrates geospatial imagery data from geospatial imagery data sources, and determines a geographic area of interest based on user input, stored settings, or other relevant parameters. The geospatial event management system then provides a user-interactive geospatial environment based on the geospatial imagery data associated with the geographic area of interest, and ingests geospatially-referenced event data associated with the events, such as tracking data, telemetry data, or sensor data. The geospatial event management system further filters the event data based on parameters such as geospatial or temporal parameters, and then superimposes the filtered event data over the geospatial imagery data associated with the geographic area of interest. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038634 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - An apparatus and a method of displaying 3-Dimensional image are disclosed. A camera unit serves to capture an image of a viewer. A position tracking device serves to detect a position of the viewer using a video frame included in the captured image and calculate a position of a non-transmissive region of a 3D image filter based on the detected position of the viewer. A display unit serves to move the non-transmissive region of the 3D image filter according to the calculated position of the non-transmissive region. Changing a sweet spot of the 3D image to suit movement of the viewer has the effects of enlarge a viewing angle of the viewer and preventing crosstalk and image flipping even when the viewer moves. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038635 | 3-D RENDERING FOR A ROTATED VIEWER - Methods and systems for displaying a three dimensional image to a rotated viewer are presented. The roll and yaw of a viewer's eyes, with respect to a display, is tracked and used to adjust the orientation of a pair of stereoscopic images so as to maintain a three dimensional image when a viewer is rotated. Adjustment to the orientation of the pair of stereoscopic images may also factor in the orientation of a plurality of viewers, each viewer with a potentially different orientation with respect to the display. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038636 | Appearance of an object - A method and system of displaying and rotating a 3d numeric model. Upon pausing, or completing the rotation by releasing the mouse button, a raster image loads and displays thereby improving the sharpens or allowing the user to zoom in on additional detail. The raster images may be created by photographing the real life version of the object represented by the 3d numeric model. The raster images may otherwise be created by long duration renderings of the 3d numeric model at very high quality settings and mesh size then saving the result to a raster image file. The benefit is smooth rotation inherent to 3d numeric models with the detail and sharpness of photographs after the rotation is completed. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038637 | USER-DRIVEN THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE GAMING ENVIRONMENT - An invention is provided for affording a real-time three-dimensional interactive environment using a depth sensing device. The invention includes obtaining depth values indicating distances from one or more physical objects in a physical scene to a depth sensing device. The depth sensing device is configurable to be maintained at a particular depth range defined by a plane so that objects between the particular depth range and the depth sensing device are processed by the depth sensing device, wherein the particular depth range establishes active detection by the depth sensing device, as depth values of objects placed through the particular depth range and toward the depth sensing device are detected and depth values of objects placed beyond the particular depth range are not detected. The objects placed through the particular depth range are rendered and displayed in a virtual scene based on geometric characteristics of the object itself. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038638 | Three-Dimensional Annotations For Street View Data - The present invention relates to annotating images. In an embodiment, the present invention enables users to create annotations corresponding to three-dimensional objects while viewing two-dimensional images. In one embodiment, this is achieved by projecting a selecting object onto a three-dimensional model created from a plurality of two-dimensional images. The selecting object is input by a user while viewing a first image corresponding to a portion of the three-dimensional model. A location corresponding to the projection on the three-dimensional model is determined, and content entered by the user while viewing the first image is associated with the location. The content is stored together with the location information to form an annotation. The annotation can be retrieved and displayed together with other images corresponding to the location. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120044241 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ON-SCREEN DISPLAY IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention is directed to a 3D OSD imaging system and method. A depth generator generates at least one image depth map according to a 2D image, and an image mixer superimposes an OSD image on the 2D image, thereby resulting in a 2D image with OSD. An OSD unit provides an OSD depth map and the OSD image, and a depth mixer superimposes the OSD depth map on the image depth map, thereby resulting in a composite depth map. A depth-image-based rendering (DIBR) unit generates a left image and a right image according to the 2D image with OSD and the composite depth map. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044242 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING ON-SCREEN DISPLAY (OSD) THERETO - A display apparatus and a method for applying an OSD applying thereto. The display apparatus maintains the depth of the OSD to be displayed on the screen at a specific depth if the depth of a 3D image is adjusted. Accordingly, even if the depth of the 3D image is adjusted, the depth of the OSD remains the same. Therefore, a user may be provided with the OSD of which depth does not change even if the depth of the 3D image is adjusted. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044243 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING DISPLAY MODE THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method for converting a display mode thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal performs a first display action for three-dimensionally displaying a part of a image in a first zone of an entire display zone and two-dimensionally displaying the other part of the image in a second zone as a gesture externally input for conversion between two-dimensional display and three-dimensional display is recognized, and performs a second display action subsequently to the first display action for three-dimensionally displaying a part of the image in a third zone of the entire display zone and two-dimensionally displaying the other part of the image in a fourth zone. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044244 | Method for Image Processing and an Apparatus Thereof - An image processing method is provided. Firstly, input data including a number of original data are received. Next, the original data are converted into a number of converted emulation voltage signals. Then, at least a simulation circuit model including at least a spatial data node, at least a diffusion node and at least a connection device is established, wherein, the at least a connection device is coupled to a part or all of the at least a spatial data node and the at least a diffusion node. Afterwards, a part or all of the converted emulation voltage signals are supplied to the diffusion node to achieve voltage diffusion among the spatial data nodes and the diffusion nodes via the connection device, so that at least a diffused emulation voltage signal is obtained on the diffusion nodes. After that, processed image data are generated according to the diffused emulation voltage signals. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044245 | EFFICIENT TILE-BASED RASTERIZATION - An apparatus and method for rasterizing a primitive in a graphics system is disclosed in one example of the invention as including scanning a first row of tiles, one tile at a time, starting from a first point and scanning in a first direction. Immediately after scanning the first row of tiles, the method includes moving from the first point to a second point in an orthogonal direction relative to the first row. Immediately after moving from the first point to the second point, the method includes scanning a second row of tiles, one tile at a time, starting from the second point and scanning in the first direction. By scanning rows in the same direction immediately prior to and after moving from one row to another, cache utilization is improved. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044246 | Image Processing Device, Method, and Program - Systems and methods are disclosed for processing a stereoscopic image. In one embodiment, an apparatus has an image-reception unit receiving first and second images, an analyzer unit determining a value of at least one parameter of the images, and a comparison unit. The comparison unit may be configured to compare the at least one parameter value to a threshold and to generate a command for displaying the first and second images as a stereoscopic image, if the at least one parameter value meets the threshold. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044247 | SEAMLESSLY OVERLAYING 2D IMAGES IN 3D MODEL - The present disclosure provides techniques that can enable a community of users to upload arbitrary images of particular locations and integrate them into a 3D model of that location in such a way that they appear as correctly aligned overlays with the model. Users can estimate rough location, orientation, and field of view, for one or more images and then add metadata such as keyword “tags” including time parameters. From the user estimates, a computer system determines the pose of the image relative to the 3D model and stores the metadata. A display system enables a community of users to freely navigate through the 3D model with visual indicators of all of the posed images, filterable via the metadata. Users also have control over a “snap-to-view” feature as they approach any of the posed images as well as a transparency feature for the degree of visibility of the overlaid image. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044248 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROXIMITY DETECTION - A computer implemented method of visualizing an infrastructure comprising: acquiring a cross section definition, the definition comprising points defining a link and link information, each of the points exhibiting a type; creating at least one three dimensional face linking points of a same type; assigning a face rendering for each of the created at least one three dimensional faces with a material definitional associated with the link information; and displaying the faces with the rendering. The invention also provides for a computing system operable to: acquire a cross section definition, the definition comprising points defining a link and link information, each of the points exhibiting a type; create at least one three dimensional face linking points of a same type; and assign a face rendering for each of the created at least one three dimensional faces with a material definitional associated with the link information. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044249 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A three-dimensional sense adjusting unit displays three-dimensional images to a user. If a displayed reaches a limit of parallax, the user responds to the three-dimensional sense adjusting unit. According to acquired appropriate parallax information, a parallax control unit generates parallax images to realize the appropriate parallax in the subsequent stereo display. The control of parallaxes is realized by optimally setting camera parameters by going back to three-dimensional data. Functions to realize the appropriate parallax are made into and presented by a library. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120056871 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A three-dimensional (3D) imaging system and method are disclosed. A motion estimation and motion compensation (MEMC) unit performs the motion estimation (ME) and the motion compensation (MC) on a reference frame and a current frame, thereby generating an MEMC generated frame and motion vector (MV) information. A depth controller partitions the reference frame into multiple regions according to the MV information, thereby generating depth information. A scene-mode depth generator generates a depth map according to the reference frame and the depth information. A depth-image-based rendering (DIBR) unit generates a scene-mode generated frame according to the reference frame and the depth map. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056872 | Image processing apparatus and method using tracking of gaze of user - An apparatus and method for outputting view images by tracking a gaze of a user are provided. The image processing apparatus estimates movement of a gaze of a user using a camera, and determines an output order of view images according to the gaze movement. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056873 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH IMAGE CONVERSION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a display system includes: receiving an input image having input pixels; assigning a pixel information for the input pixels corresponding to a semantic category; detecting input background pixels from the input pixels with the pixel information; identifying input foreground pixels from the input pixels with the background pixels; assigning a pixel depth to the input background pixels and input foreground pixels; generating a depth map with the input background pixels and the input foreground pixels; and generating a processed image from the input image with the depth map for displaying on a device. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056874 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH IMAGE CONVERSION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a display system includes: receiving a current input image with current input pixels; identifying an input object, having input object pixels, based on differences in characteristics of the current input pixels; calculating an object pixel depth for the input object pixels from an image depth map of the current input image based on a weighted average of depth candidates; and generating a processed image, having a perceived depth, from the current input image with the image depth map and the object pixel depth for displaying on a device. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056875 | METHOD FOR OPERATING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same may be provided. A display that is arranged substantially horizontally may be used so content may be variously and conveniently used to improve user convenience. Social network services may also be more conveniently used. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056876 | 3D VIEWING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are disclosed herein. The image display apparatus may include a display to display a 3D image having a left-eye image and a right-eye image, a sensor to detect positions of a first viewing device and a second viewing device for viewing the 3D image, and a controller configured control a perceived view of the 3D image viewed through the viewing devices. The perceived view of the 3D image may be changed based on a position of the viewing devices or the user relative to the display. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056877 | Information Processing Device, Program, and Information Processing Method - There is provided an information processing device including a display control section which causes a three-dimensional space in which an object is arranged to be displayed on a display screen, an acquisition section which acquires a pointing operation in the three-dimensional space, and a position setting section which sets a pointing position in the three-dimensional space on the basis of the pointing operation. The display control section displays the pointing position in the three-dimensional space, a difference of the pointing position from a position of the object in a depth direction of the display screen having been corrected. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056878 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a display, a sensor, and a controller. The display has a screen. The sensor is configured to detect an inclination. The controller is configured to display a first object on the screen and display a second object associated with the first object on the screen in accordance with the inclination detected by the sensor. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056879 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A 3D image display apparatus and a 3D image display method are provided. The 3D image display apparatus generates a 2D image region and a 3D image region, forms shutter patterns for the 3D and 2D image regions, and adjusts a light emitting direction according to the shutter patterns. Accordingly, the 2D and 3D images may be selectively displayed on one screen. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056880 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a drawing position calculation unit for calculating a drawing position of each image of a group of at least two images in a shape being divided at predetermined distance in the width direction so that each of the images is to be displayed on a screen as a stereoscopic image, the shape which is expected to be displayed on a screen as a stereoscopic image, and an image drawing unit for drawing each image of the group of images at the drawing position calculated by the drawing position calculation unit. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056881 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - A parallax adjusting command is applied when a stereoscopic image is displayed in an image compositing area defined on a page constituting an electronic album. The amount of parallax is enlarged in response to application of a command for enlarging the amount of parallax. If enlarging the amount of parallax results in margins being produced when the stereoscopic image is displayed in the image compositing area, the enlargement of the amount of parallax is not reflected in the display of the stereoscopic image. Thus, margins are prevented from being produced in the image compositing area. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056882 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - Margins are prevented from being produced when the amount of parallax of a stereoscopic image has been enlarged. A parallax adjustment command is applied if a stereoscopic image is displayed in an image compositing area that has been defined on a page constituting an electronic album. The amount of parallax is enlarged in response to application of a command to enlarge the amount of parallax. If enlarging the amount of parallax will cause margins to be produced when the stereoscopic image is displayed in the image compositing area on the page, then this page is replaced by a page on which an image compositing area that will not produce margins has been formed. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056883 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a display control device including an image adjustment unit for taking, in a case one object image among an object image for a right eye to be observed by a right eye of a viewer and an object image for a left eye to be observed by a left eye of the viewer includes a non-matching portion not matching an other object image, the non-matching portion as an adjustment target image that is a target of adjustment, and adjusting the adjustment target image to be an image less clear than a base image that is the adjustment target image before adjustment, and a display control unit for performing control of stereoscopically displaying an object based on an object image after adjustment that is the one object image that has been adjusted by the image adjustment unit and the other object image. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056884 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a display control device which includes an information acquisition unit for acquiring information related to an object image for a right eye to be observed by a right eye of a viewer and an object image for a left eye to be observed by a left eye of the viewer, a determination unit for determining whether scale correction of the information acquired by the information acquisition unit can be omitted, and a display control unit for performing control of stereoscopically displaying an object based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit, in a case it is determined that the scale correction can be omitted. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056885 | IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An image generation system includes an object space setting section that sets an object space in which a plurality of objects are disposed, and an image generation section that generates a first-viewpoint image viewed from a first viewpoint in the object space, and a second-viewpoint image viewed from a second viewpoint in the object space, the first viewpoint and the second viewpoint implementing stereovision. The image generation section performs a drawing process to generate the first-viewpoint image and the second-viewpoint image, the drawing process changing a display state of an object in a direction from an inner drawing area toward an area outside the inner drawing area, the inner drawing area being positioned within a common area of a first-viewpoint view volume corresponding to the first viewpoint and a second-viewpoint view volume corresponding to the second viewpoint. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056886 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a technique capable of suppressing the deterioration in azimuth resolution and distance resolution in even a modulated and transmitted or received signal or a signal reflected by an object and varied in intensity when acquiring waveform information. A measurement device comprise: a plurality of sensors which receive waves propagating through a space; and a sampling timing calculation means which obtains, on the basis of the relative positions of the sensors and the velocities of the waves, the difference between the arrival times of the waves received by the respective sensors and calculates, for each sensor, sampling timing for acquiring the waveform information relating to the waves, on the basis of the difference between the arrival times. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120062548 | REDUCING VIEWING DISCOMFORT - A method for displaying a pair of stereoscopic images on a display includes receiving a pair of images forming the pair of stereoscopic images, one being a left image and one being a right image. Then estimating a disparity between the left image and the right image based upon a matching of a left region of the left image with a right region of said the image. Based upon the estimated disparity adjusting the disparity between the left image and the right image. Based upon the adjusted disparity modifying at least one of the right image and said the image to be displayed upon the display. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062549 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes displaying at least one portion of a 3D user interface provided with at least two icons including a first icon and a second icon on a touchscreen, situating the first icon and the second icon to different 3D depths in the 3D user interface, respectively, and if a touch command is inputted to the touchscreen, enabling the icon of the first or second icon existing to a specific 3D depth corresponding to the touch command to respond to the touch command. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062550 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus that calculates a similarity between a plurality of pieces of content stored in a content storage unit, stores content information including information of the similarity obtained by the similarity calculation, generates a virtual three-dimensional display screen for content selection on the basis of stored content information, and allows selection of a piece of content from the virtual three-dimensional display screen. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062551 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus and a method for operating an image display apparatus are provided. Optimized image quality setting values (or configuration values) may be applied so that content may be more correctly and conveniently used, thereby improving user convenience. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062552 | METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE DATA AND DISPLAY APPARATUS PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of processing an image data includes generating a data frame that has a resolution of a high resolution using an original image data of a low resolution and outputting M (herein, M is a natural number not less four) data frames using the data frame of the high resolution. The original image data frame having the low resolution is processed into the image frame having the high resolution so that an image of the high resolution may be displayed on the display panel having the high resolution. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062553 | Random accessible lossless parameter data compression for tile based 3D computer graphics systems - A method and apparatus are provided for compressing vertex parameter data in a 3D computer graphic system, where the vertex parameter data is a data block relating to a plurality of vertices used for rendering an image. The data relating to each vertex includes multiple byte data relating to at least one parameter. The parameters include X, Y and Z coordinates and further coordinates for texturing and shading. Decompression is also provided for decompressing vertex parameter data thus compressed. These are able to access randomly the compressed data, rather than having to read a stream of data. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062554 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS - The still image data includes still image data with a first format capable of being two-dimensionally displayed and still image data with a second format capable of being three-dimensionally displayed. The display controller has a two-dimensional mode and a three dimensional mode for respectively outputting the still image data in a format for two-dimensional display and a format for three-dimensional display as an operating mode. The display controller outputs image information for selectively displaying a first list including the still image data with the first format and the second format, and a second list including only the still image data with the second format on the display apparatus. When receiving an instruction for reproducing the still image data in a state that the first list is displayed, the display controller outputs the still image data included in the first list to the display apparatus in the two-dimensional mode. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062555 | VIRTUAL PERSONALIZED FITTING ROOM - A system is disclosed for reducing, without fully eliminating, the need for the use of fitting rooms. The system comprises a first database, which contains a data set capturing defining features of a person. The system further comprises a second database comprising defining features of an appearance enhancing accessory. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062556 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSOR, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a three-dimensional image display apparatus includes a display unit; a detecting unit configured to detect an observation position of an observer relative to the display unit; a determining unit configured to determine an amount of parallax of an input image signal to be reduced as an angle increases between a normal direction of a surface of the display unit and an observation direction based on the detected observation position or as a distance decreases between the surface of the display unit and the detected observation position; and a generating unit configured to generate a multi-view image to be displayed on the display unit on the basis of the determined amount of parallax. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062557 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING AND DISPLAYING INTRA-ORAL MEASUREMENT DATA - Provided are a system and method for generating and displaying intra-oral measurement data. A measurement field of view of an intra-oral scanning device is directed at a first region of an object scene to acquire image data related to the first region. The intra-oral scanning device is moved from the first region along a path proximal to one or more surfaces of the object scene to a second region of the object scene. The intra-oral scanning device acquires image data corresponding to the object scene along the path. A set of 3D data is presented in a display. 3D data are generated from the image data acquired for the first region of the object scene to the second region of the object scene. Presented in a window of the display is a current video image of acquired image data of the object scene in the measurement field of view. The current video image overlays a respective portion of a graphical representation of accumulated data of the set of 3D data. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062558 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal are provided. In the method, a stereoscopic 3D image that utilizes binocular disparity between a left-eye image and a right-eye image is displayed on a display and a stereoscopic 3D pointer is displayed in the stereoscopic 3D image when a user's hand is detected according to analysis of visual data acquired by a camera. The position of the stereoscopic 3D pointer is moved according to movement of the hand when the movement of the hand is detected according to analysis of the visual data. According to this method, the operation of the mobile terminal can be controlled by the user's hand movement or gesture. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062559 | Method for Converting Two-Dimensional Image Into Stereo-Scopic Image, Method for Displaying Stereo-Scopic Image and Stereo-Scopic Image Display Apparatus for Performing the Method for Displaying Stereo-Scopic Image - In a method for displaying a stereo-scopic image a border for each of multi-viewpoint images is formed around an edge of a display region, and each bordered multi-viewpoint image is converted into a synthetic image. The synthetic image is displayed as a stereo-scopic image in the display region through a lenticular lens inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to a display panel. Therefore, a two-dimensional image may be effectively converted into the stereo-scopic image decreasing saw-edged shapes at the border of the stereo-scopic image, improving display quality. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062560 | STEREOSCOPIC THREE DIMENSIONAL PROJECTION AND DISPLAY - A hardware and software independent method and system of providing three-dimensional stereoscopic presentations of simulations which lack 3D stereoscopic graphics is provided wherein advanced graphics features such as view modulation, user tracking, geometry warping, edge blending and interweaved views, are each provided in stereoscopic 3D, allowing for raster-based and projector-based screen projection including multiple tile presentations. Further provided are hardware and software independent motion inputs for simulator seats based on the motion effects produced in simulator applications lacking motion output for simulator seats via translation of simulator camera data into motion input. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062561 | Display Device - An object is to provide a three-dimensional display device capable of displaying bright images with low power consumption. The display device includes: an image display portion including a pixel portion provided with a plurality of pixels; a light-blocking portion including a first shutter and a second shutter; a signal source outputting the common potential; and a controller controlling transmittances of the first shutter and the second shutter and level of the common potential output from the signal source to bring the transmittances and the level into synchronism with supply of an image signal, display of a right-eye image, or display of a left-eye image performed in the pixel portion. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062562 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO IMPLEMENT A UNIVERSAL 3D IMAGING SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC SEARCH FOR 3D COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL - An apparatus and method are disclosed to implement a universal 3D (3-Dimensional) image system with automatic search for 3D communication protocol. The apparatus includes a memory to store a plurality of communication protocols. The apparatus further includes a controller operatively coupled to the memory to detect a transmitted communication protocol by comparing the transmitted communication protocol with the plurality of communication protocols stored in the memory of the glasses. In addition, the controller receives and processes the 3D image data based on the transmitted communication protocol. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062563 | PRE-PROVIDING AND PRE-RECEIVING MULTIMEDIA PRIMITIVES - In various embodiments, apparatus, systems, computer-readable media and methods for pre-providing and pre-receiving multimedia primitives are provided. In various embodiments, a server portion of a client-server portion application may receive, from a client portion of the client-server application, data indicative of a current state or transition into the current state of the client portion of the client-server application. In various embodiments, the server portion may pre-provide, and the client portion may pre-receive, a plurality of multimedia primitives, different combinations of which are employed in different ones of a plurality of potential next states of the client portion of the client-server application, to enable the client portion of the client-server application to reduce transition time to one of the potential next states. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062564 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SCREEN CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SCREEN CONTROL PROGRAM - A mobile electronic device includes a first touch sensor on a first face of a housing, a second touch sensor on a second face of the housing different from the first face, a display unit provided on the first face of the housing, and a control unit. When a first touch on the first face is detected by the first touch sensor and a second touch on the second face is detected by the second touch sensor, the control unit selects an object displayed on the display unit based on the first touch on the first face and the second touch on the second face. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062565 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR GENERATING AUTOSTEREO THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEWS OF A SCENE FOR A PLURALITY OF VIEWPOINTS USING A PSEUDO-RANDOM HOLE BARRIER - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for generating autostereo three-dimensional views of a scene for a plurality of viewpoints are disclosed. According to one system, a display is configured to display images from plural different viewpoints using a barrier located in front of the display, where the barrier has a pseudo-random arrangement of light ports through which images on the display are viewable. A renderer coupled to the display simultaneously renders images from the different viewpoints such that pixels that should appear differently from the different viewpoints are displayed in a predetermined manner. The pseudo-random arrangement of the light ports in the barrier smoothes interference between the different viewpoints as perceived by viewers located at the different viewpoints. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120068996 | SAFE MODE TRANSITION IN 3D CONTENT RENDERING - A method for rendering 3D content in a safe mode includes receiving images to be rendered in a 3D format, and detecting, in the received images, at least one image having a 3D content creation or conversion error that creates an uncomfortable 3D effect to a user. The method may also include transitioning to a safe mode, under which 3D enhancement is performed to the detected at least one image to avoid the uncomfortable 3D effect, and rendering the 3D enhanced image for display. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068997 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and method of controlling the display apparatus are provided herein. The display apparatus includes: a display unit; an image receiving unit which receives an image signal from an image source; and an image processing unit which processes the image signal, controls the display unit to display a three-dimensional (3D) image based on the processed image signal, controls the display unit to display a plurality of selectable sub-images which are respectively based on different preset 3D information values, and corrects the 3D image displayed on the display unit based on a 3D information value of a selected sub-image. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068998 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and an image processing method thereof. The display apparatus including an image processing unit processing a left-eye image and a right-eye image; a display unit displaying the left-eye image and the right-eye image alternately; and a control unit controlling the image processing unit so that an image depth between the left-eye image and the right-eye image can be adjusted according to a vision difference between a user's two eyes. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068999 | METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE DATA, METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGE USING THE SAME AND DISPLAY APPARATUS PERFORMING THE METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGE - A method of processing image data comprises storing image frame data in a first memory, repetitively reading the image frame data stored in the first memory to output high frequency image frame data and correcting the high frequency image frame data based on previous frame data. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069000 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the operation of the same are provided. In the method, upon selection of 3D content to be reproduced, a 3D viewing section and a 2D viewing section of the 3D content are determined according to a preset viewing condition. The selected 3D content is displayed as a stereoscopic 3D image on a display module in the 3D viewing section and is displayed as a 2D image on the display module in the 2D viewing section. This reduces user fatigue that may be caused when viewing a stereoscopic 3D image for a long time. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069001 | ELECTRONIC ALBUM GENERATING APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PASTING APPARATUS, AND METHODS AND PROGRAMS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - Viewing of stereoscopic images is facilitated for every page of an electronic album. A page constituting an electronic album is selected. A stereoscopic image is then selected and the selected stereoscopic image is pasted in an image compositing area. An amount of parallax has been defined for the image compositing area, and the amount of parallax of the image compositing area in which the stereoscopic image has been pasted is read. The amount of parallax of the stereoscopic image is changed to that of the image compositing area. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069002 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes a display unit capable of performing a stereoscopic view display of a first image utilizing a disparity of human being, an image processing unit performing processing which changes a depth range in the stereoscopic view display on the first image, and a display controlling unit making the display unit to display the first image on which the processing is performed. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069003 | Method and System for Evaluation Using Probabilistic Boosting Trees - A method and system for evaluating probabilistic boosting trees is disclosed. In an embodiment, input data is received at a graphics processing unit. A weighted empirical distribution associated with each node of the probabilistic boosting tree is determined using a stack implementation. The weighted empirical distribution associated with each node is added to a total posterior distribution value. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069004 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method, computer readable medium and apparatus that can produce a depth image based on a first image of a scene from a first viewpoint and a second image of the scene from a second viewpoint. The first and second viewpoints are displaced along a first dimension. A third image and a fourth image are produced based on the depth image. The third and fourth images correspond to third and fourth viewpoints, respectively. The third and fourth viewpoints are displaced along a second dimension different from the first dimension. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069005 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the operation of the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes dividing each of first and second images into a plurality of blocks, the first and second images capable of realizing a three-dimensional (3D) image using binocular disparity; searching the first and second images for pairs of matching blocks and calculating depth information of each of the pairs of matching blocks based on a difference in position between each of the pairs of matching blocks; and calculating stereoscopic information of the 3D image based on the depth information of each of the pairs of matching blocks. Therefore, it is possible to effectively provide stereoscopic information of a 3D image for various purposes. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069006 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a first stereoscopic image. The first stereoscopic image includes a first and a second content, which may be disposed at corresponding display positions in a depth direction, and at least a portion of the first content appears to overlap at least a portion of the second content. A position-changing unit is configured to modify the display positions of the first and second content, in response to the apparent overlap. A control unit is configured to generate a signal to display, a second stereoscopic image that includes the first and second content disposed at the modified display positions. The display unit is further configured to display the second stereoscopic image such that the second stereoscopic image reduces the apparent overlap between the first and second content. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069007 | Method for Enhancing Depth Maps - A system for enhancing a depth map associated with a 2D image wherein a face detector analyzes the 2D image to determine a position of a face in the 2D image, the system utilizes the position to derive a depth model; and the depth model is combined with the depth map to generate an enhanced depth map. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069008 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for providing a user with a convenient and intuitive user interface for performing tasks within projects, wherein the tasks may be related to content objects; for organizing content objects within projects, between projects, and with respect to one another; and for organizing projects with respect to one another. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069009 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A detecting unit detects an object in an input image. A depth map generating unit selects a depth template corresponding to a type of the object and places a selected depth template on a depth map in accordance with a position of the object to generate the depth map having a depth value for each pixel. A correcting unit calculates a weight of at least one interested pixel and a weight of a peripheral pixel based on a relationship between pixel values to the interested pixel and the peripheral pixel and corrects the depth value of the interested pixel based on a weighted sum of the respective depth values corresponding to the interested pixel and the peripheral pixel. An image generating unit generates parallax images based on the corrected depth map and the input image. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069010 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CREATING ORIENTATION MARKERS AND 3D ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS USING THE SAME - Methods and systems for creating an orientation marker in a 3D ultrasound imaging system are disclosed. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069011 | 3D DESIGN AND MODELING SYSTEM AND METHODS - A computer-aided design (CAD) system provides for designing, modeling and simulating objects in 3D. Both 2D and 3D objects can be provided in a 3D space and associated to one another by one or more constraints. Modification to the objects is calculated to satisfy the constraints as well as the geometric and functional properties of the objects. The objects can then be updated according to the calculated modification, thereby satisfying various requirements of the design. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069012 | POINT CLOUD ASSISTED PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RENDERING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A point cloud assisted photogrammetric restitution method is described. Said method comprises:
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| 20120069013 | PROCESSOR FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS - The object of the present invention is to provide a processor that is specifically suitable for three dimensional computer graphics that can handle pluralities of programs by only one processor. The control unit | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069014 | SPATIAL EXPLORATION FIELD OF VIEW PREVIEW MECHANISM - Indicators operable to preview or show the position and relative zoom level of a field of view within a virtual space. Virtual space exploration took typically make use of a field of view for limiting a user's view of the virtual space and zooming in on a portion of the virtual space. A spherical indicator is provided to show the current position of the field of view within the virtual space, as well as provide an indication of level of zoom. A local field of view indication is also provided to show the current position of the field of view, as well as provide an indication of level of zoom, with respect to a nearby object within the virtual space. Such indicators may be useful in exploring outer space as well as landscapes and any other spaces. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069015 | 3D IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD CAPABLE OF SELECTING 3D MODE FOR 3D IMAGE - The present invention relates to a device for reproducing a 3D image, and provides a 3D image reproduction device capable of selecting a 3D mode for a 3D image, comprising: a formatting unit which generates and transmits 3D image data for an inputted image signal; a mode input unit which receives the selection from a user for a 3D mode that the user wants to reproduce; and a user input processor which enables the formatting unit to generate the 3D image data in the 3D mode that is inputted from the user. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120075284 | Computer Method and Apparatus for Rotating 2D Cartoons Using 2.5D Cartoon Models - Disclosed herein are methods, apparatus, and computer program programs that use 2D drawings of a cartoon in different views to automatically construct rotated views of the subject cartoon. Embodiments involve a novel structure, the 2.5D cartoon model, which can generate plausible renderings of the cartoon in any view. Two or more input drawings can be leveraged to construct a 2.5D cartoon model that supports full 3D rotation. Unlike a 3D model, however, renderings produced by a 2.5D cartoon model retain the 2D nature and hand-drawn appearance of the input drawings, and support a wide range of 2D stylizations and shapes that would be impossible with a 3D model. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075285 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image taken by a real camera is repeatedly obtained, and position and orientation information determined in accordance with a position and an orientation of a real camera in a real space is repeatedly calculated. A virtual object or a letter to be additionally displayed on the taken image is set as an additional display object, and based on a result of recognition of a sound inputted into a sound input device, at least one selected from the group consisting of a display position, an orientation, and a display form of the additional display object is set. A combined image repeatedly generated by superimposing on the taken image the set additional display object with reference to a position in the taken image in accordance with the position and orientation information is displayed on a display device. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075286 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, SHUTTER GLASSES AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display apparatus and a control method thereof, shutter glasses and a method of controlling the same, and a display system having the display apparatus and the shutter glasses. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a light source unit which generates light that is provide to the display panel to display an image on the display panel, and a controller which controls turning on and off of the light source unit based on a pattern corresponding to first information during a non-display period during which an image frame is not displayed on the display panel so an external device configured to detect light from the light source unit extracts the first information corresponding to a turning on and off pattern of the light source unit. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075287 | Image processing apparatus and method - Provided is an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus may perform an intersection test for rendering of a ray tracing scheme. The image processing apparatus may include a first calculator and a second calculator. The first calculator may perform a ray-plane test to determine whether a ray intersects a plane including a primitive and a barycentric test to determine whether the ray intersects the primitive. The second calculator may calculate a hit point based on the ray which intersects the primitive. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075288 | Apparatus and method for back-face culling using frame coherence - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for back-face culling using coherence between chronologically adjacent frames. The apparatus and the method determine whether face properties of polygons are changed based on a matrix reflecting three-dimensional motion of a frame. When the face properties are not changed, face properties of the polygons used in a process of a previous frame are reused to cull back-face polygons. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075289 | 3 DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A 3D image display device includes a display device including a plurality of pixels and displaying each of a left-eye image and a right-eye image. The display device inserts an insertion image between the left-eye image and the right-eye image such that the left-eye image is displayed for part of four frames and the insertion image is displayed for the remaining frames and the right-eye image is displayed for part of four other frames and the insertion image is displayed for the remaining other frames. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075290 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a 3D image converter and a 3D image generator. The 3D image converter performs conversion processing for converting a 2D image including a plurality of planes that are created with virtual distances into a 3D image on the basis of the virtual distances among the plurality of planes of the 2D images. The 3D image generator generates a 3D image from the two-dimensional image on the basis of the conversion processing performed by the 3D image converter and displays the generated 3D image. When a virtual distance between the corresponding planes of the 2D image is changed while the 3D image is being displayed by use of the 3D image generator, the 3D image converter performs the conversion processing in accordance with a change in the virtual distance. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075291 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE APPLIED TO THE SAME - A display apparatus and a method for processing an image are provided. The image processing method includes: extracting an object from an input image; obtaining depth information of the object from the input image; adjusting a size of the object using the depth information; and alternately outputting a left eye image and a right eye image including the object of which the size is adjusted. Therefore, the size of the object is adjusted using depth information of the input image and thus, a user may enjoy a 3D image having more depth and more stereoscopic sense. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075292 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - It is so arranged that margins will not be produced in an image compositing area. Specifically, a user sets an amount of parallax. A stereoscopic image is displayed in an image compositing area and the stereoscopic image is adjusted to as to take on the set amount of parallax. It is determined whether margins will be produced within the image compositing area owing to the adjustment of amount of parallax. If margins will be produced, the stereoscopic image is enlarged in size to such an extent that margins will not be produced. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075293 | ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY, ADJUSTMENT DEVICE USED THEREFORE, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE USE THEREFORE - In an adjustment method of a stereoscopic display used for stereoscopic display and an adjustment device used therefore, the burden on an observer can be reduced. An adjustment method of a stereoscopic display having a light output unit for a right eye which outputs a light signal for the right eye and a light output unit for a left eye which outputs a light signal for the left eye includes: performing first measurement for measuring the luminance of the light signal for the right eye; performing second measurement for measuring the luminance of the light signal for the left eye; acquiring first and second representative luminance values corresponding to each other by the first and second measurements, respectively; and adjusting an output of the light output unit such that a difference between the first and second representative luminance values falls within a predetermined range. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075294 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING PLURALITY OF DISPLAY PORTIONS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An exemplary apparatus at least partially displays a first object group on a first display portion, selects at least one first object from the first object group in response to an operation of a direction operation portion, changes a selected position in an order of alignment in a second object group in response to an operation of a first or second operation portion, displays at least one object included in the second object group and corresponding to the selected position on a second display portion, adds a new object corresponding to the selected first object at a position corresponding to the selected position in the second object group in response to an operation of a third operation portion, and displays at least one object included in the second object group on the second display portion. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075295 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide an information display device for displaying at least one item of display target information in respective screen element, receiving, while catalog display takes place, an instruction operation which is made utilizing display target information shown in the screen elements displayed as a catalog, and executing a process based on the instruction operation. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075296 | System and Method for Constructing a 3D Scene Model From an Image - A method for constructing one or more 3D scene models comprising 3D objects and representing a scene, based upon a prior 3D scene model and a model of scene changes, is described. The method comprises the steps of acquiring an image of the scene; initializing the computed 3D scene model to the prior 3D scene model; and modifying the computed 3D scene model to be consistent with the image, possibly constructing and modifying alternative 3D scene models. In some embodiments, a single 3D scene model is chosen and is the result; in other embodiments, the result is a set of 3D scene models. In some embodiments, a set of possible prior scene models is considered. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075297 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMOOTHING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A method and system for converting two-dimensional artwork into three-dimensional models. Data relating to an image is imported and segments of the image are chained into contiguous curves. The contiguous curves together may form loops. Subsets of closed loops are split and created where surfaces of the image are to be created. The closed loops are contoured to create contours. The geometries created are projected onto a surface as an image. Finally, the image is smoothed. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075298 | Automatic 3D Modeling - An automatic 3D modeling system and method are described in which a 3D model may be generated from a picture or another image. For example, a 3D model for a face of a person may be automatically generated. The system and method also permits gestures/behaviors associated with a 3D model to automatically generated so that the gestures/behaviors may be applied to any 3D models. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075299 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A three-dimensional image display method, includes: displaying a three-dimensional image including a left eye image signal and a right eye image signal displayed at a display focus angle; determining whether to change a viewing focus angle with respect to the display focus angle; calculating a pixel distance between the left eye image signal and the right eye image signal if it is determined to change the viewing focus angle; and displaying indicator marks at positions spaced as much as a half of the pixel distance from a center of a screen in leftward and rightward directions. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075300 | RAY TRACING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The ray tracing apparatus for three-dimensional ( | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075301 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - The invention relates to a device for displaying a three-dimensional image, comprising: a display unit for alternately displaying a left image and a right image on an entire screen; a polarizing unit disposed on a front surface of the display unit, for changing a polarizing direction of incident light by a horizontal line unit; and a polarizing control unit for controlling the polarizing direction of a horizontal line of the polarizing unit to be synchronized with a refresh time of the horizontal line of the display unit corresponding to the horizontal line and changed. Accordingly, by changing the polarizing direction between a left image and a right image in synchronization with screen-refreshing, crosstalk can be minimized when displaying a three-dimensional image and a user satisfaction with three-dimensional images can be increased. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120081355 | Dynamic Virtual Device Failure Recovery - Exemplary techniques for recovering from a graphics processor reset are herein disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a 3D graphics service manager | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081356 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING APPLICATIONS AND WIDGETS ON A MOBILE DEVICE INTERFACE IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE - A system represents each of the available applications, including widgets, with a respective image representation on a display associated with the communications device. The system associates each of the image representations with a respective subset of image representations, or panels that are organized to assist a user to locate and interact with the image representations. The system arranges the panels in a three dimensional structure, on the display. The three dimensional structure is rendered as a plurality of joined adjacent panels. The system allows the user to access an available application within the three dimensional structure by manipulating the three dimensional structure three dimensionally where the available application are accessed via the respective panel. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081357 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE PAINTING OF 2D IMAGES FOR ITERATIVE 3D MODELING - A system, method and user interface for interactive mesh painting of 2D images for iterative high quality 3D modeling is disclosed herein. The system takes a set of calibrated 2D images as input and provides an intuitive user interface based on simple interactive 2D painting operations. The output is a textured, high quality 3D model that on average is obtained after just a few minutes of interaction. This can be achieved by utilizing only a minimum number of different modes (panning, zooming, painting) when interacting with the 2D images. In an embodiment, a component of the system is a GPU-based multi-view stereo reconstruction scheme, which is implemented by an incremental reconstruction algorithm, that runs in the background during user interaction with a 2D image so that the user does not notice any significant response delay in generation of the corresponding modeled 3D surface. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081358 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A three-dimensional image display apparatus according to an embodiments includes: an optical plate being capable of controlling light arrays from pixels of a plane display device by using a plurality of optical openings; a specification unit configured to read parallax information of a plurality of pixel groups each including a plurality of pixels in the plane image display device associated with each of the plurality of optical openings, specify two pixels adjacent to a boundary of the plurality of pixel groups, determine one of the two specified pixels to be a first pixel, and determine the other of the two specified pixels to be a second pixel; a processing unit configured to process to mix parallax information of the first pixel with parallax information of the second pixel; and a conversion unit configured to convert parallax information obtained by the processing unit to an image for three-dimensional image display. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081359 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are provided. A method of controlling a mobile station according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises displaying a 3D user interface including at least one portion of a stereoscopic structure on a touchscreen, in which a plurality of layers including at least one icon are arranged centering on a central axis by being spaced apart from each other with a prescribed gap in-between, detecting a touch input of a first pattern via the touchscreen, and giving different 3D depths to at least one or more layers included in the 3D user interface among a plurality of the layers, respectively, and changing a position of each of a plurality of the layers according to a touch input of a second pattern in a manner of rotating centered on the central axis. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081360 | Generation of Depth Data Based on Spatial Light Pattern - Technologies are generally described for generating depth data based on a spatial light pattern. In some examples, a method of generating depth data includes obtaining an image of one or more objects on which a spatial light pattern is projected, wherein blurring of the spatial light pattern in the image monotonously increases or decreases in a depth direction, calculating a value of a spatial frequency component of the image in a local image area around a pixel of interest, and determining depth data corresponding to the calculated value of the spatial frequency component by utilizing a preset relationship between depths and values of the spatial frequency component. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081361 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a user interface for appreciating a 3-dimensional (3D) stereoscopic image more conveniently can be provided. The present invention includes a display unit including a parallax generating means for displaying a 3D stereoscopic image on at least one portion of the display unit and a controller, when a planar (2D) image is displayed via the display unit, determining whether the 3D stereoscopic image is outputted via the display unit within a preset duration, the controller, if the 3D stereoscopic image is outputted as a result of the determination, controlling a prescribed visual effect indicating that the 3D stereoscopic image is outputted to be given to at least one region of the display unit. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081362 | DYNAMIC GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR MEDICAL WORKSTATIONS - A dynamic method ( | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081363 | 3D GLASSES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - 3D glasses which can individually acquire information according to 3D content that users view. The 3D glasses include a transparent display unit displaying at least one of information on 3D content and a control screen for controlling a 3D display device on a 3D glasses unit, a transmission/reception unit receiving at least one of the information on the 3D content and the control screen for controlling the 3D display device from the 3D display device and transmitting the received signal to the transparent display unit, and a control unit controlling the transparent display unit to display the information on the 3D content or the control screen for controlling the 3D display device. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081364 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE EDITING DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE EDITING METHOD - When editing a three-dimensional image whose size differs when outputted from its size at the time of editing, the image producer may not be able to set an appropriate pop-out amount or a backward depth when editing. A pop-out amount range applicable to the size of a three-dimensional image as printed is displayed based on the size of the three-dimensional image as printed, and a pop-out amount range applicable to the size of a three-dimensional image as displayed is displayed based on the size of the three-dimensional image as displayed. Therefore, a three-dimensional image can be edited by noting the range of the pop-out amount applicable to the three-dimensional image as printed. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081365 | OBJECT OPERATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING OBJECT OPERATION PROGRAM - An object operation device for operating an object displayed on a display device, the object operation device includes a coordinate system generation unit that generates a local coordinate system for each of a plurality of points set around a reference object that is a reference of an operation when a target object is moved three-dimensionally by the operation, a move destination coordinates calculation unit that calculates move destination coordinates of the target object corresponding to a move command value of the target object inputted through an input device based on the local coordinate system of each of the generated plurality of points, and a moving process unit that moves the target object to the calculated move destination coordinates. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081366 | ASSEMBLY FOR THE SELECTIVE THREE-DIMENSIONAL OR TWO-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION OF IMAGES - An assembly for two or three dimensional image representation having an image reproduction unit, a first scattering layer located behind the image reproduction unit in the line of vision of a viewer, a filter array located behind the image reproduction unit and the first scattering layer in the line of vision of a viewer, and a second scattering layer located in front of and directly on the image reproduction unit in the line of vision of the viewer. The first scattering layer has a plurality of image elements, which in a predetermined allocation represent information from one or more views of a scene, object or text and can be switched back and forth between a transparent condition and a scattering condition. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081367 | SURGICAL SIMULATION MODEL GENERATING METHOD, SURGICAL SIMULATION METHOD, AND SURGICAL SIMULATOR - A surgical simulation model generating method includes: a first process in which a computing unit acquires geometrical information of an organ from a medical image stored in a storage unit, including an image of the organ, and generates volume data for the organ; a second process in which, after the first process, the computing unit forms nodal points by meshing the organ represented by the generated volume data; a third process in which the computing unit generates a simulated membrane that covers the organ represented by the volume data meshed in the second process; and a fourth process in which the computing unit generates a simulated organ by drawing an imaginary line so as to extend from each nodal point formed on a surface of the organ represented by the volume data meshed in the second process in a direction that intersects the simulated membrane and thereby forming a membrane nodal point at a point where the imaginary line intersects the simulated membrane generated in the third process, and by arranging on each imaginary line an imaginary inter-membrane spring that connects between the nodal point formed on the surface of the organ and the membrane nodal point, while also arranging an in-plane spring that connects between adjacent membrane nodal points on the simulated membrane. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120086704 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL RENDERING ALERTS FOR RENDERING JOB PAGE EXCEPTIONS - A method and system for providing a virtual rendering alert with respect to a rendering job page exception. A realistic virtual three-dimensional rendering model with respect to the rendering job can be rendered utilizing a virtual rendering unit. One or more multi-media aspects can be added with respect to an anomalous object in the rendering job to automatically identify a page exception in the rendering job. A list of objects associated with the rendering job can be activated within a scene based on a set of print policies and/or production cost structures at the discretion of a user. A virtual clue can also be presented along with the realistic virtual rendering model in order to provide additional information with respect to the object in the rendering job and thereby effectively identify the rendering job exception. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086705 | METHODS FOR CREATING AND DISPLAYING TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES ON A DIGITAL CANVAS - A trajectory is drawn on a digital canvas with a pointing device, wherein the trajectory comprises a plurality of spaced points, and each spaced point has a plurality of characteristics, including a geometric profile, a depth, and a color if a color trajectory or an intensity if a monochromatic trajectory. One or more of the plurality of characteristics is adjusted by manually controlling a speed of the drawing, and a faster drawing speed results in spacing between two successive points that is greater than that resulting from a slower speed. A line is generated by interpolating the space between the points. A picture is created with a number of trajectories and/or lines. A three-dimensional image may be created from the picture by creating, then integrating a set of multi-view images from the picture. The picture in progress and/or as completed may be displayed, for example, on a three-dimensional display. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086706 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A method of driving a 3D image display device includes according to an embodiment receiving 3D data and separating a 3D input frame including the 3D data into a left-eye data frame and a right-eye data frame; doubling the left-eye data frame into the original left-eye data frame and a copied left-eye data frame and doubling the right-eye data frame into the original right-eye data frame and a copied right-eye data frame; and modulating the original left-eye data frame to a first modulated left-eye data frame based on the copied right-eye data frame arranged prior to the original left-eye data frame, modulating the copied left-eye data frame, and the copied right-eye data frame. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086707 | 3-DIMENSION DISPLAY DEVICE - A phase switch component driven synchronously is configured at a light emitting side of a display panel of a display. A plurality of parallel electrodes is disposed on a conductive film of the phase switch component, each corresponding to one of a plurality of rows of display pixel driven by gate drivers of the display panel. When the display panel sequentially drives the pixel electrodes of each row of display pixel, by line scanning way, to output frames of 3-dimension images, the phase switch component is synchronously driven to switch the phase of liquid crystals by each parallel electrodes and alters the frames to be polarized lights capable of being received by a left part and a right part of 3D glasses respectively. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086708 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A 3D image display device mainly includes a multi-view image, a view memory, a memory image configuration, combination, and conversion procedure, a display memory, a conversion display controller, a display screen having sub-pixels in Delta configuration, and a view separation device. The memory image configuration, combination, and conversion procedure mainly performs processes of sub-pixel image configuration sequence conversion and multi-view image combination on the multi-view image, and outputs a recovered multi-view combined image. The conversion display controller mainly performs sub-pixel image data configuration sequence conversion on image data on even-numbered or odd-numbered horizontal scan lines of the recovered multi-view combined image, and then outputs the horizontal scan image data. The display screen having sub-pixels in Delta configuration receives the horizontal scan image data and displays the recovered multi-view combined image. The view separation device performs view separation on the recovered multi-view combined image to provide a 3D image. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086709 | 3D/2D DISPLAY DEVICE SWITCHING MODULE - A 3D/2D display device switching module installed to the front side of a display device includes a first axle and a second axle installed on both sides of the display device respectively, and a thin film unit looped between the two axles. The first axle is coupled to a first power source. The thin film unit has a transparent area and at least one grating area. After the first power source drives the first axle to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise, the transparent area or the grating area is switched to align with the display device to produce a 3D/2D display effect. In addition, the present invention further includes a containing box installed at the backside of the display device for stacking and accommodating the thin film unit with more different types of grating areas. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086710 | DISPLAY METHOD - A display method including the following steps is provided. In a first frame, a first image is displayed by a plurality of first regions of a display area of a display apparatus, and a dark image is displayed by a plurality of second regions of the display area of the display apparatus at the same time. The display area has a plurality of pixels arranged as an array. Each first region and each second region respectively includes at least one of the pixels, and the first regions and the second regions are uniformly distributed in the display area, respectively. In a second frame immediately after the first frame, the dark image is displayed by the first regions, and a second image is displayed by the second regions at the same time. The first image and the second image construct a three-dimensional (3D) image. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086711 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING CONTENT LIST USING 3D GUI AND 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS APPLIED TO THE SAME - A method and a 3D display apparatus for displaying a content list by setting a depth value of each content to be displayed on the content list according to content information, according to the plurality of content, and displaying 3D content list GUI including a left-eye GUI and a right-eye GUI to which a set depth value for each of the content is applied. Accordingly, the 3D display apparatus can display the content list using the stereo 3D GUI. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086712 | 3D DISPLAY PANEL AND 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) display panel, a 3D display apparatus using the same, and a driving method thereof are provided. The 3D display apparatus includes: an image display panel which displays an image; a phase shift panel which alternately shifts a polarization direction of light outputted from the image display panel; a backlight unit which provides a backlight; and a control unit which turns off the backlight unit during a crosstalk period where the phase shift panel performs the shift operation and to turn on the backlight unit for a stabilization period after the crosstalk period. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086713 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND LOCAL DIMMING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display and a local dimming control method thereof are discussed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel selectively displaying a 2D image and a 3D image in response to a mode signal, a backlight unit including a plurality of light sources, a backlight driving circuit individually driving a plurality of previously determined blocks each including the light sources based on a dimming value of each block, and a local dimming control circuit, that calculates a pixel gain value based on a dimming value of each block in a first frame, applies the pixel gain value to a data compensation for a second frame, which is arranged later than the first frame, and varies a time point when the pixel gain value for the data compensation is applied in response to the mode signal. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086714 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A display method of a Three-Dimensional (3D) display apparatus is provided. The display method includes displaying a first display element having a first depth value; adjusting at least one depth value of the first display element and a second display element having a second depth value to be displayed in superimposition with or displayed on the first display element in a state where the first display element having the first depth value is displayed; and displaying the first display element and the second display element in superimposition with the first display element or on the first display element, of which the depth value has been adjusted, wherein at least one of the first display element and the second display element is displayed with an adjusted depth value. Accordingly, a user's attention and recognition can be heightened in executing the User Interface (UI). | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120092325 | Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing Program - A course CR is set in a virtual space SP along which a player character CH can move. The player character moves freely on the course, as long as it does not run off the course. In the course, a reference moving path is set indicating a standard moving path of the player character. A camera path of a virtual camera is set along the reference moving path. In the reference moving path, a object corresponding position (CP) is determined corresponding a position (CH(X,Y,Z)) of the player character in the virtual space. A position corresponding to the object corresponding position and a photographing condition are determined for the virtual camera. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092326 | Branded Location Referencing - A method and system for displaying a map that depicts landmarks with brand identity are disclosed. A map display application obtains the physical dimensions of a landmark, such as a building, and fills the footprint of the landmark with the brand identity of a company and/or a product associated with the landmark. The map display application can also render the landmark in 3D. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092327 | OVERLAYING GRAPHICAL ASSETS ONTO VIEWING PLANE OF 3D GLASSES PER METADATA ACCOMPANYING 3D IMAGE - Responsive to metadata sent with 3D signals from an audio video display device, 3D glasses overlay graphical assets onto the 3D visual plane. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092328 | FUSING VIRTUAL CONTENT INTO REAL CONTENT - A system that includes a head mounted display device and a processing unit connected to the head mounted display device is used to fuse virtual content into real content. In one embodiment, the processing unit is in communication with a hub computing device. The system creates a volumetric model of a space, segments the model into objects, identifies one or more of the objects including a first object, and displays a virtual image over the first object on a display (of the head mounted display) that allows actual direct viewing of at least a portion of the space through the display. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092329 | TEXT-BASED 3D AUGMENTED REALITY - A particular method includes receiving image data from an image capture device and detecting text within the image data. In response to detecting the text, augmented image data is generated that includes at least one augmented reality feature associated with the text. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092330 | CONTROL METHODS FOR A MULTI-FUNCTION CONTROLLER - In control methods for a multi-function controller, which includes a sensor having a ring operation region, the position of an object on the sensor is detected for generating a position information, and the force applied to the sensor by the object is detected for generating a force information. When the sensor detects multiple successive position information, which indicate that the object is circling along the ring operation region, a rotation information may be generated additionally. The position information, the force information and the rotation information are used to perform operation in various functional modes. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092331 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel; a backlight that irradiates the liquid crystal display panel from a back surface; an image signal processing portion that processes an image signal; a driving control portion that drives and controls the liquid crystal display panel based on the output of the image signal processing portion; and a backlight control portion that controls the lighting of the backlight based on the output of the image signal processing portion, wherein the image signal processing portion controls a dynamic-range of a grayscale of the image signal depending on a change in grayscale between a left eye image and a right eye image when alternately inputting the image signal of the left eye image and the right eye image. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092332 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION, AND PROGRAM - An input device includes a housing having a two dimensional detection surface, a first detection unit detecting a position coordinate of a detection object that travels on the detection surface and outputting a first signal to calculate a travel direction and an amount of travel of the detection object, a second detection unit detecting gradient of the detection surface relative to one reference plane in a spatial coordinate system to which a screen belongs and outputting a second signal to calculate a tilt angle of the detection surface relative to the reference plane, and a control unit generating a control signal to three dimensionally control a display of an image displayed on the screen based on the first signal and the second signal. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092333 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A configuration is provided in which data that is not displayed on a display is always observable as an virtual object. For example, in data processing using a PC, data that is not displayed on the display of the PC, such as data having been cut or copied, can be set as a virtual object and pasted on a finger of a hand of a user or the like to be always observable. According to this configuration, data that is not displayed on the display area of the PC can be pasted on a space other than the display area of the PC and displayed to be observable, which allows improving of the efficiency of data processing. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092334 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A REAL-TIME MULTI-VIEW THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONIC IMAGE USER INTERFACE FOR ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to an ultrasonic diagnosis system. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for a real-time multi-view three-dimensional ultrasonic image user interface for an ultrasonic diagnosis system which can render three-dimensional volume data of an object obtained by three-dimensional ultrasonographic imaging into three-dimensional image data from each of a plurality of virtual viewpoints, and display the object from each of the viewpoints simultaneously on a real-time basis. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092335 | 3D IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PORTABLE 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A method and a 3D display apparatus for processing a stereoscopic image signal in high rate by software while using a least number of hardware components in a portable 3D display apparatus based on a mobile Android platform are provided. This method is suitable for a portable terminal apparatus equipped with a kernel layer directly controlling hardware means including a display panel, and an application/middleware layer controlling the kernel layer to display a motion picture through the hardware means. One or more plane image surfaces are first generated from the application/middleware layer and stored in a first frame buffer. An encoded image signal is decoded under the application/middleware layer to restore a YUV image signal representing a stereoscopic image pair. Subsequently, the YUV image signal is converted into an RGB image signal, and left and right images of the RGB image signal are mixed at the kernel layer. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092336 | 3D PLASMA DISPLAY - A 3D plasma display includes a plasma display panel and a driver which implements an image on a screen of the plasma display panel in a frame including a plurality of subfields and transmits an emitter signal to 3D glasses. A time difference between the emitter signal and a start time point of the frame when an average power level (APL) is a first level is different from a time difference between the emitter signal and a start time point of the frame when the APL is a second level different from the first level. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092337 | Projection Display System and Method with Multiple, Convertible Display Modes - This invention relates in general to methods and systems of a projection display that can be used in 4 display modes: (A) as a rear-projection 2D display, (B) as a volumetric 3D (V3D) display, (C) as an auto-stereoscopic 3D (as3D) display, or (D) as a projector. Conversion among the 4 display modes requires only 1 to 3 actions of adjustment by the user. The system can further contain an integrated touch pad for direct, barrier-free interaction with 2D, as3D or V3D images. The illumination and projection of the SLM is converted between a sub-panel mode and a full-panel mode. By using the sub-panel illumination/projection mode, the system can operate in V3D, 2D and as3D modes. By using the full-panel mode, the system can operate in 2D and projector modes. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092338 | IMAGE COMPOSITION APPARATUS, IMAGE RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - There is provided an image retrieval method including obtaining a parallax that exists in a material image which is viewed as an object in a three-dimensional manner, retrieving a three-dimensional image that satisfies a predetermined condition as a selectable candidate image from a plurality of three-dimensional images, each of which viewed in a three-dimensional manner, and executing image composition by superposing the material image on the three-dimensional image that is retrieved as the selectable candidate image in the retrieving of the three-dimensional image. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092339 | MULTI-VIEW AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An autostereoscopic display device comprises a display panel ( | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120098820 | HYPER PARALLAX TRANSFORMATION MATRIX BASED ON USER EYE POSITIONS - A method for displaying a 3D image in virtual reality. The method includes defining a hyper parallax transformation matrix based on user eye position, applying the hyper parallax transformation matrix to a scene graph, and displaying hyper parallax of the 3D image. A realistic simulation of parallax of said 3D image is exaggerated. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098821 | INTUITIVE SHAPE CONTROL FOR BOUNDARY PATCHES - A method and system for computer aided design (CAD) is disclosed for intuitive shape control of boundary patch. A boundary patch is also known as n-sided patch which is defined by a number of input curves/edges. Continuity constraints (G | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098822 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of displaying image provides data of a left eye image frame to a display panel during a first period, and provides data of a black image frame during a second period that is shorter than the first period. The method also provides data of a right eye image frame during the first period, and provides the data of the black image frame during the second period. A frame period during which the black image frame is displayed in a stereoscopic image mode is thus decreased, and a frame period in which the left eye image frame or right eye image frame is displayed is increased, allowing for increased charging time and improved image quality. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098823 | Display apparatus and method - Provided is a display apparatus that may estimate a degree of visual fatigue corresponding to an input 3-dimensional (3D) image, using a visual fatigue model to estimate the degree of visual fatigue of a user. The display apparatus may reduce the degree of visual fatigue of the user by rescaling a depth level of the input 3D image based on the degree of visual fatigue. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098824 | SHUTTER GLASSES FOR STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE AND DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - Shutter glasses for viewing a stereoscopic image and a display system including the same are provided. The shutter glasses include a left eye shutter; a right eye shutter; a light receiving part which receives a control signal emitted from a display apparatus; an optical element which is disposed to face the light receiving part and changes a traveling path of light incident on the optical element such that light emitted from the display apparatus is incident on the light receiving part and light emitted from a source other than the display apparatus is not incident on the light receiving part; and a control part which controls opening/closing of the left eye shutter and the right eye shutter based on the control signal received by the light receiving part. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098825 | DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY - There is provided a driving method for a display, which includes a display unit and a phase modulation unit. The display unit includes a plurality of pixel rows and generates image signals having a polarization direction. The phase modulation unit includes two oppositely disposed electrodes and an LC layer sandwiched between the two electrodes. The driving method changes a potential difference provided on the two electrodes of the phase modulation unit to control the twist of the LC layer thereby changing the polarization direction of the image signals generated by the display unit and passing through the phase modulation unit. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098826 | GATE DRIVER AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A gate driver and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display including the gate driver are disclosed. The gate driver includes a shift register block including a plurality of cascade-connected shift registers, a selection block including a plurality of selection units, which are respectively connected to the plurality of shift registers, and a buffer block including a plurality of buffers, which are respectively connected to the plurality of selection units. Each of the shift registers outputs a scan pulse, whose a phase is shifted by one horizontal period, in response to a start voltage, a first clock, a second clock, and a third clock. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098827 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes: an image display device having a two-dimensional array of pixels each formed by a plurality of sub-pixels and displaying a plurality of view point images in a composite manner by allocating the images to the sub-pixels; and a parallax device spatially separating the view point images displayed on the image display device, wherein the image display device displays each view point image using a first combination format and a second combination format as formats for combining a plurality of sub-pixels for forming each pixel, the combination formats having shapes which are the inverse of each other when viewed in the vertical direction, the image being displayed such that a first pixel arrangement pattern formed using the first combination format and a second pixel arrangement pattern formed using the second combination format alternately appear in the vertical direction. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098828 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a first display control unit that causes a display unit to display a first 3D image, a receiving unit that receives, from a user, a message indicating whether an amount of parallax of the first 3D image being displayed on the display unit is within an allowable range, a determining unit that determines an estimated allowable range on the basis of the message received by the receiving unit so that if the message indicates that the amount of parallax of the 3D image being displayed is not within the allowable range, the amount of parallax is not included in the estimated allowable range; and a second display control unit that causes the display unit to display a second 3D image on the basis of the estimated allowable range. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098829 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM - A three-dimensional (3D) image display device enables easy recognition of a 3D image by appropriately changing the popout amount of a 3D image. The display device includes a timer setting and measuring a given time over which the popout amount of a 3D image changes, a popout amount change mode memory storing information on time dependent change of the popout amount occurring over the given time, a popout amount controller producing the popout amount for each unit time based on parallax between a plurality of images, the given time, and the time dependent change information, a changing image producer producing pairs of popout-amount-changing images from the plurality of images according to a popout amount by the unit time, a 3D image producer producing a corresponding popout-amount-changing 3D image, and a display controller. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098830 | SHUTTER GLASSES, METHOD FOR ADJUSTING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS THEREOF, AND 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM ADAPTED FOR THE SAME - Disclosed are shutter glasses capable of automatically changing brightness according to image characteristics and allowing a viewer to adjust brightness and a color temperature according to his preference, a method for adjusting light characteristics of the shutter glasses, and a display system employing the same. The shutter glasses adaptive to be used for a three-dimensional (3D) display device. The shutter glasses include: a pair of shutter liquid crystal panels prepared to correspond to user's left and right eyes; and a controller configured to turn on and off the shutter liquid crystal panels at a certain frequency and control light transmittance of the shutter liquid crystal panels by a gamma voltage corresponding to a certain level control signal. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120105428 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY CONFIGURATION MODES - In embodiments of transparent display configuration modes, a portable device includes a handheld base movably coupled to a display device that is configurable to open and close over the handheld base. The display device displays an image, and the display device includes a first display surface through which the image is viewable and a second display surface through which the image is viewable. The second display surface and the first display surface are viewable from opposite sides of the display device. The display device also includes a display panel controller that controls display modes of the display device for transparent and non-transparent display. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105429 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HIGH-SPEED, HIGH-RESOLUTION 3-D IMAGING OF MANUFACTURED PARTS OF VARIOUS SIZES - A method and system for high-speed, high-resolution 3-D imaging of manufactured parts of various sizes at an imaging station having a measurement axis are provided. The part has a 3-D end surface and a length, a width and a part axis defined as being central to the part and parallel to its length. The system includes apparatus having a central axis substantially parallel to the measurement axis and a plurality of members having open and closed positions. The members have holding faces which are substantially equidistant from the central axis during movement between the positions to align a part disposed between the holding faces at the station so that the part axis is substantially parallel to the measurement and central axes. The holding faces releasably hold the aligned part in a holding position between the positions. The system further includes an actuator for moving the apparatus so that the end surface moves in a plane substantially perpendicular to the measurement axis. The system still further includes a controller for controlling the actuator to move the end surface along a 2-D trajectory within the plane. The system further includes at least one sensor for emitting a beam of energy along the measurement axis onto the end surface during movement of the end surface along the 2-D trajectory to obtain reflected energy and for sensing at least a portion of the reflected energy to obtain an output. The system still further includes a processor for processing the output to obtain information related to the end surface of the part. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105430 | Visualization of deformations using color overlays - Computer-implemented methods and apparati for graphically displaying deformations, said deformations defined by comparing a first image of an object ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105431 | Previsualization for large format print jobs - Large format print jobs are previsualized in context. A print job source image is received. At least one 3D environment is received, including one or more designated insertion sites to receive the print job source image. One or more images or videos are produced, visualizing the 3D environment with the print job source image integrated into one or more of the designated insertion sites. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105432 | Method for Displaying Three-Dimensional Image - The present invention provides a method for displaying a three-dimensional image without using a lens array with aberration and a highly defined flat display. The method comprises steps of arranging a plurality of basic units | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105433 | Image Depth Information Refreshing Method and Device - An image depth information refreshing method applied to an image depth information refreshing device is disclosed. The image depth information refreshing device includes a storage unit and an arithmetic logic unit. The storage unit stores a previous depth diagram corresponding to a previous image. The image depth information refreshing method includes the following steps. The arithmetic logic unit divides a current image captured by an image capturing unit into multiple image blocks. The arithmetic logic unit calculates a depth reference value of each image block according to the previous depth diagram, and determines a weight of each image block according to the depth reference values. The arithmetic logic unit determines a refreshing frequency of each image block according to the weights. The arithmetic logic unit respectively refreshes the image block according to the refreshing frequencies of the image blocks, and generates a current depth diagram corresponding to the current image. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105434 | SWITCHABLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - A switchable three-dimensional display includes a display panel and a switchable parallax barrier. The switchable parallax barrier is configured over the display panel and includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an insulating layer, a common electrode, and a light-valve layer. The first substrate has a touch-sensing circuit. The second substrate has a plurality of control electrodes and is configured between the first substrate and the display panel. The touch-sensing circuit and the control electrodes are located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The insulating layer is configured over the first substrate and covers the touch-sensing circuit. The common electrode is configured on the insulating layer. The light-valve layer is configured between the common electrode and the control electrodes. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105435 | Apparatus and Method for Inpainting Three-Dimensional Stereoscopic Image - An apparatus and a method for rendering three-dimensional stereoscopic images are provided. The apparatus is for use in a three-dimensional image processing system which generates viewpoint images according to an input image and an input depth. The apparatus comprises an object device, a depth device, and a block filling device. The object device executes a process of object detection to output contour information according to the input image. The depth device executes a process of object judgment to output distance information according to the input depth. The block filling device detects a hole region in each viewpoint image, searches a search region adjacent to the hole region for a number of original pixels, and fills the hole region according to the original pixels, the contour information, and the distance information. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105436 | Image Viewing Application And Method For Orientationally Sensitive Display Devices - A system and method for presenting three-dimensional image volume data utilizing an orientationally-sensitive display device whereby the image volume is navigable simply by tilting, raising and lowering the display device. Doing so presents an image on the screen that relates to the angle and position of the display device such that the user gets the impression that the device itself is useable as a window into the image volume, especially when the device is placed on or near the source of the image data, such as a patient. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105437 | Image Reproducing Apparatus and Image Reproducing Method - According to one embodiment, an image reproducing apparatus including, a depth information generation module configured to generate depth information from an input image signal, a depth adjustment module configured to adjust the depth information generated by the depth information generation module for at least part of a depth range in accordance with boundary information, a parallactic information generation module configured to generate parallactic information from the depth information adjusted by the depth adjustment module, and a parallactic image generation module configured to generate a left view point image signal and a right view point image signal in accordance with the parallactic information generated by the parallactic information generation module. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105438 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND POSITION-BIAS COMPENSATION METHOD OF THE SAME - A position-bias compensation method, applied to a three-dimensional image interactive system, includes steps of: displaying a three-dimensional image and setting a trigger position in a preset interactive coordinate system according to a default position of a user; obtaining a position-bias of a user's position from the default position; and resetting the trigger position according to the position-bias. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105439 | System and Method For Adaptive Scalable Dynamic Conversion, Quality and Processing Optimization, Enhancement, Correction, Mastering, And Other Advantageous Processing of Three Dimensional Media Content - The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing 3D content-centric solutions that greatly improve the quality and impact of 3D media content, while decreasing the required levels of computing power, and lowering the complexity of the necessary 3D media playback and display solutions, thus maximizing the 3D experience produced therefrom. The novel system and method accomplish these goals by providing modular unifying scalable 3D content-centered solutions, preferably implemented in a configurable infrastructure, that improve the quality and impact of any 3D media content, while decreasing the required levels of computing power, and lowering the complexity of the necessary playback and display solutions. The inventive system and method advantageously enable automatic, semi-automatic or user-controlled selective performance of 3D content processing and/or settings/parameter configuration at one or more components of the infrastructure, and in at least one embodiment thereof, the inventive system and method are capable of determining and implementing selective or optimal storage, transmittal, and application(s) of 3D content processing/settings/parameter/profile configuration(s) prior to, or during, display of corresponding 3D content media to one or more viewers thereof. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105440 | Augmented Reality System - User created, maintained, and managed spatially coordinated and aware virtual data association system allowing any type of information to be associated to any item of location in the real world and associated viewing methods. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105441 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING BACKLIGHT APPLIED TO THE SAME - A display apparatus and a backlight driving method applied to the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus controls to drive light sources of a backlight unit according to an image scanning scheme of a display panel and controls the luminance of each light source to equalize the luminance of the backlight emitting from the backlight unit with respect to a location of the light source. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105442 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD OF STEREO DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display method of a stereo display apparatus is provided. The image display method includes the following steps. A stereo display apparatus is provided, wherein the stereo display apparatus provides N view zones for a viewer and includes a periodic structure and a pixel plane. N view zones are divided in a space according to the N value. Projection areas corresponding to each of the view zones are formed on the pixel plane by the periodic structure, wherein each of the projection areas corresponds to at least one sub-pixel unit on the pixel plane. Image information of each view zone is obtained according to the corresponding sub-pixel units. A stereo image is displayed by blending image information of each view zone. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105443 | System and Method for Generating A Three-Dimensional Patient Display - A system and method for generating a three-dimension view of patient information is disclosed. The present invention includes a user interface that is displayed on a client device, such as a tablet, laptop or personal computer. The user enters information about the patient into the program. The patient module generates a diagnosis in response to the received information. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105444 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROCESSING PROGRAM - A display processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a left eye image and a right eye image of a stereoscopic image, a parallax calculation unit that calculates a parallax for each of image elements contained in the left eye image and the right eye image, an area setting unit that sets, as a blur area, an area of an image element for which the parallax is less than a predetermined threshold among the image elements contained in a selection image selected as the left eye image or the right eye image, a blurring unit that applies blurring to the blur area in the selection image, and a display control unit that alternately displays the selection image to which the burring has been applied and the selection image to which the burring has not been applied yet. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105445 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A three-dimensional image output device of the present invention includes a display control section for, in a case where a plurality of three-dimensional effects are set for initial sub-image data for displaying a three-dimensional image to be displayed in the sub-window, supplying, to the display device, a plurality of sub-image data, which are the initial sub-image data for which the respective plurality of three-dimensional effects are set, so that a plurality of three-dimensional images which use the respective plurality of sub-image data are displayed on the display screen. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105446 | BUILDING CONTROLLABLE CLAIRVOYANCE DEVICE IN VIRTUAL WORLD - A clairvoyance method for 3D scene is disclosed, including the steps of acquiring parameters associated with a clairvoyance camera and parameters associated with a clairvoyance viewport; determining a 3D scene to be rendered according to the parameters associated with the clairvoyance camera; rendering the determined 3D scene to obtain a 2D image presented in the clairvoyance viewport; and composing the 2D image presented in the clairvoyance viewport and a 2D image presented in a general scene viewport. With the method of the present invention, the covered 3D scene can be made clairvoyant to be viewed in a user-controllable way, and further an object can be selected in the clairvoyant 3D scene for manipulation, without manipulating the covering object. Thus, one or more embodiments of the present invention have advantages of simple and easy operation and high efficiency. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105447 | AUGMENTED REALITY-BASED DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD USING LOCAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - The present invention relates to an augmented reality-based device control apparatus and method using local wireless communication. The device control apparatus includes an ID registration unit for registering ID information about a control target device located near the device control apparatus, and requesting and registering detailed information about an image and function of the control target device. An image analysis unit analyzes an image of the control target device captured by a camera. A device recognition unit compares a result of analysis of the image with the detailed information about the control target device, thus recognizing the to control target device. A control unit requests current state information from the control target device using the ID information about the control target device and displays the current state information and the detailed information about the function of the control target device, together with the image of the control target device. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105448 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRAPHIC IMAGE - A display apparatus and a method for providing a graphic image thereof are provided. The display apparatus buffers a plurality of graphic images line by line alternately, in the form of interlace, and updates a graphic image to be mixed with a buffered graphic image. Accordingly, the display apparatus may update a plurality of graphic images through one acceleration operation. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120113092 | AUTOMATIC VARIABLE VIRTUAL FOCUS FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAYS - The technology provides an augmented reality display system for displaying a virtual object to be in focus when viewed by a user. In one embodiment, the focal region of the user is tracked, and a virtual object within the user focal region is displayed to appear in the focal region. As the user changes focus between virtual objects, they appear to naturally move in and out of focus as real objects in a physical environment would. The change of focus for the virtual object images is caused by changing a focal region of light processing elements in an optical path of a microdisplay assembly of the augmented reality display system. In some embodiments, a range of focal regions are swept through at a sweep rate by adjusting the elements in the optical path of the microdisplay assembly. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113093 | MODIFICATION OF PERCEIVED DEPTH BY STEREO IMAGE SYNTHESIS - A method for modifying a pair of stereoscopic images for presentation on a display includes receiving the pair of stereoscopic images. Modifying different regions of at least one image of the pair of stereoscopic images in a manner such that the disparity of the different regions is changed. The modifying is selectable by a viewer among at least three different amounts of the disparity. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113094 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus creates a depth map representing distribution of depths of pixels in an image. The apparatus includes an area detecting unit configured to detect an area of a vertical object included in an image; a base depth adding unit configured to add a base depth to the image, the base depth being a basic distribution of depths of pixels in the image; and, a depth map creating unit configured to acquire at least one depth of a vicinity of a ground contact position of the vertical object from the base depth added to the image, and create the depth map by setting the acquired depth onto the base depth as a depth of the area of the vertical object. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113095 | MOBILE TERMINAL, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a display unit configured to display at least a 2D (two-dimensional) object and a 3D (three-dimensional) object; and a controller configured to control the display unit to display the 2D object and the 3D object in an overlapping manner, and to change a display characteristic of at least one of the overlapping 2D object and the 3D object. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113096 | MEDICAL 3D VISUALIZATION - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for use in displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image representation of one or more three dimensional surface structures. More specifically, the present invention provides a method and apparatus by which data corresponding to one or more three dimensional object surfaces may be rendered to create a 3D display. In particular, this invention involves a method for rendering 3D object data into a plurality of 2D image segments or “image tiles” for use in displaying an auto-stereoscopic 3D image. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113097 | Display apparatus and method - A display apparatus that may generate a high density light field image is provided. The display apparatus may identify an eye position of a user and set a virtual viewing window around the eye of the user. The display apparatus may generate a directional light corresponding to the viewing window and generate a high density light field image. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113098 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RAPIDLY VECTORIZING IMAGE BY GRADIENT MESHES BASED ON PARAMETERIZATION - The present invention discloses a method for rapidly vectorizing an image by gradient meshes based on parameterization, which comprises the following steps: determining an image region to be vectorized (S | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113099 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method for operating an image display apparatus includes receiving a three-dimensional (3D) image, calculating an Average Picture Level (APL) of the 3D image, and changing of a depth of the 3D image according to the calculated APL. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113100 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - In the display panel ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113101 | Three-Dimensional Image Display Apparatus, Method and Program - According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional image display apparatus includes a display unit and a generating unit. The display unit includes a two-dimensional image display device includes a display surface with a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, and a plurality of light ray control elements provided on the display surface of the two-dimensional image display device corresponding to the pixels. The generating unit generates an optimal elemental image by determining a value of at least one pixel from a weighted sum of values of at least two pixels of a generated image or an input image, and weights calculated based on light ray distributions indicating directions and scattering degrees of light rays from the light ray control elements. The display unit displays the optimal elemental image. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113102 | 3D-IMAGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to an aspect of the present invention, an apparatus which enables viewing of a 3D image, by controlling an impulse-type image to alternately display a left-eye image and a right-eye image in a time-division manner, and by alternately opening/closing a left shutter and a right shutter of shutter eyeglasses in synchronism with switch between the left-eye image and the right-eye image, and the apparatus includes an input unit configured to input an image signal for displaying an image as a 3D-image, and an image processing unit configured to generate a luminance signal for displaying the right-eye image and the left-eye image from the image signal, and outputs the signal to the image display, and the apparatus further includes a control unit configured to control the image processing unit to display a same image in the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113103 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING 3D APPLICATION PROGRAM USING REMOTE RENDERING - An apparatus for executing a three-dimensional (3D) application program using remote rendering, the apparatus includes: a client apparatus for requesting execution of software and receiving rendering information generated from the execution of software to process the same; and a server apparatus for executing the software by the request from the client apparatus to transmit the rendering information generated from the executed software to the client apparatus. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113104 | TABLE TYPE INTERACTIVE 3D SYSTEM - A table type 3D video display device and a table type interactive user interface are disclosed. More particularly, a method for providing services such as games, education, shopping, virtual experience, or the like, of a 3D type is disclosed. The interactive 3D system of the present invention includes a table type 3D display module | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113105 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING 3D IMAGE THEREIN - A mobile terminal includes a memory configured to store at least one 2-dimensional (2D) image and at least one 3-dimensional (3D) image. A display unit is configured to display the images. A controller is configured to control the display unit to display a list including the at least one 2D image and the at least one 3D image when a command for displaying the list is input, and to control at least one image being one of the 2D image or the 3D image distinguishably displayed from another of the 2D image or the 3D image. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113106 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING FACE AVATAR - A face avatar generating apparatus includes: a face feature information extraction unit for receiving a face photo and extracting face feature information from the face photo and a two-dimensional (2D) avatar generation unit for selecting at least one region from the face photo based on the face feature information, and exaggerating or beautifying the selected region to create a 2D avatar image. The apparatus further includes a 3D avatar generation unit for modifying a standard 3D face model through a comparison with the standard 3D model based on the face feature information and pre-stored standard information to create a 3D avatar image. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113107 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THEREOF - Disclosed are an image display device and a driving method thereof. The image display device separates left-eye image data and right-eye image data from an input image signal, analyzes the left-eye image data and right-eye image data to acquire brightness of a left-eye image and brightness of a right-eye image, acquires a viewing distance between a viewer and a screen which displays the left-eye image and right-eye image, adjusts a moved distance of a pixel in the left-eye image and right-eye image on the basis of at least one of the brightness of the left-eye image and right-eye image and the viewing distance, and divides and displays a left-eye image and right-eye image with respective adjusted depths thereof, in time or space. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113108 | ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSING TO RENDER THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - Methods for processing two-dimensional ultrasound images from an intracardiac ultrasound imaging catheter provide improved image quality and enable generating three-dimensional composite images of the heart. Two-dimensional ultrasound images are obtained and stored in conjunction with correlating information, such as time or an electrocardiogram. Images related to particular conditions or configurations of the heart can be processed in combination to reduce image noise and increase resolution. Images may be processed to recognize structure edges, and the location of structure edges used to generate cartoon rendered images of the structure. Structure locations may be averaged over several images to remove noise, distortions and blurring from movement. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113109 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR IMAGE DATA - A method and apparatus are provided for searching for image data by generating a search query including depth information of an image in order to search for the image data; and searching for image data by comparing the depth information included in the search query with depth information of the image data to be searched. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113111 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND IMAGE DATA DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An ultrasonic diagnosis system that generates virtual endoscopic image data on a lumen of an organ of an object based on volume data acquired by three-dimensional scanning of the object, includes: a unit that sets a three-dimensional region of interest for the volume data; a unit that sets a center line of the lumen of the organ in the volume data based on the acquired volume data; a unit that detects a reference point at which a reference plane of the three-dimensional region of interest and the center line intersect with each other; a unit that sets a viewpoint and a view direction based on the reference point; a virtual endoscopic image data generating unit that processes the volume data based on the viewpoint and the view direction to generate the virtual endoscopic image data; and a display unit that displays the generated virtual endoscopic image data. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113112 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MULTI-DIRECTIONAL VISUAL BROWSING - Systems and methods for multi-directional visual browsing on an electronic device are described. In example embodiments, a primary result and a peripheral result are determined. A display layout based on attributes associated with the primary result and the peripheral result is generated. The display layout is then formatted into instructions, which will cause a device to render the display layout. The instructions are transmitted to the client device. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113113 | METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA FOR 3D IMAGES AND AUDIO/VIDEO SYSTEM - A method of processing 3-dimensional (3D) images and an audio/video (A/V) system are disclosed herein. The A/V system includes a source device providing one of a 2D image signal and a 3D image signal through a digital interface, and a sink device processing and displaying one of the 2D image signal and the 3D image signal provided through the digital interface. Herein, the sink device transmits identification information indicating whether or not the sink device supports 3D images from to the source device. And, when the sink device is verified to be 3D-supportable based upon the identification information, the source device transmits the 3D image signal to the sink device. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113114 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING PERSPECTIVE IMAGE - A method and device for generating a perspective image are provided, which are related to multimedia technology. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring the length, height and vanishing point of a required perspective image and the length and height of an original image; for each pixel point (x′, y′) in the perspective image, determining the coordinate (x, y) of a pixel point in the original image corresponding to said pixel point; copying the pixel point at the coordinate (x, y) in the original image to the position corresponding to the coordinate (x′, y′) in said perspective image. The invention utilizes a principle that perspective image is smaller than original image, and employs a form of inverse transform, thereby the calculated pixel points are reduced, and compared with forward calculation, the calculation is greatly reduced, which improves the speed of perspective image generating and saves central processing unit (CPU) resources. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113115 | IDENTIFICATION OF 3D FORMAT AND GRAPHICS RENDERING ON 3D DISPLAYS - In one embodiment, a 3D display has an image processor including an overlay detector connected to a display controller. The image processor receives a 3D-compatible image stream from a 2D legacy device that may superimpose overlays, e.g., a 2D captions, over 3D-compatible images. The overlay detector automatically determines whether a received image comprises a caption overlay and, if so, provides the location and dimensions of the overlay to the display controller. The display controller processes the overlaid 3D-compatible image to isolate the caption characters of the caption overlay and generates, for a viewer of the 3D display, different left-eye and right-eye images, each including overlaid caption characters that substantially match the characters of the caption overlay. The result is the appearance, to the viewer, of a substantially flat and coherent caption overlay over a 3D image. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120120050 | Dual-mode two-dimensional/three-dimensional display - In one exemplary embodiment, method includes: showing, in 2D mode, a two-dimensional image based on 2D data; in response to a trigger to switch the 2D mode to S3D mode to show a stereoscopic three-dimensional image, showing, in the S3D mode, a first intermediate image based on the 2D image data, the first intermediate image utilizes the 2D data as both left and right data for the S3D mode, where 3D data includes S3D left and right data; showing, in the S3D mode, a second intermediate image based on the 3D data, where the second intermediate image utilizes one of the S3D left and right data as both the left and right data for the S3D; and showing, in the S3D mode, the S3D image based on the 3D data, where the S3D image utilizes the S3D left and right data as the left and right image data. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120051 | Method and system for displaying stereoscopic images - Stereoscopic images are projected on a display device from an image source according to adaptive parameters which are adjusted according to the current positions of the projector, the screen and a user wearing a 3D viewing device. By detecting the distance between the projector and the screen and the distance between the 3D viewing device and the screen during a 3D presentation, the adaptive parameters may automatically be adjusted in order to provide the best and most comfortable 3D viewing environment. Or, the recommended values of the adaptive parameters which result in the best and most comfortable 3D viewing environment may be provided to the user for manual adjustment. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120052 | AUTOMATIC TOLERANCING OF GEOMETRICAL TEMPLATES - A system for tolerancing geometrical templates upgrades the geometrical template to include a unique identifier and index corresponding to each sub-feature of the template. The upgraded template is associated to a set of 3D annotations and the association is stored in a catalog which uses the unique identifier as an index. Upon instantiation of the geometrical template, a list of corresponding tolerance templates are retrieved and displayed for selection, and a selected tolerance template is then instantiated onto the geometrical template. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120053 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL 3D OBJECTS - A digital 3D object processing apparatus is provided, for processing a digital 3D object comprising a plurality of sub-objects belonging to one of a plurality of digital 3D object formats, comprising: a communication unit coupled to a first outer computer through a network; an interface unit coupled to the communication unit, receiving an instruction from the first outer computer; and a control command unit coupled to the communication unit, transmitting a control command to the first outer computer, wherein the first outer computer establishes a relative position of the plurality of sub-objects according to the control command, and transmits the relative position and the plurality of sub-objects to the communication unit. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120054 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMAL ITERATION WORKFLOW FOR IMAGE SEQUENCE DEPTH ENHANCEMENT - Movies to be colorized/depth enhanced (2D->3D) are broken into backgrounds/sets or motion/onscreen-action. Background and motion elements are combined into composite frame which becomes a visual reference database that includes data for all frame offsets used later for the computer controlled application of masks within a sequence of frames. Masks are applied to subsequent frames of motion objects based on various differentiating image processing methods, including automated mask fitting/reshaping. Colors/depths are automatically applied with masks throughout a scene from the composite background and to motion objects. Areas never exposed by motion or foreground objects may be partially or fully realistically drawn/rendered/applied to the occluded areas and applied throughout the images to generate artifact-free secondary viewpoints during 2D->3D conversion. Iterative workflow is eliminated for simple artifact correction through real-time manipulation of images to avoid re-rendering of images and associated delays of sending work product to other workgroups for correction. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120055 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method, the image processing apparatus including: a parallax estimation unit which estimates parallax with respect to a left eye image and a right eye image of a three-dimensional (3D) image; a horizontal movement value determination unit which determines a horizontal movement value using the estimated parallax; a horizontal movement unit which horizontally moves the left eye image and the right eye image based on the horizontal movement value; and a controller which calculates a chronological change rate of the estimated parallax for a predetermined time, determines whether the chronological change rate is greater than a predetermined threshold, and if the chronological change rate is greater, limits the horizontal movement value to a predetermined range and controls the horizontal movement unit to horizontally move the left eye image and the right eye image based on the limited horizontal movement value. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120056 | COMPUTER, MONITOR, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING 3D IMAGE THEREOF - A computer, a monitor, a recording medium, and a method for providing a three-dimensional (3D) image thereof are provided. The method of providing the 3D includes: generating a left eye image frame and a right eye image frame corresponding to a frame of an input 3D image; inserting an indicator indicating whether a current frame, among the left eye image frame and the right eye image frame, is a left eye image or a right eye image to a specific pixel of the current frame; and outputting, to a monitor, an image signal comprising the left eye image frame and the right eye image frame, to at least one of which the indicator is inserted. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120057 | Display Driver Circuit, Operating Method Thereof, and User Device Including the Same - A display driver integrated circuit includes a source driver driving source lines of the display panel. A plurality of memory devices stores image data to be displayed by the display panel. A memory controller controls a write operation and a read operation of the plurality of memory devices. A timing controller controls the memory controller such that the image data in the plurality of memory devices is displayed as three-dimensional (3D) image data and controls the source driver such that the generated 3D image data is provided to the display panel. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120058 | Method of Driving Display Panel and Display Apparatus for Performing the Method - In a method of driving a display panel, a first data voltage having a first potential difference with respect to a reference voltage is outputted to pixel units of the display panel during a first frame which the data voltage has a same polarity with respect to the reference voltage as a data voltage of a following frame, and a second data voltage having a second potential difference less than the first potential difference is output to pixel units of the display panel during a second frame in which the data voltage has a polarity with respect to the reference voltage that is reversed with respect to a data voltage of a following frame. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120059 | DISPLAY FOR 3D HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGES - A display device for displaying 3D holographic images has multiple pixels, each having a set of coupled optical resonators. The optical paths of the coupled optical resonators can be adjusted to impart a desired phase shift to light passing through the coupled optical resonators. The transmission amplitude and phase of each pixel of the display can be dynamically and individually adjusted for displaying 3D holographic images. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120060 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus may include a determination unit configured to determine a first spatial position of a portion of an operating tool disposed within a threshold distance of a surface of the determination unit. The first spatial position may be determined relative to the determination unit surface in a depth direction. The apparatus may also include a control unit configured to generate a first signal to display a stereoscopic image to a user at a first display position. The first display position may be disposed within a predetermined distance of the first spatial position. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120061 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus may include a determination unit configured to determine a position on a surface of the determination unit corresponding to a contact between a portion of an operating tool and the determination unit surface. The apparatus may also include a definition unit configured to define a first display position of a first stereoscopic image, and a generation unit configured to generate a second stereoscopic image in response to the contact. A control unit may be configured to generate a signal to display the first stereoscopic image at the first display position and display the second stereoscopic image at a second display position, the first and second display positioned being within a predetermined distance of the contact position. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120062 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR 3D OBJECT PROTECTION BY PERMUTATION OF COORDINATES OF ITS POINTS - A 3D object is protected by a first device that receives the 3D object, permutes the coordinates of at least one dimension of at least some of the points of the 3D object to obtain a protected 3D object, and outputs the protected 3D object. The coordinates of the dimensions are preferably permuted independently of the permutations of the other dimensions. The protected 3D object is unprotected by a second device ( | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120063 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an input section where performing of input of an operation on a display image is possible using a multi-viewpoint image, a parallax detection section which detects the parallax of each image which configures the multi-viewpoint image, and a parallax control section which adjusts parallax of the multi-viewpoint image in a case where it is at least possible to perform an operation on the display image using the input section. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120064 | Information Processing Apparatus, Stereoscopic Display Method, and Program - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus may include a determination unit configured to determine a first spatial position of a portion of an operating tool disposed within a threshold distance of a surface of the determination unit. The first spatial position may be determined relative to the determination unit surface in a depth direction. The apparatus may also include a control unit configured to define a first size of a stereoscopic image, based on at least the first spatial position, and generate a signal to display the stereoscopic image at the first stereoscopic image size. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120065 | IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROVIDING METHOD BASED ON USER'S LOCATION - An image providing apparatus includes: a user location acquisition unit which acquires locations of users; a barrier adjustment unit which adjusts at least one of a space between a display and a barrier screen, a size of a barrier slot, and a left/right movement amount of the barrier slot at least based on a user's location of at least one of the users; an image generation unit which generates an image of which a time point region is adjusted, by the barrier adjustment unit, to the user's location; and an image output unit which outputs the generated image on a display. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120066 | INSTRUCTION ACCEPTING APPARATUS, INSTRUCTION ACCEPTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - When an instruction is accepted from a user using a instruction acceptance image which is a stereoscopic image, a plurality of instruction acceptance images are displayed transparently or semi-transparently one on top of the other. Thus, many soft keys of the instruction acceptance images are listed simultaneously, and an instruction is accepted from a user via the displayed instruction acceptance images. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120067 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - In a display apparatus, a frame rate converter divides an image signal into a first image frame for a left eye and a second image frame for a right eye, and generates a first intermediate image frame and a second intermediate image frame. A timing controller converts the first and second image frames to a first compensation frame and a second compensation frame, respectively, and sequentially provides the first compensation frame, the first intermediate image frame, the second compensation frame, and the second intermediate image frame to a data driver. The data driver converts the first and second compensation frames to left-eye and right-eye data voltages, respectively, and converts the first and second intermediate image frames to a predetermined black data voltage. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120068 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes an input unit, a depth direction position information processing unit, and a display processing unit. Depth direction position information is inputted to the input component. The depth direction position information is information corresponding to information about and/or the position in the depth direction of a subject. This depth direction position information is set for at least part of a two-dimensional information corresponding to a subject. The depth direction position information processing unit processes two-dimensional information. The two-dimensional information is made up of depth direction position information and either horizontal direction position information or vertical direction position information. The display processor displays an image corresponding to two-dimensional information processed by the depth direction position information processor. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120069 | IMAGE INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD - Provided is a video image data generation system including a database for storing a plurality of image data photographed in various directions in various locations, correlating the directions and the locations with the stored image data, and correlating and storing a photographed sub-region when the image data is acquired, a route view point specifying device which specifies various locations and eye level directions arranged on a view point route, an image search engine which searches an image of an eye level direction specified from a location of a view point route specified by the route view point specifying device and outputs video data, wherein the image search engine searches image data stored in a database and the image data including a sub-region located in an eye level direction in each of a plurality of locations on a view point route by referencing photography direction data correlated with the sub-region. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120070 | System and method to display maintenance and operational instructions of an apparatus using augmented reality - A head-mounted display provides a user with an augmented view of an object being viewed; a tracking mechanism such as a camera repeatedly determine the position and orientation of the head-mounted display relative the object being viewed; and a computer system provides information for the augmented view and repeatedly updates the augmented view of the object being viewed based on the determined position and orientation of the display. The head-mounted display may be a see-through display; it may be video-based or optical-based, and it may be monoscopic and stereoscopic. The tracking mechanism determines its position using one or more markers or beacons on the object being viewed. The markers may be active or passive, including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit invisible light. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120127154 | Pixel-Intensity Modulation Technique for Frame-Sequential Stereo-3D Displays - Discloses herein are methods, apparatuses, and systems for preparing and displaying images in frame-sequential stereoscopic 3D. Frame-sequential stereoscopic display includes an alternating sequence of left- and right-perspective images for display. Disclosed methods include identifying pixels that modulate due to the alternating sequence of left- and right-perspective images of the frame-sequential stereoscopic display. The disclosed methods also include processing the pixels to reduce one or more residual images caused by the alternating sequence of left- and right-perspective images of the frame-sequential stereoscopic display. The disclosed methods may be implemented by a processing unit and the processing unit may be included in a system (such as, a computer or video-game console). | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127155 | 3D COMFORT AND FUSION LIMIT EMPIRICAL MODEL - A method for displaying a pair of stereoscopic images on a display includes receiving a pair of images forming the pair of stereoscopic images, one being a left image and one being a right image. The disparity is adjusted between the left image and the right image based upon a profile of a particular viewer. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127156 | Presenting and Browsing Items in a Tilted 3D Space - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for presenting and browsing items in a tilted 3D space are disclosed. In tilted viewing mode, groups of items from several consecutive levels of a hierarchy can be presented in respective browsable parades shown at different depths into a viewable region of the tilted 3D space. The user can browse laterally across each browsable parade, and browse up and down the hierarchy within the tilted 3D space. With the combination of browsing laterally across the parades presented in the viewable region of the tilted 3D space and browsing up and down the hierarchy along the depth dimension of the 3D space, the user can navigate the entirety of the hierarchy in the tilted 3D space. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127157 | Recording and Analyzing Data on a 3D Avatar - In particular embodiments, a method includes generating a 3D display of an avatar of a person, where the avatar can receive inputs identifying a type of a physiological event, a location of the physiological event in or on a person's body in three spatial dimensions, a time range of the physiological event, a quality of the physiological event, and rendering the physiological event on the avatar based on the inputs. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127158 | COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - For each layer, a scaling rate of an object image or a background image belonging to each of the layers is calculated based on a distance from a predetermined reference point in a virtual three-dimensional space to each of the layers. In addition, for each of the layers, a movement velocity of each of the layers when conducting a parallax scrolling is calculated based on a distance from the predetermined reference point in the virtual three-dimensional space to each of the layers. Furthermore, an image in each of the layers is scaled up or down based on the calculated scaling rate, and each of the layers are moved in a predetermined direction at the calculated movement velocity. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127159 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving a display panel includes identifying a dimension of input data, where the input data is one of two-dimensional input data and three-dimensional input data, and generating first distributed data and second distributed data based on the dimension of the input data by at least one of copying the input data and dividing the input data into front data and back data. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127160 | Three Dimensional Image Display Device and Method of Driving the Same - A three dimensional image display device includes a display device that includes a first region and a second region which are adjacent to each other. The display device alternately displays a left eye image and a right eye image, and displays an image having a predetermined gray in a period between the left eye image and the right eye image. In a current frame, a white data voltage is applied to the first region and a corrected white data voltage is simultaneously applied to the second region. The corrected white data voltage may be smaller than the white data voltage. A black data voltage is applied to the first region, a corrected black data voltage is simultaneously applied to the second region, and the corrected black data voltage may be smaller than the black data voltage. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127161 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS - One or more geographic limits of a view of a digital display device are determined based on a location and orientation of the digital display device. A least a location of a subsurface object within the view is determined, and a multi-dimensional first representation of the subsurface object is rendered in the view based on the location and depth such that the first representation indicates an actual location of the subsurface object within the view. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127162 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method for displaying a stereoscopic image, the method comprises generating k images for a left eye and k images for a right eye based on a left-eye image and a right-eye image, where ‘k’ is a natural number greater than two, correcting an image currently received using an n-th image of the k images for the left eye and the k images for the right eye that are previously received, where ‘n’ is a natural number greater than ‘k’, displaying corrected k images for the left eye and corrected k images for the right eye on a display panel, and providing the display panel with lights based on the image displayed on the display panel. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127163 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided. The image processing apparatus includes an image receiver which receives a plurality of image frames each including a first image and a second image respectively corresponding to a first eye and a second eye of a user, and an image processor which detects a pixel of the second image corresponding to at least one pixel of the first image and updates the first image based on information about the detected pixel of the second image. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127164 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING AVATAR - A processing apparatus for creating an avatar is provided. The processing apparatus calculates skeleton sizes of joints of the avatar and local coordinates corresponding to sensors attached to a target user, by minimizing a sum of a difference function and a skeleton prior function, the difference function representing a difference between a forward kinematics function regarding the joints with respect to reference poses of the target user and positions of the sensors, and the skeleton prior function based on statistics of skeleton sizes with respect to reference poses of a plurality of users. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127165 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS TO DISPLAY THREE-DIMENSIONAL ROBOTIC WORKCELL DATA - A system and a method for displaying a three-dimensional robotic workcell data includes generating the robotic workcell data, a display device including a web browser for receiving the robotic workcell data in a standard format and displaying a three-dimensional rendering of the robotic workcell data, and manipulating the three-dimensional rendering on the display device. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127166 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A display device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a left-eye image and a right-eye image based on an input image; a storage unit that stores an OSD image; an OSD image acquisition unit that acquires at least one of a left-eye OSD image and a right-eye OSD image based on the OSD image stored in the storage unit; an image combination unit that superimposes the OSD images acquired by the OSD image acquisition unit on the left and right-eye images acquired by the image acquisition unit to thereby generate an image; and a display unit that displays the image generated by the image combination unit. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127167 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A display device includes: a determining unit that determines whether an input image is a 2D image or a 3D image; a storage unit that stores an OSD image; an OSD image acquisition unit that acquires any one of a 3D OSD image and a 2D OSD image based on the OSD image stored in the storage unit in correspondence to the result of the determination by the determining unit; an image combination unit that superimposes the OSD image acquired by the OSD image acquisition unit on the input image to thereby generate an image; and a display unit that displays the image generated by the image combination unit. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127168 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - Enlarged display of part of display data on display by a first display section is performed to a second display section, based on a relative position of the second display section with respect to the first display section. A display system has a first display section that displays display data; a second display section that performs enlarged display of part of the display data on display by the first display section; a display partial area storage section that stores an area of the partial data to be displayed to the second display section that is part of the display data on display by the first display section; a relative position determination section that determines a relative positional relation between the first display section and the second display section; and a display control section that performs enlarged display of at least part of the partial data of the area stored. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127169 | Guided Navigation Through Geo-Located Panoramas - A capability for guided navigation in an interactive virtual three-dimensional environment is provided. Such a capability may enhance user experience by providing the feeling of free-form navigation to a user. It may be necessary to constrain the user to certain areas of good visual quality, and subtly guide the user towards viewpoints with better rendering results without disrupting the metaphor of freeform navigation. Additionally, such a capability may enable users to “drive” down a street, follow curving roads, and turn around intersections within the interactive virtual three-dimensional environment. Further, this capability may be applicable to image-based rendering techniques in addition to any three-dimensional graphics system that incorporates navigation based on road networks and/or paths. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127170 | Path Planning For Street Level Navigation In A Three-Dimensional Environment, And Applications Thereof - Embodiments relate to navigating along a street network in a geographic information system. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method navigates a virtual camera in a three-dimensional environment at street-level. The virtual camera defines a perspective to display the three-dimensional environment. In the method, a target location is determined in the three-dimensional environment. A path along a representation of a street in the three-dimensional environment is determined. The path is from a first position corresponding to an initial location of the virtual camera to a second position corresponding to the target location. A virtual camera is moved in the three-dimensional environment toward the target location along the path. Finally, the virtual camera is oriented to face the target location as the virtual camera moves along the path. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127171 | TECHNIQUES FOR RAPID STEREO RECONSTRUCTION FROM IMAGES - Stereo image reconstruction techniques are described. An image from a root viewpoint is translated to an image from another viewpoint. Homography fitting is used to translate the image between viewpoints. Inverse compositional image alignment is used to determine a homography matrix and determine a pixel in the translated image. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127172 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE REFINEMENT USING CIRCUIT MODEL OPTIMIZATION - A method for refining a three-dimensional image includes identifying a depth image of the three-dimensional image, and establishing a simulation circuit model by a processor. The simulation circuit model includes data nodes, diffusion nodes and connection devices, the connection devices connecting the data nodes and the diffusion nodes, the simulation circuit model assigning emulation voltage signals to the data nodes, the assigned emulation voltage signals being substantially correlated to depth data. The processor applies an optimization operation to generate diffused voltage signals for the diffusion nodes due to at least a redistribution of at least some of the emulation voltage signals to the diffusion nodes through the connection devices, and updates the depth data of the depth image based on the diffused voltage signals. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127173 | SERIALIZING COMMAND STREAMS FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSORS - A method and an apparatus for determining a dependency relationship between graphics commands based on availability of graphics hardware resources to perform graphics processing operations according to the dependency relationship are described. The graphics commands may be received from graphics APIs (application programming interfaces) for rendering a graphics object. A graphics driver may transmit a portion or all of the received graphics commands to a graphics processing unit (GPU) or a media processor based on the determined dependency relationship between the graphics commands. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127174 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL COLORED PROJECTION IMAGE FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA - A projection image of an object is colored using three-dimensional image data. This may be particularly useful in radiographic imaging applications, for example. In one embodiment, a colored synthetic image is rendered from a colored three-dimensional image of an object, and color components of pixels of the synthetic image are used to determine color components, or color values, for corresponding pixels of a projection image depicting a similar view of the object as the synthetic image. In this way, the two-dimensional projection image is colored similarly to the colored three-dimensional image. For example, the projection image may be colored based upon density (if the three-dimensional image is colored based upon density) so aspects of the object that attenuate a similar amount of radiation but have different densities may be colored differently. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120133638 | VIRTUAL EVENT VIEWING - A method may include receiving a number of video feeds for a live event from video capture devices located at an event venue. A three-dimensional model of the event may be generated based on received video feeds. A request to view a virtual event corresponding to the live event may be received from a user device. The 3D model may be forwarded to the user device. A virtual representation of the event may be output based on the 3D model. A request may be received to manipulate a view within the virtual representation. A modified virtual representation of the event may be output based on the request. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133639 | STRIP PANORAMA - A technology is described for generating a strip panorama. The method can include selecting panoramas grouped together for a road to combine into the strip panorama. Side view images can be extracted from the plurality of panoramas. Another operation is computing depth maps for side view images using stereo matching. Depth histograms can be generated for depth map columns of the depth maps. The depth histograms can have column-depth alignment scores computed by multiplying corresponding depth values from at least two related depth histogram maps. A further operation can be aligning related side view images using the column-depth alignment scores. The aligned side view images can be stitched while maximizing a stitching score. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133640 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMBINING 2D IMAGE AND 3D MODEL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - A method and system for combining a 2D image and a 3D model and a computer program product thereof are provided. A corresponding relation between a general model and a 2D image is established. A system provides an operation interface. Next, functions provided by the operation interface include designating a feature point on the 2D image and specifying a confirmation point corresponding to the feature point on the general model. Finally, according to a viewpoint space vector of the general model, a display space vector of the 2D image is decided. Furthermore, when the operation interface displays the general model according to a specific viewpoint space vector, the 2D image having the corresponding display space vector is selected for display. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133641 | HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An upper LCD capable of displaying an image which is stereoscopically visible with naked eyes is provided on an upper housing of a hand-held electronic device. A 3D adjustment switch for adjusting a parallax of a stereoscopic image is provided on the upper housing. When a slider of the 3D adjustment switch is within a predetermined range between an uppermost position and a position slightly above a lowermost position, the stereoscopic effect of the stereoscopic image is adjusted based on the position of the slider. When the slider of the 3D adjustment switch is at the lowermost position, a planar image corresponding to the stereoscopic image is displayed on the upper LCD. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133642 | HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A hand-held electronic device includes an upper housing and a lower housing which are foldable. An upper LCD capable of displaying an image which is stereoscopically visible with naked eyes is provided on an inner side surface of the upper housing. In addition, a 3D adjustment switch for adjusting a parallax of a stereoscopic image is provided on the upper housing. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133643 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus, including: a displaying controlling section adapted to control a display section to display a stereoscopic image based on stereoscopic image information; a detection section adapted to detect a change of the eyeballs of a user when the stereoscopic image is displayed on the display section; and a correction section adapted to correct the position of a material body included in the stereoscopic image in the depthwise direction based on the detected change of the eyeballs. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133644 | PARALLAX IMAGE CONVERSION APPARATUS - A parallax image conversion apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a first multiple parallax image generation unit configured to generate a first multiple parallax image concerning a first image signal; a second multiple parallax image generation unit configured to receive a second image signal, depth information, and blend information concerning an OSD image, change the blend information based on the depth information, and generate a second multiple parallax image concerning the OSD image based on the second image signal and the depth information; and a compounding unit configured to compound the first multiple parallax image and the second multiple parallax image by using the changed blend information. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133645 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal as disclosed and broadly embodied herein may include a 3D display configured to display an object that includes a first and second images and a controller configured to change a magnification of the object that includes a first scaled image and a second scaled image and to correct a binocular disparity between the first and second scaled images. The controller may be configured to determine a binocular disparity between the first and second scaled images, determine whether the binocular disparity is within a prescribed range of disparity, reposition at least one of the first or second magnified images based on the determined binocular disparity, and control the display to display the corrected first and second scaled images. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133646 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR HAVING COMPUTER PROCESS IMAGE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a fixed point setting module, a sampling point setting module, and a parallax image generator. The fixed point setting module sets a fixed point to a sampling coordinate space generated from first image data including a first pixel. The sampling point setting module sets a target point to the sampling coordinate space, and sets a sampling point corresponding to the target point to a calculated sampling coordinate. The parallax image generator calculates a pixel value of a second pixel to be located on the sampling coordinate, and generates plural pieces of second image data, each second image data including the second pixel. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133647 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY - A three-dimensional image display includes a liquid crystal display panel, a lenticular layer, and a backlight module, wherein the lenticular layer is disposed on the liquid crystal display panel to separate images generated by the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight module includes a light emitting device and at least one brightness enhancing film. The liquid crystal display panel accepts light from the backlight module and generates a plurality of images. Prisms and lenses are disposed on the brightness enhancing film and the lenticular layer, respectively, wherein orientations of prisms and lenses cross each other. The three-dimensional image display makes the traveling direction of light more perpendicular to the surface of liquid crystal display panel in order to reduce the crosstalk between adjacent images. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133648 | DRIVING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE - An object is to reduce crosstalk between consecutive frame periods. The writing period of image signals to each pixel and the lighting period of light sources corresponding to the image signals in one frame period are rearranged so that the lighting period of the light sources corresponding to the image signals does not overlap with a previous frame period and the next frame period, and the image signals are written and the light sources corresponding to the image signals are on. Specifically, a display region is divided into a plurality of regions, and each of the plurality of regions is divided for rows in a first half and rows in a latter half. The image signals written to the rows in the latter half are written in the previous frame period, and the light sources corresponding to the image signals are on in the frame period. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133649 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEMS UTILIZING SOLID-STATE ILLUMINATION AND PASSIVE GLASSES - A stereoscopic display system employs narrowband illumination light beams and passive glasses with built-in interference filters. The system is also compatible with multiple viewing functions. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133650 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DICTIONARY FUNCTION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method for detecting a specific object on preview data according to touch based interaction and displaying dictionary result information about the detected object as augmented reality on the preview data, and a portable terminal supporting the same are provided. The method includes displaying preview data of specific contents, receiving touch based interaction on the preview data, detecting an object corresponding to the interaction, searching for additional information about the object, and generating the found additional information as result information and outputting the generated additional information on the preview data based on augmented reality. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133651 | METHOD FOR STEREOSCOPIC ILLUSTRATION - The invention relates to a method for the stereoscopic display of a scene on a grid of picture elements (pixels), based on several views that are combined according to a combination rule to form a combination image. The combination image contains only selected parts or pixels of each view. Furthermore, propagation directions are fixed, which make it possible for a viewer to see in the combination image a different selection of views with his left eye than with his right eye, which results in a visual impression of space. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133652 | INTERFACE CUBE FOR MOBILE DEVICE - A computing device presents, on a screen, a three-dimensional rendering of an interface cube that includes a representation of a user's contacts displayed on at least one surface of the interface cube. The computing device receives a communication item from a peripheral application, where the communication item is associated with a particular contact of the user's contacts. The computing device creates a graphic based on the communication item and displays the graphic at a location on the representation of the user's contacts that corresponds to the location of the particular contact within a sequence of the user's contacts. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133653 | LIGHTWEIGHT THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - A computer-implemented imaging process method includes generating a progression of images of a three-dimensional model and saving the images at a determined location, generating mark-up code for displaying image manipulation controls and for permitting display of the progression of images in response to user interaction with the image manipulation controls, and providing the images and mark-up code for use by a third-party application. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133654 | VARIABLE-SIZED CONCURRENT GROUPING FOR MULTIPROCESSING - Aspects include, for example, a method for interpreting information in a computer program, or profiling such a program to estimate a group size for instances of that program (program module, or portion thereof). Such a method can be used in a system that supports collecting outputs of executing instances, where those outputs can specify new program instances. Scheduling of new instances (or allocation of resources for executing such instances) can be deferred. A trigger to begin scheduling (or allocation) for a collection of instances uses a target group size for that program. Thus, different programs can have different group sizes, which can be set explicitly, or based on profiling. The profiling can occur during one or more of pre-execution and during execution. The group size estimate can be an input into an algorithm that also accounts for system state during execution. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133655 | METHOD FOR ACCURATE ASSESSMENT AND GRADED TRAINING OF SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTIONS - The invention relates, to the field of motion tracking and sensorimotor assessment and training, by providing a method, system and software for tracking of a target by moving the head and neck or other body part in two or three-dimensional space. In particular the invention teaches a method to create incremental difficult classes of unpredictable movement patterns according to specific criteria. The created movement patterns can be used to accurately grade the deficits of movement control and other sensorimotor deficits of the head/neck and consequently a treatment can be prescribed which starts at each patient's impairment level by using the same method. The invention provides also a reliable and valid method to detect fraudulent neck compensation claims from genuine deficits by said assessment of sensorimotor function. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120139897 | Tabletop Display Providing Multiple Views to Users - A tabletop display providing multiple views to users is described. In an embodiment the display comprises a rotatable view-angle restrictive filter and a display system. The display system displays a sequence of images synchronized with the rotation of the filter to provide multiple views according to viewing angle. These multiple views provide a user with a 3D display or with personalized content which is not visible to a user at a sufficiently different viewing angle. In some embodiments, the display comprises a diffuser layer on which the sequence of images are displayed. In further embodiments, the diffuser is switchable between a diffuse state when images are displayed and a transparent state when imaging beyond the surface can be performed. The device may form part of a tabletop comprising with a touch-sensitive surface. Detected touch events and images captured through the surface may be used to modify the images being displayed. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139898 | LIGHT DIFFUSION OF VISIBLE EDGE LINES IN A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL MODULAR DISPLAY - Embodiments of the present invention provide light diffusion into edge lines of a modular display, and thus provide a modular display that is capable of displaying a single, continuous image without visible edge lines between individual display modules. One display module includes a multitude of pixels that contain red, green, blue, and white light sources. The replacement of an edge line blocking dam with the light diffusion edge line of the individual display module can provide a single, continuous image to be displayed thereon without visible, image-quality-reducing edge lines. With various heights of the buffer layer, the light can concentrate on the edge line in modular display. The individual display modules can be light emitting diode (LED), organic LED (OLED), UV LED, RGB LED, Phosphor-based LED, Quantum dot LED, or displays based upon a combination thereof. Furthermore, the variable height buffer layer allows for a modular display image in 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional formats. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139899 | Semantic Rigging of Avatars - Techniques are described herein that are capable of generating a virtual rig for animation of a virtual 3D representation (e.g., an avatar) of an object. Semantic identifiers are associated with vertices of the virtual 3D representation. Each of the semantic identifiers specifies a respective feature of the object. The virtual rig is generated based on association of the semantic identifiers with the respective vertices. The virtual rig is capable of maneuvering the mesh to multiple configurations to animate the virtual 3D representation. In an example, the semantic identifiers may be used to generate and/or place virtual items in combination with the mesh. In another example, the semantic identifiers may be used to define reference elements. The reference elements serve as references for maneuvering respective portions of the mesh and/or virtual items that are associated with those portions. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139900 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE EDITING METHOD - A stereoscopic image editing apparatus and method, in which a stereoscopic image having a stereoscopic effect desired by the user can be obtained, are provided. The stereoscopic image editing apparatus includes a storage section for storing the stereoscopic image, a compression/decompression section for converting the stereoscopic image to a format displayable on a display, an operation section for allowing the user to specify a crop-edit region and set the fiducial disparity, which is the disparity of the frame of the crop-edit region, with respect to a left-eye and a right-eye images of the stereoscopic image, and a cropping and editing section for cropping and editing the left-eye and the right-eye images of the stereoscopic image, based on the crop-edit region, and a crop-edit region correcting section for correcting the crop-edit region, based on the fiducial disparity with respect to the cropped and edited left-eye and right-eye images. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139901 | Pixel, stereopsis display device, and driving method thereof - The stereopsis display device comprises: a scan driver, transmitting a plurality of scan signals to a plurality of scan lines; a gate driver, transmitting a plurality of gate signals to a plurality of gate lines; a data driver, transmitting a plurality of data signals to a plurality of data lines; a controller controlling the scan driver, the gate driver, and the data driver, generating image data signals corresponding to a left-eye image period and a right-eye image period respectively, during one frame, and supplying them to the data driver; and a display unit, including a plurality of pixels, connected to a corresponding scan line, among the plurality of scan lines, the plurality of gate lines, and a corresponding data line, among the plurality of data lines. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139902 | PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC PICTURE DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - An embodiment provides a parallax image generating apparatus including a disparity generating section, a disparity correcting section and an image shifting section. The disparity generating section is configured to receive a depth of each part of an input image, and based on the depth, generate a disparity for the part of the image for a respective viewpoint. The disparity correcting section is configured to correct a disparity of a target part of the image to a value based on a disparity obtained for a foreground part from among parts neighboring the target part. The image shifting section is configured to move a part of the input image based on the disparity corrected by the disparity correcting section, to generate a parallax image for the respective viewpoint. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139903 | Two dimensional displays, transparent displays, and three dimensional displays - The present disclosure describes a display apparatus for displaying two and three dimensional images and video. In some embodiments, the display is at least partially transparent, allowing the viewer to receive visual information from the display and see objects and the environment behind the display apparatus. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139904 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and an operation control method thereof are provided. The operation control method includes displaying a display screen including a first group of objects corresponding stereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) images and a second group of objects corresponding two-dimensional (2D) images on a display module; receiving a 3D indication input for distinguishing the first group of objects from the second group of objects; and displaying the first group of objects differently from the second group of objects in response to the received 3D indication input so that the first group of objects can be distinguished from the second group of objects. Since the objects corresponding to stereoscopic 3D images are displayed differently from the objects corresponding to 2D images, it is possible for a user to instantly determine whether an image corresponding to a given object is a stereoscopic 3D image or a 2D image. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139905 | Stereoscopic image display device and driving method thereof - A stereoscopic image display device may include: a display including a plurality of pixels; a data driver for applying first viewpoint image data and second viewpoint image data to a plurality of data lines connected to the pixels; a scan driver for applying a scan signal to a plurality of scan lines connected to the pixels to sequentially input the first viewpoint image data and the second viewpoint image data to the pixels; and a light emission driver for sequentially applying a light emitting signal to a plurality of light emitting lines connected to the pixels to allow the pixels to which the first viewpoint image data are input to sequentially emit light, and simultaneously applying a light emitting signal to a plurality of light emitting lines connected to the pixels to allow the pixels to which the second viewpoint image data are input to simultaneously emit light. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139906 | HYBRID REALITY FOR 3D HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE - A three dimensional (3D) mixed reality system combines a real 3D image or video, captured by a 3D camera for example, with a virtual 3D image rendered by a computer or other machine to render a 3D mixed-reality image or video. A 3D camera can acquire two separate images (a left and a right) of a common scene, and superimpose the two separate images to create a real image with a 3D depth effect. The 3D mixed-reality system can determine a distance to a zero disparity plane for the real 3D image, determine one or more parameters for a projection matrix based on the distance to the zero disparity plane, render a virtual 3D object based on the projection matrix, combine the real image and the virtual 3D object to generate a mixed-reality 3D image. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139907 | 3 DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISPLAY SYSTEM OF RESPONDING TO USER MOTION AND USER INTERFACE FOR THE 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM - A three dimensional (3D) display system is provided, which includes a screen which displays a plurality of objects with different depth values from each other, the plurality of objects having circulating relationship according to the corresponding depth values thereof, a motion detecting unit which senses a user motion with respect to the screen, and a control unit which measures a user motion distance in z-axis direction with respect to the screen according to the user motion, using an output from the motion detecting unit, selects one from among the plurality of objects in accordance with the measured user motion distance in the z-axis direction, controls the depth value of the one selected object so that the one selected object is displayed in front of the plurality of objects on the screen, and controls the depth values of a rest of the plurality of objects according to the circulating relationship. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139908 | MULTI-VIEW POINT 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS - A multi-view point 3D display apparatus using an active optical device is provided. The active optical device may change a path of light without a substantial drop of image resolution. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139909 | 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING 3D IMAGES - A three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus and methods of displaying 3D images are provided. A 3D display apparatus includes a light source, a display unit, an active optical device for changing a travel path of light, and a plurality of projection optical systems. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139910 | 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS AND 3D DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus and method controlling thereof are provided. The 3D display apparatus includes: a reception unit which receives a 3D image signal from another 3D display apparatus; a conversion unit which converts a disparity of the 3D image signal based on transmitter information of the other 3D display apparatus and receiver information of the 3D display apparatus, and generates an output 3D image signal having depth information which is proportional to depth information of the 3D image signal; and a display unit which outputs the output 3D image signal. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139911 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A stereoscopic display device of an embodiment includes a display device having pixels developing either one color of red, green and blue. A vertical period of pixel rows comprising the pixels arranged in one row in a lateral direction is three times a lateral period of the pixels, the pixels developing red, green and blue are alternately arranged in a lateral direction in the same row, the pixels in one row of two rows adjacent in a vertical direction are arranged such that lateral positions thereof are shifted to the pixels in the other row by ½ of the lateral period of the pixels, the pixels in rows adjacent in the same column through one row interposed therebetween are the pixels developing different colors of red, green and blue, and an average value of pitches of the elemental images is larger than a width of pieces of the pixels. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139912 | RENDERING OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL MARKUP MESSAGES - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and apparatuses configured to receive or retrieve markup data associated with a message formatted for two-dimensional (2D) rendering, virtually render, by a first rendering module, the message in a non-displayed image in accordance with the markup data, and render, by a second rendering module, a three-dimensional (3D) object in a 2D display environment including texturing the non-displayed image on a surface of the 3D object in order to render the message. Other embodiments are also described. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139913 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF DATA CONVERSION FOR WIDE GAMUT DISPLAYS - A method and system for converting color image data (data outputting from element | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139914 | Method and apparatus for controlling virtual monitor - An apparatus and method for controlling a virtual monitor in an augmented reality display system are provided. The method for controlling a virtual monitor in an augmented reality display system, including a camera for photographing an image for determining a location of the virtual monitor and for photographing an image of a user's finger, and a graphic device including window images, includes parallel-processing the image for determining a location of the virtual monitor and the window images and mapping the window images to a set location to create the virtual monitor, extracting a finger tip from the image of the user's finger, stencil-buffering an image of the finger tip not to render the image of the finger in the virtual monitor, determining whether the finger tip collides with the stencil-buffered virtual monitor, and controlling an operation of the virtual monitor according to the determination of the finger tip collision. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139915 | OBJECT SELECTING DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND OBJECT SELECTING METHOD - A depth selector | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120146991 | RENDERING PERSONALIZED TEXT ON CURVED IMAGE SURFACES - As set forth herein, a computer-implemented method facilitates replacing text on cylindrical or curved surfaces in images. For instance, the user is first asked to perform a multi-click selection of a polygon to bound the text. A triangulation scheme is carried out to identify the pixels. Segmentation and erasing algorithms are then applied. The ellipses are estimated accurately through constrained least squares fitting. A 3D framework for rendering the text, including the central projection pinhole camera model and specification of the cylindrical object, is generated. These parameters are jointly estimated from the fitted ellipses as well as the two vertical edges of the cylinder. The personalized text is wrapped around the cylinder and subsequently rendered. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146992 | STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program to be executed by a computer is provided. The information processing program causes the computer to function as: preferential display object placing means for placing a preferential display object in an imaging range of a virtual stereo camera in a virtual three-dimensional space; stereoscopically visible image rendering means for taking the virtual three-dimensional space using the virtual stereo camera, and rendering a stereoscopically visible image of the virtual three-dimensional space; and display control means for causing the display apparatus to display the stereoscopically visible image rendered by the stereoscopically visible image rendering means. The stereoscopically visible image rendering means renders the preferential display object by using a parallax based on a first depth from the virtual stereo camera, according to a preference order based on a second depth, shallower than the first depth, from the virtual stereo camera. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146993 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - A display control program executed by a computer of a display control apparatus displaying a virtual space on a display apparatus capable of stereoscopic display, the display control program causing the computer to function as: object placement means for placing an object in the virtual space; transparency degree setting means for calculating a distance specified between the object displayed in the virtual space, and a viewpoint position based on the position of a virtual camera for virtually shooting the virtual space, and setting the degree of transparency of the object such that the longer the distance is, the higher the degree of transparency is; image generation means for generating right-eye and left-eye images by shooting the virtual space with right and left virtual cameras, respectively; and display control means for displaying the right-eye and left-eye images generated by the image generation means, on the display apparatus. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146994 | 2D/3D Switchable Image Display Apparatus and Method of Displaying 2D and 3D Images - In a two-dimensional/three-dimensional (2D/3D) switchable image display apparatus and a method of displaying 2D and 3D images, the 2D/3D switchable image display apparatus may comprise: a data driver which outputs column data of an input image; a scan driver which controls a driving method of a plurality of odd scan lines and a plurality of even scan lines according to an input method and a display mode of the input image; a display panel which displays a 2D image or a 3D image by separately displaying the input image in odd lines and even lines; and a parallax device which generates binocular parallax between an image displayed in the odd lines and an image displayed in the even lines. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146995 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A stereoscopic image display and a method for driving the same are discussed. The stereoscopic image display includes a display panel including data lines and gate lines crossing the data lines, a data modulation unit, that modulates input image data so that pixel data of an nth line of the image data approaches a black gray level as pixel data of an (n−1)th line of the image data approaches a white gray level, where n is a natural number equal to or greater than 2, a data driver, that converts the image data modulated by the data modulation unit into a data voltage and outputs the data voltage to the data lines, and a gate driver sequentially outputting a gate pulse synchronized with the data voltage to the gate lines. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146996 | EDITING DEVICE, EDITING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display apparatus configured to move a drag object on a screen in accordance with an operation of a pointer. The display apparatus can include a detection unit configured to detect a target object on the screen, the target object being a destination of the drag object, and a display control unit configured to display the drag object in a position closer to the target object than a display position of the pointer moved in accordance with an operation performed by a user. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146997 | Stereoscopic Video Signal Processing Apparatus and Method Thereof - According to one embodiment, a basic format for a 3D signal having a first area to arrange main video data, a second area to arrange graphic data, a third area to arrange depth information of pixels of the main video data, and a fourth area to arrange depth information of pixels of the graphic data are defined. When depth information of pixels of the main video data is generated, a 3D processing module can select whether to use a first pattern obtained by inserting the graphic data into the main video data and a second pattern obtained by not inserting the graphic data into the main video data. A 3D related controller decides on the first or second pattern to be used by the 3D processing module. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146998 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-LAYERED AUGMENTED REALITY - A multi-layered augmented reality system and method may extract a target object and a background from an image frame, may track the target object and the background, may apply different coordinate systems to a first virtual object corresponding to the target object and a second virtual object corresponding to the background, and may independently control the first virtual object and the second virtual object. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146999 | PIXEL FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel of a display device is disclosed. According to one aspect, the pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED). The pixel further includes a data sustain unit configured to maintain a data signal input from a data line during light emission of the OLED, a driving current supply unit configured to receive the data signal from the data sustain unit to emit light from the OLED, and a relay transistor configured to insulate the data sustain unit and the driving current supply unit from each other during light emission by the OLED. A data signal input to the data sustain unit is transmitted to the driving current supply unit after the OLED emits the light. A driving speed at which data to display a stereoscopic image is input may be decreased, a luminance reduction by black data may be reduced, and power consumption may be reduced. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147000 | STEREOPSIS DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A stereoscopic image display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. According to one aspect, the device includes a scan driver and a data driver configured to transmit scan signals and data signals to scan lines and data lines respectively, a light emission driver configured to transmit light emission control signals to light emission control lines, and a display unit divided into pixel areas including pixel lines. A controller is configured to control the drivers, generate a left-eye and right-eye image data signals, and supply the generated signals to the data driver. The light emission driver includes light emitting circuits configured to sequentially transmit light emission control signals that are equivalent to each other to light emission control lines of the corresponding pixel area. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147001 | IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY USING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing unit, a stereoscopic image display using the same, and an image processing method are disclosed. The image processing unit includes a data modulation unit, that receives 3D image data including left eye image data and right eye image data, compares a pixel data of the left eye image and a pixel data of the right eye image corresponding to the same coordinate of the previously set mask with each other, calculates the number of cases where a difference between the same pixel data of the left eye image data and the right eye image data is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, and modulates the pixel data of the left eye image and the pixel data of the right eye image inside the mask using a first coefficient group of the mask when the number of cases is greater than a predetermined value. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147002 | VIRTUAL CELLULAR STAINING - Systems and methods are used to display cell structures of a biological cell. A plurality of cell structures of a biological cell is stored and for each cell structure of the plurality of cell structures one or more stain colors are stored. A selected cell structure is received from an input device. One or more stain colors of the selected cell structure are retrieved. The one or more stain colors of the selected cell structure are displayed. A selected stain color is received from the input device. The selected cell structure is displayed in the selected stain color in an exemplary cell image. Further, a three-dimensional image of a biological cell is stored. The three-dimensional image is displayed on a display that includes a touch screen. A movement selection is received from the touch screen. The three-dimensional image is displayed on the display according to the movement selection. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147003 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL-VIEW THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An omnidirectional-view three-dimensional display apparatus comprises a high-frame-rate projector ( | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120154373 | PARALLEL PROCESSING MACHINE LEARNING DECISION TREE TRAINING - Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to generating a decision tree through graphical processing unit (GPU) based machine learning. For example, one embodiment provides a method including, for each level of the decision tree: performing, at each GPU of the parallel processing pipeline, a feature test for a feature in a feature set on every example in an example set. The method further includes accumulating results of the feature tests in local memory blocks. The method further includes writing the accumulated results from each local memory block to global memory to generate a histogram of features for every node in the level, and for each node in the level, assigning a feature having a lowest entropy in accordance with the histograms to the node. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154374 | 3D IMAGE CONVERSION SYSTEM - A 3D image conversion system is disclosed. A 3D image signal is input via HDMI to a field programmable gate array for conversion. The result is output via HDMI to a 3D display. By converting the 3D image signal into checkboard, field/frame sequential, or line interlaced signal, the invention enables a DLP, PDP, or LCD 3D display etc. to support several 3D image structure. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154375 | Techniques For Enabling Remote Management Of Servers Configured With Graphics Processors - A technique for enabling the use of a baseboard management controller in a computer system configured to stream 3D graphical user interfaces to remote clients is described. In an exemplary configuration, a cap driver that is written to conform to a driver model that can interface with a 3D graphics application program interface can be loaded for use with the baseboard management controller instead of a legacy driver that was written to conform to a legacy driver model. This allows a control program to load a graphics driver that can interoperate with the 3D graphics application program interface. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the text of the summary and detailed description, the claims, and drawings. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154376 | TRACING-TYPE STEREO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TRACING-TYPE STEREO DISPLAY METHOD - An exemplary tracing-type stereo display apparatus includes a tracing member, an index member, a sub-pixel array, and a stereo display member. The tracing member is configured for obtaining a space position of a viewer. The index member is configured for obtaining an index factor according to the space position and generating an index table according to the index factor. The sub-pixel array member configured for arraying sub-pixels according to the index table. The stereo display member configured for displaying the sub-pixels arrayed according to the index table. A tracing-type stereo display method is also provided in the present disclosure. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154377 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A game apparatus acquires a designated position Q, on an image, which corresponds to a touch position T detected by a touch panel, and a depth value of the designated position Q. A game apparatus calculates a designated three-dimensional position P in a three-dimensional virtual space, based on the designated position Q on the image and the depth value. The game apparatus next determines an orientation of a cursor object to arrange the cursor object at the calculated designated three-dimensional position P. The game apparatus next uses a virtual camera to take an image of the virtual space including the cursor object, and displays the image on an upper LCD. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154378 | DETERMINING DEVICE MOVEMENT AND ORIENTATION FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL VIEWS - A device may include a first sensor, a display, and a processor. The first sensor may track orientation and location of the device. The display may include a plurality of pixels and light guides. Each light guide may be configured to direct light rays from a first sub-pixel within a pixel and a second sub-pixel within the pixel to a right eye and a left eye, respectively, of a viewer. The processor may be configured to select a sweet spot based on viewer input, obtain a relative location of the device based on output of the first sensor, and determine a stereoscopic image that is to be viewed at the sweet spot, the stereoscopic image including a right-eye image and a left-eye image. The processor may be further configured to display, based on the orientation and position of the device, the right-eye image for viewing by the right eye via a first set of sub-pixels and the left-eye image for viewing by the left eye via a second set of sub-pixels. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154379 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A TRADITIONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT IN A NON-VERBAL MANNER - Disclosed is a system for comparatively displaying values using non-verbal means. The system is recorded on a non-transitory medium. Included in the system is an identification component that identifies a first metric that has a first value and a second metric that has a second value. A processor selects a respective first and second non-verbal symbol to represent each of the first metric and the second metric and calculates a size of each non-verbal symbol based on the values of the first and second metrics. A high definition output means displays the non-verbal symbols. Each of the non-verbal symbols has a single dimension that is divisible by a single denominator. The processor also creates and displays on the high definition output means, a non-verbal reference symbol and a reference value associated with the reference symbol that represents the relationship of the first and second values to the size of the non-verbal symbols. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154380 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - A stereoscopic image display device is disclosed. According to one aspect, the stereoscopic image display device includes a display panel, a timing controller, a data driver, and a gate driver. The timing controller alternately outputs a left frame image signal and a right frame image signal, and outputs a plurality of first and second control signals. The data driver drives the data lines in response to the left frame image signal, the right frame image signal and the first control signals. The gate driver drives the gate lines and outputs a transfer signal in response to the second control signals. Each of a plurality of pixels includes a first transistor, a hold capacitor, a second transistor, a storage capacitor, and a liquid crystal capacitor. The first transistor is connected between a corresponding data line and a first node, and has a gate connected to a corresponding gate line. The hold capacitor is connected between the first node and a ground voltage. The second transistor is connected between the first node and a second node, and has a gate configured to receive the transfer signal. The storage capacitor is connected between the second node and the ground voltage. The liquid crystal capacitor is connected between the second node and the ground voltage. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154381 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A method and apparatus for providing a three-dimensional (3D) image are provided. The method includes receiving a left-eye image and a right-eye image, estimating an overlap region of the left-eye image and right-eye image; generating an overlap image based on the estimated overlap region; and controlling the left-eye image, the right-eye image and the overlap image to be output. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154382 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a generation module and a controller. The generation module is configured to generate | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154383 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a first generation module, a second generation module, and processor. The first generation module is configured to generate 3D image data. The second generation module is configured to generate 3D graphics data. The processor is configured to make the 3D image data fall within a first display range which has a first depth range in a depth direction, and makes the 3D graphics data fall within a second display range which has a second depth range which does not overlap the first display range in the depth direction. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154384 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a parallax image rearrangement module configured to rearrange parallax image components respectively included in a plurality of parallax images and generate an image for three-dimensional image display having a plurality of pixels for three-dimensional image respectively including parallax image components of different parallax images; a warning message setting module configured to set a warning message; and a compounding module configured to generate a compounded image by compounding at least one of a parallax image component of a parallax image corresponding to an image shot by a camera disposed on a left side of a subject as one faces the subject and a parallax image component of a parallax image corresponding to an image shot by a camera disposed on a right side of the subject as one faces the subject with the warning message. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154385 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY - A stereoscopic image display includes a display panel, which displays a left eye image on odd-numbered lines and displays a right eye image on even-numbered lines, a patterned retarder including a first retarder passing through first polarized light of the left eye image and a second retarder passing through second polarized light of the right eye image, polarized glasses including a left eye polarizing filter and a right eye polarizing filter, and a 3D formatter, which receives 3D image data from a host system, assigns left eye image data of the 3D image data to the odd-numbered lines, and assign right eye image data of the 3D image data to the even-numbered lines. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154386 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, PROGRAM, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus for generating image data is provided. The apparatus includes a communication unit for receiving information related to a display orientation of an image on a display unit of an image display device; and an image generation unit for generating image data according to the information. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154387 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device includes an acquisition unit which acquires information of acceleration, angular velocity, and magnetic intensity of an operation device, a coordinate conversion unit which converts the angular velocity acquired by the acquisition unit into global angular velocity in a global coordinate system using information of posture angles of the operation device, an initial posture angle calculation unit which calculates a posture angle of the operation device in the initial stage in the global coordinate system based on the information of the acceleration and the magnetic intensity, an updating unit which updates the posture angle of the operation device in the global coordinate system based on information of the global angular velocity, and a control unit which causes the coordinate conversion unit to convert the first angular velocity into the global angular velocity and to convert a second angular velocity into the global angular velocity. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154388 | STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereo image device includes a representative point selection unit for selecting a plurality of representative points in a first image of a stereo-pair image; a corresponding point control unit detecting a plurality of corresponding points corresponding to the plurality of representative points in a second image of the stereo-pair image and excluding any corresponding point(s) judged to be a deviating point; a deviation value calculation unit for judging whether corresponding points are the deviating points or not; an approximation curve calculation unit performing a curve approximation on all the corresponding points except the excluded corresponding points; a height correction value calculation unit calculating a height correction value from a plurality of approximation curves drawn up by the curve approximation; a parallelization execution unit performing parallelization of the second image on the basis of the height correction value. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154389 | Hardware Accelerated Graphics for Network Enabled Applications - A method and system are provided for providing hardware accelerated graphics for network enabled applications. The method includes providing a network enabled application on a host, the application requiring hardware accelerated graphics not provided on the host; providing a 3D library wrapper at the host for connection to a broker of 3D graphics rendering resources. The broker receives a request for 3D graphics rendering resources, and evaluates available rendering resources and allocates a selected 3D graphics rendering resource to the 3D library wrapper, in order to return final 2D rendered images to a client. The network enabled application may execute on a virtual machine on the host or on a terminal services session on the host and is accessed by a remote client. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154390 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus including an acquisition block configured to acquire a detection result associated with a user attention to an object displayed on a display screen capable of displaying stereoscopic image, and a display control block configured to animation-display the object in the direction of depth in accordance with the user attention on the basis of the acquired detection result. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154391 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLIPPING FOR 3D GRAPHIC RENDERING - Provided are a clipping apparatus and clipping method for a three-dimensional (3D) graphic rendering. The clipping apparatus may reset or convert a triangular object based on distance information of vertices configuring or comprising the triangular object where a perspective projection scheme is applied. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154392 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes a display element selectively implementing a 2D image and a 3D image and a patterned retarder. The display element includes a pixel array including a plurality of subpixels, which are respectively formed at crossings of column lines and row lines. The patterned retarder includes a plurality of first retarders, each of which transmits light from the display element as a first polarization component, and a plurality of second retarders, each of which transmits the light from the display element as a second polarization component. The first retarders and the second retarders are alternatively arranged. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154393 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING ANIMATION BY CAPTURING MOVEMENTS OF NON-RIGID OBJECTS - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for creating animation by capturing the motions of a non-rigid object. The apparatus includes a geometry mesh reconstruction unit, a motion capture unit, and a content creation unit. The geometry mesh reconstruction unit receives moving images captured by a plurality of cameras, and generates a reconstruction mesh set for each frame. The motion capture unit generates mesh graph sets for the reconstruction mesh set and generates motion data, including motion information, using the mesh graph sets. The content creation unit creates three-dimensional (3D) content for a non-rigid object by generating a final transformation mesh set, having a topology similar to that of the reconstruction mesh set, using the motion data. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154394 | APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - An interocular luminance analyzing unit analyzes luminance perceived between eyes of an observer based on a luminance distribution image, thereby generating a stereoscopy determination image, a stereoscopy determining unit determines a stereoscopy possible region based on this stereoscopy determination image. This is applicable irrespective of the kind of 3D displays including the two-view type, the multi-view type, and the integral type. Therefore, with the apparatus for evaluating optical properties of a 3D display and the method for evaluating optical properties of a 3D display, the evaluation of optical properties can be performed independently of the kind of 3D displays. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154395 | A MONITOR AND A METHOD FOR REPRESENTING AUTOSTEREOSCOPICALLY PERCEIVABLE PICTURES - A monitor for representing autostereoscopically, three-dimensionally perceivable pictures includes a matrix screen with a multitude of subpixels which are arranged in lines and columns and which may be changed in their illumination intensity and may be put together into a multitude of picture points, a control device for activating the subpixels in dependence on picture information of at least two stereoscopic fields, in a manner such that the picture points are divided in at least two subgroups for reproducing in each case one of the fields, and a barrier raster, with which light coming from the picture points of each of the subgroups may be led into in each case one of several observation zones which lie in a laterally displaced manner, said one of several observation zones being assigned to this subgroup by way of this. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154396 | 3D Display System - Methods and systems for displaying three-dimensional (3D) images using motion parallax are described. Images are projected onto a reflector with a rippled or faceted surface. The reflected images are viewed at a plurality of viewing locations and a different image is perceived according to the viewing location. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120162192 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROTARY MACHINE ONLINE MONITORING - In one embodiment, a system includes an optical monitoring system configured to optically communicate with an interior of a rotary machine. The optical monitoring system is configured to redirect a field of view toward different regions of a component within the interior of the rotary machine while the rotary machine is in operation, and to capture an image of each region. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162193 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIVIEW IMAGE GENERATION USING DEPTH MAP INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for multiview image generation using depth map information is described. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises converting a input image and an input depth map into a projected image and a projected depth map using values from physical pixel locations that map to projected pixel locations, wherein the projected image and the projected depth map are associated with a particular view of the input image, inpainting the projected image and the projected depth map and producing an output image in a direction of the particular view using the inpainted projected image and the inpainted projected depth map. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162194 | STEREO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LENS ARRAY THEREOF - An exemplary stereo display apparatus includes a pixel array and a lens array. The pixel array includes a plurality of pixel units arrayed in parallel rows and parallel columns. The lens array covers the pixel array, and includes a plurality of lenticular lens units arrayed in said rows and columns. The lenticular lens units are parallel to each other, and the adjacent lenticular lens units arrayed in columns have a stagger arrangement along a first direction along which the pixel units are arrayed in rows, thereby the adjacent lenticular lens units arrayed in columns are arranged in terraced steps. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162195 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus comprises: virtual camera setting means for setting a left virtual camera and a right virtual camera such that the left virtual camera and the right virtual camera are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval for taking an image of a virtual space; stereoscopic viewing image output means for sequentially outputting stereoscopic viewing images each of which is generated on the basis of an image for a left eye obtained by taking an image of the virtual space with the left virtual camera and an image for a right eye obtained by taking an image of the virtual space with the right virtual camera; and stereoscopic viewing image storing means for storing any of the stereoscopic viewing images sequentially outputted by the stereoscopic viewing image output means, on the basis of a predetermined condition. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162196 | STEREO DISPLAY DEVICE - This invention provides a stereo display device for displaying left and right frames alternately with an adjusted disparity in between, comprising: a distance measurement module configured to measure the distance between the stereo display device and a viewer; and an adjustment module configured to receive left and right frames with an original disparity in between, adjust the original disparity between left and right frames according to the distance between the stereo display device and the viewer, and output left and right frames having an adjusted disparity in between. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162197 | 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF EXTRACTING DEPTH INFORMATION IN THE 3D IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS - A 3 dimensional (3D) image acquisition apparatus and a method of extracting depth information in the 3D image acquisition apparatus are provided. The method of extracting depth information includes sequentially projecting N (N is a natural number equal to or greater than 3) different pieces of projection light onto a object; modulating N pieces of reflection light reflected from the object with an optical modulation signal having a gain waveform; generating N images by capturing the N pieces of modulated reflection light; generating a first averaged image by multiplying the N images by primary weights and generating a second averaged image by multiplying the N images by secondary weights; acquiring an average phase delay from the first and second averaged images; and calculating a distance to the object from the average phase delay. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162198 | Information Processor, Information Processing Method, and Computer Program Product - According to one embodiment, an information processor is provided with a graphics processing unit (GPU) to display a graphical user interface (GUI) screen on a display module using the GPU. The information processor includes a storage module, a component specifying module, and an instruction converter. The storage module stores node tree information and an association table. The node tree information sets relationship between nodes to be arranged in a virtual three-dimensional (3D) space corresponding to the GUI screen. The relationship includes positional relationship in the virtual 3D space. The association table defines association between each node and a GUI component that constitutes the GUI screen. The component specifying module specifies a GUI component in association with each node referring to the association table. The instruction converter converts the specified GUI component into a GPU drawing instruction referring to the node tree information and outputs the drawing instruction to the GPU. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162199 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL AUGMENTED REALITY - In an apparatus and a method for displaying a three-dimensional augmented reality, an apparatus to display a three-dimensional augmented reality includes an object area detecting unit to detect a first object area of a left image frame of a three-dimensional image and a second object area of a right image frame of the three-dimensional image based on a selected object of the three-dimensional image; and a frame adjusting unit to adjust the left image frame and the right image frame to change a three-dimensional effect of the selected object. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162200 | MAP CONVERTING METHOD, MAP CONVERTING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MAP CONVERSION - According to an embodiment, a map converting method includes calculating existing frequency of depths in a first map, the first map corresponding to at least an image area of an image and each pixel of the first map representing a depth corresponding to a pixel of the image area; and first converting the first map into a second map that represents a depth in a first range for each pixel by using the existing frequency. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162201 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereoscopic display apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes: a display unit which includes left eye image areas displaying a left eye image and right eye image areas displaying a right eye image and a parallax barrier which keeps a predetermined distance from the display unit to face the display unit and includes slits transmitting light emitted from the display unit and barriers blocking the light emitted from the display unit, wherein the slits and the barriers are alternately formed at the parallax barrier. The apparatus may further include a vibrator which is combined with at least a part of the parallax barrier and expands and contracts in a direction in which the display unit emits the light. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162202 | SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR VIRTUAL RENDERING OF A PRINT PRODUCTION PIECE - A system and method for a pre-print, three-dimensional virtual rendering of a print piece is disclosed. A plurality of modular/pipelined architectural layers are managed, operated, and organized by a controller. A product definition is provided to a job ticket adaptation layer where it is transformed into a physical model. The physical model is then transformed into a display model via the product model layer. The display model is transformed into a scene that can be displayed on a graphical user interface as a three dimensional virtual rendering by a rendering layer, where the binding elements may further include 3D binding models as well as 2D textures on 3D surfaces to simulate 3D models. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162203 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a stereoscopic image display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The method of manufacturing a stereoscopic image display device and the stereoscopic image display device manufactured by the method may minimize a phenomenon capable of degrading a stereoscopic image quality such as crosstalk, have wide viewing angle and excellent contrast characteristics and realize excellent quality of the stereoscopic image. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162204 | Tightly Coupled Interactive Stereo Display - Modifying perspective of stereoscopic images provided by one or more displays based on changes in user view, user control, and/or display status. A display system may include a housing, a display comprised in the housing, and one or more tracking sensors comprised in the housing. The one or more tracking sensors may be configured to sense user view and/or user control position and orientation information. The one or more tracking sensors may be associated with a position and orientation of the display. The user view and/or user control position and orientation information may be used in generating the rendered left and right eye images for display. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162205 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a first display and a second display. The first display is configured to display a first content in one of a two-dimensional mode and three-dimensional mode. The second display is configured to display a second content in one of the two-dimensional mode and three-dimensional mode. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162206 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - Embodiments of the invention relate to a stereoscopic image display and a method for driving the same. Stereoscopic image display includes a data display unit including a first scan transistor, an active black stripe unit including a second transistor and a third transistor, and a shift register sequentially supplying the gate pulse to each of (2n−1)th gate lines and (2n)th gate lines, where n is a natural number. The first scan transistor supplies a data voltage to a pixel electrode in response to a gate pulse of a (2n−1)th gate line, the second transistor supplies the data voltage to the pixel electrode in response to the gate pulse of the (2n−1)th gate line, and the third transistor supplies a low logic level voltage or a common voltage to the pixel electrode in response to a gate pulse of a (2n)th gate line. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162207 | SYSTEM AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR SHARING MOVING VIRTUAL IMAGES AND METHOD THEREOF - Methods and apparatuses for sharing a virtual image. An apparatus includes a virtual image creating unit which creates a moving virtual image, a virtual image registration requesting unit which requests a virtual image sharing server to register the virtual image created by the virtual image creating unit, and a virtual image sharing unit which receives the virtual image having the moving coordinates, which corresponds to current position information of the terminal device, from the virtual image sharing server. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162208 | 2D/3D IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) image display device is disclosed. The 2D/3D image display device includes pixels each having a first subpixel and a second subpixel, wherein, in a 2D driving mode, the first subpixel and the second subpixel respectively display images for a same image signal based on data voltages corresponding to different gamma curves. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162209 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A method of displaying a three-dimensional image is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving a left-eye gray level image array and a right-eye gray level image array; converting the left-eye gray level image array and the right-eye gray level image array into a left-eye luminance image array and a right-eye luminance image array respectively; receiving a left-eye compensation array; adjusting the right-eye luminance image array in accordance with the left-eye luminance array and the left-eye compensation array; converting the adjusted right-eye luminance image array into an adjusted right-eye gray level image array; displaying the adjusted right-eye gray level image array. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162210 | CREATION OF A PLAYABLE SCENE WITH AN AUTHORING SYSTEM - The invention is directed to a process for creating a playable scene with an authoring system, the process comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a three-dimensional authoring scene comprising representations of objects displayed thereon, one of the representations of objects being a three-dimensional experience scene; (b) displacing, upon user action, some of the representations of objects displayed in the authoring scene to the experience scene; and (c) organizing, upon user action, the displaced representations of objects in the experience scene. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162211 | ALIGN MARK OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY, ALIGNING METHOD AND SYSTEM USING THE ALIGN MARK - An align marking for a stereoscopic image display apparatus and an alignment method and system using the align marking are discussed. The align marking includes a first align mark formed at a left and central portion of the display panel, and a second align mark formed at a right and central portion of the display panel, wherein each of the first and second align marks comprises one or more left patterns and one or more right patterns arranged offset from the one or more left patterns, wherein the first and second align marks are aligned with a predetermined reference line formed on the pattern retarder. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162212 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a three-dimensional image display apparatus in which an image for each of a plurality of view points in each of a plurality of observation areas can be observed. The three-dimensional image display apparatus displays one or two images pertaining to a pair of images put in a reverse-view relation in the vicinity of an edge of the observation areas by making use of data different from image data for the view points. Also, the three-dimensional image display apparatus creates one or two images pertaining to a pair of images put in a reverse-view relation in the vicinity of an edge of the observation areas by displaying pieces of image data having a variety of types on a time-division basis. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162213 | THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISPLAY TERMINAL APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An operating method of a three dimensional (3D) display terminal apparatus includes displaying a plurality of objects with different degrees of perceived depths, and changing display state of the plurality of objects according to a user's manipulation. The user's manipulation includes a plurality of touch modes which are perceived as different depths corresponding to the degrees of perceived depths, and the plurality of touch modes include a direct touch mode and a near touch mode. As a result, the terminal apparatus is operated with increased ease. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162214 | Three-Dimensional Tracking of a User Control Device in a Volume - Tracking objects presented within a stereo three-dimensional (3D) scene. The user control device may include one or more visually indicated points for at least one tracking sensor to track. The user control device may also include other position determining devices, for example, an accelerometer and/or gyroscope. Precise 3D coordinates of the stylus may be determined based on location information from the tracking sensor(s) and additional information from the other position determining devices. A stereo 3D scene may be updated to reflect the determined coordinates | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162215 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TEXTURE OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTED OBJECT DEPENDING ON RESOLUTION LEVEL OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for generating a texture of a 3D reconstructed object depending on a resolution level of a 2D image. The apparatus includes a 3D object reconstruction unit for extracting, from images captured from at least two areas located at different distances, information about a 3D object and information about cameras, and then reconstructing the 3D object. A resolution calculation unit measures size of a space area, covered by one pixel of each of the images in a photorealistic image of the 3D object, and then calculates resolutions of the images. A texture generation unit generates textures for respective levels corresponding to classified images by using the images classified according to resolution level. A rendering unit selects a texture for a relevant level depending on a size of the 3D object on a screen, and then renders the selected texture. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162216 | CYLINDRICAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention provides a cylindrical three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus and method. The cylindrical 3D image display apparatus includes a spiral screen unit configured such that a plurality of individual screens, each being spirally formed, form a shape of a cylinder, and such that the spiral screen unit display an image on the cylinder. A 3D image control unit is configured to display a 3D image by controlling transparency of each of the plurality of individual screens, based on a display sequence of slice images of the 3D image projected from above or below the cylinder. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162217 | 3D MODEL SHAPE TRANSFORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a 3D model shape transformation apparatus. The 3D model shape transformation apparatus includes a camera unit, a shape restoration unit, a skeleton structure generation unit, and a skeleton transformation unit. The camera unit obtains a plurality of 2D images in a single frame by capturing the shape of an object. The shape restoration unit generates a 3D volume model by restoring the shape of the object based on the plurality of 2D images. The skeleton structure generation unit generates the skeleton structure of the 3D volume model. The skeleton transformation unit transforms the size and posture of the 3D volume model into those of a template model by matching the skeleton structure of the template model with the skeleton structure of the 3D volume model. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162218 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DIGITAL CLONE - Disclosed herein is technology for generating a digital clone. An apparatus for generating a digital clone includes a standard human body model generation unit for extracting information about appearance deformations based on joint control angles of joints from posture-based appearance deformation examples, generating a parametric shape control engine in which the appearance deformation information is incorporated, and incorporating the parametric shape control engine in a standard mesh-type human body model, thus generating a standard human body model. A unique human body model generation unit receives multi-view image examples based on a change in a posture of an actor, generates a 3D model of the actor based on multi-view image examples, and transfers the standard human body model to the 3D model, thus generating a unique human body model, in which unique appearance deformations of the actor based on the change in the posture of the actor are reflected. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162219 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND VIDEO VIEWING SYSTEM - A display device includes: a liquid crystal panel including a display surface on which frame images are displayed; a conversion portion for converting a frame image signal into a first image signal representing an image having a lower resolution and a second image signal representing an image having a higher resolution; and a liquid crystal driver for driving the liquid crystal panel with performing first and second scanning operations of the first and second image signals over pixels of the entire display surface. The liquid crystal driver performs the second scanning operation with targeting a drive luminance value which is set in response to an expected value of an achieved luminance value during the first scanning operation for the pixel of the display surface before the second scanning operation commences, and target luminance value for the pixels defined by the frame image signal. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162220 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL CREATION SYSTEM - A three-dimensional model creation system stores view information and camera information for cameras with which each client is provided, in a server for each client. Furthermore, when a three-dimensional model is created from a captured pair of images, each client sends the pair images to the server, and the server creates a three-dimensional model on the basis of camera information stored in advance and the received pair images. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162221 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STEREOSCOPIC MULTI-USERS DISPLAY - A method of displaying different first and second 3D images on a display during a frame period. The first 3D image is formed of two stereoscopic images viewed by a first user through first shutter glasses and the second 3D image being a stereoscopic image is formed of two stereoscopic images viewed by a second user through second shutter glasses. The method includes: synchronizing display of the first stereoscopic image with the first shutter glasses and the second stereoscopic image with the second shutter glasses, wherein each stereoscopic image is displayed for a time period in synchronization with the respective shutter glasses, the time period being determined in accordance with the frame duration and the number of different 3D images being displayed on the display, wherein the brightness of the display in increased in accordance with the number of users being synchronized. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162222 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A medical image diagnosis device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an imaging unit that takes an image of a subject, with an X-ray generation unit which exposes the subject to X-rays and an X-ray detector which detects X-rays that have passed through the subject, being supported on a supporter; a control unit that controls so as to rotate and move the supporter with respect to the subject and take images of the subject from a plurality of viewpoints; a storage unit that stores image data taken from a plurality of the viewpoints; an image processing unit that classifies a plurality of pieces of the image data stored in the storage unit into a plurality of imaging ranges to generate thumbnail images; and a display unit that displays thumbnail images generated by the image processing unit. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162223 | PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a parallax image generating apparatus includes a deriving unit, a generating unit, a first calculating unit, a setting unit, a searching unit, and an interpolating unit. The deriving unit derives a parallax vector corresponding to a first pixel from the input image and depth information associated with the first pixel. The generating unit generates an intermediate image. The first calculating unit calculates first weights for respective pixels of a parallax image. The setting unit sets one or more candidate blocks near a shade-forming-area pixel of the intermediate image, and sets a reference block among one or more candidate blocks. The searching unit searches a target block similar to the reference block in the input image and/or the intermediate image. The interpolating unit interpolates a pixel value of the shade-forming-area pixel. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162224 | FREE VIEW GENERATION IN RAY-SPACE - The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate more efficient free view generation in Ray-Space by way of a Radon transform. The architecture can render virtual views based upon original image data by employing Ray-Space interpolation techniques. In particular, the architecture can apply the Radon transform to a feature epipolar plane image (FEPI) to extract more suitable slope or direction candidates. In addition, the architecture can facilitate improved block-based matching techniques in order to determine an optimal linear interpretation direction. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120169711 | Method and apparatus for removing image artifacts in display related mode changes - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed. A first image display mode is provided at a display of an apparatus. The first image display mode includes mapping first data from a display frame memory. The first data corresponds to the first image display mode. A second image display mode is provided at the display. The second image display mode includes mapping second data from the display frame memory. The second data corresponds to the second image display mode. The first image display mode is switched to the second image display mode when only a portion of the second data is detected at the display frame memory. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169712 | DISPLAY OF MEDICAL DEVICE POSITION INFORMATION IN A VOLUMETRIC RENDERING - An system and method for displaying a position of a medical device disposed within a region of interest in a body are provided. The system includes a position sensing system disposed outside of the body and configured to interact with a position sensor on the medical device upon generation of an electric and/or magnetic field. The sensor generates a position signal indicative of the position of the device within a coordinate system. The system further includes an electronic control unit comprising a registration module for registering a volumetric data set within the coordinate system. The unit further comprises a generation module for generating a volumetric rendering of the region of interest from the volumetric data set and a superimposition module for superimposing a representation of the medical device on the volumetric rendering responsive to the position signal. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169713 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING REPORTS MATCHING USER INTERESTS REPRESENTED IN A DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTED USER INTEREST ANALYTIC MODEL - A method and program product for automatically generating reports matching user interests represented in a dynamically adjusted user interest analytic model (UIAM). A Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) query is generated based on a user visit to a business intelligence application. Based on initial user visit(s), a cube-based UIAM is constructed by including a representation of a first set of user interest(s) in a first set of UIAM item(s). The cube-based UIAM is transformed into a data warehouse-based UIAM. Based on subsequent user visit(s), UIAM items are updated to represent a second set of user interest(s) and UIAM item scores are adjusted to specify how frequently and recently user interests are indicated by the user visits. An update of data in the data warehouse is detected. Reports representative of user interest(s) represented by the updated UIAM items having the top k scores are generated. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169714 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system including a display apparatus for displaying a first image and a second image, two first lenses and two second lenses is provided. When a viewer sees the display apparatus via one first lenses and one second lenses, and the first image as well as the second image are parallax images, the first and second images are respectively saw by different eyes of the viewer. When the viewer sees the display apparatus through the two first lenses, and the first image as well as the second image are not parallax images, the first image irrelevant to the second image is saw by the viewer. When the viewer sees the display apparatus through the two second lenses, and the first image as well as the second image are not parallax images, the second image irrelevant to the first image is saw by the viewer. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169715 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATION METHOD OF BACKGROUND TERRAIN SCENES, SYSTEM USING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a stereoscopic image generation method of background terrain scenes, a system using the same, and a recording medium for the same. The stereoscopic image generation method of background terrain scenes includes an initial mesh creation step of creating an initial mesh using terrain geometry based on image sequences, a geometry error correction step of generating a projection map, detecting error regions of the initial mesh using the generated projection map, generating a vector map of the detected error regions, and generating a corrected mesh, error of which is corrected, and a stereo conversion step of generating a stereoscopic image using the corrected mesh. Since the stereoscopic image is generated based on the mesh, the mesh fits the terrain shape even though the geometry is complex. Further, time coherence can be enforced, the mesh can be edited easily, and new elements can be unseamingly composed into the terrain. Thus, it is possible to prevent a viewer who views the stereoscopic image from becoming tired. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169716 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN A DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - Object positioning means positions a first object at a position at a first depth distance in a depth direction in a virtual world. Stereoscopic image output control means outputs as a stereoscopic image the object in the virtual world positioned by the object positioning means. The object positioning means positions at least one second object, at a position at a depth distance which is different from the first depth distance in the depth direction in the virtual world in a manner such that the second object is displayed on at least a part of a display area corresponding to an edge of a display device when the second object is displayed as the stereoscopic image on the display device. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169717 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - If a stereoscopic display mode is selected, the angle of view of each of a pair of perspective-projection virtual cameras and a distance between the perspective-projection virtual cameras are determined based on an output signal from a 3D adjustment switch. Based on these perspective-projection virtual cameras, an image for right eye and an image for left eye are rendered, and a stereoscopically visible image is generated based on these images. If a planar display mode is selected, a single orthogonal-projection virtual camera is used to generate a planarly visible image. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169718 | THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY STRUCTURE - A three dimensional display system presents a physical three dimensional representation of a two dimensional image. The display system includes multiple display portions where each portion subsumes at least a portion of the two dimensional image. The display portions are arranged in a nested stacked and spaced arrangement, such that the portions of the two dimensional image depicted on the display portions are congruent. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169719 | METHOD FOR COMPENSATING DATA, COMPENSATING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE COMPENSATING APPARATUS - A method of compensating data includes: generating color correction data of primary image data using a plurality of three-dimensional look-up tables in response to the primary image data and a stereoscopic image mode signal, where stored color correction data in the three-dimensional look-up tables are mapped with reference data in the three-dimensional look-up tables in one-to-three correspondence, and a gradation range of the stored color correction data in the three-dimensional look-up tables is less than a gradation range of the primary image data; and converting the generated color correction data to compensated data based on the generated color correction data of the primary image data and the color correction data of the primary image data of a previous frame, wherein a gradation range of the compensated data is substantially identical to the gradation range of the primary image data. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169720 | METHOD OF PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of processing three-dimensional (3D) stereoscopic image data is provided that includes comparing the polarity of image data of a present frame with the polarity of image data of a previous frame. The image data of the present frame are compensated according to the result of the comparison. The image data of the present frame is compensated to generate first compensation data, when the polarity of the image data of the present frame is opposite to the polarity of the image data of the previous frame, with respect a reference voltage. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169721 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus comprises a display panel and a parallax barrier plate. The parallax barrier plate includes a plurality of parallax barrier cells, wherein each of the parallax barrier cells comprises a receiver, a plurality of charged pigment particles and a switch electrode. The charged pigment particles are disposed in the receiver. The switch electrode is disposed at one side of the receiver for driving the charged pigment particles. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169722 | METHOD AND APPARATUS GENERATING MULTI-VIEW IMAGES FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - A method and apparatus for generating multi-view images are provided. An error suspicious area may be detected from a reference view image. A foreground-first image may be generated by foreground-first warping including regarding the error suspicious area as a foreground, and a background-first image may be generated by background-first warping including regarding the error suspicious area as a background. The foreground-first image and the background-first image may be blended, and an output view image in a predetermined viewpoint may be generated. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169723 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Stereoscopic image generator configured to take images of a virtual three-dimensional space in which an object is located, with a virtual camera, and to generate a stereoscopic image that is composed of an image for a left eye and an image for a right eye between which a disparity is provided, and display controller for causing a display section to display the stereoscopic image generated by the stereoscopic image generator, are provided. In generating the stereoscopic image, the stereoscopic image generator performs correction of decreasing a disparity of the object. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169724 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVELY RENDERING SUBPIXEL - A rendering apparatus and method in a light field display may determine positions of eyes of a user, may determine a subpixel emitting a ray that enters the eyes, based on the positions of the eyes, among a plurality of subpixels forming a three-dimensional (3D) pixel, and may display a stereoscopic image on the light field display based on a pixel value of the determined subpixel. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169725 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head-mounted display includes a left-eye display panel that displays a left-eye image, a left-eye optical system that has an angle of view from 45 to 55 degrees and forms a virtual image of the left-eye image, a right-eye display panel that displays a right-eye image, a right-eye optical system that has an angle of view from 45 to 55 degrees and forms a virtual image of the right-eye image, and a display control unit that controls the screen display of the left-eye display panel and the right-eye display panel. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169726 | SYSTEM FOR INPUTTING GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS - A system for inputting graphical elements Includes a substantially pen-shaped peripheral device (PD); means (DIG) for digitizing graphical elements produced by a first end (END | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169727 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS TO BE FABRICATED - A computer-aided design apparatus generates a tree structure of coordinate systems defining the topology of a three-dimensional object to be fabricated. Coordinate systems are positioned and orientated in accordance with mathematical functions. The mathematical function positioning child coordinate systems has the identity of the parent coordinate systems as a variable, and the positions of the child coordinate systems vary relative to their parent coordinate systems according to the identity of the parent coordinate systems. Data defining the coordinate systems and connections is stored in a graph. Bases having a defined relationship are identified and three-dimensional content objects are added. Content objects are added using the same mathematical function, generating three-dimensional content objects in each of a plurality of coordinate systems. The function for generating the content objects has the identity of the coordinate systems as a variable, generating the content object in each coordinate system with a different shape. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169728 | Direct Ray Tracing of 3D Scenes - Determining intersections between rays and triangles is at the heart of most Computer Generated 3D images. The present disclosure describes a new method for determining the intersections between a set of rays and a set of triangles. The method is unique as it processes arbitrary rays and arbitrary primitives, and provides the lower complexity typical to ray-tracing algorithms without making use of a spatial subdivision data structure which would require additional memory storage. Such low memory usage is particularly beneficial to all computer systems creating 3D images where the available on-board memory is limited and critical, and must be minimized. Also, a pivot-based streaming novelty allows minimizing conditional branching inherent to normal ray-tracing techniques by handling large streams of rays. In most cases, our method displays much faster times for solving similar intersection problems than preceding state of the art methods on similar systems. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169729 | PLAYBACK DEVICE THAT CAN PLAY STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM - Inconsistency between a left-view video image and a right-view video image possibly occurs in a playback device having a function of switching between a monoscopic playback mode for monoscopically playing back video images and a stereoscopic playback mode for stereoscopically playing back video images. The present invention aims to prevent such inconsistency when switching from the monoscopic playback mode to the stereoscopic playback mode. Specifically, the present invention prevents the inconsistency by invalidating a rendering request which is Graphics#drawImage, copying a content stored in the left-view graphics plane to a right-view graphics plane, switching a graphics plane setting after the copying, and then removing prohibition of a rendering request which is StereoGraphics#drawImage. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169730 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND 3D IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - Provided is a 3D image display method by which a viewer can more comfortably view a 3D image using an image stream for 3D viewing. The 3D image display method is a method used in a 3D image display device for displaying a 3D image from an image stream for 3D viewing including an image for a left eye and an image for a right eye, using a screen and 3D viewing glasses. The method comprises a step for acquiring, as glasses information, either the position and/or the inclination of the 3D viewing glasses with respect to the screen (S | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169731 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A three-dimensional image display apparatus displays element images each composed of a set of parallax component images. An exit pupil array is located opposite the display surface. Exit pupils of the array correspond to the respective element images. The horizontal pitch of the exit pupils or an integral multiple of the horizontal pitch is set equal or slightly smaller than an integral multiple of the horizontal pitch of pixels. The parallax component images are oriented in different directions via the exit pupil. Principal beams from the parallax component images via the exit pupils are emitted substantially parallel to one another. The element image contains substantially the same parallax image component in two pixel areas in which two adjacent parallax image components are otherwise displayed. The same parallax image component is oriented in different directions via the corresponding exit pupil. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169732 | METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF FACIAL APPEARANCE TO ASSIST MEDICAL PROCEDURE - Various systems, methods, techniques and/or modules are provided to allow for the automated analysis of the 3-D representation of the upper front torso (i) to recognize 3-D anatomical features, (ii) to orient the subject with reference to their anatomy or a display, (iii) to determine dimensional analysis including direct point-to-point lines, 3-D surface lines, and volume values, (iv) to simulate the outcome with the addition of breast implants including breast and nipple positioning, (v) to assist in the selection of the breast implants, and/or (vi) to assist in the planning of breast surgery. The automated analysis is based on the analysis of changes in a 3-D contour map of the upper torso, orientation analysis of 3-D features and planes, color analysis of 3-D features, and/or dimensional analysis of 3-D features and positions of the upper torso. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169733 | LIGHTWEIGHT THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - A computer-implemented imaging process method includes generating a progression of images of a three-dimensional model and saving the images at a determined location, generating mark-up code for displaying image manipulation controls and for permitting display of the progression of images in response to user interaction with the image manipulation controls, and providing the images and mark-up code for use by a third-party application. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169734 | Navigating Images Using Image Based Geometric Alignment And Object Based Controls - Over the past few years there has been a dramatic proliferation of digital cameras, and it has become increasingly easy to share large numbers of photographs with many other people. These trends have contributed to the availability of large databases of photographs. Effectively organizing, browsing, and visualizing such .seas. of images, as well as finding a particular image, can be difficult tasks. In this paper, we demonstrate that knowledge of where images were taken and where they were pointed makes it possible to visualize large sets of photographs in powerful, intuitive new ways. We present and evaluate a set of novel tools that use location and orientation information, derived semi-automatically using structure from motion, to enhance the experience of exploring such large collections of images. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120176364 | REUSE OF STATIC IMAGE DATA FROM PRIOR IMAGE FRAMES TO REDUCE RASTERIZATION REQUIREMENTS - An apparatus, program product and method reuse static image data generated during rasterization of static geometry to reduce the processing overhead associated with rasterizing subsequent image frames. In particular, static image data generated one frame may be reused in a subsequent image frame such that the subsequent image frame is generated without having to re-rasterize the static geometry from the scene, i.e., with only the dynamic geometry rasterized. The resulting image frame includes dynamic image data generated as a result of rasterizing the dynamic geometry during that image frame, and static image data generated as a result of rasterizing the static image data during a prior image frame. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176365 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING DIMENSIONS IN VOLUMETRIC ULTRASOUND DATA - A system for measuring distances includes a display for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound dataset, a user interface for translating a slice plane through the 3D ultrasound dataset to define a first image plane at a first location and a second image plane at a second different location, and a processor for automatically determining a distance between the first and second image planes. A method of measuring distances and a non-transitory computer readable medium are also described herein. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176366 | SCALING PIXEL DEPTH VALUES OF USER-CONTROLLED VIRTUAL OBJECT IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE - Pixel depth values of a user-controlled virtual object in a three-dimensional scene may be re-scaled to avoid artifacts when the scene is displayed. Minimum and maximum threshold values can be determined for the three-dimensional scene. Each pixel depth value of the user-controlled virtual object can be compared to the minimum threshold value and the maximum threshold value. A depth value of each pixel of the user-controlled virtual object that falls below the minimum threshold value can be set to a corresponding low value. Each pixel depth value of the user-controlled virtual object that exceeds the maximum threshold value can be set to a corresponding high value. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176367 | MORPHOLOGICAL ANTI-ALIASING (MLAA) OF A RE-PROJECTION OF A TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - Morphological anti-aliasing (MLAA) of a re-projection of a two-dimensional image can be implemented in a way that produces a better result while using fewer processor resources. One or more discontinuities between each neighboring pixel of the two-dimensional image are determined. One or more pre-defined patterns formed by the one or more discontinuities are identified. A blend amount is calculated for each pixel neighboring the identified pre-defined patterns. A re-projection is applied to the two-dimensional image and to the blend amount for each pixel thereby generating re-projected blend amounts. The neighboring pixels of the re-projection are then blended according to the re-projected blend amounts. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176368 | MULTI-SAMPLE RESOLVING OF RE-PROJECTION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - Multi-sample resolution of a re-projection of a two-dimensional image is disclosed. One or more samples of a two-dimensional image are identified for each pixel in the three-dimensional re-projection. One or more sample coverage amounts are determined for each pixel of the re-projection. Each coverage amount identifies an area of the pixel covered by the corresponding two-dimensional sample. A final value is resolved for each pixel of the re-projection by combining each two-dimensional sample associated with the pixel in accordance with its weighted sample coverage amount. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176369 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program, an information processing method, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing system which are capable of alleviating a user's uncomfortableness are provided. When a game process is performed by a game apparatus having an LCD on which a display image can be displayed by switching between a planar view display and a stereoscopically visible display, angular velocities of rotations about axes of the game apparatus are detected by using an angular velocity sensor provided in the game apparatus. When at least one of the detected angular velocities of the rotations about the respective axes is greater than or equal to a predetermined angular velocity threshold value, the stereoscopically visible display is switched to the planar view display. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176370 | STORAGE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control program executed on a computer of a display having a first display portion capable of providing stereoscopic display and a second display portion configured to provide two-dimensional display is provided. The display control program includes object display instructions for controlling the first display portion and the second display portion such that a plurality of objects are displayed at respective arrangement positions set by arrangement position setting instructions and an object group is displayed across the first display portion and the second display portion. The object display instructions include instructions for determining on which of the first and second display portions objects included in the object group are to be displayed, and for providing stereoscopic display of an object determined to be displayed on the first display portion and providing two-dimensional display of an object determined to be displayed on the second display portion. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176371 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPARITY CONVERSION DEVICE, DISPARITY CONVERSION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To reduce burden of a viewer at the time of performing stereoscopic display by a stereoscopic display device and to show a stereoscopic image in a natural and comfortable manner. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176372 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a touch display panel which displays a three-dimensional stereoscopic image and senses a touch position, and a light-receiving part disposed on the touch display panel and which receives a remote control signal generated from shutter glasses used to view the three-dimensional stereoscopic image from the touch display panel. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176373 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - A 3D image display has a display unit which is driven so as to emit light in a line-sequential or a block-sequential manner; a storage unit which stores characteristics information relating to temporal change in transmittance of a liquid crystal shutter glasses with respect to light of respective primary colors in the display unit; and a correction unit which corrects an input image signal of the respective primary colors using the characteristics information, so as to reduce color fluctuation between lines or between blocks in the observed image caused by differences in the temporal change of the transmittance of the liquid crystal shutter glasses in respect of each of the primary colors, wherein the display unit displays a corrected image based on a corrected image signal generated by the correction unit. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176374 | STEREOSCOPIC EYEWEAR AND STEREOSCOPIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A projection-type display apparatus includes: a lamp unit; light bulbs corresponding to green, red, and blue colors; a prism that combines the light of the respective colors; a polarized light rotation unit, provided between the light bulb corresponding to the green color and the prism, that is capable of controlling whether to rotate the polarized light direction of incoming light and emit the light or emit the light without rotating the polarized light direction of the incoming light; and a control unit that controls the polarized light rotation unit so as to switch whether or not the polarized light direction is rotated between when a right-eye image is displayed and when a left-eye image is displayed. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176375 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A plurality of pixel circuits include liquid crystal elements which are arranged corresponding to each intersection of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of signal lines, and display a gradation corresponding to a gradation signal of the signal line at the time of selecting the scanning line. A driving circuit sequentially selects the plurality of scanning lines as a selection unit in a first writing period of a right eye period, supplies a gradation signal corresponding to a specified gradation of a right eye image which corresponds to a specified scanning line in the selection unit to each pixel circuit, and sequentially selects a scanning line other than the specified scanning line, and supplies a gradation signal which corresponds to the specified gradation corresponding to the specified gradation to each pixel circuit, in a second writing period. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176376 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING ELECTRIC FIELD INFORMATION AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method, a system, and portable terminal display electric field information. The method includes collecting a sensor signal including location information and direction information of a portable terminal, transmitting the collected sensor signal to an information providing server, and receiving and outputting electric field information indicating an electric field intensity between the portable terminal and at least one base station located within a predetermined range of a direction in which the portable terminal is arranged among the at least one base station arranged around the portable terminal based on the sensor signal by the portable terminal. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176377 | BLOCK LINEAR MEMORY ORDERING OF TEXTURE DATA TECHNIQUES - A method of organizing memory for storage of texture data, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, includes accessing a size of a mipmap level of a texture map. A block dimension may be determined based on the size of the mipmap level. A memory space (e.g., computer-readable medium) may be logically divided into a plurality of whole number of blocks of variable dimension. The dimension of the blocks is measured in units of gobs and each gob is of a fixed dimension of bytes. A mipmap level of a texture map may be stored in the memory space. A texel coordinate of said mipmap level may be converted into a byte address of the memory space by determining a gob address of a gob in which the texel coordinate resides and determining a byte address within the particular gob. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176378 | MULTIPLE VIEW DISPLAY - A multiple view display comprises a display device and a plurality of converging lenses, such as a lenticular screen. Each lens cooperates with a respective region of the display device comprising one or more pixels (L) for displaying part of a first image for viewing in a first viewing region (Region | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120182286 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING 2D DATA FILES INTO 3D DATA FILES - A data conversion system comprises a storage device for storing a user accessible digital data, and a conversion device for converting the user-accessible digital data into a 3D data object in a 3D environment. The 3D data object is capable of being created or modified by a user in the 3D environment; and a change made in the 3D data object by the user in the 3D environment is capable of being saved as the user-accessible digital data in the non-3D environment, the user-accessible digital data being capable of being further modified by the user in the non-3D environment. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182287 | STEREO IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD - A stereo image displaying method adapted to a polarizing panel is provided. The stereo image displaying method includes the following steps. An original first eye image and the original second eye image are received. Each of the odd pixel data rows of the original first eye image is interpolation operated with at least one of two adjacent even pixel data rows of original the first eye image to serve as one of a plurality of pixel data rows of a first eye image of a display frame. Each of the even pixel data rows of the original second eye image is interpolation operated with at least one of two adjacent odd pixel data rows of the original second eye image to serve as one of a plurality of pixel data rows of a second eye image of the display frame. The display frame is applied on the polarizing panel. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182288 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION PRESENTATION - Methods and apparatus are provided for presenting information associated with display of text. In one embodiment a method includes displaying a graphical representation of at least one of text and diagram data on a display, displaying a graphical element, by the device, to provide an indication of information associated with the graphical representation, and detecting a triggering input during display of the graphical representation, wherein the triggering input is based on displacement of the device. The method may further include updating the display to present information associated with the graphical representation of the at least one of text and diagram data. Methods and devices may also be provided to allow for display of diagram data and information in a layered format, wherein information may be displayed separately or in addition to a graphical display. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182289 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING ORIENTATION OF PRODUCT MODEL IN MACHINE COORDINATE SYSTEM - An electronic device and method creates a part coordinate system of a three-dimensional (3D) product model based on dimensional information in a two-dimensional (2D) drawing of the product, determines transformation matrices of the part coordinate system relative to a machine coordinate system of the measuring machine, and automatically adjusts the orientation of the product model in the machine coordinate system, to align the part coordinate system with the machine coordinate system. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182290 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An autostereoscopic image display device in which an image of each viewpoint can be observed in each one of a plurality of observation areas, wherein one or both of a pair of images having relationship of a reverse view near an end portion of the observation area are displayed by using first image data and added image data acquired by weighting values of the first image data and second image data based on relationship of parallax between the second image data different from the first image data and the first image data and adding the weighted values. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182291 | COMPUTER BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL SYMPTOMS ANALYSIS, VISUALIZATION AND SOCIAL NETWORK - A computer system and related method for analysis of medical symptoms on a body of a living being is provided. The system comprises a first portion of computer readable medium which stores digital representation of a plurality of tissue layers in the body. The system also includes a processor unit and a second portion of computer readable medium. The second portion of the computer readable medium stores instructions executable by the processor unit to perform the steps of displaying at least one tissue layer from the plurality of the tissue layers on a display device, receiving a first input indicating a locale on the displayed at least one tissue layer, receiving a second input associating a medical symptom description to the indicated locale, and including information about the medical symptom description and the associated locale in the digital representation of the body. Related methods are also provided. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182292 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - According to an embodiment, a stereoscopic image displaying apparatus is configured to display a multi-viewpoint image. An acquirer acquires person data including a position of each of at least one person viewing a stereoscopic image, a calculator calculates a weight from (1) the person data and (2) display parameters, the weight representing a stereoscopic degree inferred, for each of the at least one person, from a multi-viewpoint image to be displayed in accordance with the display parameters, a determiner selects the display parameter based on the weights, and generates a multi-viewpoint image that accords with the display parameters selected, and a displaying device displays the generated image. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182293 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR GENERATING REPRESENTATIONS OF ANISOTROPIC PROPERTIES AND A CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM AND A CORRESPONDING COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method and an arrangement for generating representations of anisotropic properties as well as a related computer program and a related machine-readable storage medium are provided, for use in material science for representing textures, or in diffractometry, for example for quickly generating stereographic or gnomonic projections of anisotropic properties (pole figures, orientation density distributions, EBSD [Electron Backscatter Diffraction] patterns or the like). For this purpose, in the method for generating representations of anisotropic properties, it is proposed to carry out the following steps: determining a radial distribution of at least one anisotropic property; generating a sphere or polyhedron model, the surface of which respectively includes at least partly a reproduction of the radial distribution; generating the representations of anisotropic properties by projection of at least a part of the radial distribution reproduced on the sphere or polyhedron surface into a plane using a computer graphics program. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182294 | FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM USING CRANIOFACIAL SUPERIMPOSITION BASED ON SOFT COMPUTING - This invention relates to a method and an automatic system for assisting a forensic anthropologist in the task of identification by means of craniofacial superimposition. First, the system automatically builds a three-dimensional model from a device providing partial views of the skull. Said model is then superimposed onto a photograph of the disappeared person, modelling the inherent uncertainty to the pairing of two separate objects: a skull and a face. Finally, the system emits a recommendation from the result of the identification process to the forensic anthropologist. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182295 | Personal Portable Communication Devices with Deployable Display Systems for Three Dimensional Visual Representations and/or Privacy and Methods of Use - A personal portable communication device includes a deployable display system movable from a stored position to an extended position for use in three-dimensional representations of display data and/or privacy in viewing display data. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182296 | METHOD AND INTERFACE FOR MAN-MACHINE INTERACTION - Provided are a mechanism and an interface for man-machine interaction, especially a mechanism and an interface for man-machine interaction applicable to multi-touch. A mode and a method for constructing a graphic interface in the environment of touching operation are provided, thus sufficiently using the advantages of multi-touch devices and inputting more plentiful operation instruction information through less operation. The solution mainly describes how to use multi-touch to provide more plentiful input information and how to express operation commands with more complex structures through less steps, and how to enable the interface to be more smart, to accord with ergonomic and to be more easy to use multiple parts of a hand to operate at the same time. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120188226 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - A method for displaying stereoscopic images is provided. A parallax bound and a plurality of depth ranges are calculated according to at least one environmental parameter. The user may select a depth range among the plurality of depth ranges. A depth of a stereoscopic image is adjusted according to the parallax bound and the selected depth range. Stereoscopic images are then displayed on a screen of a 3D display device according to the adjusted depth. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188227 | METHOD FOR PAIRING SHUTTER GLASSES AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method for pairing a pair of shutter glasses and a display apparatus includes providing a pair of shutter glasses, in which the pair of shutter glasses may switch turning on of the left shutter and the right shutter according to a default command; receiving an information packet sent from a display apparatus; parsing the information packet; and controlling on/off durations of the left shutter and the right shutter of the pair of shutter glasses according to a sequence of on/off commands in the information packet, in which the sequence of on/off commands in the information packet are different from the default command. The pair of shutter glasses is operable to review three-dimensional (3D) images presented by display apparatuses of different brands, thereby solving limitation of a fixed pairing of a pair of shutter glasses and a display apparatus of the same brand in the prior art. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188228 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REALISTICALLY REPRODUCING EYEBALL - Provided is a method and apparatus for realistically reproducing an eyeball that may verify and analyze a material property and a deformation property with respect to each of constituent portions of an eyeball and may render each of the constituent portions based on the analyzed priorities, thereby more realistically reproducing the eyeball. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188229 | Enhanced Lookup of Display Driving Values - Approximation errors commonly occur when color transformation values stored in color look-up tables are interpolated to produce color display drive signals, since the stored transformation values typically correspond to non-linear functions. Such errors can be reduced by applying a pre-indexing function to the transformation values before they are stored in the look-up table, and by applying the same function to values extracted from the table during look-up operations. Alternatively, such errors can be reduced by providing one or more additional look-up tables to achieve higher order (i.e. more accurate) interpolation results that are achievable by interpolation of values stored in a single look-up table. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188230 | 3D DISPLAY, BARRIER DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides a barrier device including an upper substrate, a lower substrate and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The upper substrate includes a first substrate and a first electrode, a first insulation layer and a plurality of first stripe electrodes sequentially formed on the first substrate. The lower substrate includes a second substrate and a second electrode, a second insulation layer and a plurality of second stripe electrodes sequentially formed on the second substrate. The present invention further provides a 3D display and a driving method for a barrier device. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188231 | DIRECTING CAMERA BEHAVIOR IN 3-D IMAGING SYSTEM - A method of associating a computer generated camera with an object in a three-dimensional computer generated space. The method receives a command to associate the camera with an object in the simulated space. Based on the command the method determines a path for moving the camera to a position near the object and aiming the camera at the object such that the object. The method creates a video from the simulated camera's perspective of the three-dimensional simulated space. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188232 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SELECTED GARMENTS ON A COMPUTER-SIMULATED MANNEQUIN - A method and system for providing a computer-simulated environment for displaying a selected mannequin wearing a combination of selected garments. In one aspect, three-dimensional scenes containing mannequin and garment objects are created within a three-dimensional modeling environment, and a simulation is performed using a cloth simulator within the modeling environment to model the construction, draping, and collision of the garment with the mannequin. Rendering frames corresponding to a variety of garments, mannequins, garment dimensions, garment styles, wearing patterns, viewing angles, and other parameters, are then generated from which images can be rendered and displayed in accordance with user requests. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188233 | ADAPTABLE GENERATION OF VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT FRAMES - A virtual environment in generated in a server where at least one object representative of an entity interacts with other objects or attributes of the environment. A desired frame rate for rendering the virtual environment is identified, and compared to a maximum achievable frame rate at a client device. If the maximum achievable frame rate is slower than the desired frame rate, the number of objects displayed within the virtual environment is modified, in accordance with one or more rule sets, until the maximum achievable frame rate is at or near the desired frame rate. In addition, a server may provide and synchronize output for clients participating in the virtual environment using different target frame rates. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188234 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus may synthesize an image observed at a target view excluding a reference view. A decoder of the image processing apparatus may decode depth transition data. A first map generator of the image processing apparatus may generate a foreground and background map of a target view to render an image, based on the decoded depth transition data. A rendering unit of the image processing apparatus may determine a color value of each of pixels constituting the image by comparing the foreground and background map of the target view with a foreground and background map of at least one reference view. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188235 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image display device includes region of interest extraction unit, parallax image generation unit and 3D image display unit. Region of interest extraction unit generates depth image signal by depth image conversion employing depth threshold, depth image signal including information on distance in three-dimensional space between viewpoint and each pixel of two-dimensional image including region of interest desired to be noted by observer, depth image conversion being such that depth value indicating distance between viewpoint and each pixel of two-dimensional image is converted to depth value for 2D display when depth value is equal to or larger than depth threshold. Parallax image generation unit generates both-eye parallax image having parallax in region of interest alone, from two-dimensional image and image obtained by conversion of region of interest image representing region of interest at each of both-eye viewpoints, based on two-dimensional image and depth image signal. 3D image display unit displays both eye parallax image. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188236 | System, Method and Apparatus for Visualizing Changes in Cylindrical Volumes - A method includes interpreting first dimensional data such as a caliper log for a wellbore at a first time, and interpreting second dimensional data such as a caliper log for the wellbore at a second time. The method further includes determining a dimensional differential in response to the first dimensional data and the second dimensional data. The dimensional differential includes a volume difference between cross-sectional profiles from the first dimensional data and the second dimensional data. The cross-sectional profiles for comparison may be at a specified axial location or range of axial locations in the wellbore. The method includes graphically displaying the dimensional differential by marking the dimensional differential with a first marker index where the first dimensional data is inside the second dimensional data, and with a second marker index where the first dimensional data is outside the second dimensional data. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188237 | VIRTUAL WORLD PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A virtual world processing apparatus and method. Sensed information, which is information collected by a sensor is inputted. The sensed information is adapted, based on a sensor capability, which is information on capability of the sensor. Accordingly, interoperability between a real world and a virtual world or interoperability between virtual worlds may be achieved. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188238 | MULTIPLE-VIEW DIRECTIONAL DISPLAY - A multiple view directional display comprises a pixelated image display layer having a plurality of first pixels assigned to display a first image and a plurality of second pixels assigned to display a second image, and a parallax barrier aperture array for directing light from the first pixels generally into a first viewing window and for directing light from the second pixels generally into a second viewing window not overlapping the first viewing window. The display further comprises first light directing means for re-directing light emitted from a first lateral edge region of each first pixel away from the second viewing window. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188239 | INTRUCTION FOLDING MECHANISM, METHOD FOR PERFORMING THE SAME AND PIXEL PROCESSING SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable medium, including an instruction scheduler for scanning first and second instructions that are operable to output data to different components in a register. A rule checker determines if the scanned first and second instructions are data independent. An instruction combiner, in response to a determination that the scanned first and second instructions are data independent, forms a combination of the scanned first and second instructions. A processing unit that includes a single decoder, receives the combination, decodes the combination using the single decoder, and executes the combination. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188240 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A medical image display apparatus includes an image obtainment unit configured to obtain a first image and a second image of a subject generated based on volume data, a base line setting unit configured to set a base line in the first image obtained by the image obtainment unit, an image division unit configured to divide, based on the base line that has been set in the first image by the base line setting unit, the second image into two divided images, and a display control unit configured to display the two divided images, which have been divided by the image division unit, on the first image at a display device in such a manner that the two divided images are away from the base line by a predetermined distance. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120194503 | PRESENTING SELECTORS WITHIN THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENTS - Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing devices facilitate presentation of selectors in three-dimensional graphical environments. In embodiments, an obscured region being obscured by an element appearing in front of one or more elements within a three-dimensional graphical environment is determined. In cases that a selector (e.g., a cursor) is located within the obscured region, the selector is presented in accordance with a depth position of the element associated with the obscured region. Such a depth position can indicate a distance at which the element is intended to appear relative to a display screen. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194504 | RENDERING-BASED LANDMARK LOCALIZATION FROM 3D RANGE IMAGES - A computer implemented method comprising acquiring a three-dimensional (3D) range image containing one or more 3D landmarks; rendering the 3D range image into a rendered visible image containing intensity patterns related to the one or more 3D landmarks; and localizing at least one of the one or more 3D landmarks in the rendered visible image to provide at least one localized 3D landmark. is provided. Such methods, and related systems, and devices, are useful in biometric identification applications. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194505 | Digital Image Templating - Methods and devices for digital image templating are presented. According to example embodiments, a computing device may match a template image (e.g., an implant) to a target image (e.g., a bone structure). The both the target image and the template image may be displayed on an output of the computing device. The displayed template image may be oriented with respect to the displayed target image according to at least a scale (e.g., a magnification level of the template image). Based on received input, at least the scale of the displayed template image may be adjusted so that the adjusted displayed template image substantially fits the part of the displayed target image. Then, based on this fit, a physical template size may be selected from a discrete range of physical template sizes. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194506 | DIRECTOR-STYLE BASED 2D TO 3D MOVIE CONVERSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Automated or semi-automated conversion of 2D movies into 3D movies through generation and use of director-style statistics or characteristics to determine which processes to apply to convert regions of images based on the director's movie making style, without requiring the creation, moving or reshaping of masks. System works by breaking a movie down into scenes and shots and identifying lighting, lens, camera moves and color schemes habitually utilized by a director. The characteristics or statistical information is stored in a database accessible by a computer over a network for example. Swarms of computers or any other architecture employing any required amount of computing power allows for the desired speed of conversion to take place. Once a director's style has been analyzed, embodiments utilize the director-style characteristics to determine the specific processes to utilize to convert the movie from 2D to 3D. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194507 | MOBILE APPARATUS DISPLAYING A 3D IMAGE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LAYERS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A mobile apparatus is provided including a display unit which displays layers in different depth degrees from each other and displays a plurality of layers which are arranged in a depth direction of a screen in | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194508 | ARRAY DIRECTED LIGHT-FIELD DISPLAY FOR AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC VIEWING - Autostereoscopic display. The display includes an array of elements from which light emanates, the elements being rotatable about two orthogonal axes by microcontrollers. An eye tracker is provided for determining the location in three dimensions of at least one eye viewing the array. The microcontrollers, using information from the eye tracker, rotate the elements to mimic a concave surface to deliver light to the eye. It is preferred that the elements are mirrors and the display further includes a projector for projecting an image on the array for reflection to the eye. The elements themselves may include means for generating light rather than reflecting light. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194509 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING PARTIAL 3D IMAGE IN 2D IMAGE DISPLAY AREA - To display at least one three-dimensional (3D) image in a two-dimensional (2D) image display area, a method and apparatus is provided for distinguishing a 3D image display area, in which the at least one 3D image is displayed, from the 2D image display area, and displaying a 2D image and a 3D image in the 2D image display area and the 3D image display area, respectively, thereby improving display resolution. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194510 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a controller which generates a control signal based on at least one of a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional stereoscopic image inputted from an outside, a panel including a plurality of pixels, where the plurality of pixels is arranged along a first direction and along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and displays the three-dimensional stereoscopic image having a plurality of viewpoints different from each other in each frame, a lens part including a plurality of lens units, where the plurality of lens units is disposed over the panel overlapping the pixels along the first direction and having a plurality of focal points which shifts in each frame, and a light source which supplies light to the panel. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194511 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING 3D INPUT INTERFACE - An apparatus and method for providing a three-dimensional (3D) input interface is provided. The apparatus includes multiple light emitters to emit an optical signal having a determined characteristic to form a 3D input recognition space; a light receiver to receive the optical signal reflected from an object, which is located in the 3D input recognition space, and to obtain luminous energy information of the optical signal; and a control unit to extract a coordinate of the object based on the luminous energy information, and to control an operation of the apparatus based on the coordinate of the object. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194512 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA DISPLAY CONTROLLER AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display controller can include a blending coefficient storing unit and an image mixing unit. The blending coefficient storing unit can store blending coefficients. The image mixing unit can receive left-eye image data and right-eye image data, and generate three-dimensional image data by performing a blending operation on the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data using the blending coefficients stored in the blending coefficient storing unit. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194513 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL CREATION CAPABILITY, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A three-dimensional modeling unit creates a three-dimensional model from a pair of images stored in a keyframe storage in every several frame periods. A feature point detection unit detects feature points in images stored in the keyframe storage. Then, a positional change estimate unit estimates positional change of the detected feature points in a latest image and calculates conversion parameters for converting the created three-dimensional model to a three-dimensional model corresponding to the latest image based on the estimation results. Then, a reconstruction unit reconstructs the created three-dimensional model using the calculated conversion parameters and a image output unit outputs it to a display device on a frame period basis. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194514 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus for processing source images having known viewpoints is disclosed. The apparatus may include a viewpoint determining section for determining, relative to the known viewpoints, left-eye and right-eye viewpoints of a viewer. Additionally, the FIG. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194515 | DYNAMIC SPAWNING OF FOCAL POINT OBJECTS WITHIN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE SYSTEM - In various embodiments, the number of virtual universe avatars within a predetermined proximity from a designated first object in a virtual universe is determined. A condition that affects a load on a server computer supporting the designated first object in the virtual universe is determined. A second object is dynamically spawned within the virtual universe in response to determining that the number of virtual universe avatars within the predetermined proximity from the designated first object is greater than a first predetermined threshold and that the determined condition on the server computer is greater than a second predetermined threshold. The second object is associated with transmissions of information within the virtual universe. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120200559 | GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNIT AND METHOD FOR DECOMPRESSING DATA - A graphic processing unit (GPU) and method for decompressing compressed 3-dimensional (3D) compressed data. The GPU may extract segment information by analyzing a compressed data header and decompress segments included in a bit stream based on the segment information. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200560 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A three-dimensional medical image is obtained, and displayed on a display screen. An input position by a user on the display screen and an input operation by the user are received. If the received input position is located in a center region of the display screen, rotation processing is performed on the three-dimensional medical image based on the received input operation. If the received input position is located in a region other than the center region, region specification processing is performed on the displayed three-dimensional medical image based on the received input operation. The region specification processing specifies a closed curve on the display screen based on the received input operation, and deletes a part of the three-dimensional medical image, and the part being an inside or an outside of a cylinder extending from the specified closed curve toward the depth direction of the display screen. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200561 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a display apparatus including a display configured to display an image in accordance with data for a three dimensional image, a filter configured to receive the displayed image from the display and to transform the displayed image to a stereoscopic image while the displayed image transmitting through the filter, where the filter is operable to be set to be attachable to and detachable from the display, and a detector configured to detect whether the filter is set to the display or not. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200562 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereoscopic image display apparatus according an embodiment includes: an elemental image display unit having a display face in which pixels having sub-pixels are arranged in a matrix form, the display face being divided into a plurality of elemental images for display; and an optical plate provided on a viewer side of the elemental image display unit, the optical plate having a plurality of lenses arranged periodically with respect to the display face to be respectively associated with the plurality of elemental images, each of the lenses controlling light rays from the pixels which display an associated elemental image. In each lens, the sub-pixels which display an elemental image associated with the lens differing in isolation degree between adjacent sub-pixels depending upon whether a location is in a central portion of the lens or in a peripheral portion of the lens. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200563 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING SPATIAL DISTORTION IN 3D IMAGING SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for characterizing spatial distortions in location data determined by an imaging system, for example as employed in imaged guided therapy. A three dimensional phantom is custom formed for a desired imaging space of a given imaging system. The phantom includes a large plurality of control points fixed rigidly in space to a high degree of known accuracy. The phantom is fixed to a stereotactic frame defining a known calibrated reference or zero and imaged. An algorithm customized for the phantom determines the spatial locations of the control points. A comparison is made between the known and the determined spatial locations for at least a subset of the control points. The comparison results in indicia for any determined spatial distortions observed. The raw image data can be manipulated to compensate for any spatial distortion. The control points can have fixed locations known to an accuracy of 100.mu. or better. The algorithm can determine an initial estimate for the detected location of a control point accurate to .+−.0.5 pixel or better. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200564 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE DRIVE METHOD, PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY SYSTEM - A high-quality stereoscopic image is displayed by suppressing crosstalk between an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye and stabilizing an address discharge. For this purpose, in the method for driving the plasma display apparatus, an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye are alternately displayed on the plasma display panel by alternately repeating a field for the right eye and a field for the left eye. In each of the field for the right eye and the field for the left eye, the subfield having the smallest luminance weight is placed first, the subfield having the largest luminance weight is placed next, and the other subfields are placed thereafter so as to have luminance weights sequentially decreasing. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200565 | 3D-IMAGE-DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, 3D-IMAGE-DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, 3D-IMAGE-DATA RECEPTION DEVICE, AND 3D-IMAGE-DATA RECEPTION METHOD - To facilitate a processing in the receiving side. A subtitle processing unit | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120206438 | Method for Representing Objects with Concentric Ring Signature Descriptors for Detecting 3D Objects in Range Images - A 3D object is represented by a descriptor, wherein a model of the 3D object is a 3D point cloud. A local support for each point p in the 3D point cloud is located, and reference x, y, and z axes are generated for the local support. A polar grid is applied according to the references x, y, and z axes a along an azimuth and a radial directions on an xy plane centered on the point p such that each patch on the grid is a bin for a 2D histogram, wherein the 2D histogram is a 2D matrix F on the grid and each coefficient of the 2D matrix F corresponds to the patch on the grid. For each grid location (k, l), an elevation value F(k, l) is estimated by interpolating the elevation values of the 3D points within the patches to produce the descriptor for the point p. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206439 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PREVIEW OF A FINISHED DOCUMENT - A method and system for providing three-dimensional preview of a finished document based on a key feature analysis. The document can be analyzed by a document analysis algorithm configured in association with a document visualization module in order to identify a number of key features associated with the document. A viewing script can be created with respect to the key features of the document in order to drive a visualization engine. A document-specific visual animation of the key features can be visually displayed based on the viewing script at a user interface in order to preview the finished document. A list of critical features with respect to the document can be selected and previewed by a user via a set of media controls displayed at the user interface. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206440 | Method for Generating Virtual Images of Scenes Using Trellis Structures - An image for a virtual view of a scene is generated based on a set of texture images and a corresponding set of depth images acquired of the scene. A set of candidate depth values associated with each pixel of a selected image is determined. For each candidate depth value, a cost that estimates a synthesis quality of the virtual image is determined. The candidate depth value with a least cost is selected to produce an optimal depth value for the pixel. Then, the virtual image is synthesized based on the optimal depth value of each pixel and the texture images. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206441 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD OF BACKLIGHT MODULE THEREOF - A driving method for a display system including a display panel and a backlight module is provided. A first directional surface light source and a second directional surface light source are respectively provided by a first light source and a second light source of the backlight module through a light guide plate. Images displayed by the display panel are thus transmitted to a left eye and a right eye. A data enable signal and an image signal are received to determine whether the image signal transmits a two dimensional image or a stereoscopic image according to the data enable signal. When the image signal is the two dimensional image, the first light source and the second light source are turned on simultaneously. When the image signal is the stereoscopic image, the first light source and the second light source are turned on at corresponding display periods, respectively. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206442 | Method for Generating Virtual Images of Scenes Using Trellis Structures - An image for a virtual view of a scene is generated based on a set of texture images and a corresponding set of depth images acquired of the scene. A set of candidate depth values associated with each pixel of a selected image is determined. For each candidate depth value, a cost that estimates a synthesis quality of the virtual image is determined. The candidate depth value with a least cost is selected to produce an optimal depth value for the pixel. Then, the virtual image is synthesized based on the optimal depth value of each pixel and the texture images. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206443 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE - A head-mounted display device includes: an image-light generating unit for right eye that generates image light from image data for right eye and emits the image light; an image-light generating unit for left eye that generates image light from image data for left eye and the image light; a light guide units that guide the emitted image lights to the left and right eyes of the user; and a display control unit that transmits control signals for controlling the emission of the image lights respectively to the image-light generating unit for right eye and the image-light generating unit for left eye. The display control unit transitions, according to a condition set in advance, the head-mounted display device to a power saving state for causing one of the image-light generating unit for right eye and the image-light generating unit for left eye to stop the emission of the image light. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206444 | DISPLAY AND DISPLAYING METHOD - Favorable stereoscopic display is allowed to be performed with, for example, intended magnitude of depth perception irrespective of a viewing distance. A display includes: a display section displaying a stereoscopic image based on stereoscopic image data; a detection section detecting a viewing distance of a viewer; and an adjustment section modifying magnitude of parallax of the stereoscopic image data from first magnitude of parallax to second magnitude of parallax, in which the adjustment section modifies a correspondence relationship between the first magnitude of parallax and the second magnitude of parallax depending on the detected viewing distance. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206445 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes: a display unit displaying plural viewpoint images; a light separation unit having plural transmitting portions and separating light from the display unit; and a display control unit controlling the timing of switching either of display positions of respective viewpoint images on the display unit and transmittance of respective transmitting portions of the light separation unit based on correlation information of the viewpoint images between frames. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206446 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel including a matrix of pixel regions, and a shutter panel including a matrix of optical shutter regions each of which state is selected from a light-transmitting state and a light-shielding state. In a first display state, the display panel performs display regarding one pixel region as a display element unit, and each of the plurality of optical shutter regions in the shutter panel is brought into a light-transmitting state or a light-shielding state. In a second display state, the display panel performs display regarding at least two pixel regions as the display element unit, and each of the plurality of optical shutter regions in the shutter panel is brought into a light-transmitting state or a light-shielding state. As a result, the range of distance with which 3D images can be displayed can differ between the first display state and the second display state. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206447 | RECONFIGURABLE 3D GRAPHICS PROCESSOR - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a reconfigurable 3D graphics processor includes a pipeline configuration manager, a rasterizer, and a memory coupled to the triangle rasterizer. The pipeline configuration manager is capable of configuring the graphics processor to operate in a direct rasterizing mode or a tiling mode to process a sequence of drawing commands received from a processing unit. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206448 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING A BIOPSY SPECIMEN - The present disclosure provides, in certain embodiments, a system and method for generating a 3D model of a biopsy specimen. The 3D model may greatly enhance the capability to identify insufficient margins surrounding neoplastic tissue obtained through an excisional biopsy, and improve communication from a pathologist back to a surgeon and/or patient. The model provides a 3D representation of the neoplastic tissue within the specimen, thereby allowing the surgeon (or other medical personnel) to rotate and orient the model at any desired angle to identify insufficient margins and relate the location of the insufficient margins to the removal site to more accurately identify the location at which additional tissue needs to be excised. By identifying the exact location at which additional tissue needs to be excised, the surgeon is able to minimize the amount of additional tissue removed from the patient in order to achieve sufficient margins. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL SHOPPING DISPLAY - A system and method for a display device is provided. An image display that displays at least one image of at least one of a product and person is coupled to a support structure, and at least one shelf may be operatively coupled to the support structure. Further, at least one database stores a plurality of queries and replies to the queries, and at least one processor is provided that is operatively coupled to the database. The processor(s) programmed and configured to receive from the database at least one reply to a first query. The processor is further configured to transmit at least one instruction to the display for rendering a plurality of images of the person, wherein the rendered images of the person include providing the at least one reply to the first query. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206450 | 3D FORMAT CONVERSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - 3D format conversion systems and methods are provided. The 3D format conversion system includes a 3D panel supporting at least one 3D display format, a frame buffer, and a graphics processing unit including a plurality of shaders for parallel processing image data. The graphics processing unit obtains a 3D source using texture streaming, converts the 3D source into the 3D display format supported by the 3D panel using the shaders, and outputs the converted 3D source to the frame buffer. The 3D panel obtains and displays the converted 3D source from the frame buffer. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206451 | Method for Enhancing Depth Images of Scenes Using Trellis Structures - An image for a virtual view of a scene is generated based on a set of texture images and a corresponding set of depth images acquired of the scene. A set of candidate depths associated with each pixel of a selected image is determined. For each candidate depth, a cost that estimates a synthesis quality of the virtual image is determined. The candidate depth with a least cost is selected to produce an optimal depth for the pixel. Then, the virtual image is synthesized based on the optimal depth of each pixel and the texture images. The method also applies first and second depth enhancement before, and during view synthesis to correct errors or suppress noise due to the estimation or acquisition of the dense depth images and sparse depth features. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206452 | REALISTIC OCCLUSION FOR A HEAD MOUNTED AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY - Technology is described for providing realistic occlusion between a virtual object displayed by a head mounted, augmented reality display system and a real object visible to the user's eyes through the display. A spatial occlusion in a user field of view of the display is typically a three dimensional occlusion determined based on a three dimensional space mapping of real and virtual objects. An occlusion interface between a real object and a virtual object can be modeled at a level of detail determined based on criteria such as distance within the field of view, display size or position with respect to a point of gaze. Technology is also described for providing three dimensional audio occlusion based on an occlusion between a real object and a virtual object in the user environment. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206453 | 3D SCREEN SIZE COMPENSATION - A device converts three dimensional [3D] image data arranged for a source spatial viewing configuration to a 3D display signal ( | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206454 | Method and Arrangement for Monitoring the Path of an Animal or a Human in the Home - A monitoring method of a path of an animal can be realized via a data transfer network, a monitoring arrangement used in the method, a server and a computer program to be used in the monitoring arrangement, which are included in the monitoring arrangement. With the method and monitoring arrangement, the path of a monitored living target can be visualized on a data processing device for a selected time period. The data processing device can be situated in a different location than the animal being monitored. The recent 3D acceleration measurement data of the living target is compared to the long-term average data. The measurement data used in determining the path are obtained from the wireless monitoring device, which the animal carries with it. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120212477 | Fast Haze Removal and Three Dimensional Depth Calculation - A computer-implemented method of processing digital input image data containing haze and having a plurality of color channels including at least a blue channel, to generate output image data having reduced haze, includes receiving in a first computer-implemented process, digital input image data, and generating, in a second computer-implemented process, digital output image data based on the digital input image data using an estimated transmission vector for the digital input image data. The estimated transmission vector is substantially equal to an inverse blue channel of the digital input image data, and the digital output image data contains less haze than the digital input image data. The method also includes outputting the digital output image data via an output device. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212478 | Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method and Display - According to one embodiment, a display includes a telop detector, a depth corrector, a parallax image generator, and a display module. The telop detector is configured to calculate a probability of each pixel block being a telop. The pixel block is composed of a plurality of pixels in an input image. The depth corrector is configured to correct a predetermined depth of each pixel block in such a manner that as the probability is higher, the depth approaches a center of depth. The parallax image generator is configured to generate a parallax image of the input image based on the corrected depth. The display module is configured to display the parallax image stereoscopically. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212479 | Method for showing a localization error and related device - The method according to the invention is a method for showing the localization error of a plurality of points of a georeferenced image, comprising the following steps: providing a georeferenced image, in which each image coordinate point is associated with announced values of the geographical coordinates defining the geographical localization of the object corresponding to that point of the georeferenced image; showing the georeferenced image. The method also comprises the following steps: providing, for each point of the plurality of points of the georeferenced image, an estimated value of the localization error specific to that point, said error not being uniform over the image; and showing the localization error for at least one point among the plurality of points of the georeferenced image so as to make it possible for a user to view the localization error. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212480 | MULTI-VIEW RENDERING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING BACKGROUND PIXEL EXPANSION AND BACKGROUND-FIRST PATCH MATCHING - An apparatus and method for restoring a hole generated in multi-view rendering are provided. A hole in an output view may be restored using temporally neighboring images. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212481 | Video Acquisition With Integrated GPU Processing - Systems and techniques for processing sequences of video images involve receiving, on a computer, data corresponding to a sequence of video images detected by an image sensor. The received data is processed using a graphics processor to adjust one or more visual characteristics of the video images corresponding to the received data. The received data can include video data defining pixel values and ancillary data relating to settings on the image sensor. The video data can be processed in accordance with ancillary data to adjust the visual characteristics, which can include filtering the images, blending images, and/or other processing operations. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212482 | 3D POINTER GENERATION DEVICE AND 3D POINTER GENERATION METHOD - An apparatus and method for generating a stereoscopic pointer. Position information designates a position of the stereoscopic pointer, including the depth direction of the stereoscopic pointer. Horizontal pointer position signals are generated based on the position information. The horizontal position of the pointer is set in left and right channels to a horizontal position shifted so as to correspond to a parallax of the position of the stereoscopic pointer in the depth direction. The stereoscopic pointer is displayed based on the horizontal pointer position signal. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212483 | CONTROLLING AND USING VIRTUAL UNIVERSE WISH LISTS - Described herein are examples of a virtual universe wish list as well as its control and use. Some embodiments are directed to determining a selection of an object in a virtual universe that is a desired by a user, which user is represented by a first avatar. Some embodiments are further directed to designating the object as a desired item in a wish list for the first avatar. The wish list may be stored in the avatar's virtual universe inventory. Some embodiments are further directed to determining a second avatar in the virtual universe that possesses an instance of the virtual object. Some embodiments are further directed to generating an advertisement to obtain the instance of the virtual object from the second avatar on behalf of the first avatar. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212484 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY CONTENT PLACEMENT USING DISTANCE AND LOCATION INFORMATION - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content. The eyepiece also includes one or more range determination sensors and/or location sensors. Information relating to a distance to a real world object in the surrounding environment is extracted by the integrated processor from the sensors and the integrated processor determines, based on the location and distance, a placement position for the content within a field of view of the optical assembly. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212485 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - A stereoscopic image display apparatus, includes an image obtaining unit, for obtaining a plurality of images, which are obtained by photography of a subject from different positions by a photography unit, a distance measuring unit, for measuring the distance to the subject from the photography unit, a stereoscopic image generating unit, for generating a stereoscopic image for three dimensional display from the plurality of images, a display region generating unit, for generating display regions that display the images in having amounts of parallax corresponding to the distance, when the display regions are displayed overlapped in the stereoscopic image, a display unit, for displaying the stereoscopic image, on which the display regions are overlapped, and a zoom unit for enlarging reducing the stereoscopic image, the display region generating unit changing sizes of the display regions according to the zoom magnification rate when the stereoscopic image is enlarged/reduced. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212486 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An autostereoscopic display device has the display output provided over at least two sub-frames, with different pixel elements operated in the different sub-frames. In this way, a higher resolution or increased number of views is built up in a time-sequential manner. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212487 | Stereoscopic Dual Modulator Display Device Using Full Color Anaglyph - Systems and methods are provided for displaying stereoscopic image data on a dual modulation display having a light source modulation layer and a display modulation layer. The light source modulation layer has light sources for providing spatially modulated, spectrally separated light for displaying time-multiplexed left and right eye images. The display modulation layer has pixels for spatially modulating the amount of light received from the light source modulation layer. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120218253 | ADJUSTING 3D EFFECTS FOR WEARABLE VIEWING DEVICES - Various embodiments are disclosed that relate to displaying 3D effects for one or more wearable 3D viewing devices. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method which comprises, for each of one or more wearable 3D viewing devices, detecting a property of the wearable 3D viewing device, and for a 3D effect to be presented to users of the one or more wearable 3D viewing devices, adjusting presentation of the 3D effect based on the detected properties. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218254 | DATA VISUALIZATION DESIGN AND VIEW SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Interactive data visualization features are provided, including three-dimensional (3D) visualization features and functionality, but the embodiments are not so limited. An exemplary method includes a declarative process of defining and using 3D data visualizations where visual appearance, states, and/or interaction options are based in part on an associated visualization model and/or measures of data. An exemplary computing architecture includes a number of components configured to provide declarative visualization design, interaction, and/or viewing features. Other embodiments are included and available. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218255 | Image Display Apparatus - An image display apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a light emission unit capable of illuminating light rays onto at least two divided areas; an image display capable of receiving light rays from the light emission unit and displaying an image signal which includes a plurality of elemental images having multiple parallax image components; a determination module configured to determine a representative pixel value from among the elemental images included in respective areas with respect to the respective areas; and a light intensity calculation module configured to calculate intensities of light rays illuminating respective areas on the basis of the determined representative pixel value. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218256 | RECOMMENDED DEPTH VALUE FOR OVERLAYING A GRAPHICS OBJECT ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO - A method of generating a recommended depth value for use in displaying a graphics item over a three dimensional video is described. The method includes at a headend: receiving a three dimensional video including video frames; analyzing a sequence of said video frames in turn to produce a sequence of depth maps, each depth map in the sequence of depth maps being associated with timing data relating that depth map to a corresponding video frame in the sequence of video frames, each depth map including depth values, each depth value representing a depth of a pixel location in its corresponding video frame; selecting a region of depth maps in the sequence of depth maps; analyzing said region of the depth maps in the sequence of depth maps to identify a furthest forward depth value for said region in the sequence of depth maps; and transmitting the furthest forward depth value as the recommended depth value for the region to a display device and region information describing the region. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218257 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, VIRTUAL INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING VIRTUAL INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes a detecting unit, an imaging unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The control unit calculates, based on a first image in which a marker is taken by the imaging unit, a reference position that is a relative position of the real marker when seen from the mobile electronic device. When causing the display unit to display a second image taken by the imaging unit, the control unit calculates a predicted position that is a position at which the marker is predicted to exist in taking the second image, based on a position of the mobile electronic device acquired based on a result detected by the detecting unit in taking the first image, a position of the mobile electronic device acquired based on a result detected by the detecting unit in taking the second image, and the reference position. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218258 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus that displays a three dimensional image configured by a plurality of viewpoint images, the display apparatus comprising: an image display unit having a plurality of pixels arranged in horizontal and vertical directions; and an image control unit that controls the image display unit, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in the vertical direction, and the image control unit controls the image display unit so as to sequentially display a plurality of the viewpoint images along the horizontal direction, using a plurality of pixel units, provided that each of the pixel units is regarded as a single unit configured by a plurality of pixels neighboring the horizontal direction. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218259 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided are a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an image processing program executed by a computer of an image processing apparatus capable of outputting an image in a stereoscopically visible manner, the program causing the computer to function as sections configured for: acquiring setting information about a virtual stereo camera configured for imaging of a virtual space to provide images for right and left eyes in a stereoscopically visible manner; designating the position of a first object in the space, including a depth-directional position defining the imaging direction; using the information and the depth-directional position to calculate a displacement for a stereoscopically visible image of the object; and translating from a position, the object associated with the above-designated position, along a plane perpendicular to the depth direction, to generate images for right and left eyes each of which includes an image of the translated object, based on the displacement. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218260 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOTING THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS - Methods and systems for providing three dimensional graphics to remote computing machines and appliances that include an agent executing on a local computing machine to intercept a plurality of graphics commands generated by a three dimensional application executing on a local computing machine. A first portion of the plurality of graphics commands are encoded by the agent using a first codec, while a second portion of the plurality of graphics commands are encoded by the agent using a second codec. The agent creates a frame comprising the first portion and the second portion of the plurality of graphics commands, compresses the frame, and transmits the frame to a remote computing machine. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218261 | GRAPHIC SYSTEM COMPRISING A FRAGMENT GRAPHIC MODULE AND RELATIVE RENDERING METHOD - A graphic system having a central processing unit; a system memory coupled to the central processing unit; a display unit provided with a corresponding screen; a graphic module coupled to and controlled by the central processing unit to render an image on the screen of the display unit, the graphic module including a fragment graphic module having a depth test buffer for storing a current depth value; a depth test stage coupled to the depth test buffer for comparing the current depth value with a depth coordinate associated with an incoming fragment and defining a resulting fragment; a test stage for testing the resulting fragment and defining a retained fragment; a buffer writing stage operatively associated with the test stage for receiving the retained fragment, the buffer writing stage coupled to the depth test buffer for updating the current depth value with a depth value of the retained fragment. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218262 | ANIMATION OF PHOTO-IMAGES VIA FITTING OF COMBINED MODELS - An image animation method implementable in software includes: fitting a fitting model to at least an object in the image, and animating the object in accordance with a corresponding animation model, where the fitting model is at least as rigid as the animation model, and the animation model is no more rigid than the fitting model. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218263 | METHOD FOR REPRESENTING VIRTUAL INFORMATION IN A VIEW OF A REAL ENVIRONMENT - A method for representing virtual information in a view of a real environment comprises the following steps: providing at least one virtual object ( | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120223935 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING INTERACTION WITH A THREE-DIMENSIONAL USER INTERFACE - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating interaction with a three-dimensional user interface. A method may include receiving an indication of a hovering gesture input to a touch display. The method may further include determining, based at least in part on the received indication, a position of the hovering gesture input. The method may additionally include determining a relation of the determined position to a three-dimensional user interface displayed by the touch display. The method may also include causing, based at least in part on the determined relation, a modification of a displayed element of the three-dimensional user interface. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223936 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING A 3-D ENVIRONMENT USING A MULTI-INPUT INTERFACE - A system and method for 3-D environment manipulation is disclosed. A vector extrapolator is configured to extrapolate an input into a 3-D space to establish a 3-D vector extrapolation. A perspective locator is configured to relocate a viewing perspective based on the 3-D vector extrapolation. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223937 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEW OF THE SURFACE OF A VIEWED OBJECT - A method and device for displaying a three-dimensional view of the surface of a viewed object is disclosed, wherein a subset of the three-dimensional data from the entire image of the viewed object in a region of interest is determined and displayed to provide enhanced detail in the region of interest. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223938 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING USER CONTROL OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DEPTH WITHIN THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY SPACE - A system and method for providing user control of the projection of two-dimensional (2D) image information within the three-dimensional (3D) display space of a 3D-capable display device. Advantageously, the system and method disclosed herein allow a user to view 3D video even when the source video includes 2D content, by allowing the user to adjust the z-axis position of the 2D content, thereby causing the 2D content to be projected at a user-specified image depth within 3D space. The user can adjust the z-axis position of the 2D content in real time while contemporaneously viewing the imagery, e.g., via a remote control, and such adjustment can be stored for later use when similar or other 2D content is being viewed. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223939 | RENDERING STRATEGY FOR MONOSCOPIC, STEREOSCOPIC AND MULTI-VIEW COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGERY, SYSTEM USING THE SAME AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - Provided are a rendering method for monoscopic, stereoscopic, and multi-view computer generated imagery, a rendering system, and a recording medium thereof. When rendering an image sequence having a plurality of consecutive frames, standard frames are initially selected and rendered, and then normal frames between the selected standard frames are rendered by receiving rendering information of a preceding frame in time in a channel and rendering information of a subsequent frame as transfer functions, thereby reducing rendering time and rendering error. If the image sequence is a multi-channel image sequence for stereoscopic and multi-view imagery, rendering information of a simultaneous frame in a neighboring channel can be additionally received as a transfer function, thus allowing more efficient rendering. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223940 | SPRITE STRIP RENDERER - Techniques are disclosed for generating 2D images of a 3D avatar in a virtual world. In one embodiment, a request is received specifying customizations to the 3D avatar. The 2D images are generated based on the request, each 2D image representing the 3D avatar from a different viewing angle in the virtual world. Advantageously, the 2D images may be sent to a client for display, without requiring the client to render the 3D avatar. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223941 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a display including a light ray controller and a light-emitting panel, an image acquisition unit, an interpolation process unit, and a sub-pixel rearrangement process unit. The image acquisition unit acquires a first image. The interpolation process unit performs an interpolation process for the first image to generate a second image. The interpolation process calculates a color of a first phase which is determined from a display specification including at least one of a size, tilt, and arrangement interval of the light ray controller, a pitch of sub pixels of the light emitting panel, and an arrangement of color filters. The sub-pixel rearrangement process unit generates a third image by rearranging colors in the second image for each sub-pixel. The light-emitting panel illuminates the third image. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223942 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image display system and method. A pixel of the system has a latch circuit and a display circuit. According to a scan line signal, the latch circuit receives and temporarily stores a data line signal. The display circuit works according to a reset signal and a set signal. According to the reset signal, the display circuit resets a voltage level of a control terminal of liquid crystal materials of the pixel. According to the set signal, the display circuit receives the data line signal stored in the latch circuit, to adjust the control terminal of the liquid crystal materials and thereby the liquid crystal materials are rotated and the expected image of the pixel is displayed accordingly. The active interval of the reset signal is arranged after a last scan line signal is disabled and prior to the enabling of the set signal. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223943 | DISPLAYING DATA FOR A PHYSICAL RETAIL ENVIRONMENT ON A VIRTUAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE PHYSICAL RETAIL ENVIRONMENT - Three dimensional models representing retail store elements (gondolas, kiosks, etc.) are identified and tracked for location and orientation on a surface representing a retail store space. Each retail store element is associated with particular retail products or retail product groups. A point of view with respect to the models may be identified and an image of the retail store space and elements displayed on a human-scale display from the identified point of view. As the store elements and/or point of view are changed, the displayed image is updated to provide an immersive experience. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223944 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a stereoscopic image processing apparatus allowing a manufacturer of image data to grasp parallax of a subject in display data easily and accurately. The stereoscopic image processing apparatus includes units: acquiring two pieces of image data having horizontal parallax; composing the two pieces of image data to generate display data; deriving parallax of a predetermined object in the two pieces of image data and generates parallax information representing the parallax; holding the generated parallax information in relation to time information assigned to each piece of the image data; generating parallax time image data representing the parallax represented by the parallax information and time represented by the time information as a two-dimensional image; causing the generated parallax time image data and the display data to overlap each other; and displaying the display data overlapping the parallax time image data on a display unit. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120229446 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOPIC BASED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND EXPERTISE DETECTION - A method and system for creating a topic-based 3D virtual environment. The inventive method and system provides a 3D virtual environment that includes images, scenery, and content that relate to the topic of discussion in the virtual environment. If the virtual “meeting” should be adjourned or ended, the system saves the data, discussions that occurred during the meeting, and all the scenery and content related to the virtual meeting so that the meeting can be continued with all of the content and imagery in place. A virtual environment template containing this information is loaded and used for subsequent virtual meetings discussing the same topic. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229447 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - In one or more embodiments described herein, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory having computer program code stored thereon, the computer program code and at least one memory being configured to, when run on the at least one processor, perform detection of physical tilting of a display. The display is configured to provide user visual output associated with at least one running application. The at least one running application also has a virtual keyboard associated therewith provided on the display. The computer program code and at least one memory are also configured to, when run on the at least one processor, provide, in response to detection of said physical tilting of said display, corresponding graphical tilting of an onscreen area of a display to reveal a previously off-screen area of the user visual output associated with the at least one running application. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229448 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - It is determined, based on attitude data, whether or not a direction of a predetermined axis set in a portable display device is within a first range. When the result of the determination is that the direction of the predetermined axis is within the first range, an action of a first object arranged in a virtual world is controlled based on the direction of the predetermined axis. When it is determined that the direction of the predetermined axis is outside the first range, at least an action of a second object arranged in the virtual world is controlled based on the direction of the predetermined axis. Then, a first image showing the virtual world including at least the first object and the second object is displayed on the portable display device. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229449 | FILE STRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENT IN 3D AUTHORING SYSTEM - The present disclosure is directed to improved techniques for encoding 3D media objects in a 3D authoring system. In an exemplary embodiment, encoding involves having a plurality of virtual files each representative of different 3D media objects renderable by a computer, each virtual file having a data structure including (i) first data defining a first set properties of a 3D media object which during a rendering session are not impacted by a change to a second set of properties (ii) second data defining the second set of properties of the 3D media object; and (iii) linking data to link the virtual file, during the rendering session, to other virtual files of other 3D media objects having similar data structures. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229450 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND 3D OBJECT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal and a 3D object control method thereof for controlling the depth or rotation of a 3D object using a 3D manipulation portion displayed around the 3D object. According to the present invention, a circular- or ring-shaped 3D manipulation portion may be touched to intuitively control the rotation and enlargement/reduction of the 3D object, thereby providing usefulness and convenience for the user, capable of editing the 3D object while directly viewing the transformed form and depth of the 3D object. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229451 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY AND BROWSING OF E-BOOKS - An electronic reader device configured to receive at least one set of source data for processing in a manner so as to display at least one electronic reading material. The electronic reader device includes a processing portion and a display portion coupled to the processing portion. The processing portion can be configured to process at least one set of source data in a manner so as to produce graphic data. Graphic data can be communicated to the display portion which can be configured to display graphic data as display data in a stereoscopic display mode. The display data can correspond to a graphic representation. In the stereoscopic display mode, the graphic representation is associable with a three dimensional imaging based graphic representation such that the display data correspond to a graphic representation where at least one portion of the at least one electronic reading material is visually perceivable to be projecting from the display portion. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229452 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE USING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel, a lens plate and a lens driver. The display panel includes a plurality of unit pixels. The display panel is driven by dividing a single frame into N sub frames. N is a natural number. The lens plate is on the display panel. The lens plate includes a plurality of lenses which convert a two dimensional (“2D”) image displayed on the display panel into a three dimensional (“3D”) image. The lens driver disposes the lenses at a first position during a first sub frame. The lens driver moves the lenses to a second position from the first position and disposes the lenses at the second position during a second sub frame. The second position is shifted by 1/N of a width of the unit pixel from the first position. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229453 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - On the basis of data output from a portable display apparatus, a direction of rotation of the portable display apparatus about a predetermined direction in real space is calculated. Attitudes of an object, placed in a virtual world, and a first virtual camera, for generating an image of the virtual world including at least the object, are controlled such that the object and the first virtual camera rotate in the direction of rotation about a direction that corresponds to the predetermined direction and is set in the virtual world. Then, a first image representing the virtual world viewed from the first virtual camera is displayed on the portable display apparatus. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229454 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - On the basis of data based on an attitude and/or a motion of a portable display apparatus body, at least a direction of rotation and an amount of rotation of the portable display apparatus about a predetermined direction in real space are calculated, and a corrected amount of rotation is calculated by offsetting the calculated amount of rotation by a predetermined amount. Then, an operation indication direction based on the direction of rotation and the corrected amount of rotation is calculated with respect to a direction that corresponds to the predetermined direction and is set in a virtual world, and predetermined processing is performed on the virtual world. A first image including at least a part of the virtual world is displayed on the portable display apparatus. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229455 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - On the basis of data based on an attitude and/or a motion of a portable display apparatus body, at least a direction of rotation and an amount of rotation of the portable display apparatus about a predetermined direction in real space are calculated, and a corrected amount of rotation is calculated by correcting the calculated amount of rotation by a predetermined factor. Then, an operation indication direction based on the direction of rotation and the corrected amount of rotation is calculated with respect to a direction that corresponds to the predetermined direction and is set in a virtual world, and predetermined processing is performed on the virtual world. A first image including at least a part of the virtual world is displayed on the portable display apparatus. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229456 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A three-dimensional display device includes a pair of substrates arranged opposing each other, a liquid crystal layer held between the pair of substrates, and a display region including a plurality of display pixels arranged in a matrix. A light control element is provided opposing the display region and is arranged periodically in a first direction. The light control element has substantially same characteristics in a second direction. The first direction crosses the second direction for giving a parallax in the first direction. Each pixel includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in the second direction, and a ratio of areas of respective sighted regions of the plurality of sub-pixels is constant in each display pixel. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229457 | DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a display device excellent in resolution balance when a plurality of perspective pictures is used for stereoscopic display. The display device includes a display section including a plurality of sub-pixels, and displaying a plurality of perspective pictures in a screen, and an optical separation element optically separating the perspective pictures displayed on the display section. The sub-pixels are each with, in a planar view, a size in a long-side direction being less than three times a size in a short-side direction. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229458 | IMAGE CONTROL DEVICE - An image control device is disclosed, which may be cooperated with a display device. The display device may cooperates with a pair of glasses and present a first image frame, a second image frame, a third image frame, and a fourth image frame sequentially. A first lens of the glasses is non-opaque when the display device presents the first and the third image frames. A second lens of the glasses is non-opaque when the display device presents the second and the fourth image frames. The image control device comprises an input end for receiving light-sensing signals from one or more sensors, and a signal processing device for configuring the transparency of the lenses and/or for configuring the duration in which the first lens and/or the second lens is non-opaque according to the light sensing signals. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229459 | 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TIME-SEQUENTIAL 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM - A 3D display apparatus has at least a first polarization film disposed on an observation side, and a protection member that is disposed on the surface of the first polarization film on the observation side and has a λ/4 function, in which the protection member includes at least a first film for which the moisture permeability at 40° C. and 90% RH is 100 g/m | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229460 | Method and System for Optimizing Resource Usage in a Graphics Pipeline - Method and system for optimizing resource usage in a graphics pipeline. The graphics pipeline renders pixels of a two-dimensional image on a basis of at least one model and outputs a stream of image frames characterized by a frame rate, a resolution and a level of detail. If the format in which the frames will be output from the graphics pipeline is characterized by pixel omission, the plurality of pixels removed from the frames prior to their output from the graphics pipeline according to the format are identified, and the graphics pipeline is configured to only render pixels other than the plurality of pixels that will be removed. Accordingly, it may be possible to reassign resources of the graphics pipeline from pixel rendering-related operations to other processing operations, thus optimizing resource usage and allowing for an improved performance by the graphics pipeline. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229461 | POTENTIAL FIELD-BASED GAMUT MAPPING - A method for adjusting a color in a color space comprises adjusting the color along a gradient path to a point in or on a color gamut. The gradient path is determined from a potential field derived from the color gamut consisting of gamut points in the color space. The potential field can be derived from one or more points in the color gamut and different functions may be used to determine the potentials due to different points in the gamut. The potential at a point in the color space due to the gamut point can be a function, including an inverse power, of distance of the point in the color space from the gamut point. The gradient path can be determined from the gradient of the potential field by quadric error-based surface simplification of a surface mesh representing a surface of the gamut. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229462 | Image Data Placement Method for a Time Multiplexed Autostereoscopic Display - An autostereoscopic display in which image data, in the form of grey level information for red, green, and blue components of pixels in multiple images representing multiple perspective views of a scene, are recombined into a second set of images generally consisting of parts of all the original multiple perspective images, arranged within the second set of images in such a way that a 3D image is seen when the second set of images are displayed in sequence. T | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120235986 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - A three-dimensional display includes a patterned phrase retarder and a three-dimensional display panel. The patterned phrase retarder includse a plurality of first bar-shaped phrase retardation regions and a plurality of second bar-shaped phrase retardation regions arranged alternately, wherein the phrase retardation of each of the first bar-shaped phrase retardation regions is different from the phrase retardation of each of the second bar-shaped phrase retardation regions. The three-dimensional display panel includes a plurality of pixels. The pixels are arranged in a plurality of pixel rows, wherein the coverage of each of the first bar-shaped phrase retardation regions corresponds to the distribution range of two adjacent pixel rows, and the coverage of each of the second bar-shaped phrase retardation regions corresponds to the distribution range of two adjacent pixel rows. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235987 | MULTI DIMENSIONAL TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH INPUT METHOD THEREOF - A multi-dimensional touch display device includes a multi-dimensional display device and a touch sensing device. The multi-dimensional display device is used to provide stereoscopic images with different depths. The touch sensing device connected to the multi-dimensional display device has a plurality of sensing surfaces for determining a planar coordinate and a depth of a touch input point. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235988 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES INTO THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - Systems and methods for converting a two-dimensional image or sequence of images into a three-dimensional image or sequence of images are presented. In embodiments, the disclosed techniques employ a suite of interactive image processing tools that allow a user to apply image pixel repositioning depth contouring effects and algorithms to efficiently create high-quality three-dimensional images. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235989 | MULTIVIEWABLE STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A multiviewable stereoscopic image display device and a method for driving the same are provided. The stereoscopic image display device includes: a display panel that displays a 2D image in the 2D mode and displays a 3D image in the 3D mode; a control unit that receives first to m-th image data (m is a natural number greater than 2), and in the 3D mode time-divides and sequentially outputs the left-eye image data of each of the first to m-th image data, and then time-divides and sequentially outputs the right-eye image data of each of the first to m-th image data; and first to m-th liquid crystal shutter glasses that open and close the left-eye shutter and the right-eye shutter in synchronization with each of the first to m-th liquid crystal shutter glass control signals generated from the control unit. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235990 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AS WELL AS IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - The image processing apparatus includes a monitor for displaying an image based on a right viewpoint image and left viewpoint image, or multi-viewpoint images, with the displayed image being used by a user for specifying an indispensable output area which the user wants to be included in a 3D image synthesized by merging the right viewpoint image and left viewpoint image, or multi-viewpoint images, together, and outputted; an input device for inputting information on the indispensable output area as specified by the user referring to the image as displayed on the monitor; a control unit for causing the indispensable output area to be indicated in the image as displayed on the monitor; and an output device for outputting the right viewpoint image and left viewpoint image, or multi-viewpoint images, and information on the indispensable output area. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235991 | THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A stereo display including a display panel unit, a phase modulator unit, a backlight unit and a control unit is described. The display panel unit sequentially displays a right eye image and a left eye image according to an image synchronizing control signal. The phase modulator unit is disposed at one side of the display panel unit and is sequentially switched to be a right eye phase and a left eye phase. The backlight unit is disposed at the other side of the display panel unit and is turned on and turned off repeatedly. The control unit is electrically connected to the display panel, the phase modulator unit and the backlight unit and controls the phase modulator unit and the back light unit according to the image synchronizing control signal. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235992 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A stereoscopic image processing apparatus includes an input/output interface operable to obtain a stereoscopic image including images at least at two view points, a parallax information detector operable to obtain parallax information about a parallax value for at least one of an upper region including an upper end and a lower region including a lower end of the obtained stereoscopic image, a display method setting unit operable to set a display method of an image on the region for which the parallax information is obtained, based on the parallax information about the region, an signal processor operable to process the image of the stereoscopic image on the region for which the parallax information is obtained, based on the set display method, and an signal processor operable to output a new stereoscopic image obtained based on the processed result. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235993 | Display Orientation Adjustment Device And Adjustment Program For Medical Three-Dimensional Image - A display orientation adjustment device for a medical three-dimensional image, capable of adjusting a display orientation of a medical three-dimensional image. When an observation direction changing operation is performed by a user, a control unit rotatively moves the whole display image by a predetermined amount in a direction corresponding to the observation direction changing operation around a specified screen display axis. When a frontal orientation adjusting operation by rotative movement is performed, the control unit rotatively moves a head image by a predetermined amount in a direction corresponding to the adjusting operation around a specified reference axis (specified reference axis for rotative movement). The control unit corrects medical three-dimensional image data on a reference coordinate system on a working memory based on the specified reference axis and specified rotative movement direction and rotative movement amount. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235994 | Viewing Three Dimensional Digital Slides - Systems and methods for retrieving, manipulating, and viewing 3D image objects from 3D virtual microscope slide images (“3D digital slides”) are provided. An image library module provides access to the imagery data in a 3D digital slide and constructs 3D image objects that are coextensive with the 3D digital slide or a 3D sub-portion thereof. From within the 3D image object, cross layer planar views spanning various depths of the 3D digital slide are constructed as well as 3D prisms and other shaped image areas. The image library module allows a 3D image object to be sliced into horizontal and vertical views, skewed cross layer views and regular and irregular shaped 3D image areas for viewing by a user. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235995 | METHOD OF TEXTURE MAPPING FOR THE INTERACTIVE DISPLAY OF A THREE- DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates to a Method for browsing a 3 Dimensional Virtual Environment by a client device of a user. This 3-Dimensional Virtual Environment being deployed on an application server where the 3-Dimensional Virtual Environment comprises a 3-Dimensional object with a texture displayed on the 3-Dimensional object. The user is represented in the 3-Dimensional Virtual Environment by an avatar. The method further comprises the step of determining a distance between the object and the avatar by the application server, further determining a reference of a texture for applying on the object based on the distance and a reference of the object subsequently determining the texture for applying onto the object based on the reference of the texture. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235996 | METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING A 3D IMAGE FROM A 2D IMAGE AND FOR IDENTIFYING THE PRESENCE OF A 3D IMAGE FORMAT BY FEATURE CORRESPONDENCE DETERMINATION - A method identifies the presence of a three-dimensional (3D) image format in received image through the use of feature matching and correspondence. The received image is sampled using a candidate 3D format to generate two sub-images from the received image. Initially, these sub-images are compared to determine whether these sub-images are similar with respect to structure. If the sub-images are not similar, a new 3D format is selected and the method is repeated. If the sub-images are similar, features are detected in the two sub-images and a correspondence is formed between features that match in the two sub-images. Positional differences are computed between corresponding features. The amount and uniformity of the positional differences are then used to determine whether the format is 2D or 3D and, if 3D, which of the 3D formats was used for the received image. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120242649 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING 2D IMAGES INTO 3D IMAGES - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for converting 2D images into 3D images, comprising: an original image, serving as first-eye image information; an in-depth image, serving as second-eye image information, and the in-depth image having a primary target area and a secondary target area, and the secondary target area being disposed at a position extended from an edge of the primary target area, and the primary target area using finer pixels as a computing unit for a 2D-image object depth computation, and the secondary target area using pixels larger than those of the primary target area as a computing unit for the 2D-image object depth computation, wherein the original image and the in-depth image are combined into a 3D image, such that the 3D images can be produced by lower-priced computing resources. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242650 | 3D GLASS, 3D IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIA CAN PERFORM THE 3D IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A 3D image processing method, for processing a dynamic image region swapping between a first dynamic image gray level and a second dynamic image gray level, comprising: determining a max dynamic gray level reference value and a min dynamic gray level reference value, to generate an adjusted dynamic gray level and luminance curve; generating a dynamic table, which includes relations between the adjusted dynamic gray level and luminance curve, the first and second dynamic image gray level, according to the adjusted gray level and luminance curve; and adjusting the first and second dynamic image gray level according to the dynamic table. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242651 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES AND METHOD THEREOF - A display system for generating three-dimensional images includes a liquid crystal panel, a driving voltage generation circuit, and a liquid crystal lens. The liquid crystal panel is used for receiving a three-dimensional image signal. The driving voltage generation circuit is used for generating a set of square-wave voltages and a direct current voltage alternately according to the three-dimensional image signal. The liquid crystal lens is used for adjusting refraction angles of a plurality of liquid crystals of the liquid crystal lens to output a three-dimensional image according to the set of square-wave voltages and the direct current voltage. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242652 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal and control method thereof for allowing a touch input to a three-dimensional stereoscopic image. The method disclosed herein may include displaying a three-dimensional stereoscopic image including a plurality of objects, detecting the location of a detection target in a detection region corresponding to the three-dimensional stereoscopic image, selecting a first object based on the location of the detection target, moving the first object along the movement of the detection target in a state that the first object is selected, and generating at least one object between the first and the second object when a distance between the first and the second object is increased in one direction due to the movement of the first object. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242653 | MEASUREMENT METHOD AND MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A measurement method and a measurement device are disclosed. The measurement method is adapted to a 3D display capable of producing a plurality of viewing zones, which includes following steps. At least a part of a display area of the 3D display displays an image of one of the viewing zones. Light radiation amounts of a first position of the 3D display are detected with a light detector from different viewing angles. A viewing angle with a local maximum light radiation amount is taken as a reference viewing angle, a distance between the light detector and the 3D display along the reference viewing angle is changed, and light radiation amounts of a plurality of different second positions of the 3D display are detected in different distances. A distance at which light radiation amounts of the second positions are most uniform is taken as the optimal viewing distance. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242654 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTER GLASSES AND DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of controlling liquid crystal (LC) shutter glasses includes: generating a three-dimensional (3D) stereoscopic image synchronization signal based on left eye image data and right eye image data; generating left eye shutter control data and right eye shutter control data synchronized with the 3D stereoscopic image synchronization signal, where the left eye shutter control data and the right eye shutter control data are in digital form; modulating the left eye shutter control data and the right eye shutter control data to generate a shutter control signal; and controlling the LC shutter glasses based on the shutter control signal. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242655 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium for adjusting display of a three-dimensional image is provided. The method includes receiving a viewing condition associated with an image being viewed by a user, determining, by a processor, a conversion characteristic based on the viewing condition, adjusting, by the processor, a display condition of the image based on the conversion characteristic. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SCENES TO A USER - A method of presenting a scene to a user according to a preferred embodiment includes determining a real orientation of a device relative to a projection matrix and determining a user orientation of the device relative to a nodal point. The method of the preferred embodiment can further include orienting a scene displayable on the device to the user in response to the real orientation and the user orientation; and displaying the scene on the device. Variations of the method can include a three-dimensional aspect of the scene with which the user can interact through manipulation of the real orientation and/or the user orientation of the device. The method of the preferred embodiment can be performed by an apparatus and/or embodied in computer program product including machine-readable code. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242657 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a display unit that displays an image; an image signal processing unit that divides each of left-eye and right-eye images input in accordance with a frame sequential format into an upper-half signal of a screen upper portion and a lower-half signal of a screen lower portion and generates left-eye and right-eye images of the frame sequential format in upper and lower division simultaneous driving of a screen of the display unit so that the upper-half signal of the left-eye image and the lower-half signal of the right-eye image at each time become an input image at an identical time; and a driving control unit that vertically divides the screen of the display unit into two portions and simultaneously drives the screen upper portion and the screen lower portion to display the left-eye and the right-eye images processed by the image signal processing unit. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242658 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A method of displaying images includes detecting frequency of ambient light, updating frequency of a display device according to the frequency of the ambient light, and adjusting shutter frequencies of a pair of shutter glasses according to the frequency of the ambient light when the display device is in a 3D display mode. In this way, flickers caused by inconsistency between the frequency of the ambient light and the frequencies of the display device and the shutters of the shutter glasses can be avoided. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242659 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE VIA A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A device with a touch-sensitive display provides a virtual keyboard having several 3D graphical objects as virtual keys, while 3D graphical objects are displayed on the touch-sensitive display and are three-dimensionally rotatable. When the device detects contact and determines the contact as matching a rotation operation, the 3D image rotates and the device can determine, from the final position into which the 3D image has been rotated, the representative plane of the 3D image. When the key is executed by a selecting operation, the character associated with the representative plane is input to the device. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242660 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling a mobile terminal are provided. A depth level of a stereoscopic graphic object using binocular parallax is controlled according to a user's usage pattern, and displaying of the stereoscopic graphic object is controlled according to various events such as various input signals. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242661 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - When displaying one of a three-dimensional image and a two-dimensional image on a background and displaying the other image in a window, a flag bit indicating whether the first and second electrodes overlap the window is set. Waveforms differing according to the flag bit are applied to the first and second electrodes as pulses applied to the opposed first and second electrodes of a variable polarization cell. As a result, three-dimensional image display is partially conducted in the window and two-dimensional image display is conducted in areas other than the window. Or two-dimensional image display is partially conducted in the window and three-dimensional image display is conducted in areas other than the window. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242662 | 3D Display Systems - Techniques for stereoscopic 3D display systems with active shuttered glasses are provided which overcomes the real-world limitations of sample/load & hold displays, resulting in greater overall brightness, while reducing crosstalk between each eye perspective. In some embodiments, a first left-eye perspective frame and a first right-eye frame are determined from image data. A first composite frame of a first type is then created. This first composite frame of the first type comprises one or more left-eye pixel values from the first left-eye frame and one or more right-eye pixel values from the first right-eye frame. The first composite frame of the first type is outputted to the display area. This may also include use of scanning backlight synchronized to loading/hold of display in conjunction with the composite frame. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242663 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES APPLIED TO FIRST BUFFER FOR STORING RIGHT-VIEW CONTENTS AND SECOND BUFFER FOR STORING LEFT-VIEW CONTENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREOF - A graphics processing method for three-dimensional images, applied to a first buffer for storing right-view contents and a second buffer for storing left-view contents, includes the following steps: sending drawing commands respectively related to the right-view contents and the left-view contents to a drawing engine; when a current Vsync status indicates that a display engine is not operating within a right Vsync period of a right-view frame, the drawing engine drawing the right-view contents stored in first buffer; when current Vsync status indicates that the display engine is not operating within a left Vsync period of a left-view frame, the drawing engine drawing the left-view contents stored in second buffer; during the right Vsync period of the right-view frame, the display engine displaying right-view contents stored in first buffer; and during the left Vsync period of the left-view frame, the display engine displaying left-view contents stored in second buffer. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120249520 | COLOR GAMUT BOUNDARY INFORMATION GENERATING DEVICE, COLOR GAMUT BOUNDARY INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A color gamut boundary information generating device includes a receiving unit, a tetrahedralizing unit, a first generating unit, and a correcting unit. The receiving unit receives pieces of coordinate information indicating points in a color space. The tetrahedralizing unit performs a tetrahedralization process. The first generating unit generates boundary information, which is a set of outermost triangular faces among triangular faces obtained through the tetrahedralization process. The correcting unit selects a target face from among the triangular faces included in the boundary information, regards a tetrahedron including the target face as a target tetrahedron, determines whether or not the target tetrahedron satisfies a condition, and, if the target tetrahedron does not satisfy the condition, selects the triangular faces included in the target tetrahedron except the target face, eliminates the target face from the boundary information, and adds the selected triangular faces to the boundary information, thereby correcting the boundary information. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249521 | COLOR GAMUT BOUNDARY INFORMATION GENERATING DEVICE, COLOR GAMUT BOUNDARY INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A color gamut boundary information generating device includes a mapping unit, a triangulating unit, and a generating unit. The mapping unit maps boundary points existing at plural coordinates in a color space that is independent of an output device to corresponding points in a two-dimensional region while maintaining respective phases of the boundary points. The triangulating unit performs triangulation on the inside of a convex hull including plural points in the two-dimensional region obtained by the mapping unit, thereby generating triangulation information, which is a result of the triangulation. The generating unit generates color gamut boundary information on the basis of the triangulation information generated by the triangulating unit. The color gamut boundary information is information that specifies a three-dimensional shape in the color space, the three-dimensional shape having a boundary including the boundary points. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249522 | METHOD OF PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA AND A DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of processing three-dimensional image data includes demodulating a first transmission signal into image data which is image data for a left-eye or image data for a right-eye, wherein the first transmission signal is received during an enable period of a frame; demodulating a second transmission signal into identification data, where the second transmission signal is received during a blanking period of the frame, and the identification data identifies the image data of a subsequent frame; identifying whether the image data of the subsequent frame is the image data for the left-eye or the image data for the right-eye based on the identification data; and processing the image data based on an identified result from the identifying whether the image data of the subsequent frame is the image data for the left-eye or the image data for the right-eye. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249523 | METHOD OF DRIVING SHUTTER GLASSES AND DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving shutter glasses of a display system includes generating a display panel driving signal which drives a display panel of the display system, where the display panel displays a left image and a right image, generating a second three-dimensional (“3D”) synchronizing signal based on a first 3D synchronizing signal and the display panel driving signal, generating a third 3D synchronizing signal by adjusting an intensity of the second 3D synchronizing signal, generating a shutter control signal, which controls a left shutter and a right shutter of the shutter glasses, based on the third 3D synchronizing signal, and outputting the shutter control signal to the shutter glasses. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249524 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an image pickup element, a face recognizing section configured to recognize a face of a person on the basis of image data obtained through image pickup by the image pickup element, and a display controlling section configured to perform display control so as to perform 3D display based on 3D picture data generated from 2D picture data even if a viewing position of a person cannot be identified by face recognition by the face recognizing section, when an instruction for 3D display is given. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249525 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system includes a display panel, a panel driving part, an image processing part, a timing control part and a light source part. The display panel displays an image. The image processing part includes a synchronization part that synchronizes a plurality of image signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of contents with each other, a scaling part that respectively scales the image signals into a plurality of image frames having a resolution of the display panel and that sequentially outputs the image frames, and an additional generating part that outputs the image frames respectively corresponding to each of the image frames received from the scaling part. The timing control part provides the image frames respectively corresponding to the contents to the panel driving part. The light source part generates a light and provides the light to the display panel. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249526 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AND DISPLAYING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A method of processing a 3D image data includes calculating shift values of gray-scales for a reference view using a 3D effect selection signal having a selection depth value of the 3D image inputted by a user. Shift values of the gray-scales respectively corresponding to a plurality of views are calculated using the shift values of the gray-scales for the reference view. The shift values of the gray-scales respectively corresponding to the plurality of views are applied to a source image signal to generate a plurality of image frames. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249527 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display control device includes, a calculation unit which calculates difference information which denotes a deviation between a predetermined first direction and a second direction from which a user views a stereoscopic image, a transformation unit which transforms the stereoscopic image on the basis of the difference information; and a display control unit which displays the transformed stereoscopic image on a display unit. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249528 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT - Provided are an apparatus and method for tracking augmented reality content using a mobile sensor. The method includes recognizing an augmented reality marker from an input image and calculating a position and posture of the recognized augmented reality marker, calculating a position and posture of augmented reality content corresponding to the augmented reality marker using the calculated position and posture of the augmented reality marker, synthesizing the augmented reality content with the input image using the calculated position and posture of the augmented reality content, and displaying the synthesized image, updating the position and posture of the augmented reality content using a 6-axis sensor when the augmented reality marker is not recognized in the input image; and synthesizing the augmented reality content with the input image using the updated position and posture of the augmented reality content, and displaying the synthesized image. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249529 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS, 3D IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD, AND 3D IMAGE DISPLAYING PROGRAM - A 3D image displaying apparatus includes a 3D image displaying device for displaying a plurality of 2D images sharing at least part of shot subjects with one another so as to display a 3D image in which at least a portion of the 2D images is perceived by a viewer as a stereo image with a specified depth and a display controlling device for making a depth of the 3D image vary so as to provide a plurality of 3D images with different depths, and causing the 3D images with different depths to be displayed in list form on the 3D image displaying device. A 3D image displaying method displays the 2D images and carries out the control. A 3D image displaying program causes a computer to perform the steps of the method. A computer readable storage medium stores the program. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249530 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - In an image display apparatus, the sub-pixel areas which are correspondingly assigned to the optical apertures are defined according to an observation position of a viewer, and the sub-pixel areas includes sub-pixel segments into which the sub-pixel positioned at a boundary between adjacent sub-pixel areas is separated. The sub-pixel segments correspond to the adjacent sub-pixel areas and are observed via adjacent optical openings. The sub-pixel display information obtained by mixing parallax information belonging to the adjacent sub-pixel areas is displayed in the sub-pixel including the adjacent sub-pixel segment. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249531 | VIRTUAL POINTER - An electronic device for enabling display of a virtual object representing a real object on a remote display may be placed in a first position and first orientation. The virtual object is displayed on the remote display. The electronic device generates a virtual beam, which is displayed on the remote display, and directs the virtual beam towards the virtual object by moving the electronic device from the first position/first orientation to a second position and second orientation. The electronic device determines the second position/second orientation in relation to the virtual beam. The electronic device selects the virtual object to which the virtual beam is directed based on the determined orientation and position. The electronic device transfers information about the selected virtual object to the remote display. The information enables display of the selected virtual object or a representation of the selected virtual object on the remote display. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249532 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - According to a first exemplary embodiment, the disclosure is directed to an information processing apparatus that includes an interface that acquires information indicating a distance between a right eye and a left eye of a person, and a processor that determines a recommended viewing condition for a display based on the information indicating the distance between the right eye and the left eye of the person. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249533 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereoscopic display apparatus that can perform a stereoscopic display using a right-eye image and a left-eye image acquired through radiography, includes an image display unit that can display a planar image of at least one of the right-eye image and the left-eye image as a planar display along with the stereoscopic display, a display selecting unit that selects any one of the stereoscopic display and the planar display, and a position pointing unit that can be operated in the selected stereoscopic display or planar display and that can be operated to interlock in the stereoscopic display and the planar display, wherein the position pointing unit includes a depth changing unit that changes the depth thereof in the stereoscopic display. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249534 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereoscopic display apparatus that performs a stereoscopic display using a right-eye image and a left-eye image acquired by radiographing a subject plural times while changing an incidence angle of radiation on the subject, includes a display unit that stereoscopically displays the right-eye image and the left-eye image, and a changing unit that shifts at least one of the right-eye image and the left-eye image displayed on the display unit to change an inter-image distance being a distance between the right-eye image and the left-eye image in a direction parallel to a straight line connecting the right eye and the left eye of an observer. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249535 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSFORMATION AND ANIMATION OF IMAGES - A computer based system for generating images includes a computing device having a processor operable with software and an input device in communications with the processor. The processor executing software to provide an image processing section, an image transformation section and an applications interface section. The image processing section is operable by the processor to control processing of two dimensional images. The image transformation section is operable by the processor to control transformation of the two dimensional images into transformed images having three dimensional appearances. The applications interface section is operable by the processor to enable use of said transformed images in a plurality of forms. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249536 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes: a horizontal parallax detecting unit that compares a standard pixel constituting a standard image with a first reference pixel located at the same height position as the standard pixel and a second reference pixel located at a height position different from the first reference pixel out of pixels constituting the reference image in the standard image and the reference image in which the same subject is drawn at horizontal positions different from each other and that detects a horizontal parallax of the standard pixel on the basis of the comparison result. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249537 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for displaying three dimensional (3D) images are provided. The display apparatus includes a backlight unit which emits light, an image panel which includes plurality of pixels for modulating the light from the backlight unit to form a gray scaled image, an electrowetting lens unit which includes first electrowetting lenses arranged to correspond to the plurality of pixels in the image panel and second electrowetting lenses arranged opposite to the first electrowetting lenses, wherein at least two of the first electrowetting lenses and at least one of the second electrowetting lenses may be arranged opposite each other; and a controller which controls the electrowetting lens unit to separate beams exiting from the image panel into at least two viewing zones in a 3D image display mode. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249538 | DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS AND DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD - An apparatus includes a determination unit to determine a shape of a ridge line that is provided in a plane surface included in a three-dimensional model of a verification target and forms an entrance of a hole or a base of a projection in the plane surface, an extraction unit to extract a graphic that includes a ridge line coinciding with at least a portion of the shape of the ridge line determined by the shape determination unit, a creation unit to create a comparison-use vector to be compared with the direction of a normal vector of the plane surface, in response to the type of the extracted graphic, and a determination unit to determine whether the graphic extracted by the extraction unit is a graphic forming a hole or a graphic forming a projection, in response to an angle between the normal vector and the comparison-use vector. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249539 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING BUILDINGS AND BUILDING PRODUCTS - In one embodiment, a method includes causing a building model for a modeled building to be presented on a client computer. The building model includes a three-dimensional scene. The three-dimensional scene includes an individual rendering of at least selected building components for the modeled building. The method further includes permitting a user of the client computer to perform a virtual walkthrough of the three-dimensional scene. In addition, the method includes receiving a user change to the three-dimensional scene via a graphical user interface (GUI) component. Furthermore, the method includes dynamically changing the building model in accordance with the user change. The dynamically changing includes individually modifying an appearance of at least one building component of the at least selected building components in the three-dimensional scene. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249540 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A display system comprises a display device for accomplishing 3D displays by displaying images for the left eye and images for the right eye, and a display assistance device for separating them for viewing, and the display assistance device detects the wearing status and inclination of the viewer and sends status information to the display device. The display device determines whether or not the posture of the viewer is within a normal viewing range on the basis of the status information, and if this is within the range, can recognize a 3D display even in a posture other than the horizontal direction by controlling the parallax direction of the display of images in accordance with the inclination direction. When the posture is outside the range, the display device prompts correction of the posture or weakens the effect of the 3D display. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249541 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A cellular telephone device with a control unit sets a display mode of a display unit to any one of a first display mode for performing two-dimensional display, and a second display mode for performing three-dimensional display; the cellular telephone device displays both of first information and second information, which is subordinate information to the first information, on the display unit, in a case of being set to the second display mode; and the cellular telephone device displays any one of the first information and the second information on the display unit, in a case of being set to the first display mode. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249542 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS TO DISPLAY A GUIDE WITH 3D VIEW AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic apparatus includes a storage unit which stores therein a guide program regarding the electronic apparatus, a display unit which displays a three dimensional (3D) view of the electronic apparatus and a tag regarding a hardware component appearing on the 3D view when the guide program is executed, an input unit which receives a user command directing to rotate the 3D view, and a control unit which rotates the 3D view according to the user command, and controls the display unit to display the tag regarding the hardware component appearing on the rotated 3D view. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249543 | Display Control Apparatus and Method, and Program - In an image display apparatus for displaying plural-viewpoint images, a position specifying unit specifies a position of a user viewing an image, an image determination unit determines an image at a viewpoint recognized by the user from the plural-viewpoint images based on the position of the user specified by the position specifying unit, and a display control unit controls the display of the image determined by the image determination unit on a display. The present disclosure, for example, is applied to a display for implementing naked-eye stereoscopic vision. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249544 | CLOUD STORAGE OF GEOTAGGED MAPS - A head mounted device provides an immersive virtual or augmented reality experience for viewing data and enabling collaboration among multiple users. Rendering images in a virtual or augmented reality system may include generating data regarding locations of surfaces and objects in a scene based on images and spatial data gathered from a first body mounted sensor device, generating a three dimensional map of the scene based on the generated data, adding geographical identification metadata to the three dimensional map of the scene, storing the geographical identification metadata and three dimensional map in a memory, and transmitting at least a portion of the geographical identification metadata and three dimensional map to a second body mounted sensor device. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249545 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING REPRESENTATION OF 3D THEME FOR COVER PAGE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A user interface apparatus and a method of operating the user interface apparatus are provided. The user interface apparatus includes a storage unit including a cover page storage unit. A library storage unit includes a 3D graphics library for supporting 2D/3D graphics. An input unit is integrated with a display unit. A kernel unit controls hardware devices and processes pieces of data. A user interface unit determines whether a page to be displayed is a cover page, and if it is determined that the page to be displayed is the cover page, renders the cover page theme data using the 3D graphics library, and displays rendered results. An OS processing unit controls the user interface unit so that the user interface unit accesses and uses the library storage unit, and so that the user interface unit inputs/outputs data to/from the hardware devices. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249546 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF SUBLOBAR REGIONS OF THE LUNG - Methods and systems for displaying a volumetric model of a patient's lung including sublobar regions. The system may include a processor and software operable on the processor to receive data from multi-dimensional images of the patient's lungs, such as CT images, and produce data for creation of a volumetric model of the patient's lungs, including sublobar regions, on a graphical user interface. The system may also display the multi-dimensional images on the graphical user interface. A user may select an airway location in the airways on the volumetric model or a multi-dimensional image on the graphical user interface and the portion of the lung distal to the selected location, which may be a sublobe, may be highlighted and/or characterized by the system. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249547 | Arrangement for the display of images perceivable in three dimensions - The invention relates to an arrangement for the display of images perceivable in three dimensions, comprising an image generator provided with a great number of picture elements (pixels) (α | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249548 | FLOATING POINT COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH PER-FRAGMENT OPERATIONS - A floating point rasterization and frame buffer in a computer system graphics program. The rasterization, fog, lighting, texturing, blending, and antialiasing processes operate on floating point values. In one embodiment, a 16-bit floating point format consisting of one sign bit, ten mantissa bits, and five exponent bits (s10e5), is used to optimize the range and precision afforded by the 16 available bits of information. In other embodiments, the floating point format can be defined in the manner preferred in order to achieve a desired range and precision of the data stored in the frame buffer. The final floating point values corresponding to pixel attributes are stored in a frame buffer and eventually read and drawn for display. The graphics program can operate directly on the data in the frame buffer without losing any of the desired range and precision of the data. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249549 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display cross-sectional images based on planes passing through positions designated for a plurality of items of three-dimensional image data; and a change unit configured to cooperatively rotate the planes around the designated positions and to change the cross-sectional images to be displayed. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249550 | Selective Transmission of Image Data Based on Device Attributes - A system and method are provided for storing, manipulating, and/or transmitting image data, such as light field photographs and the like, in a manner that efficiently delivers different capabilities and features based on device attributes, user requirements and preferences, context, and/or other factors. Acceleration structures are provided, which enable selective use of certain types of data (also referred to as “assets”) based on device attributes such as image size, desired functionality, user preference, and/or the like. In this manner, the system and method of the present invention takes into account specific attributes and parameters in determining which data should be included, so as to optimize transmission, storage, and/or rendering of image data, including light field data, to improve efficiency and avoid waste of resources. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120256901 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING AN INDICATION OF THE QUALITY OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA FOR A SURFACE OF A VIEWED OBJECT - A method and device for displaying an indication of the quality of the three-dimensional data for a surface of a viewed object are disclosed, wherein overlays are displayed on pixels of an image corresponding to surface points, indicating the predicted accuracy or availability of the three-dimensional coordinates of those surface points. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256902 | Visual Information Display On Curvilinear Display Surfaces - Technologies are generally described herein for displaying stereoscopic three-dimensional and multiview stereoscopic three-dimensional visual information on curvilinear display surfaces. The display devices can include a control system configured to execute various methods for obtaining the visual information and displaying the visual information on the curvilinear display surface. If the visual information is intended for display on a first display surface, the control system can modify the visual information for display on the curvilinear display surface. The control system also can modify the visual information based upon relative positions and orientations of a viewer, projector, and/or the display surface, as well as to correct for anticipated environmental or optical interference. The control system outputs the visual information or modified visual information to a display device for display on a curvilinear display surface. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256903 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND A METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A three dimensional image display device, including: a display panel that alternately displays a left eye image and a right eye image, wherein a common voltage synchronized with a voltage reset signal is applied to the display panel and the voltage reset signal is maintained at a high level for a predetermined time before the voltage reset signal is input to the left eye image or the right eye image. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256904 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND DEVICE AND METHOD OF MODIFYING IMAGE SIGNAL FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An image signal modifying device includes a pixel, a memory which stores compressed information in which a three-dimensional (“3-D”) lookup table is coded, an image signal modifying unit which decodes the compressed information to generate a restored 3-D lookup table and generates a modified signal based on a first image signal of a first frame, a second image signal of a second frame, a third image signal of a third frame and the restored 3-D lookup table, and a data driver which converts the modified signal into the data voltage and supplies the data voltage to the pixel. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256905 | Segmented polarization modulators for stereoscopic projection - A segmented polarizing device may be a polarizing modulator which may include strips of switching polarizer material. The switching polarizer material may be used to switch individual segments of the polarizing modulator at a time. In such devices, the polarizing modulator may be one or more liquid crystal cells (LC cell). As the LC modulation panel of a display refreshes an image from top to bottom, changing from left eye content to right eye content, the polarization of a corresponding part of a scrolling polarizing screen may change along with the display. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256906 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO RENDER 3D IMAGES FROM A 2D SOURCE - A system and method to render 3D images from a 2D source are described. An embodiment of a method to render 3D images from a 2D source comprises the steps of providing a graphics rendering device to estimate depth of a 2D image; providing video or graphics textures and depth-maps to describe an object in a 3D scene; creating, in one embodiment, a single view angle and in another preferred embodiment at least two view angles of the 3D scene to represent an intraocular distance using the graphics rendering device; and presenting both of the at least two view angles on a display using the graphics rendering device and especially the commonly available 3D imaging technology of the graphics rendering device. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256907 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING BRANCH STRUCTURE - A method and apparatus for displaying a branch structure by emulating natural visual effects of a branch structure, e.g., lightning, is provided. The branch structure comprises branches each formed by segments. Each segment is generated by randomly providing a segment end position according to a segment start position, and randomly determining whether another branch is provided at each segment. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256908 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of displaying a three-dimensional image includes sequentially providing light to display blocks of a display panel in a scan direction of an image, providing light at a maximum luminance to a display block during a first period in which an image for a left-eye or a right-eye is displayed on the display block, providing the light at a luminance gradually decreasing from the maximum luminance to a preset luminance to the display block during a second period in which a transition image between the left-eye or the right-eye image and a black image is displayed on the display block, and blocking the light from the display block during a third period including a period in which the black image is displayed on the display block and prior to a period in which a left-eye or a right-eye image of a following frame is displayed on the display block. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256909 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A generating unit allocates an image of a predetermined viewpoint to two or more viewpoints in a 3D image display unit that displays images of the two or more viewpoints in a direction differing according to a viewpoint based on an input from a user. A driving processing unit causes the image of the predetermined viewpoint to be displayed on the 3D image display unit based on the allocation. For example, the present technology can be applied to an image processing apparatus for a 3D image. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256910 | IMAGING PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a subject detector that detects a predetermined subject in at least one of a first input image and a second input image between which parallax is present; and a combiner that combines a subject frame corresponding to the detected subject with each of the first and second input images stereoscopically displayed on a display section in such a way that the subject frames combined with the first and second input images also provide a depth sensation. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256911 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image generating unit generates a computer graphics (CG) image based on CG description data. An image mapping unit texture-maps an image to a surface of a polygon rendered by the image, generating unit. When an instruction to turn a cropping process on is given, mapping is performed while performing the cropping process. That is, the image mapping unit performs mapping such that an end portion of an image to be texture-mapped is not included in an output image of the image generating unit. The image mapping unit performs the cropping process when an image is a cropping target. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256912 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a stereoscopic effect adjustment unit that receives left eye images and right eye images applied to three-dimensional image display, and performs stereoscopic effect adjustment by correcting the received images which are input images, wherein the stereoscopic effect adjustment unit performs a reduction process or an enlargement process in a transverse direction for at least any ones of the left eye images and the right eye images, and generates corrected images where parallax is adjusted. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256913 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus of the present invention displays a plurality of images on a display device capable of performing three-dimensional representation by laying out the images at a predetermined interval in a depth direction of three-dimensional representation, and includes a determination unit configured to determine a display interval between the plurality of images belonging to an identical group depending on the number of images contained in the group, a layout unit configured to lay out the plurality of images in a depth direction based on the display interval of each group determined by the determination unit, and a display control unit configured to display the images laid out by the layout unit on the display device. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256914 | CONSULTING DIGITAL MODELS FROM LIGHTWEIGHT TERMINALS - A consultation system enables a user of a lightweight client terminal ( | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256915 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCEDURAL VISIBILITY FOR INTERACTIVE AND BROADCAST STREAMING OF ENTERTAINMENT, ADVERTISING, AND TACTICAL 3D GRAPHICAL INFORMATION USING A VISIBILITY EVENT CODEC - A system includes a server and a client computer device. The server determines a graphical object visible from a view region and determines one or more parameters defining the graphical object visible from the view region. The server further transmits the determined one or more parameters to a client computing device. The client computing device includes a processor to generate the graphical object using the determined one or more parameters received from the server. The client computing device further includes a display device to display the generated graphical object within a computer generated modeled environment. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256916 | Point cloud data processing device, point cloud data processing method, and point cloud data processing program - A point cloud data processing device extracts features of an object from point cloud data thereof and automatically generates a three-dimensional model in a short time. The device includes a non-plane removing unit for removing points of non-plane areas from the point cloud data, and a plane labeling unit for adding identical labels to points in the same planes other than the points that are removed by the non-plane removing unit so as to segment the point cloud data into planes. The device also includes a three-dimensional edge extracting unit for extracting three-dimensional edges based on at least one of lines of intersections of the segmented planes and convex lines that convexly cover the segmented planes. The device further includes a two-dimensional edge extracting unit for extracting two-dimensional edges from within the segmented planes, and an edge integrating unit for integrating the three-dimensional edges and the two-dimensional edges. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256917 | Augmented Reality System - User created, maintained, and managed spatially coordinated and aware virtual data association system allowing any type of information to be associated to any item of location in the real world and associated viewing methods. A method for allowing individuals to be able to see 2D or 3D objects that are placed in a virtual environment via a portable viewing device such as a cell phone or a heads up display. By displaying user-selected augmented reality (AR) feeds over a portable viewing device, individuals are capable of customizing the channels returned from an assortment of geo-spatial databases. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256918 | GEOSPATIAL DATA SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY RETRIEVING AND DISPLAYING GEOSPATIAL TEXTURE DATA IN SUCCESSIVE ADDITIVE LAYERS OF RESOLUTION AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial data system may include at least one geospatial data storage device containing three-dimensional (3D) geospatial structure data, and also containing geospatial texture data associated with the geospatial 3D structure data and being retrievable in successive additive lavers of resolution. The system may further include at least one geospatial data access device comprising a display and a processor cooperating therewith for communicating remotely with the at least one geospatial data storage device to retrieve and display a scene on the display based upon the 3D structure data and the geospatial texture data associated therewith. The geospatial texture data may advantageously be retrieved and displayed in successive additive layers of resolution. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256919 | GEOSPATIAL DATA SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY RETRIEVING AND DISPLAYING GEOSPATIAL TEXTURE DATA BASED UPON USER-SELECTED POINT-OF-VIEW AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial data system may include at least one geospatial database containing three-dimensional (3D) geospatial structure data and geospatial texture data associated with the geospatial 3D structure data. At least one geospatial data access device may also be included and comprise a display and a processor cooperating therewith for communicating remotely with the at least one geospatial database to retrieve and display a scene on the display based upon the 3D structure data and the geospatial texture data associated therewith. The geospatial data access device(s) may further comprise at least one user input device cooperating with the processor for permitting user selection of a point-of-view (POV) within the scene on the display with the POV determining revealed portions and obscured portions of 3D geospatial structures within the scene on the display. The processor may selectively retrieve geospatial texture data based upon the revealed portions and not the obscured portions. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120262444 | SCALABLE COMPRESSION OF TIME-CONSISTEND 3D MESH SEQUENCES - We present a method for predictive compression of time-consistent 3D mesh sequences supporting and exploiting scalability. The applied method decomposes each frame of a mesh sequence in layers, which provides a time-consistent multi-resolution representation. Following the predictive coding paradigm, local temporal and spatial dependencies between layers and frames are exploited for layer-wise compression. Prediction is performed vertex-wise from coarse to fine layers exploiting the motion of already encoded neighboring vertices for prediction of the current vertex location. Consequently, successive layer-wise decoding allows to reconstruct frames with increasing levels of detail. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262445 | Methods and Apparatus for Displaying an Image with Enhanced Depth Effect - Methods and apparatus for displaying an image with enhanced image depth are disclosed. In one method, a range of depth values of picture elements (pixels) of an image is divided into multiple depth layers, and pixels in the different depth layers are displayed in a phased manner relative to the frame start time. For each image frame, objects with increasing depth in a scene are displayed with increasing delays relative to the image frame start time. The resulting illusion of depth is believed to be attributable to the edge-detection response of the human visual system, which reacts strongly to the alternating illumination on each side of an object's edge. In some implementations, the display device includes multiple pixel units that are individually activated dependent upon corresponding pixel depth data. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262446 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device can comprise a display and a controller. The display can display stereoscopic images. The controller can scale the stereoscopic image while moving the stereoscopic image along a virtual axis. At this time, the controller can change the scale factor of the scaled stereoscopic image in proportion to the depth in the direction of the virtual axis. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262447 | STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program to be executed by a computer is provided. The information processing program causes the computer to function as: preferential display object placing means for placing a preferential display object in an imaging range of a virtual stereo camera in a virtual three-dimensional space; stereoscopically visible image rendering means for taking the virtual three-dimensional space using the virtual stereo camera, and rendering a stereoscopically visible image of the virtual three-dimensional space; and display control means for causing the display apparatus to display the stereoscopically visible image rendered by the stereoscopically visible image rendering means. The stereoscopically visible image rendering means renders the preferential display object in preference to a predetermined object in front of the preferential display object, such that a portion of the preferential display object being overlapped by the predetermined object is translucent. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262448 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal includes a body configured to have a touch input thereon, a stereoscopic display unit formed at the body, and configured to display a stereoscopic image having different images according to a user's viewing angles, a sensing unit mounted to the body and configured to sense a user's position, and a detecting unit configured to detect, based on the sensed user's position, an image corresponding to a touch input on the stereoscopic image among the different images. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262449 | DISPLAY DEVICE - This application relates to a display device and a method for preparing a display device. According to one illustrative display device or method for preparing a display device, for example, a stereoscopic image may be displayed in wide viewing angles without losses of the brightness. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262450 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus according to the present invention can display an image optimally even if a 3D image and a 2D image are mixed after rotational editing. The image display apparatus displays a 3D image by performing image processing corresponding to rotation information, determines whether rotation information exists, and determines whether an image is rotated from a state of an angle at which stereoscopic display is performed if the rotation information exists. The image display apparatus performs a stereoscopic display on a display area using a plurality of images if the image is not rotated and displays any one of the plurality of images if the image is rotated. When the 3D image is changed into the 2D image by processing for rotating the 3D image, the image display apparatus stores information for returning the 2D image into the original 3D image. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262451 | VIEW-SWITCHING GLASSES, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - View-switching glasses of the present invention are liquid crystal shutter glasses for switching how a viewer views through a left eye and a right eye, including an inclination sensor for detecting an amount of inclination of the liquid crystal shutter glasses when a face of a viewer wearing the liquid crystal shutter glasses is inclined. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262452 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, VISION AID AND STEREO IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An image display device where the display mode can be appropriately switched depending on whether a vision aid is in contact with or close to a portion of a user's body is provided. An image display device ( | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262453 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to control display of a cross-sectional image along a first cross section passing through a subject and a cross-sectional image along a second cross section passing through a specified position of the subject; an acquisition unit configured to acquire an inclination of the first cross section with respect to the subject; and a setting unit configured to set the second cross section as a cross section that is parallel to the first cross section and that passes through the specified position on the basis of the acquired inclination. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262454 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA RECEPTION DEVICE, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA RECEPTION METHOD - [Object] To enable consistency to be maintained in perspective with the objects in an image when performing superimposing display of ARIB format captions (caption units). | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120268450 | Automated Detection of Airway and Vessel Orientations for Quantitative Analysis and Visualization - A method including displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image of a lung, receiving a selection of an airway of the lung and displaying a two-dimensional (2D) cross-section image of the airway perpendicular to the airway's long axis, wherein the display of the 2D cross-section image occurs almost immediately after the selection of the airway is received. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268451 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISPLAY - A 3D display has a light grating unit inserted between a polarized light module and an image display unit. The light grating unit includes a tristate switching unit, a microretarder unit, and a polarizing film. By controlling the tristate switching unit of the light grating unit to be switched between three modes, a displayed image is switched between a 2D image at the third mode and a 3D image at the first and second mode. The first mode and the second mode are the switching effect to exchange image for the left eye and the right eye. When the light grating unit switches fast, e.g. in 2 times or more of the video rate, and the content updates synchronously, viewers will see 3D images in full resolution. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268452 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM - A stereoscopic image generation method and a stereoscopic image generation system that can generate, from an original image, a stereoscopic image that allows the viewer to perceive a natural stereoscopic effect are provided. The method includes a region setting step of setting a plurality of regions in an original image, a characteristic information acquisition step of acquiring characteristic information for each of pixels constituting the original image, a depth information generation step of generating depth information for each of the pixels for each of the plurality of regions on the basis of the characteristic information, and a stereoscopic image generation step of generating a stereoscopic image in which the positions of the pixels are changed on the basis of the pieces of depth information. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268453 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An image display device and a method for driving the same are discussed. The image display device includes a display panel, which includes a subpixel disposed at a crossing between a pair of gate lines and a data line to selectively display a 2D image and a 3D image, a panel driver including a gate driver for driving the pair of gate lines and a data driver for driving the data line, a controller for differently controlling the panel driver in response to a mode selection signal, and a patterned retarder for dividing light from the display panel into first polarized light and second polarized light. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268454 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes: a first display module configured to three-dimensionally display a first display region within a display screen; a second display module configured to two-dimensionally display a second display region within the display screen; and a display controller configured to preferentially display the first display region if the second display region overlaps the first display region. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268455 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a displaying device, a receiver, a calculator, and a controller. The displaying device can display a stereoscopic image. The receiver receives a start signal used for starting setting a viewing zone in which the stereoscopic image can be viewed by a viewer. The calculator calculates, on the basis of position information of the viewer, viewing zone information representing a position of the viewing zone when the start signal is received. The controller controls the displaying device so as to set the viewing zone corresponding to the viewing zone information. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268456 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes: a display module; and a display changing module. The display module is configured to two-dimensionally display or three-dimensionally display each of a plurality of regions set on a screen. The display changing module is configured to change, if a three-dimensionally displayed first display region and a two-dimensionally displayed second display region overlaps each other and a state of the first display region satisfies a predetermined condition, the first display region to be displayed two-dimensionally. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268457 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display module, a detector, and a display controller. The display module three-dimensionally displays an image in a first region of a display screen and displays information in a second region of the display screen, the display screen capable to switch two-dimensional display and three-dimensional display. The detector detects overlapping between at least part of the first region and the second region. The display controller two-dimensionally displays the image in the first region if the detector detects the overlapping. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268458 | CACHE LINE ALLOCATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A cache line allocation method, wherein the cache is coupled to a graphic processing unit and the cache comprising a plurality of cache lines, each cache line stores one of a plurality of instructions the method comprising the steps of: putting the plurality of instructions in whole cache lines; locking the whole cache lines if an instruction size is less than a cache size; locking a first number of cache lines when the instruction size is larger than the cache size and a difference between the instruction size and the cache size is less than or equal to a threshold; and locking a second number of cache lines when the instruction size is larger than the cache size and a difference between the instruction size and the cache size is large than the threshold; wherein the first number is greater than the second number. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268459 | PROCESSING A DATASET REPRESENTING A PLURALITY OF PATHWAYS IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE - A system for processing a dataset representing a plurality of pathways in a three-dimensional space includes an orientation associating unit for associating an orientation with at least part of at least one pathway of the plurality of pathways, to obtain an associated orientation. The system includes an opacity associating unit for associating an opacity level with at least part of the at least one pathway based on the associated orientation, to obtain an associated opacity level. The opacity associating unit includes an orientation comparator for comparing the associated orientation with a reference orientation. The orientation comparator is arranged for computing a degree of similarity between the associated orientation and the reference orientation. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268460 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method of operating an image display apparatus includes receiving an input external image, receiving supplementary information indicating the number of external images to be displayed or the number of sub images in the external image to be displayed, rearranging the external image or sub images based on the supplementary information, and displaying the rearranged external images or sub images. Accordingly, it is possible to conveniently detect the number of external images to be displayed or the number of sub images to be displayed. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268461 | METHOD OF REMOVING JAGGING OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - This document relates to a method of removing jagging of a stereoscopic image and a stereoscopic image display device using the same. The method comprises: detecting left edges and right edges by analyzing left-eye image data and right-eye image data; replacing the left-eye image data on a k | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268462 | METHOD OF DISCRIMINATING LONGITUDINAL MELANONYCHIA AND VISUALIZING MALIGNANCY THEREOF - In a digital color image of longitudinal melanonychia, RGB parameter values of each pixel are assumed as three components to form a three-dimensional vector. Latitudinal and longitudinal variables are obtained for each three-dimensional vector in an RGB space. The latitudinal and longitudinal variables are used to define a distribution of points, and from the distribution, a discrimination index is found. The discrimination index is classified according to a threshold, to discriminate whether the longitudinal melanonychia is malignant or benign. The distribution of points is displayed to realize visualization of the malignancy of the longitudinal melanonychia. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120274625 | Method, System, and Computer-Readable Data Storage Device for Creating and Displaying Three-Dimensional Features on an Electronic Map Display - Methods, systems, and computer-readable data storage devices for generating and/or displaying a map with three-dimensional (3D) features are disclosed. For example, a method may comprise (i) defining a plurality of major three-dimensional regions (“major 3DRs”) and associating each major 3DR with a respective geographical area defined for a map stored in a computer-readable map database, and (ii) displaying, via a display device, one or more of the major 3DRs upon the map. Each major 3DR comprises a top, a bottom, and multiple sides. Each top, bottom, and side of each major 3DR comprises at least one surface. At least one surface of each major 3DR being displayed is textured with an image captured via an imaging device. The image textured onto each surface comprises an image captured by the imaging device when capturing images in a direction of that surface. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274626 | Stereoscopic Image Generating Apparatus and Method - A depth map generating device. A first depth information extractor extracts a first depth information from a main two dimensional (2D) image according to a first algorithm and generates a first depth map corresponding to the main 2D image. A second depth information extractor extracts a second depth information from a sub 2D image according to a second algorithm and generates a second depth map corresponding to the sub 2D image. A mixer mixes the first depth map and the second depth map according to adjustable weighting factors to generate a mixed depth map. The mixed depth map is utilized for converting the main 2D image to a set of three dimensional (3D) images. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274627 | SELF CALIBRATING STEREO CAMERA - A self calibrating stereo camera includes first and second spatial transform engines for directly receiving first and second images, respectively, of an object. The first and second spatial transform engines are coupled to a stereo display for displaying a fused object in stereo. A calibration module is coupled to the first and second spatial transform engines for aligning the first and second images, prior to display to a viewer. The first and second point extracting modules, respectively, receive the first and second images for extracting interest points from each image. A matching points module is coupled to the first and second point extracting modules for matching the interest points extracted by the first and second point extracting modules. The calibration module determines alignment error between the first and second images, in response to the interest point matches calculated by the matching points module. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274628 | 3-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a display device. The display device includes a timing controller, a data driving unit, a gate driving unit, and a display panel. The timing controller divides m-bit image data (m is a natural number) received from the outside into n different image data for each viewpoint (n is 2 or larger natural number), and generates an output frame composed of a plurality of 3-dimensional image data including the n image data for each viewpoint. Then, the output frame is dithered so that the image data for each viewpoint expresses m-bit gradation with 1 bit, and image data for each viewpoint included in the output frame are outputted as output image signals. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274629 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE THEREOF - A stereoscopic image display includes a depth map extracting unit for extracting a region of interest (ROI) and a depth map from a 3D input image, an average depth for calculating unit calculating an average depth of the ROI, a depth map adjusting unit, which converts the average depth of the ROI into a screen depth value of a display panel, shifts depth values of the 3D input image in a shift direction of the average depth by a shifted amount of the average depth of the ROI, and adjusts a depth map of the 3D input image, a left/right eye image producing unit for producing left eye image data and right eye image data based on the adjusted depth map, and a display panel driver for displaying the left eye image data and the right eye image data on the display panel. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274630 | MULTI-VIEW 3D IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A multi-view 3D image display method is provided, which is mainly to propose a multi-view 3D image combination method and slantwise strip parallax barrier structure design and optimization methods without reducing a sub-pixel aperture ratio during display of a multi-view 3D image by using a planar display screen having sub-pixels in strip configuration and a slantwise strip parallax barrier, so as to achieve objectives of solving a direct cross-talk phenomenon and balancing a phenomenon of asymmetrical left and right viewing freedom at the same time. In addition, for display of a multi-view 3D image having a total view number greater than two, a multiple multi-view 3D image combination and display method is proposed, so as to achieve an objective of alleviating a defect of discontinuous parallax jump. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274631 | SURGICAL CASE PLANNING PLATFORM - Computer-implemented systems and methods of preoperatively planning a present surgical case including a surgical site located on a portion of a body of a patient are disclosed herein. Such methods may include converting at least one image of the surgical site into a three-dimensional model displayable on a display means and manipulating the model such that the model is displayable on the display means as a corrected model representing a corrected surgical site. The method may further include providing at least one medical device from a library of medical devices stored in a device database and providing a plurality of previous surgical cases maintained in a case database the plurality of previous surgical cases being made available for preoperatively planning the present surgical case. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274632 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING HEIGHT INFORMATION - A vehicle navigation system has a processing device. The processing device receives entries in a first data structure that are generated and are respectively associated with one tile of a tiling. The processing device may compare a three-dimensional terrain on the respective tile with at least one pre-defined tile pattern. Either an identifier for a pre-defined tile pattern or data describing the terrain on the respective tile may be stored by the processing device in the entry. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274633 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A HEIGHT COORDINATE - A navigation system has a database which stores index data for, respectively, a tile of a tiling. The index data includes, for each one of plural cells of a grid which is superimposed on the tile, respectively an identifier for each triangular face of a triangulated irregular network which at least partially overlaps with the respective cell. The plural cells of the grid are defined so as to cover the respective tile. A processing device of the navigation system is configured to use the index data to determine a triangular face on which a map feature having given lateral coordinates is located, in order to determine a height coordinate of the map feature. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274634 | DEPTH INFORMATION GENERATING DEVICE, DEPTH INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, AND STEREO IMAGE CONVERTER - A depth information generating device according to the present invention includes a region extracting unit that detects a human face in at least one two-dimensional image, and based on the detected face, extracts a human figure region indicating a human figure within a region of the at least one two-dimensional image; and a depth map generating unit that gives a depth value different from a depth value of a region other than the human figure region to the human figure region to generate a depth map that separates the human figure region from the region other than the human figure region. Thereby, a depth map for displaying a 3D pop-out from which a viewer feels no unnaturalness can be generated. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274635 | Preventing Interference Between Primary and Secondary Content in a Stereoscopic Display - A method of positioning primary and secondary images on a stereoscopic display device involves ascertaining a perceived depth of the primary image and the secondary image; transforming the perceived depth of at least one of the primary and secondary image data by compressing the perceived depth of the at least one of the primary and secondary image data; and transforming at least one of the primary and secondary image data so as to position the perceived secondary image at a position that will be perceived by a viewer to be situated at a depth when viewed on the stereoscopic display such that the secondary image appears to be situated fully between the primary image and the viewer when viewed stereoscopically. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120280973 | TEXTURING IN GRAPHICS HARDWARE - Methods, systems, and devices for rendering computer graphics using texture maps are disclosed. Multiple texture maps with disparate data types, such as a mix of integer data types for RGB colors and floating point data types for XYZ normal vector components, are passed as one texture map set to a graphics processing unit (GPU). Filter parameters and other interpolation parameters are re-used between the disparate texture maps. A user can specify a number of integer and floating point-based channels for processing at one time by the GPU, thereby customizing a texture set structure. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280974 | PHOTO-REALISTIC SYNTHESIS OF THREE DIMENSIONAL ANIMATION WITH FACIAL FEATURES SYNCHRONIZED WITH SPEECH - Dynamic texture mapping is used to create a photorealistic three dimensional animation of an individual with facial features synchronized with desired speech. Audiovisual data of an individual reading a known script is obtained and stored in an audio library and an image library. The audiovisual data is processed to extract feature vectors used to train a statistical model. An input audio feature vector corresponding to desired speech with which the animation will be synchronized is provided. The statistical model is used to generate a trajectory of visual feature vectors that corresponds to the input audio feature vector. These visual feature vectors are used to identify a matching image sequence from the image library. The resulting sequence of images, concatenated from the image library, provides a photorealistic image sequence with facial features, such as lip movements, synchronized with the desired speech. This image sequence is applied to the three-dimensional model. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280975 | Poly-view Three Dimensional Monitor - A display device and a protocol for image preparation are described. The device comprises a transmissive liquid crystal display (LCD) screen, a panel of sequential lights and a control circuit to coordinate the display of images with the cyclical operation of the lamps of the light panel. The sequential operation of lamps in coordination with the changing images displayed on the LCD provides control of the color an intensity of light passing through any point in the LCD at any of a large number of angles. In this manner, it is possible to provide a stereoscopic view to the viewer without the use of parallax barriers, head tracking devices, glasses or goggles and, furthermore, to provide different stereoscopic views as the viewer changes position with relation to the device. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280976 | 3D IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention is directed to a 3D image processing system and method. A depth generator generates a depth map according to a 2D image. A depth-image-based rendering (DIBR) unit generates at least one left image and at least one right image according to the depth map and the 2D image, the DIBR providing hole information and disparity values of pixels according to the depth map. An artifact detection unit locates an artifact pixel location according to the hole information and the disparity values. An artifact reduction unit reduces artifact at the artifact pixel location in the at least one left image and the at least one right image. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280977 | Method for Three-Dimensional Display and Associated Apparatus - A method and apparatus for 3D display displays 3D images and senses a user response to the 3D images to obtain positioning information corresponding to the 3D images. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280978 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A FOUR-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION OF A TARGET REGION OF A BODY, WHICH TARGET REGION IS SUBJECT TO PERIODIC MOTION - A method for generating a four-dimensional representation of a periodically moving target region is proposed. A motion-compensated three-dimensional image dataset is determined from two-dimensional projection images recorded from different projection directions. Estimation parameters that describe a non-periodic motion and are derived from a motion model formulated independently of the phase of the periodic motion with respect to the recording instants of the projection images are determined from the projection images, such that the three-dimensional image dataset represents a static reconstruction based on all projection images for a specific instant. The three-dimensional image dataset is animated from the estimation parameters used in its reconstruction. The motion information that is missing in the estimation parameters due to the two-dimensionality of the projection images is additionally determined using a boundary condition that describes the periodicity of the motion, and used for the animation. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280979 | Image Display Device - An image display device includes a display panel which includes a plurality of subpixels and selectively displays a 2D image and a 3D image, a patterned retarder for dividing light from the display panel into first polarized light and second polarized light, and a control voltage generator, which generates a first DC control voltage of an OFF-level and a second DC control voltage of a slight-on level, which is higher than the OFF-level and is lower than a full-on level, and selectively outputs the first DC control voltage and the second DC control voltage depending on a driving mode. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280980 | SPATIAL AND SHAPE CHARACTERIZATION OF AN IMPLANTED DEVICE WITHIN AN OBJECT - It is described a method for spatially characterizing a device positioned within an object, e.g. a patient's body, under examination that e.g. allows a clinician to easily assess the deployment state and position of the device. The method comprises the steps of acquiring ( | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280981 | SELECTION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETRIC SHAPES - It is provided a computer-implemented method for designing a CAD modeled object. The method comprises displaying three-dimensional parametric shapes; user-interacting with a screen; defining on a support at least one stroke corresponding to the user-interacting; determining, for each shape, a projection of the shape on the support; selecting at least one shape, the selected shape having a projection with a smallest distance to the stroke. Such a method makes the design of a CAD modeled object easier. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280982 | DETERMINING A PARAMETER OF A GEOMETRICAL CAD OPERATION - It is provided a computer-implemented method for designing a CAD modeled object. The method comprises displaying at least one parametric three-dimensional shape; user-interacting with the screen; defining on a support a stroke corresponding to the user-interacting; computing at least one geometrical characteristic of the stroke; determining at least one parameter of a geometrical CAD operation based on the computed geometrical characteristic. Such a method makes the design of a CAD modeled object easier. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280983 | DETERMINING A GEOMETRICAL CAD OPERATION - It is provided a computer-implemented method for designing a CAD modeled object. The method comprises displaying at least one three-dimensional parametric shape; user-interacting with the screen; defining on a support at least one stroke corresponding to the user-interacting; selecting a number of the three-dimensional parametric shapes; evaluating a relative position of the stroke with the selected shape; and determining a geometrical CAD operation based on the number and the relative position. Such a method makes the design of a CAD modeled object easier. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280984 | DESIGN OPERATIONS ON SHAPES DIVIDED IN PORTIONS - It is provided a computer-implemented method for designing a CAD modeled object. The method comprises displaying several three-dimensional parametric shapes on a screen, wherein each of the several three-dimensional parametric shapes is divided in several portions, a different design operation being assigned to each portion; user-interacting with the screen; determining one portion upon a location of the user-interacting on a support, the determining being performed among all the portions; and performing, on the shape to which the determined portion belongs, the operation assigned to this portion. Such a method makes the design of a CAD modeled object easier. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280985 | IMAGE PRODUCING APPARATUS, IMAGE PRODUCING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON IMAGE PRODUCING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PRODUCING METHOD - An image producing program executed by a computer of an image producing apparatus producing images to be displayed on a planar-view display apparatus, causes the computer to function as: first image producing means producing a planar view image of a virtual space by a reference virtual camera for providing planar view of the virtual space; display control means displaying the planar view image on the display apparatus; second image producing means for, while the planar view image is displayed on the display apparatus, setting a stereoscopic view virtual camera based on setting of the reference virtual camera and taking an image of the virtual space with the stereoscopic view virtual camera, thereby producing a stereoscopic view image including a right eye image and a left eye image obtained based on at least two viewpoints; and stereoscopic view image storage control means storing the stereoscopic view image in a storage apparatus. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280986 | Avionics System with Three Display Screens for Aircraft - In the field of secure avionics systems for aircraft, a system comprises strictly three display units and three or four graphics generation computers connected to the display units. Each display unit comprises a single large-size screen able to display two totally independent half-images, and all the power supply, control and display circuits are doubled-up such that a single failure brings about the loss, at the most, of one half-screen. Each display unit is connected to two graphics generation computers at least, such that the failure of one computer does not affect the display. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280987 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes: an input unit that inputs image data constituted with pixel data, each set of the pixel data being generated based upon a plurality of image signals output from a plurality of image-capturing pixels arrayed in correspondence to a plurality of photographic micro-lenses distinct from one another; a generation unit that generates display image data containing three-dimensional information based upon the image data; a display unit constituted with a plurality of display pixels disposed in a two-dimensional pattern, which emits light fluxes from the plurality of display pixels in correspondence to the display image data; and a micro-lens array that includes a plurality of micro-lenses, via which a three-dimensional image is formed by combining the light fluxes emitted from the plurality of display pixels, disposed in a two-dimensional array pattern. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280988 | INTERACTIVE MIXED REALITY SYSTEM AND USES THEREOF - An interactive mixed reality simulator is provided that includes a virtual 3D model of internal or hidden features of an object; a physical model or object being interacted with; and a tracked instrument used to interact with the physical object. The tracked instrument can be used to simulate or visualize interactions with internal features of the physical object represented by the physical model. In certain embodiments, one or more of the internal features can be present in the physical model. In another embodiment, some internal features do not have a physical presence within the physical model. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280989 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OCCLUSIONS IN 2-D TO 3-D IMAGE CONVERSION - The present invention is directed to systems and methods for processing 2-D to 3-D images. The system and method includes a procedure for optimizing occlusion and/or texturing by creating tolerances in which such texturing need not occur. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280990 | Display of Generalized Anaglyphs Without Retinal Rivalry - General anaglyphs may be rendered using multiple primary colors to display the first and second images of stereoscopic images. De-saturated primary colors are advantageous for rendering anaglyphs in six, five, four, and three primary colors. A white primary color is advantageous for displaying a monochrome second image with a color first image. General anaglyphs may be dynamically created by a display apparatus using certain transformations and communication with external sources. Colored viewing filters with de-saturated transmission spectra provide better color when viewing anaglyph images. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120287115 | METHOD FOR GENERATING IMAGE FRAMES - A method for generating image frames includes setting a 3D display mode of the image frames, configuring at least one parameter of the image frames, and displaying the image frames according to the 3D display mode and the at least one parameter of the image frames. When an input command is received while displaying the image frames, the input command is determined to correspond to parameters of the image frames or not. If the input command does not correspond to parameters of image frames, the parameters of image frames are reconfigured according to the input command. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287116 | Anchors For Displaying Image Sprites, Sub-Regions And 3D Images - Systems, methods and computer program products for displaying image sprites, sub-regions and three dimensional images includes (but is not limited to) receiving a composite image file containing multiple individual images and an index of the multiple individual images, parsing a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the composite image file as a function of the index of the multiple individual images, extracting a desired individual image from the composite image file as a function of the index and displaying the extracted individual image. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287117 | FOUR-COLOR 3D LCD DEVICE - 3D stereoscopic viewing enabled by the use of an LCD panel, dynamic backlight, and glasses. The system utilizes an LCD panel with an LED backlight having a 4-color red-green-blue-yellow pixel array and wavelength selective glasses to isolate each channel by color. The system is based on alternating left and right image frames on an LCD panel. One of the frames is illuminated by the red-green-blue LEDs, and the other frame is shown in gray scale and illuminated by the yellow LEDs. The viewer wears glasses where the left lens or filter passes only the spectrum of light used for the left channel of data, and the right lens or filter passes only the spectrum of light used for the right channel of data. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287118 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - In a first information processing apparatus, data in a first format is stored. Further, the data in the first format is transformed into a code image by using a predetermined encoding mode. Moreover, code image data in a second format is generated by combining the code image with the data in the first format. In a second information processing apparatus, predetermined information processing is performed based on the data in the first format. In a third information processing apparatus, the code image is displayed, by a first display device, based on the code image data in the second format. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287119 | TIMING CONTROLLER WITH FREQUENCY MODULATION, CONVERTER WITH FREQUENCY MODULATION FOR SCANNING-BASED BACKLIGHT UNIT MODULE, AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR 3D DISPLAY - Timing controller with frequency modulation, converter with frequency modulation for scanning-based backlight unit module, and control system for 3D display. A timing controller with frequency modulation performs display frequency modulation of a first frame rate of a first display signal and outputs a second display signal at a second frame rate greater than or substantially equal to the first frame rate for presentation by a 3D display in a 3D mode or a 2D mode, selectively. A converter with frequency modulation performs scanning frequency modulation of a first scanning frequency of a first control signal generated from the converter and outputs a second control signal at a second scanning frequency greater than or substantially equal to the first scanning frequency, selectively, for controlling the scanning-based backlight unit module of the 3D display. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287120 | ADAPTIVE TIMING CONTROLLER AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An adaptive timing controller, including a receiver, a frame buffer, a data format check circuit and a data converting unit, is provided. The receiver is used for receiving image data of an image frame. The frame buffer is used for temporarily storing the image data. The data format check circuit is used for detecting display types of the image data and a 3D display panel. The data converting unit is sued for rearranging the image data into rearranged image data corresponding to the display type of the 3D display panel. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287121 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING A GEOMETRICAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELED OBJECT - It is proposed a computer-implemented method for designing a three-dimensional modeled object, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
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| 20120287122 | VIRTUAL APPAREL FITTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The various embodiments herein provide a virtual apparel fitting system and a method for displaying the plurality of apparels virtually on the user. The virtual apparel fitting system includes an image capturing device and a digital screen. The image capturing device captures an image of a user and the digital screen recognizes one or more physical statistics of the user from the captured image. Further the user selects a plurality of apparels from the apparel library and the plurality of apparels are displayed virtually on the captured image of the user in the digital screen with a prediction on the accurate size and fit of the plurality of apparels on the user. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287123 | Point-of-View Object Selection - Example methods and systems may be implemented by a wearable computer to utilize optical-flow analysis to recognize a predetermined user-action, such as selecting an object. An example method may involve a wearable computing device: (a) receiving video data from a video camera of a wearable computing device: (b) determining optical flow for the video data; (c) determining that an optical-flow differential exists at an area within the optical flow for the video data; and (d) responsive to determining that the optical-flow differential exists at the area: (i) identifying an object that is located at the area where the optical-flow differential exists; (ii) performing a search on the object; and (iii) causing a graphical display to display information that corresponds to results from the search. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287124 | GRAPHICAL SIMULATION OF OBJECTS IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A method for simulating a graphical object. The method comprises monitoring approximate distance between a first graphical object and a second graphical object, the first graphical object having at least a first particle and the second graphical object having at least a second particle; detecting a collision (P | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287125 | Three-dimensional stereoscopic imaging method, system and imaging device - A three-dimensional stereoscopic imaging method includes: longitudinally slicing a three-dimensional scene according to a physical depth of field to produce several two-dimensional layers; respectively displaying each two-dimensional layer on each different two-dimensional display window to form several two-dimensional pictures; polarizing light emitted from the two-dimensional display windows to transmit the light into human eyes, in such a manner that the human eyes are able to perceive the images of all the pictures, and splicing the images of all the two-dimensional pictures into an image of the original three-dimensional scene. The method realizes a three-dimensional stereoscopic imaging by simulating a real physical depth of field generated by human eyes perceiving a real three-dimensional stereoscopic image. Viewers are able to see a three-dimensional scene without wearing glasses. A three-dimensional stereoscopic imaging system and an imaging device thereof are further provided. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287126 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes a liquid crystal panel with video display lines, a display controller operable to have display data rendered on the liquid crystal panel, the display data including first field data of a video signal input, and second field data of the video signal as field data subsequent in temporal order and different in content from the first field data, a backlight unit disposed behind the liquid crystal panel and provided with light sources adapted to emit light for irradiation to respective regions on the liquid crystal panel sectioned in accordance with a scan direction, and a backlight controller operable to have the light sources transitioned between a light-out state and a light emitting state with a transition time shorter than a scan time of first field data and a scan time of second field data by the display controller. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287127 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A base-view video stream and a dependent-view video stream are recorded on a BD-ROM. The base-view video stream includes picture data constituting a base view of a stereoscopic image. The dependent-view video stream includes offset metadata and picture data constituting a dependent view of the stereoscopic image. The offset metadata includes an offset sequence that defines an offset control of a plane memory when a graphics to be overlaid with the picture data is played back in a one-plane offset mode. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120293487 | GETTING SNAPSHOTS IN IMMERSIBLE 3D SCENE RECORDING IN VIRTUAL WORLD - A system and method for using an encoding module in a virtual world server for: receiving scene data including a description of at least one virtual object and underlying terrain associated with the scene; organizing the description of the at least one virtual object into a first track segmented by virtual object time slots, organizing the description of the underlying terrain into a second track segmented by terrain time slots; and storing the descriptions in persistent storage as separate files where users can retrieve and render the separate files. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293488 | STEREO IMAGE CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention is directed to a stereo image correction system and method. A shift unit vertically shifts one image of a stereo image pair with a shifted amount, and a depth generator generates a depth map of the shifted image pair. A high-pass filter processes the depth map to result in a filtered output, and an analysis unit determines a matching point according to the filtered outputs and the corresponding shifted amounts, wherein the shifted amount at the matching point is determined as a matched shifted amount. A compensation unit vertically shifts the image to be shifted of the stereo image pair with the matched shifted amount. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293489 | NONLINEAR DEPTH REMAPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A nonlinear depth remapping method includes the following steps: firstly, an initial depth map associated with at least one image is received, with the image comprising a plurality of pixels and the initial depth map carrying an initial depth value of each pixel. Then, an exponential function is utilized to adjust the initial depth values, so as to generate an adjusted depth map. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293490 | Display apparatus - A display apparatus includes a first substrate opposite a second substrate, a plurality of electrode patterns in the second substrate, the plurality of electrode patterns extending along a first direction, a plurality of barrier patterns in the second substrate, the plurality of barrier patterns being insulated from the electrode patterns and extending along a second direction crossing the first direction, and a plurality of pixels, the first and second substrates with the pixels defining a display panel, and each pixel including a gate line extending along a third direction, a data line extending along a fourth direction, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the gate line and the data line, the pixel electrode being configured to generate an electric field with a corresponding electrode pattern of the plurality of electrode patterns to display an image. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293491 | 3-D TOUCH SENSOR AND 3-D TOUCH PANEL - A 3-D touch panel includes a 3-D touch sensor, a capacitance sensing unit electrically connected to the 3-D touch sensor, and a processing unit electrically connected to capacitance sensing unit. The 3-D touch sensor includes a flexible substrate, a flexible plane, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The flexible plane is configured on the flexible substrate and used for a user to touch thereon. The first electrode and the second electrode are correspondingly and respectively configured on the flexible substrate and the flexible plane, and a capacitance is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The capacitance sensing unit is used for sensing the value of the capacitance, and the processing unit calculates the shearing force, which the user applies on the flexible plane, according to the difference of the capacitance value. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293492 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes a server for managing image files of a planar view image file format and a plurality of first information processing apparatuses each capable of transmitting/receiving an image file via the server. At least one of the first information processing apparatuses includes first transmission means for modifying metadata of an image file of a multi-view image file format which contains a multi-view image, to metadata of an image file of a planar view image file format, and transmitting the image file to the server. At least one of the first information processing apparatuses includes first display control means for, when an image file of the planar view image file format that is received from the server contains a multi-view image, performing multi-view display on a first display device by using the multi-view image. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293493 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - In a display control apparatus, contents obtained from a server device are planarly displayed on a screen. Then, in the display control apparatus, an image included in the planarly displayed contents is obtained, and it is determined whether or not the obtained image is a stereoscopically viewable image. When the result of determination is that the obtained image is a stereoscopically viewable image, the image is stereoscopically displayed on the screen. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293494 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - In a display control apparatus, a first content obtained from a server device is planarly displayed on a screen. When an operation to display a second content is detected, the second content is obtained from the server device. In the display control apparatus, it is determined whether or not the second content thus obtained is a stereoscopically viewable image. When the result of the determination is positive, the stereoscopically viewable image as the second content is stereoscopically displayed on the screen. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293495 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of driving a display panel includes outputting a data voltage of a first-eye data frame to a plurality of data lines of the display panel in a first normal frame, and outputting a partial line data voltage of the first-eye data frame to a first partial line of the plurality of data lines of the display panel in a first partial frame, where a polarity of the partial line data voltage of the first-eye data frame in the first partial frame is substantially the same as a polarity of the data voltage of the first-eye data frame outputted to the first partial line of the plurality of data lines in the first normal frame, and where an interval of the first partial frame is less than an interval of the first normal frame. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293496 | Organic Light Emitting Diode Display Device - An OLED display device includes first and second group pixels that emit light during first and second fields, respectively; first and second scan lines respectively coupled to the first and second group pixels; and first and second power lines for respectively supplying first and second power voltages to the first and second group pixels. The first and second power lines are coupled with first electrodes of the respective storage capacitors of the first and second group pixels, and the first power voltage is supplied as a first level voltage for a first period during which the first group pixels concurrently emit light. The first and second power lines are coupled with first electrodes of the respective storage capacitors of the first and second group pixels, and the first power voltage is supplied as a first level voltage for a first period during which the first group pixels concurrently emit light. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293497 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A COMPUTER-RENDERED THREE-DIMENSIONAL MANNEQUIN - A system and method for displaying garments, including: a computer-rendered three-dimensional, rotatable model; and a size selection control for selecting different garment sizes to be displayed on the model. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293498 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Optimal Image Viewing Direction - A computer-implemented method of processing 2D images of an asymmetrical object, includes:
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| 20120293499 | METHOD FOR DEPTH MAP GENERATION - A method for depth map generation is disclosed, capable of generating a depth map corresponding an image signal, for the application of a 2D to 3D image transformation system. In the depth map generated by the disclosed method, each of the plural image regions of the image signal is assigned with a depth value. Besides, by means of comparing the depth map with another depth map of the earlier time point, the disclosed method can generate a modulated depth map, for assigning a depth value to each of the plural image regions of the image signal more precisely. Thus, the transformation performance and efficiency of the 2D to 3D image transformation system are hereby improved. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293500 | DISPLAY UNIT, BARRIER DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY UNIT - A display unit includes: a display section; a barrier section including a plurality of liquid crystal barriers switching an open state and a closed state; and a barrier driving section driving the barrier section with one or a plurality of barrier drive signals. Each of the barrier drive signals is a signal including a first waveform portion being configured of a series of waveforms allowing the liquid crystal barriers to be held in an open state over a plurality of frames, or a second waveform portion being configured of a series of waveforms to allowing the liquid crystal barriers to be switched between an open state and a closed state, and a third waveform portion being located just before the first or second waveform portion and having an average pulse height value smaller than a maximum value of a pulse height value of the first or second waveform portion. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293501 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a detector and a display controller. The detector is configured to detect an inclination angle of a display surface of a display unit. The display controller is configured to control the display unit to display a plurality of menu items disposed along a depth direction perpendicular to the display surface, and to shift the plurality of menu items in a direction parallel to the display surface based on the inclination angle detected by the detector. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293502 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A stereoscopic image display device and method of removing jagging of a stereoscopic image. The method comprises: detecting left edges and right edges by analyzing left-eye image data and right-eye image data; detecting a row line as a complicated line if a number of the left edges or the right edges in the row line is equal to or more than a complicated line threshold value, and counting a number of complicated lines; generating a complexity signal having a first logic level if the number of the complicated lines is equal to or more than a complexity detection threshold value; and generating the complexity signal having a second logic level if the number of the complicated lines is less than the complexity detection threshold value. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293503 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS - An image display device includes: a display panel having a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix; and a liquid crystal lens disposed on the side of a display surface of the display panel, wherein the pixels of the display panel are divided into a plurality of pixel groups each including two or more pixels, the liquid crystal lens forms, by application of an electric field, a lens array having a plurality of lens portions each corresponding to each of the pixel groups, the lens portion is configured to have a first area having a constant refractive index and a second area having a distribution of refractive index, the second area is disposed at a side portion of the lens portion, and the first area is disposed closer to the center than the second area. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293504 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE INFORMATION USING DIFFERENCE INFORMATION - Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) image information transmitting system and method based on difference information. A 3D image information transmitting apparatus in the 3D image information transmitting system may include a difference information extractor to extract difference information by comparing a second composite texture image obtained by generating a composite of a first texture image and depth information with a second original texture image, and an image information transmitting unit to transmit 3D image information including the first texture image, the depth information, and the difference information. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293505 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA MODELS - The present invention provides methods and apparatus for generating a three dimensional output which includes a continuum of image data sprayed over three-dimensional models. The three-dimensional models can be representative of features captured by the image data wherein image data can be captured at multiple disparate points along another continuum. The user interface can also include multiple modalities of image data and statistical analysis of the image data. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293506 | Avatar-Based Virtual Collaborative Assistance - A collaborative supportive system based upon avatar, comprising movement-tracking sensors, configured for tracking the movements of a user and of one or more parts of his body; a head-mounted display; and processors, configured for co-operating with the movement-tracking sensors and with the head-mounted display to cause the head-mounted display to display an avatar capable of moving around in an environment corresponding to the field of vision of the user and relating with the environment itself and with the user according to the assistance to be provided to the user. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293507 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - Provided is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus which constructs a three-dimensional elastic image by separating elastic volume data and then performing volume rendering, and also provided is an ultrasonic image display method. The three-dimensional elastic image constructing unit separates the elastic volume data into a plurality of data sets on the basis of the elastic values and performs volume rendering on the separated elastic volume data sets, thereby constructing a three-dimensional elastic image. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293508 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE, PLASMA DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SHUTTER GLASS FOR PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - In a plasma display apparatus capable of displaying an image for stereoscopic view, the image display quality is enhanced. For this purpose, the plasma display apparatus includes a driver circuit and a timing generation circuit. The driver circuit drives the plasma display panel in a manner such that a field for the right eye and a field for the left eye are alternately repeated, each field is formed of an all-cell initializing subfield and a selective initializing subfield, and the top subfield of each field is the all-cell initializing subfield. The timing generation circuit generates shutter opening/closing timing signals. The timing generation circuit generates the shutter opening/closing timing signals such that both timing signal for opening/closing the right eye shutter and timing signal for opening/closing the left eye shutter are set to OFF in the all-cell initializing period of the fields for the right eye and for the left eye. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293509 | GRAPHICAL DATA PROCESSING - A method of controlling graphical data compression levels for a series of images of varying area in order to maintain a consistent image quality, irrespective of image area. An image of a first area is compressed using a first compression value. When the first image is decompressed for display, it is associated with a first image quality. When a new image with a different area is generated, it is compressed using a new compression value derived from the first compression value. The new compression value is suitable for delivering an image quality, when the new image is decompressed for display, substantially the same as the image quality of the first image. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293510 | EDITING APPARATUS, EDITING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - [Object] To facilitate user's operations. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293511 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN AREA TO BE MEDICALLY EXAMINED AND/OR TREATED - In a method and device for displaying an area to be medically examined or treated, first and second image data sets are respectively acquired with first and second different imaging modalities, and the first and second image data sets are brought into geometrical registration with each other. The first data set is displayed, and a selected segment is identified therein. Corresponding data in the second image data set are then determined, based on the registration between the two data sets, and the corresponding segment in the second data set is superimposed on the displayed first image data set, overlying the selected segment therein. The second image data set is displayed so as to be rotatable around its image center. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120299906 | Model-Based Face Image Super-Resolution - An output image of higher resolution than an input image is constructed by using a low resolution (LR) dictionary of triangle data entries, each having a one-to-one correlation with a high resolution (HR) data entry in an HR dictionary of triangle data entries. The input image is triangularized, and the closest matching LR data entry in the LR dictionary for each triangle in the triangularized input image is identified. The HR data entry correlated to each identified matching LR data entry is then used to construct the output image by wrapping the correlated HR data entry onto the corresponding triangle on the triangularized input image. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299907 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of displaying a three-dimensional stereoscopic image includes generating a plurality of left-eye or right-eye virtual primary color data using a left-eye or right-eye data frame, calculating a plurality of left-eye or right-eye virtual primary color dimming levels using the left-eye or right-eye virtual primary color data, sequentially outputting a plurality of left-eye or right-eye virtual primary color data frames, corrected based on the left-eye or right-eye virtual primary color dimming levels, to a display panel, and sequentially providing a plurality of left-eye or right-eye virtual primary color lights, generated from a light source part based on the left-eye or right-eye virtual primary color dimming levels, to the display panel. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299908 | DATA BROADCAST DISPLAY DEVICE, DATA BROADCAST DISPLAY METHOD, AND DATA BROADCAST DISPLAY PROGRAM - A data broadcast display device guarantees stereoscopic perception by the user of a displayed 3D data broadcast image, while alleviating the discomfort a user experiences due to a delay in display. The data broadcast display device includes a reception unit that receives object data for generating the left-view and right-view objects, a display data generation unit that generates the left-view and right-view objects using the received object data while providing notification upon completion of the generation of each object, and a display control unit that determines, at predetermined time intervals, whether the notification has been received for both the left-view and right-view objects, includes both the left-view and right-view objects in a data broadcast image for display when determining affirmatively, and includes neither the left-view nor the right-view object in the data broadcast image for display when determining negatively. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299909 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an aspect, a display device includes a display unit, a detecting unit, and a control unit. The display unit stereoscopically displays a display object. The detecting unit detects a first object and a second object in a three-dimensional space where the display object is displayed. The control unit changes the display object when a case is detected in which the display object is located between the first object and the second object in the three-dimensional space. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299910 | Z-CULLING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS THREROF - A Z culling method, a three-dimensional graphics processing method using Z-culling, and an apparatus thereof are provided. The Z-culling method includes the following steps. A Z cache memory is provided to buffer a cover mask and a dynamic maximum depth value corresponding to each tile. A draw mask, a draw maximum depth value, and a draw minimum depth value calculated according to the tile and a drawn part are obtained. Moreover, whether the drawn part is completely included in a known part of the cover mask is judged, and coordinated with a comparison of the draw minimum depth value and the dynamic maximum depth value, so as to determine whether to discard the drawn part and whether to update the cover mask and the dynamic maximum depth value in the Z cache memory. Accordingly, the bandwidth taken up in the system memory is reduced efficiently. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299911 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR IMPROVED IMAGE MATCHING - A method and device for determining at least one set of matching attributes between a plurality of images is disclosed. Two dimensional images are projected to a three dimensional space then searched for matching attributes. Searching for corresponding attributes is much easier and computationally less intensive in the 3D space compared to a search in the 2D space. The method includes steps of projecting at least part of the images of said plurality to a 3-dimensional space resulting in a plurality of 3-D projected images (image | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299912 | AVATAR-BASED VIRTUAL DRESSING ROOM - A method to help a user visualize how a wearable article will look on the user's body. Enacted on a computing system, the method includes receiving an image of the user's body from an image-capture component. Based on the image, a posable, three-dimensional, virtual avatar is constructed to substantially resemble the user. In this example method, data is obtained that identifies the wearable article as being selected for the user. This data includes a plurality of metrics that at least partly define the wearable article. Then, a virtualized form of the wearable article is attached to the avatar, which is provided to a display component for the user to review. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299913 | Directional flat illuminators - Disclosed is an optical valve or light valve for providing large area collimated illumination from localized light sources, and system and method thereof for 2D, 3D, and/or autosteroscopic displays. An optical valve may include a stepped structure, in which the steps include separated extraction features which may be optically hidden to light propagating in a first direction. Light propagating in a second direction may be refracted, diffracted, or reflected by the features to provide illumination beams exiting from the top surface of the optical valve. Such controlled illumination may provide for efficient, multi-user autostereoscopic displays as well as improved 2D display functionality. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120306849 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDICATING THE DEPTH OF A 3D CURSOR IN A VOLUME-RENDERED IMAGE - A method and system include displaying a volume-rendered image and displaying a 3D cursor in the volume-rendered image. The method and system include controlling a depth of the 3D cursor with respect to a view plane with a user interface and automatically adjusting a color of the 3D cursor based on the depth of the 3D cursor with respect to the view plane. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306850 | DISTRIBUTED ASYNCHRONOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - A system and method for providing an augmented reality environment in which the environmental mapping process is decoupled from the localization processes performed by one or more mobile devices is described. In some embodiments, an augmented reality system includes a mapping system with independent sensing devices for mapping a particular real-world environment and one or more mobile devices. Each of the one or more mobile devices utilizes a separate asynchronous computing pipeline for localizing the mobile device and rendering virtual objects from a point of view of the mobile device. This distributed approach provides an efficient way for supporting mapping and localization processes for a large number of mobile devices, which are typically constrained by form factor and battery life limitations. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306851 | MESH SEQUENCE FILE FORMAT - Technologies are described herein for generating a binary transition file. Multiple animation structures may be generated in the binary transition file. The animation structures may define a sequence of three-dimensional meshes. A header portion may also be generated in the binary transition file. The header portion may define slides that are applied to the three-dimensional meshes to produce a transition between the slides. A presentation program application may be modified with the binary transition file, thereby adapting the presentation program application to provide the transition. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306852 | Producing Three-Dimensional Graphics - A system includes a computing device for producing a representation of a graphical element on a two dimensional set of image points. A metric value is calculated for each image point in the two dimensional set of image points. The computer device is configured to assign a visual property to image point in the two dimensional set of image points based upon the corresponding metric value. The computing device is also configured to present the assigned visual properties of the two dimensional set of image points as being offset from another two dimensional set of image points to provide a three dimensional appearance of the graphical element. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306853 | ADDING ATTRIBUTES TO VIRTUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF REAL-WORLD OBJECTS - A method, medium, and virtual object for providing a virtual representation with an attribute are described. The virtual representation is generated based on a digitization of a real-world object. Properties of the virtual representation, such as colors, shape similarities, volume, surface area, and the like are identified and an amount or degree of exhibition of those properties by the virtual representation is determined. The properties are employed to identify attributes associated with the virtual representation, such as temperature, weight, or sharpness of an edge, among other attributes of the virtual object. A degree of exhibition of the attributes is also determined based on the properties and their degrees of exhibition. Thereby, the virtual representation is provided with one or more attributes that instruct presentation and interactions of the virtual representation in a virtual world. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306854 | STORAGE MEDIUM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An example of a game apparatus as an image processing apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU controls a movement, etc. of a player object according to an instruction from a player. In a case that the player object exists within an area in which an enemy object is made to appear, and a set condition is satisfied, an enemy setting tag is set. At this time, the CPU sets the enemy setting tag at a position moved away from a predetermined distance along a course in a moving direction of the player object. That is, an arrangement position of the enemy object is decided. Then, the CPU sets the enemy object according to the enemy setting tag. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306855 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - A computer of an example display control apparatus configured to perform a stereoscopic display and a planar-view display on a display unit, the computer being caused to function as: stereoscopic display control means; display switching means; and planar visible object display control means. The stereoscopic display control means performs a stereoscopic display of a virtual space on the display unit. The display switching means switches the stereoscopic display of the virtual space on the display unit performed by the stereoscopic display control means to a planar-view display thereof, in accordance with predetermined switching conditions. The planar visible object display control means displays a planar visible object on the display unit after the stereoscopic display is switched by the display switching means to the planar-view display. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306856 | RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY CAPABLE OF PROVIDING STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY, DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY - An exemplary embodiment provides a program for controlling a display capable of providing stereoscopic display. The program includes image output instructions for outputting an image for left eye and an image for right eye to the display, parallax calculation instructions for calculating parallax produced when an object is displayed on the display, and movement-and-display instructions for carrying out at least one of movement of a displayed object out of an effective display range and movement of a not-displayed object into the effective display range in accordance with the calculated parallax. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306857 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM OF GENERATING A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - One embodiment of a present invention causes a computer to execute controlling a position of an object in the virtual space, determining an area where the object is positioned from among a plurality of areas set in the virtual space, setting a stereoscopic parameter which is used for rendering a stereoscopic image according to the determined area, generating a stereoscopic image including the object based on the set stereoscopic parameter, and displaying the generated stereoscopic image on the display device. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306858 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display and method of driving the display are disclosed. The display is driven with an ith frame and an (i+1)th frame, wherein the (i+1)th frame has a shorter duration than the ith frame. The driving signals for the display are adjusted so that the apparent brightness of the frames is substantially equal. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306859 | TERMINAL FOR SUPPORTING MULTI-DISPLAY MODE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A terminal for supporting multi-display modes and a driving method thereof are provided. The method for driving a terminal, having first and second emitters for supporting multi-display modes, includes confirming a preset value of currently set multi-display modes, controlling emissions of the first and second emitters according to the preset value of the multi-display modes, and outputting a screen on a display unit through the first and second controlled emitters. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306860 | IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An image generation section of the image generation system generates a stereoscopic image so that an information display object is stereoscopically displayed at a first depth position when a parallax level has been set to a first parallax level, and is stereoscopically displayed at a second depth position when the parallax level has been set to a second parallax level. The image generation section generates the stereoscopic image so that a first edge of the information display object is stereoscopically displayed within a first area when the parallax level has been set to the second parallax level, a first boundary plane being a boundary plane specified by a line segment that connects the first edge and a third viewpoint when the parallax level has been set to the first parallax level, and the first area being an area positioned between the first boundary plane and a first clipping plane. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306861 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY - A light source device includes: a light guide plate having a first internal reflection face and a second internal reflection face opposed to each other; a first light source applying first illumination light into the light guide plate through a side face thereof; and a plurality of scattering regions provided, inside the light guide plate, between the first internal reflection face and the second internal reflection face, the scattering regions allowing the first illumination light to be scattered and to exit from the first internal reflection face to outside of the light guide plate. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306862 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A three-dimensional moving image and an ultrasonic moving image showing a body part making periodic motion are obtained, and, from the moving images, a characteristic part having a shape that changes with the periodic motion is extracted. Phases of the periodic motion captured in the moving images are obtained. For at least one of the moving images, the phases are obtained based on the shape of the extracted characteristic part. For each phase, the positions of the characteristic part shown in the three-dimensional moving image and the ultrasonic moving image are associated with each other based on the extracted characteristic part and the obtained phases. A superimposed image is generated by aligning, for each phase, the positions of the characteristic part shown in the three-dimensional moving image and the ultrasonic moving image with each other based on the associated positions of the characteristic part and the phases, and displayed. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306863 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A three-dimensional moving image and an ultrasonic moving image showing a body part making periodic motion are obtained, and, from the moving images, a characteristic part having a shape that changes with the periodic motion is extracted. Phases of the periodic motion captured in the moving images are obtained. For at least one of the moving images, the phases are obtained based on the shape of the extracted characteristic part. For each phase, the positions of the characteristic part shown in the three-dimensional moving image and the ultrasonic moving image are associated with each other based on the extracted characteristic part and the obtained phases. Comparison images are generated by aligning, for each phase, the positions of the characteristic part shown in the three-dimensional moving image and the ultrasonic moving image with each other based on the associated positions of the characteristic part and the phases, and displayed. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306864 | DISPLAY DEVICE, BARRIER DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BARRIER DEVICE - A display device includes a display section displaying an image; and a barrier section including a plurality of liquid crystal barriers, the liquid crystal barriers each being configured to be switched between an open state and a closed state. The barrier section includes a barrier electrode being arranged in a region corresponding to the liquid crystal barrier, the barrier electrode including a plurality of sub-electrodes each of which includes a projection portion, a common electrode being commonly formed on an entire surface of a region corresponding to the plurality of liquid crystal barriers, and a liquid crystal layer being provided between the barrier electrode and the common electrode. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306865 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR 3D IMAGE CONVERSION AND A STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - An apparatus and method for three-dimensional (3D) image conversion and a storage medium thereof. The method implemented by a three-dimensional (3D) image conversion apparatus includes: receiving an input image including a plurality of frames; identifying a first frame selected among the plurality of frames; acquiring first depth information of a first object selected in the first frame; identifying a second frame selected among the plurality of frames; acquiring second depth information of a second object selected in the second frame; acquiring third depth information of a third object selected in a third frame, using at least one of depth information between the first depth information and the second depth information; generating fourth depth information based on the first depth information, the second depth information and the third depth information; and rendering the input image based on the fourth depth information. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306866 | 3D-IMAGE CONVERSION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DEPTH INFORMATION OF THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - A 3D-image conversion apparatus, a method of adjusting depth information of the same, and a storage method thereof are provided. The three-dimensional (3D) image conversion apparatus includes a depth information generator which generates depth information with regard to an input image; an object detector which detects an object having parallax exceeding a preset range in a left-eye image and a right-eye image corresponding to the input image based on the generated depth information; a depth information adjuster which adjusts depth information of the object by adjusting the parallax of the detected object to be within a preset range; and a rendering unit which renders the input image according to the adjusted depth information. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306867 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - When a data transfer process is started, a state in which a plurality of character objects lift an icon object in a three-dimensional virtual space, and carry the icon object from a start point toward a completion point in the three-dimensional virtual space, according to a degree of progress of the data transfer process, is displayed. At this time, a display range is sequentially shifted according to the degree of progress of the data transfer process so as to constantly display the icon object on a screen. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306868 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN AN IMAGE GENERATION PROGRAM, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM - When a game process is performed by an exemplary game apparatus having an LCD for displaying a stereoscopically visible image, angular velocities of rotations about axes of the game apparatus are detected by using an angular velocity sensor provided in the game apparatus. A stereoscopic effect of a stereoscopically displayed image is adjusted in accordance with a magnitude of a rotation angle of the game apparatus in a roll direction calculated based on the angular velocities of the rotations about axes of the game apparatus. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306869 | GAME DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-VOLATILE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides a game device and/or the like that can adequately display a stereoscopic image that is easy to view. An acquirer specifies, for example, the object to collide with first on a line which extends from the current viewpoint in the line-of-sight direction, and acquires the depth position of that object. A setter sets the left and right virtual cameras arranged based on the current viewpoint. An image generator generates images photographed respectively from the left and right virtual cameras set. A synthesizer synthesizes a marker image in each game image based on the depth position of the object acquired by the acquirer. Then, a display controller controls the display of a stereoscopic image based on each game image in which the marker image is synthesized. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306870 | THREE DIMENSIONAL COORDINATE LOCATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR SAME, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a 3-dimensional coordinate specifying device which can accurately specify a set or sets of optional coordinates in a 3-dimensional space by a simple manipulation. The 3-dimensional coordinate specifying device includes a standard plane setting section | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306871 | Method and apparatus for redrawing widget - A method for redrawing a Widget is provided, which specifically includes: creating a three-dimensional container, and inserting a Widget with plane coordinates and a Z coordinate into the 3D container; informing the three-dimensional container when the Widget is changed; determining, by the three-dimensional container, whether the Z coordinate of the changed Widget is equal to a Z coordinate of another Widget, if yes, performing a redrawing according to a Widget redrawing flow on the same plane, otherwise, redrawing the changed Widget and completing the redrawing. An apparatus for redrawing a Widget is further provided. By means of the above method and apparatus, Widgets in different layers can be redrawn without a redundant redrawing operation, so that a refresh efficiency of a display interface is improved | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306872 | Stereoscopic Display Device and Stereoscopic Display Method - A stereoscopic display device for displaying left-eye and right-eye images in alternation on a display to show the images as a stereoscopic image. The stereoscopic display device includes: an average picture-signal level calculation section configured to calculate an average picture-signal levels of the left-eye images and the right-eye images, respectively; a drive parameter calculation section configured to calculate drive parameters, corresponding to the respective average picture-signal levels calculated by the average picture signal-level calculation section, for showing the image stereoscopically; a selection section configured to select one of either the drive parameter corresponding to the average picture-signal level of the left-eye image or the drive parameter corresponding to the average picture-signal level of the right-eye image, calculated by the drive parameter calculation section; and a control section configured to display the left-eye and right-eye images on the display, based on the drive parameter selected by the selection section. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306873 | MONITORING USER ATTENTION IN A COMPUTER-SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT - Provided are methods, data processing systems and computer program product for monitoring user activity and monitoring the effectiveness of objects within a virtual environment such as an immersive, computer-simulated 3D environment. An embodiment of the invention monitors the attention given to a virtual object by one or more avatars, by associating a viewing region with each object that requires attention monitoring, and detecting when an avatar is within the viewing region of the object simultaneously with the object being within an attention region (typically a clipped field of view) of the avatar. The viewing region is a 3D volume within which a surface of the virtual object is deemed to be effectively viewable. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120313926 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALLY PREVIEWING VARIABLE INFORMATION 3-D STRUCTURAL DOCUMENTS OR PACKAGES - Systems and methods are presented for previewing 3-D images of produced 3-D variable information structural documents or packages in which still images and/or animations are provided showing the text, data, graphics and/or images of 3-D structural documents or packages defined by a variable information print job file allowing a user to preview the produced 3-D structural documents or packages as a sequence of still images and/or as animations showing different forms of the 3-D produced structures. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313927 | COLOR MESH COMPRESSION - A method of compressing data defining a colored polygonal mesh surface is disclosed. Color data associating points on a polygonal mesh surface is processed to determine a set of representative colors for coloring the polygonal mesh surface. The mesh surface is then divided into a number of sub-meshes each associated with one of the representative set of colors, wherein each of the sub-meshes comprises the portions of the colored polygonal mesh surface associated with colors which are determined to be similar to the representative color associated with the sub-mesh. An alternative representation of the colored polygonal mesh surface is then generated comprising mesh data defining geometry and connectivity of polygonal mesh surfaces corresponding to each of the sub-meshes and color data indicative the representative colors associated with the sub-meshes. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313928 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a two-dimensional image display device that generates and displays a tomographic image on a panorama-orthogonal cross-sectional plane, which extends in superior-inferior direction and is orthogonal to a panoramic cross-sectional plane, from three-dimensional image information generated from X-ray CT photographic data of a head and neck region. The panorama-orthogonal cross-sectional plane is shiftable in a mesial-distal direction along the panoramic cross-sectional plane. Furthermore, the panorama-orthogonal cross-sectional plane is tiltable around the line of intersection formed by the panorama-orthogonal cross-sectional plane and a horizontal cross-sectional plane. The image display device displays a tomographic image of the head and neck region that is on the shifted and tilted panorama-orthogonal cross-sectional plane. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313929 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an instruction receiver, a 3D depth information acquiring module, and a 3D display information output module. The instruction receiver receives an instruction to output GUI display information. The 3D depth information acquiring module acquires pieces of 3D-depth-related information corresponding to items to be displayed as a GUI display in response to the instruction. The 3D display information output module outputs GUI display information according to the acquired pieces of 3D-depth-related information so that at least part of the items to be displayed as a GUI display will be displayed in 3D if the acquired pieces of 3D-depth-related information comprises information corresponding to an item that should be displayed in 3D. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313930 | DUAL VIEW DISPLAY METHOD AND DUAL VIEW DRIVING METHOD FOR PROVIDING PLURAL IMAGES TO PLURAL USERS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DUAL VIEW GLASSES USING THE SAME - A dual view display method for displaying a first content to a first user and displaying a second content to a second user, a display apparatus having a dual view function, dual view glasses and a method of driving dual view glasses are provided. The dual view display method includes displaying a first frame of the first content; displaying a second frame of the second content; creating a removal frame for the second frame based on the second frame; and displaying the removal frame. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313931 | IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE, IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an image generating device for generating an image of an object including a plurality of elements connected to one another. The image generating device includes: a calculating section for iteratively calculating a motion of each element of the plurality of elements based on a physical constraint condition of the each element with respect to another connected element; a parent-child information acquiring section for acquiring parent-child information corresponding to a connection between the each element and the another element based on information indicating an element having a predetermined relationship with another object; a correcting section for correcting a position of a child element with respect to a parent element based on the parent-child information and the motion of the each element; and an image generating section for generating information on the image of the object based on the corrected position of the each element. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313932 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image processing method and apparatus may generate a reference layer about a reference viewpoint. The reference layer may include information used to perform a hole recovery with respect to holes within output images. The information may be generated by warping the reference layer to a viewpoint of an output image. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313933 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing system includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and an output unit. The acquisition unit acquires a rendering condition used for generating a parallax image group from volume data. The determination unit sets corresponding information for causing a space coordinate of a stereoscopic image viewed stereoscopically by referring to a stereoscopic display device that displays the parallax image group to correspond to a space coordinate of a captured site in the volume data based on the rendering condition and a display size and determines a scale for converting a length in a space of the stereoscopic image into a length in a space of the captured site based on the corresponding information. The output unit performs output control such that the scale is displayed. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313934 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - An electronic device capable of simultaneously displaying in two-dimensional and three-dimensional fashions the same content. A flash memory of the electronic device stores first image data for two-dimensionally displaying the content, and second image data for three-dimensionally displaying the content. A CPU of the electronic device two-dimensionally displays the content on a display of the electronic device, using the first image data. When the CPU accepts an instruction for selecting the content displayed on the display, the CPU three-dimensionally displays the selected content on a display of a display device, using the second image data. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313935 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTIONS OF AN OBJECT IN A 3-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates to a method, system and devices for controlling motions of an object in a 3-dimensional Virtual Environment by a Human Interface Device of a user browsing a 3-dimensional Virtual Environment. The human interface device being coupled to a client device for accessing the 3-dimensional Virtual Environment. The 3-dimensional Virtual Environment being deployed at, at least one application server. The client device and the at least one application server being coupled over a communication link This method first determines a starting point at a 2-dimensional surface by detecting a location of a pointer at the 2-dimensional surface and subsequently based on the starting point allocates a first inner area on the surface surrounding the starting point, a second area on the surface surrounding the first area and a third area on the surface, surrounding the second area. Further, an object motion control instruction is generated based on the motion of the pointer and the object motion control function associated to the area wherein the motion occurs is detected. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313936 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM AND STEREOSCOPIC GLASSES - A stereoscopic display system includes an image display unit which displays a left eye image and a right eye image for stereoscopic viewing, a pair of stereoscopic glasses worn by a viewer for viewing the images, and a tilt measurement unit which determines a tilt of a line connecting both eyes of the viewer with respect to a reference direction. The pair of stereoscopic glasses includes an optical axis change unit which transmits light which should enter one of the eyes of the viewer, and changes at least one of directions of optical axes of the optical axis change unit, and a control unit which changes at least one of the directions of the optical axes based on the tilt determined by the tilt measurement unit so as to reduce an effect of the tilt of the line on how the images appear to the viewer. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313937 | COUPLED RECONSTRUCTION OF HAIR AND SKIN - Techniques are provided to model hair and skin. Multiscopic images are received that depict at least part of a subject having hair. The multiscopic images are analyzed to determine hairs depicted. Two-dimensional hair segments are generated that represent the hairs. Three-dimensional hair segments are generated based on the two-dimensional hair segments. A three-dimensional model of skin is generated based on the three-dimensional hair segments. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120320032 | Computing Three-Dimensional Image Models in Parallel - This document describes techniques for creating three-dimensional models of image collections using a network-accessible (e.g., cloud-based) computation service, rather than a client computing device. In some instances described below, the computation service performs at least a portion of the operations for creating these models in parallel. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320033 | MOBILE PLATFORM FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - A mobile image processing manager may include an image data receiving engine configured to obtain a first set of three-dimensional (3-D) image data associated with an observation environment. The mobile image processing manager may also include a navigational plan engine configured to determine a navigational plan based on the first set. A navigation manager may be configured to initiate a navigation event based on the navigational plan. A scene determination engine may be configured to determine a first group of one or more graphical images. An image projection engine may be configured to initiate a display of the first group on a first surface, the display based on a light source. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320034 | IMMERSIVE DIMENSIONAL VARIATION - A computing device is used for creating a dimensional model of at least a portion of a product, the dimensional model including a range of possible conditions with respect to at least one component in the product. The dimensional model is used to create a set of geometries for the product, a geometry being a representation of at least a portion of the product, wherein each of the geometries corresponds to one or more of the conditions. A display is provided of a first one of the geometries, and then, upon receiving an input requesting a second one of the geometries, a display is provided of the requested second one of the geometries. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320035 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF INFORMATION - A terminal includes a storage area to store a reference value, a screen to display a plurality of objects, and a controller to assign values to the objects based on the reference value and to control display of the objects on the screen using a three-dimensional (3D) effect. The objects are displayed in 3D differently based on the assigned values, and an area adjacent at least one of the objects on the screen is not displayed in 3D. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320036 | Stereoscopic Image Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - A stereoscopic image display device includes an image divider unit for dividing a stereoscopic image into a left-eye image and a right-eye image, an image correction unit for correcting color temperature for the left-eye and right-eye images and correcting the brightness for the color-temperature-corrected left-eye and right-eye images, an image synthesis unit for synthesizing the left-eye and right-eye images, and an image display panel for displaying the stereoscopic image on the basis of the stereoscopic image outputted through the image synthesis unit. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320037 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a display control apparatus includes: a display controller configured to control display of stereoscopic display data that is based on pieces of image information which have a mutual parallax and an operation object that moves in accordance with a user's operation, in a screen; and a switch module configured to disable display of the operation object if the operation object moves to an area where the stereoscopic display data is displayed in the screen. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320038 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A three-dimensional image processing apparatus includes a parallax distribution measurement unit that measures parallax distribution of a three-dimensional image configured by an image for a left eye and an image for a right eye at a center of a screen, a high-frequency parallax amount movement observation unit that observes movement of an amount of parallax whose frequency is high in the measured parallax distribution, and a depth control unit that judges a direction of movement of an image to be paid attention to on the basis of the movement of the amount of parallax whose frequency is high and that controls a depth of the three-dimensional image in accordance with the direction of the movement of the image to be paid attention to. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320039 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - Image processing apparatus and method. A modeling unit may generate a three-dimensional (3D) model corresponding to an actual object from an input color image and an input depth image corresponding to the input color image. A calculator may perform photon-based rendering with respect to an input virtual object and the 3D model based on input light environment information, and may generate a difference image comprising color distortion information occurring by inserting the virtual object into the 3D model. A rendering unit may generate a result image comprising the virtual object by synthesizing the difference image and the input color image. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320040 | 3-D representation method and system - A method to represent a three-dimensional model with a plurality of joints where each one of these joints is automatically tagged with a number of IDs representing the name of its polygon, the position of the joint relative to a certain direction and the position of the joint relative to the other joints that surround it. This method enables the computer system to interpret the visual data of the 2D/3D model as usable information that can serve various fields and computer applications. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320041 | Stereoscopic Display Apparatus and Stereoscopic Display Method - A first image separation section separates an image signal of a slave screen into right eye and left eye slave screen images. A second image separation section separates an image signal of a master screen into right eye and left eye master screen images. A first image position adjustment section adjusts a display position of the right eye slave screen image such that the right eye slave screen image shifts left by a predetermined amount and adjusts a display position of the left eye slave screen image such that the left eye slave screen image shifts right by a predetermined amount. First and second image combination sections combine the right eye slave screen image and the right eye master screen image to generate a right eye image and combine the left eye slave screen image and the left eye master screen image to generate a left eye image. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320042 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLOR AND INTENSITY CALIBRATING OF A DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR PRACTICAL USAGE - The invention provides a system and method that allows for the calibration of color and intensity in a display system in a manner that is practical for the user, and handling obscuring factors, giving the user the ability to make intelligent trade-offs, and making it possible to quickly and efficiently re-compute a correction. More generally, correction and adjustment of intensity and color non-uniformities, and using optical sensor feedback to detect and correct for those changes is contemplated. This includes, but is not limited to, showing very bright images and very dark images. This invention further provides methods for making a practical system for the user, including a method of calculating corrections, dealing with obscuring factors that can affect the calculation process, providing information to allow users to make decisions on how to make trade-offs on the quality factors of the display, and allowing fast re-calculation of intensity corrections when re-calibrating. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320043 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD - In an image processing system according to an embodiment, to generate an arbitrary parallax number of multi-parallax images from each piece of continuous time-phase volume data, a first parallax image generation control unit performs control so as to generate a parallax image arranged at a predetermined position in arrangement of a parallax image group corresponding to the multi-parallax images with respect to a pixel on a display unit from every arbitrary time-phase volume data. A second parallax image generation control unit performs control so as to generate a parallax image arranged at a different position from the predetermined position in the arrangement from volume data of a different time phase from the time phase in which the parallax image arranged at the predetermined position is controlled to be generated. A display control unit displays a parallax image group controlled to be generated on the display unit in time-phase order. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320044 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereoscopic display apparatus is cooperated with a shutter apparatus. The stereoscopic display apparatus includes a display module and an infrared emitting device. The display module has a viewable area and an optical sheet. The infrared emitting device is disposed in the display module. The light emitted from the infrared emitting device passes through the optical sheet and the viewable area and be received by the shutter apparatus to control it. The stereoscopic display apparatus can reduce the cost and make the appearance of the stereoscopic display apparatus have better integrity. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320045 | Image Processing Method and Apparatus Thereof - An image processing method includes receiving a two-dimensional (2D) input image; detecting an image of a block in the 2D image to generate depth information for the block; and determining a depth of a sub-block image within the block according to the depth information, accurately estimating block-based depth information according to image characteristics of the block and obtaining a depth of a given block/pixel according to the depth information to generate improved stereoscopic images. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320046 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus including an imaged image input unit inputting an imaged image of a facility imaged in an imaging device to a display control unit, a measurement information input, unit inputting measurement information measured by a sensor provided in the facility from the sensor to a creation unit, a creation unit creating a virtual image representing a status of an outside or inside of the facility based on the measurement information input by the measurement information input unit, and a display control unit overlaying and displaying the virtual image created in the creation unit and the imaged image input by the imaged image input unit on a display device. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320047 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND STEREOSCOPIC SHOOTING APPARATUS, DOMINANT EYE JUDGING METHOD AND DOMINANT EYE JUDGING PROGRAM FOR USE THEREIN, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A stereoscopic display apparatus comprising a judging part judging the dominant eye of the user inputting the position coordinates via the coordinate input part based on the reference coordinates of the dominant eye judgment image formed of the left viewpoint image and the right viewpoint image and the obtained position coordinates, depending on whether the obtained position coordinates are near the reference coordinates of the left viewpoint image or the reference coordinates of the right viewpoint image. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320048 | 3D IMAGING DEVICE AND 3D IMAGING METHOD - A 3D imaging device determines during imaging whether the captured images will be viewed three-dimensionally without causing fatigue while simulating actual human perception. In a 3D imaging device, a warning unit provides a warning to a photographer indicating that the captured images of the scene to be imaged will not be perceived as a 3D video having an appropriate 3D effect when a control unit determines that the captured images will not be perceived as such an appropriate 3D video. The 3D imaging device is prevented from obtaining an inappropriate 3D image (3D video) | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320049 | MULTI-LAYER IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-layer image display device for realizing a multi-layered image with a depth by overlapping a plurality of two-dimensional images includes: a plurality of screens which are disposed to be overlapped in a forward-backward direction; and one or more projectors which are disposed behind the plurality of the screens to selectively project one or more two-dimensional images on the screens. By using a screen and a projector, the cross stripes of the display can be fundamentally removed so as to prevent the occurrence of the interference pattern (Moire phenomenon) due to the interference of different pixel patterns, and an additional diffuse layer can be omitted so that an assembling process of the multi-layer image display device can be simplified. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320050 | 3D-IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, 3D-IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND 3D-IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes: an image data acquiring unit which acquires two pieces of image data having horizontal parallax; a composition unit which generates display data by composing the two pieces of image data; a line image overlapping unit which overlaps two longitudinal line images with an image based on the display data, and independently moves the two longitudinal line images in a horizontal direction; a parallax information derivation unit which derives parallax information about parallax between the two longitudinal line images; a parallax information overlapping unit which additionally overlaps the parallax information with the image based on the display data; and a display unit which displays the images based on the display data, on which the longitudinal line images and the parallax information are overlapped, such that a producer may easily and accurately identify parallax of each subject image in the display data. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320051 | GENERAL PURPOSE SOFTWARE PARALLEL TASK ENGINE - A software engine for decomposing work to be done into tasks, and distributing the tasks to multiple, independent CPUs for execution is described. The engine utilizes dynamic code generation, with run-time specialization of variables, to achieve high performance. Problems are decomposed according to methods that enhance parallel CPU operation, and provide better opportunities for specialization and optimization of dynamically generated code. A specific application of this engine, a software three dimensional (3D) graphical image renderer, is described. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120327072 | Method of Displaying Stereoscopic Images, and Stereoscopic Image Display Device - A method of displaying stereoscopic images is provided. By the method, a stereoscopic image frame having an active period and a vertical blank is received, a length of the vertical blank varying for each stereoscopic image frame, the stereoscopic image frame is divided into a first image frame and a second image frame based on an end point of the active period of the stereoscopic image frame, and the first image frame and the second image frame are sequentially outputted. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327073 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - An apparatus and method for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image is disclosed. On a display panel, red, green and blue subpixels are alternately arranged in a row direction and subpixels having the same color are arranged in a column direction. A 3D image filter is disposed ahead of the display panel and includes a transparent area and a non-transparent area arranged alternately. An edge defining the width of the non-transparent area is inclined with respect to a vertical axis of the display panel. A controller assigns a view image to be displayed at a subpixel of the display panel according to an inclination angle of the edge. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327074 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - An apparatus and method for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image is disclosed. On a display panel, red, green and blue subpixels are alternately arranged in a row direction and subpixels having the same color are arranged in a column direction. A 3D image filter is disposed ahead of the display panel and includes a transparent area and a non-transparent area arranged alternately. A controller determines a view image to be displayed at each subpixel of the display panel to one of two view images based on numbers allocated to the subpixels of the display panel. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327075 | SYSTEM FOR RAPID AND ACCURATE QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY - A system and method for automatic segmentation, performed by selecting a deformable model of an anatomical structure of interest imaged in a volumetric image, the deformable model formed of a plurality of polygons including vertices and edges, displaying the deformable model on a display, detecting a feature point of the anatomical structure of interest corresponding to each of the plurality of polygons and adapting the deformable model by moving each of the vertices toward the corresponding feature points until the deformable model morphs to a boundary of the anatomical structure of interest, forming a segmentation of the anatomical structure of interest. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327076 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereoscopic image display device includes: an image display unit that can display parallax images; an optical component that causes the parallax images to be recognized as a stereoscopic image; and a back light unit that is arranged on a rear face side of the image display unit, wherein the back light unit includes a first illumination section that illuminates the image display unit at a first outgoing angle at the time of displaying a planar image by using the image display unit and a second illumination section that illuminates the image display unit at a second outgoing angle, which is narrower than the first outgoing angle, at the time of displaying a stereoscopic image by using the image display unit and the optical component. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327077 | APPARATUS FOR RENDERING 3D IMAGES - A 3D image rendering apparatus is disclosed including: an image receiving device for receiving a left-eye image and a right-eye image; a depth calculator, coupled with the image receiving device, for generating a corresponding left-eye depth map and/or a right-eye depth map according to the left-eye image and the right-eye image; a command receiving device for receiving a depth adjusting command; and an image rendering device, coupled with the command receiving device, for increasing the depth value of a first pixel in the left-eye depth map and/or the right-eye depth map and reducing the depth value of a second pixel in the left-eye depth map and/or the right-eye depth map. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327078 | APPARATUS FOR RENDERING 3D IMAGES - A 3D image rendering apparatus is disclosed including: an image motion detector for detecting temporal image motion of a target image object in a first left-eye image or a first right-eye image to generate a temporal motion vector, and for performing image motion detection on the first left-eye image and the first right-eye image to generate a spatial motion vector for the target image object; a depth generator for generating a depth value for the target image object based on the temporal motion vector and the spatial motion vector; an command receiving device for receiving a depth adjusting command; and an image rendering device for adjusting the image position of at least part of image objects in the first left-eye image and the first right-eye image to render a second left-eye image and a second right-eye image. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327079 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE USING SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to include a plurality of pixels and display an image having a plurality of viewpoints in response to a data signal and a control signal, a converter, and a driver. The converter is configured to receive a first image signal and a first control signal, the first image signal including an image data and a depth data corresponding to the image data and a first control signal, the converter further configured to generate a converted depth data corresponding to a predetermined pixel on the basis of the first image signal, and output a second image signal having the viewpoints and a second control signal based on the image data and the converted depth data. The driver is configured to receive the second image signal and the second control signal and output the data signal and the control signal to the display panel. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327080 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system according to an embodiment is an image processing system having a terminal device including a display unit that displays a medical image. The image processing system includes an acquiring unit and a display controller. The acquiring unit acquires a position of the terminal device relative to a predetermined target. The display controller causes the display unit to display a medical image in accordance with the relative position of the terminal device relative to the target acquired by the acquiring unit. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327081 | PERCUTANEOUS PUNCTURE SUPPORT SYSTEM - Percutaneous sampling examination of a chest lesion is performed by using a general-purpose X-ray CT apparatus and an X-ray TV fluoroscope. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327082 | MULTI-LAYER IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-layered image display device for realizing a multi-layered image with a depth by overlapping a plurality of two-dimensional images includes: a display which can be selectively transparent and produce a first two-dimensional image through a combination of a plurality of pixels, a screen which is disposed behind the display so as to be overlapped in a forward-backward direction with the display; and a projector which is disposed behind the screen so as to project a second two-dimensional image on the screen. By adopting a screen and a projector instead of a rear display and a backlight unit, the cross stripes of the rear display can be removed so as to prevent the occurrence of the interference pattern (Moire phenomenon) due to the interference of different pixel patterns, and an additional diffuse layer can be omitted so that an assembling process of the multi-layer image display device can be simplified. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327083 | CURSOR DISPLAY METHOD AND CURSOR DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a cursor display method of displaying a cursor, indicating a focus point while being manipulatable to move, in a two-dimensional image in which sets of laser point cloud data distributed on a three-dimensional coordinate system are shown on the basis of a predetermined view point position. The cursor display method includes: performing arithmetic on a position on the three-dimensional coordinate system which corresponds to the focus point in the two-dimensional image; defining a predetermined plane graphic region, including the corresponding position and being orthogonal to a view point position direction, on the three-dimensional coordinate system on the basis of the corresponding position; dividing a view region, originating from the view point position passing through the plane graphic region, into segments on the basis of the plane graphic region; and performing non-display processing on sets of laser point cloud data placed in any one of the divided segments. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130002645 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIMEDIA CONVERSION - Various embodiments are described for performing multimedia conversion. One embodiment is a method implemented in a multimedia conversion system for converting two-dimensional (2D) multimedia data to stereoscopic multimedia data. The method comprises determining, for each scan line in a frame of the 2D multimedia data, an absolute difference between pixel pairs. The method further comprises accumulating the absolute difference values, deriving a depth map based on the accumulated difference values, and applying the depth map to the frame in the 2D multimedia data. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002646 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATING, SEGMENTING, AND EXTRACTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A method for navigating a three-dimensional (3D) image includes accessing a 3D image dataset, generating a 3D mesh corresponding to a 3D segmentation result using the 3D image dataset, displaying a 3D surface rendering of the 3D surface mesh, and navigating the 3D image based on a manual input received from a user indicated on the rendered 3D mesh. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002647 | Managing Web Page Data in a Composite Document - A composite document system is implemented as instructions stored on a computer-readable medium. When executed on a processor, the instructions cause the processor to receive model data that describes a three-dimensional model of an object, where the three-dimensional model is generated using a modeling software, and where the model data conforms to a non-image format of the modeling software. The instructions further cause the processor to receive web page data that includes content and description of the content in a mark-up language, generate a composite document that includes the model data and the web page data, interpret the model data in the composite document to generate a visual representation of the three-dimensional model, and interpret the web page data in the composite document to generate a visual representation of the web page data. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002648 | Managing Satellite and Aerial Image Data in a Composite Document - A method in a computing device for generating a composite document includes receiving drawing data from a user interface, where the drawing data includes a plurality of two-dimensional shapes, and generating a first data structure that includes the received drawing data. The method further includes receiving a reference to a geographic location from the user interface and, in response to receiving the reference to the geographic location, retrieving photograph data corresponding to the received reference, where the photograph data includes at least one of satellite image data and aerial image data for the geographic location. The method also includes generating a second data structure that includes the photograph data and the reference to the geographic location. According to the method, the composite document is then generated, and the first data structure is included in the composite document as a first composite document entity, and the second data structure is included in the composite document as the second composite document entity. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002649 | MOBILE AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, apparatuses and methods to provide image data, augmented with related data, to be displayed on a mobile computing device. Embodiments of the invention display a live view augmented with information identifying an object amongst other objects. Embodiments of the invention may utilize other related data, such as 3D point cloud data, image data and location data related to the object, to obtain a specific location of an object within the live view. Embodiments of the invention may further display a live view with augmented data three-dimensionally consistent with the position and orientation of the image sensor of the mobile computing device. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002650 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY TIMING CONTROLLER - A stereoscopic image display method is provided. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving stereoscopic information; generating a left-eye image, a right-eye image and a common sub-image according to the stereoscopic information, wherein the common sub-image is a common part of the left-eye image and the right-eye image; and displaying the left-eye image, the right-eye image, and the common sub-image on a stereoscopic image display apparatus according to a predetermined display order. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002651 | Apparatus and Method For Texture Level Of Detail Computation - A graphic processing system to compute a texture level of detail. An embodiment of the graphic processing system includes a memory device, a driver, and level of detail computation logic. The memory device is configured to implement a first lookup table. The first lookup table is configured to provide a first level of detail component. The driver is configured to calculate a log value of a second level of detail component. The level of detail computation logic is coupled to the memory device and the driver. The level of detail computation logic is configured to compute a level of detail for a texture mapping operation based on the first level of detail component from the lookup table and the second level of detail component from the driver. Embodiments of the graphic processing system facilitate a simple hardware implementation using operations other than multiplication, square, and square root operations. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002652 | Stereoscopic Image Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - Provided is a stereoscopic image display device which comprises: an image control unit for outputting a left eye image and a right eye image; an image panel for displaying the left eye image and the right eye image; and glasses consisting of a left eye glass and a right eye glass which have the same transmissive characteristic to transmit only one of the left eye image and the right eye image displayed on the image panel. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002653 | Three Dimensional Image Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - In a 3D image display device and a driving method thereof, a left-eye image and a right-eye image are displayed at a 3D display frequency higher than a 2D display frequency in a 3D mode. The left-eye image or the right-eye image is applied to a data line as data voltages having the same polarity and the same magnitude throughout at least two consecutive frames. A gate-on voltage is applied to a plurality of gate lines crossing the data line sequentially at an interval of a compensation gate-on application time calculated based on a total data delay value. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002654 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GLASSES AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A three-dimensional (3D) glasses and a method for operating the same are provided. The 3D glasses includes a first lens, a second lens, an infrared receiver and a control unit. The infrared receiver receives an infrared signal to output a digital control signal. The control unit is coupled to the infrared receiver. The control unit controls a first state of the first lens and a second state of the second lens according to a first pulse of the digital control signal, where at least one of the first state and the second state is an OFF state. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002655 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of displaying stereoscopic images includes synchronizing a first image frame with a first shutter in accordance with a first shutter control signal and synchronizing a second image frame with a second shutter in accordance with a second shutter control signal, adding a first modification voltage to the first and second shutter control signals for a first time period after a start point of a shutter open period, adding a second modification voltage to the first and second shutter control signals for a second time period before an end point of the shutter open period, and alternately opening the first shutter and the second shutter based on the first shutter control signal and the second shutter control signal. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING 3D TEXT WITH 3D CONTENT - A method and system are defined for best positioning text in a 3D manner into associated 3D content by determining parallax information from the 3D content and by using such parallax information together with one or more requirements supplied by a user or producer for best positioning text in a 3D manner into associated 3D content. The determination of text position can be performed in real-time on the arriving image content stream as an on-line operation or in a non-real time mode on the entirety of the image content as an off-line operation. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002657 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit, a three-dimensional medical image generating unit, a correction information obtaining unit, a display angle correcting unit, and a display unit. The image obtaining unit obtains medical image data including an object. The three-dimensional medical image generating unit generates stereoscopic three-dimensional medical image data including a plurality of objects based on the medical image data obtained by the image obtaining unit. The correction information obtaining unit obtains correction information for the plurality of objects. The display angle correcting unit corrects, based on the correction information, the three-dimensional medical image data so that a display angle of at least one of the plurality of objects is corrected. The display unit displays a three-dimensional medical image based on the three-dimensional medical image data corrected by the display angle correcting unit. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002658 | VEHICLE NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD - In a database usable for a navigation device, object data units comprising information for a three-dimensional displaying of objects like buildings are provided. At least one of the object data units comprises an adjustable height parameter for adjusting a height of the corresponding object when displayed. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002659 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT-BASED FAST CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY RECONSTRUCTION - Techniques, apparatus and systems are disclosed for performing graphics processor unit (GPU)-based fast cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) reconstruction algorithm based on a small number of x-ray projections. In one aspect a graphics processor unit (GPU) implemented method of reconstructing a cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) image includes receiving, at the GPU, image data for CBCT reconstruction. The GPU uses an iterative process to minimize an energy functional component of the received image data. The energy functional component includes a data fidelity term and a data regularization term. The reconstructed CBCT image is generated based on the minimized energy functional component. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002660 | STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - Because a human being has independent visual capabilities in right and left eyes, a right-eye image and a left-eye image constituting a stereoscopic content video are visually recognized as different images (apart from the difference due to disparity), and as a result, stereoscopic viewing may not be performed successfully. Disclosed is a stereoscopic video display device wherein before an actual stereoscopic video is displayed, left-eye and right-eye test images both of which include an identical object, are alternately displayed at a comparatively low speed, and each of the images are respectively visually recognized by the left eye and the right eye of the viewer as different images, and input for image quality adjustment can be received independently for the right and the left so that the identical objects in both of the images can be viewed to be identical by the viewer. Then, using the image quality adjustment value, image adjustment of the image for the actual stereoscopic content video display is performed. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002661 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - Designated positions in a left-eye image and in a right-eye image are detected. The dominant eye is input and, if there is a position designation made by the observer, the coordinate position of the designated position is calculated in each of the left-eye and right-eye images. A template image is detected from the dominant-eye image and an image identical with the detected template image is detected from the non-dominant-eye image. Positions in respective ones of the template image and matching image become the designated positions. A distance differential between the template image detected from the dominant-eye image and the image detected from the non-dominant-eye image is parallax. The parallax of the designated positions is adjusted. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002662 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereoscopic display apparatus includes: a plurality of light-emitting devices; a power supply line for supplying current to the light-emitting devices; a switching device provided on the power supply line; a glasses control circuit which generates a glasses control signal for setting, in a pair of shutter-type glasses, a non-viewable period in which both the right-eye image and the left-eye image are made non-viewable at the same time; and a power supply control circuit which generates a device control signal for setting, in the switching device, a voltage reduced period in which the voltage between the electrodes in the light-emitting device is reduced, in which the glasses control circuit and the power supply control circuit control the shutter-type glasses and the switching device, respectively, for setting the non-viewable period to be a period at least from a start to an end of the voltage reduced period. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002663 | MULTI-CORE GEOMETRY PROCESSING IN A TILE BASED RENDERING SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus are provided for combining multiple independent tile-based graphic cores. An incoming geometry stream is split into a plurality of streams and sent to respective tile based graphics processing cores. Each one generates a separate tiled geometry list as described. These may be combined into a master tiling unit or, alternatively, markers may be inserted into the tiled geometry lists which are used in the rasterization phase to switch between tiling lists from different geometry processing cores. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002664 | DISPLAY DEVICE, EYEWEAR DEVICE AND VIDEO SYSTEM - The instant application describes a display device for switching a display mode between a first display mode for displaying a stereoscopic image with an eyewear device, and a second display mode, which is different from the first display mode. The display device includes a signal generator, which generates a timing signal for notifying a timing of an increasing period of an incident light amount to left and right eyes or a stop signal for stopping the adjustment operation as a control signal, which is transmitted by a transmitter to the eyewear device. The transmitter transmits the timing signal for the first display mode while the image is displayed in the first display mode. If the display mode is then switched from the first to second display mode, the transmitter sequentially transmits the stop signal and the timing signal for the second display mode to the eyewear device. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002665 | HIGH RESOLUTION AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH INTERLACED IMAGE - An autostereoscopic display apparatus includes a backlight unit, a polarizing plate disposed in front of the backlight unit; a display panel displaying a left eye image and a right eye image by interlacing pixel lines of the left and right eye images alternately and sequentially; a lenticular lens sheet, disposed between the polarizing plate and the display panel, separating light emitted from the backlight unit into a left eye zone and a right eye zone; and a polarization switch controlling a polarization direction of light proceeding towards the left eye viewing zone so that light is incident on pixel lines of the display panel displaying the left eye image and a polarization direction of light proceeding towards the right eye viewing zone so that light is incident on pixel lines of the display panel displaying the right eye image, in synchronization with a vertical scanning time of the display panel. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002666 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING VIDEO, EYEWEAR DEVICE FOR ASSISTING IN VIEWING VIDEO, VIDEO SYSTEM WITH DISPLAY DEVICE AND EYEWEAR DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF VIDEO SYSTEM - The instant application describes display device for switching display mode between first display mode for displaying stereoscopic images with eyewear device which adjusts incident light amounts to the left and right eyes, and second display mode different from the first display mode. The display device includes signal generator which generates timing signals for notifying timings of increasing the incident light amount to the left and right eyes in the first and second display modes or stop signals for stopping the adjustment operation, as control signals for the adjustment operation; and transmitter which transmits the control signals to the eyewear device. During the first display mode, the transmitter transmits the timing signals for the first display mode. Switching operation from the first to second display mode causes the transmitter to transmit the stop signal and then the timing signal for the second display mode to the eyewear device. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002667 | USING SMART OBJECTS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE TO CONSERVE COMPUTING RESOURCES - Described herein are some embodiments that use smart objects in a virtual universe to conserve computing resources. Some embodiments describe detecting that a virtual object of the virtual universe enters a resource conservation area in the virtual universe. Some embodiments further include, in response to determining that the virtual object enters the resource conservation area, detecting that the virtual object has a setting that enables automatic reduction of display quality of the virtual object from a first display quality level. Some embodiments further include, in response to determining that the virtual object has the setting that enables the automatic reduction in display quality from the first display quality setting, automatically reducing the display quality of the virtual object from the first display quality level to a second display quality level less than the first display quality level. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130009943 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR SUPPORTING REAL-TIME 3D IMAGE RENDERING ON AN AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A multi-core processor system may support 3D image rendering on an autostereoscopic display. The 3D image rendering includes pre-processing of depth map and 3D image wrapping tasks. The pre-processing of depth map may include a foreground prior depth image smoothing technique, which may perform a depth gradient detection and a smoothing task. The depth gradient detection task may detect areas with large depth gradient and the smoothing task may transform the large depth gradient into a linearly changing shape using low-strength, low-pass filtering techniques. The 3D image wrapping may include vectorizing the code for 3D image wrapping of row pixels using an efficient single instruction multiple data (SIMD) technique. After vectorizing, an API such as OpenMP may be used to parallelize the 3D image wrapping procedure. The 3D image wrapping using OpenMP may be performed on rows of the 3D image and on images of the multiple view images. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009944 | 3D computer graphics object and method - A graphical object template associates multiple human language attributes each with a subset of the defined numerical values associated with at least one of the numerical value data fields. The graphical object template provides the same to virtual reality (VR) software and thus allows for automatic interpretation of a fuzzy definition of a component of a new VR scene. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009945 | Electronic Display Method and Apparatus - A method and apparatus for displaying images on a viewing surface using a single image source to generate different portions of the image, the combined image having a higher resolution than the image source. A first apparatus switches images using a micro-electro-mechanical systems mirror array onto the viewing surface, the images being received perpendicular to the viewing surface. A second apparatus uses a movable scanning mirror in one or two axes to reflect images off of a parabolic mirror perpendicularly onto the viewing surface. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009946 | STEREO IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND STEREO IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A stereo image display apparatus that causes a display device to display a stereo image having a parallax, wherein a stereo image of a currently displayed frame is advanced frame by frame to a stereo image of the next frame in response to a frame-by-frame advance indication, the apparatus comprising: a frame-by-frame advancing device that, once frame-by-frame advance is indicated, switches the stereo image of the current frame on the display with a parallaxless image of the current frame, thereafter advances the image frame by frame to display a parallaxless image of the next frame, and further thereafter displays a stereo image of the next frame on the display device, wherein the frame-by-frame advancing device performs the frame-by-frame advance with sliding-out/sliding-in. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009947 | PASSIVE 3D IMAGE SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A passive 3D image system including a passive 3D image display apparatus, a scaling module and a luminance adjusting module is provided. The 3D passive image display apparatus includes N rows of display units. After receiving an original image including N rows of original data, the scaling module merges the N rows of original data to generate a scaled image including N/2 rows of scaled data. The original image is either a left-eye image or a right-eye image. The luminance adjusting module adjusts the N/2 rows of scaled data to increase the luminance of the scaled image. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009948 | Apparatus and Methods for Wrapping Texture onto the Surface of a Virtual Object - The invention provides techniques for wrapping a two-dimensional texture conformally onto a surface of a three dimensional virtual object within an arbitrarily-shaped, user-defined region. The techniques provide minimum distortion and allow interactive manipulation of the mapped texture. The techniques feature an energy minimization scheme in which distances between points on the surface of the three-dimensional virtual object serve as set lengths for springs connecting points of a planar mesh. The planar mesh is adjusted to minimize spring energy, and then used to define a patch upon which a two-dimensional texture is superimposed. Points on the surface of the virtual object are then mapped to corresponding points of the texture. The invention also features a haptic/graphical user interface element that allows a user to interactively and intuitively adjust texture mapped within the arbitrary, user-defined region. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009949 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RE-CONVERGENCE OF A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - First and second views of a stereoscopic image are received. A first portion of the stereoscopic image is located at a first coordinate that is equal within the first and second views. For displaying enlarged versions of the first and second views, at least one of the first and second views is shifted, so that a second portion of the stereoscopic image is located at a second coordinate that is equal within the enlarged versions. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009950 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEW OF A REAL SCENE FOR MILITARY PLANNING AND OPERATIONS - Generation of views of a real scene is based on selection of view criteria and the content of multiple types of source data. The viewpoint and at least one other criterion area used to determine which texture to sue for each surface, or portion of a surface, of a three-dimensional model. Regions of the images of the scene are associated with at least one portion of at least one surface of the three-dimensional model of the scene, wherein at least one of the portions is associated with the regions of at least two of the images. View selection criteria includes a criterion other than viewpoint. Based on the view selection criteria, selecting at least one of the regions for at least one of the portions and rendering a multi-view using the selected regions in combination with the three-dimensional model of the scene. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009951 | 3D IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMPLEMENTATION METHOD OF THE SAME AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) image processing apparatus and method in which 3D image conversion information for an input image having a plurality of frames is generated, and the input image is converted into a 3D image by rendering a preview image of the 3D image based on the 3D image conversion information and a subset of frames of the input image of which the 3D image conversion information is generated. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009952 | GENERATING A DEPTH MAP FROM A TWO-DIMENSIONAL SOURCE IMAGE FOR STEREOSCOPIC AND MULTIVIEW IMAGING - Depth maps are generated from a monoscopic source images and asymmetrically smoothed to a near-saturation level. Each depth map contains depth values focused on edges of local regions in the source image. Each edge is defined by a predetermined image parameter having an estimated value exceeding a predefined threshold. The depth values are based on the corresponding estimated values of the image parameter. The depth map is used to process the source image by a depth image based rendering algorithm to create at least one deviated image, which forms with the source image a set of monoscopic images. At least one stereoscopic image pair is selected from such a set for use in generating different viewpoints for multiview and stereoscopic purposes, including still and moving images. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009953 | Stereoscopic format converter - A device and method for converting one stereoscopic format into another. A software-enabled matrix is used to set forth predefined relationships between one type of format as an input image and another type of format as an output image. The matrix can then be used as a look-up table that defines a correspondence between input pixels and output pixels for the desired format conversion. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009954 | SPATIALLY REGISTERING USER PHOTOGRAPHS - Photographs of an object may be oriented with respect to both the geographic location and orientation of the object by registering a 3D model derived from a plurality of photographs of the objects with a 2D image of the object having a known location and orientation. For example, a 3D point cloud of an object created from photographs of the object using a Photosynth™ tool may be aligned with a satellite photograph of the object, where the satellite photograph has location and orientation information. A tool providing scaling and rotation of the 3D model with respect to the 2D image may be used or an automatic alignment may be performed using a function based on object edges filtered at particular angles. Once aligned, data may be recorded that registers camera locations for the plurality of photographs with geographic coordinates of the object, either absolute latitude/longitude or relative to the object. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009955 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING ERRORS IN STEREO IMAGES - An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for correcting errors in stereo images. The apparatus for correcting errors in stereo images according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a space histogram generation unit generating space histogram information using the depth map information on the input image data; a peak frequency generation unit generating a peak frequency using the 2D image data of the input image data; an object analysis unit determining the error in each frame of the input image data on the basis of the space histogram and peak frequency; a depth map error correction unit correcting the depth map information to reduce the error; and a rendering processing unit generating left and right eye images, which are stereo images, by using the corrected depth map information. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130016090 | PROVIDING A NAVIGATION MESH BY WHICH OBJECTS OF VARYING SIZES CAN TRAVERSE A VIRTUAL SPACEAANM Nixon; TravisAACI CentervilleAAST UTAACO USAAGP Nixon; Travis Centerville UT US - A single polygonal navigation mesh in a virtual space by which objects of varying sizes can traverse may be provided. This may allow the navigation mesh to be used in determining appropriate paths for objects having a wide range of object sizes. The objects may include objects having a continuous range of possible object sizes. The use of a single navigation mesh for a range of object sizes may reduce the amount of storage needed to store separate navigation meshes for different object sizes. According to some implementations, constraints at outer boundaries of the navigation mesh may be determined based on a given object size allowing a single navigation mesh to be used for objects of any size. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016091 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a reference voltage setting unit, an organic EL display unit; a monitor wire and sample-and-hold circuit which detect at least one of a high-side potential and a low-side potential applied to at least one pixel inside the organic EL display unit; and a variable-voltage source which regulates at least one of a high-side output potential and a low-side output potential outputted from the reference voltage setting unit. The monitor wire and the sample-and-hold circuit perform the detection of the at least one of the high-side potential and the low-side potential in at least part of an image display period, and the monitor wire and the sample-and-hold circuit do not perform the detection of the at least one of the high-side potential and the low-side potential in a black display period. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016092 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF GENERATING A 3D VISUALIZATION FROM 2D IMAGES - The invention relates to the field of computerized generation of a visualization from a plurality of images. In particular, the invention relates to generating a three-dimensional (3D) visualization from a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) medical images. The images may be obtained from an ultrasound device. Regions of interest are segmented in at least two images and the region of interest is then tracked and segmented among the remaining images. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016093 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAMAANM UENO; YasuhiroAACI Yokohama-shiAACO JPAAGP UENO; Yasuhiro Yokohama-shi JPAANM TANABE; ShigekiAACI Yokohama-shiAACO JPAAGP TANABE; Shigeki Yokohama-shi JP - According to an aspect, a display device includes a display unit, a control unit, and a detecting unit. The display unit stereoscopically displays a three-dimensional block in a three-dimensional space. A virtual play space in the three-dimensional space is sectioned in a three-dimensional matrix pattern, and the three-dimensional block occupies one or a plurality of sections obtained by sectioning. The detecting unit detects a position of an object in the three-dimensional space. The control unit controls the display unit to allow the three-dimensional block to appear. When a change with time in the object in the three-dimensional space is detected by the detecting unit, the control unit controls the display unit to allow the three-dimensional block to move in section unit based on a detection result. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016094 | VERGENCE CONTROL METHOD FOR STEREO-SCOPIC IMAGE CONTROL AND PORTABLE DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAMEAANM CHO; Jeong HeuiAACI Ansan-siAACO KRAAGP CHO; Jeong Heui Ansan-si KRAANM YOON; Je HanAACI Seongnam-siAACO KRAAGP YOON; Je Han Seongnam-si KR - A vergence control method for controlling a stereoscopic display is provided. The method comprises reproducing a stereoscopic image, receiving an input signal for vergence view adjustment of the stereoscopic image, and adjusting a vergence view so that a position corresponding to the received input signal becomes the vergence view by removing a parallax of image frames of the position. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016095 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSOR AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE IMAGE PROCESSORAANM Park; MyungsooAACI SeoulAACO KRAAGP Park; Myungsoo Seoul KRAANM Lee; JaewooAACI Paju-siAACO KRAAGP Lee; Jaewoo Paju-si KRAANM Kim; HanseokAACI Paju-siAACO KRAAGP Kim; Hanseok Paju-si KRAANM Kim; TaewookAACI SeoulAACO KRAAGP Kim; Taewook Seoul KR - This embodiments herein relate to an image processing method and a stereoscopic image display device that provide high readability of a text area when implementing both 2D images and 3D images. The embodiments described herein convert the left(right)-eye image data corresponding to the left(right)-eye coordinates into a mean of the left(right)-eye image data corresponding to the left(right)-eye coordinates and the left(right)-eye image data adjacent to thereof on the other line. Therefore, the embodiments described herein may compensate for the left(right)-eye conversion data which are not arranged on a 3D format. As a result, the embodiments described herein may improve readability of the text area in the 3D mode. Also, the embodiments described herein may improve readability on the text area by applying a sharpness filter to the original 2D image corresponding to the 2D coordinates which is detected as the text area in the 2D mode. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016096 | 3D IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMPLEMENTATION METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOFAANM KWON; Oh-yunAACI SeoulAACO KRAAGP KWON; Oh-yun Seoul KRAANM KIM; Jae-cheolAACI Suwon-siAACO KRAAGP KIM; Jae-cheol Suwon-si KR - A three-dimensional (3D) image processing apparatus, an implementation method thereof and a computer-readable storage medium thereof are provided. The 3D image processing apparatus includes: an image processor which generates stereoscopic image processing information from an input image including a plurality of frames, and performs a rendering operation based on the generated stereoscopic image processing information to process the input image into a stereoscopic image; a controller which performs an error identification operation for a part of the plurality of frames having the stereoscopic image processing information; a display unit which displays the stereoscopic image processed by the image processor and error information on the part of the plurality of frames according to a result of the error identification operation performed by the controller. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016097 | Virtual Camera System - A virtual camera system comprises a plurality of physical cameras and a hardware setup miming software to create virtual viewpoints for the virtual camera system. The position of the physical cameras is constrained, where the main constraint is the overlap between the physical cameras. The present invention provides a method for creating a virtual viewpoint of a plurality of images captured by the plurality of cameras, the images comprising current frames and previous frames. The method comprises creating background frames by combining a set of previous frames; creating a plurality of foreground masks by performing segmentation on the plurality of current frames, the segmentation comprising separating foreground objects from background objects using the created background frames; extracting the foreground objects by AND-ing the plurality of current frames with the created plurality of foreground masks; rendering the foreground objects by using a three dimensional depth-box constrained viewpoint interpolation algorithm on the plurality of current frames, the three dimensional depth box being constructed for each foreground object by exploiting information from the created foreground masks and positioning information of the foreground objects; rendering a view-dependent background image by performing homographic transformations on the created background frames; and creating the virtual viewpoint by superimposing the rendered foreground objects on the rendered background frame. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130021323 | Displaying Three-Dimensional Image Data - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for displaying three-dimensional image data. For example, the position of one or more markers can be tracked. Then, image may be displayed based at least in part on the position of the one or more markers. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021324 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY QUALITY - A method for improving three-dimensional (3D) display quality is provided. A first image data and a second image data for 3D display are associated with a single eye (left eye or right eye). A third state associated with both eyes is generated by analyzing a data difference between the first image data and the second image data. Thereby, the flickering problem can be resolved and image quality, brightness, and resolution can be improved. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021325 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND A DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) image display device including a display panel assembly including a display panel displaying an image and a timing controller, an integration controller transmitting an input image signal to the timing controller, a shutter member including a left eye shutter and a right eye shutter, a shutter timing determining unit receiving a shutter member control source signal from the integration controller or an outside source to generate shutter timing information, and a shutter timing controller receiving the shutter timing information to generate a shutter member control signal and transmitting the shutter member control signal to the shutter member, wherein an open time or a close time of the left eye shutter or the right eye shutter for a frame is based on the shutter timing information. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021326 | LED DRIVING SYSTEM AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A light emitting diode (LED) driving system driving a LED array of a display device includes a microcontroller, a control circuit, a pulse width modulator (PWM) controller, a first driving circuit, a second driving circuit, a first converter circuit and a second converter circuit. The microcontroller outputs a first signal when the display device is in a three dimension (3D) mode. The control circuit generates and output a 3D control signal upon receiving the first signal. The second converter circuit converts a direct current power into a second direct current voltage when the display device is in the 3D mode, and the second converter circuit stops working when the display device is in a two dimension mode. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021327 | IMAGE CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME - An image control device and an image displaying system comprising the same are provided. The image control device co-operates with a displaying device of the image displaying system. When a proximity sensor of the image control device senses proximity of a user, it generates a three-dimensional image activation signal for informing the displaying device to play a three-dimensional image so that the user can watch the three-dimensional image through three-dimensional image filter units of the image control device. When the proximity sensor of the image control device senses the leaving of the user, it generates a three-dimensional image ending signal for informing the displaying device to stop displaying the three-dimensional image. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021328 | LAYOUT METHOD OF SUB-PIXEL RENDERINGS - A layout method of sub-pixel renderings includes the following steps: providing an RGB pixel rendering, wherein each pixel of the RGB pixel rendering includes a plurality of sub-pixels, and the plurality of sub-pixels have different colors from each other; and when displaying a stereo image, dividing the RGB pixel rendering into a first sub-pixel rendering corresponding to a left-eye image and a second sub-pixel rendering corresponding to a right-eye image; wherein at least one of each row and each column of the first sub-pixel rendering includes R, G, and B sub-pixels, and at least one of each row and each column of the second sub-pixel rendering includes R, G, and B sub-pixels. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021329 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display unit respectively displaying respective pixel information of plural viewpoint images different from one another by arranging the pixel information in a circulating order in the plural viewpoint images on a display surface; and a barrier unit having plural liquid crystal barriers capable of being switched between an open state and a closed state, extending in a first direction as well as arranged side by side in a second direction intersecting the first direction, in which each barrier includes plural branch electrodes arranged side by side. A pitch “s” of the branch electrodes in the second direction satisfies the following expression (A). | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021330 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH 3-D STRUCTURE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control method of a display apparatus is provided. The control method includes: obtaining at least one piece of identification information of a user and identification information of three-dimensional (3D) glasses; obtaining a disparity setting mapped to the identification information; and displaying a left eye image and a right eye image by determining a degree of disparity based on the disparity setting. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021331 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing system includes a stereoscopic display device and a control unit. The stereoscopic display device is configured to display a stereoscopic image viewed by an observer stereoscopically by displaying a predetermined parallax number of parallax images. The control unit is configured to perform control, when generating the predetermined parallax number of parallax images from volume data that is three-dimensional medical image data, so as to change a parallactic angle between parallax images based on the shape of a subject portion and to display a predetermined parallax number of parallax images at the parallactic angle thus changed on the stereoscopic display device. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021332 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An image processing method is provided that includes: acquiring an original image; and with respect to pixels in an area which is within the acquired original image and from which parallax information is not extracted or acquired, generating the parallax information of the pixels in the area in accordance with a magnitude relation of the parallax information of at least two pixels which are adjacent or close to the pixels in the area and which are included among pixels from which the parallax information is extracted or acquired. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021333 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus generates a plurality of viewpoint images from an input image signal formed by a two-dimensional image signal such that a signal difference between viewpoints is a predetermined value, and both of two viewpoint images where the signal difference between viewpoints is equal to twice the predetermined value form a left eye image and a right eye image for realizing three-dimensional stereoscopic vision. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021334 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - In a liquid crystal display, black data is input to a portion of the pixel rows only during display of a | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021335 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - In an image processing system according to an embodiment, an image processing device in the embodiment includes a receiving unit, a flat image generator, and an output unit. The receiving unit receives setting of a region of interest on parallax images of a subject that are displayed stereoscopically. The flat image generator generates a flat image of a cut surface of the subject that is generated by cutting the subject along a plane corresponding to the region of interest received by the receiving unit based on volume data of the subject stored in a predetermined storage device. The output unit outputs the flat image generated by the flat image generator. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021336 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - An image processing system according to an embodiment includes a stereoscopic display device, a receiving unit, and a display controller. The stereoscopic display device displays a stereoscopic image that is capable of being viewed stereoscopically using a parallax image group as a plurality of parallax images generated by performing rendering processing on volume data as three-dimensional medical image data. The receiving unit receives a region of interest in the stereoscopic image. The display controller causes the stereoscopic display device to display the parallax image group that has been generated by performing the rendering processing on the volume data based on a plurality of viewpoint positions of which sight line directions intersect with one another at a position of the volume data that corresponds to the region of interest received by the receiving unit. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021337 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER-BASED EVALUATION OF IMAGE DATASETS - A method is disclosed for computer-based evaluation of a basic image dataset including a number of image slices on an evaluation device. In at least one embodiment, at least one three-dimensional reconstruction dataset is determined from the basic image dataset by way of the evaluation device, wherein within the framework of an evaluation application of multiplanar reconstruction for a requested presentation of the reconstruction dataset in an original image layer plane, the corresponding unprocessed slice image of the basic image dataset is displayed and at least one image processing tool applied within the framework of the multiplanar reconstruction is applied to the three-dimensional reconstruction dataset. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021338 | MULTI-INSTANCE, MULTI-USER VIRTUAL REALITY SPACES - A mufti-instance, multi-user animation platform includes a plurality of modeled parallel dimensions in a computer memory. Each of the parallel dimensions may be an independent model of a physical, three-dimensional space having corresponding features such that the parallel dimensions are recognizable as counterparts to each other. Avatars are located within corresponding ones of the parallel dimensions so as to prevent over-population of any one of the parallel dimensions by avatars. Avatars are animated within different ones of the parallel dimensions using input from respective users to provide virtual-reality data. The virtual-reality data may be configured to cause remote clients to output an animated display of a corresponding one of the parallel dimensions and avatars therein. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021339 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ON THE BASIS OF CALCULATED IMAGE ROTATIONS - Method for producing a three-dimensional image of an object, includes: providing a first image of an object, supplying image values associated with image elements of the first image to a processing device, calculating at least one image constructed from image elements and rotated around a rotation point through a rotation angle, dividing the rotated image into image lines, forming groups of corresponding image lines for at least two images, including the at least one rotated image, supplying the image values associated with image elements located along the image lines for the groups of corresponding image lines to an imaging device, and applying, with the imaging device, imaging intensities and/or colours corresponding to the image values onto a substrate under a pattern of linear lenses, so that the image intensities and/or colours of each group of corresponding image lines are applied under a linear lens associated with the group. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130027385 | SEMANTIC-DRIVEN PROFILE CURVE INTERPOLATION FOR SWEPT-SURFACE EXTRUSION - A method, apparatus, system, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to transition between two different profile curves in a swept surface extrusion. Each curve has section sequences that include consecutive sections, which in turn include constant attributes, which in turn include graphic attributes and semantic attributes. The section sequences define a semantic pattern for each profile curve. A globally optimal match is computed between the sections of the different curves. Adapted curves are generated that are structurally identical but geometrically resemble their respective original curves. An actual profile curve is computed for a given position on an extrusion line using a one-to-one vertex position morphing based on the adapted curves. The swept surface extrusion is performed and the result is displayed. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027386 | RENDERING AND DISPLAYING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT REPRESENTATION - A touch screen controller is configured for use in an electronic system. The electronic system comprises: the touch screen controller, a host processing system physically distinct from the touch screen controller, a display screen, and a proximity sensor element. The touch screen controller comprises proximity sensor control circuitry, a rendering module, and display refresh circuitry. The proximity sensor control circuitry is configured to operate the proximity sensor element to sense input objects in a sensing region of the electronic system. The rendering module is configured to render three-dimensional object representations for display on the display screen. The display refresh circuitry is configured to update the display screen with an image received from and processed by the host processing system and with the three-dimensional object representation rendered by the rendering module. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027387 | Stereoscopic Display Device and Control Method Thereof - A stereoscopic display device and a control method thereof are disclosed. A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel of the stereoscopic display device is configured to display left-eye frames and right-eye frames alternately. Each of the left-eye frames includes a left-eye sub-frame and a black sub-frame that are displayed by a first display region and a second display region alternatively. Each of the right-eye frames includes a right-eye sub-frame and a black sub-frame that are displayed by the first display region and the second display region alternately. The backlight module includes a first backlight and a second backlight. The first backlight and the second backlight are turned on alternately in such a way that the first backlight illuminates the first display region when the first display region displays one of the left-eye sub-frames and the right-eye sub-frames and the second backlight illuminates the second display region when the second display region displays one of the left-eye sub-frames and the right-eye sub-frames. In this way, uniformity in brightness of the stereoscopic display device can be improved. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027388 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DOWNSIZING SURFACE ELEVATION DATA - Provided is an apparatus and method for downsizing surface elevation data. The method includes receiving surface elevation data consisting of a plurality of cells, sequentially searching all the cells in a predetermined direction, comparing data of a cell having a predetermined reference elevation value or more with data of nearby cells, setting the cell as a boundary region when there is a nearby cell having different elevation data than the cell, grouping cells having the same data centered on the cell set as the boundary region, and performing triangulation on the basis of the grouping results. Since pieces of the same elevation data among pieces of high-resolution surface elevation data used in an outdoor environment are grouped as one, it is possible to carry out efficient analysis and improve analysis speed. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027389 | MAKING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE INTO THREE DIMENSIONS - A 2D (two dimensional) image can be received that comprises at least one image layer. A depth value can be added to the image layer in the 2D image. The 2D image can be made into 3D (three dimensional) by using the added depth value. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027390 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A stereoscopic image display device and method for driving the same are disclosed. The stereoscopic image display device comprises: a display panel including data lines and gate lines; an image converter that calculates disparity values based on depth values of the depth map extracting from 2D image data, calculates gain disparities by multiplying each of the disparity values by a predetermined gain value, generates left-eye image data and right-eye image data by shifting the 2D image data according to each of the gain disparities, and converts the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data into the 3D image data according to a 3D format; a data driver that converts the 3D image data to data voltage and supplies data voltage to the data lines; and a gate driver that sequentially supplies gate pulses to the gate lines. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027391 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE SYSTEM - A stereoscopic image system is provided. The stereoscopic image system comprises: a depth detection unit, for receiving a two-dimensional image and a corresponding depth image, and generating a depth level map according to the two-dimensional image and the corresponding depth image; a stereoscopic image generator, for generating a stereoscopic image pair corresponding to the two-dimensional image according to the two-dimensional image and the depth level map; and a stereoscopic image adjusting apparatus, for generating a depth level range map according to the depth level map, and performing a pixel shifting process and an interpolation process to objects within a plurality of depth levels in the stereoscopic image pair to generate an output stereoscopic image pair according to the stereoscopic image pair and the depth level range map. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027392 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a technology that enables control selection as to which of a raster image for three-dimensional display, which is generated based on a raster image drawn in a memory, and the raster image drawn in the memory is to be displayed without forcing a user to do complicated work. A drawing unit draws a raster image generated based on data serving as a basis of the raster image into the memory. A pseudo-three-dimensional rendering control unit performs control as to which of the raster image drawn in the memory and a raster image for three-dimensional display based on the raster image drawn in the memory is to be displayed on a display device, in accordance with the drawing of the raster image based on the data serving as the basis of the raster image into the memory. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027393 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an image generation unit configured to generate a viewpoint image in a case where a watch point set in a three-dimensional virtual space is viewed from a predetermined virtual viewpoint, a detection unit configured to detect a movement of an operator, and a viewpoint displacement unit configured to displace the virtual viewpoint with the set watch point as a reference on the basis of the detected movement of the operator. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027394 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MULTI-VIEW RENDERING - Provided is an apparatus and method of multi-view rendering. A method of multi-view rendering includes rendering one or more 3D objects based on a first viewpoint, transforming pixel values of pixels of the first viewpoint, which are obtained by the rendering of the 3D objects, into pixel values of pixels based on a second viewpoint that is different from the first viewpoint, detecting an occlusion region that is a remaining region other than a region represented by the pixel values obtained by the transforming of the pixel values in an image based on the second viewpoint, and rendering the detected occlusion region based on the second viewpoint. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027395 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a display device includes a display unit, a detecting unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a publication. The detecting unit detects an object that performs an operation of turning a page of the publication. The control unit causes the display unit to display a display object associated with a page, of pages of the publication, to be displayed according to the operation detected by the detecting unit. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027396 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR 2D TO 3D CONVERSION - A device and method are provided for two dimension (2D) to three dimension (3D) conversion. A 2D to 3D conversion device receives a 2D image data. The 2D to 3D conversion device assigns position data of a predetermined window. The 2D to 3D conversion device generates a depth map including a depth data of the 2D image data according to the 2D image data and the position data of the predetermined window. The 2D to 3D conversion device converts the 2D image data into a 3D image data according to the depth data of the depth map and the position data of the predetermined window. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130033482 | Method and apparatus for preparing image representative data - Apparatus for processing a digital mesh representing a three-dimensional subject automatically filters out portions of a predetermined color to simplify further processing. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033483 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - An electronic device for displaying a three-dimensional image and a method of using the same, and more particularly, to an electronic device for displaying a three-dimensional image and a method of using the same that can provide a user interface for controlling positions of a three-dimensional icon and a virtual layer including the same according to a user gesture are provided. The electronic device for displaying a three-dimensional image includes a camera for photographing a gesture action in three-dimensional space; a display unit for displaying a virtual layer including at least one object with a first depth at three-dimensional virtual space; and a controller for selectively performing one of a first action of changing a depth in which the virtual layer is displayed to a second depth and a second action of changing a position of the object, according to the gesture action based on a gesture input mode. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033484 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE MARKERLESS PAPER DOCUMENTS IN 3D SPACE WITH MOBILE CAMERAS AND PROJECTORS - Systems and methods directed to fine-grained interaction with ordinary markerless paper documents and projectors at flexible poses in 3D space. Systems and methods allow for the projection of images onto non-flat variable surfaces by utilizing depth detection techniques in order to project an image or video properly onto a variable surface. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033485 | CHANGING BETWEEN DISPLAY DEVICE VIEWING MODES - Embodiments that relate facilitating the viewing of images on a mobile device are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a mobile device including a display screen and an image display system configured to selectively switch between a first viewing mode in which an image comprising a first amount of visual information is displayed at a first apparent distance from the display screen and a second viewing mode in which an image comprising a second, different amount of visual information is displayed at a second apparent distance from the display screen. The mobile device further includes a controller in communication with the image display system, wherein the controller is configured to switch between the first viewing mode and the second viewing mode. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033486 | Computer System For Animating 3D Models Using Offset Transforms - The present invention relates to a novel 3D animation system for animating models. The system uses offset transforms to make it possible to make animation components that can be added individually to the animation system. The animation components simplify the process of animating 3D models performed conventionally. For example, the user can apply various animation components to the 3D object to make it move for a specific time, rather than the conventional process of specifying the precise position of a 3D object at specific frames. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033487 | IMAGE TRANSFORMING DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided are image transforming device and method. The image transforming method includes: receiving a selection of first and second images which are separately captured; extracting a matching point between the first and second images; calculating a first transformation parameter of the first image and a second transformation parameter of the second image by using the matching point; and applying the first transformation parameter to the first image to generate a left eye image and the second transformation parameter to the second image to generate a right eye image. Therefore, a 3-dimensional (3D) image is generated by using a separately captured image. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033488 | DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, AND LIGHTING UNIT - A lighting unit includes: a plurality of two-dimensionally-arrayed light emitting sections; and a drive section that drives the plurality of light emitting sections on an individual basis. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033489 | MULTIGRID PRESSURE SOLVER FOR FLUID SIMULATION - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth multigrid generation technique which enables accurate simulations of large scale three dimensional (3D) fluid volumes. A model of the fluid to be simulated is represented using a cell grid. The generated multigrid provides a hierarchy of increasingly coarser representations of the model that are used by a pressure solver. Eulerian simulation techniques require solving a linear system to determine pressure values for each cell within the cell grid. Different levels of the multigrid are then used to compute the pressure values for different regions of the model, maintaining accuracy near the surface of the fluid while simplifying the computations. The accurate pressure values ensure that the simulation produces detailed features of the water movement. Additionally, the multigrid pressure solver may be optimized for execution by a graphics processor. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033490 | Method, System and Computer Program Product for Reorienting a Stereoscopic Image - For reorienting a stereoscopic image of first and second views, a depth map is generated in response to disparities of features between the first and second views. The depth map assigns depths to pixels of the stereoscopic image. In response to the depth map and the second view, a replacement of the first view is synthesized. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033491 | Method and Apparatus for Full Resolution 3D Display - Method and apparatus for displaying full resolution, high definition (HD) three-dimensional (3D) images in a liquid crystal display (LCD) device by alternating polarization (or spectrum) of pixels present in a 4K LCD device. A first method comprises spatially dividing pixels by alternating polarization of pixels present in a 4K LCD device utilizing vertical, horizontal and checkerboard interlacing techniques. Another method comprises spatially alternating two sets of narrow band-pass color filters RGB | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033492 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACING OBJECTS ACROSS A SURFACE OF A GRAPHICS OBJECT - One embodiment of the invention sets forth a technique for placing objects across a surface of a graphics object. The technique includes establishing a first plurality of grid points over the surface of the graphics object, wherein each grid point in the plurality of grid points is located either inside or outside the surface, establishing a second plurality of grid points that includes only grid points in the first plurality of grid points that are located inside the surface, marking each grid point in the second plurality of grid points as an eligible area or an ineligible area onto which objects can be placed, selecting from the second plurality of grid points a grid point that is marked as an eligible area, and placing an object onto the selected grid point. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130038598 | Image Processor, Display System, and Method for Producing Three Dimension Images - An image processor which produces three dimension images according to a shift signal includes a receive circuit, a pixel select circuit, a pixel arrange circuit, and a shift circuit, in which the receive circuit receives the left eye pictures and the right eye pictures, the pixel select circuit selects pixel information from the left eye pictures and the right eye pictures, the pixel arrange circuit arranges the selected pixel information onto a lot of positions for right eye or left eye of the viewer, and the shift circuit shifts the arranged pixel information when the shift signal is asserted. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038599 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION SICKNESS MINIMIZATION USING INTEGRATION OF ATTENDED AND UNATTENDED DATASTREAMS - A system for substantially simultaneous data presentation is provided having a processor and memory with instructions for execution by the processor for: receiving attended data, including data for a user to attends to by paying attention to the data; receiving unattended data, which includes data that the user does not have to attend to in order to sense and process it; and generating presentation data. The presentation is suitable for presentation by a presentation device for substantially simultaneous presentation of the attended data and the unattended data in a manner in which the unattended data at least partially overlaps the attended data and the unattended data does not interfere with the attended data by replacing, erasing, or suppressing the attended data, and vice versa. The presented unattended data gives unconscious cues that the user can sense and provide information to the user while attending to the presented attended data, without attending to the presented unattended data. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038600 | System and Method of Processing 3D Stereoscopic Image - A 3D stereoscopic image processing system comprises a receiver unit and an image processing unit. The receiver unit is adapted to receive a pair of stereoscopic images. The image processing unit is adapted to compute a first depth map from the pair of stereoscopic images, determine extreme depth values from a window selected in the depth map, determine a filter map based on the extreme depth values, and compute a second depth map by combining the filter map with the first depth map. In other embodiments, a method of processing stereoscopic images is provided, comprising computing a first depth map from a pair of stereoscopic images, generating a filter map associated with the first depth map, and combining the first depth map with the filter map to derive a second depth map. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038601 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING AN OBJECT IN VIRTUAL WORLD - A system and method of controlling characteristics of an avatar in a virtual world may generate avatar control information based on avatar information of the virtual world and a sensor control command expressing a user intent using a sensor-based input device. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038602 | MULTI-VIEW DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-view display device display images based on received image signals, received request signals, and transmits timing control signals. When the device receives request signals with distinct channel information during a given period, the device displays a first image signal and transmits a first timing control signal that includes one of the distinct channel information during a first period of an image frame, and displays a second image signal and transmits a second timing control signal that includes the other of the distinct channel information during another second period of the image frame. User controllers having glasses are activated or deactivated to view or obscure the displayed images based on receipt of the timing control signals. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038603 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SENSORY VIBRATION - In an image display apparatus for outputting a vibration with a sense of realism and an realistic sense and a method for adjusting an intensity of vibration for implementing a vibration with sense of realism and an realistic sense, a user of the image display apparatus can directly recognize (experience) a situation happened on a space formed by a screen by virtue of the vibration with the sense or presence and the realistic sense, output in association with an effect of a displayed image, and also can feel more the sense of realism and the realistic sense from the situation in the game or a virtual reality. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038604 | Sending Three-Dimensional Images over a Network - A benefit is obtained for sending digital information over a network. The digital information is representative of three-dimensional images which include photographic images. The receiving computer renders the images from the received digital information, and a viewer at the receiving computer can interactively choose a viewpoint or perspective to view the images on a display of the receiving computer. The benefit to the sender can be monetary compensation and/or increased recognition of the sender, for example. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038605 | SELECTIVE FLOW VISUALIZATION OF TRACED PARTICLES - A method for tracing a plurality of virtual particles through a flow filed includes receiving a flow field. A flow domain is divided into cells. Virtual particles are defined within the flow domain and values are collected for flow properties at each cell. A histogram is generated for each cell representing the collected flow properties for that corresponding cell. The histogram includes, for each of the one or more flow properties, a plurality of bins defining ranges of property values and a count of virtual particles within that cell that exhibit those properties. The histograms for the plurality of cells are advected with respect to the flow field over time. A graphical representation of the plurality of particles within the flow domain is rendered based on the advected histograms for the plurality of cells using a graphics processor. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038606 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a left eye image input unit configured to input a left eye image (L image) which is a left eye image signal applied to three-dimensional image display, a right eye image input unit configured to input a right eye image (R image) which is a right eye image signal applied to three-dimensional image display, a parallax information generating unit configured to generate parallax information from the left eye image (L image) and the right eye image (R image), and a virtual view point image generating unit configured to receive the left eye image (L image), the right eye image (R image), and the parallax information, and generate virtual view point images including a view point image other than view points of the received LR images. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038607 | TIME LINE OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE, TIME LINE OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSOR - There is provided a time line operation control device including a time line holding section that holds a time line which is a prescription of a time-series changing control, a meta time line holding section that holds a meta time line prescribing a progression path on the time line, and a control section that progresses time on the time line representing a position on the time line in accordance with the progression path on the time line prescribed in the meta time line to thereby control the time line operation in accordance with the progression. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038608 | THREE DIMENSIONAL GLASSES AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - Three-dimensional glasses include a first driving portion that receives a sync signal from an image display apparatus on which a three-dimensional image is displayed, and generates and outputs a timing signal using the received sync signal; a second driving portion that receives an input voltage and outputs the input voltage using the timing signal; a storage portion that stores information for pairing with the image display apparatus and outputs the stored information on request of the first driving portion; and a lens portion having left and right eye glasses that alternately perform on and off operation based on the output voltage of the second driving portion, wherein the second driving portion and the storage portion are configured of a single chip. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038609 | Generating a Three-Dimensional Model Using a Portable Electronic Device Recording - Systems and methods are provided for navigating a three-dimensional model using deterministic movement of an electronic device. An electronic device can load and provide an initial display of a three dimensional model (e.g., of an environment or of an object). As the user moves the electronic device, motion sensing components can detect the device movement and adjust the displayed portion of the three-dimensional model to reflect the movement of the device. By walking with the device in the user's real environment, a user can virtually navigate a representation of a three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, a user can record an object or environment using an electronic device, and tag the recorded images or video with movement information describing the movement of the device during the recording. The recorded information can then be processed with the movement information to generate a three-dimensional model of the recorded environment or object. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038610 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A user who views a display image through shutter glasses ( | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038611 | IMAGE CONVERSION DEVICE - The image conversion apparatus converts non-stereoscopic image data into stereoscopic image data configured by left-eye image data and right-eye image data. The image conversion apparatus includes an input unit that inputs a non-stereoscopic image, and a conversion unit that generates and outputs the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data based on the non-stereoscopic image data input through the input unit. When a stereoscopic image configured by the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed on a display apparatus capable of displaying a stereoscopic image, the conversion unit generates the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data to cause a user to visually recognize the stereoscopic image so that a predetermined portion in a horizontal direction in the displayed stereoscopic image is present at a position farthest from the user in a direction vertical to a display surface of the display apparatus, and a portion other than the predetermined portion is present at a position closer to the user toward left and right ends of the stereoscopic image. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130044100 | PORTABLE DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED USER INTERFACE FOR MICROFLUIDIC DISPLAY - A portable device for providing an integrated user interface for microfluidic display is provided. The device includes a touchscreen and a microfluidic display being substantially transparent and superimposed over the touchscreen. A surface of the microfluidic display deforms in accordance with a touchscreen input item. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044101 | Three-Dimensional Image Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - Disclosed are a 3D image display device and a driving method thereof. The 3D image display device includes a panel, a barrier panel, an image collector, and a timing controller. The panel includes a plurality of left-eye pixels and right-eye pixels. The barrier panel is disposed at a front surface of the panel, and includes a light transmitting area and a light blocking area. The image collector collects images of an object. The timing controller sets and stores a view map with the images in a view map correction mode and, in a 3D viewing mode, determines which of a plurality of viewing zones for a 3D image the object is located in and generates a barrier control signal for driving the barrier panel according to the determined result. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044102 | METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for outputting a 3D image and a display apparatus using the same are provided. The method for outputting a 3D image includes generating a left eye image and a right eye image using an input image, decreasing resolution of the left eye image and the right eye image by a predetermined positive number of times and outputting the left eye image and the right eye image by increasing an output frequency by the positive number of times. Accordingly, a 60 Hz timing controller used for a general display apparatus may be used and thus, a flickering effect and a cross-talk effect may be prevented. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044103 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - Disclosed is an apparatus for displaying stereoscopic images. The apparatus for displaying stereoscopic images includes a stereoscopic image-generating part, a main display part, a sub-display part, and a translucent reflective structure part. The stereoscopic image-generating part splits a single image to generate a first stereoscopic image to be directly viewed by a user and a second stereoscopic image to be reflected and viewed by the user. The main display part directly displays the first stereoscopic image to a gaze of a user. The sub-display part displays the second stereoscopic image. The translucent reflective structure part reflects the second stereoscopic image displayed on the sub-display part. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044104 | Methods and Apparatus for Displaying an Image with Enhanced Depth Effect - Methods and apparatus for displaying an image with enhanced image depth arc disclosed. In one method, a range of depth values of picture elements (pixels) of an image is divided into multiple depth layers, and pixels in the different depth layers are displayed in a phased manner relative to the frame start time. For each image frame, objects with increasing depth in a scene arc displayed with increasing delays relative to the image frame start time. The resulting illusion of depth is believed to be attributable to the edge-detection response of the human visual system. which reacts strongly to the alternating illumination on each side of an object's edge. In some implementations, the display device includes multiple pixel units that arc individually activated dependent upon corresponding pixel depth data. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044105 | Three Dimensional Display Compute System - System and method for video holographic display. Information is received regarding a 2D hogel array with multiple hogel apertures, specifying number, size, and/or spacing of the hogel apertures. Information regarding a 3D scene is received, including a scaling factor mapping the 3D scene to a 3D display volume. Due to gradual variation of radiation patterns from hogel to hogel, a full set of color radiation intensity patterns for the entire hogel array may be generated by interpolating the color radiation intensity patterns from a sparse subset of the hogels without having to compute all of the patterns. The full set of color radiation intensity patterns may then be used to holographically display the 3D scene. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044106 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OBJECT PROCESSING IN VIRTUAL WORLDS - Systems and methods of virtual world interaction, operation, implementation, instantiation, creation, and other functions related to virtual worlds (note that where the term “virtual world” is used herein, it is to be understood as referring to virtual world systems, virtual environments reflecting real, simulated, fantasy, or other structures, and includes information systems that utilize interaction within a 3D environment). Various embodiments facilitate interoperation between and within virtual worlds, and may provide consistent structures for operating virtual worlds. The disclosed embodiments may further enable individuals to build new virtual worlds within a framework, and allow third party users to better interact with those worlds. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044107 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MANAGED SCRIPT EXECUTION - Systems and methods of virtual world interaction, operation, implementation, instantiation, creation, and other functions related to virtual worlds (note that where the term “virtual world” is used herein, it is to be understood as referring to virtual world systems, virtual environments reflecting real, simulated, fantasy, or other structures, and includes information systems that utilize interaction within a 3D environment). Various embodiments facilitate interoperation between and within virtual worlds, and may provide consistent structures for operating virtual worlds. The disclosed embodiments may further enable individuals to build new virtual worlds within a framework, and allow third party users to better interact with those worlds. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044108 | IMAGE RENDERING DEVICE, IMAGE RENDERING METHOD, AND IMAGE RENDERING PROGRAM FOR RENDERING STEREOSCOPIC PANORAMIC IMAGES - An image rendering device realizes stereoscopic viewing of a joint background image. A DIBR unit | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044109 | CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A control method and apparatus for stereoscopic display is provided. The method includes: obtaining the position change information of glasses of a user (s | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130050183 | System and Method of Rendering Stereoscopic Images - A method of rendering stereoscopic images comprises providing a first image of a scene having a first pixel resolution, and a second image of the same scene having a second pixel resolution different from the first pixel resolution, forming an image frame that assembles the first image of the first pixel resolution with the second image of the second pixel resolution, and transmitting the image frame to an image processing unit. In other embodiments, a system of rendering stereoscopic images is also described. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050184 | HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY - A system and method for generating a simulated three-dimensional object is disclosed. An initial image of a three-dimensional object is generated at an initial reference position on X, Y and Z axes. A number of displacement images of the object is generated at each of a number of angular offsets about one or more of the X, Y, or Z axes. Each of the displacement images are displayed on an electronic display in a sequence according to a direction around one or more of the X, Y, or Z axes. The electronic display is then rotated around the one or more of the X, Y, or Z axes at a speed synchronized to the spaced angles of displacement of the plurality of images. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050193 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A three-dimensional display apparatus includes a display panel, a display driver, an active polarizing layer, and an active polarizer. The display driver controls the display panel to display input image data categorized into data containing pixels in a first state, a second state, and a third state. The active polarizing layer is located on the display panel. The active polarizer controls the polarization direction of the active polarizing layer to enable the image displayed on the display panel to have the polarization direction after passing through the active polarizing layer. The active polarizing layer has first, second, and third polarization directions respectively corresponding to the pixels in the first state, the second state, and the third state in the display panel. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050194 | INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, UTILIZING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNIQUE - An exemplary embodiment provides an information processing program. The information processing program includes image obtaining instructions, search target detection instructions, event occurrence instructions, virtual image generation instructions, and display control instructions. The search target detection instructions cause a computer to detect a search target from an image of a subject. The event occurrence instructions cause the computer to cause an event to occur in a virtual space in accordance with variation in number of search targets. The virtual image generation instructions cause the computer to generate a virtual image by shooting the event with a virtual camera arranged in the virtual space. The display control instructions cause a display to display the virtual image such that the virtual image is visually recognized by a user as superimposed on the image of the subject or on the subject seen through a screen of the display. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050199 | INPUT, DISPLAY AND MONITORING OF CONTACT CENTER OPERATION IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT - A system and method are provided. A virtual reality environment rendering module provides a virtual reality environment representative of one or more of a contact center, a predictive dialer, and a media collaboration session. The virtual reality environment includes monitored virtual objects associated with a plurality of monitored entities and a monitor virtual object associated with a human monitor. The monitored object moves relative to a coordinate system defining the virtual reality environment. In response to detection of a trigger event, an information manager provides, to the human monitor, information associated with a selected monitored entity corresponding to a selected monitored virtual object. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050200 | OBJECT SEARCH DEVICE, VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND OBJECT SEARCH METHOD - An object search device has an object searching unit configured to search for an object in a screen frame, an object position correcting unit configured to correct a position of an object area comprising the searched object so that the searched object is located at a center of the object area, an object area correcting unit configured to adjust the area size of the object area so that a background area not including the searched object in the object area is reduced, and a coordinate detector configured to detect a coordinate position of the searched object based on the object area corrected by the object area correcting unit. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050201 | METHOD OF IMAGE DEPTH ESTIMATION AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A method and an apparatus of image depth estimation are provided. The method includes the following steps. First, a hue value of each pixel in an image is calculated by comparing all color components of each pixel in the image. The hue value of each pixel in the image is associated with a corresponding value, wherein the corresponding value is a first numerical value or a second numerical value. Then, according to the corresponding value of each pixel in the image, a depth value of each pixel in the image is calculated, in which the depth value is used to convert the image into a three-dimensional (3D) image to be displayed on a 3D display apparatus. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050202 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an aspect, a display device includes a display unit, a detecting, and a control unit. The display unit has a display surface and is configured to three-dimensionally display a display object in a space on a back face side of the display surface. The detecting unit detects an action of an object in the space on the back face side. When the detecting unit detects a predetermined action of the object in the space on the back face side, the control unit changes the display object in the space on the back face side according to the predetermined action. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050203 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR 3-D IMAGE PROCESSING - A 3-D image processing device for processing a 3-D image data, wherein the 3-D image data has a base frame and a dependent frame, including: an image detection unit, detecting the 3-D image data to obtain the base frame and the dependent frame; an image compensation unit, generating a compensation dependent frame by performing image compensation for the dependent frame based on the base frame; and a display device, displaying a 3-D compensation image data according to the base frame and the compensation dependent frame, wherein the base frame and the dependent frame constitute a visual 3-D image, and the base frame has more image details than the dependent frame. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050204 | NAVIGATION DEVICE, METHOD OF OUTPUTTING A MAP, AND METHOD OF GENERATING A DATABASE - A navigation device comprises a processing device and a database. The database may store first data defining, for a plurality of objects, respectively a three-dimensional representation of the object. The database may store second data including, for at least a subset of the plurality of objects, an icon representation of the respective object, coordinates of the respective object and a pointer to a portion of the first data which is associated with the respective object. The processing device is coupled to the database and is configured to control an optical output device to display an object based on the first data or based on the second data. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050205 | VISUALIZING A CUSTOM PRODUCT IN SITU - Techniques are described for visualizing a product at the actual location in the environment at which the product is to be used or displayed. An embodiment of the approaches described herein may be used in the context of a computer-based system that can receive and store digital images, receive a request to manufacture a custom framed product including an identification of an image to be framed and a type of mat and/or frame, and display a preview image of the custom framed product that simulates the actual appearance of the product as closely as possible. With such a system, the preview image may be highly realistic under idealized lighting and display conditions. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050206 | TRACKABLE PROJECTION SURFACES USING HIDDEN MARKER TRACKING - Techniques for presenting display frames projected using a handheld projector. Embodiments detect a marker embedded in a display surface. A first display frame is projected onto the display surface from the handheld projector, where the first display frame projects, on the display surface, one or more animated objects positioned relative to the detected marker embedded in the display surface. Embodiments generate one or more subsequent display frames projected from the handheld projector, where at least a first one of the animated objects in the one or more subsequent display frames is positioned relative to the detected marker embedded in the display surface. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130057536 | Method for relieving eye strain using animation - The invention presents a method using animation to relax the eyes and help the eyes to do exercises for the ciliary muscles and lens, and enhance the regulating function of the lens. The method does not require any dedicated device except a display screen to play the animation. The method can also interact with the users to provide entertainment. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057537 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH IMAGE CONVERSION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a display system includes: calculating a focus measure for an original image; calculating a segment mean based on the focus measure for a segment; generating an ordered segment based on the segment mean; generating a segment depth based on the ordered segment; and generating a three-dimensional image with the segment depth for displaying on a device. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057538 | Method for providing a rendering of the respiratory tract of a human or animal patient during or after an intervention - A method for rendering a respiratory tract of a patient during an intervention is proposed. During the intervention, a catheter is introduced into the respiratory tract. A 3D image data record is obtained both using an X-ray angiography apparatus and also using a computed tomography system respectively. These 3D image data records are combined to obtain a rendering, in which both the advantages of the good mapping of structures by the computed tomography unit and those of the current rendering respectively, for example in respect of the position of the catheter, by the X-ray angiography apparatus are utilized. Optionally a further combination with images from an endoscope is also possible. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057539 | Barrier Panel and Three Dimensional Image Display Device Using the Same - A barrier panel is disclosed which includes: upper and lower substrates opposite to each other; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the upper and lower substrates; a plurality of upper electrodes formed parallel to one another in a direction on the upper substrate; and a plurality of lower electrodes formed on the lower substrate in another direction parallel to the upper electrode, wherein the upper and lower electrodes are alternately disposed. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057540 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL STEREO DRAWING - Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable storage media for stereo drawing that enable the creation of stereoscopic image pairs. A stereo drawing system may present 3D shape(s) via a user interface (UI). The user can position and rotate a 3D shape, for example via direct manipulation technology such as motion tracking technology. A drawing surface may be mapped to an input device via which input strokes may be applied to the surface. The input strokes are mapped locally onto the surface, thereby allowing the user to draw onto a well-defined shape in 3D space. The stereo drawing system maps what is drawn onto the drawing surface; the geometry of the drawing surface provides depth information so that stereoscopic image pairs can be automatically generated. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057541 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method for operating the image display apparatus includes entering a 3-dimensional (3D) mode, receiving color data and depth data of a 2-dimensional (2D) on screen display (OSD) according to the 3D mode, converting the 2D OSD into a 3D OSD using the color data and the depth data, and displaying a 3D image including the converted 3D OSD on a display. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057542 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus projecting 3D image data to 2D planar image data includes: an accumulation unit that accumulates the 3D image data having position coordinates and pixel values; an acquisition unit that acquires a display parameter, including a zoom parameter for changing image size, for the 2D image data to be created; a creation unit that creates the 2D image data from the 3D image data with the display parameter by determining a half view angle of the 3D image data and performing inverse projection transformation on the 2D image data while changing, in accordance with a change in the half view angle caused by the change in image size specified by the zoom parameter, an inverse projection transformation method applied to position coordinates used to create the 2D image data; and a display unit that displays the created 2D image data as a 2D planar image. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057543 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - Systems and methods are disclosed for generating stereoscopic images for a user based on one or more images captured by one or more scene-facing cameras or detectors and the position of the user's eyes or other parts relative to a component of the system as determined from one or more images captured by one or more user-facing detectors. The image captured by the scene-facing detector is modified based on the user's eye or other position. The resulting image represents the scene as seen from the perspective of the eye of the user. The resulting image may be further modified by augmenting the image with additional images, graphics, or other data. Stereoscopic mechanisms may also be adjusted or configured based on the location or the user's eyes or other parts. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057544 | AUTOMATIC 3D CLOTHING TRANSFER METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed here is An automatic 3D clothing transfer method comprising the processes of: (a) inputting the first avatar wearing the input clothing and the second avatar which will wear the input clothing; (b) making the input clothing as skin on the first avatar so that the input clothing deforms to the shape change of the first avatar; (c) fitting the first avatar wearing the input clothing as skin to the shape of the second avatar; (d) deforming the input clothing to the fitted shape of the first avatar based on the skinning result of process (b); (e) separating the input clothing from the fitted first avatar and move it onto the second avatar; and (f) draping the clothing without any intersections in the second avatar wearing the separated input clothing. The present invention enables us to automatically drape any 3D clothing on games, movies, TVs and web sites onto any 3D avatar. Further, it provides an automatic 3D clothing transfer method and device, which allows for making the clothing compatible among different sizes, shapes, and topologies of avatars provided by individual online shopping service, thus, for constructing a automatic clothing transfer platform. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057545 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD AND - Reproducibility of a depth of a stereoscopic moving image is improved. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057546 | PANORAMIC EXPANSION IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING PANORAMIC EXPANSION IMAGE - A panoramic image display device divides a panoramic expansion image into at least two panoramic images and displays the panoramic images. The panoramic expansion image display device including: a clipping reference position setting unit that sets a clipping reference position for the panoramic expansion image; an object detection unit that detects an object as a display target from the panoramic expansion image; a clipping position determination unit that determines a clipping position of the panoramic image according to a relationship between a detected object position and the clipping reference position; and a display image generation unit that displays the panoramic image clipped from the panoramic expansion image at the clipping position. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130063417 | OBJECT ALIGNMENT FROM A 2-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - The present disclosure provides methods, machine readable media, and systems for object alignment from a 2-dimensional (2-0) image of the object. One or more embodiments include defining a 2-D shape in the 2-D image and a 3-dimensional (3-D) shape in a 3-D model of the object, mapping a number of corresponding points on the 2-D and 3-D shapes, defining the 2-D and 3-D shapes with a number of triangles, wherein a number of vertices of the number of triangles correspond to the number of points, subdividing the number of triangles defining the 2-D and 3-D shapes into a plurality of subdivided triangles that include a plurality of new vertices, and reconstructuring a 3-D image from the 2-D image by assigning a number of z-coordinates from the plurality of subdivided triangles of the 3-D shape to the plurality of subdivided triangles of the 2-D shape to create a 3-D reconstructured shape. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063418 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA GENERATED FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHIC MODELS - Techniques are disclosed for creating animated video frames which include both computer generated elements and hand drawn elements. For example, a software tool may allows an artist to draw line work (or supply other 2D image data) to composite with an animation frame rendered from a three dimensional (3D) graphical model of an object. The software tool may be configured to determine how to animate such 2D image data provided for one frame in order to appear in subsequent (or prior) frames in a manner consistent with changes in rendering the underlying 3D geometry. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063419 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - A stereoscopic image display device includes an image dividing module dividing an input image including a two dimensional (2D) image and a depth information image into a plurality of divisions, wherein each of the divisions includes a portion of the 2d image and a portion of the depth information image corresponding to the portion of the 2D image, an image rendering module rendering the divisions to output a plurality of rendered images, and a display panel assembly combining the plurality of rendered images. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063420 | Stereoscopic Image Display Method, Stereoscopic Image Driving Method, and Stereoscopic Image Display System - A stereoscopic image display method for a liquid crystal display panel is disclosed. The stereoscopic image display method includes providing a stereoscopic image including a first image frame and a second image frame, displaying the first image frame on a plurality of first scan lines of a liquid crystal display panel and displaying a plurality of first black pixel data on a plurality of second scan lines of the liquid crystal display panel during a first frame period, and displaying the second image frame on the plurality of second scan lines of the liquid crystal display panel and displaying a plurality of second black pixel data on the plurality of first scan lines of the liquid crystal display panel during a second frame period. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063421 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY - A three-dimensional (3D) image display includes a display panel including regions arranged in a first direction and an image converting unit that converts a two-dimensional (2D) image displayed on the display panel into a 3D image. Each of a first region and a second region includes columns sequentially arranged in the first direction and a first pixel pattern or a second pixel pattern is included in each of the columns. The first and second pixel patterns each include first, second, third, and fourth color cells arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. The arrangement of the first to fourth color cells in the first pixel pattern is different from the arrangement of the first to fourth color cells in the second pixel pattern. The first and second pixel patterns are alternately arranged in corresponding columns of the first and second regions. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063422 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device includes a display panel including pixels, a frame rate convertor to separate an input image signal into left and right-eye image signals and output the left-eye image signal as first and second left-eye image signals and the right-eye image signal as first and second right-eye image signals, a timing controller to convert the first and second left-eye image signals into first and second left-eye output image signals according to locations of the display panel where the first and second left-eye image signals are displayed and the first and second right-eye image signals into first and second right-eye output image signals according to locations of the display panel where the first and second right-eye image signals are displayed, and a data driver to drive the pixels in response to the first and second left-eye output image signals and the first and second right-eye output image signals. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063423 | USER INTERFACE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention discloses a unique user interface of an electronic device. The user interface comprises a first interface and a second interface. The said first interface has a displaying mode and an operating mode. The displaying mode is capable of automatically and continuously displaying a first polyhedron icon by rotating thereto in a certain sequence. The operating mode is capable of rotating the polyhedron icon in accordance with the order of the user. The second interface is capable of displaying the polyhedron by unfolding it so as to display the displaying surfaces thereof. Furthermore, the present invention has an output mode. in the output mode, a plurality of reserved intervals are added on the periphery of the development drawing of polyhedron icon so as to provide a non-digital, physical 3D polyhedron by cutting, adhering and folding the reserved intervals. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063424 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing device including a congruence degree detecting unit which detects a degree of congruence of each of multiple scenes with respect to an input image made of a two-dimensional image, a depth image generating unit which generates, with respect to the input image, depth images each obtained by a technique corresponding to each of the scenes, a blending unit which blends the depth images, which are generated by the depth image generating unit and each generated by a technique corresponding to each of the scenes, at a blending ratio based on the degree of congruence of each of the scenes, to generate a blended depth image, and a three-dimensional image generating unit which generates a three-dimensional image, which can be viewed three-dimensionally, made of a left-eye image and a right-eye image generated by shifting each pixel of the input image using the blended depth image. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063425 | VISUALIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A visualization process visualizes a visualization range of a three-dimensional model based on physical values of regions of the model. The visualization process may include setting the visualization range, projecting the physical values corresponding to the visualization range onto a visualization plane, designating a coloring range for the projected physical values within the visualization range based on the physical values, defining color information that determines a relationship of the physical values and colors based on the coloring range, and coloring the visualization range based on the color information and the coloring range. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063426 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR RENDERING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE BY PERSPECTIVE PROJECTION - A game device, which is an example of a display control device is provided. The game device includes: a rendering unit that renders by perspective projection an object disposed in a three-dimensional space and displays the object on a display device; and a position adjusting unit that adjusts the position for disposing the object in the three-dimensional space so that the object is displayed at a position where the object should be displayed on a screen image of the display device. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063427 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An image display control system and method are provided. The image display control system includes a feature information acquiring unit that acquires feature information indicating a three-dimensional shape and a position of a feature. The image display system also includes a birds-eye view data creating unit that creates a birds-eye view and a panoramic view data creating unit that creates a panoramic view. The birds-eye view shows scenery to be acquired when viewing in a travel direction of a navigation terminal downward from a view position that is set at an upper point above a current position of the navigation terminal and the panoramic view shows scenery to be acquired when viewing a predetermined directional area including the travel direction of the navigation terminal at the current position. The image display control system also includes an image display control unit that displays the panoramic view above the birds-eye view. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063428 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING AN IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of displaying an image, the method includes providing a source data frame and at least one copy data frame repeating the source data frame to a display panel and, selectively providing boosted light of a first luminance level to the display panel during a first period and normal light of a second luminance level to the display panel during a second period, based on the source data frame and the copy data frame, the second luminance level being smaller than the first luminance level, the second period being longer than the first period. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL WORLD DATA - A system for delivering three-dimensional virtual content to a user. The system can include a three-dimensional virtual world hosted by a three-dimensional virtual world host, a client associated with a virtual plot of land within the three-dimensional virtual world, and a referencing database hosted by the three-dimensional virtual world host. A user can request three-dimensional virtual content relating to the virtual plot of land from the three-dimensional virtual world host, the three-dimensional virtual world host can respond by supplying the user with identifier data from the referencing database for the client associated with the virtual plot of land, the user can contact the client using the identifier data and request the three-dimensional virtual content, and the client can transmit the requested three-dimensional virtual content to the user. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063430 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DEPTH INFORMATION - An apparatus for generating depth information includes: a receiver which receives a two-dimensional (2D) image signal including a plurality of frames; a user input unit; a user interface (UI) generator which generates a tool UI to input guide information for generating depth information; a display unit which displays a frame for which depth information is generated among the plurality of frames, and the generated tool UI; and a depth information generator which generates depth information corresponding to the guide information input by the user input unit through the tool UI. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063431 | THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A three dimensional (3D) image display apparatus is provided, which includes a display which outputs a 3D image, a barrier which opens a first area to pass a light in a first direction of a 3D image pixel constituting the 3D image, and which closes a second area to block a light in a second direction of the 3D image pixel, and a controller which controls an operation of the barrier so that the first area becomes narrower than the second area. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063432 | VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM FOR VIEWING CURRENT AND PREVIOUSLY STORED OR CALCULATED MOTION DATA - Virtual reality system for viewing current and previously stored or calculated motion data. System obtains data from motion capture elements, analyzes data and stores data in database for use in virtual reality applications and/or data mining, which may be charged for. Enables unique displays associated with the user, such as 3D overlays onto images of the user to visually depict the captured motion data. Ratings, compliance, ball flight path data can be calculated and displayed, for example on a map or timeline or both. Enables performance related equipment fitting and purchase. Includes active and passive identifier capabilities. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063433 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF RENDERING WELL LOG VALUES - Rendering well log values. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods that involve: sending to a graphics processing unit (GPU) of a computer system vertices that define a panel, the sending by a main processor of the computer system, the main processor distinct from the GPU; sending a program to the GPU, the sending of the program by the main processor; sending a first set of well log values to the GPU, the sending of the first set of well log values by the main processor; executing the program by the GPU which program determines a first curve from the first set of well log values by the program executed by the GPU; and displaying on a display device of the computer system the first curve within the panel. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130069931 | CORRELATING MOVEMENT INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES - A system is described herein which receives internal-assessed (IA) movement information from a mobile device. The system also receives external-assessed (EA) movement information from at least one monitoring system which captures a scene containing the mobile device. The system then compares the IA movement information with the EA movement information with respect to each candidate object in the scene. If the IA movement information matches the EA movement information for a particular candidate object, the system concludes that the candidate object is associated with the mobile device. For example, the object may correspond to a hand that holds the mobile device. The system can use the correlation results produced in the above-indicated manner to perform various environment-specific actions. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069932 | ADJUSTABLE DEPTH LAYERS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A system and method for generating a three-dimensional image using depth layers is provided. A plurality of depth layers may be generated from the image, where each depth layer has a height, a width, and a thickness. Certain regions of the image may be assigned to one of the plurality of depth layers. A depth map may be generated based on the depth layers. Further, a disparity map may be generated based on both the depth map and the depth layers. A stereo view of the image may then be rendered based on the disparity map. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069933 | TRANSPARENT MULTI-VIEW MASK FOR 3D DISPLAY SYSTEMS - A multi-view mask apparatus for creating a three-dimensional (3D) display. The apparatus includes a relay lens assembly that is non-inverting of images passed through the relay lens assembly including images of background objects. The apparatus includes a mask display device concurrently displaying first and second mask content via the relay lens assembly. The first mask content is viewable from a first point of view (POV) and the second mask content is viewable from a second POV or the first mask content is apparent from a first light source direction and the second mask content is apparent from a second light source direction. The relay lens assembly includes four lenticular sheets arranged into first and second pairs with adjacent back sides. The mask display device is disposed in one pair between two lenticular sheets and operated to display the first and second mask content as interlaced images under the lenticules. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069934 | System and Method of Rendering Stereoscopic Images - In some embodiments, a method of rendering a stereoscopic image based on a two-dimensional image frame and a depth map comprises generating a saliency map of the two-dimensional image frame, determining a region where is located an object of focus from the saliency map, modifying the depth map such that a range of depth values in the depth map that is associated the object of focus is redistributed toward a depth level of a display screen, and generating a virtual stereoscopic image frame based on the modified depth map and the two-dimensional image frame. In other embodiments, systems of rendering stereoscopic images are also described. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069935 | DEPTH GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A depth generation method adapted for a 2D to 3D image conversion device is provided. The depth generation method includes the following steps. Motion vectors in an image frame are obtained by motion estimation. A global motion vector of the image frame is obtained. Motion differences between the motion vectors of each block and the global motion vector are calculated. A depth-from-motions of each block is obtained based on the motion differences. Furthermore, a depth generation apparatus using the same is also provided. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069936 | FEATURE-BASED DATA STRUCTURE FOR DIGITAL MANIKIN - A feature-based data structure of a digital manikin for describing the exterior features of a body comprises a plurality of feature points of the body, a plurality of girth lines, and a plurality of meridian lines. The girth lines pass through the feature points. Each of the meridian lines is formed by connecting the corresponding feature points respectively out of the girth lines. The girth lines of an arm of the body include an arm-hole girth, an elbow girth, and a palm base girth. The arm-hole girth passes through the shoulder end point, the front arm pit, and the rear arm pit. The elbow girth passes through the concave and convex points on the elbow girth. The palm base girth means the location where the size variation of the cross-sectional profile from the fore arm to the palm is the largest. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069937 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTENTS GENERATION METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and a contents generation method thereof are provided. A first mode and a second mode are provided. In the first mode, a position of at least one object is determined in response to depth information of the at least one object and the at least one object is displayed at the determined position. In the second mode, contents including the at least one object are displayed as a stereoscopic image. Conversion between the first mode and the second mode is controlled on the basis of a motion of the electronic device. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069938 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal is disclosed, which enables a user to change and view a 2D image and/or a 3D image on a display unit by changing a view angle without manipulation of an input unit. The present invention includes a display panel configured to display a plurality of output images, a multi-view angle panel provided in front of the display panel to provide a user with a prescribed one of a plurality of the output images in accordance with a plurality of preset view angles, and a controller partitioning the display panel into a plurality of display regions, the controller partitioning a plurality of the output images into a plurality of partitioned images to correspond to the number of a plurality of the display regions, the controller controlling the display panel to display a plurality of the partitioned images on a plurality of the display regions. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069939 | CHARACTER IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOOTSKATE CLEANUP IN REAL TIME ANIMATION - Provided are an apparatus and method for cleaning up footskate in real-time character animation that is generated using a depth camera. According to an aspect, a character image processing apparatus determines, when a character image frame is received, whether a character's foot included in the character image frame reaches a predetermined ground; sets a first character image frame in which a character's foot reaches the predetermined ground as a reference constraint frame; and designates the character's foot position in the reference constraint frame as a reference foot position. Then, the character image processing apparatus extracts any constraint frames in which the character's foot has to reach the predetermined ground from among character image frames received sequentially following the reference constraint frame, and adjusts a posture of the character in each constraint frame based on the reference foot position. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069940 | Systems And Methods For Projecting Images Onto An Object - In one embodiment, a method for projecting images on a subject includes determining a pose and position of the subject, adjusting a three-dimensional model of an anatomical structure of the subject to match the determined pose and position, and projecting an image of the anatomical structure onto the subject in registration with the actual anatomical structure of the subject to illustrate the location of the structure on or within the subject. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069941 | NAVIGATIONAL AID HAVING IMPROVED PROCESSING OF DISPLAY DATA - A technique for processing display data on a screen for a navigational aid between a current position point and a destination point by comparing the distance from the current position with a threshold distance, processing display data, controlling a command of the display on the screen, respectively from the bottom to the top of the screen: a first 3-D representation, according to a perspective defined with a first angle of view in relation to a selected plane, of a panorama separated from the current position point by a distance that is less than said threshold distance; and a second representation, according to a perspective defined with a second angle of view in relation to said selected plane, of a panorama separated from the current position point by a distance that is greater than said threshold distance, the first angle being smaller than the second angle. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069942 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONVERTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE USING DEPTH MAP INFORMATION - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and a apparatus for converting a three-dimensional image using depth map information. The apparatus comprise a depth map estimation unit which estimates the depth map information for each pixel present in each frame of input image data, a depth map application unit which moves each pixel by the depth map information in the X-axis direction, a 3D image interpolation unit which, when a blank pixel occurs in the frame due to the movement, forms an interpolated pixel in the blank pixel by applying a weight to adjacent pixels of the blank pixel, and a 3D image rendering processing unit which renders a left-eye image and a right-eye image to which the interpolated pixel is applied. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130076727 | SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING TEXTURE TO SIMULATE BINDING ELEMENTS IN VIRTUAL RENDERING OF A PRINT PRODUCTION PIECE - A system and method for a pre-print, three-dimensional virtual rendering of a print piece is disclosed. A plurality of modular/pipelined architectural layers are managed, operated, and organized by a controller. A product definition is provided to a job ticket adaptation layer where it is transformed into a physical model. The physical model is then transformed into a display model via the product model layer. The display model is transformed into a scene that can be displayed on a graphical user interface as a three dimensional virtual rendering by a rendering layer, where the rendering includes one or more binding elements to satisfy the product definition. The binding elements may further include 3D binding models as well as 2D textures on 3D surfaces to simulate 3D models. The modularity further enables different product description formats to be supported by only altering the job ticket adaptation layer, and that different graphics rendering engines can be supported by altering only the rendering layer. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076728 | SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING SEGMENTED MODELS OF BINDING ELEMENTS IN VIRTUAL RENDERING OF A PRINT PRODUCTION PIECE - A system and method for a pre-print, three-dimensional virtual rendering of a print piece is disclosed. A plurality of modular/pipelined architectural layers are managed, operated, and organized by a controller. A product definition is provided to a job ticket adaptation layer where it is transformed into a physical model. The physical model is then transformed into a display model via the product model layer. The display model is transformed into a scene that can be displayed on a graphical user interface as a three dimensional virtual rendering by a rendering layer, where the rendering includes one or more binding elements to satisfy the product definition. The modularity further enables different product description formats to be supported by only altering the job ticket adaption layer, and that different graphics rendering engines can be supported by altering only the rendering layer. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING RING-TYPE BINDING ELEMENTS IN VIRTUAL RENDERING OF A PRINT PRODUCTION PIECE - A system and method for a pre-print, three-dimensional virtual rendering of a print piece is disclosed. A plurality of modular/pipelined architectural layers are managed, operated, and organized by a controller. A product definition is provided to a job ticket adaptation layer where it is transformed into a physical model. The physical model is then transformed into a display model via the product model layer. The display model is transformed into a scene that can be displayed on a graphical user interface as a three dimensional virtual rendering by a rendering layer, where the rendering includes one or more binding elements to satisfy the product definition. The modularity further enables different product description formats to be supported by only altering the job ticket adaption layer, and that different graphics rendering engines can be supported by altering only the rendering layer. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076730 | SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING VARIABLE SIZE BINDING ELEMENTS IN VIRTUAL RENDERING OF A PRINT PRODUCTION PIECE - A system and method for a pre-print, three-dimensional virtual rendering of a print piece is disclosed. A plurality of modular/pipelined architectural layers are managed, operated, and organized by a controller. A product definition is provided to a job ticket adaptation layer where it is transformed into a physical model. The physical model is then transformed into a display model via the product model layer. The display model is transformed into a scene that can be displayed on a graphical user interface as a three dimensional virtual rendering by a rendering layer, where the rendering includes one or more binding elements to satisfy the product definition. The modularity further enables different product description formats to be supported by only altering the job ticket adaptation layer, and that different graphics rendering engines can be supported by altering only the rendering layer. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076731 | SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING VARIABLE SIZE MECHANICAL BINDING ELEMENTS IN VIRTUAL RENDERING OF A PRINT PRODUCTION PIECE - A system and method for a pre-print, three-dimensional virtual rendering of a print piece is disclosed. A plurality of modular/pipelined architectural layers are managed, operated, and organized by a controller. A product definition is provided to a job ticket adaptation layer where it is transformed into a physical model. The physical model is then transformed into a display model via the product model layer. The display model is transformed into a scene that can be displayed on a graphical user interface as a three dimensional virtual rendering by a rendering layer, where the rendering includes one or more binding elements to satisfy the product definition. The modularity further enables different product description formats to be supported by only altering the job ticket adaptation layer, and that different graphics rendering engines can be supported by altering only the rendering layer. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076732 | SIMPLIFYING A POLYGON - Processes, machines, and computer-readable media are provided for expanding and simplifying a polygon or reducing and simplifying a polygon. Polygon expanding or reducing logic receives information that represents a polygon having a set of vertices. The polygon expanding or reducing logic determines another polygon having another set of vertices, such that the other polygon encompasses or is encompassed by the polygon, by determining, for each vertex of the set of vertices, a new set of vertices that are derived from the vertex and are at least a particular distance outside or inside the polygon. The vertex reducing logic determines whether an intermediate vertex is within the particular distance of a proposed segment between two other vertices of the other set of vertices, even though the intermediate vertex is not on the proposed segment, and, if so, removing the intermediate vertex from the other set of vertices. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076733 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit, an area acquiring unit, a separating unit, a processing unit, and a synthesizing unit. The acquiring unit acquires a depth value of an object in an input image. The area acquiring unit acquires boundary coordinates of the object. The separating unit separates the input image into a first component as a component with gradation of the object and a second component as a component other than the first component. The processing unit converts the first component in accordance with the depth value to generate a processed component. The synthesizing unit synthesizes the processed component and the second component to generate a synthesized component. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076734 | SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING VARIABLE SIZE BINDING ELEMENTS IN VIRTUAL RENDERING OF A PRINT PRODUCTION PIECE - A system and method for a pre-print, three-dimensional virtual rendering of a print piece are disclosed. A plurality of modular/pipelined architectural layers are managed, operated, and organized by a controller. A product definition is provided to a job ticket adaptation layer where it is transformed into a physical model. The physical model is then transformed into a display model via the product model layer. The display model is transformed into a scene that can be displayed on a graphical user interface as a three dimensional virtual rendering by a rendering layer, where the rendering includes one or more binding elements to satisfy the product definition. The binding elements may include 3D binding models as well as 2D textures on 3D surfaces to simulate 3D models. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076735 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image display apparatus and a method for controlling the same are provided. The method includes displaying at least one of a left-eye object or a right-eye object when the image display apparatus has entered a 3-dimensional (3D) mode, displaying a movement amount object indicating the amount of movement of pixel arrangement of the at least one of the left-eye object or the right-eye object, receiving a pixel arrangement movement amount input through the movement amount object, and changing at least one pixel of the displayed left-eye object to a pixel of the right-eye object and displaying the changed pixel or changing at least one pixel of the displayed right-eye object to a pixel of the left-eye object and displaying the changed pixel according to the pixel arrangement movement amount input. This increases user convenience when stereoscopic images are displayed in an autostereoscopic manner. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076736 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A method for operating an image display apparatus is disclosed. The method includes displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image, receiving a depth change input for changing a depth value of at least a part of the 3D image, changing the depth value according to the depth change input, and displaying a 3D image based on the changed depth value. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076737 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3D IMAGE - An apparatus and method for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image are provided. The apparatus includes an image correction unit which separates R, G, and B unit frame images from an input unit frame image and converts lines of each of the R, G, and B unit frame images into lines of black pixels; a display panel which sequentially outputs the R, G, and B unit frame images each having the lines of black pixels; and a polarizing element which outputs the R, G, and B unit frame images output by the display panel as left- and right-eye images for a user by polarizing on one side of each of the lines of black pixels in each of the R, G, and B unit frame images differently from the other side of each of the lines of black pixels in each of the R, G, and B unit frame images. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076738 | 3D DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC DISPLAY RANGE AND DISPLAY MODE DETERMINATION - A method is provided for a three-dimensional (3D) display system containing a user position detection module and a 3D display panel. The method includes determining a viewing range of the 3D display panel based on characteristic information of the 3D display panel, and determining a detection range of the user position detection module. The method also includes determining a display range of the 3D display system as an overlapping area between the viewing range of the 3D display panel and the detection range of the user position detection system. Further, the method includes determining a display mode based on the display range of the 3D display system, and displaying contents to a user using the determined display mode. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076739 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A method for transmitting a three-dimensional (3D) image is provided. The 3D image is transmitted via an image transmission interface according to a 2D image data format. The method includes steps of: receiving a 2D image data and an image depth data; down-sampling the 2D image data to generate an image sampling data; and transmitting the 3D image comprising the image sampling data and at least one part of the image depth data via the image transmission interface. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076740 | Holographic Enterprise Network - A solution for implementing a holographic enterprise network is provided. The solution can provide an interface between an operations center and a three dimensional (3D) virtual simulator system capable of rendering holographic images of the operations center. A holographic enterprise interface can translate standard enterprise data associated with the operations center and 3D holographic data. Parallel communications between the holographic enterprise interface and a 3D data processing infrastructure having a holographic bus also can be managed. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076741 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light path control element capable of electrically controlling the path of light output from a backlight source is provided. During display of a left-eye image, a light path allowing the left-eye image (L) to reach the left eye is formed by adjusting the voltage applied to the light path control element. In synchronization with switching of the display image from the left-eye image (L) to a right-eye image (R), the control of the voltage applied to the light path control element is switched to form a light path allowing the right-eye image (R) to reach the right eye. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076742 | REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AMPLIFIER APPARATUS, AND IMAGE SYSTEM - A reproducing device capable of superimposing a reproducing device image onto a stereoscopic image which can be viewed stereoscopically to generate and output a stereoscopic image signal. The reproducing device includes: an acquisition unit operable to obtain information about device image depth, the device image depth being stereoscopic vision depth that a device connected to the reproducing device and capable of superimposing a device image onto the stereoscopic image gives to the device image when the device superimposes the device image onto the stereoscopic image; a superimposing unit operable to give reproducing device image depth to the reproducing device image based on the information about device image depth obtained by the acquisition unit and superimpose the reproducing device image onto the stereoscopic image to generate the stereoscopic image signal; and a transmission unit operable to transmit the stereoscopic image signal to the device. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130083002 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONDITIONAL DISPLAY OF A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PAIR - Apparatus and methods for conditional display of a stereoscopic image pair on a display device are disclosed. Particularly, some implementations include receiving a first image and a second image, determining a vertical disparity between the first image and the second images, and displaying a stereoscopic image pair if the vertical disparity is below a threshold. Some implementations provide for correcting the vertical disparity by generating at least one corrected image, and generating the stereoscopic image pair based on the corrected image. Some implementations may evaluate the quality of the stereoscopic image pair, and display either a two dimensional image or the stereoscopic image pair based on the evaluation. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083003 | PERSONAL AUDIO/VISUAL SYSTEM - The technology described herein incudes a see-through, near-eye, mixed reality display device for providing customized experiences for a user. The system can be used in various entertainment, sports, shopping and theme-park situations to provide a mixed reality experience. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083004 | Real-Time 3D Dose Visualization System - A method of presenting a progress of a treatment planning includes determining dose information based on a treatment model, determining objective information that is associated with the treatment model, using the dose information and the objective information to determine a three-dimensional graphic that indicates with how well an objective of the treatment planning is met, wherein the three-dimensional graphic is determined using a processor, and displaying the three-dimensional graphic in a screen. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083005 | Method and Apparatus for Accessing a Virtual Object - An approach is introduced for providing, by an apparatus, a virtual object that represents an item. The virtual object is perceivable to a user by at least one of the following ways: audibly, visibly or by haptic feedback. The item may be accessed by another apparatus when the postion of the other apparatus corresponds to a perceived position of the virtual object. Once the item has been accessed, it can be copied and edited by the other apparatus. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083006 | 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS PREVENTING IMAGE OVERLAPPING - A three-dimensional display device includes a display unit configured to display images, and an intermediate image generating unit configured to generate M images corresponding to a maximum disparity in response to input two-dimensional (2D) images and disparity information of the respective 2D images, wherein the intermediate image generating unit selects N images from among the M images, and provides the selected images to the display unit. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083007 | CHANGING EXPERIENCE USING PERSONAL A/V SYSTEM - A system for generating an augmented reality environment in association with one or more attractions or exhibits is described. In some cases, a see-through head-mounted display device (HMD) may acquire one or more virtual objects from a supplemental information provider associated with a particular attraction. The one or more virtual objects may be based on whether an end user of the HMD is waiting in line for the particular attraction or is on (or in) the particular attraction. The supplemental information provider may vary the one or more virtual objects based on the end user's previous experiences with the particular attraction. The HMD may adapt the one or more virtual objects based on physiological feedback from the end user (e.g., if a child is scared). The supplemental information provider may also provide and automatically update a task list associated with the particular attraction. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083008 | ENRICHED EXPERIENCE USING PERSONAL A/V SYSTEM - A system for generating an augmented reality environment in association with one or more attractions or exhibits is described. In some cases, a see-through head-mounted display device (HMD) may acquire one or more virtual objects from a supplemental information provider associated with a particular attraction. The one or more virtual objects may be based on whether an end user of the HMD is waiting in line for the particular attraction or is on (or in) the particular attraction. The supplemental information provider may vary the one or more virtual objects based on the end user's previous experiences with the particular attraction. The HMD may adapt the one or more virtual objects based on physiological feedback from the end user (e.g., if a child is scared). The supplemental information provider may also provide and automatically update a task list associated with the particular attraction. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083009 | EXERCISING APPLICATIONS FOR PERSONAL AUDIO/VISUAL SYSTEM - The technology described herein includes a see-through, near-eye, mixed reality display device for providing customized experiences for a user. The personal A/V apparatus serves as an exercise program that is always with the user, provides motivation for the user, visually tells the user how to exercise, and lets the user exercise with other people who are not present. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083010 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In one embodiment, a three-dimensional image processing apparatus includes: an imaging module configured to image a field including a front of a display, the display configured to display a three-dimensional image; a detection module configured to detect a face from an image imaged by the imaging module; and a controller configured to exclude a face detected by the detection module from a target for forming a visual field being a field where the three-dimensional image is recognizable as a three-dimensional body. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083011 | REPRESENTING A LOCATION AT A PREVIOUS TIME PERIOD USING AN AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY - Technology is described for representing a physical location at a previous time period with three dimensional (3D) virtual data displayed by a near-eye, augmented reality display of a personal audiovisual (A/V) apparatus. The personal A/V apparatus is identified as being within the physical location, and one or more objects in a display field of view of the near-eye, augmented reality display are automatically identified based on a three dimensional mapping of objects in the physical location. User input, which may be natural user interface (NUI) input, indicates a previous time period, and one or more 3D virtual objects associated with the previous time period are displayed from a user perspective associated with the display field of view. An object may be erased from the display field of view, and a camera effect may be applied when changing between display fields of view. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083012 | NAVIGATION AND FILTERING WITH LAYERS AND DEPTHS FOR BUILDING AUTOMATION GRAPHICS - Management systems, methods, and mediums. A method includes identifying a set of layers and a zoom factor based on a depth of a graphic to be displayed. The set of layers comprise symbols for objects corresponding to devices in a building managed by the management system. The method includes identifying a number of visible objects from the objects of the symbols in the identified set of layers based on the zoom factor. The method includes identifying a state of a device represented by a visual object in the number of visible objects from the management system communicably coupled with the devices. Additionally, the method includes generating a display for the depth. The display includes the identified set of layers, a symbol for each of the number of visible objects in the identified set of layers, and a graphical indication of the state of the device. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083013 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a display device, a film for controlling a viewing angle and an optical filter. When the illustrative display device, film for controlling a viewing angle or optical filter is used, a 3D image may be observed at a wide viewing angle without loss of brightness. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083014 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A display apparatus and an image processing method are disclosed. The display apparatus including: a signal receiver which receives an image signal including left and right eye images; a signal processor which processes the image signal into a displayable form; a display panel which displays the processed left and right eye image; a polarizer which is provided in a front surface of the display panel, and transmits the left eye image as a first polarized light and transmits the right eye image as a second polarized light; and a controller which controls the signal processor to compensate for color distortion of the first and second polarized lights which pass through the polarizer. With this configuration, the quality of an image that is seen by a user can be improved and color distortion issues can be resolved in a 3D display apparatus. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083015 | OCCLUSION OF VECTOR IMAGE DATA - Systems and methods for rendering an image related to a target area is provided. Image data and an associated depthmap of the target area are received. Vector image data corresponding to the image data of the target area are further received. A height value for each of a plurality of pixels of the image data is determined based on the associated depthmap. A mask for the image data is created based on the determined height value for each of the plurality of pixels of the image data, and applied to the vector image data. An image of the target area comprising the received image data and the masked vector image data is rendered for display. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083016 | Generating Flower Images and Shapes with Compositional Pattern Producing Networks - Various embodiments are disclosed for generating an image from a Compositional Pattern Producing Network (CPPN). One such method includes receiving, in the CPPN, a series of polar coordinates {r,θ}; outputting, by the CPPN, a series of pixel values, each of the pixel values corresponding to one of the polar coordinates; and displaying the pixel values at the corresponding polar coordinates to produce the image. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130083017 | 3D LAYERING OF MAP METADATA - Techniques and tools are described for rendering views of a map in which map metadata elements are layered in 3D space through which a viewer navigates. Layering of metadata elements such as text labels in 3D space facilitates parallax and smooth motion effects for zoom-in, zoom-out and scrolling operations during map navigation. A computing device can determine a viewer position that is associated with a view altitude in 3D space, then render for display a map view based upon the viewer position and metadata elements layered at different metadata altitudes in 3D space. For example, the computing device places text labels in 3D space above features associated with the respective labels, at the metadata altitudes indicated for the respective labels. The computing device creates a map view from points of the placed labels and points of a surface layer of the map that are visible from the viewer position. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130088485 | Method of storing or transmitting auto-stereoscopic images - A method of preparing a file representing a multi-view image for 3D auto-stereoscopic viewing whereby the individual view images are reduced to a resolution equivalent to that observed for an individual view. The resolution reduction is achieved by selecting the individual sub-pixels that would be remain after applying a mask to full-resolution images. The images are tiled into a single image and compressed for storage or transmission. In order to display the tiled image, a software operation splices together the individual images from the tiled image to produce a rendered image suitable for coupling with a lenticular lense for 3D viewing. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088486 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND 3D IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD PERFORMED IN THE SAME - Provided are a three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus and a 3D image display method performed in the same. The 3D image display apparatus using a line light source includes a light source substrate formed by disposing a plurality of point light sources on a plane, a lenticular lens sheet spaced a predetermined interval from the light source substrate, a control unit configured to control the plurality of point light sources of the light source substrate to form line light sources spaced a predetermined interval from the lenticular lens sheet, and a display panel spaced a predetermined interval from the line light sources formed by the control unit. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088487 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY WITH PLANAR PASS-THROUGH - A method and system for presenting both autostereoscopic images and planar images in a single display is disclosed. The design comprises processing the planar images received in the form of planar image data. The processing comprises at least one from a group comprising selectively employing bleed-through processing to enhance the planar image data when viewed through a lens sheet comprising slanted lenticules, selectively introducing blurring into the planar image data, and selectively employing anti-alias processing to the planar image data. Certain super pixels may be computed that differ from standard pixels, and lenticules in the data sheet may be slanted at desired angles. The physical lenticules may cause bleed-through that may be processed. Resolution may be computed after processing, and the resolution implemented for display. Mode switching between planar and autostereoscopic imaging may be provided in the form of Metadata or visible flags. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088488 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE, TELEVISION SET AND STEREOSCOPIC GLASSES - The invention discloses a method, apparatus and system for adjusting a stereoscopic image, a television set and stereoscopic glasses, wherein the method includes: receiving and displaying, by a display terminal, a three-dimensional stereoscopic image; transmitting, by a distance sensor, a sensing signal and obtaining a sighting distance between the display terminal and a user according to the sensing signal; and adjusting the size of the three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the sighting distance. In the invention, stereoscopic geometrical distortion can be alleviated or even eliminated to thereby improve real experience feelings of watching the 3D stereoscopic display. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088489 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING A VIRTUAL OUTPUT IMAGE FROM DATA OBTAINED BY AN ARRAY OF IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICES - In a method and system for providing virtual output images from an array of image capturing devices image data (Ii(s,t), I2(s,t)) is taken from the devices (Ci, C2). This image data is processed by convolving the image data with a function, e.g. the path (S) and thereafter deconvolving them, either after or before summation (SUM), with an inverse point spread function (IPSF) or a filter (HP) equivalent thereto to produce all-focus image data (I | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130093750 | USE OF BANDING TO OPTIMIZE MAP RENDERING IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL TILT VIEW - A graphics or image rendering system, such as a map image rendering system, determines a viewing window of a map surface to be displayed. The method generally determines a set of viewing boundaries of the map surface, wherein the set of viewing boundaries divide the map surface into a plurality of viewing bands based on a depth dimension range. The method then determines different zoom level map data for each viewing band and renders a three-dimensional display of the map surface based on the viewing bands and zoom level map data. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093751 | GESTURE BANK TO IMPROVE SKELETAL TRACKING - A method for obtaining gestural input from a user of a computer system. In this method, an image of the user is acquired, and a runtime representation of a geometric model of the user is computed based on the image. The runtime representation is compared against stored data, which includes a plurality of stored metrics each corresponding to a measurement made on an actor performing a gesture. With each stored metric is associated a stored representation of a geometric model of the actor performing the associated gesture. The method returns gestural input based on the stored metric associated with a stored representation that matches the runtime representation. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093752 | VIEWER REACTIVE AUTO STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - An auto stereoscopic display includes a plurality of views thereby providing a perceived three dimensional image to a viewer. The display includes a sensor that determines the position of the viewer with respect to the display and modifies the plurality of views to provide an improved perceived three dimensional image to the viewer. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093753 | AUTO-STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY CONTROL - An apparatus, a method and a non-transitory computer readable medium is provided. The apparatus includes: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer program instructions configured, working with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: detecting bending of a flexible auto-stereoscopic display; and adjusting a parallax barrier arrangement of the flexible auto-stereoscopic display in dependence upon the bending of the flexible auto-stereoscopic display. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093754 | 3D IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD WITH A REDUCED GHOST EFFECT AND 3D DISPLAY DEVICE THEREOF - A 3D image processing method includes providing image data, generating a first visual angle image and a second visual angle image according to the 3D image data, blurring the first visual angle image, enhancing the second visual angle image, and displaying the blurred first visual angle image and the enhanced second visual angle image. The 3D image processing method reduces a ghost effect when watching 3D images. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093755 | Method For Displaying Stereoscopic Image And Corresponding Stereoscopic Image Displaying Device - The present invention discloses a method for displaying stereoscopic image and a stereoscopic image displaying device. The stereoscopic image displaying device includes a display panel, a backlight module, and shutter glasses. The display panel sequentially writes in left-eye image data and right-eye image data. The backlight module is sequentially activated and deactivated in order to scan the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data. The shutter glasses alternately open and shut a left-eye shutter and a right-eye shutter in order to receive the left-eye image data when the left-eye shutter opens to receive the right-eye image data when the right-eye shutter opens. The left-eye image data that are received when the left-eye shutter opens are always image data of first polarity, and the right-eye image data that are received when the right-eye shutter opens are always image data of second polarity. Thus, the left eye of a user always receives image data of the same polarity, and the right eye also always receive image data of the same, opposite polarity, so that the user, when making viewing, does not perceive any flicking phenomenon and the displaying performance is not affected. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093756 | Volumetric Data Exploration Using Multi-Point Input Controls - A three-dimensional data set is accessed. A two-dimensional plane is defined that intersects a space defined by the three-dimensional data set. The two-dimensional plane defines a two-dimensional data set within the three-dimensional data set and divides the three-dimensional data set into first and second subsets. A three-dimensional view based on the three-dimensional data set is rendered on such that at least a portion of the first subset of the three-dimensional data set is removed and at least a portion of the two-dimensional data set is displayed. A two-dimensional view of a first subset of the two-dimensional data set also is rendered. Controls are provided that enable visual navigation through the three-dimensional data set by engaging points on the multi-touch display device that correspond to either the three-dimensional view based on the three-dimensional data set and/or the two-dimensional view of the first subset of the two-dimensional data set. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093757 | DERIVATIVE-BASED SELECTION OF ZONES FOR BANDED MAP DISPLAY - A graphics or image rendering system, such as a map image rendering system, determines a viewing window of a map surface to be displayed, wherein the viewing plane is at an angle of incidence with respect to the map surface. The method generally determines a depth boundary along the map surface where a height projection of a depth increment of a first unit of area is lower than a threshold height increment at a non-zero angle of incidence and at a single zoom level magnification. The method renders the first unit of area within the depth boundary and a second unit of area outside the depth boundary. The first unit of area is rendered at a first density of map data and the second unit of area is rendered at a second density of map data that is lower than the first density of map data. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093758 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND DISPLAYING OR REPORTING A SELLER'S PERFORMANCE - A method and apparatus for measuring and displaying or reporting a seller's performance in the sale of accessory goods comprising determining the attachment rate of the goods, determining the average selling price of the goods, and determining the items per transaction and using these values to generate a box-like three-dimensional figure representing the seller's performance. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093759 | Augmented Reality Display Apparatus And Related Methods Using Database Record Data - Disclosed are examples of methods, apparatus, systems, and computer program products for providing an augmented reality display of an image with record data. In one example, image data is received at one or more processors. A request message is sent requesting record data associated with the image data from one or more of a plurality of records stored in a database system. In some implementations, when the requested record data is received, a graphical display of the record data in combination with the image can be provided on a display device. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093760 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DEPTH INFORMATION - A method for generating depth information includes: receiving an input image including a plurality of frames; identifying a first frame that is selected from the plurality of frames; obtaining first depth information of a first object that is selected from the first frame; selecting a second frame from the plurality of frames; tracing a second object from the second frame based on the first object; and generating second depth information of the second object from the first depth information based on a comparison result between a position of the first object on the first frame and a position of the second object on the second frame. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093761 | DISPLAY CONTROLLER AND RELATED METHOD OF OPERATION - A display controller comprises a merger and an alpha blender. The merger is configured to mix a first left frame comprising first left pixel data and a first right frame comprising first right pixel data based on a three-dimensional (3D) display format, and further configured and to output a first mixed frame and a second mixed frame. The alpha blender is configured to blend the first mixed frame and the second mixed frame to produce a first blended frame. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093762 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display device includes: a light source which emits light; a light deflector having a deflection region in which the light from the light source is deflected toward a predetermined position; a liquid crystal panel on which the image is formed by the light from the light deflector; and a control unit which determines a total number of right and left eyes of one or more users and controls operation of the light deflector based on the determined total number of right and left eyes, wherein the control unit segments the deflection region into a plurality of deflection subregions based on the determined total number of right and left eyes and controls light deflection in the deflection subregions to deflect the light from the light source toward different positions at the same time. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093763 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional image processing apparatus includes at least a storage, an inputting unit, an image generating unit and a pointer controlling unit. The storage stores volume data of a target. The inputting unit receives an input operation for moving a pointer. The image generating unit generates a superimposed image in which a rendering image generated by performing a rendering process on the volume data and a pointer image are superimposed in consideration of information of depth. The pointer controlling unit obtains information of a three-dimensional position of the pointer. When the pointer is on the rendering image, the pointer controlling unit moves the pointer along a three-dimensional surface of a target contained in the volume data. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093764 | METHOD OF ANIMATING A REARRANGEMENT OF UI ELEMENTS ON A DISPLAY SCREEN OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of animating a rearrangement of user interface elements on a display screen of an electronic device is disclosed herein. The method comprises: displaying a plurality of user interface elements on the display screen, each user interface element having an initial screen position corresponding to a first layout; in response to a command from an application to switch to a second layout, for each user interface element, determining at a rendering engine, without further input from the application, a final screen position corresponding to the second layout and a plurality of intermediate screen positions corresponding to a path between the initial screen position and the final screen position; and re-rendering each user interface element successively at each of its determined positions. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093765 | Method for Rapidly Changing Scenes in a Virtual Environment - A method by which virtual scenes comprising buildings, landscapes, scene-specific items, and other environmental elements are made readily available to display to a user, and incorporate his or her avatar within the scene established within an accessible region, wherein a scene may be applied to multiple regions upon purchase through a virtual marketplace. The method is enacted via a secured server computer, which performs the processes required to change the scene of a region rapidly, and communicate the changes to a user experiencing the scene via a computer, | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093766 | INTERPOLATION OF VERTEX ATTRIBUTES IN A GRAPHICS PROCESSOR - Vertex data can be accessed for a graphics primitive. The vertex data includes homogeneous coordinates for each vertex of the primitive. The homogeneous coordinates can be used to determine perspective-correct barycentric coordinates that are normalized by the area of the primitive. The normalized perspective-correct barycentric coordinates can be used to determine an interpolated value of an attribute for the pixel. These operations can be performed using adders and multipliers implemented in hardware. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093767 | Optimized Stereoscopic Visualization - The present invention discloses a method comprising: calculating an X separation distance between a left eye and a right eye, said X separation distance corresponding to an interpupilary distance in a horizontal direction; and transforming geometry and texture only once for said left eye and said right eye. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130100114 | Depth Cursor and Depth Measurement in Images - One or more systems, devices, and/or methods for illustrating depth are disclosed. For example, a method includes receiving a depthmap generated from an optical distancing system. The depthmap includes depth data for each of a plurality of points, which are correlated to pixels of an image. Data indicative of a location on the image is received. Depth data correlated with the first point is compared to depth data correlated with pixels at surrounding points in the image. If the depth data correlated with the first point indicate a lesser distance from a viewer perspective of the image than the depth data of a pixel at the surrounding points in the image, the pixel is changed to a predetermined value. The comparison may be repeated at other pixels and a depth illustration may be drawn that relates the depth of the received location to other objects in the image. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100115 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION USING A TWO HANDED INTERFACE - Certain embodiments relate to systems and methods for navigating and analyzing portions of a three-dimensional virtual environment using a two-handed interface. Particularly, methods for operating a Volumetric Selection Object (VSO) to select elements of the environment are provided, as well as operations for adjusting the user's position, orientation and scale. Efficient and ergonomic methods for quickly acquiring and positioning, orienting, and scaling the VSO are provided. Various uses of the VSO, such as augmenting a primary dataset with data from a secondary dataset are also provided. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100116 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION USING A TWO HANDED INTERFACE - Certain embodiments relate to systems and methods for navigating and analyzing portions of a three-dimensional virtual environment using a two-handed interface. Particularly, methods for operating a Volumetric Selection Object (VSO) to select elements of the environment are provided, as well as operations for adjusting the user's position, orientation and scale. Efficient and ergonomic methods for quickly acquiring and positioning, orienting, and scaling the VSO are provided. Various uses of the VSO, such as augmenting a primary dataset with data from a secondary dataset are also provided. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100117 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION USING A TWO HANDED INTERFACE - Certain embodiments relate to systems and methods for navigating and analyzing portions of a three-dimensional virtual environment using a two-handed interface. Particularly, methods for operating a Volumetric Selection Object (VSO) to select elements of the environment are provided, as well as operations for adjusting the user's position, orientation and scale. Efficient and ergonomic methods for quickly acquiring and positioning, orienting, and scaling the VSO are provided. Various uses of the VSO, such as augmenting a primary dataset with data from a secondary dataset are also provided. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100118 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION USING A TWO HANDED INTERFACE - Certain embodiments relate to systems and methods for navigating and analyzing portions of a three-dimensional virtual environment using a two-handed interface. Particularly, methods for operating a Volumetric Selection Object (VSO) to select elements of the environment are provided, as well as operations for adjusting the user's position, orientation and scale. Efficient and ergonomic methods for quickly acquiring and positioning, orienting, and scaling the VSO are provided. Various uses of the VSO, such as augmenting a primary dataset with data from a secondary dataset are also provided. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100119 | OBJECT REFINEMENT USING MANY DATA SETS - Digitizing objects in a picture is discussed herein. A user presents the object to a camera, which captures the image comprising color and depth data for the front and back of the object. The object is recognized and digitized using color and depth data of the image. The user's client queries a server managing images uploaded by other users for virtual renditions of the object, as recognized in the other images. The virtual renditions from the other images are merged with the digitized version of the object in the image captured by the user to create a composite rendition of the object. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100120 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICES - Disclosed is a 3D image display device, including an image display device and a 3D device such as lenticular lens layer (or 3D barrier) thereon. The image display device includes right eye pixels and left eye pixels having a same width W | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100121 | DISPLAY DRIVER AND METHOD OF OPERATING IMAGE DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - A display driver is provided. The display driver includes a compressor outputting first data by compressing input data, a first selection circuit transmitting the input data or the first data to a memory in response to a first selection signal, a de-compressor outputting third data by de-compressing second data output from the memory, and a display interface for transmitting fourth data generated by processing the third data to a display. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100122 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - Provided is a method of driving a display panel, including: outputting first data voltages representing a left-eye image or a right-eye image to first signal lines among a plurality of signal lines of the display panel during a first period of a frame for rendering the left-eye or right-eye image of a three-dimensional (3D) image; outputting second data voltages representing the left-eye image or right-eye image for second signals among the plurality of signal lines of the display panel during a second period of the frame for rendering the left-eye or right-eye image of the 3D image; and stopping the data voltages from being outputted to the display panel during a third period of the frame. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100123 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An inclination calculating unit | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100124 | DISPLAY MODULE AND MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - A display module includes a first panel configured to implement an image, a second panel having barriers for implementing a three-dimensional image, the second panel covering the first panel, a resin layer filling a gap between the first and second panels, and a support unit formed adjacent to at least one end of the resin layer to maintain the gap, the support unit configured to support the second panel. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100125 | Method, System and Computer Program Product for Enhancing a Depth Map - A first depth map is generated in response to a stereoscopic image from a camera. The first depth map includes first pixels having valid depths and second pixels having invalid depths. In response to the first depth map, a second depth map is generated for replacing at least some of the second pixels with respective third pixels having valid depths. For generating the second depth map, a particular one of the third pixels is generated for replacing a particular one of the second pixels. For generating the particular third pixel, respective weight(s) is/are assigned to a selected one or more of the first pixels in response to value similarity and spatial proximity between the selected first pixel(s) and the particular second pixel. The particular third pixel is computed in response to the selected first pixel(s) and the weight(s). | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100126 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Methods and apparatus for displaying a 3D are provided that inlucde a display unit formed of a transparent material for displaying a 2D image. An input image that includes 3D display information is received. The 3D display information is transformed into at least one piece of 2D display information by analyzing the input image. At least one 2D subframe image is displayed based on the 2D display information while the display unit is rotating. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100127 | METHOD FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPLAYING OIL AND GAS RELATED INFORMATION - A method and system for generating output files which represent computer displayable geographically related data related to the oil and gas industries. The method and system provides an approach for representing vast amounts of data related to oil and gas industry assets geographically so that the data may be displayed in two and three-dimensions. The method and system provide a way of inputting raw data and outputting a file that may be processed by a geographic information system software package to visually represent the data geographically on the surface of the earth The output file may also be in a number of other file formats and readable by other software applications. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100128 | USING PHOTO COLLECTIONS FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELING - A collection of photos and a three-dimensional reconstruction of the photos are used to construct and texture a mesh model. In one embodiment, a first digital image of a first view of a real world scene is analyzed to identify lines in the first view. Among the lines, parallel lines are identified. A three-dimensional vanishing direction in a three-dimensional space is determined based on the parallel lines and an orientation of the digital image in the three-dimensional space. A plane is automatically generated by fitting the plane to the vanishing direction. A rendering of a three-dimensional model with the plane is displayed. Three-dimensional points corresponding to features common to the photos may be used to constrain the plane. The photos may be projected onto the model to provide visual feedback when editing the plane. Furthermore, the photos may be used to texture the model. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100129 | Systems and Methods for Tracking a Model - An image such as a depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device and a model of a user in the depth image may be generated. The background of a received depth image may be removed to isolate a human target in the received depth image. A model may then be adjusted to fit within the isolated human target in the received depth image. To adjust the model, a joint or a bone may be magnetized to the closest pixel of the isolated human target. The joint or the bone may then be refined such that the joint or the bone may be further adjusted to a pixel equidistant between two edges the body part of the isolated human target where the joint or bone may have been magnetized. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130106830 | DISPLAY AND INTERACTION WITH MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106831 | 3-D PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106832 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES WITH MULTI-RESOLUTION INTEGRATION | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106833 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL TRACKING OF 3D POSE USING COMPLEX MARKERS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106834 | COMPRESSION OF TEXTURE RENDERED WIRE MESH MODELS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106835 | Stereoscopic Display System and Driving Method Thereof | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106836 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106837 | DEPTH-MAP GENERATION FOR AN INPUT IMAGE USING AN EXAMPLE APPROXIMATE DEPTH-MAP ASSOCIATED WITH AN EXAMPLE SIMILAR IMAGE | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106838 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106839 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106840 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING IMAGE PROJECTED BY PROJECTOR | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106841 | DYNAMIC DEPTH IMAGE ADJUSTING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106842 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106843 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106844 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106845 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106846 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106847 | DISPLAY DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106848 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130113782 | Method for determining characteristics of a unique location of a selected situs and determining the position of an environmental condition at situs - The present invention includes methods for generating a 3-dimensional rendering of a subject space, and for determining the location of a desired situs therein and preferably further including dimensional positioning of an environmental condition therein, and which data may be particularly useful for use in a complex work structure, such as a nuclear power plant, an industrial plant, a mine or other complex structure. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113783 | ORIENTATION-BASED 3D IMAGE DISPLAY - This disclosure describes a host controller configured to combine image data associated with left and right images of a 3D image to control a display consistent with an orientation for the display (e.g., a first and second plurality of active parallax barriers of the display). In response to an orientation for the display, the host controller may combine image data associated with respective left and right images of with a 3D image in a first or second interleaved format to be consistent with the orientation for the display. For example, the host controller may combine the image data to be line-interleaved or pixel interleaved, based on an orientation for the display. In this manner, the display may receive the combined image data and present the 3D image consistent with the orientation for the display, while reducing processing performed by the display to present the 3D image. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113784 | Maintenance of Three Dimensional Stereoscopic Effect Through Compensation for Parallax Setting - Maintaining a three dimensional stereoscopic effect may include determining a distance between a position of a virtual camera and a first center of interest of a three dimensional image, calculating a scaling factor based on the distance, and compensating for a parallax setting associated with a second center of interest within the three dimensional image by applying the scaling factor when generating the three dimensional image to maintain the three dimensional effect. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113785 | STEREOPHONIC DISPLAY DEVICES - In one embodiment of the invention, a stereophonic display device is provided. The stereophonic display device includes a pixel unit including a plurality of subpixels, wherein the subpixels include at least two right eye subpixels and two left eye subpixels, a barrier with a plurality of apertures formed on the pixel unit, wherein the smallest distance between the locations of the apertures projected onto the pixel unit and boundaries of the pixel unit is equal to or greater than a quarter of the width of the pixel unit, and a display image processor controlling the pixel unit rendering of the right eye subpixel block and the left eye subpixel block sequentially. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113786 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MASK ADJUSTMENT IN 3D DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY - Certain embodiments relate to systems and methods for presenting a stereoscopic, 3-dimensional image to a user. The system may comprise a mobile device having a camera and a pixel-selective mask overlaying a display. The system may perform facial and object recognition techniques to determine the location of the user's eyes. Subsequently, the system may adjust the mask so as to maintain an optimal stereoscopic effect for the user, regardless of the user's position. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113787 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving a display panel includes determining a driving mode including a two-dimensional (“2D”) mode and a three-dimensional (“3D”) mode and charging a voltage which varies according to the driving mode to at least one subpixel in a unit pixel of the display panel. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113788 | Imaging path speckle mitigation - Disclosed herein are optical projection systems and related methods for projecting imagery employing shifting image position in-time to mitigate speckle. Exemplary optical systems may include a projector having a light source, a relay lens and at least one projection lens for projecting images. The relay lens or the projection lens may have at least one lens element that may be translated in-time substantially orthogonal to the optical axis of the optical system. Alternatively, the projection lens in its entirety may be shifted in-time to reduce speckle. Further, in stereoscopic embodiments, two projection lenses may be employed, wherein at least one element in each projection lens is moveable to shift the image in-time to reduce speckle. Moreover, electronic compensation, such as electronic addressing or image warping, for the image shifting may be employed to shift the image in a direction opposite to the speckle-reducing shift in position. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113789 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a comparing unit comparing a size of at least one of virtual clothing or accessories based on dimensions set in advance and a size of a subject that has been captured; and a display control unit reshaping at least one of the virtual clothing or accessories in accordance with a comparison result produced by the comparing unit and displaying at least one of the reshaped virtual clothing or accessories overlaid on the subject. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113790 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - The present invention intends to provide an image processing apparatus that can process geometrical primitives rapidly and with restrained memory consumption. A sequence of vertex data of a primitive sequence is stored in an index buffer, and size data of the primitive is stored in the head of the sequence. The result of processing of the primitive sequence in a geometry shader is stored in a cache buffer, and a primitive output, which is the output result stored in the cache buffer, is reused in reprocessing of the primitive processed in the geometry shader. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113791 | Imaging System and Method for Use in Surgical and Interventional Medical Procedures - A system and method for displaying images of internal anatomy includes an image processing device configured to provide high resolution images of the surgical field from low resolution scans during the procedure. The image processing device digitally manipulates a previously-obtained high resolution baseline image to produce many representative images based on permutations of movement of the baseline image. During the procedure a representative image is selected having an acceptable degree of correlation to the new low resolution image. The selected representative image and the new image are merged to provide a higher resolution image of the surgical field. The image processing device is also configured to provide interactive movement of the displayed image based on movement of the imaging device, and to permit placement of annotations on the displayed image to facilitate communication between the radiology technician and the surgeon. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113792 | Three Dimensional Computer Graphics System - A blend buffer has a pre-determined plurality of locations, each with a set of registers. The locations are allocatable to pixels. The blend buffer has a first write port and a second write port. The first write port couples with a texture read unit and the second write port couples with a blending unit. The blending unit also interfaces with a read port of the blend buffer. The texture unit receives texture coordinates from a texture coordinate calculator. The blending unit is operable to interface with the texture coordinate calculator. The blending unit is operable to perform write only transactions of pixel data to locations of a render target that corresponds to respective locations in the blend buffer, once after completion of processing the pixels for which data is being written. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113793 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A parallax amount between the plurality of images for each subject on the images is calculated, a subject having an absolute parallax value which exceeds a first predetermined amount as a subject targeted for display position adjustment, using a cross point provisionally set for the plurality of images as a reference is identified, and parallax is gradually adjusted such that the absolute parallax value of the subject targeted for display position adjustment does not exceed a second predetermined amount after adjustment. In this case, a subject having an absolute parallax value which exceeds a third predetermined amount is identified as a subject to be blurred, in each of an image having the provisional cross-point position, an image undergoing parallax adjustment, and an image after the parallax adjustment, and a blur process is performed on the subject to be blurred within the images. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113794 | ANTIALIASING IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND ANTIALIASING IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - An antialiasing image generation apparatus includes a distribution information acquisition unit configured to acquire distribution information that indicates the distribution of a plurality of Z values, a polygon data expansion unit configured to expand polygon data into display coordinates, a representative point pixel data generation unit configured to generate pixel data including a Z value at a representative point, an antialiasing technique selection unit configured to select an antialiasing technique using the Z value included in the pixel data and the distribution information, and an antialiasing processing unit configured to generate a graphics image by performing antialiasing processing on the pixel according to the selected antialiasing technique. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113795 | METHOD FOR GENERATING MULTI-VIEW IMAGES FROM A SINGLE IMAGE - From only a single two-dimensional source image ( | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130120354 | Using Two Dimensional Image Adjustment Operations on Three Dimensional Objects - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium for using a two dimensional image adjustment operations to modify a three dimensional object. A first representation of a three dimensional model may be rendered using three dimensional rendering effects. A second representation of the model may be rendered without using the three dimensional rendering effects. The first representation may be displayed. Input may be received to apply an image adjustment operation to the first representation. The image adjustment operation may be applied to the second representation. At least a portion of the first representation may be re-rendered using the three dimensional rendering effects. The modified first representation may be displayed. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120355 | Methods and Apparatus for Generating Curved Extrusions - Methods and apparatus for generating curved extrusions. A user interface may be provided via which the value of one or more extrusion parameters and/or a reference point may be changed. The extrusion parameters may include a depth parameter that controls the amount of extrusion, an X angle parameter that controls the angle of bend in the X direction, a Y angle parameter that controls the angle of bend in the Y direction, a scale parameter that controls the scale factor, and a twist parameter that controls the angle of extrusion twist. A weight function for changing one or more of the extrusion parameters non-uniformly along the sweep path may also be provided. An extrusion may be generated from an initial 2D object according to the set of extrusion parameters and the reference point. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120356 | Methods, Apparatus, and Computer-Readable Storage Media for Depth-Based Rendering of Focused Plenoptic Camera Data - Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable storage media for rendering focused plenoptic camera data. A depth-based rendering technique is described that estimates depth at each microimage and then applies that depth to determine a position in the input flat from which to read a value to be assigned to a given point in the output image. The techniques may be implemented according to parallel processing technology that renders multiple points of the output image in parallel. In at least some embodiments, the parallel processing technology is graphical processing unit (GPU) technology. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120357 | Methods and Apparatus for Sweep-Based Freeform Deformation of 3-D Models - Methods and apparatus for sweep-based freeform deformation of 3-D models may employ a set of intuitive parameters to bend, twist and scale a 3-D model along any direction. The parameters may include a first bend angle, a second bend angle, a twist angle, a scale factor, and a length. Sweep paths may be fitted to an input 3-D model. Each sweep path may be deformed by manipulating one or more parameters for the sweep path. The shape of the 3-D space surrounding each sweep path is deformed according to the sweep path deformations. Deformations in the 3-D space are applied to the 3-D model to deform the model. This allows freeform deformation of the 3-D model by manipulating only a few intuitive parameters. In addition, the sweep path origin and weight functions for each of the parameters may be adjusted by the user. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120358 | CHART ANIMATION - Chart animation control may be provided. Upon receiving a change to a displayed visualization comprising a plurality of data elements, a determination may be made as to whether to animate an update of the visualization according to the change to the displayed visualization. In response to determining to animate the update of the visualization according to the change to the data value, an animation of the update may be constructed and rendered and the updated visualization may be displayed. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120359 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING SYNCHRONIZATION OF 3D SHUTTER GLASSES - A method for controlling synchronization of a 3D shutter glasses adapted to a system for controlling synchronization of the 3D shutter glasses is provided. The method includes the following steps. A plurality of synchronous images of a 3D image projected on a screen are sensed by an image sensor of the shutter glasses. The 3D image includes a plurality of left images and right images and the synchronous images. The left images and the right images are respectively synchronized with a left-eye liquid crystal shutter and a right-eye liquid crystal shutter of the 3D shutter glasses based on the sensing result when the left-eye liquid crystal shutter and the right-eye liquid crystal shutter are respectively turned on. Furthermore, a system for controlling synchronization of the 3D shutter glasses using this method is also provided. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120360 | Method and System of Virtual Touch in a Steroscopic 3D Space - Systems and methods are disclosed for adjusting parallax for a 3D object appearing on a display. One such method includes selecting a target 3D object, calculating an adjusted parallax position, calculating a z-axis offset based at least in part on the adjusted parallax position, adjusting a first z-axis position of the target 3D object by the z-axis offset, and rendering the target 3D object on the display at the adjusted first z-axis position. The adjusted parallax position is based at least in part on a maximum user reach, a comfortable viewing distance, and a distance between a user and the display. The z-axis offset is set to a difference between the adjusted parallax position and a parallax for a 3D object which is farthest from the user. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120361 | SPATIAL 3D INTERACTIVE INSTRUMENT - Systems and methods for determining three-dimensional (3D) absolute coordinates of objects are disclosed. The system may include at least one light source providing illumination, a path altering unit to manipulate the path of the light from the light source, a plurality of sensors to sense the light reflected and diffused from objects, and a controller to determine the three-dimensional absolute coordinates of the objects based in part on the reflected light detected by the sensors. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120362 | COLLIMATED STEREO DISPLAY SYSTEM - A collimated stereo display system is provided. The system comprises: an image generator enabled to provide a stream of stereoscopic images comprising left eye images and right eye images; at least one image modulator enabled to receive the stream of stereoscopic images from the image generator and form light into the stereoscopic images for viewing at a viewing apparatus for filtering the light into the left eye images and the right eye images respectively thereby providing a three dimensional rendering of the stereoscopic images when viewed through the viewing apparatus; and, collimation apparatus enabled to receive and collimate the light from the at least one image modulator, such that rays of light are substantially parallel when the stereoscopic images are received at the viewing apparatus. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120363 | Operation Method of Shutter Glasses Based 3D Display Device - The present invention relates to an operation method of shutter glasses based 3D display device, which alternatively supplies left-eye and right-eye frame signals to a liquid crystal panel to drive the liquid crystal panel to respectively form left-eye and right-eye images, which cooperate with illumination of a scanning back light unit and timing control of the shutter glasses to simulate left and right eyes respectively with left-eye and right-eye signals for perception of a 3D image, wherein in a period of a current frame signal, duty time of each of blocks of the back light unit is located between the time when liquid crystal corresponding to the block completely responds after being driven by the current frame signal and the time when the liquid crystal corresponding to the block starts to respond as being driven by a subsequent frame signal. The operation method of shutter glasses based 3D display device according to the present invention alleviates after image caused by crosstalk between left and right eyes, compensates the reduction of luminance caused by shortening the duty time of each block of the back light unit, and thus achieves the purpose of saving energy. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120364 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED PRESENTATION OF OBJECTS IN A DISTRIBUTED INTERACTIVE SIMULATION - Systems and methods for substantially contemporaneously presenting a distributed simulation at multiple computing devices. A first computing device controls an object in the simulation. A second computing device generates a visual representation of the object associated with a visual status. The second computing device generates a predicted status and receives an update including new status from the first computing device. A portion of the predicted status is set equal to a portion of the new status, and a discrepancy between the predicted and visual statuses is determined. When the discrepancy is greater than a first threshold, at least one velocity of the predicted status may be modified. When the discrepancy is greater than a second threshold, the visual status is modified based at least in part on the predicted status. A new visual representation of the object is rendered based at least in part on the visual status, and displayed. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120365 | CONTENT PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE AUGMENTED SPACE - Disclosed herein is a content playback apparatus and method for providing an interactive augmented space. The content playback apparatus includes an augmented space recognition unit and an interaction processing unit. The augmented space recognition unit reconfigures a real space into a virtual space based on one depth image extracted from the real space, matching one or more primitive objects to the virtual space, and projects one or more virtual 3D objects, mapped to the primitive objects and combined with the reconfigured virtual space, onto the real space. The interaction processing unit recognizes one or more gesture interactions of a user related to the virtual 3D objects projected onto the real space and projects the virtual 3D objects onto the real space by incorporating deformations of the virtual 3D objects resulting from the recognized gesture interactions. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120366 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH 3D CAPABILITY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display apparatus having a display panel and a lenticular plate is configured for displaying 3D images. The display panel includes a plurality of light output-controlling portions and a light blocking portion surrounding them. The light output-controlling portions each has a non-rectangular shape, for example a parallelogram shape. A width of the light blocking portion between adjacent light output-controlling portions is determined according to a repetition period of the light output-controlling portions and according to an inclination angle of the lenticular plate. The configuration prevents or suppresses perception of a Moiré artifact pattern. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120367 | Providing A Real-Time Shared Viewing Experience In A Three-Dimensional Modeling Environment - When multiple users simultaneously view and/or collaboratively develop a three-dimensional (3D) model using respective independent computing devices, one of the participating users may locally modify a viewpoint of the 3D model, and the viewpoint changes are automatically propagated in real-time to the other users. A viewpoint may correspond to a positioning, an orientation, a zoom degree, an angle, etc. of the 3D model as would be provided by a virtual camera trained on the 3D model. The multiple users may share a common viewpoint of the 3D model in real-time in addition to viewing and/or participating in the generation and modification of the 3D model in real-time. In an embodiment, only one user at a time may be allowed to control the viewpoint modification of the 3D model. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120368 | Browser-Based Collaborative Development of a 3D Model - A system for collaborative three-dimensional (3D) modeling in a browser application is stored as instructions on a computer-readable medium. The instructions include a browser interface module that executes on the one or more processors to receive user commands from the browser application for modifying a 3D model and cause a rendering of the 3D model to be displayed in a window controlled by the browser application. The instructions further include a modeling engine module that executes on the one or more processors to interpret model data corresponding to the 3D model to generate the rendering of the 3D model, and modify the model data in accordance with the received user commands. Still further, the instructions include a collaboration module that executes on the one or more processors to cause the modified 3D model to be synchronized in real time between the first computing and a second computing device at which the 3D model is being concurrently developed, where the first computing device and the second computing device operate independently of each other on a communication network. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120369 | Controlling Rights to a Drawing in a Three-Dimensional Modeling Environment - A first user having a certain set of privileges with respect to an initial three-dimensional (3D) model associates a watermark with the initial 3D model, so that the watermark is displayed whenever the initial 3D model is viewed or edited. A second user having a smaller set of privileges with respect to the initial 3D model is permitted to view, copy and/or modify the initial 3D model, but is not permitted to remove or alter the content of the watermark. The watermark is continuously displayed as the second user works with the initial 3D model. When the second user applies a change to the initial 3D model, an indication of the modifications applied by the second user is generated and stored with the model data corresponding to the updated 3D model. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING ASTHENOPIA OF THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A method of measuring asthenopia of displayed 3-dimensional (3D) images, the method including: | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120371 | Interactive Communication Virtual Space - An improved computer graphical interface for presenting a virtual room or space to a group of users and permitting each of the users to occupy a position in that virtual space, which is displayed to the other users as a virtual object that moves around in the virtual space based on the commands of the corresponding user. The computers operating in the simulated space share their position vectors so that the graphics and interactivity can be calculated locally. This permits a user to circulate through the space and interact with other participants in the space in a more natural, visually appealing and interactive way. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120372 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MIXED REALITY CONTENTS FOR LEARNING THROUGH STORY-BASED VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for providing mixed reality for a virtual experience service, and more particularly, an apparatus and a method for providing mixed reality contents for learning a virtual experience based on a story that provides a service in which a user in a real world appears in a virtual world having the story to undergo a virtual experience. The method picks up the user image in the real world and synthesizes the picked-up image with a desired position of a 3D virtual world. According to the present disclosure, a realistic experience based learning can be provided while a spatial limit is overcome. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120373 | OBJECT DISTRIBUTION RANGE SETTING DEVICE AND OBJECT DISTRIBUTION RANGE SETTING METHOD - An object management device includes a distribution range setting unit that sets a range where an object is visible as a distribution range of object information related to the object for each of the object information based on a located position of the object and map information. Consequently, when the mobile terminal is located in the position where the object is visible, the object information of the object is distributed to the mobile terminal. It is thereby possible to appropriately distribute object information to be distributed so as to appropriately display the object on the mobile terminal. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120374 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A parallax amount between the plurality of images for each subject on the images is calculated, a subject is identified as a subject targeted for display position adjustment, in a case where the subject having an absolute parallax value which exceeds a predetermined amount is successively pictured in more than a predetermined number of frames, using a cross point provisionally set for the plurality of images as a reference, and parallax is adjusted such that the absolute parallax value of the subject targeted for display position adjustment does not exceed a predetermined amount after adjustment. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130127823 | Generating a Depth Map Based on a Single Image - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium for determining a depth map from a single image. An image is displayed on a computer display, where the displayed image corresponds to image data. User input via is received via one or more tools applied to the displayed image, where the user input specifies one or more depth constraints for at least a portion of the image. A depth map for the image data is automatically determined subject to the one or more depth constraints, and a representation of the depth map is displayed on the computer display | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127824 | Object Selection in Stereo Image Pairs - A method is disclosed. Input data indicates a location within a region of a digital image of a stereo image pair. A boundary of the region and a corresponding boundary of a corresponding region of another digital image are defined based on the input data, content of the digital image, and content of the another digital image. The boundary and the corresponding boundary represent boundaries of a visual feature in the digital image and the other digital image. The defining further includes constructing a probability distribution for the digital image and another probability distribution for the other digital image. The probability distribution for the digital image represents a probability that each pixel of a set of pixels of the digital image is within the region. The other probability distribution represents a probability that each pixel of another set of pixels of the another digital image is within the corresponding region. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127825 | Methods and Apparatus for Interactive Rotation of 3D Objects Using Multitouch Gestures - Methods and apparatus for interactively rotating three-dimensional (3D) objects using multitouch gestures. To perform a roll gesture, multiple touch points are detected on a multitouch-enabled device. The touch points are associated with, or select, a 3D object displayed on the device. The centroid of the touch points is computed, and motion of the centroid, resulting from motion of the touch points, is tracked. When motion of the centroid is detected, a displacement is obtained, and the displacement is mapped to a rotation transformation. The 3D object may then be rotated according to the rotation transformation, and a 2D projection of the rotated 3D object is displayed. If the number of touch points changes, rotation may be reset without rotating the object. Alternatively, displacement from the previous centroid to the new centroid is determined and the object is rotated accordingly. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127826 | PARALLAX IMAGE AUTHORING AND VIEWING IN DIGITAL MEDIA - An authoring tool assigns a first depth value to a first image layer and a second depth value to a second image layer. The first depth value is a first simulated distance from a user. The second depth value is a second simulated distance from the user. The authoring tool composes an image based on the first image layer and the second image layer such that the image is displayed within a page in a scrollable area on a viewing device. The first depth value is utilized to generate a first offset value from a first static position of the first image layer and the second depth value is utilized to generate a second offset value from a second static position of the second image layer based upon a scroll position of the page with respect to a target location in the scrollable area to create a parallax effect. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127827 | Multiview Face Content Creation - New views of a 2D image are generated by identifying an object class within the image, such as through a face detector. The face is then fitted to a model face by means of an AAM, and the results extended to a fitted 3D polygon mesh face. A boundary perimeter with predefined anchor points and a predefined triangulation with the 3D polygon mesh is defined a predefined depth distance from the depth center of known landmarks within the 3D polygon mesh face. By rotating the 3D polygon mesh face relative to the boundary perimeter, which may follow the perimeter of the input image, new views of the input image are generated. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127828 | Three Dimensional Building Blocks - Methods, systems, and products describe physical structures for interactive computer displays. A tangible, three-dimensional structure has an interior and an exterior surface. A bundle of optical fibers propagates light through the interior to the exterior surface of the three-dimensional structure. A magnet in the three-dimensional structure produces an attractive force, and a marker on the exterior surface identifies the three-dimensional structure and the magnet | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127829 | LCD Panel and LCD Device - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and an LCD panel are disclosed. The LCD panel comprises charging scanning lines, discharging scanning lines, first data lines, second data lines and pixel units. The charging scanning lines and the discharging scanning lines are arranged alternately and parallel with each other in a first direction. The first data lines and the second data lines are arranged parallel with each other in a second direction and insulatedly intersect the charging scanning lines and the discharging scanning lines. Each pixel unit comprises a charging TFT, a discharging TFT and a pixel electrode. When two adjacent charging scanning lines are being scanned in the LCD panel, two adjacent discharging scanning lines located in other rows different from those of the two adjacent charging scanning lines being scanned are scanned within a same scanning time frame. The LCD panel can extend the charging time of gates. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127830 | Flat Panel Display Device and Stereoscopic Display Device - The present invention provides a flat panel display device. The flat panel display device includes a backlight system and a display panel, wherein: the backlight system includes an LED light bar and a back frame; the back frame carries the LED light bar and the back frame includes at least two primary assembling pieces, and the at least two primary assembling pieces are joined to form a main frame structure of the back frame. The back frame further includes positioning walls, and the positioning walls are mounted to a side wall of at least one of the primary assembling pieces to define a receiving space for receiving an LED light bar. The present invention also provides a stereoscopic display device. With the above described manner, the flat panel display device and the stereoscopic display device of the present invention form a back frame through joining so as to make structure of the back frame simple and save the material for the back frame so as to lower down the manufacturing cost of flat panel display device. Further, the present invention uses a primary assembling piece that is provided with positioning walls to precisely and effectively position an LED light bar thereby simplifying assembling and increasing assembling efficiency. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127831 | DISPLAY DEVICE - An electronic image device includes a display unit that displays an image; and a barrier portion disposed over the display unit and configured to control transmission of the image to a user. The barrier portion includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposing each other to define a space in which interception portions and lens portions are to be alternately disposed. The barrier portion further includes a common electrode disposed over one surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode disposed at a region corresponding to each of the interception portions, and a second electrode including a plurality of sub-electrodes and disposed at a region corresponding to each of the lens portions. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127832 | 3D DlSPLA Y SYSTEM - Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) display system. The 3D display system synthesizes a 3D image and position information data of an observer obtained through a camera with an optimal viewing area image with respect to horizontal and vertical directions of a display panel in a 3D space, and displays the synthesized image on the display panel such that the observer can visually know an optimal viewing area. Accordingly, the 3D display system enables the observer to visually check the optimal viewing area with ease and induces the observer to move to a position in the optimal viewing area. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127833 | Volumetric Data Exploration Using Multi-Point Input Controls - A three-dimensional data set is accessed. A two-dimensional plane is defined that intersects a space defined by the three-dimensional data set. The two-dimensional plane defines a two-dimensional data set within the three-dimensional data set and divides the three-dimensional data set into first and second subsets. A three-dimensional view based on the three-dimensional data set is rendered on such that at least a portion of the first subset of the three-dimensional data set is removed and at least a portion of the two-dimensional data set is displayed. A two-dimensional view of a first subset of the two-dimensional data set also is rendered. Controls are provided that enable visual navigation through the three-dimensional data set by engaging points on the multi-touch display device that correspond to either the three-dimensional view based on the three-dimensional data set and/or the two-dimensional view of the first subset of the two-dimensional data set. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127834 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - A computer implemented data processing method for recursively approximating a proper value for a target matrix includes the following steps of: determining whether the target matrix corresponds to a low complexity condition; if so, obtaining a first updated target matrix according to a first variance, relevant to a second iteration parameter, and a first iteration parameter, wherein the first and the second iteration parameters correspond to fixed values; if not, obtaining a second updated target matrix according to a second variance, relevant to a fourth iteration parameter, and a third iteration parameter, wherein the third and the fourth parameters are related to the target matrix. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127835 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY FOR DISPLAYING TWO-DIMENSIONAL/THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES AND METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes a display panel, a processor, a timing control circuit, and a switch cell layer. The switch cell layer includes a liquid crystal layer, a first driving circuit, and a second driving circuit. The switch cell layer is installed on the display panel. When the display panel displays at least one two-dimensional region and at least one three-dimensional region according to an image signal, the processor determines positions of the at least one two-dimensional region and the at least one three-dimensional region on the display panel according to the image signal. The timing control circuit is for generating an address signal according to the positions. The first driving circuit and the second driving circuit drive first enable lines coupled to the first driving circuit in groups and second enable lines coupled to the second driving circuit in groups respectively according to the address signal. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127836 | Methods and Apparatus for Three-Dimensional (3D) Sketching - Methods and apparatus for 3D sketching may provide an interface for creating 3D drawings from 2D and 3D input, and for creating 3D curve networks. The technique may provide tools for 2D sketching that enable 2D sketching in 3D space, and for creating a network of intersecting 3D curves. The technique may provide user interface elements and techniques that facilitate the curve drawing tasks. For 2D sketching, the technique may provide methods for interpreting imprecise user 2D strokes as continuous, high-quality 3D curves. The technique may provide the ability to edit existing 3D curves using sketched 2D strokes. The technique may enable sketching of 3D curves by rotating a drawing plane and/or by creating drawing surfaces on which curves may be added. The technique may provide user interface elements for converting curves in 3D space into a curve network. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127837 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - By adjusting parameters of single-eye 3D information on the basis of the visual-sense characteristic of a human being, it is possible to present a 3D image more hardly causing the human being to have a feeling of discomfort and a feeling of displeasure. An input-value-adjustment-quantity determination section determines an adjustment quantity of an input value on the basis of an evaluation function to serve as an adjustment quantity corresponding to a determined depth adjustment quantity. An adjustment-gain computation block computes a gain value of each of spatial-frequency components of an input 3D image on the basis of the adjustment quantity of the input value. An image adjustment block adjusts the spatial-frequency components in accordance with the gain values computed for the spatial-frequency components respectively. The present application can be applied to typically an image processing apparatus for adjusting depths of the input 3D image. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127838 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY OF A DIGITAL IMAGE - The present invention describes a method for providing a three-dimensional display of a digital image. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method for providing a three-dimensional display of a digital image including retrieving of at least one digital image from a storage memory on an electronic device, wherein the digital image comprises at least two digital image layers. Additionally, displaying to a viewer the at least two digital image layers of the digital image. Moreover, estimating of a change in a perspective of the viewer by a three-dimensional parallax display module based on a plurality of spatial orientation data. Furthermore, modifying, with the three-dimensional parallax display module, the display of the at least two digital image layers. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127839 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND MOBILE DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A mobile terminal comprising a stereoscopic display unit outputting a stereoscopic image is disclosed. In one embodiment the stereoscopic display unit comprises a display element configured to periodically display left and right images, a refractive lens unit disposed to overlap with the display element and configured to change refractive characteristics thereof, and a controller configured to control the refractive characteristics of the refractive lens unit such that a refraction direction of transmitted light is periodically changed to make the left and right images face in different directions. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127840 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display control apparatus includes a conversion and synthesis unit that converts an array of pixels constituting each of planar images for multiple view points and synthesize the planar images in which the array of the pixels is converted to generate a three-dimensional display image, the unit including a correspondence control unit that associates view point image sub pixels with three-dimensional display sub pixels, a sub pixel value decision unit that decides a value of the sub pixel before the conversion for each color of the sub pixels on the basis of the view point image sub pixel extracted from the planar image for each view point, and a sub pixel generation unit that obtains a value of the sub pixel after the conversion on the basis of the decided value of the sub pixel before the conversion to generate the associated three-dimensional display sub pixels. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127841 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 3D IMAGING AND DISPLAYING CONTENTS ACCORDING TO START OR END OF OPERATION - A method of displaying contents performed by a display apparatus, the method including: displaying the contents according to a current operation mode; and when data for 3D display of an object is displayed, in a case where an operation is determined to end, displaying data for 2D display of the object on a display device, instead of the data for 3D display of the object. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127842 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD OF THE SAME - A three-dimensional image processing apparatus and a calibration method of the same are disclosed. A display device displays two or more view images. A three-dimensional image filter is disposed at the front of the display device. The three-dimensional image filter has transmission regions and non-transmission regions which are alternately arranged. A controller adjusts positions of the non-transmission regions of the three-dimensional image filter based on a current position of a user and a reference switch mode. Upon detecting a user action to request movement of the non-transmission regions, the controller changes the reference switch mode in response to the user action and adjusts the positions of the non-transmission regions of the three-dimensional image filter based on the changed reference switch mode. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127843 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A display method and apparatus are provided. The method includes selecting at least one content to be focused of the plurality of content being displayed, adjusting a disparity value so that the selected content has a different depth value from other content, and displaying the content of which the disparity value has been adjusted. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127844 | FILLING DISOCCLUSIONS IN A VIRTUAL VIEW - In accordance with a first aspect, filling disocclusions in a virtual view video has identifying a background portion of a first virtual view image of the virtual view video based on a depth/disparity map associated with a first virtual view image, updating a background sprite image based on the background portion of a first virtual view image, and filling a disoccluded area of a second virtual view image of the virtual view video based on a corresponding portion of the background sprite image. According to a second aspect, filling a disoccluded area in a virtual view image is performed by patch-based texture synthesis being responsive to a depth/disparity map associated with a virtual view image. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127845 | DISPLAY AND EXPORT OF INDIVIDUAL BIPLANE IMAGES - An ultrasound system which is capable of biplane imaging is able to display, store and export independent image frames of only the reference image ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127846 | PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A parallax image generation device includes: a depth value correction unit which performs correction processing on a depth value, from among a plurality of depth values which define a depth image, to shift a position corresponding to the depth value to be closer to a display screen as the depth value is located closer to an end of the depth image, the display screen being for displaying a parallax image; and a parallax image generation unit which generates a first parallax image and a second parallax image having mutual parallax, using a two-dimensional image and the depth image corrected through the correction processing. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130135287 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGE DATASETS - A method and system are provided for creating and simultaneously displaying medical scan images, from each of first ( | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135288 | Using a Three-Dimensional Model to Render a Cursor - In some implementations, a cursor can be rendered based on a three-dimensional model. In some implementations, the three-dimensional cursor can be manipulated to change the orientation of the three-dimensional cursor based on the context of the cursor. In some implementations, parameters associated with the three-dimensional model can be manipulated based on the context of the three-dimensional cursor to change the appearance of the cursor. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135289 | Stereoscopic Display System and Driving Method Thereof - A stereoscopic display system and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The stereoscopic display system comprises a display unit, a pair of shutter glasses and a backlight unit. The pair of shutter glasses comprises a left eyeglass and a right eyeglass for watching a left-eye signal and a right-eye signal respectively at different times. Both the left eyeglass and the right eyeglass operate synchronously with the display unit and are turned on and off alternately to watch the left-eye signal and the right-eye signal at different times. The backlight unit provides planar light rays for the display unit. The backlight unit comprises a plurality of light emitting regions which are arranged in a direction identical to a scanning direction of the display unit. The light emitting regions are turned on sequentially in the scanning direction. A turn-on time of each of the light emitting regions corresponds to a transmissivity of the pair of shutter glasses. Light emission brightness of the light emitting regions is distributed asymmetrically in the scanning direction. The stereoscopic display system and the driving method thereof of the present disclosure can reduce the crosstalk and improve the user's experience when using the stereoscopic display system. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135290 | Volumetric Data Exploration Using Multi-Point Input Controls - A three-dimensional data set is accessed. A two-dimensional plane is defined that intersects a space defined by the three-dimensional data set. The two-dimensional plane defines a two-dimensional data set within the three-dimensional data set and divides the three-dimensional data set into first and second subsets. A three-dimensional view based on the three-dimensional data set is rendered on such that at least a portion of the first subset of the three-dimensional data set is removed and at least a portion of the two-dimensional data set is displayed. A two-dimensional view of a first subset of the two-dimensional data set also is rendered. Controls are provided that enable visual navigation through the three-dimensional data set by engaging points on the multi-touch display device that correspond to either the three-dimensional view based on the three-dimensional data set and/or the two-dimensional view of the first subset of the two-dimensional data set. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135291 | Volumetric Data Exploration Using Multi-Point Input Controls - A three-dimensional data set is accessed. A two-dimensional plane is defined that intersects a space defined by the three-dimensional data set. The two-dimensional plane defines a two-dimensional data set within the three-dimensional data set and divides the three-dimensional data set into first and second subsets. A three-dimensional view based on the three-dimensional data set is rendered on such that at least a portion of the first subset of the three-dimensional data set is removed and at least a portion of the two-dimensional data set is displayed. A two-dimensional view of a first subset of the two-dimensional data set also is rendered. Controls are provided that enable visual navigation through the three-dimensional data set by engaging points on the multi-touch display device that correspond to either the three-dimensional view based on the three-dimensional data set and/or the two-dimensional view of the first subset of the two-dimensional data set. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135292 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMBINING PLURALITY OF 2D IMAGES WITH 3D MODEL - A method and apparatus for combining a three-dimensional (3D) model with a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) images by adjusting degrees of transparency of the plurality of 2D images. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of 2D images; arranging the plurality of 2D images in a 3D space based on predetermined criteria; | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135293 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A three dimensional image display device includes a liquid crystal display panel assembly which includes a first pixel and a second pixel disposed adjacent to each other in a vertical direction. The first pixel comprises a first subpixel and a second subpixel disposed adjacent to each other in the vertical direction, and the second pixel includes a third subpixel and a fourth subpixel which are disposed adjacent to each other in the vertical direction. The first subpixel and the third subpixel, or the second subpixel and the fourth subpixel display black in a three dimensional (3D) display mode and display a normal image in a two dimensional (2D) display mode. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135294 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal for displaying a three-dimensional image and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a display unit configured to display a three-dimensional image including a plurality of objects; a memory unit configured to store property information of a plurality of applications respectively corresponding to the plurality of objects; and a controller configured to, upon detection of a selection of the plurality of objects, execute the plurality of applications, generate propriety information so as to determine the priority levels of the executed applications based on the property information, and arrange the executed applications on the three-dimensional image based on position information mapped to the priority information. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135295 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A AUGMENTED REALITY - A method for generating an augmented reality is provided. The method comprises: capturing a 3D target image and a 3D environment image from a target and an environment respectively, wherein the 3D target image and the 3D environment image are the 3D images with the depth values; capturing a foreground image from the 3D target image; estimating a display scale of the foreground image in a 3D environment image corresponding to a specified depth value according to the specified depth value in the 3D environment image; and augmenting the foreground image in the 3D environment image according to the display scale and generating an augmented reality image. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135296 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3D IMAGE AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING 3D IMAGE - A device and method for displaying a 3D image includes a multi-image generation unit generating a multi-image by combining left-eye and right-eye images for each content of a plurality of different content; a display panel displaying the multi-image; and a backlight providing light having different wavelengths for the corresponding different content included in the multi-image to the display panel when the multi-image is displayed. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135297 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present application discloses a video display device. The display device includes: a display surface with pixels. Each pixel has an opened sub-pixel including an opened filter having a color filter with an opening, an unopened sub-pixel having a color filter without an opening, and a liquid crystal driven in response to luminance for each of the opened and unopened sub-pixels; an input portion to which a video signal is input to define the video on the display surface; a signal generator for generating a luminance signal to define the luminance of the opened sub-pixel in response to the video signal; a detector for detecting a degree of change corresponding to a change between video frame images in response to the video signal; and an adjuster for adjusting the luminance of the opened sub-pixel defined by the video signal in response to the degree of change. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135298 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING NEW VIEWPOINT IMAGE - An apparatus for generating a new viewpoint image includes: a new viewpoint image generation unit that shifts the foreground image region in the input image, based on a depth map to generate a new viewpoint image including a missing pixel region; a representative background pixel selection unit that selects background pixels located a predetermined number of pixels away from edge pixels, as representative background pixels; a texture direction map calculation unit that calculates a texture direction of each of the selected representative background pixels, to calculate a texture direction map indicating texture directions, each corresponding to one of missing pixels, based on locations of the representative background pixels and locations of the missing pixels included in the missing pixel region; and a hole-filling processing unit that fills the missing pixel region with the obtained background pixels in accordance with the texture direction map. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135299 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUBPIXEL RENDERING - An image processing method and apparatus for subpixel rendering is provided. A display, with an image processing apparatus, may adjust a pixel value of a subpixel based on the position of the subpixel relative to a position of an eye of a viewer. The image processing apparatus may display a three-dimensional (3D) image on a light field display, based on the adjusted pixel value of the subpixel. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135300 | ROAD IMAGE DRAWING DEVICE AND ROAD IMAGE DRAWING METHOD - A road image drawing device including: a boundary determining unit for determining whether or not a node is located at a boundary between parcels when it is determined that the node is located at either a start point or an end point of a road; a start point, end point, and boundary road slope data acquiring unit for acquiring slope data which is calculated in advance when it is determined that the node is located at a boundary between parcels; and a drawing data processing unit for generating drawing data from both a calculated slope of the node or the slope data acquired by the start point, end point, and boundary road slope data acquiring unit, and road width data pre-stored therein, and for storing the drawing data therein. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130141418 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING AT LEAST ONE AVAILABILITY METAPHOR OF AT LEAST ONE REAL WORLD ENTITY IN A VIRTUAL WORLD - Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for providing at least one availability metaphor of at least one real world entity in a virtual world are disclosed. In one embodiment, a request to provide a virtual world model comprising at least one availability metaphor may be received. For each at least one availability metaphor, an availability state of a real world entity associated with the availability metaphor may be determined. A modified instance of the virtual world model comprised of the at least one availability metaphor may be generated based on the determined at least one availability state of the at least one real world entity associated with the at least one availability metaphor. Each availability metaphor of the modified instance of the virtual world model may represent the availability state of the associated real world entity. The modified instance of the virtual world model may be transmitted for rendering. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141419 | AUGMENTED REALITY WITH REALISTIC OCCLUSION - A head-mounted display device is configured to visually augment an observed physical space to a user. The head-mounted display device includes a see-through display and is configured to receive augmented display information, such as a virtual object with occlusion relative to a real world object from a perspective of the see-through display. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141420 | Simulation of Three-Dimensional (3D) Cameras - A method and apparatus for simulating images generated by a three-dimensional imaging system. A group of models for a group of effects produced in the images generated by the three-dimensional imaging system may be identified. Simulated images that simulate the images generated by the three-dimensional imaging system may be generated using the group of models and a three-dimensional rendering system. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141421 | AUGMENTED REALITY VIRTUAL MONITOR - A head-mounted display includes a see-through display and a virtual reality engine. The see-through display is configured to visually augment an appearance of a physical space to a user viewing the physical space through the see-through display. The virtual reality engine is configured to cause the see-through display to visually present a virtual monitor that appears to be integrated with the physical space to a user viewing the physical space through the see-through display. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141422 | Property Alteration of a Three Dimensional Stereoscopic System - A system and method for altering a property associated with a three dimensional stereoscopic system that has a display are disclosed. The method includes determining that a portion of a virtual object in a three dimensional image generated by the display resides at a predetermined position along a first axis relative to the display based on a difference between a left eye image of the portion of the virtual object and a right eye image of the portion of the virtual object. The first axis is perpendicular to a plane of the display. The method further includes altering a property associated with the portion of the virtual object based on the predetermined position without referring to any perceived overlap between the virtual object and the tangible environment. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141423 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A 3D image display apparatus includes a light modulator configured to modulate an image light, a difference map generator configured to obtain an absolute value of a difference between a variation value of a left 2D image and a variation value of a right 2D image, an image processor configured to generate 3D image display position information using the absolute value, a light modulator controller configured to partially activate the light modulator in response to the 3D image display position information, an image generator for generating an interlaced image using the left and right 2D images, and an image display device for displaying the interlaced image. The activated area of the light modulator corresponds to an area of the displayed interlaced image, so that the light modulator modulates light provided from the displayed interlaced image, and does not modulate light provided from a remainder of the image. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141424 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a three-dimensional image display device and a driving method thereof. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141425 | THREE-DIMENSION IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A three-dimension (3D) image processing method is disclosed. First and second eye frames of a 3D image is generated from a frame of an original two-dimension (2D) image. First and second mask areas are generated at first and second boundaries of the first eye frame respectively. Third and fourth mask areas are generated at first and second boundaries of the second eye frame respectively. A length of each the first and the fourth mask areas includes a length of a comparison area whose length is determined according to a pixel data difference obtained by comparing the first eye frame with the second eye frame. A length of each the first to the fourth mask areas further includes a length of a first extension border area. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141426 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING - Methods and means related to three-dimensional imaging are provided. A serial data stream formatted as respective frames is provided to an electronic display. The data stream is parsed and an initial portion of each frame is buffered. The buffered data is used with rear-time data to write pixels in two or more distinct regions of the display contemporaneously. Shutter glasses are synchronized to left and right images on the display. The extended image presentation periods result in a favorable 3D viewing experience by the user. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141427 | Path and Speed Based Character Control - A 3D animation environment that includes an animation object is generated. A movement speed is assigned to object the 3D animation environment. An animation path containing at least first and second waypoints is generated. An animation sequence is generated by identifying a first section of the animation path connected to the first waypoint. A first animation of the animation object is generated in which the animation object moves along the first section of the path at the movement speed. A spatial gap in the animation path is identified between the first and second waypoints. A second animation of the animation object is generated in which the animation object moves, by keyframe animation, from the first waypoint to the second waypoint. A third animation of the animation object is generated in which the animation object moves along at least a second portion of the path at the movement speed. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141428 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELING SOFTWARE - A computer-implemented method, computer-readable medium, and a system for building a 3D interactive environment are disclosed. In one aspect, the computer includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. According to the method, the processor generates first and second 3D virtual spaces. A portal graphics engine links the first and second 3D virtual spaces using a portal. The portal causes the first and second 3D virtual spaces to interact as a single, continuous zone. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141429 | MAP DISPLAY MANIPULATION APPARATUS - A navigation apparatus has a display portion displaying a map that is controlled by a remote control as a manipulator. The remote control has a gravitation sensor. The gravitation sensor serves as a position detector to detect a three-dimensional coordinate set (x, y, z) of the remote control. A reduced scale for the displayed map is changed based on a displacement in z axis while the displayed map is moved based on a horizontal displacement in xy-coordinate plane. The remote control may move obliquely in a direction being neither parallel with z axis nor orthogonal to z axis, drawing a U-shaped locus. In this case, the reduced scale is designated as a subject reduced scale based on the lowest coordinate in z axis; the displayed map is moved based on a product obtained by multiplying the horizontal displacement by a unit distance according to the subject reduced scale. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141430 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal for displaying digital contents and a control method thereof may be provided. The mobile terminal may include: a display unit configured to display a first page of digital contents and at least a portion of a second page different from the first page together, and a controller to control a three-dimensional (3D) depth value of at least one of the first and second pages such that the first page can have a 3D depth different from the second page in a state in which the first and second pages are displayed together. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141431 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING MODEL, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREWITH - A method of controlling a model by a computer, includes accepting an instruction of changing a pose or a movement of a standard model for which control data for joint angles is attached; determining a pose or a movement of the standard model based on the instruction and the control data for joint angles; and determining a pose or a movement of a target model to be controlled where parts of the standard model and parts of the target model being in correspondence with each other, such that the pose or the movement of the target model follows the pose or the movement of the determined standard model based on the correspondence of the parts of the standard model and the parts of the target model. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141432 | COLOR CALIBRATION AND COMPENSATION FOR 3D DISPLAY SYSTEMS - A method and system for calibration and compensation of color in a three dimensional display system includes user calibration of individual color channels using a multiplicity of grey screens while viewing with three dimensional glasses. Look-up tables are generated to ease conversion of input pixels to color corrected pixels to pre-distort the color of the pixels being driven by the three dimensional display system. Input pixels are then converted using the look-up tables and color corrected frames are displayed to a user. The pre-distortion effect allows a user to perceive colors in the three dimensional system as intended with the distortions caused by the viewing glasses and other aspects of the three dimensional display system. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130147785 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL TEXTURE REPROJECTION - Methods and systems for three-dimensional texture reprojection are provided herein. The method includes calculating an initial distance vector from a vertex within a 3D mesh of an object to each of a plurality of texture images. For each texture image, the method also includes determining coordinates of an intersection point of the initial distance vector with the texture image, determining a number of neighboring points within a specified distance from the intersection point, and calculating an overall distance vector from the neighboring points to any of the points within the 3D mesh. Furthermore, the method includes determining a number of texture images with a lowest difference between the initial distance vector and the overall distance vector. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147786 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTATION TO SOLVE PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND FOR OUTPUTTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE IMAGES IN COLLABORATION WITH GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNIT, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method and apparatus for executing high performance computation to solve PDEs and for outputting three-dimensional interactive images in collaboration with a GPU is disclosed. The method includes: (A) executing a coordinate transformation to a three-dimensional image by the CPU, setting a boundary condition required by a simulation according to a coordinate transformation result, and inputting the boundary condition to the GPU; (B) executing a numerical simulation of the PDEs and the boundary condition in the step (A); (C) processing and rendering each drawn element by the GPU according to a numerical simulation result to draw a visual image featured with physical quantity variation and overlapping the visual image on the three-dimensional image to form the three-dimensional interactive images. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147787 | Systems and Methods for Transmitting Visual Content - The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein permit the transmittal of digital media content from a source device to a target device. A source device represents media content as discrete elements, wherein each element embodies a separate layer of the media content. The source device creates visual objects corresponding to the elements, wherein each visual object includes one or more attributes including, but not limited to, a Z-order designation designating the element's layer with respect to the other elements of the media content. Each visual object can be managed and updated independently. A target receives the visual objects, reconstructs the media content, and displays the media content on a display. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147788 | METHOD FOR FACIAL ANIMATION - A method of animating a digital character according to facial expressions of a user, comprising the steps of, (a) obtaining a | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147789 | REAL-TIME THREE-DIMENSIONAL REAL ENVIRONMENT RECONSTRUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A real-time three-dimensional (3D) real environment reconstruction apparatus and method are provided. The real-time 3D real environment reconstruction apparatus reconstructs a 3D real environment in real-time, or processes data input through RGB-D cameras in real-time using a plurality of GPUs so as to reconstruct a wide ranging 3D real environment. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147790 | VIDEO-BASED IMAGE CONTROL SYSTEM - A method of using stereo vision to interface with a computer is provided. The method includes capturing a stereo image, and processing the stereo image to determine position information of an object in the stereo image. The object is controlled by a user. The method also includes communicating the position information to the computer to allow the user to interact with a computer application. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147791 | DISPARITY SETTING METHOD AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for transmitting an information representative of a disparity setting of a stereoscopic image, the stereoscopic image comprising a first image and a second image representative of a same scene according to two different viewpoints. The method comprises a transmission step of said setting information at a given time, the transmission time being determined according to a time period associated with a transition time between the sequential display of the first and second images. The invention also relates to a disparity setting method according to the disparity information received as well as a device configured for the transmission of an information representative of a disparity setting. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147792 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING A 3D IMAGE IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus are provided for displaying a three dimensional (3D) image by a mobile terminal. The method includes receiving an object for displaying; identifying attribute information of a content item or application associated with the object; determining a depth of the object based on the attribute information; and displaying the object to reflect the depth. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147793 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, which is suitable for providing visual effect in accordance with a shift of a pointer in a mobile terminal capable of displaying a stereoscopic 3D image and controlling functions of the mobile terminal. The present invention includes displaying at least one selection target object having a predetermined 3D depth given thereto on a display unit including a binocular disparity generating means, detecting a distance and position of a pointer from the mobile terminal via a detecting unit, controlling a prescribed visual effect to be displayed on the display unit in response to the detected distance and position of the pointer, and if the distance of the pointer is equal to or smaller than a 1 | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147794 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL USER INTERFACE IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Methods and apparatus for providing a three-dimensional user interface in an electronic device are provided. An editing mode of a three-dimensional user interface screen is executed in which a plurality of content items is displayed in a three-dimensional space. It is determined whether a content item from among the plurality of content items is moved in the editing mode. When it is determined that the content item is moved, it is determined whether the content item overlaps a portion of an area of another content item from among the plurality of content items. When it is determined that the content item overlaps the portion of the area of the other content item, the content item is moved a minimum distance along a Z-axis direction so that the content item no longer overlaps the portion of the area of the other content item. The Z-axis direction indicates perspective information. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147795 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal displays a plurality of figures arranged in a first composition on a touch screen when a specific mode is locked, rearranges the plurality of figures in a second composition different from the first composition upon receiving a specific input, and determines whether to unlock the specific mode on the basis of a pattern which is input using the plurality of figures arranged in the first or second composition. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147796 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING FATIGUE RESULTING FROM VIEWING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DATA STREAM OF LOW VISUAL FATIGUE THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - Provided is a method of reducing fatigue resulting from viewing a three-dimensional (3D) image display. The method includes: obtaining low visual fatigue parameter information on a frame section including at least one frame of a received 3D image; obtaining disparity vector information on each frame of the 3D image; and determining a disparity minimum limit value and a disparity maximum limit value with respect to the 3D image. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147797 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - In a three-dimensional image generating apparatus, a luminance gradient calculating portion calculates a luminance gradient, which indicates the amount of change in luminance between a pixel of interest and a pixel adjacent thereto, a right-eye image generating portion corrects a pixel luminance in a correction amount having the same sign as the luminance gradient, and a left-eye image generating portion corrects a pixel luminance in a correction amount having the opposite sign to the luminance gradient. As a result, there is a difference in luminance distribution between left-eye and right-eye images, so that stereoscopic viewing is made possible without calculating depth information, and there is no change in pixel positions, so that the images do not appear doubled or they are resistant to appearing doubled. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130155047 | IMAGE THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) MODELING - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for creating a three-dimensional model of an image. Image data, comprise a series of images of a location, such as along a route, can be received. The image data can comprise a first image element location for a first image element, where the first image element location may correspond to a three-dimensional point in the image, such as a location in the image with a depth from a point of observation. The first image element can be segmented into a first façade plane using the first image element location. The first façade plane can be merged with a second façade plane, resulting in a three-dimensional model of the image. The second façade plane can comprise a second image element, where the image data comprises a second image element location for the second image element. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155048 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS CONSTRUCTION AND USER INTERFACE - A method and apparatus for a three-dimensional (3D) user interface are provided. The 3D user interface enables a user to interact with 3D applications on computing devices utilizing a 3D display. The 3D user interface utilizes a swarm algorithm to perform computations on 3D graphical objects in a graphics engine. The swarm algorithm allows multiple 3D graphics objects to interact with each other to form the 3D graphics of the application. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155049 | MULTIPLE HARDWARE CURSORS PER CONTROLLER - A system and method for providing a 3D selection technique in a graphics system. A processor receives update information corresponding to multiple views of a cursor on a three-dimensional (3D) display. The graphics processor determines a height and a width for multiple images based on the received information. Each one of the multiple images corresponds to a respective one of the multiple views of the cursor. The graphics processor accesses cursor shape data stored in memory at locations outside of an address space for a frame buffer storing data for a 3D scene being displayed on the 3D display. The graphics processor arranges the shape data in a format for displaying each one of the plurality of images according to the respective height and width. The subsystem includes output buffers that send the multiple images to a display engine with corresponding placement information describing a location on the 3D display. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155050 | Refinement of Depth Maps by Fusion of Multiple Estimates - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for generating fused depth maps. A plurality of initial depth maps are generated for a first image of a stereo pair, using at least two separate and distinct techniques for depth estimation. A plurality of initial depth maps are generated for a second image of the stereo pair, using at least two separate and distinct techniques for depth estimation. A fused depth map is generated for the first image based on the plurality of initial depth maps for the first image and the plurality of initial depth maps for the second image. A fused depth map is generated for the second image based on the plurality of initial depth maps for the second image and the plurality of initial depth maps for the first image. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155051 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a displaying device capable of displaying a three-dimensional image; a detector configured to detect a viewer; an obtaining device configured to obtain, on the basis of a detection result from the detector, a second position of the viewer in a second coordinate system fixed to the detector; a first calculator configured to calculate a difference between a first position in a first coordinate system fixed to the displaying device and the second position; and a second calculator configured to calculate a correction value for at least one of a set position of a viewing zone in which the viewer can view the three-dimensional image and the second position so as to compensate for the difference. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155052 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING 3D IMAGE THEREIN - A display apparatus including a flexible display unit configured to discriminately output a left eye image and a right eye image; a transparent sensor unit disposed on one face of the flexible display unit and configured to be flexed together with the flexible display unit; and a control unit configured to receive a signal from the transparent sensor unit corresponding to an electrical variation generated in accordance with a flex of the flexible display unit, and to adjust a 3D depth value of a flexed region of the flexible display. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155053 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL VISUAL DISPLAY INTERFACE - A display having a dynamic three dimensional display space is provided to display documents, such as WebPages. The display includes an automatic visual movement through the three dimensional display space with documents being clickable to allow interaction. In an engage mode, data input into a selected webpage of the documents is used to control which documents are presented in the three dimensional display space. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155054 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - An electronic device including a display module including a panel for generating stereoscopic vision, and configured to display a stereoscopic image using the panel; and a controller configured to display a first stereoscopic image, receive a request to shift the first stereoscopic image, and change a negative parallax of the first stereoscopic image to be a positive parallax based on the received request. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155055 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process including acquiring user information including a parallax amount, counting the number of users from each piece of the user information and generating a display schedule indicating timing of opening/closing of first and second shutters of each pair of glasses with shutters of each user on the basis of the number of users; adjusting data of a plurality of stereo images, included in image information, each of which includes a pair of a first image and a second image according to a parallax amount of each user included in each piece of the user information, controlling opening/closing of each of the first and second shutters of the each pair of glasses with shutters on the basis of the display schedule, and outputting image information adjusted by the adjustment unit. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155056 | DISPLAY PANEL - Pixel structural designs on a display panel are disclosed. Each pixel on the display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The sub-pixels are arranged sequentially along a vertical direction and used for displaying different colors in a circle. The display panel in the disclosure can be switched between a two-dimensional mode and a three-dimensional mode. In the three-dimensional mode, parts of the sub-pixels are disabled for forming a shielding area. Other adjacent sub-pixels form a pixel displaying unit. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155057 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD USING THE SAME - A three-dimensional interactive display apparatus includes a display panel, two light source generators and a processing circuit. The two light source generator generators are configured to respectively emit two lights according to a predetermined sequence, and emission periods of the two second light source generators are configured to not overlap. The processing circuit is configured to sequentially obtain a plurality of images through sensing the two lights by a plurality light sensors, determine the corresponding light source generator of each one image according to the predetermined sequence, and further determine position information of the corresponding light source generator according to image information of the one image. An operation method of the aforementioned three-dimensional interactive display apparatus is also provided. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155058 | FOUR-DIMENSIONAL AUGMENTED REALITY MODELS FOR INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION AND AUTOMATED CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS MONITORING - A method for monitoring construction progress may include storing in memory multiple unordered images obtained from photographs taken at a site; melding the multiple images to reconstruct a dense three-dimensional (3D) as-built point cloud model including merged pixels from the multiple images in 3D space of the site; rectifying and transforming the 3D as-built model to a site coordinate system existing within a 3D as-planned building information model (“as-planned model”); and overlaying the 3D as-built model with the 3D as-planned model for joint visualization thereof to display progress towards completion of a structure shown in the 3D as-planned model. The processor may further link a project schedule to the 3D as-planned model to generate a 4D chronological as-planned model that, when visualized with the 3D as-built point cloud, provides clash detection and schedule quality control during construction. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155059 | SWITCHABLE TOUCH STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DEVICE - A switchable touch stereoscopic image device includes a stereoscopic image generating module and a touch sensing module. The stereoscopic image generating module includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a light-path converting layer, driving electrodes and a common electrode. The first and second substrates are disposed corresponding to each other. The first substrate has a top surface. The second substrate has a top surface and a bottom surface facing the top surface of the first substrate. The light-path converting layer is disposed between the first and second substrates. The driving electrodes are disposed on the top surface of the first substrate. The common electrode is disposed on the bottom surface of the second substrate. The touch sensing module is disposed on a side of the second substrate of the stereoscopic image generating module and includes sensing electrodes disposed on a side of the top surface of the second substrate. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155060 | METHOD FOR SETTING A SYSTEM FOR PROJECTING AN IMAGE ONTO A RELIEF PROJECTION SURFACE - A method for displaying an image onto a relief projection surface using a projection system includes the automatic measurement, using a fixed camera, of the distance separating virtual reference frame points projected onto the projection surface, from real reference frame points produced on a three-dimensional screen to set the projection system, acquisition, by the same fixed camera as that used during the setting of the projection system, of an image of a rear face of the three-dimensional screen, identification of the position of a finger in contact with a front face of the three-dimensional screen in the acquired image, and control of an appliance according to the identified position of the finger. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155061 | AUTONOMOUS PAVEMENT CONDITION ASSESSMENT - An autonomous pavement assessment system may receive depth data indicative of the depth of pixels that collectively comprise multiple defective areas of pavement. For each defective area, the system may fit a plane to it; generate a histogram that indicates the frequency of its pixels at different depths; dynamically determine a depth noise threshold for it; generate a binary image of it based on its noise threshold; and generate a depth map of it containing only the pixels that have a depth that meets or exceeds its depth noise threshold. The system may prioritize the multiple defective areas for repair and/or generate optimized rehabilitation routes. Crowd sourcing may be used to gather the depth data, as well as location information for each defective area. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155062 | LOOPING MOTION SPACE REGISTRATION FOR REAL-TIME CHARACTER ANIMATION - A method for generating a looping motion space for real-time character animation may include determining a plurality of motion clips to include in the looping motion space and determining a number of motion cycles performed by a character object depicted in each of the plurality of motion clips. A plurality of looping motion clips may be synthesized from the motion clips, where each of the looping motion clips depicts the character object performing an equal number of motion cycles. Additionally, a starting frame of each of the plurality of looping motion clips may be synchronized so that the motion cycles in each of the plurality of looping motion clips are in phase with one another. By rendering an animation sequence using multiple passes through the looping motion space, an animation of the character object performing the motion cycles may be extended for arbitrary length of time. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130162624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PERTAINING TO MODIFICATION OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRESENTATION OF A USER-INTERACTION OPPORTUNITY - A control circuit provides a three-dimensional presentation of one or more user-interaction opportunities and then detects a user's likely interaction with that user-interaction opportunity. Upon detecting this likely interaction the control circuit automatically flattens the user-interaction opportunity to facilitate the user's interaction with the user-interaction opportunity. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162625 | Displayed Image Improvement - A image processing system for displaying a source image includes a memory for storing a source image having a high resolution digital format, a display screen having a low resolution digital format, and a media acceleration hardware unit adapted to increase color depth values from the source image and generate a plurality of temporally shifted images from the source image by sequentially shifting an origin point for a frame applied to the source image and scaling source image pixel values from each frame, thereby generating the plurality of shifted images having the second, relatively low resolution for display at the display screen. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162626 | Method and Apparatus of a Marking Objects in Images Displayed on a Portable Unit - Location markers are placed on objects presented on a display screen. The location markers can be letters, numbers, or shapes placed near the desired objects to be viewed. After magnification, those earlier determined location markers of the display screen are located off-screen. However, arrows are labeled and point to the off-screen markers. The user moves the background image in the direction of the arrow to find that object. This innovative technique allows the user to mark locations, magnify the image of the map, and find all marked locations (without reverting to a lower magnification) by following pointers that direct the user to locations that are currently out of view of the screen. Furthermore, the user can find all marked locations without getting lost. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162627 | Method and Apparatus for Identifying a 3-D Object from a 2-D Display of a Portable Unit - A background map remains stationary relative to a portable unit while the portable unit moves within a plane parallel to the screen of the portable unit allowing the user to assess the relative distance between a source location and a destination. In addition, the orientation or movement at an angle that provides further information about the content of the image. A stationary three dimensional (3-D) background image can be viewed by moving the handheld unit within the 3-D space. The map would be three dimensional and would correspond in scale to the two axes displayed on the screen of the portable unit while the third dimensional or axis can be viewed by moving the device perpendicular to the plane of the screen of the portable device forming a rectangular cuboid. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162628 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAPID FILM PRE-VISUALIZATION - A system, method and apparatus for rapid film pre-visualization are provided, including a motion capture component interfacing with wearable motion capture sensors; a virtual digital rendering component configured to receive the captured motion and re-create such motion in a three dimensional virtual space; a display component configured to display an output of the virtual digital rendering component; and a controller component, configured to interface with the virtual digital rendering component and allow a user to navigate within the three dimensional virtual space to control the visual aspects of one or more shots within the three dimensional virtual space. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162629 | METHOD FOR GENERATING DEPTH MAPS FROM MONOCULAR IMAGES AND SYSTEMS USING THE SAME - Methods for generating depth maps from monocular still image or monocular video and systems using the same are provided. First, an initial depth map is estimated or arbitrary defined. For video inputs, motion information can be used, for still image the initial background can be arbitrary set by default, chosen by the user or can be estimated. Estimation of the initial depth map can be based on a contrast map or a blur map. The initial depth map defines initial depth values for the respective pixels of the monocular image or monocular motion picture frames. The respective pixels of the original image or video frame data are mapped to the initial depth map according to positions of the pixels, in order to obtain corresponding initial depth values. An image data space of the image is subdivided into a plurality of sub-image spaces, and the initial depth value of each of the pixels of the image is filtered according to the initial depth values of the pixels located in the same sub-image space, in order to obtain depth information for the pixels. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162630 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE CONTENTS USING PIXEL MAPPING - A method and apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic image using pixel mapping are provided. The method for displaying the stereoscopic image generates pixel mapping data obtained by mapping a viewpoint position of an observer with pixel information on a screen corresponding to the viewpoint position of the observer using barrier information and panel information, and displays stereoscopic image contents in a pixel area on the screen corresponding to the discerned viewpoint position of the observer based on the generated pixel mapping data. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent distortion of the stereoscopic image by preventing mutually different viewpoints from being mixed. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162631 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING PERSPECTIVE MODEL FOR DEPTH MAP GENERATION BY UTILIZING REGION-BASED ANALYSIS AND/OR TEMPORAL SMOOTHING - A method for generating a target perspective model referenced for depth map generation includes at least following steps: receiving a first input image; utilizing a region-based analysis unit for analyzing a plurality of regions in the first input image to extract image characteristics of the regions; and determining the target perspective model according to at least the image characteristics. Another method for generating a target perspective model referenced for depth map generation includes: receiving a first input image; determining a first perspective model in response to the first input image; and utilizing a perspective model generation unit for generating the target perspective model by a weighted sum of the first perspective model and at least one second perspective model. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162632 | Computer-Aided System for 360 Heads Up Display of Safety/Mission Critical Data - A safety critical, time sensitive data system for projecting safety/mission critical data onto a display pair of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) light weight projection glasses or monocular creating an immersive omnidirectional HUD (Heads Up Display) system with 6 degrees of freedom movement with user immersion and user inputs & outputs. The system includes the display, haptic glove, haptic suit, vestibular interface, temperature emulation, smell emulation, and omnidirectional sound, the workstation, the application software, and inputs containing the safety/mission critical information (Current User Position, Total Collision Avoidance System—TCAS, Global Positioning System—GPS, Magnetic Resonance Imaging—MRI Images, CAT scan images. Weather data. Military troop data, real-time space type markings etc.). The workstation software processes the incoming safety/mission critical data and converts it into a three dimensional space for the user to immerse into the environment. Selecting any of the images may display available information about the selected item or may enhance the image, or moving hand or body will generate enhanced environmental perception & awareness, as well as inputs and outputs. Predicted position vectors may be displayed as well as 3D terrain. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162633 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING A TEXTURE WRAPPING ONTO THE SURFACE OF A VIRTUAL OBJECT - The invention provides techniques for wrapping a two-dimensional texture conformally onto a surface of a three dimensional virtual object within an arbitrarily-shaped, user-defined region. The techniques provide minimum distortion and allow interactive manipulation of the mapped texture. The techniques feature an energy minimization scheme in which distances between points on the surface of the three-dimensional virtual object serve as set lengths for springs connecting points of a planar mesh. The planar mesh is adjusted to minimize spring energy, and then used to define a patch upon which a two-dimensional texture is superimposed. Points on the surface of the virtual object are then mapped to corresponding points of the texture. The invention also features a haptic/graphical user interface element that allows a user to interactively and intuitively adjust texture mapped within the arbitrary, user-defined region. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162634 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MULTI-LAYER REPRESENTATION - A method and apparatus for processing an image using a multi-layer representation is provided. A multi-layer representation for a reference view including information about a scene may be generated based on at least one input view. The multi-layer representation may be expanded to obtain information about a portion occluded by the at least one common input view. Output views viewed at different viewpoints may be generated using the expanded multi-layer representation. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162635 | Image Codec Engine - A method implemented in a graphics engine for decoding image blocks to derive an original image is provided. The method comprises receiving at least one encoded image data block at a block decoder, the at least one encoded image data block comprising a plurality of codewords and a bitmap. The method further comprises determining a block type based on the plurality of codewords and selecting a decoder unit among a plurality of decoder units in accordance with the block type. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162636 | DEPTH ESTIMATION DATA GENERATING APPARATUS, DEPTH ESTIMATION DATA GENERATING METHOD, AND DEPTH ESTIMATION DATA GENERATING PROGRAM, AND PSEUDO THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, PSEUDO THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND PSEUDO THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATING PROGRAM - An average value, minimum value, and maximum value data detecting unit detects an average value, a minimum value, and a maximum value in one frame of a red (R) signal. A difference value calculating unit calculates a difference value by subtracting the average value from the R signal. A processing unit estimates the average value to be a level of a background image occupying a large area of a screen, and generates a signal indicating a minimum value (concavity) at the average value and a maximum value (convexity) at the maximum or minimum value as a compensated object signal. An adding unit adds the compensated object signal to a composed image of basic depth models to generate depth estimation data for generating an image in a different viewpoint from a non-3D image, the image in the different viewpoint and the non-3D image constituting the pseudo 3D image. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162637 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC CONTENT - Disclosed is a system for producing a digital holographic (DH) content, which includes: a 3D image information acquiring unit configured to acquire 3D information on real and virtual objects; a computer-generated hologram (CGH) processing unit configured to generate the digital holographic content by mathematical modeling from the 3D information acquired from the 3D image information acquiring unit; a DH content editing unit configured to edit the generated digital holographic content; a DH image restoring unit configured to visualize the generated digital holographic content in a 3D image; and a digital holographic content process managing unit configured to manage a parameter and a processing time of each functioning unit so as to process each processing process of each of the 3D image information acquiring unit, the computer-generated hologram processing unit, the digital holographic content editing unit, and the digital hologram image restoring unit. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162638 | TIME CODE DISPLAY DEVICE AND TIME CODE DISPLAY METHOD - A time code display device includes a time code extraction unit that extracts a left image time code from a left image signal that constitutes a stereoscopic image and a right image time code from a right image signal that constitutes the stereoscopic image; a time code comparison unit that compares the left image time code with the right image time code and outputs a comparison result including information on agreement or disagreement between the left and right image time codes; and a display determination unit that determines to display the left and right image time codes in the same manner when the comparison result indicates agreement therebetween, determines to display the left and right image time codes in different manners when the comparison result indicates disagreement therebetween, and displays the left and right image time codes on a display unit. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162639 | Method And System For Generating Augmented Reality With A Display Of A Motor Vehicle - A method and system for generating augmented reality with a display of a vehicle is provided. The method comprises recording an image of an environment of the vehicle in the form of image data, determining a virtual space in three dimensions from the image data, and detecting a real object in the image data. The method further comprises determining a first coordinate range of the real object in the three dimensional virtual space, adding a virtual element to the three dimensional virtual space, and controlling the virtual element in the three dimensional virtual space based on a user input. The method further comprises outputting the environment and the controlled virtual element in combined form in an output image, modifying the output image when the first coordinate range of the real object and a second coordinate range of the controlled virtual element form an intersection area, and displaying the output image. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162640 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes an image processor processing a three-dimensional (3D) image including a left-eye image and a right-eye image; a display unit alternately displaying the left-eye image and the right-eye image of the 3D image processed by the image processor; and a controller determining representative values of images in reference regions of the left-eye image and the right-eye image, the reference regions referring to corresponding positions of the left-eye and right-eye images, and displaying the determined representative values of the reference regions on at least one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162641 | METHOD OF PRESENTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT WITH DISPARITY ADJUSTMENTS - Visual discomfort from depth jumps in 3D video content is reduced or avoided by detecting the occurrence of a depth jump and by Input video changing the disparity of a group of received image frames including the frames at the depth jump in order to adjust the perceived depth in a smooth transition across the group of image frames from a first disparity value to a second disparity value. Depth jumps may be detected, for instance, when content is switched from one 3D shot to another 3D shot. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130169621 | METHOD OF CREATING AND TRANSFORMING A FACE MODEL AND RELATED SYSTEM - An input 2D face image is uploaded from a client device with low computation ability to a web server with high computation ability. The web server is configured to provide a parametric model associated with the transformation of a specific facial attribute according to an input 2D face image received from the client device. The client device may thus perform real-time facial feature transformation efficiently. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169622 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A stereoscopic display system including a display apparatus and an image guiding plate is provided. The display apparatus provides diverge images. The display apparatus includes a plurality of stereoscopic display unit groups. Each of the stereoscopic display unit groups includes at least one stereoscopic display unit. Each of the stereoscopic display units includes a plurality of pixel groups. In each of the stereoscopic display units, the pixel groups provide a plurality of image beams corresponding to parts of the diverge images. Different stereoscopic display units correspond to different parts of the diverge images. The image guiding plate is disposed on a transmission path of the image beams. The image guiding plate includes a plurality of optical structures arranged periodically, so as to respectively guide the image beams to a plurality of directions. Furthermore, an image display method of the foregoing stereoscopic display system is provided. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169623 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, GLASSES APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEPTH - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes; a plurality of receivers which receives a plurality of contents; a signal processor which generates image frames by processing the plurality of contents; an output unit which outputs a plurality of content views by combining the image frames of each of the plurality of contents; a synchronization signal generator which generates a synchronization signal to synchronize a plurality of glass apparatuses matched to the plurality of content views; an interface unit which transmits the synchronization signal to the glass apparatus; and a controller which, when a depth control command for one of the plurality of content views is input, controls the signal processor to adjust the depth of one of the plurality of content views. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169624 | METHOD FOR VISUALIZING THE QUALITY OF AN ABLATION PROCESS - A method for visualizing the quality of an ablation process with a processing and display unit is provided. A 3D dataset of an anatomical object and a 3D image model of an ablation instrument are provided, wherein the 3D image model models at least the surface of the ablation instrument. A position and an alignment of the 3D image model of the ablation instrument within the anatomical object is specified, wherein the 3D image model of the ablation instrument is incorporated into the 3D dataset of the anatomical object. At least a part of the incorporated 3D image model of the ablation instrument and of the 3D dataset of the anatomical object is presented and at least one characteristic quality value is determined as a function of the location of the 3D image model of the ablation instrument in relation to the anatomical object. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169625 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, UPGRADE APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus, upgrade apparatus, display system and control method are provided. The image processing apparatus includes a signal input unit; a first image processing unit which processes an input signal input by the signal input unit to output a first output signal; an upgrade apparatus connection unit connected to an upgrade apparatus which includes a second image processing unit; and a first controller which controls at least one of the input signal processed by the first image processing unit and the first output signal to be transmitted to the upgrade apparatus and processed by the second image processing unit if the upgrade apparatus is connected to the upgrade apparatus connection unit. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169626 | DISTRIBUTED ASYNCHRONOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - A system and method for providing an augmented reality environment in which the environmental mapping process is decoupled from the localization processes performed by one or more mobile devices is described. In some embodiments, an augmented reality system includes a mapping system with independent sensing devices for mapping a particular real-world environment and one or more mobile devices. Each of the one or more mobile devices utilizes a separate asynchronous computing pipeline for localizing the mobile device and rendering virtual objects from a point of view of the mobile device. This distributed approach provides an efficient way for supporting mapping and localization processes for a large number of mobile devices, which are typically constrained by form factor and battery life limitations. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169627 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE - A display apparatus and a method for providing a three dimensional (3D) image are provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit, a receiving unit which receives three dimensional (3D) image data having frames each having therein left-eye and right-eye images, a resolution converting unit which converts resolutions of the left-eye and right-eye images respectively, and a control unit being configured to extract additional data contained in the 3D image data, generate additional left-eye and right-eye images by processing the extracted additional data, and combine the converted left-eye and right-eye images with the additional left-eye and right-eye images, respectively. As a result, image related to additional data such as subtitle or on screen display (OSD) can be displayed on a screen normally, along with the full 3D image. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169628 | GEOGRAPHICAL MAP LANDSCAPE TEXTURE GENERATION ON THE BASIS OF HAND-HELD CAMERA IMAGES - For generating a landscape texture of a geographical map, a plurality of images captured by one or more hand-held devices equipped with a camera are obtained. Further, additional data associated with each of the captured images are obtained. These additional data include a geographical position of the camera when capturing the image, inner camera orientation data representing properties of the camera when capturing the image, e.g., a focal distance, a camera constant, and/or a position of an image principal point, exterior camera orientation data representing an orientation of the camera when capturing the image, e.g., an angle representing an orientation of an optical axis of the camera with respect to a horizontal plane and a barometric height of the camera when capturing the image. On the basis of the barometric height and the geographical position, a ground height of the camera above a ground surface is determined. On the basis of the ground height, the inner camera orientation data and the exterior camera orientation data, each of the images is distorted so as to obtain a projection onto the ground surface. The distorted images are then registered, and the landscape texture is generated from the distorted images | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169629 | METHOD FOR EDITING TERRAIN DATA CREATED BY PROCEDURAL TERRAIN METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a method of editing terrain data created by a procedure method, and particularly to a method of editing terrain data based on multiresolution for intuitively editing high-quality terrain data. To this end, the method of editing terrain data created by a procedure method includes: inputting terrain data in a form of a height map; processing a multiresolution analysis by dividing the input height map for each band; processing a terrain edition based on the multiresolution by adjusting a height value within a predetermined distance from a position selected from the multiresolution analyzed height map; and storing the multiresolution-based terrain edition processed height map in a form of a progressive mesh. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169630 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program for realizing an intuitive operation to issue an instruction to move an object in a virtual three-dimensional space or the like, to an operator who performs operations while looking at an image of the virtual three-dimensional space. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169631 | METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF THE PHYSICAL STATE OF A MONITORING OBJECT AT A MEASUREMENT POINT - The invention relates to the field of continuum mechanics and is intended for evaluating the stress-strain state of objects in mechanical systems. The method comprises measuring a spatial vibration, storing a set of vectorial strain values and reproducing a spatial hodograph of the measurement point. Furthermore, in synchronism with the measurements, analytical synthesis of 3Dsuperposition of the measurement spectrum is performed and a set of vectorial stress values is stored. Diagnostics of the stress-strain state of the object are performed on the basis of a visual model presented in the form of a spatial three-dimensional graph of the physical state of a monitoring object at a measurement point which, in associated form, represents Hooke's law and Poisson law. The invention makes it possible to represent, in real time, the current life of the structural strength of the monitoring object, and to increase the information content and reliability of the evaluation of the physical state of monitoring objects. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169632 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A sectional image and a two-dimensional elasticity image on an arbitrary cross section are added at a first combination ratio received from an operator to produce an arbitrary cross-section combined image. A three-dimensional image and a three-dimensional elasticity image of a predetermined part are added at a second combination ratio received from the operator to produce a three-dimensional combined image. The arbitrary cross-section combined image and the three-dimensional combined image are displayed side by side in a display. This can provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of facilitating the grasp of the structure and the recognition of the hardness of the living organ within the object from the plurality of images. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169633 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, PROGRAM FOR CAUSING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH THE PROGRAM IS RECORDED - A stereoscopic image generation device that generates a stereoscopic image including a right-eye image and a left-eye image is provided. The stereoscopic image generation device includes an image enlarging/reducing unit that enlarges or reduces the right-eye image and the left-eye image which constitute stereoscopic image data, and a display control unit that performs control to display a stereoscopic image by showing the right-eye image and the left-eye image of the stereoscopic image data for a right eye and a left eye, respectively. The image enlarging/reducing unit enlarges or reduces the right-eye image and the left-eye image on the basis of parallax amount adjustment information, which includes a position of a right-eye-image reference point and a position of a left-eye-image reference point which are respectively provided at different positions for the right-eye image and the left-eye image, and enlargement ratios of the right-eye image and the left-eye image, with reference to the right-eye-image reference point and the left-eye-image reference point. Accordingly, a position in the depth direction can be easily controlled while adjusting a parallax. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130176297 | SIGNAL IDENTIFICATION FOR DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING - A signal identification process as contemplated to facilitate output of signaling based at least in part on metadata transmitted with the signaling. The contemplated processing may include facilitating output of the content according to one of a plurality of output modes depending on the metadata specifying values for a dynamic floating window (DFW) field and a 2K format conversion preference field. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176298 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. When a touch input of starting from a predefined area on a touch screen is received, the mobile terminal scrolls at least one page including at least one item while sequentially exposing on the touch screen, but scrolls by giving a three-dimensional effect to each page. Accordingly, accessibility and utility of an item providing in the mobile terminal can be improved. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176299 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING 3D IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A display apparatus includes a display panel and an active parallax barrier panel. The display panel displays n numbers of viewpoint images on a display panel (‘n’ is natural numbers greater than 2). The active parallax barrier panel includes a plurality of barrier units. Each of the barrier units includes an opening portion and a blocking area divided into m numbers of sub-areas. The active parallax barrier panel selectively opens the m numbers of sub-areas to exit the m numbers of viewpoint images on (n×m) numbers of viewpoint positions (‘m’ is natural numbers greater than 2). Thus, an active parallax barrier panel is time-division driven to display multi-viewpoint images. Moreover, a pixel structure and a barrier structure are alerted, so that deterioration of a resolution of a 3D image may be minimized | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176300 | DISPARITY MAPS IN UNIFORM AREAS - The invention concerns a method of processing left and right disparity maps comprising a step of computing a disparity map for each view comprising the step of detecting the uniform areas from the right and left views and filtering the disparity maps taking account of the detected uniform area. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176301 | 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A Three-Dimensional (3D) display method is provided, and includes displaying a 3D screen including a plurality of objects having different depth perceptions, and displaying the 3D screen with a unified depth perception through adjustment of the depth perceptions of the plurality of objects to one depth perception, when a 3D display apparatus moves to a first state. Accordingly, it is possible to effectively control the operation of the display apparatus while viewing the 3D screen. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176302 | VIRTUAL SPACE MOVING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is a virtual space moving apparatus and method. To this end, a Three-Dimensional (3D) image corresponding to a subject is skeletonized to generate skeletal data. Object data corresponding to the skeletal data is generated and mapped in a virtual space. The mapped object in the virtual space is displayed. Upon selection of an accelerated-movement mode for virtual space movement, motion of the subject is selected. The object data in the virtual space is moved at a movement ratio previously set corresponding to the determined motion of the subject, such that a user can move as desired in the virtual space without being limited by a real space. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176303 | REARRANGING PIXELS OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY TO REDUCE PSEUDO-STEREOSCOPIC EFFECT - A device may include sensors for obtaining tracking information associated with a user, a display including pixels for displaying images, and an optical guide including optical elements, each of the optical elements blocking or directing light rays from one or more of the pixels. Additionally, the device may include one or more processors to select first right-eye image pixels and first left-eye image pixels from the pixels, send a right-eye image and a left-eye image via the first right-eye image pixels and the first left-eye image pixels, respectively, determine a relative location of the user based on the tracking information obtained by the sensors, select second right-eye image pixels and second-left-eye image pixels from the pixels based on the tracking information, display the right-eye image via the second right-eye image pixels, and display the left-eye image via the second left-eye image pixels. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130181971 | Automatic Plane Alignment in 3D Environment - In one embodiment, a method determines a first plane in a plurality of planes that is active for placing elements in a three dimensional (3D) space. A changing of a viewing direction of the first plane in the 3D space is detected. The method determines when a second plane in the plurality of planes should be activated for placing elements based on the changing of the viewing direction. The second plane is then activated for placing elements in the 3D space. The second plane is oriented at a different angle than the first plane with respect to the viewing direction. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181972 | THREE DIMENSIONAL CONTRIVER TOOL FOR MODELING WITH MULTI-TOUCH DEVICES - A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and computer readable storage medium provides the ability to perform a three-dimensional (3D) modeling operation. A modeling tool is activated in a 3D modeling application. A visual representation (having three separate regions) of a grid system tool is displayed on a digital modeling canvas of the 3D modeling application. The grid system controls whether a gesture is captured as a modeling operation or a navigation operation. A starting touch event (of the gesture) is received in/on one of the three separate regions. The region where the starting touch event is received determines the operation that is to be performed/selected. The operation may be a 3D geometry creation operation, a restroking operation, or a navigation operation. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181973 | SPECTRAL STEREOSCOPIC PROJECTION SYSTEM - A stereoscopic digital projection system that projects stereoscopic images including first-eye images and second-eye images onto a display surface. The first-eye images are formed using red, green and blue first-eye light emitters having corresponding spectral bands with red, green and blue first-eye central wavelengths, λ | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181974 | DISPLAYING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH AN OBJECT - Displaying information associated with an object is described herein. One method includes determining attributes associated with an object, visualizing the object using a mobile device, detecting, by the mobile device, the attributes from the visualization, and receiving, by the mobile device, information associated with the object in response to the detection of attributes. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181975 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL - A system, computer-readable storage medium, and a computer-implemented method for associating two-dimensional objects with a three-dimensional model are presented. A three-dimensional model is rendered using a graphics API from a first position to a second position on a display of a user device in response to a user input and is associated with a two-dimensional object previously displayed, using native controls, in the first position prior to the user input. A first set of three-dimensional coordinates associated with the two-dimensional object in the first position is determined and transformed via the graphics API to a second set of three-dimensional coordinates associated with the two-dimensional object in the second position based on the user input. The two-dimensional object is displayed in the second position based on the second set of three-dimensional coordinates via the native controls. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181976 | USER INTERFACE FOR EFFICIENTLY DISPLAYING RELEVANT OCT IMAGING DATA - The present invention is an OCT imaging system user interface for efficiently providing relevant image displays to the user. These displays are used during image acquisition to align patients and verify acquisition image quality. During image analysis, these displays indicate positional relationships between displayed data images, automatically display suspicious analysis, automatically display diagnostic data, simultaneously display similar data from multiple visits, improve access to archived data, and provide other improvements for efficient data presentation of relevant information. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181977 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - In an image processing system, a selecting unit selects a group of reference parallax images to be used as a reference, from among a plurality of groups of parallax images generated from image data taken chronologically; an image quality changing unit changes an image quality of at least one selected from between the selected group of reference parallax images and a group of parallax images contained in the groups of parallax images; and a display control unit causes images to be displayed that are formed by combining the group of parallax images contained in the groups of parallax images with the image-quality-changed group of reference parallax images, or by combining the selected group of reference parallax images with the image-quality-changed group of parallax images, or by combining together the image-quality-changed group of reference parallax images and the image-quality-changed group of parallax images contained in the groups of parallax images. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181978 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An image processing system according to an embodiment includes an image storage device and a playing control device. The image storage device stores four-dimensional data that is a sequential volume data group chronologically acquired and control information for controlling playing of the four-dimensional data. The playing control device acquires the sequential volume data group and the control information from the image storage device and successively plays the sequential volume data group according to the control information. The control information contains identification information that identifies that data is volume data that belongs to the sequential volume data group acquired chronologically and identification information that identifies that volume data that is used as a reference for successive playing from among the sequential volume data group is reference volume data. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181979 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - In an image processing system according to an embodiment, a display unit simultaneously displays a predetermined number of parallax images. A parallax image generation control unit performs control such that a group of parallax images of point-of-view positions which are larger in number than the predetermined number is generated. A display control unit classifies the group of the parallax images into a first parallax image sub group including a set of parallax images whose point-of-view positions are discontinuous to each other and a second parallax image sub group including parallax images whose point-of-view positions are between the set of the parallax images, and performs control such that the display unit displays the first parallax image sub group and the second parallax image sub group while switching the first parallax image sub group and the second parallax image sub group at a predetermined switching speed. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181980 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus sets, as the three-dimensional image display area, a first area corresponding to a window of a first application program such that a three-dimensional image is displayed in the first area. The apparatus sets as the three-dimensional image display area, if a 3D request is received from a second application program, one of the first area and a second area corresponding to a window of the second application program, and causes the other one of the first application program and the second application program to render a single two-dimensional image such that the single two-dimensional image is displayed in the other one of the first area and the second area. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181981 | IMAGE DRAWING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND METHOD OF THE SAME - An image drawing apparatus includes a drawing position judging unit configured to judge a figure drawn on the scan line to be processed and extract each of vertexes constituting the judged figure, an vertex information reading unit configured to read vertex information, an image generating unit configured to generate graphics data of the scan line, and a line buffer configured to store the graphics data, wherein the vertex information reading unit includes a cache memory, a cache tag configured to store an address storing the vertex information when the vertex information is stored in the cache memory, and a control unit configured to refer to the cache tag, and read the vertex information from the address of the cache memory when the address is stored, and store the vertex information in the cache memory and store the address in the cache tag when the address is not stored. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181982 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a display apparatus includes an image projection unit, an information acquisition unit and a data supply unit. The image projection unit projects a light flux including an image toward a projection layer which is reflective and transmissive. The information acquisition unit acquires information relating to a position of a three-dimensional object superimposing portion of three-dimensional objects positioned at a road. The road extends from a proximal region of the external environment proximal to the projection layer toward a distal region of the external environment distal to the projection layer. The three-dimensional object superimposing portion is higher than a ground surface and viewable via the projection layer. The data supply unit supplies data relating to the image including a display object to the image projection unit based on the information. The display object is displayed along the three-dimensional object superimposing portion. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181983 | POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - A point cloud data processing device is equipped with a non-plane area removing unit | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181984 | Apparatus and Method for Processing Three-Dimensional Image - An apparatus for processing a three-dimensional (3D) image is provided. The apparatus includes a motion estimation module and a motion interpolation module. The motion estimation module estimates a motion vector between a first object in a first-eye image and a second object in a second-eye image. The first object is the same as or similar to the second object. The motion interpolation module multiplies the motion vector by a first shift ratio to generate a first motion vector. The motion interpolation module generates a shifted first object by interpolation according to the first motion vector and the first object. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181985 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device ( | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130187902 | System and Method of Pointillist Painting Design - A method of generating a textured pointillist painting design comprises receiving a digital image file including a specification of a plurality of pixels representative of a digital image, the pixels each including a color definition, creating an ordered list of color definitions of the plurality of pixels in the digital image file, for each color definition in the ordered list determining a set of design parameters including: a dot size, a dot shape, a dot exclusion zone size, and a dot distribution scheme, for each color definition, determining a placement of a plurality of dots according to the pixels and color definitions in the digital image file and the set of design parameters, generating a dot list specifying the placement and design parameters of the plurality of dots representative of the digital image, and rendering on a display a facsimile image in response to the dot list. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187903 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method of displaying images representative of image data includes providing a user interface for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image and at least one two-dimensional (2D) image, setting a volumetric field of view for the 3D image, setting a respective further field of view for the at least one 2D image, and linking the volumetric field of view and the at least one further field of view so that a movement of the volumetric field of view of the 3D image automatically causes a corresponding movement of the further field of view of the at least one 2D image, and so that a movement of the further field of view or at least one of the field of view of the at least one 2D image automatically causes a corresponding movement of the volumetric field of view of the 3D image. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187904 | Three Dimensional LCD Monitor Display - A pixel matrix located on a liquid crystal display (LCD) that includes a plurality of first pixels having a first polarization; a plurality of second pixels having a second polarization; and a plurality of electrodes configured to activate the first pixels followed by the second pixels, the activating at twice a frame rate of the LCD. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187905 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CAPTURING AND MOVING 3D MODELS AND TRUE-SCALE METADATA OF REAL WORLD OBJECTS - In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for assisting a user in visualizing how a modified real-world setting would appear. An imaging device may capture a plurality of images of one or more objects or settings. A three-dimensional model of each object or setting may be created based on the images. These models may then be used to create a realistic image of a modified setting. For example, an image may display a setting (e.g., a living room) with an additional object (e.g., a couch) in the setting. The image may be realistic, in that it may accurately represent dimensions of the object relative to dimensions in the setting. Because three-dimensional models were created for both the setting and object, a user may be able to manipulate the image to, e.g., re-position and/or re-orient the object within the setting and view the setting from different perspectives. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187906 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A stereoscopic image display control apparatus includes: an output unit which outputs a stereoscopic image to a display device; an input accepting unit ( | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187907 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an information obtaining unit configured to obtain parallax adjustment information with regard to a parallax-adjusted three-dimensional display material and an image transform unit configured to perform an inverse transform processing on the parallax-adjusted three-dimensional display material to be restored to a material before the parallax adjustment on the basis of the parallax adjustment information obtained by the information obtaining unit and generate a two-dimensional display material. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187908 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing device and method is disclosed. The image processing device includes a depth-of-interest (DOI) determining circuit and an image processing circuit. The DOI determining circuit generates a DOI distribution of the input image and corresponding depth information of the input image. The image processing circuit receives the input image and performs a predetermined image processing operation on the input image according to the DOI distribution to generate an output image. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187909 | METHOD FOR OPERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL HANDLER AND TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - A terminal for supporting an operation of a three-dimensional handler includes: a display unit displaying a three-dimensional handler region having at least one link object and a link object information region outputting link object information in response to a movement or selection of the at least one link object on the three-dimensional handler and outputting the collected link object information in the link object information region. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187910 | CONVERSION OF A DIGITAL STEREO IMAGE INTO MULTIPLE VIEWS WITH PARALLAX FOR 3D VIEWING WITHOUT GLASSES - A method for generating additional views from a stereo image defined by a left eye image and a right eye image. The method includes receiving as input at least one stereo image. The method includes, for each of the stereo images, generating a plurality of additional images. The method includes interlacing the additional images for each of the stereo images to generate three dimensional (3D) content made up of multiple views of the scenes presented by each of the stereo images. The interlacing may be performed such that the generated 3D content is displayable on a 3D display device including a barrier grid or a lenticular lens array on the monitor screen. The additional images may include 12 to 40 or more frames providing views of the one or more scenes from differing viewing angles than provided by the left and right cameras used to generate the original stereo image. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187911 | Image and Annotation Display | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130194252 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING EXTENSION OF VIEWING ZONE WIDTH - An autostereoscopic 3D image display device using time division is provided. The image display device includes a backlight, an image display panel, a controller, and a viewer position tracking system. The backlight includes a plurality of line sources which are disposed at certain intervals. The image display panel displays a 3D image. The controller controls the backlight and a viewing-point image of the image display panel. The viewer position tracking system determines pupil position of a viewer and transfers position information to the controller. The image display panel provides two or more viewing points. The line sources configure three or more line source sets that are separately driven. The controller adjusts a viewing-point width of a unit viewing point and the distance between adjacent viewing points to be 1.5 or more times the distance between both eyes of a viewer. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194253 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A 3D tablet terminal ( | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194254 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Appropriate lighting is easily performed corresponding to a virtual subject position. An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a surrounding environment three-dimensional shape data generation unit configured to generate surrounding environment three-dimensional shape data from environment map data having two or more viewpoints, and a virtual subject combining unit configured to combine a virtual subject with background image data, by setting the surrounding environment three-dimensional shape data as a light source. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194255 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 3D VIDEO - An image processing method and apparatus for three-dimensional (3D) video is provided. The image processing method may include identifying a first depth image, and upsampling the first depth image to a second depth image having expanded foreground area than the first depth image. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194256 | VIEWING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN ENVIRONMENT OF A VEHICLE - Displaying an environment of a vehicle comprising recording an image of an adjacent exterior environment of the vehicle in the form of image data with the aid of a plurality of image capture units and displaying an output image with the aid of a display device. A virtual, three-dimensional space and a surface are determined with the aid of an arithmetic unit the virtual, three-dimensional space being at least partially delimited by the surface. A projection of the image data onto the surface is calculated with the aid of the arithmetic unit. A virtual vehicle object from predetermined data is calculated as a computer-generated graphic in the virtual, three-dimensional space with the aid of the arithmetic unit. The output image is generated with the aid of the arithmetic unit by rendering a viewing volume which includes the virtual vehicle object, the viewing volume being delimited by the surface, and the viewing volume being based on a viewing position and a viewing angle and a zoom factor in the virtual, three-dimensional space. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194257 | MATCHING A SYSTEM CALCULATION SCALE TO A PHYSICAL OBJECT SCALE - A method, apparatus, system, article of manufacture, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to scale a diagram. An image is selected and utilized as a background image. Full geometry is obtained and is displayed with the background image. The full geometry is a first geometry and remaining second geometry. The first geometry is selected and a reference length for the selected first geometry is specified. The remaining second geometry is in the diagram is scaled based on the specified reference length. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194258 | REPRESENTATION OF OVERLAPPING VISUAL ENTITIES - Various embodiments present a combined visual entity that represents overlapping visual entities. The combined visual entity can include a primary visualization that represents one of the overlapping visual entities and annotations that represent others of the overlapping visual entities. For example, a map view can include multiple geographical entities that overlap. A primary visualization can be rendered that represents one of the multiple geographical entities. The primary visualization can be visually annotated (e.g., with symbols, letters, or other visual indicators) to indicate others of the multiple geographical entities. In some embodiments, a zoom operation can cause visual entities to be added and/or removed from the combined visual entity. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130201177 | Method for Modeling and Estimating Rendering Errors in Virtual Images - A quality of a virtual image for a synthetic viewpoint in a 3D scene is determined. The 3D scene is acquired by texture images, and each texture image is associated with a depth image acquired by a camera arranged at a real viewpoint. A texture noise power is based on the acquired texture images and reconstructed texture images corresponding to a virtual texture image. A depth noise power is based on the depth images and reconstructed depth images corresponding to a virtual depth image. The quality of the virtual image is based on a combination of the texture noise power and the depth noise power, and the virtual image is rendered from the reconstructed texture images and the reconstructed depth images. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201178 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING A VIEWABLE THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY CURSOR - An apparatus and method are provided for creating a virtual hole between a user's eye point and a cursor through a viewed three dimensional object. The user may select with the cursor an object on the other side of, or within, the three dimensional object without translating or rotating the three dimensional object. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201179 | METHOD OF EXTRACTING AND PORTRAYING SEISMIC INFORMATION - A method of seismic analysis is utilized to produce a display by extracting one or more horizons, where each of the horizons are defined by a plurality of data points. A computer may be programmed to select a plurality of computation points on each the horizons. The information in at least a portion of the first group of data points and the second group of the data points is combined to produce a plurality of combination points. The plurality of combination points may be utilized to produce combination point mappings, which are displayed. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201180 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING A STAIN, A METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE METHOD OF COMPENSATING A STAIN AND A DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD OF DRIVING THE DISPLAY PANEL - A stain compensating method that includes detecting a luminance distribution of a display panel, dividing, using the luminance distribution, luminance profiles of stains overlapped with each other into individual luminance profiles for each of the stains, determining an area and a shape of the stain corresponding to one of the individual luminance profiles, generating a stain compensating value for the stain, and compensating input image data using the stain compensating value. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201181 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A stereoscopic image display system includes a three-dimensional (3D) image signal generator, a display panel, a timing controller, a data driver, and a gate driver. The 3D image signal generator generates left-eye data and right-eye data on the basis of an image signal outputs the left-eye data and the right-eye data to the timing controller. The timing controller outputs the left-eye data and the right-eye data having a first frequency to the data driver in a first mode and outputs left-eye frame data and right-eye frame data having a second frequency to the data driver in a second mode. Two pixels, which are respectively connected to an i-th gate line and an (i+1)th gate line among the gate lines and to a same data line among the data lines, are operated with the same driving time in the first and second modes. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201182 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - In a message exchange system, when an imaging apparatus transmits a photograph-attached message, the imaging apparatus transmits a captured image, position and orientation information of the imaging apparatus, feature point information of an object included in the captured image, and three-dimensional structure information of the object to a server. When an image display apparatus receives the message from the server, the image display apparatus corrects the captured image in a direction corresponding to a position and orientation of the image display apparatus based on the position and orientation information of the imaging apparatus, the feature point information of the object, and the three-dimensional structure information of the object. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201183 | 3D IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF EXTRACTING DEPTH INFORMATION IN 3D IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS - A method for extracting depth information, which may include extracting depth information relating to an object by using an actual nonlinear waveform instead of a mathematically ideal waveform and simultaneously may include effectively removing errors due to random noises that may be caused in a light source, an light modulator, an imaging device, or the like, is provided. The method may include performing simple multiplex and addition on captured images and performing a search of a look-up table. Thus, correct distance information may be extracted without being affected by a type of waveform being used, and an amount of memory which is used and calculated for removing random noise may be reduced. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201184 | VIEW SYNTHESIS METHOD CAPABLE OF DEPTH MISMATCHING CHECKING AND DEPTH ERROR COMPENSATION - A view synthesis method of depth mismatching checking and depth error compensation, wherein, input left and right maps are warped in a processor to perform view synthesis, comprising following steps: when a present pixel moves to a position of a target pixel after warping, compute respectively pixel displacement amounts for said present pixel to move to said target pixel in said left and said right maps, to figure out coordinate of said target pixel; determine if depth value of the present pixel is greater than that of said target pixel, if an answer is positive, determine if depth value of said present pixel matches that of coordinate adjacent to said target pixel; and if answer is negative, set depth value of said target pixel to a hole; otherwise, cover said target pixel with pixel value of said present pixel, hereby completing refining even minute errors. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201185 | BOOK OBJECT FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - A method for interfacing with an interactive program is provided. The method includes: capturing images of first and second pages of a book object, the first and second pages being joined along a fold axis defined along a spine of the book; analyzing the captured images to identify a first tag on the first page and a second tag on the second page; tracking movement of the first and second pages by tracking the first and second tags, respectively; generating augmented images by replacing, in the captured images, the book object with a virtual book, the virtual book having a first virtual page corresponding to the first page of the book object, the virtual book having a second virtual page corresponding to the second page of the book object; rendering first and second scenes on the first and second virtual pages, respectively; and presenting the augmented images on a display. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201186 | FILM GRAIN FOR STEREOSCOPIC OR MULTI-VIEW IMAGES - A method and an apparatus for applying film grain to stereoscopic or multi-view images or sequences of stereoscopic or multi-view images are described. After retrieving an image pair or a set of multi-view images a depth map for the image pair or the set of multi-view images and a confidence map for the depth map are obtained. Film grain is then applied to non-occluded areas of the images in accordance with depth values of the depth map and confidence values of the confidence map. Occluded areas of the images are processed separately by first deriving depth values for these areas and then applying film grain to these areas in accordance with the derived depth values. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130207962 | USER INTERACTIVE KIOSK WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for presenting three-dimensional images to a user. The method detects a user gesture, converts the user gesture into motion data, and presents a three-dimensional image showing an object or scene in a particular view, where the particular view is based on the motion data derived from the user gesture. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207963 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT FOR CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An approach is provided for generating a virtual environment for controlling one or more electronic devices. A mapping platform causes, at least in part, a rendering of a user interface depicting a virtual environment comprising one or more representations of one or more devices, one or more accessory devices associated with the one or more devices, or a combination thereof. The mapping platform then determines one or more interactions with the user interface, the virtual environment, the one or more representations, or a combination thereof. Further, the mapping platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more interactions to cause, at least in part, a controlling of the one or more devices, the one or more accessory devices, or a combination thereof. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207964 | IMAGING STRUCTURE WITH EMBEDDED LIGHT SOURCES - In embodiments of an imaging structure with embedded light sources, an imaging structure includes a silicon backplane with a driver pad array. The embedded light sources are formed on the driver pad array in an emitter material layer, and the embedded light sources can be individually controlled at the driver pad array to generate and emit light. A conductive material layer over the embedded light sources forms a p-n junction between the emitter material layer and the conductive material layer. Micro lens optics can be positioned over the conductive material layer to direct the light that is emitted from the embedded light sources. Further, the micro lens optics may be implemented as parabolic optics to concentrate the light that is emitted from the embedded light sources. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207965 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus may include a display unit configured to display an image of an observation target and an image of an object having a pre-calculated three-dimensional shape corresponding to the observation target, an adjustment unit configured to adjust a pose of at least one of the image of the observation target and the image of the object so that the pose of the image of the observation target is close to the pose of the image of the object, a processing unit configured to perform a process of modifying the object for the image of the object based on standard points designated on the image of the object after the adjustment unit performs the adjustment, and a change unit configured to change the pose of the image of the object after the processing unit performs the process. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207966 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING 3D MODEL - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of producing a 3D model in which a 3D model having a static background is produced using a point cloud and an image obtained through 3D scanning. The apparatus includes an image matching unit for producing a matched image by matching a point cloud obtained by scanning a predetermined region to a camera image obtained by photographing the predetermined region; a mesh model processing unit for producing an object positioned in the region as a mesh model; and a 3D model processing unit for producing a 3D model for the object by reflecting texture information obtained from the matched image to the mesh model. The disclosed may be used for a 3D map service. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207967 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus may determine whether a ray and a bounding volume including a primitive intersect each other, prior to determining whether the primitive and the ray intersect each other. An intersection test between the bounding volume and the ray may use a small amount of calculation compared to an intersection test between the primitive and the ray and thus, an amount of calculation used for rendering of the image processing apparatus may significantly decrease. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207968 | DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a display method and a display device. 2D display is performed when an input source signal is a 2D image signal, and 3D display or 2D display is performed according to requirements and preferences of a user when the input source signal is a 3D image signal. Problems of blinking and tailing which are present in an existing display device are resolved, an edge blur phenomenon of images for fast motion pictures is illuminated, the “illusion” which is formed due to a visually temporary retention of human eyes is corrected, and picture stability is effectively improved; and a crosstalk phenomenon caused by simultaneous displaying of the left-eye image and the right-eye image in an existing active 3D technology is eliminated. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207969 | SYSTEM FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL RENDERING OF ELECTRICAL TEST AND MEASUREMENT SIGNALS - The system for three-dimensional rendering of signals has a computer system having acquired, streaming, or previously stored data in its memory representing multiple channels of signals in which each channel has a value which varies over a domain, e.g., time or frequency, and a display coupled to the computer. For each channel, the computer system segments the data of the channel into segments, orders the segments, renders on the display each of the segments, in which each of the rendered segments are aligned in such order along as three-dimensional perspective with gaps between adjacently rendered segments, and lines are rendered extending from each line of each one of the rendered segments to form a three-dimensional plane in the gap to the next successive one of the rendered ordered segments to form a three-dimensional continuous or discontinuous surface characterizing the channel. The surfaces of each of the channels are aligned on the display, and may be of different color, shading, and translucency, whereby channels of overlaid surfaces are viewable on the display. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207970 | SCANNING DEPTH ENGINE - Mapping apparatus includes a transmitter, which emits a beam comprising pulses of light, and a scanner, which is configured to scan the beam, within a predefined scan range, over a scene. A receiver receives the light reflected from the scene and to generate an output indicative of a time of flight of the pulses to and from points in the scene. A processor is coupled to control the scanner so as to cause the beam to scan over a selected window within the scan range and to process the output of the receiver so as to generate a 3D map of a part of the scene that is within the selected window. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207971 | METHOD FOR GENERATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES ENCRUSTING A GRAPHIC OBJECT IN THE IMAGE AND AN ASSOCIATED DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention consists in a method for generation of 3D image signals. A graphic object is inserted in said image at a determined depth. A frame of a determined thickness surrounds the object to be inserted. A transition zone is defined by the frame around the inserted graphic object. The depths of image elements of the transition zone vary progressively from the external edge to the internal edge of the frame of the graphic object to be inserted. The present invention also relates to a device for generation of said display signals. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130215100 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING DIMENSIONS OF AN APARTMENT AND DISPLAYING THE DIMENSIONS IN 3D FORMATS ALLOWING NAVIGATIONS BY USERS OF THE SYSTEM SIMULTANEOUSLY - This invention is provided to measure dimensions of an apartment and displaying the dimensions in 3D formats allowing navigations by users of the system simultaneously. In one embodiment, a system is provided to include a device for measuring the dimensions of the unit, at least one pair of infrared red emitter and receiver, camera, location detection device, and a set of schematic diagrams. The system is adapted to display the measured dimensions in 2D and 3D images, allowing users to navigate freely. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215101 | ANAMORPHIC DISPLAY - An anamorphic display device is provided herein. The display device produces anamorphically-displayed elements via a visual three-dimensional illusion for two-dimensional content element of a viewing surface. Context-aware circuitry may determine a viewpoint, and the viewpoint can be used to determine an angle where viewing ray intersects the viewing surface. A geometric algorithm is used to reconstruct the two-dimensional content element appropriately on the viewing surface. The observer can observe the three-dimensional illusion of the two-dimensional content element out of the plane viewing surface in the observer's perspective at the viewpoint, as if the original two-dimensional content element were placed in the three-dimensional space. This allows easier viewing of material at off angles. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215102 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES AND METHOD THEREOF - A device for displaying three-dimensional images includes a processor, and a display panel. The processor is used for receiving a three-dimensional image signal, decoding the three-dimensional image signal to image data with a predetermined format, dividing the image data with the predetermined format into a plurality of parallel processing data groups, and executing image processing on the plurality of parallel processing data groups simultaneously. The display panel is used for displaying a three-dimensional image corresponding to the three-dimensional image signal according to image processing results of the plurality of parallel processing data groups. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215103 | DOUBLE-LAYER SWITCHABLE STEREO LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A double-layer switchable stereo liquid crystal display includes a timing controller, a microprocessor, a backlight module, a first liquid crystal panel, a controller, and a second liquid crystal panel. The timing controller receives an image signal and generates a left/right eye signal and a two-dimensional/three-dimensional control signal. The microprocessor outputs the image signal, and generates a control signal and a backlight control signal according to output timing of the image signal. The first liquid crystal panel receives and displays the image signal. The controller outputs a voltage control signal according to the control signal. The second liquid crystal panel rotates liquid crystal within the second liquid crystal panel according to the voltage control signal. A period for the second liquid crystal panel rotating the liquid crystal to a second angle is longer than a period for the second liquid crystal panel rotating the liquid crystal to a first angle. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215104 | DISPLAY FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A display includes a gravity sensor, a timing controller, a backlight module, a first liquid crystal panel, a liquid crystal driver, and a second liquid crystal panel. The gravity sensor generates a direction signal. The timing controller receives a three-dimensional image, outputs a left eye image and a right eye image of the three-dimensional image in turn, outputs a control signal, and outputs a backlight control signal. The backlight module turns on a backlight. The first liquid crystal panel receives and displays the left eye image and the right eye image of the three-dimensional image. The liquid crystal driver receives the control signal and the direction signal, and outputs a voltage control signal. The second liquid crystal panel rotates liquid crystals within the second liquid crystal panel according to the voltage control signal. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215105 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A parallax with which a virtual world is stereoscopically displayed is set, and in accordance with the parallax, a level of blurring with which the virtual world is stereoscopically displayed is set. Then, a stereoscopic image in which the virtual world is stereoscopically displayed is generated on the basis of the parallax by blurring at least part of the virtual world in accordance with the level of blurring. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215106 | CURSOR MERGING DEVICE AND CURSOR MERGING METHOD - With a cursor merging device, an image parallax detector detects subject-use parallax information about a subject-use stereoscopic image indicated by cursor position information. A proper parallax range determination component sets a proper parallax range, which is the range of proper parallax. A cursor parallax production component sets cursor parallax information so that the parallax of a cursor is included in a proper parallax range. A cursor stereoscopic image production component produces a cursor-use stereoscopic image on the basis of cursor parallax information. A cursor stereoscopic image merging component | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215107 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a depth map information estimation unit configured to estimate a depth in region units of a two-dimensional image and generate depth map information in which a depth estimation value in region units of a two-dimensional image is set, a reliability information generation unit configured to generate a depth map information reliability by determining a reliability of the depth value set in the depth map information, a depth map information correction unit configured to generate corrected depth map information by correcting the depth map information based on the depth map information reliability, and a 3D image generation unit configured to generate from the two-dimensional image an image for a left eye (L image) and an image for a right eye (R image) to be applied in a three-dimensional image display by applying the corrected depth map information. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215108 | Systems and Methods for the Manipulation of Captured Light Field Image Data - Systems and methods for the manipulation of captured light fields and captured light field image data in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a system for manipulating captured light field image data includes a processor, a display, a user input device, and a memory, wherein a depth map includes depth information for one or more pixels in the image data, and wherein an image manipulation application configures the processor to display a first synthesized image, receive user input data identifying a region within the first synthesized image, determine boundary data for the identified region using the depth map, receive user input data identifying at least one action, and perform the received action using the boundary data and the captured light field image data. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215109 | Designating Real World Locations for Virtual World Control - A system and a method are disclosed for a user interface for an augmented reality system to provide directions and control to virtual content. The position of the system is determined and a ray is determined from the graphical information inlaid on the user interface. The intersection of the ray with a 3D model representing real world content is made. The intersection indicates a location to direct movement of virtual content. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215110 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOTING THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS - Methods and systems for providing three dimensional graphics to remote computing machines and appliances that include an agent executing on a local computing machine to intercept a plurality of graphics commands generated by a three dimensional application executing on a local computing machine. A first portion of the plurality of graphics commands are encoded by the agent using a first codec, while a second portion of the plurality of graphics commands are encoded by the agent using a second codec. The agent creates a frame comprising the first portion and the second portion of the plurality of graphics commands, compresses the frame, and transmits the frame to a remote computing machine. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215111 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a display device | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130222363 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A stereoscopic imaging method for a stereoscopic imaging system is provided. The stereoscopic imaging method comprises using a processor to perform the following steps of: rendering a three-dimensional scene with at least one object and a manipulating area comprising a corresponding plane of the object; generating and displaying at least one stereoscopic image comprising the three-dimensional scene and the updated object; receiving a plurality of touch-control commands; manipulating the corresponding plane of the object according to the touch-control commands; updating the object in the three-dimensional scene with the manipulated corresponding plane; and updating the stereoscopic image with the updated object. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222364 | Manipulation of User Attention with Respect to a Simulated Field of View for Geographic Navigation Via Constrained Focus on, Perspective Attraction to, and/or Correction and Dynamic Adjustment of, Points of Interest - Manipulation of a user's attention is disclosed with respect to a point of interest represented in a simulated field of view of a geographic locality during simulation of travel between locations therein, such as by a computer-implemented navigation system or application. As a user virtually navigates a route, the simulated field of view presented on a display thereto may be constrained, immediately or gradually to an orientation, different from the direction of travel or otherwise from an orientation selected by the user, which focuses on, or otherwise includes the point of interest, or a representation thereof. In this manner, the user's attention is directed or otherwise drawn to the point of interest, e.g. they are less likely to miss or ignore it. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222365 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE ON 3-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY BASED ON MULTI-LAYER PARALLAX BARRIER - An apparatus and method for displaying an image on a 3D image display device based on a multi-layer parallax barrier are provided. The method includes: measuring a position of a viewer based on the display device; determining whether or not parallax barrier switching is required based on the measurement results; and when parallax barrier switching is determined to be required in the determination, outputting a 2D image through the 3D display device from a point in time at which the parallax barrier switching starts to a point in time at which the parallax barrier switching ends, wherein the 3D image is an image in which a left image and a right image is distributedly disposed in the same frame, and the 2D image is an image in which only any one of the left image and the right image is disposed in the same frame. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222366 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING BIREFRINGENCE - A display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes an image panel having pixel lines; a polarization panel which switches a polarization direction of a ray of light emitted from the image panel; and a lens which passes the ray of light provided from the polarization panel. The lens includes a first lens array which has a first birefringence characteristic, a second lens array which has a second birefringence characteristic different from the first birefringence characteristic, and which is arranged at a location to face the first lens array in an alternating manner, and a liquid crystal portion which has a same birefringence characteristic as either the first birefringence characteristic or the second birefringence characteristic, and which is filled in between the first lens array and the second lens array. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222367 | OVERLAID VIRTUAL PLAYGROUND AND OVERLAID VIRTUAL INFORMATION DELIVERY PLATFORM FOR RESTAURANTS, CATERING BUSINESSES AND OTHER BUSINESSES USING MENU CARDS, PIZZA BOXES, SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS, AND OTHER OBJECTS - The present invention obviates the need for restaurants to install expensive physical hardware such as swings, slides, etc that consume valuable property real-estate, to provide playing entertainment to customers, by constructing a virtual playground out of objects typically found in restaurants such as salt and pepper shakers, napkin dispensers, spoons, forks, plates, glasses, menu cards, pizza-boxes, etc. The present invention virtualizes these real-world objects and uses the virtualized characters to populate a virtual playground that is overlaid on top of real-world objects. This virtual playground allows users to manipulate virtual characters facilitating gameplay and entertainment. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222368 | MESH GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A mesh generating apparatus comprises a first generating unit that generates a first mesh having grid cells for a region corresponding to an object in an image of the object, a first determining unit that determines distances among corresponding points which correspond to points on the grid cells on a boundary of the region based on a length of the boundary and on the number of points on the grid cells on an outer frame of the first mesh, a second determining unit that determines the corresponding points based on the distances and on a part of the points on the grid cells, the part being located on the boundary of the region, and a second generating unit that generates a second mesh from the first mesh based on the corresponding points and on the points on the grid cells, the second mesh corresponding to the region. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222369 | System and Method for Creating an Environment and for Sharing a Location Based Experience in an Environment - A system for creating an environment and for sharing an experience based on the environment includes a plurality of mobile devices having a camera employed near a point of interest to capture random, crowdsourced images and associated metadata near said point of interest, wherein the metadata for each image includes location of the mobile device and the orientation of the camera. Preferably, the images include depth camera information. A wireless network communicates with the mobile devices to accept the images and metadata and to build and store a point cloud or 3D model of the region. Users connect to this experience platform to view the 3D model from a user selected location and orientation and to participate in experiences with, for example, a social network. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222370 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA RENDERING AND TRANSFORMATION IN 2- AND 3- DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A device and method for displaying data simultaneously in two-dimensional and three-dimensional formats. A user selects data to be represented in multiple formats simultaneously. A data rendition server retrieves the data and determines the three-dimensional representations that are possible. The user then selects the three-dimensional representation desired, and the server renders the data to the user in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional formats. The data may be rendered together with static data such as digital terrain data and other static data types. Data representations may be rotated and morphed as desired by the user. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222371 | ENHANCING A SENSORY PERCEPTION IN A FIELD OF VIEW OF A REAL-TIME SOURCE WITHIN A DISPLAY SCREEN THROUGH AUGMENTED REALITY - A method for enhancing a sensory perception in a field of view of a real-time source within a display screen through augmented reality is described. The method includes receiving, at a processor, a sensory perception enhancement request associated with a location of interest and in response to the receiving, rendering, by the processor, a three dimensional graphical image, wherein the rendering includes generating at least one of a first virtual object in a forefront of the field of view. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222372 | Method and System for Displaying Stereoscopic Detail-in-Context Presentations - A method for generating a stereoscopic presentation of a region-of-interest in a monoscopic information representation. The method includes the steps of: (a) selecting first and second viewpoints for the region-of-interest; (b) creating a lens surface having a predetermined lens surface shape for the region-of-interest, the lens surface having a plurality of polygonal surfaces constructed from a plurality of points sampled from the lens surface shape; (c) creating first and second transformed presentations by overlaying the representation on the lens surface and perspectively projecting the lens surface with the overlaid representation onto a plane spaced from the first and second viewpoints, respectively; and, (d) displaying the first and second transformed presentations on a display screen to generate the stereoscopic presentation. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222373 | COMPUTER PROGRAM, SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING AND SEARCHING UNITS IN A MULTI-LEVEL STRUCTURE - A computer program, method, system and device for displaying a three-dimensional rendering of a multi-level structure having a plurality of units, involving displaying a viewpoint of a three-dimensional rendering of the multi-level structure, wherein the viewpoint can display information about a unit in the plurality of units of the multi-level structure that is visible within the viewpoint, and optionally allowing the plurality of units to be searched and graphically marking units which meet the search criteria of the search. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222374 | METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for outputting a 3D image and a display apparatus using the same are provided. The method for outputting a 3D image includes generating a left eye image and a right eye image using an input image, decreasing the resolution of the left eye image and the right eye image by a predetermined positive number of times and outputting the left eye image and the right eye image by increasing an output frequency by the positive number of times. Accordingly, a 60 Hz timing controller which controls a general display apparatus may be used and thus, a flickering effect and a cross-talk effect may be prevented. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222375 | 3D BUILDING MODELING - Embodiments of the invention relate to the visualization of geographical information and the combination of image information to generate geographical information. Specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to a process and system for correlating oblique images data and terrain data without extrinsic information about the oblique imagery. Embodiments include a visualization tool to allow simultaneous and coordinated viewing of the correlated imagery. The visualization tool may also provide distance and measuring, three-dimensional lens, structure identification, path finding, visibility and similar tools to allow a user to determine distance between imaged objects. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222376 | STEREO IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereo image display device includes an image input unit that obtains image data representing a stereo image, a display unit that displays an image based on the image data, an operation unit that receives pointing position on an image displayed on the display unit, an information calculator that obtains parallax information on a portion corresponding to the position pointed by the operation unit in the image data, and a controller that controls the display unit to display the parallax information obtained as well as the image. The display unit displays the parallax information in a format representing a magnitude and a direction of parallax. The operation unit receives a command for changing the magnitude of parallax represented by the parallax information. The controller changes a magnitude of parallax on the portion corresponding to the pointed position in the image data based on the changing command received by the operation unit. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222377 | GENERATION OF DEPTH INDICATION MAPS - An approach is provided for generating a depth indication map from an image. The generation is performed using a mapping relating input data in the form of input sets of image spatial positions and a combination of color coordinates of pixel values associated with the image spatial positions to output data in the form of depth indication values. The mapping is generated from a reference image and a corresponding reference depth indication map. Thus, a mapping from the image to a depth indication map is generated on the basis of corresponding reference images. The approach may be used for prediction of depth indication maps from images in an encoder and decoder. In particular, it may be used to generate predictions for a depth indication map allowing a residual image to be generated and used to provide improved encoding of depth indication maps. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222378 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING READABLE INFORMATION ON A DIGITAL DISPLAY - A method, a programme, by which an animated expression of three-dimensional information space is created bring forth a reading architecture on digital screens in which the presented readable information appears three-dimensionally and dynamically to the reader's field of vision. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130229406 | CONTROLLING IMAGES AT MOBILE DEVICES USING SENSORS - Controlling images at mobile devices using sensors is described, for example, for interactive advertisements which respond to sensor readings at a mobile computing device. In various embodiments images are displayed at a mobile computing device according to sensor readings observed at the device and before user input is received at the images. For example, different regions of an image depicting a panorama are displayed as a mobile device is panned around or tilted. In another example images of an object in different orientations are presented as a mobile device is tilted in order to display the object as rotating. In various examples the images are displayed as part of a web page by using a template in the web page to control the display of images according to sensor readings. In various examples sensor readings are used to report user engagement with advertisements. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229407 | STEREO DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereo display apparatus includes a display panel and an adjustable barrier. The display panel is capable of providing an image. The adjustable barrier is located on a transmission path of the image. The adjustable barrier includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a display medium located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second substrate includes a second plate, a plurality of first electrodes, and a plurality of second electrodes. The first and second electrodes are located on the second plate. The first electrodes are arranged in a same space. The second electrodes and the first electrodes are alternately arranged. The second electrodes are arranged in a same space. A first space is between any two adjacent first electrodes. A second space is between any two adjacent second electrodes. The first space is greater than the second space. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229408 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT VIEWER-CENTRIC DEPTH ADJUSTMENT BASED ON VIRTUAL FRONTO-PARALLEL PLANAR PROJECTION IN STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - Provided is an image processing apparatus and method for adjusting a depth of stereoscopic images including a plane determining unit to determine a first predetermined plane parallel to a first image, a depth adjusting unit to determine a second point by projecting a first point of the first image onto the first plane in a direction of a first viewer's viewpoint associated with the first image, to determine a third point by moving the second point, according to a depth adjustment value, and to determine a fourth point by projecting the third point onto the first image in a direction from the first viewer's viewpoint to the third point, and an image synthesizing unit to generate a second image which represents the depth adjusted scene obtained from the first image by determining a color value of the fourth point. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229409 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE ACCORDING TO THE METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing method and an image display device. A signal input unit receives image data. A signal processing unit scales image data received by the signal input unit to first image data and second image data, wherein the first image data and the second image data are scaled to be different from each other. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229410 | RENDERING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A rendering apparatus and method are provided. A plurality of nodes of interface data are described using the plurality of nodes connected hierarchically and indicate a plurality of selectable items that are analyzed, and the interface data is rendered based on a result of the analysis. Consequently, a creator of interface data to be rendered can expect a time-to-market reduction when creating interface data described in a standardized format. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229411 | Apparatus For Generating Volumetric Image and Matching Color Textured External Surface - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for generating combined image data representing a volumetric image of a subject and a color textured external surface of the subject. According to one embodiment, two-dimensional image data and volumetric data of a subject is obtained using it two-dimensional imager and a volumetric scanner, respectively. The two-dimensional image data represent color texture of the subject, and the volumetric data represents both an internal and external structure of the subject. An opacity threshold of the volumetric data is set to render an external surface of the subject without generating external surface mesh data. An array ray is extended from a view point of the two-dimensional image data to the external surface of the subject such that the external surface of the subject has an opacity level higher than the opacity threshold. The two-dimensional image data is mapped to the external surface of the subject based on the extended array ray, and combined image data comprising the two-dimensional image data and the volumetric data is generated. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229412 | 3D DATA ANALYSIS APPARATUS, 3D DATA ANALYSIS METHOD, AND 3D DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAM - The present invention provides a 3D data analysis apparatus, a 3D data analysis method, and a 3D data analysis program capable of easily and instinctively specifying microparticles and microparticle small populations to be analyzed without referring to a large number of histograms or cytograms or imaging a 3D distribution chart. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130235028 | Non-photorealistic Rendering of Geographic Features in a Map - Generating non-photorealistic renderings of geographic features for a map that emphasize one or more geographic features in the rendering while de-emphasizing other portions of the rendering. Three dimensional geographic model data is stored for a plurality of geographic features. Portions of the model data representing a geographic feature and its surrounding area are selected. A non-photorealistic rendering is generated from the model data. The geographic feature is rendered with greater visual emphasis than the portions of the data that surround the geographic feature, and the resulting rendering is output for display. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235029 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING A SUB-SECTION OF A VIRTUAL MODEL - The invention generally relates to devices and methods for displaying a sub-section of a virtual model. In certain aspects, methods herein involve determining a portion of a virtual model within a user's field of view, determining a maximum load value that can be accommodated by the device, and displaying a sub-section of the virtual model based upon the portion that is within the user's field of view and the maximum load value accommodated by the device. In other aspects, devices herein include hardware and software that cause a CPU of the device to determine a portion of a virtual model within a user's field of view, determine a maximum load value that can be accommodated by the device, and display a sub-section of the virtual model based upon the portion that is within the user's field of view and the maximum load value accommodated by the device. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235030 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a block determiner, a flat area generator, and a depth information generator. The block determiner is configured to determine whether each block in an input image is a flat block or a non-flat block. The flat area generator is configured to generate a flat area having at least one flat block based on continuity of the flat block. The depth information generator is configured to generate depth information added to each flat block in the flat area. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235031 | FULLY PARALLEL IN-PLACE CONSTRUCTION OF 3D ACCELERATION STRUCTURES IN A GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT - A system and method for constructing binary radix trees in parallel, which are used for as a building block for constructing secondary trees. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a computer system to perform a method is disclosed. The method includes determining a plurality of primitives comprising a total number of primitive nodes that are indexed, wherein the plurality of primitives correspond to leaf nodes of a hierarchical tree. The method includes sorting the plurality of primitives. The method includes building the hierarchical tree in a manner requiring at most a linear amount of temporary storage with respect to the total number of primitive nodes. The method includes building an internal node of the hierarchical tree in parallel with one or more of its ancestor nodes. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235032 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus and method. The image processing method includes a data obtaining unit for obtaining volume data that contains a target image; a depth-data obtaining unit for obtaining depth data that indicates a depth to the surface of the target image from an image plane; an image processing unit for processing the volume data into a processed volume data based on the depth-data, and obtaining a rendered image based on the processed volume data; and a display unit for displaying the rendered image. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235033 | THREE DIMENSIONAL MONTAGE GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON TWO DIMENSIONAL SINGLE IMAGE - The present disclosure relates to a three-dimensional montage generation system and method based on a two-dimensional single image. An embodiment of the present disclosure may generate a three-dimensional montage in an easy, fast and accurate way by using a two-dimensional front face image data, and estimate face portions, which cannot be restored by using a single photograph, in a statistic way by using a previously prepared face database. Accordingly, an embodiment of the present disclosure may generate a three-dimensional personal model from a single two-dimensional front face photograph, and depth information such as nose height, lip protrusion and eye contour may be effectively estimated by means of statistical distribution and correlation of data. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235034 | COHERENT PRESENTATION OF MULTIPLE REALITY AND INTERACTION MODELS - A method for navigating concurrently and from point-to-point through multiple reality models is described. The method includes: generating, at a processor, a first navigatable virtual view of a first location of interest, wherein the first location of interest is one of a first virtual location and a first non-virtual location; and concurrently with the generating the first navigatable virtual view of the first location of interest, generating, at the processor, a second navigatable virtual view corresponding to a current physical position of an object, such that real-time sight at the current physical position is enabled within the second navigatable virtual view. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235035 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF OPERATING IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, HOST APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND METHOD OF MAKING PROGRAM - An image processing system includes an image coding device serving as a host device that outputs image data, and an image decoding device serving as a client device and including a display part that displays an image based on image data transmitted from the image coding device. The image coding device includes an image quality controller that controls the image quality of an image displayed on the display part in accordance with an operation status A of the image processing system. When the operation status is a status under which a delay of displaying an image which is caused by transmission of image data from the image coding device to the image decoding device is allowed, the image quality controller increases the image quality of an image displayed on the display part. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235036 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - [Object] To realize a natural stereoscopic effect of a stereoscopic image even if the direction or the position of the stereoscopic image is changed. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130241920 | VIRTUAL REALITY INTERACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A virtual reality interaction system and method have access to data in at least a 3D reality map database and at least a social network website database and allowing a user having logged in the virtual reality interaction system with an electronic device in the user's possession to interact with others and move in a 3D reality scenario. The virtual reality interaction system includes a 3D reality map access unit, a login unit, a social network data access unit, and a computation engine unit. The virtual reality interaction system and method enable the user to perform control operation in the 3D reality scenario according to the user's control command and selectively display the user's social network friends in the 3D reality scenario according to the user's social network relationship data. The user interacts with other online users in the 3D reality diversely and simulates operations in the real world. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241921 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZING A 3D SCENE USING A FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - A system and method for visualizing a 3D scene using a flexible display are disclosed. The 3D scene reflects a model of graphics objects, where each graphics object is represented by 3D primitives such as vertices, lines, or surfaces. A display processor generates a 2D image of the 3D scene using various graphics rendering techniques such as non-linear ray-tracing algorithms. A sensor associated with the flexible display detects that a surface profile of the display has been altered, which causes the display processor to generate a new 2D image of the 3D scene. The effect is that flexing the display allows the user to view the 3D scene from a different perspective. In one embodiment, the different perspective is viewing the object from a different camera position. In another embodiment, the different perspective is provided by generating an exploded view of an assembly of graphics objects. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241922 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE DIMENSIONAL STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS PERFORMING FOR THE METHOD - A method of displaying a three-dimensional (“3D”) image includes displaying a left-eye image and a right-eye image on a display panel, the display panel including a first sub pixel, a second sub pixel, a third sub pixel and a fourth sub pixel sequentially arranged in a row direction and driving an active barrier panel to form an opening part configured to transmit light and a barrier configured to block light, the active barrier panel including a first barrier electrode, a second barrier electrode, a third barrier electrode and a fourth barrier electrode respectively corresponding to the first, second, third and fourth sub pixels. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241923 | MACHINING STATE INFORMATION DISPLAYING DEVICE - A displaying device of machining state information displays machining state information in a 3D graph along with a machining trajectory. An arbitrary section of the machining trajectory displayed in the 3D graph is designated on a screen and machining state information in the designated section is displayed in a 2D graph. When the machining fault is determined in the machining state information displayed in the 2D graph, the display format is changed to a display format indicating the machining fault. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241924 | TRANSPOSING APPARATUS, TRANSPOSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A transposing apparatus is configured by a computer controlling a computing device having computing elements arranged into a matrix and memory devices connected to the computing elements. The computing device executes an electromagnetic field analysis process on latticed three-dimensional analysis subject data present in a three-dimensional coordinate system. The computer is configured to detect the number of lined-up lattices in a direction of a first axis, in a direction of a second axis, and in a direction of a third axis of the coordinate system, through detection on the three-dimensional analysis subject data; transpose a group of lattices of the three-dimensional analysis subject data, based on the detected numbers of lined-up lattices and on the number of lined-up computing elements in a row direction and in a column direction; and output to the computing device, the three-dimensional analysis subject data transposed. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241925 | CONTROL APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a control apparatus including a control unit configured to control information to be displayed on a display screen in a manner that a different type of information is visually recognized according to a positional relationship between the display screen and a predetermined portion of a user viewing the display screen. The information to be displayed on the display screen under control of the control unit is information extracted from information capable of being displayed on the display screen as information having an attribute satisfying a predetermined condition set for each positional relationship. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241926 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RENDERING 3D VISUALIZATIONS OVER A NETWORK - According to some embodiments, a system for transmitting and rendering a visualization of at least one object is described herein. The system includes a web server having access to at least one web page that includes three-dimensional embedding (“3D embedding”) instructions for requesting at least one 3D visualization associated with an object; a client computer in the data communication with the at least one web server, the client computer configured to receive the at least one web page and execute the 3D-embedding instructions included therein to send a request for the visualization associated with the object; and a visualization server in data communication with the client computer configured to determine whether the visualization is available, and determine whether the client computer is operable to render the 3D visualization, and determine whether to provide the 3D visualization data to the client computer. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241927 | COMPUTER DEVICE IN FORM OF WEARABLE GLASSES AND USER INTERFACE THEREOF - A computer device that is configured as wearable glasses and a user interface thereof, which comprises a transparent optical lens adapted to display, whenever desired, visual content on at least a portion of the lens, for enabling a user wearing the glasses to see the visual content, wherein the lens enables a user to see there through, in an optical manner, also a real-world view; a wearable frame for holding the lens and a portable computerized unit for generating the visual content and displaying or projecting the visual content on the portion, wherein the computerized unit is embedded within the frame or mounted thereon. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130249893 | Virtual aligner - The virtual aligner is used to re-align the two virtual components of a three dimensional digital model, such as virtual dental or orthodontic arches. An infinite number of new alignments can be created and saved by the user without altering the original record. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249894 | Using Camera Input to Determine Axis of Rotation and Navigation - Systems, methods, and computer storage mediums are provided for navigating a virtual camera within a virtual three-dimensional environment using a mobile device. An exemplary method includes receiving, from at least one sensor on the mobile device, an indication that the mobile device has pivoted about a first rotation axis. A change in a user's position in relation to the mobile device is tracked as the mobile device is pivoted about the first rotation axis. A location of the first rotation axis is then determined based on the change in the user's position in relation to the mobile device. When the location of the first rotation axis is proximate to the mobile device, a first action to navigate within the three-dimensional environment is executed. When the location of the first rotation axis is proximate to the user, however, a second action to navigate within the three-dimensional environment is executed. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249895 | LIGHT GUIDE DISPLAY AND FIELD OF VIEW - Light guide display and field of view techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes one or more modules implemented at least partially in hardware to configure a user interface and a display device communicatively coupled to the one or more modules to output the user interface to be viewable by a user within a range of distances from the display device such that closer distances within the range permit the user to have an increased field of view in comparison with distances within the range that are further away from the user. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249896 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of displaying three-dimensional stereoscopic image includes displaying N viewpoint images on N sub-pixels, emitting the N viewpoint images through a dynamic conversion panel on which a emission unit is defined, controlling a sub-area to emit the N viewpoint images onto N×M viewpoint positions if observers are plural, and moving the emission unit to a position determined according to an observer's position if the observer is single, and then emitting the N viewpoint images to the observer's position. The dots are consecutive in a row direction of a display panel. The emission unit includes a constituent emission unit consisting of M sub-areas. The display quality of three-dimensional stereoscopic images may be improved by detecting the number of observers and then driving in a multi-viewpoint mode or a tracking mode according to the number of the observers. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249897 | ALTERNATE REDUCTION RATIOS AND THRESHOLD MECHANISMS FOR FRAMEBUFFER COMPRESSION - A method for compressing framebuffer data is presented. The method includes determining a reduction ratio for framebuffer data in a tile including multiple samples. The reduction ratio determined is independent of the sampling mode, where the sampling mode is the number of samples within each pixel in the tile. The method further includes comparing a first portion of the framebuffer data for each of the multiple samples to determine an equality comparison result and also comparing a second portion of the framebuffer data for each one of the multiple samples to compute per-channel differences for each one of the multiple samples and testing the per-channel differences against a threshold value to determine a threshold comparison result. Finally, the method comprises compressing the framebuffer data for the tile based on the reduction ratio, the equality comparison result and the threshold comparison result to produce output framebuffer data for the tile. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249898 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SAVING AND UPDATING IMAGE FILE - An image saving apparatus may extract an object from a photographed picture, and may store position information. The image saving apparatus may selectively perform image processing of each object using the position information and may provide a user with a dynamic image in which a change in the photograph range is considered. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249899 | POINT CLOUD DATA HIERARCHY - One embodiment is directed to a method for presenting views of a very large point data set, comprising: storing data on a storage system that is representative of a point cloud comprising a very large number of associated points; automatically and deterministically organizing the data into an octree hierarchy of data sectors, each of which is representative of one or more of the points at a given octree mesh resolution; receiving a command from a user of a user interface to present an image based at least in part upon a selected viewing perspective origin and vector; and assembling the image based at least in part upon the selected origin and vector, the image comprising a plurality of data sectors pulled from the octree hierarchy. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249900 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MEDIA FILE FOR AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE - A method and an apparatus for processing a media file for an augmented reality service are provided. The method includes analyzing at least one media file including a marker track and a virtual object track to be used for providing the augmented reality service; generating image data needed for reproducing an image by extracting video data and/or audio data included in the media file; generating virtual object data for displaying a virtual object by extracting virtual object information included in the media file; and synthesizing the image data and the virtual object data based on the marker track to structure a final image and reproducing the final image on a screen. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249901 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GEOMETRICALLY MAPPING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACES - A method of mapping a two-dimensional image to a three-dimensional surface includes capturing data for a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional structure. A process determines coincident points between the 2D image and the 3D structure and maps points on the 2D image to the 3D structure by assigning relative two-coordinate points from the two dimensional image to relative three-coordinate points of the three-dimensional structure. The mapping creates a 3D surface and texturing and removes superfluous data from the created three-dimensional surface to clean the mapped resultant. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249902 | System and Method for Defining an Augmented Reality View in a Specific Location - This invention is a system and method for defining a location-specific augmented reality capability for use in portable devices having a camera. The system and method uses recent photographs or digital drawings of a particular location to help the user of the system or method position the portable device in a specific place. Once aligned, a digital scene is displayed to the user transposed over (and combined with) the camera view of the current, real-world environment at that location, creating an augmented reality experience for the user. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249903 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, MEDICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVER - A medical image display device | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249904 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device with a configuration enabling generating of images from a new viewpoint by simple signal processing is provided. Input image signals for the right eye, and input image signals for the left eye to be applied to image display are input, and a right image converting unit generates a converted image where the input image signals for the right eye have been subjected to phase change in the right direction or the left direction, in accordance with features of the image. In the same way, a left image converting unit generates a converted image where the input image signals for the left eye have been subjected to phase change in the left direction or the right direction, in accordance with features of the image. The generated image of the right image converting unit and the generated image of the left image converting unit are output as multiple new viewpoint images. A converted image is generated by processing where a luminance differential signal of an input image, or a nonlinear conversion signal of the luminance differential signal is added or subtracted, to or from the input image signal, for example. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130257848 | Augmented Reality Light Guide Display - Augmented reality light guide display techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a housing configured in a hand-held form factor, one or more sensors configured to detect a position and orientation of the housing in three dimensions in a physical environment of the housing, a light guide that is at least partially transparent and supported by the housing, a light engine that is optically coupled to the light guide, and one or more modules disposed within the housing and implemented at least partially in hardware. The one or more modules are configured to calculate a position and orientation of an augmentation and cause the light engine to output the augmentation for display using the light guide such that the augmentation is viewable concurrently with at least a portion of the physical environment through the light guide. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257849 | TECHNIQUES FOR USER PROFILES FOR VIEWING DEVICES - Techniques are directed to user profiles for viewing devices. A user profile storing one or more defined parameters may be received. The one or more defined parameters may represent viewing information. Descriptive information about the media information to be viewed on the viewing device may be received. One or more settings in a viewing device may be adjusted based on the one or more defined parameters in the user profile and the descriptive information. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257850 | EXTRACTING DATA FROM A 3D GEOMETRIC MODEL BY GEOMETRY ANALYSIS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for extracting relationship data from building information model (BIM) data. Extracting relationship data from BIM data can include generating a three dimensional geometric model of a number of objects within the BIM data. Extracting relationship data from BIM data can also include determining a number of spatial relationships between a number of objects, wherein the spatial relationships are determined from the three dimensional geometric model. Furthermore, extracting relationship data from BIM data can include exporting the spatial relationships based on a number of criteria. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257851 | PIPELINE WEB-BASED PROCESS FOR 3D ANIMATION - An integrated 3D conversion device which utilizes a web-based network includes: a front-end device, for utilizing manual rendering techniques on a first set of data of a video stream received via a user interface of the web-based network to generate depth information, and updating the depth information according to at least a first information received via the user interface; and a server-end device, coupled to the front-end device via the user interface, for receiving the depth information from the front-end device and utilizing the depth information to automatically generate depth information for a second set of data of the video stream, and generating stereo views of the first set of data and the second set of data according to at least a second information received via the user interface. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257852 | SYNTHETIC VISION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING DETACHED OBJECTS - A display system is provided for a vehicle. The display system includes a data source configured to provide terrain data with detached objects that are detached from ground terrain and attached objects that are attached to ground terrain; a processing unit coupled to the data source configured to receive the terrain data and to distinguish the detached objects from the attached objects to generate display commands for a three-dimensional view that comprises graphical elements representing both the detached objects and the attached objects; and a display device coupled to the processing unit and configured to receive the display commands and operable to render the common three-dimensional view to thereby allow viewing of the detached objects and the attached objects. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257853 | VOLUME-PRESERVING SMOOTHING BRUSH - A system and method are disclosed for implementing a volume-preserving mesh smoothing brush. The resolution-adaptive mesh smoothing brush first computes modified positions of vertices of a 3D mesh. A change in the volume of the region of the 3D mesh smoothed by the volume-preserving mesh smoothing brush is estimated. Then updated positions of the vertices are computed based on the estimated change in the volume. The volume-preserving mesh smoothing brush effectively rounds the brushed area. During each smoothing iteration, the positions of the vertices are updated to smooth the 3D mesh while also approximately preserving the volume of the 3D mesh. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257854 | 3-D Displaying Device and Method for Controlling Displaying - The present invention provides a 3-D displaying device and a method for controlling the same. The liquid crystal displaying panel is configured with a plurality of displaying sections which are driven and scanned with a sequence from a center to sides thereof. A plurality of backlight module is provided and also controlled with respect to the scanning sequence of the displaying device in a way that it opens from a center to sides thereof. Each of the backlight units is turned on only when the corresponding displaying section receives a driving signal of a picture, and the pixels of the displaying section reacts, each of the backlight units is turned off only when the displaying sections receive another driving signal of a picture. With this arrangement, the duration of turn-on and running time of the backlight units is increased so as to reduce the crosstalk of the displaying device, and the ghosting image is reduced. The displaying effect is increased, and the substantial experience of the viewer is upgraded. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257855 | TIME-DIVISION LIQUID CRYSTAL BARRIER AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A time-division liquid crystal barrier includes an upper substrate having first electrodes, second electrodes, and a first insulation layer between the first and second electrodes, the first electrodes being arranged with a first gap, and the second electrodes being arranged with a second gap, a lower substrate having third electrodes, fourth electrodes, and a second insulation layer between the third and fourth electrodes, the third electrodes being arranged with the first gap, and the fourth electrodes being arranged with the second gap, and a liquid crystal layer between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, the first and second electrodes being alternately arranged with respect to the first insulation layer, the third and fourth electrodes being alternately arranged with respect to the second insulation layer, the first electrodes overlap the third electrodes, and the second electrodes overlap the fourth electrodes. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257856 | Determining a View of an Object in a Three-Dimensional Image Viewer - Methods and systems for determining a view of an object in a three-dimensional (3D) image viewer are described. In an example, a computing device may be configured to receive a 3D object data model that may have a default view for rendering an image depicting an object in a default position. The computing device may be configured to determine, by way of a simulation of movement of the object, a rest position of the object that may describe one or more of a size, an orientation, and a shape that the object maintains when subjected to one or more forces. The computing device may be configured to provide information associated with instructions for rendering in a 3D image viewer a given image representing the 3D object data model of the object, where the given image may depict the object in the determined rest position. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257857 | STEREOSCOPIC DEVICE AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - An image projected onto a screen from a projector is generated as follows. Specifically, two virtual viewpoints that correspond to the right eye and the left eye of a viewer are set in a virtual three-dimensional space, and two virtual planes are set to be circumscribed to the screen (plane of projection). A plane image is generated by perspective projection transformation of a game space onto the virtual plane based on each virtual viewpoint. A projection image is generated from each plane image according to the relationship between the pixel position of the virtual plane and the pixel position of the projection image that is defined so that the plane image is observed without distortion when observing the screen from a presumed viewing position to generate a right-eye projection image and a left-eye projection image. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257858 | REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD USING VIRTUAL REALITY AND AUGMENTED REALITY - Methods and apparatus are provided for using a virtual space map. The virtual space map is generated and displayed. Communication between a character of an actual space and a character on the virtual space map is controlled. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257859 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display controlling unit configured to, at a time of displaying content on a screen, set one axis in a three-dimensional space as a time axis, arrange pieces of content along one or more of the time axes, cause the time axis to be rotatable in a foreground direction and a background direction of the screen with one axis substantially orthogonal to the time axis regarded as a center, and, in a case where the time axis is inclined by a predetermined angle or more toward a foreground, change a display state of content after a predetermined reference time among the pieces of content arranged along the time axis. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257860 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGES AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A medical image processing system according to an embodiment includes a display unit, a generating unit, and a controlling unit. The display unit displays a medical image. The generating unit generates a display image used for stereoscopically displaying either text data or image data representing content of an item contained in either additional information or examination information of the medical image. The controlling unit causes the display image to be displayed on the display unit. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257861 | 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE USING THE SAME - A three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus is provided, including an image input device which receives an image and depth information, a multi-view image generator which generates a multi-view foreground image having depth information which is less than a preset depth value, and a multi-view rear ground image having depth information which is equal to or greater than the preset depth value, using the received image and depth information, a multi-view image renderer which performs rendering by arranging the multi-view foreground image according to a first arrangement pattern and the multi-view rear ground image according to a second arrangement pattern, and a display which outputs the rendered multi-view image. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257862 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MODIFYING 2.5D GIS DATA FOR A 2D GIS SYSTEM - Modifying 2.5D GIS data for a 2D GIS system involves displaying 3D graphic indicia on a display device, the graphic indicia being displayed in a geospatial manner as a function of 2.5D GIS data in a GIS database associated with a 2D GIS system, and further involves modifying the 2.5D GIS data in the GIS database using the 3D graphic indicia displayed on the display device, including mapping user selections relating to the 3D graphic indicia to 2D geo-location coordinates and modifying the 2.5D GIS data based on the 2D geo-location coordinates. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257863 | Method And System For Facilitating Control Of An Industrial System - A method for displaying a two-dimensional image in a three-dimensional view. The two-dimensional image is formed by a plurality of objects representing elements of an industrial system. The three-dimensional view is displayed on a display of a control system of the industrial system, wherein at least one object is associated with a parameter value pertaining to a state of a corresponding element in the industrial system. The method includes determining the parameter value for the object; mapping the parameter value to a depth layer, which depth layer defines part of the three-dimensional view; and displaying the object in the depth layer. A corresponding control system is also presented herein. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257864 | MEDIAL AXIS DECOMPOSITION OF 2D OBJECTS TO SYNTHESIZE BINOCULAR DEPTH - A computer-based method for generating a stereoscopic image from a two dimensional (2D) image such as a 2D cell animation. An object is selected in the 2D image, such as an animated character, and is stored in memory as the base image. With an erosion engine, the selected object is eroded to generate a set of eroded versions of the base image corresponding to a number of erosion levels. Each erosion level image may be formed by eroding or removing a set of outer or edge pixels from the image on the prior level. The method continues with calculating a parallax shift value for each of the eroded versions of the base image. An alternate eye image is then generated by compositing the set of eroded versions along with the base image. The eroded versions are horizontally offset from the base image by the level-specific parallax shift values. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257865 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - A medical image processing apparatus including a storage, virtual endoscopic image generating unit, region identifying unit, and image generating unit. The storage stores three-dimensional images of a tubular body. The virtual endoscopic image generating unit generates, by using the three-dimensional images of the tubular body, virtual endoscopic images when an inside of a tract of the tubular body is observed based on a view point location and view direction placed inside the tract. The region identifying unit obtains an observation region and/or non-observation region based on the view point location and view direction by using the three-dimensional images. The image generating unit that generates an image that corresponds to the observation region and/or non-observation region are/is distinguishably displayed on the image obtained from the three-dimensional images. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130265296 | Motion Activated Three Dimensional Effect - Methods, apparatus, and computer readable medium for presenting a multilayer image are disclosed. An electronic tablet device may include a display, touch sensor, a motion sensor, and controller. The motion sensor may generate input signals indicative of a spatial movement of the electronic tablet device. The controller may receive the input signals and generate output signals that shifts layers of the multilayer image with respect to other layers of the multilayer image to cause a three dimensional effect that is controlled by spatial movement of the electronic table device. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265297 | Display of a Corrected Browser Projection of a Visual Guide for Placing a Three Dimensional Object in a Browser - A method for displaying a corrected projection of a visual guide for a 3D object includes receiving drawing information for displaying the 3D object in a browser, and displaying, in the browser, a first visual guide having a first projection for the 3D object for a default 3D location. The first projection is a default projection of the browser. The method further includes un-projecting the first visual guide to reverse the first projection of the browser. The un-projected first visual guide is a second visual guide for the 3D object. The method further includes projecting the second visual guide according to an actual 3D location of the 3D object in the computerized 3D space. The method further includes displaying, in the browser, the second visual guide at the actual 3D location at which the 3D drawing will appear subsequent to displaying the 3D object in the browser. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265298 | GRAPHIC PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are graphic processing method and apparatus. The graphic processing method receives an image divided into a plurality of primitives to generate one tree structured display list for a plurality of tiles by connecting the divided primitive with at least one next primitive to be rendered. According to the present invention, since one display list is generated and used for the entire screen or a plurality of tiles, the present invention is efficient in the aspect to a memory usage. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265299 | POINT CLOUD DATA HIERARCHY - One method embodiment comprises storing data on a storage system that is representative of a point cloud comprising a very large number of associated points; organizing the data into an octree hierarchy of data sectors, each of which is representative of one or more of the points at a given octree mesh resolution; receiving a command from a user of a user interface to present an image based at least in part upon a selected viewing perspective origin and vector; and assembling the image based at least in part upon the selected origin and vector, the image comprising a plurality of data sectors pulled from the octree hierarchy, the plurality of data sectors being assembled such that sectors representative of points closer to the selected viewing origin have a higher octree mesh resolution than that of sectors representative of points farther away from the selected viewing origin. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265300 | COMPUTER DEVICE IN FORM OF WEARABLE GLASSES AND USER INTERFACE THEREOF - A computer device that is configured as wearable glasses and a user interface thereof, which comprises a transparent optical lens adapted to display, whenever desired, visual content on at least a portion of the lens, for enabling a user wearing the glasses to see the visual content, wherein the lens enables a user to see there through, in an optical manner, also a real-world view; a wearable frame for holding the lens and a portable computerized unit for generating the visual content and displaying or projecting the visual content on the portion, wherein the computerized unit is embedded within the frame or mounted thereon. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265301 | Sample Culling Based on Linearized 5D Edge Equations - Thin invention introduces a five-dimensional rasterization technique that uses a test based on triangle edges in order to obtain high efficiency. A compact formulation of five-dimensional edge equations is used to derive a conservative triangle edge versus tile test in five dimensions, expressed as an affine hyperplane. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265302 | VISUALIZATION OF FLOW PATTERNS - The invention relates to a system (SYS) for visualizing a flow within a volume of a 3-dimensional (3-D) image, the system comprising a first transfer unit (U | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130271448 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMBINING IMAGES OF A GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE WITH A STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO - The present invention relates to a method for combining images of a graphic user interface with a stereoscopic video content. The latter comprises at least a pair of video images intended respectively for a right and a left eye, while the graphic user interface comprises at least a pair of graphic images. The method comprises the steps of generating combined video images by blending each video image of said pair of video images with a respective graphic image of said pair of graphic images, so that the each combined video image comprises a first region ( | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271449 | METHOD OF GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) VOLUMETRIC DATA - A method of generating three-dimensional (3D) volumetric data may be performed by generating a multilayer image, generating volume information and a type of a visible part of an object, based on the generated multilayer image, and generating volume information and a type of an invisible part of the object, based on the generated multilayer image. The volume information and the type of each of the visible part and invisible part may be generated based on the generated multilayered image which may be include at least one of a ray-casting-based multilayer image, a chroma key screen-based multilayer image, and a primitive template-based multilayer image. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271450 | 3D VISUALIZATION - A liquid crystal (LC) display system includes an LC panel and a backlight unit. A controller controls the LC panel to display first and a second images forming a stereoscopic pair; controls the backlight unit to only illuminate the LC panel during a first time period after pixels of the LC panel have a stable optical state according to the first image, and during a second time period after the pixels have a stable optical state according to the second image; and generates a control signal for controlling a first shutter glass of a pair of 3D shutter glasses to be in a transmissive state for enabling viewing of the pixels of the LC panel only during the first time period, and a second shutter glass to be in a transmissive state for enabling viewing of the pixels of the LC panel only during the second time period. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271451 | PARAMETERIZED 3D FACE GENERATION - Systems, devices and methods are described including receiving a semantic description and associated measurement criteria for a facial control parameter, obtaining principal component analysis (PCA) coefficients, generating 3D faces in response to the PCA coefficients, determining a measurement value for each of the 3D faces based on the measurement criteria, and determining a regression parameters for the facial control parameter based on the measurement values. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271452 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING CONTEXT-AWARE MODEL-BASED IMAGE COMPOSITION AND RENDERING AT COMPUTING DEVICES - A mechanism is described for facilitating context-aware composition and rendering of virtual models and/or images of physical objects computationally composited and rendered at computing devices according to one embodiment of the invention. A method of embodiments of the invention includes performing initial calibration of a plurality of computing devices to provide point of view positions of a scene according to a location of each of the plurality of computing devices with respect to the scene, where computing devices of the plurality of computing devices are in communication with each other over a network. The method may further include generating context-aware views of the scene based on the point of view positions of the plurality of computing devices, where each context-aware view corresponds to a computing device. The method may further include generating images of the scene based on the context-aware views of the scene, where each image corresponds to a computing device, and displaying each image at its corresponding computing device. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271453 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL USER-INTERFACE FOR AN EMBEDDED DEVICE - The present invention relates generally to a method and system for generating a three-dimensional user-interface on an embedded device or devices. The method of generating a three-dimensional user interface comprising the steps of importing an asset into an editor on a host device, allowing a user to graphically effect modifications within the editor, modifying at least one property of the asset independently of a user to optimize a three-dimensional generation of the asset on an embedded device, generate a binary output file of the modified asset, and outputting the binary file to a graphics engine. Wherein the graphics engine is operable to load and render files as at least a portion of a graphical user interface its embedded device. Additionally, there is described an ordering of data in the binary output file such that it is independent of a degree of significance of individually accessible data within said output file. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271454 | Interactive Screen Viewing - The presentation of a computer display may be modified based on what the user is viewing on the display. In one embodiment, gaze detection technology may be used to determine what the user is looking at. Based on what the user is looking at, the display may be altered to either improve or degrade the display at the region the user is looking at. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271455 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a technology capable of obtaining at high speed a three-dimensional image having good image quality, without increasing the load on an ultrasonic diagnostic device. A plurality of filter processing having different effects are performed, prior to rendering, on tomographic volume data that has completed coordinate transformation, and volume data is obtained for each. A prescribed weight is added to each voxel for each of the obtained volume data, and a three-dimensional image is generated from the volume data obtained thereby. The filter processing having different effects may be different types of filter processing such as smoothing and sharpening, the same filter processing but having different strengths, or a combination of filter processing and no filter processing. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130278592 | Merging Drawing Objects from a Set of Canvas Elements - A method operable on a computer is provided for creating a canvas element for displaying 3D objects in the canvas element in a browser. The method includes capturing a first size of a first canvas element in which a first set of 3D objects is displayed in the first canvas element in the browser, and includes capturing a second size of a second canvas element in which a second set of 3D objects is displayed in the second canvas element in the browser. The method further includes creating a third canvas element having a third size that is a union of the first size and the second size based on capturing the first size and the second size. The method further includes displaying in the browser the first and the second sets of 3D objects in the third canvas element. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278593 | Copying a Drawing Object from a Canvas Element - A method operable on a computing device for copying a drawing object includes displaying, in the browser a set of drawing objects in a first canvas element, and receiving a selection of a first drawing object from the set of drawing objects. The method further includes capturing image information of the first drawing object based on receiving the selection of the first drawing object, and specifying instructions for a second canvas element. The second canvas element is independent from the first canvas element. The method further includes specifying instructions for a second drawing object where the second drawing object is a copy of the first drawing object. The method further includes retrieving the image information for displaying the second drawing object in the second canvas element, and displaying, in the browser, the second drawing object in the second canvas element according to the image information. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278594 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING GEO-TRACES USING A REDUCED SET OF POINTS BASED ON AN AVAILABLE DISPLAY AREA - An approach is provided for presenting geo-traces using a reduced set of points based on an available display area. The trace platform determines a reduced set of one or more points based on an available display area of a user interface. Next, the trace platform causes, at least in part, a presentation of at least one geo-trace in the user interface based, at least in part, on the reduced set. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278595 | Three-Dimensional Display Device and Display Control Method Thereof - The present invention provides a three-dimensional display device and display control method thereof, wherein controlling a plurality of backlight units to activate simultaneously when a lowermost display area receiving drive signal of an image frame and when the liquid crystal in the lowermost display area completely responded, and each of backlight units being closed when corresponding display area starting to receive another image frame; wherein drive current of the backlight unit corresponding to each display area being used to control the luminance of each display area. With this, the present invention can reduce the crosstalk caused by the three-dimensional display device, resulting in the reduction of residual image and improving the three-dimensional display effect and viewing experience. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278596 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided are an image generation apparatus, three-dimensional image display apparatus, image generation method and non-transitory computer readable medium. An image generation apparatus for generating a virtual-viewpoint image, includes a disparity-image-generating section which generates a disparity image corresponding to a two-dimensional image, by using a depth image and a parameter of a virtual camera; a disparity-image-correcting section which corrects the disparity image based on contour lines extracted from the two-dimensional image and the disparity image, or corrects the depth image to be used for generating the disparity image based on contour lines extracted from the two-dimensional image and the depth image; an pixel-shift-processing section which shifts each pixel of the two-dimensional image according to the corrected disparity image, to generate an intermediate image; and a unfixed-pixel-area-interpolating section which interpolates unfixed pixels to which the shifted pixels have been assigned in the intermediate image, to generate the virtual-viewpoint image. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278597 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME CONVERSION OF VIDEO INTO THREE-DIMENSIONS - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for enhancing a sequence of video images to add depth and presenting the enhanced images to the user through a lenticular lens arrangement on a display screen for viewing the enhanced images in three-dimensions (3D). The embodiments include the application of image enhancing algorithms which measure spatial and temporal differences between sequential images in an input video stream in order to measure depth within the images and produce one or more interleaved images with depth. Multiple sequential interleaved images may then be created in real-time as the images from the video stream are received, and the sequence of interleaved images may then be presented immediately as a video stream on a display fitted with a lenticular lens to effectively display a 3D video to the user. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278598 | TEXTURE MAPPING DEVICE - An area information generating unit generates plural pieces of area information each showing a partial area of a texture image. A polygon information generating unit generates polygon information including plural pieces of vertex information and an area ID. A rendering unit carries out interpolation on the texture coordinates of the vertices of a polygon on an output image to assign texture coordinates to each pixel located inside the polygon, and further acquires area information by referring to the area ID added to the polygon information and converts the texture coordinates assigned to each pixel of the output image in such a way that the texture coordinates fall within the area. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278599 | TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING MULTIPLE VIEW PERFORMANCE IN A THREE DIMENSIONAL PIPELINE - Techniques may be directed to enhancing multiple view performance in a three dimensional pipeline. A plurality of view transformations associated with an image may be received. The vertex data associated with the image may be received. Operation data may be determined by performing the view transformations on the compiled vertex data. A plurality of display lists may be determined through a single run of a vertex pipeline. A display list may be based on the operation data. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130286004 | DISPLAYING A COLLISION BETWEEN REAL AND VIRTUAL OBJECTS - Technology is described for displaying a collision between objects by an augmented reality display device system. A collision between a real object and a virtual object is identified based on three dimensional space position data of the objects. At least one effect on at least one physical property of the real object is determined based on physical properties of the real object, like a change in surface shape, and physical interaction characteristics of the collision. Simulation image data is generated and displayed simulating the effect on the real object by the augmented reality display. Virtual objects under control of different executing applications can also interact with one another in collisions. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286005 | Three-Dimensional Display Device and Drive Method Thereof - The present invention provides a three-dimensional display device and drive method thereof. The three-dimensional display device comprises: a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix, gate driver and source driver; wherein the source driver supplies a constant drive voltage to keep the fourth sub-pixel area stay in dark state during the scanning. In this manner, the effect of the technique is equivalent to increasing the width of the black matrix without sacrificing the aperture ratio so as to improve the vertical view angle of the three-dimensional display device. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286006 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device includes an image processing unit, an over-driving unit, and an up-sampler. The image processing unit receives a full-resolution 3D input image and outputs a half-resolution 3D image to a memory. The over-driving unit is coupled to the image processing unit and the memory for over-driving a current half-resolution 3D image outputted from the image processing unit according to a previous half-resolution 3D image stored in the memory. The up-sampler is selectively coupled to the over-driving unit for up-sampling an over-driven half-resolution 3D image outputted from the over-driving unit to output a full-resolution 3D output image. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286007 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING STEREO-SCOPIC IMAGE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus and a method for formatting a stereoscopic image in an electronic device rotating a left image and a right image of a 2-D image by first rotation degrees in a reference direction, storing the images in the first buffer, alternately arranging the left image and the right image stored in the first buffer based on a reference size, and formatting the stereoscopic image by rotating the left image and the right image alternately arranged based on the reference size, by second rotation degrees in the reference direction. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286008 | GRAPHIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are a method and apparatus for processing a graphic stream. The method may include determining whether a graphic picture is reproducible as a three-dimensional (3D) image by assigning different depth values according to graphic objects or by assigning the same depth value to the graphic picture, using 3D capability information. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286009 | TECHNIQUES FOR MULTIPLE PASS RENDERING - Techniques for multiple pass rendering include receiving vertex data for one or more objects to be enhanced. Parameters in a display list may be determined using the vertex data. Multiple pixel rendering passes may be run using the parameters in the display list. An enhanced depiction of the one or more objects may be rendered based on the multiple pixel rendering passes. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286010 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Three-Dimensional Stereo Display - Provided are a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for a three-dimensional stereo display. The method comprises capturing images of an object for the three-dimensional stereo display, calculating a disparity level of the object by comparing the captured images, adjusting a disparity level of an identification element to be the same as that of the object, and displaying the identification element along with the object in a same depth in the three-dimensional stereo display. Due to being in the same depth of the display, the 3D image displayed in this manner is more natural, vivid and clear and it is easier for the objects in such 3D image to be identified. Thereby, a viewer would enjoy a better user experience in the 3D stereo display. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130286011 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING AN ENERGY VALUE AND METHOD OF PRECESSING AND DISPLAYING AN IMAGE - An image processing method is provided. The image processing method includes: shifting an object displayed in a reference image according to depth information; determining a stretching area of a variable size by using an energy value of a background area of the shifted object; and inserting a pixel of the stretching area into a hole area generated by shifting the object to generate a target image. This results in prevention of the phenomenon of image quality deterioration. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130293531 | USER PERCEPTION OF VISUAL EFFECTS - At least two images that differ in some respect may be presented to a user. In response to viewing the at least two images, the user may perceive a certain visual effect that may or may not be present if the user viewed the at least two images individually. As a result, by presenting a different image to each eye of the user, the user may perceive a unique, a different, and/or an enhanced visual experience. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293532 | SEGMENTATION OF 3D POINT CLOUDS FOR DENSE 3D MODELING - Techniques for segmentation of three-dimensional (3D) point clouds are described herein. An example of a method for user-assisted segmentation of a 3D point cloud described herein includes obtaining a 3D point cloud of a scene containing a target object; receiving a seed input indicative of a location of the target object within the scene; and generating a segmented point cloud corresponding to the target object by pruning the 3D point cloud based on the seed input. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293533 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a parallax estimating unit that generates parallax information from a left visual point image to be an image signal for a left eye applied to multi-dimensional image display and a right visual point image to be an image signal for a right eye applied to the multi-dimensional image display, an interpolation direction control unit that controls changing of an interpolation direction of a virtual visual point image including a visual point image other than the left visual point image and the right visual point image, according to a parameter showing a degree of a variation based on the parallax information generated by the parallax estimating unit, and a virtual visual point image generating unit that generates the virtual visual point image in the interpolation direction of which the changing is controlled by the interpolation direction control unit. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293534 | DISPLAY UNIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display unit includes: a display section having a predetermined display region including a first region and a second region; and a control section allowing the display section to display a three-dimensional image in the first region and allowing the display section to display a two-dimensional image in the second region, the control section allowing the display section to time-divisionally display the three-dimensional image and the two-dimensional image. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293535 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL SPATIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A SURGICAL TOOL - An apparatus and a method determine a virtual spatial reconstruction of a surgical tool imaged in a 2D x-ray image. A reconstruction module segments a 2D image of at least one element of the surgical tool in the 2D x-ray image and a spatial reconstruction of the at least one element is implemented after the spatial configuration of the 2D image of the at least one element is determined. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293536 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image signal processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a display signal including an image signal containing both two-dimensional and three-dimensional images and a region information in each predetermined unit in the image signal and separates the image signal and the region information from the display signal, a display control unit that generates a first display control information for controlling rendering positions of the first and second regions in the image signal according to the region information and a second display control information for selectively displaying a three-dimensional image in a region corresponding to the rendering position of the second region based on the region information, and a processing unit that generates a display image signal indicating an image where the first and second region are arranged according to the first display control information based on the image signal and the first display control information. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293537 | Coordinated 2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional Graphics Processing - A data processing system ( | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293538 | OBJECT OPERATING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Motion data to be inserted between two different object actions that include a rotating action and are to be successively performed are generated so that the two actions are smoothly connected. Respective elements d required to define a transitional motion action are calculated from the respective frames after the end point of the former motion and before the start point of the latter motion. As for the three-dimensional rotation R(t) that defines the posture in each frame, independent linear values rx(t), ry(t), and rz(t) are calculated as values approximating the three-dimensional rotation R(t) by using exponential maps. The velocity components of the respective elements d are determined, and the largest value of the absolute values of the velocity components in each of the post-end frames and the pre-start frames is extracted as an interpolating velocity v(t). The respective elements d(t) in each of blended transitional motion frames can be determined. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130300728 | MULTIPLANAR IMAGE DISPLAYS AND MEDIA FORMATTED TO PROVIDE 3D IMAGERY WITHOUT 3D GLASSES - An apparatus for providing a dimensional display such as a 3D effect without special-purpose glasses. The apparatus includes a foreground display assembly including a first planar display element with a front surface and an opposite back surface. Additionally, the apparatus includes a background display assembly including: (a) a second planar display element spaced apart from and parallel to the first planar display element; and (b) a light source backlighting a back surface of the second planar display element. The first and second display elements are emissive display units and concurrently display frames of a foreground image stream and corresponding frames of a background image stream. The first display element may be a transparent LCD panel, and the output light from the front surface of the second display element provides backlighting for the first display element such that foreground images are backlit by output light of the second display element. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300729 | Comparing Virtual and Real Images in a Shopping Experience - In one embodiment, a computer-based method includes receiving image data of a real world layout. The image data reflects the real world layout across three dimensions (e.g., vertical, horizontal, and orthogonal). Each of the three dimensions has an image range with a beginning and an end. The real world layout has inventory of products distributed across the three dimensions. The computer-based method further includes comparing a 3D model of a planned layout of the environment to the received image data. The 3D model represents the planned layout across the three dimensions. The computer-based method further includes determining whether results of the comparison reach a first particular threshold, and if so, then output a pertinent indication, alert, or the like. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300730 | LCD SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE THEREIN - The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display (LCD) system, which includes an LCD device. The LCD device includes: a display mode setting module utilized to set display modes of the LCD device. The display mode includes at least a multi-3D-image display mode, the display mode setting module electrically coupled to the control module. The control module is utilized to control the scan driving module and the data driving module according to the display modes. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300731 | METHOD FOR VISUALIZING A USER OF A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates to a method, a related system and a related processing device for visualizing a user of a virtual environment in the virtual environment. The method of the present invention includes the step of generating a 3-dimensional user depth representation of the user to be visualized, based on at least one generated video stream of the user. In addition a texture of the user is determined based on the at least one generated video stream of the user. A subsequent step is generating a 3-dimensional user visualization by applying said texture onto said user depth representation and parenting said 3-dimensional user visualization onto a 3-dimensional host visualization. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300732 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, PROGRAM, AND DISPLAYING METHOD - An electronic device is provided which displays an object (body) on a flexible display screen in accordance with a three-dimensional shape of the display screen by utilizing the flexibility of the display screen. An electronic device including a display portion which includes a flexible display device displaying an object on a display screen; a detection portion detecting positional data of a given part of the display screen; and an arithmetic portion calculating a three-dimensional shape of the display screen on the basis of the positional data and computing motion of the object to make the object move according to a given law in accordance with the calculated three-dimensional shape of the display screen. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300733 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREOF - An image processing method to remove aliasing and an image processing apparatus thereof are provided. The image processing method includes receiving data information of a polygonal image, determining a position of an interpolation vertex on an exterior of vertexes of the polygonal image using the data information of the polygonal image, interpolating a space between the polygonal image and a polygon constructed by the interpolating vertex, and outputting an interpolated polygonal image according to the interpolated space. Accordingly, when complex polygons are displayed or the image size changes, the aliasing can be removed. Further, because the interpolating process is applied to primitives instead of a whole image to overcome the aliasing, the amount of calculations decreases. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300734 | ADAPTIVELY ZIPPERING MESHES - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for zippering meshes of primitives. The technique involves identifying a first vertex associated with a first mesh boundary and having a first position and identifying a second vertex that is proximate to the first vertex and associated with a second mesh boundary, where the second vertex has a second position. The technique further involves determining a third position based on the first position, the second position, and a zippering strength factor, where the third position is located in a region between the first position and the second position. Filially, the technique involves moving the first vertex to the third position. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300735 | MESH BOUNDARY SMOOTHING - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for smoothing boundaries associated with meshes of primitives. The technique involves receiving a mesh of primitives that has a mesh boundary and an initial surface, identifying a first vertex associated with the mesh boundary and having a first location, and identifying a second vertex having a second location and a third vertex having a third location. Both the second vertex and third vertex are proximate to the first vertex. The technique further involves determining a fourth location based on the second location and the third location, projecting the fourth location onto the initial surface to determine a fifth location, and moving the first vertex to the fifth location. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300736 | ADAPTIVELY MERGING INTERSECTING MESHES - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for merging intersecting meshes of primitives. The technique involves determining an intersection boundary that is defined by an intersection between a first mesh of primitives and a second mesh of primitives. The technique further involves determining that a first plurality of primitives included in the first mesh of primitives and a second plurality of primitives included in the second mesh of primitives are proximate to the intersection boundary. The technique further involves removing the first plurality of primitives to form a first mesh boundary associated with the first mesh and removing the second plurality of primitives to form a second mesh boundary associated with the second mesh. Finally, the technique involves connecting a first plurality of vertices associated with the first mesh boundary to a second plurality of vertices associated with the second mesh boundary to form a joined boundary. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300737 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATING PROGRAM - At least one of parallax images for left and right eyes to be fusionally displayed to perform stereopsis using binocular parallax is generated at low resolution or low sharpness of such a degree that a subject in the parallax image is observable as a stereoscopic image when an observer observes the subject in an observation mode in which the two fusionally displayed parallax images are stereoscopically viewable, and also of such a degree that the subject is recognizable as a plane image when an observer observes the subject in an observation mode in which the two fusionally displayed parallax images are not stereoscopically viewable. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300738 | MAP RENDERING DEVICE - A map rendering device includes: a texture creation unit | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130307842 | SYSTEM WORN BY A MOVING USER FOR FULLY AUGMENTING REALITY BY ANCHORING VIRTUAL OBJECTS - A system to anchor virtual objects to real world objects, visually, functionally and behaviorally, to create an integrated, comprehensive, rational augmented reality environment, the environment comprising at least the relative location, perspective and viewing angle of the virtual objects in the real world, and the interaction between the virtual objects with the real world and with other virtual objects. The system includes an input device having a built-in interface, which receives data from an High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) adapter, or any other communication device, and returns images to a microprocessor, an HDMI compact audio/video adapter for transferring encrypted uncompressed digital audio/video data from an HDMI-compliant device and a head-mounted display worn by a user, housing at least one micro-camera and an inertial movement unit (IMU). The system also includes a microprocessor/software unit, which provides data input from the at least one micro-camera and the IMU and a power source. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307843 | REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF TRANSACTIONAL DATA OBJECTS - A business management system for visualizing transactional data objects in real time is provided. An example system accesses a stream of transactional data objects and generates a in a three-dimensional graphical paradigm. A viewer may manipulate the presentation of the transactional data objects by engaging gestures and visual controls that may be provided on a display screen. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307844 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of displaying a three-dimensional (“3D”) image includes generating a frame image including a plurality of image blocks having a left-eye image and a right-eye image which are alternately arranged, the frame image displayed on a display panel and driving each of a plurality of shutter blocks in an active 3D panel as a first mode corresponding to the left-eye image or a second mode corresponding to the right-eye image so that left and right eyes of the viewer view the left-eye image and the right-eye image. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307845 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a display controller. The display controller is configured to arrange a foreground image in a three-dimensional space and display, on a display device, the foreground image as an inspection status image representing an inspection status by an ultrasonic wave. The foreground image includes a linear image being as an image including a plurality of linear images that change in accordance with a status of a probe and connect the center of a circle and a circumference of the circle with each other, a probe image that is located at the center of the circle and has a shape of the probe, and a spherical image being as a spherical image that represents a range to which the ultrasonic wave output from the probe is applied and has a cross section as the circle. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307846 | System and Method for Linking Real-World Objects and Object Representations by Pointing - A system and method are described for selecting and identifying a unique object or feature in the system user's three-dimensional (“3-D”) environment in a two-dimensional (“2-D”) virtual representation of the same object or feature in a virtual environment. The system and method may be incorporated in a mobile device that includes position and orientation sensors to determine the pointing device's position and pointing direction. The mobile device incorporating the present invention may be adapted for wireless communication with a computer-based system that represents static and dynamic objects and features that exist or are present in the system user's 3-D environment. The mobile device incorporating the present invention will also have the capability to process information regarding a system user's environment and calculating specific measures for pointing accuracy and reliability. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307847 | RENDERING AND ENCODING ADAPTATION TO ADDRESS COMPUTATION AND NETWORK - A method for graphics rendering adaptation by a server that includes a graphics rendering engine that generates graphic video data and provides the video data via a communication resource to a client. The method includes monitoring one or both of communication and computation constraint conditions associated with the graphics rendering engine and the communication resource. At least one rendering parameter used by the graphics rendering engine is set based upon a level of communication constraint or computation constraint. Monitoring and setting are repeated to adapt rendering based upon changes in one or both of communication and computation constraints. In preferred embodiments, encoding adaptation also responds to bit rate constraints and rendering is optimized based upon a given bit rate. Rendering parameters and their effect on communication and computation costs have been determined and optimized. A preferred application is for a gaming processor miming on a cloud based or data center server that services mobile clients over a wireless network for graphics intensive applications, such as massively multi-player online role playing games, or augmented reality. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130314398 | AUGMENTED REALITY USING STATE PLANE COORDINATES - An augmented reality (AR) is displayed that combines a real world view with a display of virtual objects. A user may view the virtual objects from different perspectives (e.g. in front of the object, behind the object, to the side of the object, on top of the object, below the object, inside the object). The AR view uses current location information (e.g. GPS coordinates, current elevation . . . ) that is converted to the State Plane Coordinate System (SPCS) to assist in determining the virtual objects to display. A geofence may be configured that defines boundaries for when a virtual object(s) is to be displayed. An area defined by a geofence may be associated with one of more defined virtual objects. A defined boundary may be exclusive or non-exclusive. Exclusive boundaries are associated with virtual objects from authorized entities whereas non-exclusive boundaries may be associated with virtual objects from any number of entities. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314399 | RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An example information processing apparatus includes: an operation part; an attitude output part outputting, in time series, attitude data corresponding to attitude; an information storage part storing, in time series, information relevant to the attitude data outputted by said attitude output part; a display processing part, in correspondence to the attitude data outputted by said attitude output part, performing processing concerning display of a three-dimensional virtual space; an information acquiring part, from the information stored in time series by said information storage part, acquiring information corresponding to the time preceding by a given period the time that operation was performed on said operation part; and an information processing part, on the basis of the operation performed on said operation part and the information acquired by said information acquiring part, performing information processing. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314400 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional image generating apparatus includes: an estimating module configured to estimate, when a frame image as a display target among a plurality of frame images constituting a two-dimensional moving image based on input moving image data is one of a first predetermined number of the frame images after a scene change position, depth information indicating a depth of a three-dimensional image corresponding to the frame image as the display target based on the frame image as the display target and a second predetermined number of the frame images after the frame image as the display target; and a generator configured to generate the three-dimensional image corresponding to the frame image as the display target using the depth information. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314401 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A 3-D MODEL OF A USER FOR A VIRTUAL TRY-ON PRODUCT - A computer-implemented method for generating a three-dimensional (3-D) model of a user. A plurality of images of a user are obtained. An angle of view relative to the user pictured in at least one of the plurality of images is calculated. It is determined whether the calculated angle of view matches a predetermined viewing angle. Upon determining the calculated angle of view matches the predetermined viewing angle, at least one of the plurality of images is selected. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314402 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - A mask region extraction unit extracts a region that is to be masked in a panoramic image. A mask processing unit generates the object image where the region to be masked in the panoramic image is masked. A positioning unit adjusts the direction of a spherical image to the shooting direction of the object image. A mapping processing unit maps the mask-processed object image and the spherical image onto a three-dimensional (3D) object space as textures. A 3D image generator generates a 3D panoramic image, when the 3D panoramic image is viewed in a specified line of sight in such a manner so as to regard the shooting location of the panoramic as a viewpoint position. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314403 | METHOD FOR SPLICING POINT CLOUDS TOGETHER - A computing device receives more than one point cloud. There are mark point clouds on each point cloud. The computing device fits each mark point cloud to an ellipse. A point cloud is selected and a group of the selected point cloud is taken as a first group. Each group of other point clouds is taken as a second group. The computing device aligns a second group to the first group and obtains a rotation matrix corresponding to the second group. The point cloud corresponding to the second group is aligned to the point cloud corresponding to the first group according to the rotation matrix. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314404 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING STEREOSCOPIC OR MULTI-VIEW IMAGES - A method and an apparatus for analyzing stereoscopic or multi-view images are described. A two-dimensional map associated to the stereoscopic or multi-view images is retrieved and segmented into a plurality of tiles. Then an analysis of the tiles of the two-dimensional map is performed. An analysis result for the two-dimensional map is determined from results of the analysis of the tiles of the two-dimensional map. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314405 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A VIDEO - A method of generating an image enables animating an avatar on a device with limited processing capabilities. The method includes receiving, on a first computing device, a first image; sending, on a data interface of the first computing device, the first image to a server; receiving, on the data interface and from the server, shape data corresponding to an aspect of the first image; and generating, by a processor of the first computing device, a primary output image based at least upon the shape data and avatar data. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314406 | METHOD FOR CREATING A NAKED-EYE 3D EFFECT - The present invention relates to a method for creating a naked-eye effect, and particularly relates to a method for creating a naked-eye effect without requiring a display hologram, special optical film, or 3D glasses. This method includes following steps: (1) detecting rotating angle or moving position of a portable device by a detecting unit; (2) creating a new image of an object shown in a display according to the rotating angle or moving position of the portable device by an image processing unit; and (3) displaying the new image of the object in the display instead of the original image of the object. By this method, a different image of the same object with different visual angles is displayed at different times, and it lets the brain of a person consider that the image of the object is a 3D image. Therefore, a naked-eye effect can be created. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314407 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For A Virtual Object Rendering Based On Real World Locations And Tags - A computer-implemented system and method for rendering a virtual object based on real world locations and tags are provided. A set of virtual objects is maintained in an actions database on a mobile computing device. Each virtual object is associated with pairings of identifiers and coordinates for one or more physical locations. A physical location of the mobile computing device is tracked and also an identification tag within range of the mobile computing device is identified. The virtual object is identified as at least one of the pairings of coordinates and identifiers that match the physical location and the identification tag. Then, the virtual object is rendered using the mobile computing device based on the matching of the pairings. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314408 | 3D IMAGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A 3D image control apparatus is provided which prevents unevenness of luminance in an observed image on a screen caused in a 3D image viewing system including an impulse type display device and liquid crystal shutter glasses. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314409 | COARSE-TO-FINE MULTPLE DISPARITY CANDIDATE STEREO MATCHING - An image processing apparatus, system, and method to generate an estimation of a disparity map for a stereo pair of images based on multiple disparity assignments and a matching cost for each disparity assignment; and generate a final disparity map by refining the estimated disparity map. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130321389 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR 3D IMAGING - A system and method for the three-dimensional visualization of medical images includes superimposing a left eye image polarized in a first orientation and a right eye image polarized in a second orientation. The system and method includes wearing a left contact lens that is polarized in the first direction and a right contact lens that is polarized in the second direction. The system and method includes viewing the left eye image and the right eye image at generally the same time while wearing the left contact lens and the right contact lens. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321390 | AUGMENTED BOOKS IN A MIXED REALITY ENVIRONMENT - A system and method are disclosed for augmenting a reading experience in a mixed reality environment. In response to predefined verbal or physical gestures, the mixed reality system is able to answer a user's questions or provide additional information relating to what the user is reading. Responses may be displayed to the user on virtual display slates in a border or around the reading material without obscuring text or interfering with the user's reading experience. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321391 | SENSOR-ENHANCED LOCALIZATION IN VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS - In one embodiment, a computer-based system comprises a measurement device, a display, a processor, and logic instructions stored in a tangible computer-readable medium coupled to the processor which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to determine a position and orientation in a real three dimensional space of the measurement device relative to at least one real object in the three dimensional space and render on the display, a perspective view of a virtual image of a virtual object corresponding to the real object in a virtual three-dimensional space, wherein the perspective view of the virtual object corresponds to the perspective view of the real object from the position of the measurement device. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321392 | Identifying and Parameterizing Roof Types in Map Data - Methods and apparatus for a roof analysis tool for constructing a parameter set, where the parameter set is derived from mapping data for a map region, and where the parameter set describes the roofs for the buildings within the map region. In some cases, the parameter set includes a list of roof type identification values and the respective buildings in the map region for which a given roof type identification value corresponds. The roof analysis tool may operate on a server and work in conjunction with a mobile device, where the mobile device may display map views of a map region such that the map view is based on a three-dimensional model of the map region, and where a portion of the three-dimensional model is based on data generated on the mobile device and a portion of the three-dimensional model is based on data generated on the server. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321393 | SMOOTHING AND ROBUST NORMAL ESTIMATION FOR 3D POINT CLOUDS - A “Point Cloud Smoother” provides various techniques for refining a 3D point cloud or other 3D input model to generate a smoothed and denoised 3D output model. Smoothing and denoising is achieved, in part, by robustly fitting planes to a neighborhood of points around each point of the input model and using those planes to estimate new points and corresponding normals of the 3D output model. These techniques are useful for a number of purposes, including, but not limited to, free viewpoint video (FVV), which, when combined with the smoothing techniques enabled by the Point Cloud Smoother, allows 3D data of videos or images to be denoised and then rendered and viewed from any desired viewpoint that is supported by the input data. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321394 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE, SYSTEM FOR CREATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY, AND PROCESS OF CREATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - Disclosed is a three-dimensional display device, a system for creating a three-dimensional display, and a process of creating a three-dimensional display. The three-dimensional display device includes a rotatable portion and a plurality of light emitting elements connected to the rotatable portion. Rotation of the rotatable portion rotates the light emitting elements and displays a sequence of images corresponding with segmented image data as an illusion of a continuous three-dimensional image. The system includes an array arranged and disposed to gather segmented image data and a display arranged and disposed to display a sequence of images corresponding with the segmented image data. The displaying forms an illusion of a continuous three-dimensional image. The process includes gathering segmented image data and displaying a sequence of images corresponding with the segmented image data. The displaying forms an illusion of a continuous three-dimensional image. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321395 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VISUAL FEEDBACK OF A MAP VIEW CHANGE - Methods, systems and apparatus are described to provide visual feedback of a change in map view. Various embodiments may display a map view of a map in a two-dimensional map view mode. Embodiments may obtain input indicating a change to a three-dimensional map view mode. Input may be obtained through the utilization of touch, auditory, or other well-known input technologies. Some embodiments may allow the input to request a specific display position to display. In response to the input indicating a change to a three-dimensional map view mode, embodiments may then display an animation that moves a virtual camera for the map display to different virtual camera positions to illustrate that the map view mode is changed to a three-dimensional map view mode. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321396 | MULTI-INPUT FREE VIEWPOINT VIDEO PROCESSING PIPELINE - Free viewpoint video of a scene is generated and presented to a user. An arrangement of sensors generates streams of sensor data each of which represents the scene from a different geometric perspective. The sensor data streams are calibrated. A scene proxy is generated from the calibrated sensor data streams. The scene proxy geometrically describes the scene as a function of time and includes one or more types of geometric proxy data which is matched to a first set of current pipeline conditions in order to maximize the photo-realism of the free viewpoint video resulting from the scene proxy at each point in time. A current synthetic viewpoint of the scene is generated from the scene proxy. This viewpoint generation maximizes the photo-realism of the current synthetic viewpoint based upon a second set of current pipeline conditions. The current synthetic viewpoint is displayed. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321397 | Methods and Apparatus for Rendering Labels Based on Occlusion Testing for Label Visibility - Methods and apparatus for a map tool displaying a three-dimensional view of a map region, where the map tool determines whether or not partially occluded labels within the map region are to be drawn or are to not be drawn. The map tool determines whether or not to draw a label in a map view dependent upon mapping information and upon construction of a three-dimensional model based on one or more two- or three-dimensional data sets. The map tool further determines whether or not to draw a label in the map view dependent upon a measure of occlusion of a label in the map view. In order to determine a measure of occlusion, the map tool may calculate whether a line of sight projection from virtual camera viewpoint for the mobile device intersects, once or more than once, with any objects or landmarks within the three-dimensional model. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321398 | Methods and Apparatus for Building a Three-Dimensional Model from Multiple Data Sets - Methods and apparatus for a map tool displaying a three-dimensional view of a map based on a three-dimensional model of the surrounding environment. The three-dimensional map view of a map may be based on a model constructed from multiple data sets, where the multiple data sets include mapping information for an overlapping area of the map displayed in the map view. For example, one data set may include two-dimensional data including object footprints, where the object footprints may be extruded into a three-dimensional object based on data from a data set composed of three-dimensional data. In this example, the three-dimensional data may include height information that corresponds to the two-dimensional object, where the height may be obtained by correlating the location of the two-dimensional object within the three-dimensional data. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321399 | Level of Detail Transitions for Geometric Objects in a Graphics Application - Systems and methods for providing smooth level of detail transitions for geometric objects, such as geometric terrain tiles, are provided. In one embodiment, a parent geometric tile associated with a first level of detail can be partitioned into sub-tiles. The sub-tiles can be blended independently with child geometric tiles associated with a second level of detail. The blends can be adjusted as a function of camera distance over a transition range to provide a smooth level of detail transition. Various enhancements and modifications can be made to the level of detail transition, such as implementing a bias in the level of detail calculation, implementing an unpop algorithm over only a subset of the transition range, implementing a time based fade during a camera stop, and other enhancements. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321400 | 3D Map Views for 3D Maps - Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program which when executed on a device by at least one processing unit provides different viewing modes for viewing a three-dimensional (3D) map. The program renders a first view of the 3D map for display in a first viewing mode based on a first set of map data. The program receives input to adjust the view of the 3D map. In response to the input, the program renders a second view of the 3D map for display in a second viewing mode based on a second set of map data different from the first set of map data. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321401 | Virtual Camera for 3D Maps - Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a mapping application which when executed on a device by at least one processing unit provides automated animation of a three-dimensional (3D) map along a navigation route. The mapping application identifies a first set of attributes for determining a first position of a virtual camera in the 3D map at a first instance in time. Based on the identified first set of attributes, the mapping application determines the position of the virtual camera in the 3D map at the first instance in time. The mapping application identifies a second set of attributes for determining a second position of the virtual camera in the 3D map at a second instance in time. Based on the identified second set of attributes, the mapping application determines the position of the virtual camera in the 3D map at the second instance in time. The mapping application renders an animated 3D map view of the 3D map from the first instance in time to the second instance in time based on the first and second positions of the virtual camera in the 3D map. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321402 | ROTATION OPERATIONS IN A MAPPING APPLICATION - A mapping program for execution by at least one processing unit of a device is described. The device includes a touch-sensitive screen and a touch input interface. The program renders and displays a presentation of a map from a particular view of the map. The program generates an instruction to rotate the displayed map in response to a multi-touch input from the multi-touch input interface. In order to generate a rotating presentation of the map, the program changes the particular view while receiving the multi-touch input and for a duration of time after the multi-touch input has terminated in order to provide a degree of inertia motion for the rotating presentation of the map. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321403 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGHLIGHTING A FEATURE IN A 3D MAP WHILE PRESERVING DEPTH - Systems and methods for rendering 3D maps may highlight a feature in a 3D map while preserving depth. A map tool of a mapping or navigation application that detects the selection of a feature in a 3D map (e.g., by touch) may perform a ray intersection to determine the feature that was selected. The map tool may capture the frame to be displayed (with the selected feature highlighted) in several steps. Each step may translate the map about a pivot point of the selected map feature (e.g., in three or four directions) to capture a new frame. The captured frames may be blended together to create a blurred map view that depicts 3D depth in the scene. A crisp version of the selected feature may then be rendered within the otherwise blurred 3D map. Color, brightness, contrast, or saturation values may be modified to further highlight the selected feature. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321404 | OPERATING AREA DETERMINATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - An operating area determination method and system are provided. In the operating area determination method, a plurality of depth maps of a target scene is generated at several time points. At least two specific depth maps among the depth maps are selected and compared to identify a moving object in the target scene, and a position of the moving object in the target scene is defined as a reference point. A standard point in the target scene is obtained according to the reference point and a specific depth corresponding to the reference point. An effective operating area in the target scene is determined according to the reference point and the standard point for controlling an electronic apparatus. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321405 | HOLE FILLING METHOD FOR MULTI-VIEW DISPARITY MAPS - A hole filling method for multi-view disparity maps is provided. At least one disparity map is respectively captured as a plurality of known views among a plurality of views for capturing an object. As for a plurality of virtual views among the views excluding the at least one known view, disparity maps of the virtual views are synthesized by sequentially using the disparity maps of the known views according to a distance of a virtual camera position or a transformed angle between each virtual view and each known view. Hole filling information of the disparity maps of other virtual views having the distances or the transformed angles smaller than that of the virtual view is used to fill holes in the synthesized disparity maps of the virtual views. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321406 | Control system for a directional light source - Disclosed is an autostereoscopic display apparatus comprising a light guiding valve apparatus including an imaging directional backlight, an illuminator array and an observer tracking system arranged to achieve control of an array of illuminators which may provide a directional display to an observer over a wide lateral and longitudinal viewing range with low flicker. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321407 | SPATIAL DATA SERVICES - A method can include transmitting a call to a GIS; receiving a response; transmitting search criteria to a search engine based on the response; and receiving search results. A method can include orienting a plane in a view; constructing rays from the plane to a surface in the view; determining a 2D extent based on intersection points of the rays and the surface; transmitting the 2D extent; and responsive thereto, receiving information. A method can include receiving image data for a 2D extent; defining a 2D grid for the 2D extent; generating a texture by assigning the image data to the 2D grid; generating a 3D grid by sampling elevations of a surface and assigning them to the 2D grid; applying the texture to the 3D grid; and rendering the 3D grid with the applied texture. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321408 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING PRE-EXISTING IMAGE LAYERS OF A TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE TO CREATE A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - Implementations of the present invention involve methods and systems for converting a 2-D multimedia image to a 3-D multimedia image by utilizing a plurality of layers of the 2-D image. The layers may comprise one or more portions of the 2-D image and may be digitized and stored in a computer-readable database. The layers may be reproduced as a corresponding left eye and right eye version of the layer, including a pixel offset corresponding to a desired 3-D effect for each layer of the image. The combined left eye layers and right eye layers may form the composite right eye and composite left eye images for a single 3-D multimedia image. Further, this process may be applied to each frame of a animated feature film to convert the film from 2-D to 3-D. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321409 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING A STEREOSCOPIC VIEW - A method for rendering a stereoscopic view, the method comprising the steps of defining a stereoscopic scene view ( | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130328858 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA MODELS - The present invention provides methods and apparatus for generating a three dimensional output which includes a continuum of image data sprayed over three-dimensional models. The three-dimensional models can be representative of features captured by the image data wherein image data can be captured at multiple disparate points along another continuum. The user interface can also include multiple modalities of image data and statistical analysis of the image data. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328859 | ADAPTIVE IMAGE MANIPULATION - Shadows, reflections, and other image effects for use with high-resolution display screens may be quickly and efficiently generated to maximize resources available for other applications and programs. These effects may be quickly and efficiently created by identifying a region surrounding an image, distorting the image in the region, applying a uniform blur and/or other effect to the distorted image, and then undoing the distortion. By selectively applying effects to distorted images, it is possible to create the appearance of a non-uniformly applied blur and other effects without using the computing resources required to actually calculate and apply a non-uniform blur on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Systems, methods, and media are provided. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328860 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR BLENDING OVERLAPPING IMAGES - A method, system and apparatus, for blending overlapping images are provided. Image areas mapped to a common image space that includes a blend region: fixed image values are assigned to areas outside the blend region. Pixels from the blend region are iteratively sampled in the common image space, and for each respective sampled pixel corresponding to the sampled pixel in a respective image area: a value of the respective sampled pixel is changed to an average of neighbouring pixel values in the respective image area; and, when each respective sampled pixel in each of the at least two image spaces is changed to the average of the neighbouring pixels, each averaged respective sampled pixel value is normalize to a blended value, wherein iterations are repeated until a convergence criteria is met. One or more blend masks is output, each comprising at least normalized blended pixel values in the blend region. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328861 | Generation of Road Data - Some embodiments provide a method for generating road data. The method receives data regarding several road segments and several junctions for a map region. The road segments include a first road segment and a second road segment that intersect at a particular junction. The method determines whether the first road segment and the second road segment are separate segments of a same road. When the first and second road segments are separate segments of the same road, the method defines an aggregate road that references the first and second road segments. In some embodiments, the method determines whether the first and second road segments are separate segments of the same road by using location data and road properties of the first and second road segments. In some embodiments, the aggregate road is stored as an ordered list of road segments that link together at junctions. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328862 | GEOSPATIAL REPRESENTATION OF DATA-LESS MAP AREAS - Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a mapping application which when executed on a device by at least one processing unit renders views of a three-dimensional (3D) map. The mapping application requests a first set of map tiles associated with a portion of the 3D map. In response to the request, the mapping application receives a second set of map tiles associated with portion of the 3D map. The mapping application identifies a third set of map tiles included in the first set of map tiles but not included in the second set of map tiles. For each map tile in the third set of map tiles, the mapping application generates a replacement map tile comprising geospatial data. The mapping application renders the portion of the 3D map based on the second set of map tiles and the set of replacement map tiles. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328863 | COMPUTING PLAUSIBLE ROAD SURFACES IN 3D FROM 2D GEOMETRY - Road network data can include two dimensional (2D) coordinates corresponding to junctions and non junctions in the road network. Height values for roads at junctions can be obtained from optimizing a cost function or as input. Height values for roads at non junction locations can be obtained from a height function defined using the height values for the junctions. Pitch, yaw, and roll vectors can be obtained for non junction locations using the height function, the 2D coordinates, and one or more road parameters, respectively. These vectors can define a coordinate frame for the road, along with which a width can provide points for defining polygons for the road. Road surface data can be constructed from the polygons. The polygons can be provided to a device display for rendering of a three dimensional image of navigation data. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328864 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image display apparatus and a method for operating same are disclosed. The method includes storing a first captured image that does not include a viewer image being an image of a viewer as a background image, calculating a position of the viewer based on a differential image between the background image and a second captured image including the viewer image, and changing multi-viewpoint images based on the position of the viewer and displaying the changed multi-viewpoint images. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328865 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GRAPHIC OFFLOADING BASED ON VIRTUAL MACHINE MONITOR - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for graphic offloading based on a virtual machine monitor. A graphic offloading server device includes a virtual machine unit for performing graphics processing of three-dimensional (3D) graphics software, and a virtual machine monitor unit for transmitting graphics processing instructions of the 3D graphics software input from the virtual machine unit to a graphic offloading client device using a pass-through technique, so that the graphic offloading client device actually performs graphics processing of the 3D graphics software. The graphic offloading server device virtually performs graphics processing of the 3D graphics software in a desktop virtualization environment | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328866 | Spatially multiplexed imaging directional backlight displays - Disclosed is an imaging directional backlight that cooperates with a spatial light modulator to direct light into a first viewing window for one set of image pixels and into a second viewing window for a second set of image pixels. The waveguide may comprise a stepped structure, where the steps further comprise extraction features hidden to guided light, propagating in a first forward direction. Returning light propagating in a second backward direction may be refracted, diffracted, or reflected by the features to provide discrete illumination beams exiting from the top surface of the waveguide. Viewing windows are formed through imaging individual light sources and hence defines the relative positions of system elements and ray paths. Such an apparatus may be used to achieve an autostereoscopic display with a flat structure, not requiring fast response speed spatial light modulators. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328867 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY INFORMATION USING THREE DIMENSION MAP - An apparatus for providing augmented information using a 3-D map in a mobile device including a camera, a display that displays a current image including a first object acquired in real time through the camera, and a controller that performs to control such that the current image acquired in real time and an actual 3-D image acquired and stored by previously photographing the first object are mixed and displayed on the display. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328868 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, RENDERING METHOD, AND RENDERING APPARATUS - A computer-readable recording medium stores a rendering program that causes a computer to execute process that includes acquiring an internal organ model that is a set of elements having physical values according each position of an internal organ; setting a plurality of planes that form given angles with a line of sight from a viewpoint position, and intersect the internal organ model; assigning among the set of elements, a physical value of an element intersected by a plane set at the setting, to an element cross section that is a plane where the plane set at the setting intersects the element; and rendering, based on the physical value, the element cross section to which the physical value has been assigned. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328869 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A FACE ADJUSTMENT IMAGE - The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a face adjustment image, the method comprising the steps of: (a) generating a matched image by superimposing a cephalometric image having a cranium image of a patient whose face is to be corrected with a three-dimensional facial image of the patient; and (b) displaying a predicted facial image on a screen by transforming soft skin tissues of the face according to the skeletal change in the cephalometric image. According to the present invention, the change in the soft skin tissues and the predicted facial image are displayed on a screen of a computer, a terminal or the like based on the skeletal change in cranium, teeth, prosthesis or the like supporting the soft skin tissues. Therefore, the change in the soft skin tissues can be predicted, thereby increasing the accuracy of a face correction operation, making it more accurate and convenient to plan the operation, and enhancing communication between the patient and medical staff. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130335402 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STEREOSCOPIC 3-D RENDERING - A method and system for rendering scenes in stereoscopic 3-D comprises identifying, or detecting, that a rate of change, of one or more elements of a scene to be rendered in stereoscopic 3-D, satisfies a criterion. The perceived depth of elements of the scene is then dynamically modified, and the scene is rendered. The method can reduce eye strain of a viewer of the scene, since the perceived difference in depth of objects or elements of the scene is reduced while the object is changing position or visibility dramatically. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335403 | TWO DIMENSIONAL/ THREE DIMENSIONAL SWITCHABLE DISPLAY MODULE AND DISPLAY DEICE HAVING THE SAME - A two dimensional/three dimensional (2D/3D) switchable display module, comprising a display panel, an optical module and a revising circuit is disclosed. The display panel has an active area. The optical module is disposed on the active area for changing a light path of a light emitting from the active area. A relative position information is between a position of the optical module and a position of the display panel. The revising circuit is used for providing a revising information based on the relative position information. The display panel receives the revising information and outputs an image corresponding to the optical module for displaying a three dimensional image. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335404 | DEPTH OF FIELD CONTROL FOR SEE-THRU DISPLAY - One embodiment provides a method for controlling a virtual depth of field perceived by a wearer of a see-thru display device. The method includes estimating the ocular depth of field of the wearer and projecting virtual imagery with a specified amount of blur. The amount of blur is determined as a function of the ocular depth of field. Another embodiment provides a method for controlling an ocular depth of field of a wearer of a see-thru display device. This method includes computing a target value for the depth of field and increasing the pixel brightness of the virtual imagery presented to the wearer. The increase in pixel brightness contracts the wearer's pupils and thereby deepens the depth of field to the target value. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335405 | VIRTUAL OBJECT GENERATION WITHIN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A system and method are disclosed for building and experiencing three-dimensional virtual objects from within a virtual environment in which they will be viewed upon completion. A virtual object may be created, edited and animated using a natural user interface while the object is displayed to the user in a three-dimensional virtual environment. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335406 | POINT-BASED GLOBAL ILLUMINATION DIRECTIONAL IMPORTANCE MAPPING - Locations are shaded for use in rendering a computer-generated scene having one or more objects represented by the point cloud. A hierarchy for the point cloud is obtained. The point cloud includes a plurality of points. The hierarchy has a plurality of clusters of points of the point cloud. A location is selected to shade. A first cluster from the plurality of clusters is selected. The first cluster represents a first set of points in the point cloud. An importance weight for the first cluster is determined. A render-quality criterion for the first cluster is determined based on the importance weight. Whether the first cluster meets a render-quality criterion is determined based on a render-quality parameter for the first cluster. In response to the first cluster meeting the quality criterion, the location is shaded based on an indication of light emitted from the first cluster. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335407 | COHERENT PRESENTATION OF MULTIPLE REALITY AND INTERACTION MODELS - A method for navigating concurrently and from point-to-point through multiple reality models is described. The method includes: generating, at a processor, a first navigatable virtual view of a first location of interest, wherein the first location of interest is one of a first virtual location and a first non-virtual location; and concurrently with the generating the first navigatable virtual view of the first location of interest, generating, at the processor, a second navigatable virtual view corresponding to a current physical position of an object, such that real-time sight at the current physical position is enabled within the second navigatable virtual view. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335408 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING, GENERATING, STORING AND DISPLAYING IMAGES IN PICTURE ARCHIVING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for storing and displaying images in a picture archiving and communication system (PACS). The apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to: generate a two-dimensional (2D) medical image for a three-dimensional (3D) medical image at each of reference points of a predetermined 3D screen model; and store the generated 2D medical image along with attribute information related to the generation of the 2D medical image to a storage device or a memory. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335409 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus for restoring a three-dimensional shape of an object from images captured from a plurality of viewpoints, includes: a divider configured to divide a surface of a three-dimensional model to estimate the three-dimensional shape into a plurality of partial areas; a camera configured to capture images from various viewpoints of a partial area; a model generator configured to generate a reflection model based on changes of photographing angles and brightness components of the partial area; and an image generator configured to generate a texture image from which an effect of specular reflection is eliminated. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335410 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - When a user instructs a control unit about a position in a substantially central portion of an illustration with an electronic pen, the control unit determines a rectangular area that surrounds the illustration as an enhancement area. An image adjustment unit carries out a process of shifting the portion in the enhancement area in an image for the left eye rightward by a predetermined amount and shifting the portion in the enhancement area in an image for the right eye leftward by a predetermined amount. As a result, the illustration located in the enhancement area is so changed that the image for the left eye is shifted to a position to the right of the image for the right eye and hence recognized as if the illustration were located in front of other illustrations. The illustration in the enhancement area is thus enhanced. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335411 | ARCHITECTURES AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND REPRESENTING TIME-DEPENDENT IMAGERY - The present invention pertains to geographical image processing of time-dependent imagery. Various assets acquired at different times are stored and processing according to acquisition date in order to generate one or more image tiles for a geographical region of interest. The different image tiles are sorted based on asset acquisition date. Multiple image tiles for the same region of interest may be available. In response to a user request for imagery as of a certain date, one or more image tiles associated with assets from prior to that date are used to generate a time-based geographical image for the user. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335412 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHORING STEREOSCOPIC 3D VIDEO INFORMATION, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SUCH STEREOSCOPIC 3D VIDEO INFORMATION - A method and an apparatus for authoring stereoscopic 3D video information comprising a 3D video stream and 3D overlay graphics are described. A depth range in z-space for the stereoscopic presentation of the 3D video stream is determined for a plurality of time codes. A reference plane in z-space for placing the 3D overlay graphics is then determined such that depth conflicts between the 3D video and the reference place are reduced. A comfort zone surrounding a display screen plane and comprising the reference plane is defined, wherein the comfort zone specifies a depth range in z-space for preferable presentation of the stereoscopic 3D video information. It is then determined whether a depth conflict between the reference plane and the 3D video stream remains for the respective time codes and/or whether a depth conflict exists between the comfort zone and the 3D overlay graphics for the respective time codes. In this way a set of conflict intervals is generated, which is stored on a media source comprising the 3D video stream and the 3D overlay graphics. The set of conflict intervals is used during playback to adapt a presentation of the 3D video stream or a presentation of the 3D overlay graphics. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130342525 | FOCUS GUIDANCE WITHIN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERFACE - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media providing focal feedback and control in a three-dimensional display. Focal anchors are provided at different depths and used to determine at what depth the user is currently focusing. The focal anchors are also used to receive input from the user. By looking at a focal anchor, the use can cause the portion of content associated with the focal anchor to be displayed more prominently relative to content displayed at different depths. In one embodiment, predictive feedback is provided at a depth associated with one of the focal anchors. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342526 | DEPTH-ASSIGNED CONTENT FOR DEPTH-ENHANCED PICTURES - According to various embodiments of the invention, a system and method are provided for enabling interaction with, manipulation of, and control of depth-assigned content in depth-enhanced pictures. Depth-assigned content can be assigned to a specified depth value. When a depth-enhanced picture is refocused at a focus depth substantially different from the specified assigned depth value, the depth-assigned content may be omitted, grayed out, blurred, or otherwise visually distinguished. In this manner, content associated with an in-focus image element can be visually distinguished from content associated with an out-of-focus image element. For example, in at least one embodiment, depth-assigned content is visible only when an image element associated with the content is in focus (or nearly in focus). According to various embodiments of the invention, many different types of interactions are facilitated among depth-assigned content, depth-enhanced pictures, and other content. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342527 | AVATAR CONSTRUCTION USING DEPTH CAMERA - A method for constructing an avatar of a human subject includes acquiring a depth map of the subject, obtaining a virtual skeleton of the subject based on the depth map, and harvesting from the virtual skeleton a set of characteristic metrics. Such metrics correspond to distances between predetermined points of the virtual skeleton. In this example method, the characteristic metrics are provided as input to an algorithm trained using machine learning. The algorithm may be trained using a human model in a range of poses, and a range of human models in a single pose, to output a virtual body mesh as a function of the characteristic metrics. The method also includes constructing a virtual head mesh distinct from the virtual body mesh, with facial features resembling those of the subject, and connecting the virtual body mesh to the virtual head mesh. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342528 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRAVERSING HIERARCHICAL ACCELERATION STRUCTURE - An apparatus and method for traversing a hierarchical acceleration structure may determine whether a current traversal node is a leaf node, may calculate a first distance from the current traversal node to a pop level and a second distance from a root node to the pop level when the current traversal node is the leaf node, and may determine a hierarchical traversal restarting position by comparing the first distance and the second distance. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342529 | PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC PICTURE DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND PARALLAX IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - An embodiment provides a parallax image generating apparatus including a disparity generating section, a disparity correcting section and an image shifting section. The disparity generating section is configured to receive a depth of each part of an input image, and based on the depth, generate a disparity for each part of the image for a respective viewpoint. The disparity correcting section is configured to set a detection range right and left of a target part in the image, detect a foreground part in the detection range based on values of the disparity generated for respective parts and correct a value of the disparity of the target part based on the disparity generated for the foreground part. The image shifting section is configured to move a part of the input image based on the disparity corrected by the disparity correcting section, and to generate a parallax image for the respective viewpoint. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342530 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving spatial positions associated with a plurality of images. The method determines displacements of the images in opposing first and second horizontal directions, based on at least the spatial positions. The method then generates, using a processor, first and second composites of the images, based on the determined displacements. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342531 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image signal processing device is provided which includes a receiving unit for receiving an image signal and setting information for each predetermined unit of the image signal including image type setting information to define whether the image signal represents a stereoscopic image and gamma correction setting information to define a gamma correction amount for the image signal, a gamma correcting unit for performing gamma correction for the image signal based on the gamma correction setting information included in the setting information received by the receiving unit, and a stereoscopic image processing unit for selectively performing a process to display the stereoscopic image for the image signal corrected by the gamma correcting unit based on the image type setting information included in the setting information received by the receiving unit. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140002439 | Alternate Viewpoint Image Enhancement | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002440 | On Demand Image Overlay | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002441 | TEMPORALLY CONSISTENT DEPTH ESTIMATION FROM BINOCULAR VIDEOS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002442 | MECHANISM TO GIVE HOLOGRAPHIC OBJECTS SALIENCY IN MULTIPLE SPACES | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002443 | AUGMENTED REALITY INTERFACE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002444 | CONFIGURING AN INTERACTION ZONE WITHIN AN AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENT | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002445 | DEPTH SENSING WITH DEPTH-ADAPTIVE ILLUMINATION | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002446 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCH MOVE QUALITY CONTROL | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002447 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002448 | MEASUREMENT SUPPORT DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOTION BY TWO-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTER | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002450 | VISUALIZATION METHOD, AND VISUALIZATION APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002451 | SCENE GRAPH FOR DEFINING A STEREOSCOPIC GRAPHICAL OBJECT | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002452 | ADJUSTING STEREO IMAGES | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140009461 | Method and Device for Movement of Objects in a Stereoscopic Display - Disclosed is a method of manipulating viewable objects that includes providing a touch screen display capable of stereoscopic displaying of object images, wherein a zero-plane reference is positioned substantially coincident with the physical surface of the display, displaying on the touch screen a first object image and one or more second object images, wherein the object images are displayed to appear at least one of in front of, at, or behind the zero-plane, receiving a first input at the touch screen at a location substantially corresponding to an apparent position of the first object image, and modifying the displaying on the touch screen so that at least one of the first object image and the one or more second object images appear to move towards one of outward in front of the touch screen or inward behind the touch screen in a stereoscopic manner. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140009464 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DESKTOP IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a detection module, a processor, and a drawing module. The detection module detects an image from a plurality of images based on drawing order information and a drawing size of each of the plurality of images. The detected image matches a predetermined condition. The processor processes undetected images having failed to be detected by the detection module into processed images. Each of the processed images includes an image of a left perspective and an image of a right perspective. The drawing module draws the detected image and the processed images based on the drawing order information and the drawing position information items in order to generate the desktop image. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140015825 | Method for Rendering a Layered Structure - A computer-implemented method for rendering an image of an object, comprises: providing a set of surface points; providing the optical properties for the at least one layer; constructing an eigensystem using the optical properties of the at least one layer associated with each point in the set of surface points; extracting the eigenvalues and eigenvectors from the eigensystem at each point in the set of surface points; solving a system matrix using the extracted eigenvectors and eigenvalues and a continuous function of angular dependence to calculate reflectance values and transmittance values for the set of surface points; and rendering an image of the three dimensional object on a display using the reflectance values and the transmittance values calculated for the set of surface points. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015826 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING AN IMAGE WITH A RENDERED OVERLAY - A method, apparatus and computer program product provide a synchronized display of an overlay and a video image, such as by outputting the merged overlay and video image as a single output to a display. In this regard, the method, apparatus and computer program product may utilize a mobile terminal to generate a first at least one texture corresponding to at least a portion of an image overlay, to generate a second at least one texture corresponding to a received image, and to merge the first at least one texture and the second at least one texture. By merging the textures to generate a single output image before causing a display device to display the image, the overlay and the video image may present an augmented reality interface that remains in synch between the overlay and the underlying image. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015827 | Sharing Photo Albums in Three Dimensional Environments - Embodiments of the invention include a system, method and computer-readable medium for viewing images in a three-dimensional environment. A user is identified. A social graph of the identified user and a plurality of other users is accessed. Based on the social graph, a plurality of images associated with one or more of the other users in the social graph are determined. The plurality of images and data are provided to a client device, wherein the data enables the display of the images in the 3D environment, at the client device. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015828 | Fast Pattern Interpolation with Parallel Coherent Random Walk Searching - There is provided a method and system for fast pattern interpolation with parallel coherent random walk searching. The system includes a system processor and a system memory, and an image processing application stored in the system memory. The image processing application, under control of the system processor, is configured to receive first and second pattern exemplars and a blend map for merging the first and second pattern exemplars, and to utilize a correspondence search process to determine first and second target images for use in producing a composite image. The first and second target images correspond respectively to the first and second pattern exemplars. In addition, a constraint imposed on the correspondence search process by the image processing application is based on the blend map for merging the first and second pattern exemplars. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015829 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MENU DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus includes a signal processor which constructs an image frame of a 2-dimensional (2D) content or a 3-dimensional (3D) content, an output unit which outputs the constructed image frame, an interface which receives an instruction for selecting an operating mode, and a controller which controls to perform operation in any of: a single 2D mode for displaying the image frame of a first 2D content outputted from the output unit on a display; a multi 2D mode for combining respective image frames of each of a plurality of 2D contents outputted from the output unit on the display; and a 3D mode for alternatingly displaying a left-eye image frame and a right-eye image frame of a first 3D content outputted from the output unit on the display. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015830 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing method and apparatus, the apparatus including an object separation unit to separate an object region from a background region using at least one of a color image and a depth image associated with the color image, a contrast calculating unit to calculate a contrast between the object region and the background region, and a depth adjusting unit to adjust a depth of the depth image based on the calculated contrast. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015831 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MANIPULATION OF 3D VIRTUAL OBJECT - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for processing the manipulation of a three-dimensional (3D) virtual object. The apparatus includes an image input unit, an environment reconstruction unit, a 3D object modeling unit, a space matching unit, and a manipulation processing unit. The image input unit receives image information generated by capturing a surrounding environment including a manipulating object. The environment reconstruction unit reconstructs a 3D virtual reality space. The 3D object modeling unit models a 3D virtual object that is manipulated by the manipulating object, and generates a 3D rendering space. The space matching unit matches the 3D rendering space to the 3D virtual reality space. The manipulation processing unit determines whether the manipulating object is in contact with the surface of the 3D virtual object, and tracks the path of a contact point and processes the motion of the 3D virtual object. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140022236 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATING STACKED MICROSCOPY IMAGES - A method for navigating images in microscopic imaging, the method comprising reducing dimensionality of an original sequence of images of a specimen for navigation using an all-focus image and providing a user interface to a user for navigating the original sequence of images and the all-focus image. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022237 | SURFACE CLASSIFICATION FOR POINT-BASED RENDERING WITHIN GRAPHICS DISPLAY SYSTEM - A method including casting a ray from a point toward a point-based three dimensional scene. The scene includes memory resident objects with object surfaces and a first splat and a second splat associated with the object surfaces. The first splat and the second splat have a position and a normal vector. The method also includes forming an event line through the first splat and the second splat. The event line intersects the first splat and the second splat. The method further includes determining whether a visibility conflict exists between the first splat and the second splat. The method also includes separating the first splat and the second splat to different object surfaces if the visibility conflict exists, otherwise merging the first splat and the second splat to a single object surface. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022238 | SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING USER CLOTHING ON AN AVATAR - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for providing a clothing system for simulating user clothing on a virtual avatar. Specifically, in a typical embodiment, an avatar may be associated with the user. A unified clothing file stores any number of actual clothing items and associated virtual clothing items. Each actual clothing item and associated virtual clothing item is encoded with the same identification code. The user may select a virtual clothing item to be worn by the user's avatar by entering a unique identification code. Using the unique identification code, a unified clothing file entry is retrieved from the unified clothing file. An image is generated of the avatar wearing the virtual clothing item. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022239 | GENERATING FULL-PARALLAX DIGITAL HOLOGRAMS - Techniques for efficiently generating full parallax 3-D holographic images of a 3-D real or synthetic object scene are presented. A holographic generator component (HGC) can receive a real object scene or generate a synthetic object scene. The HGC can downsample the scene by a defined downsampling factor and generate, from the downsampled scene, an intermediate object wavefront recording plane (WRP) that can be placed in close proximity to the scene. The HGC can expand and interpolate the WRP to generate the holographic images. The HGC can decompose a scene into polyphase image components (PICs), generate a WRP for the image components, sum the WRP of the PICs, and expand and interpolate the WRP to generate holographic images of the scene. The HGC can utilize look-up tables to store and use wavefront patterns of each region of an image to facilitate reducing computational operations in generating the holographic images. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022240 | IMAGE DATA SCALING METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image data scaling method is disclosed. The image data scaling method includes generating a depth map including depth information for each of a plurality of areas of a 3-dimensional (3D) image frame constituting image data, setting a scale ratio in each area of the 3D image frame based on the generated depth map, scaling the 3D image frame based on the set scale ratio, and outputting the scaled 3D image frame. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022241 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON SYMMETRICALLY SPB - Provided are a display apparatus and method based on an SSPB. The display apparatus includes a panel configured to play a 3-D image, a parallax barrier configured to include liquid crystals placed in the front of the panel and configured to transmit or block light emitted from the panel and pairs of transparent electrodes obliquely arranged to cross each other in a symmetric form in the front and rear of the liquid crystals based on the liquid crystals, and a driving unit configured to apply driving voltages to the parallax barrier. The parallax barrier can transmit or block a specific part of the played 3-D image through the panel in response to the applied driving voltages. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022242 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Image processing system | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022243 | SOFTWARE INCORPORATING EFFICIENT 3-D RENDERING - Design software in accordance with an implementation of the present invention is configured to provide believable three-dimensional representations of user selections in real-time. Design elements that would otherwise be difficult to efficiently render three-dimensionally in real-time are prerendered for realistic visual effects, such as realistic shading, which correspond to various positions of the elements in a design space. Blanks of the visual effects for each position are then stored in a data store for visual effects. At run time, data associated with user design choices, as well as the blanks for any corresponding design elements are fed in one implementation to peripheral processing hardware, such as a GPU, which sends the processed data to a display device. The user is therefore able to view complex visual data of certain design choices efficiently with added realism. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022244 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In a stereoscopic image processing device capable of displaying and/or recording stereoscopic animated images and stereoscopic still images, stereoscopic still image data representing any stereoscopic still image are extracted from predetermined stereoscopic animated image data, and the parallax amount of the stereoscopic still image represented by the extracted stereoscopic still image data is acquired. The parallax amount of the stereoscopic still image data is converted so as to be larger than the acquired parallax amount. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022245 | MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM AND USER-CONTROLLED ABLATION SIZE AND METHOD OF USE - Disclosed is a system and method for enabling user preview and control of the size and shape of an electromagnetic energy field used in a surgical procedure. The disclosed system includes a selectively activatable source of microwave surgical energy in the range of about 900 mHz to about 5 gHz in operable communication with a graphical user interface and a database. The database is populated with data corresponding to the various surgical probes, such as microwave ablation antenna probes, that may include a probe identifier, the probe diameter, operational frequency of the probe, ablation length of the probe, ablation diameter of the probe, a temporal coefficient, a shape metric, and the like. The probe data is graphically presented on the graphical user interface where the surgeon may interactively view and select an appropriate surgical probe. Three-dimensional views of the probe(s) may be presented allowing the surgeon to interactively rotate the displayed image. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022246 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD - A three-dimensional image output apparatus according to a present disclosure includes a storage that stores image data of a plurality of images obtained by shooting the same one scene at different positions, a selector that selects two image data as image data for stereoscopic viewing from a plurality of image data stored in the storage, and an obtainer that obtains at least one of a display condition at a time of displaying a three-dimensional image relating to the image data stored in the storage and a viewing condition at a time of viewing the three-dimensional image. When at least one condition obtained by the obtainer is different from a currently set condition, the selector reselects two image data from the plurality of image data to outputting the reselected image data. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022247 | RADIOLOGICAL BREAST IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, RADIOLOGICAL BREAST IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - Generating a right-eye image by combining a right-side capturing image (4° capturing image) of a right breast with a left-side capturing image (0° capturing image) of a left breast rotated by 180° such that the chest walls of the breasts face to each other and a left-eye image by combining a left-side capturing image (0° capturing image) of the right breast with a right-side capturing image (4° capturing image) of the left breast rotated by 180° such that the chest walls of the breasts face to each other. Based on the right-eye and left-eye images generated in the manner described above, displaying a stereoscopic image on a monitor. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140028662 | VIEWER REACTIVE STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY FOR HEAD DETECTION - An auto stereoscopic display includes a plurality of views thereby providing a perceived three dimensional image to a viewer. The display includes a sensor that determines the position of the viewer with respect to the display and modifies the plurality of views to provide an improved perceived three dimensional image to the viewer. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028663 | VOLUMETRIC DISPLAY WITH RIM-DRIVEN, VARIFOCAL BEAMSPLITTER AND HIGH-SPEED, ADDRESSABLE BACKLIGHT - An apparatus for generating volumetric images viewable without 3D eyewear. The apparatus includes an image display assembly displaying a first image at a first display time and a second image at a second display time (e.g., a number of planar or 2D images on a display screen/surface). The apparatus includes a flexible two-way mirror element (a varifocal beamsplitter). During operations, the first and second images from the display assembly are directed toward and then reflected from the back side of the mirror element. The apparatus also includes a hoop-shaped frame supporting a peripheral edge of the mirror element. A driver shakes the frame to resonate the mirror element between convex and concave shapes while it is used for reflecting the first and second images. The apparatus also includes a concave mirror positioned relative to the mirror element to receive the reflected first and second images. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028664 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - The present application provides an image display method and device. A frame of 3D image including a left eye image and a right eye image is received, two fields of compensation images are inserted between the left eye image display and the right eye image display, so that the superposed effect of displaying four fields of images of the frame of 3D image is the left eye image or the right eye image, to achieve a 2D image, furthermore, the left spectacle lens of the 3D glasses is opened when the left eye image is displayed, the right spectacle lens of the 3D glasses is opened when the right eye image is displayed, and both the left spectacle lens and the right spectacle lens are closed when the compensation images are displayed, to achieve the 3D image display. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028665 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER FOR GENERATING REFLECTION TEXTURE - A method for generating a reflection texture includes steps of: obtaining a visible mirror plane area, which is formed by projecting a 3D bounding box enveloping a mirror plane to a 2D visible window; inverse mapping mirror viewpoints in the mirror plane to obtain a 3D view frustum; and symmetrically rendering a 3D object inside or intersecting the view frustum to a specular texture to generate a reflection texture. By symmetrically rendering only 3D objects inside or intersecting the view frustum, 3D objects impossibly projected to the mirror plane are eliminated to reduce the time required for rendering the specular texture. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028666 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAY TRACING - Provided is a method and apparatus for ray tracing. A traversal unit to process an input ray to be input among a plurality of traversal units may be determined based on age of each of the plurality of traversal units. Age of the determined traversal unit may be determined based on age of each of rays that are processed by the traversal unit. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028667 | Three-Dimensional Representation of Objects - Methods and apparatuses are provided, with which a first 3D representation, for example on the basis of a laser scanning micrograph, with a second 3D representation, for example on the basis of an optical micrograph, are represented in superimposed manner on a suitable 3D display. Methods and apparatuses of such a type can be used, in particular, for the purpose of cutting objects. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028668 | MULTIPLE SCISSOR PLANE REGISTERS FOR RENDERING IMAGE DATA - Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described including operations to receive visible rectangle data indicating the portions of a three dimensional (3D) application being displayed. A determination of two or more scissor planes may be made based at least in part on the visible rectangle data. Two or more scissor plane registers may be set based at least in part on the determined two or more scissor planes. Image data may be rendered to a render buffer based at least in part on the determined two or more scissor planes. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028669 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - According to one embodiment, an image processing system includes a stereoscopic display device and an image processing apparatus. The stereoscopic display device is configured to enable a stereoscopic image constituted by using a predetermined parallax number of parallax images to be stereoscopically viewed. The image processing apparatus comprises a rendering processor configured to apply rendering processing to volume data serving as three-dimensional medical image data, a rendering processing controller configured to control the rendering processor so as to generate from the volume data a parallax image group composed of the predetermined parallax number or more of parallax images, and a storage controller configured to store in a memory the parallax image group generated by the rendering processor. The stereoscopic display device is configured to display the stereoscopic image constituted by selecting the predetermined parallax number of parallax images out of the parallax image group stored in the memory. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028670 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technique relates to a display device and method, and a program for presenting high-quality stereoscopic images in a simpler manner. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028671 | STEREO DISPLAY PANEL, APPARATUS FOR STEREO DISPLAYING, AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - Provided are a stereo display panel, an apparatus for stereo display, and a method for displaying an image. The stereo display panel defines a plurality of unit pixels and implements a plurality of views. Here, q unit pixels adjacent to each other in a row direction form one unit row, and q is an integer. p unit rows adjacent to each other in a column direction implements the plurality of views, and p is an integer. When a product of the integer p and the integer q is n, the integer n is a multiple of 2. An image implemented in the stereo display panel includes z basic images and (n−z) compensation images. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140035900 | Rendering of Design Data - Computer assisted design data is rendered in the cloud. A client-server relationship is provided for 3D rendering. To reduce the burden on the server, the 3D rendering adapts based on the client capabilities. Where possible, some of the 3D rendering is performed by the server and some by the client machine. The 3D rendering by the client machine may be limited to avoid transfer of geometrical data of the CAD data. Different textures or shaders are used for rendering images associated with motion. Dictionary information is accumulated by the client machine to reduce the number of coefficients later transferred to the client machine for 3D rendering. The model represented by the CAD data is used to predict rendered images so that video compression may be performed. The server sparsely renders an image and compressive sensing is used by the client machine to generate the complete image. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035901 | ANIMATING OBJECTS USING THE HUMAN BODY - Methods of animating objects using the human body are described. In an embodiment, a deformation graph is generated from a mesh which describes the object. Tracked skeleton data is received which is generated from sensor data and the tracked skeleton is then embedded in the graph. Subsequent motion which is captured by the sensor result in motion of the tracked skeleton and this motion is used to define transformations on the deformation graph. The transformations are then applied to the mesh to generate an animation of the object which corresponds to the captured motion. In various examples, the mesh is generated by scanning an object and the deformation graph is generated using orientation-aware sampling such that nodes can be placed close together within the deformation graph where there are sharp corners or other features with high curvature in the object. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035902 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY USING THE SAME - An image data processing method comprises: extracting a depth map from an input image; separating the input image into a foreground area and a background area based on grayscales of the depth map; and modulating the maximum depth value of the input image to become smaller and the difference between depth values of a gray grayscale segment of the depth map to be greater than the difference between depth values of the foreground area and background area of the input image. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035903 | TECHNIQUES FOR SMOOTHING SCRIPTED STEREO CURVES FOR STEREOSCOPIC COMPUTER ANIMATION - A computer-implemented method for smoothing a stereo parameter for a computer-animated film sequence. A timeline for the film sequence is obtained, the timeline comprising a plurality of time entries. A stereo parameter distribution is obtained, wherein the stereo parameter distribution comprises one stereo parameter value for at least two time entries of the plurality of time entries, and wherein the stereo parameter value corresponds a stereo setting associated with a pair of stereoscopic cameras configured to produce a stereoscopic image of the computer-animated film sequence. Depending on a statistical measurement of the stereo parameter distribution, either a static scene parameter is calculated, or a set of smoothed parameter values is calculated. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035904 | Multi-Dimensional Stacking With Self-Correction - A method and apparatus comprises a combination of four-dimensional image stacking methods and self-correction features. An input frame in a sequence is modified into multiple subimages with multiple subregions, where there is one and only one subregion in every subimage contains the higher frequency information of the original input frame than the same subregion in all other subimages; each of the subimages is sent to a device of a stacked display system; the sequence of displayed frames is further modified into pairs for temporal stacking. The result is equal or considered better than the original quality. By equipped with sensor based negative feedback processes and correction algorithms, it provides new ways to fast calibration or constantly and continuously self-correction to the display system non-uniformities, including brightness, registration, etc., and all behind the scene during the normal show playing or image presentation therefore unnoticeable to audience. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035905 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING 2-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES INTO 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES AND DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for converting 2-dimension (2D) image into a 3-dimension (3D) image and a display apparatus. The method may include: generating a depth frame of key frames of a plurality of image frames; calculating a motion vector between the image frames; interpolating an intermediate depth frame corresponding to intermediate frames between the key frames by using the depth frame and the motion vector; and generating left and right eye images of the plurality of image frames by using the depth frame and the interpolated depth frame. Therefore, the display apparatus minimizes occurrences of errors and generates a depth frame approximate to a real depth frame | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035906 | Plane Panorama Location Correction in Three-Dimensional Mapping - Correction of the locations of panoramas and associated physical locations in a region are disclosed. The task of correcting the locations of the panoramas is divided into XY location correction followed by Z location correction. The panorama set is filtered to remove extraneous planes. In XY-plane correction, neighboring panoramas are identified using a neighbor graph, and the locations of sets of neighboring planes are constrained to be within a specified distance of one another, and a system of linear equations is constructed to represent the locations of the panoramas. A weighted absolute sum of the constraints is minimized across the entire system using a convex quadratic program solver to derive new locations for the planes. The location of ground planes is similarly corrected using a minimization of errors technique. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035907 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A stereoscopic image display device, with which the influence of a CT-image by the 3D crosstalk is lightened so that a sense of discomfort is not felt by the observer even when the observing position of the observer is shifted, includes an image processing unit including: a relative position calculating unit which calculates a relative position of a stereoscopic display panel with respect to the observing position of the observer; an image filter value calculating unit which calculates an image filter value for adjusting an image blurring amount according to the relative position; and an image filtering processing unit which performs image filtering processing on image data according to the image filter value. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035908 | CONSTRAINT EVALUATION IN DIRECTED ACYCLIC GRAPHS - Systems and processes are described below relating to evaluating a dependency graph to render three-dimensional (3D) graphics using constraints. Two virtual 3D objects are accessed in a virtual 3D space. A constraint relationship request is received, which identifies the first object as a parent and the second object as a child. The technique verifies whether the graphs of the objects are compatible for being constrained to one another. The first object is evaluated to determine its translation, rotation, and scale. The second object is similarly evaluated based on the translation, rotation, and scale of the first object. An image is rendered depicting at least a portion of the first virtual 3D object and at least a portion of the second virtual 3D object. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035909 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE FROM STEREO COLOR IMAGES - This disclosure presents systems and methods for determining the three-dimensional shape of an object. A first image and a second image are transformed into scale space. A disparity map is generated from the first and second images at a coarse scale. The first and second images are then transformed into a finer scale, and the former disparity map is upgraded into a next finer scale. The three-dimensional shape of the object is determined from the evolution of disparity maps in scale space. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035910 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A medical image diagnosis system according to an embodiment includes a determining unit, a rendering processing unit, and an output unit. The determining unit is configured to, based on information related to a stereoscopic function of a display unit connected to an output target apparatus serving as an output target, determine a parallax image number of images that are for realizing a stereoscopic view and are to be displayed by the display unit. The rendering processing unit is configured to generate rendering images corresponding to the parallax image number, by performing a rendering process on volume data that represents three-dimensional medical images. The output unit is configured to output the rendering images corresponding to the parallax image number to the output target apparatus, as the images that are for realizing the stereoscopic view and are to be simultaneously displayed by the display unit. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035911 | ULTRASONIC INSPECTION EQUIPMENT AND ULTRASONIC INSPECTION METHOD - Ultrasonic inspection equipment facilitates alignment of display positions of three-dimensional ultrasonic inspection data and three-dimensional shape data, and quickly discriminates between a defect echo and an inner-wall echo. A computer | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140043320 | Beamed-Pixel Retinal Displays - A beamed-pixel retinal display (BPRD) system comprises a near-eye or on-eye display system which delivers any one or more of 2D or 3D images or data to at least one of a user's retinas using a bundle of simultaneously—and differently—statically directed light beams. Each individual beam is of low or no divergence and each angularly fixed beam of the bundle originates from a different corresponding source-image pixel and is delivered through a display-system exit aperture each at static, fixed angles. The bundle of differently statically directed, individually low- or no-divergence pixel beams can be overlaid upon a user's eye-entrance pupil. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043321 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING AN OBJECT IN A SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT - A computer-implemented method for visualizing an object includes the steps of providing a simulated environment; rendering, with at least one processor, at least one virtual object based at least partially on the simulated environment, a viewable angle of the at least one virtual object, and object characteristics associated with the at least one virtual object, the object characteristics comprising at least one of the following: reflectance, transmittance, attenuation, or any combination thereof, and changing a viewable angle of the at least one virtual object in response to user input. A system and a computer program product for implementing the aforementioned method includes appropriately communicatively connected hardware components. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043322 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING INTERFACE ELEMENTS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to provide an efficient, aesthetically pleasing display of points of interest in an AR interface that maximizes usability and display efficiency. In this regard, the method, apparatus and computer program product may utilize a mobile terminal to perform pre-processing of interface elements to reduce display clutter and increase efficiency of display processing. Interface elements may be projected onto a cylindrical surface to locate the interface elements relative to the mobile terminal. Three dimensional coordinates for the interface elements may be derived from the cylindrical projection. A perspective grid may provide a user of the device with a frame of reference to interact with the display and interface elements displayed thereon. Display elements may further conform to input operations performed by a user to interact with the AR interface. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043323 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A 3D image display apparatus includes a tracking module, a position calculating module, an intensity calculating module, a 3D image processing module, an image converting module and a display module. The tracking module tracks an object and outputs coordinate information of the object. The position calculating module outputs position information according to the coordinate information. The intensity calculating module outputs intensity coefficient information according to the position information. The 3D image processing module receives the intensity coefficient information. The image converting module outputs target intensity information to the 3D image processing module according to original 3D image information. The display module receives modified 3D image information. The 3D image processing module outputs modified intensity information to the image converting module according to the intensity coefficient information and the target intensity information, and then the image converting module outputs the modified 3D image information according the modified intensity information. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043324 | 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM AND 3D DISPLAYING METHOD - A 3D display system and a 3D displaying method are provided in the present invention. The 3D display system comprising: a display device; a detecting device, for detecting a viewing position of a viewer; and a control device, for controlling a video frame to be converted onto a virtual plane perpendicular to visual line of the viewing position according to the viewing position, and mapping converted video frame onto the display device to display a 3D image on the display device. The 3D display system provided by the present invention adjusts the virtual plane, onto which the video frame is converted, by detecting the viewing position of the viewer, such that the 3D image displayed on the display device can be adjusted according to the viewing position of the viewer. It causes that the viewer can view the 3D image having no deflection, without being limited by the viewing position. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043325 | FACETTED BROWSING - Concepts and technologies are described herein for facetted browsing. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, data can be obtained at a computer system. The data can include data values and geographic information. The computer system can generate a geospatial visualization of the data based, at least partially, upon the data values and the geographic location information. The computer system can also generate an overlay visualization of the data based, at least partially, upon the data values. The computer system can also output the geospatial visualization and the overlay visualization. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043326 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROJECTING CONTENT TO HAVE A FIXED POSE - A camera points in a first direction for capturing images of views. Visual features are detected and tracked in the images. A pose is estimated of the camera in response to the tracked visual features. A projector points in a second direction for projecting content to have a fixed pose in response to the estimated pose of the camera. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043327 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPERIMPOSING CONTENT TO HAVE A FIXED POSE - A first camera captures first images of first views. A display device displays the first images on a screen of the display device. A second camera captures second images of second views. Visual features are detected and tracked in the second images. A pose is estimated of the second camera in response to the tracked visual features. On the first images on the screen, content is superimposed to have a fixed pose in response to the estimated pose of the second camera. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043328 | Reference Object for Three-Dimensional Modeling - Images are made of a surface, and images are made of a covering (in the form of a reference object) having a pattern that includes an array of locally non-repetitive pattern elements. A three-dimensional models of the pattern elements on the covering is created using the images. A correlation in scaling between the process of generating three-dimensional models of the pattern elements on the covering and the process of generating a three-dimensional model of the surface is known, and this known correlation in scaling and the known actual distances among pattern elements on the covering can be used as a dimensional scale reference to determine dimensional information of the three-dimensional model of the surface. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140049534 | Efficient Method Of Rendering A Computerized Model To Be Displayed On A Computer Monitor - Efficient method of rendering a computerized model to be displayed on a computer monitor is disclosed. The computerized model contains a plurality of finite elements organized in groups with each group containing same type of finite elements. For achieving efficient rendering of the computerized model, first and second threshold numbers for further partitioning the computerized model are determined using a set of criteria based on available resources of the computer system and characteristics of the computerized model. Any group having the number of elements more than the first number is divided into subgroups. The number of elements in each subgroups is configured to contain no more than the second number. Both first and second numbers are “tune-able” for particular situations depending upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, power of computer processor, random access memory available, power of graphical co-processor and/or associated memory, and communication bandwidth. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049535 | Method and System for Rapid Three-Dimensional Shape Measurement - The present invention discloses a non-contact measurement system for measuring the three-dimensional (3D) shape of an object rapidly by using a unique light pattern and the implementation method thereof. The system comprises a pattern generation unit, a projection unit, a sensing unit and a processing unit. The pattern generation unit generates an enhanced color sequence according to predetermined rules. The sensing unit of the system comprises a hybrid sensor which can be operated in fast mode or precise mode. A dedicated decoding method for the present invention is also disclosed. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049536 | STEREO COMPOSITION BASED ON MULTIPLE CAMERA RIGS - A method for performing stereo composition using multiple camera pairs. The method includes positioning first and second pairs of virtual cameras for imaging an animated scene. The method includes, with the first and second pairs of the cameras, obtaining 3D data for each camera for the animated scene. Then, a blending region is selected by defining a first boundary surface for the first pair of the cameras and a second boundary surface, spaced a distance apart from the first boundary surface, for the second pair of the cameras, with the blending region being the space between the first and second boundary surfaces. The method includes, with a blending module or function, combining the 3D data from a number of consequent cameras. The blending module monotonically increases the stereoscopic disparity function in a viewing direction and combines the 3D data in a continuous manner, e.g., to insure C1 continuity. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049537 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTING PANORAMIC IMAGE DATA WITH PERFORMANCE RELATED DATA FOR A BUILDING - A system and method for augmenting panoramic images with performance related data for a building are disclosed. The system includes a memory coupled to a processor configured to receive panoramic image data, generate a digital image based on the panoramic image data, and modify the digital image to include a graphical representation of the performance related data. The processor maps performance related data to the coordinate system of the panoramic images such that the graphical representation may be generated without converting the panoramic image data into a high-quality, three-dimensional model in a CAD program. In this way, computer-generated graphical representations of building performance data, such as temperature fields or virtual structures, may be overlaid directly onto a two-dimensional projection of the panoramic image data. In one embodiment, the panoramic image data is a spherical, 360 degree panoramic image captured by a laser scanning device. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049538 | DATA PLOT PROCESSING - A method, system, and/or computer program product processes a data plot comprising a plurality of data points for inclusion of additional information content. A space of the data plot is divided into subspaces, where each subspace contains at least one data point of the data plot. An available area for each subspace is computed, and then a compressed information representation for each subspace is computed based on information about said at least one data point contained in said each subspace and a computed available area for said each subspace. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049539 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GRAPHIC PROCESSING USING PARALLEL PIPELINE - An apparatus and method for ray tracing includes a traversal (TRV) unit using a tree acceleration structure (AS). The TRV unit may include a plurality of sub-pipeline units configured to perform different operations required for ray TRV using the tree AS and to operate in parallel. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049540 | Image Processing Device, Method, Computer Program Product, and Stereoscopic Image Display Device - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes an observing unit and a generating unit. The observing unit obtains an observation image by observing a viewer which views a display unit. The generating unit generates a presentation image in which visible area is superimposed on the observation image. The visible area is an area within which the viewer is able to view the stereoscopic image. A display form of the visible area changes based on a position of the viewer in a perpendicular direction to the display unit. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049541 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING TWO-DIMENSIONAL OR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE SEQUENCE WHILE ADJUSTING FRAME RATE - Provided are a method and apparatus for displaying a two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) image, and apparatus to execute the same, the method including determining whether an input image sequence having a first frame rate is a 2D image sequence or a 3D image sequence, wherein, if the input image sequence is a 2D image sequence, generating a 2D output image sequence having a second frame rate, the 2D output image sequence including the input image sequence and a 2D intermediate image generated from the input image sequence, and wherein, if the input image sequence is a 3D image sequence, generating a 3D output image sequence having a third frame rate, where a left-viewpoint intermediate image, a right-viewpoint intermediate image and the input image sequence are repeatedly included in the 3D output image sequence, the left-viewpoint intermediate image is determined from at least one left-viewpoint image in a left-viewpoint image sequence included in the input image sequence, and the right-viewpoint intermediate image is determined from at least one right-viewpoint image in a right-viewpoint image sequence included in the input image sequence. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140055445 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EXTRUDING A MODEL THROUGH A TWO-DIMENSIONAL SCENE - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for extruding an object through a two-dimensional scene. In use, a two-dimensional object is identified within a two-dimensional scene. Additionally, a three-dimensional model is determined that corresponds to the two-dimensional object. Further, the three-dimensional model is extruded through the two-dimensional scene to create a three-dimensional object. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055446 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEPTH-BASED IMAGE SCALING OF 3D VISUAL CONTENT - A system for performing depth-based scaling of 3D content. The system comprises: 1) a content source configured to provide an input image comprising a plurality of input image objects; and 2) a processor configured to receive the input image and to receive a depth map comprising depth data associated with each of the plurality of input image objects. The processor generates an output image comprising a plurality of output image objects, wherein each of the plurality of output image objects corresponding to one of the plurality of input image objects. The processor scales a size of a first output image object relative to the size of a second output image object based on depth data associated with the first output image object and the second output image object. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055447 | BINOCULAR VISUAL EXPERIENCE ENRICHMENT SYSTEM - In a computer-based graphics imaging system, binocular tone mapping is employed with an optimization-based framework to generate a binocular single vision image with more visual richness than a single tone-mapped image, the binocular tone mapping being guided by a binocular viewing comfort predictor (BVCP) metric in order to assure stable formation of binocularly tone-mapped image pairs, so that visual information content of the image pair can be maximized without triggering visual discomfort. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055448 | 3D Image Navigation Method - Method to navigate through a 3D image by manipulating a navigation device with an incorporated display unit in space and determining the position and orientation of the navigation device in space so a to define a viewpoint and section plane, virtually intersecting the 3D image with said plane, calculating data of a slice image representing the intersection of said 3D image and said plane and displaying said slice image on said display unit part of the navigation device. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055449 | Systems and Methods for Projecting Composite Images - Embodiments of the present invention comprise electronic projection systems and methods. One embodiment of the present invention comprises a method of creating composite images with a projection system comprising as first projector and at least a second projector, comprising generating a correspondence map of pixels for images by determining offsets between pixels from at least a second image from the second projector and corresponding pixels from a first image from the first projector, receiving a source image, warping the source image based at least in part on the correspondence map to produce a warped image, and displaying the source image by the first projector and displaying the warped image by the second projector to create a composite image. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055450 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus and a method of processing an image are provided. The image processing apparatus includes a depth estimation unit for estimating a depth of an input three-dimensional (3D) image; a text area detection unit for detecting a text area included in the 3D image; a mask generation unit for generating a text mask for the text area; and a depth correction unit for correcting a depth of the text area based on the estimated depth of the input 3D image and the text mask. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055451 | AUGMENTED REALITY DIRECTION ORIENTATION MASK - An augmented reality device provides a virtual mask that surrounds the viewer and includes a variation that provides information about the direction to a target item. The variation, which may be a variation in transparency, color, geometric shape, texture, material, lighting, or shading, is associated with the position of the target item so that orientation of the variation in the virtual mask does not change with respect to the direction of the target item. A portion of the virtual mask that is in the direction that the viewer is facing is displayed over the real-world image with the variation in the virtual mask providing information to the viewer about the direction of the target item. When the viewer rotates with respect to the target item, a different portion of the virtual mask that is in the current field of view is displayed. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055452 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A medical image diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a rendering processing unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The rendering processing unit is configured to perform rendering processing from a plurality of viewpoints on volume data that is three-dimensional medical image data to create a parallax image group composed of a predefined number of parallax images. The display unit is configured to display the parallax image group to display a stereoscopic image recognized stereoscopically by an observer. The control unit configured to perform control so that a composite image group of the parallax image group and an information image is displayed on the display unit in such a manner that a first region displaying the parallax image group on the display unit is distinguishable from a second region displaying the information image indicating information other than the parallax image group on the display unit. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055453 | Heterogeneous Graphics Processor And Configuration Method Thereof - To provide assemble programmable and fixed function pipeline parts of a 3D graphics processor in an efficient way, combining flexibility of programmable pipeline for each stage and small gate size and speed of fixed function pipeline. The graphic processor couples a programmable unit with the texture sampling unit | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140062997 | PROPORTIONAL VISUAL RESPONSE TO A RELATIVE MOTION OF A CEPHALIC MEMBER OF A HUMAN SUBJECT - Disclosed are several methods, a device and a system for repositioning a multidimensional virtual environment based on a relative motion of a cephalic member of a human subject. In one embodiment, a method includes analyzing a relative motion of a cephalic member of a human subject. In addition, the method may include calculating a shift parameter based on an analysis of the relative motion and repositioning a multidimensional virtual environment based on the shift parameter such that the multidimensional virtual environment reflects a proportional visual response to the relative motion of the cephalic member of the human subject using a multimedia processor. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062998 | User Interface for Orienting a Camera View Toward Surfaces in a 3D Map and Devices Incorporating the User Interface - The present disclosure relates to devices and user interfaces for orienting a camera view toward surfaces in a 3D map. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to devices and methods that determine a zoom level associated with a 3D scene and 3D geometry of a map feature with the 3D scene and orient a 3D cursor to a surface of the map feature based on the zoom level and the 3D geometry when a user moves the 3D cursor over the map feature. When a user selects a point within the 3D geometry of the map feature, the 3D map is re-oriented with a view of the surface of the map feature. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062999 | Display system and display control method thereof - The present invention discloses a display system and a display control method thereof. The display system comprises a display screen, a display controller, and a timing controller. The display controller comprises a 2D to 3D converter for converting image data with 2D format into converted image data with 3D format, and an encoding module for converting the converted image data with 3D format or first image data with 3D format into “2D image plus depth diagram” format data. The timing controller comprises a decoding module for converting the “2D image plus depth diagram” format data into decoded image data with 3D format or scaling the “2D image plus depth diagram” format data into scaled image data with 2D format suitable for outputting on the display screen. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce the required transmission line in order to reduce the production cost. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063000 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TAKING AERIAL SURVEYS - A method of taking an aerial survey maps boundaries of a first image and a second image from a first plane to a second plane to determine boundaries of an output image in the second plane. For a plurality of pixels in the output image, the method determines a corresponding pixel of either the first image or second image in the first plane. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063001 | ACTIVE BARRIER PANEL AND THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An active barrier panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first opening electrode configured to operate as a first opening transmitting the light and a first barrier electrode configured to as a first barrier blocking the light, the first opening electrode and the first barrier electrode having a step structure. The second substrate includes a second opening electrode configured to operate as a second opening and crossing at a right angle to the first opening electrode, and a second barrier electrode configured to operate as a second barrier and crossing at a right angle to the first barrier electrode. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and second substrates. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063002 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A display control unit included in an object information acquisition apparatus receives information about a depth range, subjected to display of a distribution related to acoustic characteristics, input by a user, and outputs, when the depth range is narrower than a predetermined range, image information for displaying an image of second distribution information subjected to adaptive signal processing in an area corresponding to the depth range or a combined image obtained by combining first distribution information subjected to addition processing with a predetermined weight and the second distribution information. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063003 | Method and System of Producing 2D Representations of 3D Pain and Stimulation Maps and Implant Models on a Clinician Programmer - The present disclosure involves an electronic device for visualizing a sensation experienced by a patient. The electronic device includes a touchscreen display configured to receive a tactile input from a user and display a visual output. The electronic device includes a memory storage component configured to store programming code. The electronic device includes a computer processor configured to execute the programming code to perform the following tasks: generating, in response to the tactile input from the user, a three-dimensional (3D) sensation map that represents the sensation experienced by the patient; deriving a two-dimensional (2D) sensation map based on the 3D sensation map, wherein the 2D sensation map contains substantially less data than the 3D sensation map; and sending the 2D sensation map over a network to facilitate a reconstruction of the 3D sensation map using the 2D sensation map. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063004 | Collapsing areas of a region in a virtual universe to conserve computing resources - Described herein are processes and devices that coalesced and/or collapse areas in a region of a virtual universe to conserve computing resources. Some embodiments are directed to detecting an indication to reduce usage of a computing resource in the virtual universe and, in response, determining the first area of the virtual universe for coalescing and collapsing into the second area of the virtual universe. In some embodiments, the first area comprises a plurality of virtual universe objects. Some embodiments are further directed to selecting a first set of the plurality of virtual universe objects for moving from the first area into the second area, coalescing the first set of the plurality of virtual universe objects into the second area from the first area, and, in response, collapsing the first area of the virtual universe. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063005 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY - Display apparatus and method are provided. The display apparatus may include a receiver for receiving an image; a grouper for analyzing the received image and grouping a plurality of frames of the received image based on the analysis; a depth allocator for determining at least two key frames from a plurality of frames grouped into at least one group, and allocating a depth per object in the determined key frames; and an image generator for generating a 3D image corresponding to other frames excluding the key frames based on a depth value allocated to the key frames. Hence, the display apparatus can allocate the depth value of a higher quality to the object in the frames of the received image. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063006 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC INFORMATION RELATED TO ULTRASOUND SECTIONAL PLANE OF TARGET OBJECT - A method of displaying stereoscopic information related to an ultrasound sectional plane of a target object includes: setting a line of interest on the target object; obtaining brightness information of the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object along the set line of interest; converting the obtained brightness information into height information; and displaying the stereoscopic information related to the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object based on the height information. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063007 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRAINT-BASED TEXTURE GENERATION - The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to texture mapping a surface. In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a computer-implemented method that includes defining a triangular mesh model of the surface; identifying at least one user-specified texture underfold constraint; computing a weighted energy functional for the triangular mesh, the weighted energy functional comprising a plurality of nodal texture values from which the triangular mesh is specified, the nodal texture values computed in accordance with the at least one user-specified texture underfold constraint; and iteratively recomputing the nodal texture values to converge the weighted energy functional toward a minimum value. The subject matter described in this specification can also be embodied in various corresponding computer program products, apparatus, and systems. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063008 | INTERACTIVE THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYS ON HANDHELD DEVICES - Techniques are disclosed for rendering an anamorphic projection of 3D scene geometry on a handled device using a correct asymmetric perspective geometry projection. Once pose of the handheld device is determined, a relative eye position may be inferred when the device is tilted away from an initial or default pose, based on data supplied by accelerometers. Thus, embodiments of the invention result in a holographic style display without the need for glasses or external sensing attachments. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140071116 | REDUCING LATENCY IN AN AUGMENTED-REALITY DISPLAY - Disclosed are methods and systems for generating display pixel data so as to reduce latency when rendering a representation of a graphic on a display, such as for augmented-reality applications. The method comprises: receiving a set of display pixel coordinate-pairs at the graphics processing unit; applying a transform matrix to the set of display pixel coordinate-pairs to obtain a set of graphic pixel coordinate-pairs, the transform matrix calculated using orientation data received from an external reference; retrieving a set of graphic pixel data associated with the set of graphic pixel coordinate-pairs; and, determining a set of display pixel data based on the retrieved set of graphic pixel data. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071117 | Method for Using the GPU to Create Haptic Friction Maps - A haptics rendering system comprises: a display device having a display screen and one or more haptic feedback mechanisms associated with at least one tactile output peripheral; and a graphics processing unit (GPU) communicatively coupled to the display device. The GPU: receives one or more portions of display image software code for a three dimensional display image; generates a three dimensional (3D) visual output of the display image for display on the display device; and concurrently generates one or more specific friction maps to provide haptic feedback of depth and/or texture associated with specific portions of the display image that comprise at least one portion having at least one of a different depth and a different texture than other portions of the display image. The GPU renders the display image and the friction map from a same set of 3D commands within the display image software code. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071118 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY WITH PRECONVERGENCE - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for use in an autostereoscopic display system. In one aspect, a display device can include a pixel array having a first set of pixels configured to display image data for a viewer's right eye and a second set of pixels configured to display image data for a viewer's left eye. The pixels of the first set can be interspersed amongst the pixels of the second set. A prismatic array can be positioned forward of the pixel array and can have a plurality of prisms coupled to the pixel array. Each prism can be aligned with a pixel from the first set of pixels and a pixel from the second set of pixels. The prisms can be configured to selectively guide light from the pixels to an associated one of the left or right eyes, thereby forming a 3D image. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071119 | Displaying 3D Objects in a 3D Map Presentation - Some embodiments of the map display application described herein display three-dimensional representations of three-dimensional objects. When the map presentation is moved to display a new area, the three-dimensional representations rise from a ground level to their full heights and transition from transparent to opaque at the same time. The map display applications of some embodiments also remove three-dimensional representations of objects by lowering the objects from their full height to ground level and fading out the representations from opaque to transparent. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071120 | MEMORY REDUCTION DEVICE OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY FOR COMPENSATING CROSSTALK - A memory reduction device of a stereoscopic image display includes a compression unit configured to receive first to fourth input data belonging to Gn and comprised of K1 bit, respectively, align the first to fourth input data in order of a data size to generate first to fourth alignment data, generate first to fourth compression data groups including first and second compression data having K2 bits smaller than K1 bits and third compression data having K3 bits smaller than K2 bits based on the first to fourth alignment data, derive an outlier from the first to fourth input data by using a deviation between the first to fourth alignment data, select any one of the first to fourth compression data groups, as the compressed Gn−1 according to the presence or absence of the outlier and an outlier derivation position. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071121 | System and Method for Off Angle Three-Dimensional Face Standardization for Robust Performance - A system uses range and Doppler velocity measurements from a lidar system and images from a video system to estimate a six degree-of-freedom trajectory of a target. The system utilizes a two-stage solution to obtain 3D standardized face representations from non-frontal face views for a statistical learning algorithm. The first stage standardizes the pose (non-frontal 3D face representation) to a frontal view and the second stage uses facial symmetry to fill in missing facial regions due to yaw face pose variations (i.e. rotation about the y-axis). | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071122 | MULTI-CORE GEOMETRY PROCESSING IN A TILE BASED RENDERING SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus are provided for combining multiple independent tile-based graphic cores. A block of geometry, containing a plurality of triangles, is split into sub-portions and sent to different geometry processing units. Each geometry processing unit generates a separate tiled geometry list that contains interleave markers that indicate an end to a sub-portion of a block of geometry overlapping a particular tile, processed by that geometry processing unit, and an end marker that identifies an end to all geometry processed for a particular tile by that geometry processing unit. The interleave markers are used to control an order of presentation of geometry to a hidden surface removal unit for a particular tile, and the end markers are used to control when the tile reference lists, for a particular tile, have been completely traversed. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071123 | COMPACTING RESULTS VECTORS BETWEEN STAGES OF GRAPHICS PROCESSING - Ray tracing, and more generally, graphics operations taking place in a 3-D scene, involve a plurality of constituent graphics operations. Responsibility for executing these operations can be distributed among different sets of computation units. The sets of computation units each can execute a set of instructions on a parallelized set of input data elements and produce results. These results can be that the data elements can be categorized into different subsets, where each subset requires different processing as a next step. The data elements of these different subsets can be coalesced so that they are contiguous in a results set. The results set can be used to schedule additional computation, and if there are empty locations of a scheduling vector (after accounting for the members of a given subset), then those empty locations can be filled with other data elements that require the same further processing as that subset. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071124 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus has a texture mapping unit configured to obtain pixel data including first and second texture coordinates, and generate texel data corresponding to the first and second texture coordinates within a textured image having a gradation pattern based on a non-linear surface. A function of the non-linear surface is defined by a product of first and Bezier curve functions. The texture mapping unit includes first/second Bezier curve function calculation unit configured to calculate the first/second Bezier curve function by obtaining the first/second texture coordinate and control values of the first/second Bezier curve function; a multiplier configured to multiply respective outputs of the first and second Bezier curve function calculation units; and a blending processing unit configured to generate the texel data by blending a plurality of color data corresponding to the gradation pattern using a is multiplication value of the multiplier as a blending ratio. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140078134 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISUAL EFFECT ON INFORMATION ELEMENT USING APPARATUS WITH TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY - An apparatus including a touch sensitive display for displaying an information element; a detector configured to detect touches of a user on the touch sensitive display; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code. The memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: display the information element; detect a predefined gesture on the touch sensitive display based on the touches of the user; and determine a three-dimensional visual effect, on information element, associated with the predefined gesture. Furthermore, the apparatus is caused to display information element utilizing the three-dimensional visual effect. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078135 | Virtual 3D Paper - The invention discloses a virtual 3D paper, comprising data reader ( | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078136 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING INTERMEDIATE VIEW IMAGE, RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for synthesizing an intermediate view image and a recording medium thereof. The disclosed apparatus for synthesizing an intermediate view image may include: a probability information generating part configured to generate information related to a matching probability between a first image and a second image; and a synthesizing part configured to synthesize an intermediate view image by applying a weight according to the matching probability to the first image and second image. Certain embodiments of the invention provide the advantage of enabling enhanced image quality when synthesizing an intermediate view image without requiring post-processing operations such as for processing occlusions and for filling holes. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078137 | AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM INDEXED IN THREE DIMENSIONS - A portable computerized device is configured to display a three dimensional instruction graphic. The device includes a camera device capturing an image, wherein the image includes location data related to a token. The portable computerized device is configured to display the three dimensional instruction graphic based upon the location data. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140085292 | TECHNIQUES TO PROVIDE DEPTH-BASED TYPEFACE IN DIGITAL DOCUMENTS - An apparatus may include a processor circuit and a three-dimensional (3-D) typeface module that is operative on the processor circuit to provide a choice of one or more 3-D typefaces in a graphical user interface displayed on a digital display. The 3-D typeface component may be operable to determine that a selection of the 3-D typeface selection has been received and to apply the 3-D typeface to a selected set of characters in a digital document that includes editable text. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085293 | METHOD OF CREATING AVATAR FROM USER SUBMITTED IMAGE - One example embodiment includes a method for creating an avatar from an image. The method includes receiving an image including a face from a user. The method also includes constructing a 3D model of the face from the image. The method further includes animating the 3D model. The method additionally includes attaching the 3D model to an animated character. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085294 | GENERATING JUST NOTICEABLE DEPTH DIFFERENCE (JNDD) MODEL OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISPLAY, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING DEPTH IMAGE USING JNDD MODEL - A method for generating a just noticeable depth difference (JNDD) model including controlling a real size of an object to maintain a perceived size of the object for a plurality of depth testing levels, measuring a JNDD of a three-dimensional (3D) display for the plurality of depth testing levels by increasing or decreasing the real size of the object, and generating a JNDD model of the 3D display based on the measurement result. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085295 | DIRECT ENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING METHOD AND SYSTEM - There is provided a method for mapping a panoramic image to a 3-D virtual object of which a projection is made for display on a screen. The method includes: providing the panoramic image in a memory, the panoramic image being defined by a set of pixels in a 2-dimensional space; providing a model of the object, the model having a set of vertices in a 3-dimensional space; selecting a vertex on the model, the selected vertex being characterized by a set of angular coordinates; applying a transformation to the angular coordinates to obtain a set of polar coordinates; identifying a pixel whose position in the panoramic image is defined by the polar coordinates; and storing in memory an association between the selected vertex on the model and a value of the identified pixel. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085296 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTI-VIEW IMAGE - An apparatus and method for processing a multi-view image are provided. The multi-view image processing apparatus includes a blur strength determination unit to determine blur strengths of view images constituting a multi-view image, based on views of the view images and disparity information of the view images, and a blur effect application unit to apply a blur effect to the view images according to the blur strengths of the view images. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085297 | PLACEMENT OF INFORMATION FIELDS WHEN DISPLAYING A DIGITAL MEDICAL DATASET - A method is disclosed for displaying a digital medical image dataset. In an embodiment of the method, when a new set of diagnostic findings is generated, an associated new information field is also generated. A number of possible positions are determined for the new information field. Each of the positions is assigned an evaluation metric in accordance with a number of predefined criteria. The new information field is in this case arranged at that position having the best evaluation metric. Each existing information field that overlaps with the new information field is shifted until the existing information field is arranged free of overlap with the new information field. Other existing information fields that overlap with previously shifted information fields are shifted until all of the information fields are arranged free of overlap with one another. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085298 | MIXED REALITY SPACE IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS - A mixed reality space image providing apparatus configured to provide a user with a mixed reality space image in which a virtual object image is superimposed on a real space image is provided includes a selection unit configured to select simulation processing from among a plurality of types of simulation processing based on an instruction from the user, a simulation processing unit configured to perform the simulation processing selected by the selection unit with respect to the virtual object image, and a providing unit configured to generate a mixed reality space image by superimposing the simulation-processed virtual object image on the real space image and to provide the generated mixed reality space image to the user. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140092085 | Electronic Device Having 3-D Image Projection Mechanism and 3-D Image Projection Method of the Same - An electronic device having a 3-D image projection mechanism is provided. The electronic device comprises a display panel, a processing module, a projection screen and at least two micro projectors. The display panel is formed on a main body of the electronic device to display a 2-D display frame. The processing module determines whether a 3-D display request is received and generates a 3-D display command when the 3-D display request is received. The projection screen is formed according to the 3-D display command and is substantially vertical to the display panel, in which a light refractive rate of the projection screen is different from that of the air around the projection screen. The micro projectors are disposed in a circumference of the display panel and project image on the projection screen according to the 3-D display command such that a 3-D display frame is formed thereon. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092086 | MULTI-VIEWPOINT IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A viewpoint position determination unit is configured to determine whether a viewpoint indicated by a viewpoint array signal is closer to a left-eye viewpoint or a right-eye viewpoint. A coefficient generation unit is configured to generate a coefficient based on the viewpoint array signal. A first selector is configured to select either a left-eye viewpoint image signal or a right-eye viewpoint image signal. A second selector is configured to select either a left-eye viewpoint depth value or a right-eye viewpoint depth value. A multiplier is configured to multiply the left-eye viewpoint depth value or the right-eye viewpoint depth value by the coefficient. A pixel shift unit is configured to carry out a pixel shift on the left-eye viewpoint image signal and the right-eye viewpoint image signal according to the depth value output from the multiplier, so as to generate a multi-viewpoint image signal. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140098084 | REDUCED BITCOUNT POLYGON RASTERIZATION - Techniques are disclosed for carrying out rasterization of a given graphics workload, wherein portions of the workload associated with relatively high bit count operations are processed via a first process path, and portions of the workload associated with relatively lower bit count operations are processed via a second, relatively faster process path, in accordance with an embodiment. In a more general sense, maximal bit count associated with a given primitive can be identified and compared to a threshold to determine which one of multiple available processing paths can be used. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098085 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICE - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for implementing a transparent display device. A transparent display device includes a transparent or translucent screen to render images on the screen, and to render virtual objects that appear to be in a three-dimensional (3D) space behind the screen. The transparent display device also includes a hand tracker to sense movement of a user's hands to interact with one or more of the virtual objects, and to generate 3D-input based on the movement. The transparent or translucent screen enables the user to see the user's hands behind the screen as the user's hands interact with the one or more virtual objects. The transparent display device is controlled to modify the rendering of the images on the screen or the virtual objects behind the screen based on the 3D-input. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098086 | RAY CONE HIERARCHY RENDERER - Some aspects of the disclosure include systems and methods for grouping rays into sets according to their directions. In some cases, the rays of the directional sets may then be organized into a hierarchy according to their origins and bounding cones are generated for the hierarchy nodes. The resulting bounding cone hierarchy may be intersected with a bounding volume hierarchy or other scene hierarchy. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098087 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A three-dimensional image display device includes: a display panel which includes a first pixel and a second pixel and displays a frame image including a positive frame image including a first right-eye image and a first left-eye image displayed in the first and second pixels, respectively, and a negative frame image including a second left-eye image and a second right-eye image displayed in the first and second pixels, respectively; and a liquid crystal lens panel disposed on the display panel and which provides the first and second right-eye images to a right eye of a viewer and provides the first and second left-eye images to a left eye of the viewer, where the display panel sequentially displays the positive frame image and the negative frame image during an n-th frame period, and the negative frame image and the positive frame image during an (n+1)-th frame image. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098088 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A transparent display apparatus includes a transparent display which displays a virtual object, a first detector which detects a position of a real object placed in a first direction from the transparent display, a second detector which detects a position of a user in a second direction from the transparent display, and a controller which estimates distances of the real object and the virtual object with respect to the position of the user, and an overlapping area of the real object and the virtual object on the transparent display with respect to the position of the user based on the detected position of the real object, the detected position of the user and the position of the virtual object. The controller controls the transparent display to display the virtual object on the overlapping area based on the distances of the real object and the virtual object regarding the user position. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098089 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including a correction unit that searches for an approximate pixel which approximates an occlusion pixel in one parallax map between right-eye and left-eye parallax maps based on the other parallax map and calculates a correction parallax vector of the occlusion pixel based on a parallax vector of the approximate pixel. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098090 | GENERATING A CONSENSUS MESH FROM AN INPUT SET OF MESHES - Techniques are disclosed for generating a consensus mesh to cover a received set of points. In one embodiment, a meshing application generates multiple meshes that cover the received point set by varying parameters of an interpolating meshing technique, such as the ball-pivoting technique, tangent-space Delaunay triangulation, and the like. Different values for the one or more parameters are used to generate each of the meshes. After generating the multiple meshes, the meshing application may sort triangles in the meshes based on the frequency in which the triangles appear in the meshes. The meshing application may then iteratively add next-best triangles which are also compatible with the current consensus mesh to the consensus mesh, with the next-best triangle being a most frequently occurring triangle which has not yet been added to the consensus mesh. Compatibility may be defined using various criteria, such as producing a manifold and orientable triangulation. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098091 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a display unit that displays an image of a measurement object and an image of an object which corresponds to the measurement object and has a 3-dimensional (3D) shape which is calculated in advance, a designating unit that designates a first point on the image of the measurement object and a second point on the image of the object, a calculating unit that performs a geometric calculation of a first figure, an adjusting unit that adjusts a pose or a position of at least one of the image of the measurement object and the image of the object based on a result of the geometric calculation, and a measuring unit that calculates spatial coordinates on the object corresponding to a measurement position designated after the pose or the position is adjusted, and calculates a size of the object based on the calculated spatial coordinates. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098092 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display device comprises a first control part, a first storage, and a display part. The first storage holds rendering elements, each of which includes a combination of rendering target information and rendering setting information, and a priority order assigned to each rendering element. The rendering target information includes data identification information which designates three-dimensional data of a rendering target and mask information which designates a rendering target area. The rendering setting information includes information which designates a two-dimensional image rendering method and rendering parameter. The first control part determines, based on the rendering setting information and the mask information, whether executing priority processing is necessary. If it is determined that it is necessary to execute the priority processing, either the mask information or the rendering parameter is modified, and a two-dimensional image is rendered based on the rendering elements whereupon the priority processing is executed. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140104266 | 3D TRANSFORMATION OF OBJECTS USING 2D CONTROLS PROJECTED IN 3D SPACE AND CONTEXTUAL FACE SELECTIONS OF A THREE DIMENSIONAL BOUNDING BOX - Systems and methods are provided that allow a user to intuitively and efficiently manipulate one or more three-dimensional (3D) objects in a 3D space by performing at least one of a rotation transformation, a translation transformation, and a scaling transformation. A bounding box is presented encompassing the one or more 3D objects, as well as an anchor point. A user may select a face of the bounding box to establish a plane of transformation. Based upon the established plane of transformation, the dimensionality of possible transformations is automatically determined. Thereafter, a user may drag a handle or selected face of the bounding box, and the transformation is performed in accordance with the drag and relative to the location of the anchor point in the direction of the selected face. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104267 | LOW-POWER PROCESSING IN DEPTH READ-ONLY OPERATING REGIMES - Techniques are disclosed for suppressing access to a depth processing unit associated with a graphics processing pipeline. The method includes receiving a graphics primitive from a first pipeline stage associated with the graphics processing pipeline. The method further includes determining that the graphics primitive is visible over one or more graphics primitives previously rendered to a frame buffer, and determining that the depth buffer is in a read-only mode. The method further includes suppressing an operation to transmit the graphics primitive to the depth processing unit. One advantage of the disclosed technique is that power consumption is reduced within the GPU by avoiding unnecessary accesses to the depth processing unit. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104268 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY EDGE VIOLATIONS - A method and apparatus for creating a stereoscopic image. The design includes creating a depth map of an original image, such as a moving image, by assigning bright pixels to near regions and dark pixels to far regions such that distance is proportional to pixel brightness, altering an edge region of the depth map of the original image gradually toward zero parallax at an edge of the original image, forming an altered depth map, and combining the altered depth map with the original image to form the stereoscopic image. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104269 | ROTATABLE STEREOSCOPIC METHODOLOGY, SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND DISPLAY VIEWABLE IN BOTH PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE MODES - A stereoscopic display system includes an image display panel, a means to polarize light so as to present two patterns of images whose polarization direction differ by approximately 90 degrees, and a means to change the relationship of image to polarization direction pattern. The images may be perceived as a stereoscopic image by viewing them through glasses having polarizing directions which differ by approximately 90 degrees. The display device may be rotated approximately 90 degrees from a first orientation into a second orientation, and the device is able to change left and right image patterns, polarization patterns, or any combination of the two so it may be viewed as a stereoscopic image using glasses whose left and right lenses are of same polarization direction as the glasses needed for the first orientation. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104270 | METHOD FOR HYPERSURFACE CONSTRUCTION IN N DIMENSIONS - A method for determining boundary hypersurfaces from data matrices includes identifying intermediate hypersurfaces, situated between two respective matrix elements, that correspond to at least a portion of at least one boundary hypersurface to be determined. The identified intermediate hypersurfaces are represented by points that are adjacent to the intermediate hypersurfaces. The points that are adjacent to the intermediate hypersurfaces are connected by at least one respective closed curve. Hypersurface components formed by the closed curves are combined to form at least one boundary hypersurface. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140111507 | 3-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE USING DEPTH IMAGE AND COLOR IMAGE AND THE METHOD | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111508 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The invention relates to an image display apparatus for displaying an image like a three-dimensional medical image of an object. A template providing unit ( | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111509 | Viewing Three Dimensional Digital Slides - Systems and methods for providing a view of a digital slide image. In an embodiment, a digital slide image file is accessed. The digital slide image file may comprise a plurality of first image planes representing an image of at least a portion of a slide specimen at varying focal depths. Then, a three-dimensional object is constructed from the digital slide image file. The three-dimensional image object comprises a plurality of second image planes that are derived from one or more of the first image planes and may comprise at least one image plane that has been interpolated from one or more of the first image planes. In addition, a two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional view of the three-dimensional object may be generated. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140118334 | 3D VISUALIZATION OF BOREHOLE DATA - A visualization system enables visualization of data obtained over a range of time values at a range of depth values in a borehole. The visualization system includes a processor configured to process the pressure data based on user input and instructions and provide output for display on a display device, and a computer-readable medium configured to store the instructions, the instructions including commands to output a first output of a three-dimensional arrangement of the pressure data. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118335 | Depth mapping with enhanced resolution - A method for depth mapping includes receiving an image of a pattern of spots that has been projected onto a scene, which includes a feature having a set of elongate appendages, which have respective transverse dimensions that are less than twice an average distance between the spots in the pattern that is projected onto the feature. The image is processed in order to segment and find a three-dimensional (3D) location of the feature. The spots appearing on the feature in the 3D location are connected in order to extract separate, respective contours of the appendages. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118336 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY WITH DYNAMIC MASK - A transparent display with a dynamic mask for generating three dimensional (3D) imagery. The display or apparatus includes a display element that is transmissive and that is selectively operable to display an image on the display element. The apparatus includes a dynamic mask element that is transmissive to light and that is positioned adjacent to the display element. The dynamic mask element is selectively operable to provide a mask with a shape and a size corresponding to the displayed image. The mask is positioned on the dynamic mask element so as to be adjacent to the first location, e.g., to be behind the displayed image, and, typically, the mask includes portions that are semi-transparent or opaque to block light from passing from the background through the displayed image and from passing through the display element at the location of the displayed image into the background to avoid double imaging. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118337 | DATA ELEMENTS VISUALISATION AND USER INTERACTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method of generating and populating a three-dimensional wireframe body is provided. The method comprises the steps of retrieving data elements to be displayed to a user, the data elements being stored on a remote server, generating a three-dimensional wireframe body having a plurality of sides, with at least one side being divided into a plurality of receiving slots, arranging and displaying the data elements in the plurality of receiving slots of the wireframe body, and allowing the user, through a user input means, to rotate the filled three-dimensional wireframe body along at least one axis. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118338 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A TRAIL - A system and method for managing a trail. The trail is generated in response to receiving user input provided by a user. The trail includes multiple nodes that are interconnected. Characteristics for the multiple nodes including at least shape and color are established. The trail is modified in response to receive additional user input. The trail is displayed according to user preferences established by the user. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118339 | AUTOMATED FRAME OF REFERENCE CALIBRATION FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - One or more systems, methods, routines and/or techniques for automated frame of reference calibration for augmented reality are described. One or more systems, methods, routines and/or techniques may allow for calibration of an Augmented Reality (AR) system, for example, by automatically calibrating the frames of reference of virtual objects and/or a camera. One example calibration routine and/or technique may determine and/or calculate a mapping or transform from a frame of reference of a virtual object (e.g., a CAD model) to a coordinate frame associated with the tracking system. Another example calibration routine and/or technique may determine and/or calculate a mapping or transform from a camera lens frame of reference to a frame of reference of the whole camera as determined by a tracking system. These routines and/or techniques may calibrate an AR system to provide rapid, precise alignment between virtual content and a live camera view of a real scene. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118340 | 2D/3D POLARIZED DISPLAY METHOD AND DEVICE - The invention proposes a novel 2D/3D polarized display method, polarized display device and a 2D/3D television, applied to the polarization 3D technology; through compensation calculation on the original left-eye and right-eye image signals and alternate time domain display of the images, and through the addition of information on the compensation images in time and space, and in cooperation with control of the opening and closing of the polarization 3D glasses, while viewers wearing the polarization 3D glasses can experience good 3D effect, other viewers with naked eyes can view clear 2D images, so that the 3D viewers and the 2D viewers do not affect each other. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118341 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus synthesize a synthesized image by taking pixel values of pixels in a synthesized image corresponding to each point on the three dimensional projection plane as viewed from a specific viewpoint position, as pixel values of corresponding pixels of the first image based on the first correspondence relationship, and taking pixel values of each pixel in the synthesized image corresponding to pixels identified in the first image as being pixels representing a solid object, as pixel values of corresponding pixels of the second image based on the second correspondence relationship. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118342 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DRAWING METHOD - A memory stores information on a plurality of operations that change information on the object location. Upon sequentially performing a first operation through a second operation of the plurality of operations, a computation unit generates information on the object outline after the second operation, without generating information on the object outline for each of the first operation through an operation immediately before the second operation. The computation unit draws an object using the generated information on the object outline after the second operation. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118343 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, INFORMATION PROVIDING PROCESSING PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROVIDING PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM - An information providing device can efficiently search for image data which includes an image of an object matching a user's preference, or can efficiently recommend information related to an image-capturing spot matching the user's preference. The information providing device receives three-dimensional arrangement information which indicates an arrangement of an object in three-dimensional space, and line-of-sight information for specifying a point-of-view position and a line-of-sight direction in the three-dimensional space, from a terminal device, generates two-dimensional arrangement information which indicates, in a two-dimensional plane, an arrangement of the object projected on the two-dimensional plane based on the received three-dimensional arrangement information and line-of-sight information, and compares arrangement information stored in a memory means that stores image data and the arrangement information which indicates, in an image, an arrangement of the object included in the image indicated by the image data, and the generated two-dimensional arrangement information, and searches for the image data based on a result of the comparison. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118344 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - A method for processing an image, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the following steps: receiving three-dimensional image data from an application; setting a left eye perspective, which corresponds to the left eye of a user, and setting a right eye perspective, which corresponds to the right eye of the user; and generating a binocular disparity image comprising a left eye perspective image and a right eye perspective image, according to the left eye perspective and the right eye perspective. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140125649 | Network repository of digitalized 3D object models, and networked generation of photorealistic images based upon these models - In a network-linked computer graphics image rendering system serving to render images of objects in scenes, these objects are so rendered from high-resolution 3D models and textures that are, in particular, stored and maintained on one or more server computers in one or more libraries that are secure. Using stand-in object models and textures, design professionals at client computers are able to “fine-tune” and preview designs that incorporate objects stored securely in the server's(s') models' library(ies). Yet the high-resolution, 3D, relatively expensive, and proprietary object models remain completely secure at one (i.e., centralized) or more (i.e., distributed) server computers. 2D perspective-view or stereo in-situ photorealistic images of scenes incorporating these objects are rendered at the one or more sever computers, for subsequent remote viewing at the one or more client computers. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125650 | INTERLEAVED APPROACH TO DEPTH-IMAGE-BASED RENDERING OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - Techniques are disclosed for generating stereoscopic images. The techniques include receiving a first image frame associated with a first eye, and receiving a first depth frame associated with the first eye. The techniques further include reprojecting the first image frame based on the first depth frame to create a second image frame associated with a second eye. The techniques further include identifying a first pixel in the second image frame that remains unwritten as a result of reprojecting the first image frame, and determining a value for the first pixel based on a corresponding pixel in a prior image frame associated with the second eye. One advantage of the disclosed techniques is that DIBR reprojected image frames have a more realistic appearance where gaps are filled using pixels from a prior image for the same eye. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125651 | 3D MAPPING OF A SURVEYED ENVIRONMENT - A real time 3D survey site modeler is disclosed. One embodiment includes a survey data collector to collect survey data for a location and obtain information for each object that is surveyed. In addition, a 3D model creator receives the collected survey data and creates a 3D model of the world being surveyed in real time. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125652 | LOOK-AHEAD CONVERGENCE FOR OPTIMIZING DISPLAY RENDERING OF STERIOSCOPIC VIDEOS AND IMAGES - The present invention is drawn to a device for use with first stereoscopic data, second stereoscopic data and a display device. The device includes an input portion, a convergence data detecting portion, a convergence plane portion, a comparing portion and a modification portion. The input portion can receive the first stereoscopic data and the second stereoscopic data. The convergence data detecting portion can detect first convergence data within the first stereoscopic data and can detect second convergence data within the second stereoscopic data. The convergence plane portion can determine a first convergence plane based on the first convergence data and can determine a second convergence plane based on the second convergence data. The comparing portion can compare the first, convergence plane and the second convergence plane and can generate a convergence plane comparison. The modification portion can modify the first convergence data based on the convergence plane comparison. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125653 | COMBINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACES - A method for mapping, including measuring coordinates of a first set of points on a first surface of a first portion of a three-dimensional (3D) element and generating a first volume enclosed by the first set of points. The method also includes measuring coordinates of a second set of points on a second surface of a second portion of the 3D element and generating a second volume enclosed by the second set of points. The method continues by connecting the first and second volumes to form a combined volume, and generating coordinates of a third set of points on a third surface of the combined volume to form a 3D surface map of the element. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125654 | Modeling and Editing Image Panoramas - Three-dimensional models are created from one or more image panoramas. One or more image panoramas representing a visual scene and having one or more objects is received. A directional vector for each image panorama is determined, the directional vector indicating an orientation of the visual scene with respect to a reference coordinate system. The image panoramas are transformed such that the directional vectors are aligned relative to the reference coordinate system. The transformed image panoramas are aligned to each other. A three dimensional model of the visual scene is created using the reference coordinate system, the model comprising depth information describing the one or more objects contained in the scene. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125655 | MAP VIEWER AND METHOD - Techniques for displaying a 3d map view of a 3d geographical map are provided. A database stores data which defines the 3d geographical map in a layered hierarchy comprising data layers which can be individually rendered for the 3d map view. The database comprises a data layer of a digital terrain model which is modelling a terrain surface and a data layer of a 3d road network comprising 3d road elements. A processor is configured for selecting specific data layers of the database in response to a resolution setting of the 3d map view and to render the 3d map view using the selected specific data layer. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125656 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND 3D IMAGE DISPLAY - A device according to embodiments may comprise an acquisition unit, an arrangement unit, a calculating unit, and a processing unit. The acquisition unit may acquire candidate vectors from among corresponding vectors which have been calculated for each candidate block around the target block. The arrangement unit may arrange particles around each candidate block indicated by each of the acquired candidate vectors while using the target block as an origination, and arrange particle vectors while using the target block as an origination. The calculating unit may calculate a correlation between a pixel value of the target block and a pixel value of each block defined by each of the particles, and give a weight depending on the calculated correlation to each of the particle vectors. The processing unit may obtain the corresponding vector for the target block based on the weight calculated for each of the particle vectors. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125657 | Three Dimensional Modeling And Drawing Extraction Tool - A pile and foundation modeling system for creating a three-dimensional (3D) model of foundations is presented. In one aspect of the invention, the pile and foundation modeling system includes a foundation database that stores several configurable foundation geometries, an interface, and a modeling engine that is coupled to the interface and the foundation database. The interface is configured to receive foundation data that includes parameters associated with a construction project. The modeling engine is configured to (i) obtain the foundation data via the interface, (ii) instantiate pile and foundation objects based on applying the foundation data to the configurable foundation geometries, (iii) generate a three-dimensional pile and foundation model according to the instantiated pile and foundation objects, and (iv) configure an output device to render the three-dimensional pile and foundation model. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125658 | CAPTURING AND ALIGNING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENES - Systems and methods for building a three-dimensional composite scene are disclosed. Certain embodiments of the systems and methods may include the use of a three-dimensional capture device that captures a plurality of three-dimensional images of an environment. Some embodiments may further include elements concerning aligning and/or mapping the captured images. Various embodiments may further include elements concerning reconstructing the environment from which the images were captured. The methods disclosed herein may be performed by a program embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium when executed the program is executed a processor. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125659 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A first acquiring unit acquires a background image being an image of a usage environment in which a printed material is used, a lighting image of a lighting installed in the usage environment, and light source information indicating an optical attribute in the usage environment. A second acquiring unit acquires print data. A display control unit displays a preview image on a display unit, where the preview image is an image in which a printed material image is superimposed on the background image, and the printed material image is an image in which the lighting image is mapped by environment mapping onto a print-image display surface generated based on the print data and in which the optical attribute specified by the light source information is set. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125660 | SCALE-INDEPENDENT MAPS - Various implementations provide a resolution-specific attribute for a resolution-invariant region. Several implementations provide an SCM-based disparity value for scale-invariant cells. Particular implementations provide a signal or structure that includes such an attribute. Yet further implementations access such an attribute, and process the attribute. One particular implementation accesses an attribute for a region of a picture. The region is coextensive with a first integer number of pixels in a particular resolution, and with a second integer number of pixels in a second resolution. The attribute is specific to the region and to a combination resolution determined as a combination of the particular resolution and the second resolution. The attribute is converted to provide an attribute specific to the particular resolution. The converted attribute is associated with the first integer number of pixels. Other implementations use the converted attribute in post-processing operations, such as, for example, subtitle placement using disparity information. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125661 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides an image processing apparatus to be newly improved that can easily generate contents having three-dimensional images. The image processing apparatus generates a plurality of plane images and sets the virtual distances of a depth direction to the plurality of generated plane images, respectively. The image processing apparatus converts the plurality of plane images into a three-dimensional image where the space positions of objects of the plurality of plane images are set, on the basis of the virtual distances set to the plurality of generated plane images, and obtains data of the three-dimensional image. In addition, the image processing apparatus displays an editing screen that generates the plurality of plane images. The editing screen displays the plurality of plane images individually or to be overlapped and displays the plane images by providing tabs to the plane images, respectively. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125662 | REPRESENTING A MOVING OBJECT IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COORDINATE SYSTEM - A method for representing a moving object as it moves along a path in a three-dimensional coordinate system. A processor determines a direction of an animated motion of a three-dimensional object moving along a path from a starting location to a second location. The processor draws pairs of vectors from the starting location by performing a series of mathematical functions, where the tips of each pair of vectors identify two points of a three-dimensional mesh, and where the mathematical functions are functions of the starting location, of the location of a point on the object when the object is at the second location, and of the direction of motion of the object along the path. The processor further adjusts characteristics of the mesh and determines, as a function of the adjusted mesh, a characteristic of the animated object, such as its orientation in space, at the second location. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140132593 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISUALLY REPRESENTING OBJECTS WITH A MODIFIED HEIGHT - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to cause a visual representation of a plurality of objects representative of respective physical structures to be provided with the height of at least one of the objects being modified, thereby visually accentuating the object(s). In regards to a method, one or more objects representative of respective physical structures are identified from among a plurality of objects. The plurality of objects therefore include first object(s) that were identified and second object(s) that were not identified. Each object has an associated height. The method may also modify the height associated with at least one of the objects such that a height differential between the first objects and the second objects is altered. The method may also cause a visual representation of the plurality of objects to be provided with at least one of the objects having a modified height. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132594 | Using Video to Encode Assets for Swivel/360-Degree Spinners - A method and system for video encoding assets for swivel/360-degree spinners is disclosed. Still images of a 3D object from different perspectives about the 3D object may be stacked and then video encoded to generate video frames of the object from the different perspectives. The video-encoded assets may be stored on a server or other network-connected device, and later retrieved by a connected client device for display processing by a swivel/360-degree spinner on the client device. The swivel/360-degree spinner may utilize native video processing capabilities of the client device and/or of a browser running on the client device to display video motion of the object moving through different angular orientations in response to movement of an interactive cursor. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132595 | IN-SCENE REAL-TIME DESIGN OF LIVING SPACES - A display that renders realistic objects allows a designer to redesign a living space in real time based on an existing layout. A computer system renders simulated objects on the display such that the simulated objects appear to the viewer to be in substantially the same place as actual objects in the scene. The displayed simulated objects can be spatially manipulated on the display through various user gestures. A designer can visually simulate a redesign of the space in many ways, for example, by adding selected objects, or by removing or rearranging existing objects, or by changing properties of those objects. Such objects also can be associated with shopping resources to enable related goods and services to be purchased, or other commercial transactions to be engaged in. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132596 | Culling Using Linear Bounds for Stochastic Rasterization - We present a new culling test for rasterization of simultaneous depth of field and motion blur, which efficiently reduces the set of (x, y, u, v, t) samples that need to be coverage tested within a screen space tile. The test finds linear bounds in u, t space and v, t space respectively, using a separating line algorithm. This test is part of the foundation for an efficient 5D rasterizer that extracts coherence in both defocus and motion blur to minimize the number of visibility tests. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132597 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - In an image processing apparatus, an extracting unit extracts mutually the same region of interest from each of a plurality of pieces of three-dimensional image data corresponding to mutually-different time phases. Further, a position determining unit determines, on the basis of feature points included in the pieces of three-dimensional image data, a position used for superimposing together the regions of interest extracted by the extracting unit from the pieces of three-dimensional image data, in substantially the same position of a subject. After that, a display controlling unit changes a display format of each of the regions of interest extracted by the extracting unit from the pieces of three-dimensional image data so as to be mutually different and causes a superimposed image to be displayed by superimposing the regions of interest together in the position determined by the position determining unit. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132598 | Method of mapping image information from one face onto another continous face of different geometry - An information processing method transfers information from a start face to an end face with a minimum local distortion by maintaining one-to-one correspondence between the original information on the start face and the transferred information on the end face. The method includes an operation of mapping information taken from a three-dimensional surface onto a rectangular plane, or vice versa, by dividing the start face into a plurality of divisional start faces and preparing divisional end faces that just fill the end face, then deforming each divisional start face to just fit a corresponding one of the divisional end faces, so as to maintain lines and points defining each divisional end face as lines and points also on the end face and to ensure that a first area ratio between each divisional start face relative to the entire start face and a second area ratio between each divisional end face relative to the entire end face is substantially equal. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132599 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus that configures a single frame by determining a central image of a certain viewpoint as an original resolution, and frame another single frame by combining a left image of a left viewpoint and a right image of a right viewpoint. The image processing apparatus may generate three-dimensional (3D) image data configured using the frames, and may encode, decode, and render an image based on the 3D image data. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140139512 | Recording the Results of Visibility Tests at the Input Geometry Object Granularity - According to some embodiments of the present invention, pixel throughput may be improved by performing depth tests and recording the results on the granularity of an input geometry object. An input geometry object is any object within the depiction represented by a primitive, such as a triangle within an input triangle list or a patch within an input patch list. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139513 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED PROCESSING OF THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) GRAPHICS DATA - A method and apparatus provides for enhanced processing of 3D graphics data such as image-based 3D graphics data. The image-based 3D graphics data may include data defining texture, bump, normals, displacement, etc for underlying objects. In one example, the method and apparatus compresses image-based 3D graphics data as one or more frames contained in one or more videos and decompresses the compressed 3D graphics data using video acceleration hardware provided by a GPU. In another example the method and apparatus may also selectively control caching of image-based 3D graphics data. Before so cached, the image-based 3D graphics data may be compressed as one or more frames contained in one or more videos using video acceleration hardware provided by the GPU to achieve efficient usage of cache space. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139514 | Parallel Approximation of Distance Maps - Method for parallel approximation of distance maps on a discrete representation of a manifold, the method comprising: for at least one Euclidean grid applied on the discrete representation of a manifold, iterating over rows of the Euclidean grid in a first direction, and for each row currently visited during the iterating in the first direction, calculating a distance value for each single cell of the currently visited row in parallel, wherein the calculating is carried out according to a predefined approximation rule, using a distance value calculated for each one of respective cells of a row visited immediately before the currently visited row, wherein the cells of the row visited before the currently visited row are adjacent to the single cell in the Euclidean grid. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139515 | 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE USING THE SAME - A three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus is provided, including an image input device which receives an image and depth information, a multi-view image generator which generates a multi-view foreground image having depth information which is less than a preset depth value, and a multi-view rear ground image having depth information which is equal to or greater than the preset depth value, using the received image and depth information, a multi-view image renderer which performs rendering by arranging the multi-view foreground image according to a first arrangement pattern and the multi-view rear ground image according to a second arrangement pattern, and a display which outputs the rendered multi-view image. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139516 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH TRANSMISSION FORMATS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus and a control method are disclosed. The method of controlling an image processing apparatus which processes a video signal including first and second images alternately displayed in the display apparatus, and an auxiliary image which includes: adjusting the auxiliary image in accordance with a transmission format for transmitting the video signal from the image processing apparatus to the display apparatus; adding the adjusted auxiliary image to at least one of the first image and the second image; converting the first and second images added with the auxiliary image into a transmission image in which the first image and the second image are composed in accordance with the transmission format; and transmitting the transmission image. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139517 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ADJUSTING METHOD THEREOF - An adjusting method for a three dimensional image display system, comprising following steps. A three dimensional image displaying function is activated to display a three dimensional image. An adjusting pattern is displayed on the display device. An adjusting function is performed according to the adjusting pattern to obtain an adjusting result. A computing result is generated according to the adjusting result. An adjusted image is displayed on the display device according to the computing result. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139518 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING MEDICAL IMAGE - Disclosed is an apparatus for displaying a medical image, the apparatus including: a data acquisition unit for acquiring volume data of an object; an image generation unit for generating a medical image, which includes at least one three-dimensional (3D) stereoscopic image and at least one 2D stereoscopic image generated based on at least one of a direction, a gradient, and a depth of an object shown in the 3D stereoscopic image, from volume data of the object; and a displaying unit for displaying the generated medical image. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139519 | Method for augmenting reality - The present invention relates to a method for generating an enriched image from an image (I) of a three-dimensional scene (S) acquired by optical acquisition means ( | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139520 | CONTROLLING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL BROADCAST PRESENTATION - Control of a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation is disclosed. The three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation may be generated based on dynamic information such as traffic information, weather information, or other information that may be featured on a three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation. A signal generated by a control device maneuvered by a presenter and reflecting positional information of the control device is received. A view of the three-dimensional virtual broadcast presentation is manipulated in response to the received signal, the manipulation of the virtual broadcast presentation at least partially based on positional information of the control device. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139521 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY USING SYNTHESIZED ENVIRONMENT MAP - An apparatus and method for providing Augmented Reality (AR) corresponding to objects that are hidden from view of a user. The apparatus includes a first extraction unit to extract a first environment map corresponding to a location of a terminal; a second extraction unit to determine an expanded area enclosing the location of the terminal and to extract a second environment map corresponding to the expanded area; and a synthesization unit to generate a synthesized environment map by synthesizing the first environment map and the second environment map. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139522 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO EXTRACT THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) FACIAL EXPRESSION - Provided is a method and apparatus of extracting a 3D facial expression of a user. When a facial image of the user is received, the 3D facial expression extracting method and apparatus may generate 3D expression information by tracking an expression of the user from the facial image using at least one of shape-based tracking and texture-based tracking, may generate a 3D expression model based on the 3D expression information, and reconstruct the 3D expression model to have a natural facial expression by adding muscle control points to the 3D expression model. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140146037 | LINE DEPTH AUGMENTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERSION OF 2D IMAGES TO 3D IMAGES - A line depth augmentation system and method for conversion of 2D images to 3D images. Enables adding depth to regions by altering depth of lines in the regions, for example in cell animation images or regions of limited color range. Eliminates creation of wireframe or other depth models and complex modeling of regions to match the depth of lines therein. Enables rapid conversion of two-dimensional images to three-dimensional images by enabling stereographers to quickly add/alter line depth without artifacts in images for example lines in monochrome regions. Embodiments may output a stereoscopic image pair of images with lines having desired depth, or any other three-dimensional viewing enabled image, such as an anaglyph image. Although the lines may be of a different depth than the region they appear in, the human mind interprets the monochromatic region as having depth associated with the line. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146038 | AUGMENTED DISPLAY OF INTERNAL SYSTEM COMPONENTS - A mobile device identifies a physical computing system and retrieves a corresponding three dimensional model. The mobile device modifies an image of the model with real-time system information received from the physical computing system, and displays at least a portion of the modified image. The mobile device may display the modified image from the perspective of the mobile device in space relative to the physical computing system and adjusts the perspective as the mobile device is moved. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146039 | SELF-DISCLOSING CONTROL POINTS - A smart object represents a 3D graphics object whose control points are disclosed to a user. The control points are displayed for a user to use in performing simple and complex transformations on the 3D graphics object. The control points are positioned in areas where transformations are more likely to be made by a user. A transformation may be an action along one or more axes of the object, such as, rotation, scaling, and translation. The user may utilize the control points to perform a series of transformations that create a particular 3D graphics object without requiring expertise in the 3D graphics modeling application. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146040 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS PERFORMING THE SAME - A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes a panel including a plurality of pixels and which displays an image, a relative viewer angle determining part which determines a relative viewer angle, where the relative viewer angle is a relative angle of a viewer with respect to the panel, and a light converting part which transmits the image on the panel to a left eye and a right eye of the viewer based on the relative viewer angle, where the light converting part includes a plurality of light converting units which is arranged substantially in a matrix form and generates a pattern. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146041 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING DEPTH MAP FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for correcting a depth map for a three-dimensional image, which are capable of accurately correcting an initially-generated depth map in accordance with characteristics of an image, thereby achieving an enhancement in picture quality of a three-dimensional image. The disclosed apparatus includes an original depth map generating unit for generating an original depth map for frame image data externally supplied to the original depth map generating unit, and a depth map correcting unit for analyzing the externally-supplied frame image data, calculating an image pattern of the frame image data and per-pixel brightness values of the frame image data, based on results of the analysis, and correcting the original depth map output from the original depth map generating unit, based on the calculated image pattern and the calculated brightness values, thereby generating a corrected depth map. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146042 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRIMITIVE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) GRAPHICS RENDERING SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for processing a primitive in a three-dimensional (3D) graphics rendering system is provided. The primitive processing apparatus may discard a primitive or store the primitive in a memory, depending on whether a sampling point overlapping the primitive is present among sampling points in a pixel area. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146043 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING AN ORIENTATION VECTOR OF A CONNECTED COMPONENT, CORRESPONDING DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM CARRYING SUCH ENCODED DATA - The invention is made in the field of encoding and decoding at least one orientation vector of a connected component. When quantizing vector components for encoding, an acceptable quantization deviation of encoded vector components sometimes leads to unacceptable deviations of calculated vector components. Therefore, a method is proposed which comprises quantizing and de-quantizing a first and a second component of the vector, and encoding the quantized first and second component and a bit signalling the sign of a third component of said vector, using the pre-determined length and the de-quantized first and second component for determining whether a calculated absolute of an approximation of the third component of said vector is smaller than a first threshold, and, if the calculated absolute is smaller than the first threshold, determining, quantizing and encoding a residual between the calculated absolute of the third component and the absolute of the third component. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140152647 | Depth Estimation Using Three-Dimensional Epipolar Data Structures - Systems and methods are provided for depth map estimation using three-dimensional epipolar data structures. The image manipulation application receives image data depicting an image space from a multiple perspectives. The image manipulation application generates at least one three-dimensional epipolar data structure from the image data. The at least one three-dimensional epipolar data structure includes data describing the difference in position of at least one object between the perspectives. The at least one three-dimensional epipolar data structure corresponds to at least one region of the image space. The image manipulation application generates a depth map based on the at least one three-dimensional epipolar data structure. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152648 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANNOTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments enable a three-dimensional annotation system and method that accepts desired depths for regions of input images and annotates two-dimensional/three-dimensional images with three-dimensional annotations for viewing at the desired depth(s) in any three-dimensional manner. Enables rapid and intuitive specification of desired depth and application of depth to regions in the two-dimensional images, or when editing three-dimensional images, as annotated by the three-dimensional annotations having at least one depth associated with the annotation. Enables rapid and intuitive depth augmentation or editing of an input image. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152649 | Inspector Tool for Viewing 3D Images - In order to decrease the amount of time required to localize a structure of interest and generate a diagnostic image, a target point is identified within a volume represented by a 3D dataset. The target point is based on a first user input. The 3D dataset is scaled around the identified target point to identify a volume of interest within the 3D dataset, where the scale is based on one or more second user inputs. The 3D dataset is automatically cropped to the volume of interest based on the scaling, and a representation of the cropped 3D dataset is displayed. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152650 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TILE-BASED RENDERING - A method for tile-based rendering may include verifying a size of a memory available in an apparatus for rendering, and determining a number of buffers required for performing a rendering based on graphics data input, and may further include determining a size of a tile to be used for performing the rendering based on the determined number of buffers and the size of the memory available. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152651 | THREE DIMENSIONAL PANORAMA IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Three dimensional (3D) operational user interface generation systems and methods are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include calculating a number of locations for a virtual camera, placing the virtual camera at each of the number of locations, generating a 3D image at each of the number of locations, implementing object information for each pixel of the 3D image, and generating a 3D user interface utilizing the 3D image at each of the number of locations. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152652 | ORDER-PRESERVING DISTRIBUTED RASTERIZER - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for rendering graphics primitives in parallel while maintaining the API primitive ordering. Multiple, independent geometry units perform geometry processing concurrently on different graphics primitives. A primitive distribution scheme delivers primitives concurrently to multiple rasterizers at rates of multiple primitives per clock while maintaining the primitive ordering for each pixel. The multiple, independent rasterizer units perform rasterization concurrently on one or more graphics primitives, enabling the rendering of multiple primitives per system clock. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152653 | Ultrasound image processing to render three-dimensional images from two-dimensional images - Methods for processing two-dimensional ultrasound images from an intracardiac ultrasound imaging catheter provide improved image quality and enable generating three-dimensional composite images of the heart. Two-dimensional ultrasound images are obtained and stored in conjunction with correlating information, such as time or an electrocardiogram. Images related to particular conditions or configurations of the heart can be processed in combination to reduce image noise and increase resolution. Images may be processed to recognize structure edges, and the location of structure edges used to generate cartoon rendered images of the structure. Structure locations may be averaged over several images to remove noise, distortions and blurring from movement. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152654 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MEASUREMENT INFORMATION USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALIPER - Provided are a medical system and a method for providing measurement information by setting a three-dimensional (3D) caliper on a 3D image. The medical system includes: an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data corresponding to a 3D image of a living body including an object; a user input unit that receives user input information; and a processor that generates 3D data by using the image data and the 3D image by using the 3D data, detects 3D geometry information corresponding to a 3D caliper from the 3D data based on the user input information, sets the 3D caliper on the 3D image based on the detected 3D geometry information, and creates measurement information. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152655 | Map Systems and Methods for Displaying Panoramic Images - Operations for efficient display of panoramic images include receiving control information a plurality of tiles of a panoramic image, identifying padding included in the received tiles, and processing the tiles to remove the padding. For each of the processed tiles, at least one patch is generated which maps at least a portion of each tile to a three-dimensional surface formed in a memory. Each patch includes a plurality of polygonal areas, and corresponds to a respective portion of a sphere. The panoramic image is drawn using the patches. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152656 | MEDICAL SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MARKER - A medical system, a medical imaging apparatus, and a method of setting a 3-dimensional (3D) marker on a 3D image are provided. The medical imaging apparatus a display unit displaying a 3-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image generated by using 3D data; a user input unit receiving first input information for selecting a predetermined point of the 3D ultrasound image; and a processor detecting 3D geometry information of a 3D marker that corresponds to the predetermined point in the 3D data based on the first input information, and setting the 3D marker on the 3D image based on the 3D geometry information that is detected. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152657 | Caching in Map Systems for Displaying Panoramic Images - Operations for caching to display panoramic images include repeatedly receiving an indication of one or both of a current geographic location and a current view direction for a user, receiving from a remote server a first plurality of image tiles of a first panoramic image of a predicted geographic location, caching the received first plurality of image tiles, and processing the cached first plurality of image tiles. The processing includes decompressing the cached first plurality of image tiles and storing the decompressed image tiles. When the current geographic location is at the predicted geographic location, rendering, using the stored decompressed tiles, the first panoramic image to a plurality of three-dimensional surfaces in a memory, wherein each of the plurality of three-dimensional surfaces corresponds to a respective portion of a sphere. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152658 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING 3D IMAGE THEREOF - A method including acquiring a source image and depth information of the source image, determining, using depth information, an overlapping region in which some pixels of a source image are shifted and a plurality of pixels overlap, calculating a weight for the overlapping region with a processor, using distance information with respect to a foreground region of the source image and a background region of the source image, generating, using the depth information and the overlapping region, a foreground-depth image in which the foreground region is extended and a background-depth image in which the background region is extended, generating a foreground image using the source image and the foreground-depth image, generating a background image using the source and the background-depth image, and generating, using the weight from the overlapping region, at least one of a left-eye image and a right-eye image by synthesizing the foreground image and the background image. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140160112 | Sending Three-Dimensional Images over a Network - A benefit is obtained for sending digital information over a network. The digital information is representative of three-dimensional images which include photographic images. The receiving computer renders the images from the received digital information, and a viewer at the receiving computer can interactively choose a viewpoint or perspective to view the images on a display of the receiving computer. The benefit to the sender can be monetary compensation and/or increased recognition of the sender, for example. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160113 | METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING STEREO IMAGE - A method and an image processing device for adjusting a stereo image are provided. The method includes: obtaining a disparity map between a first image and a second image; dividing the disparity map into layers which correspond to first layers of the first image and second layers of the second image; generating a first cost according to displacements of pixels of an i | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160114 | Transformation of a Three-Dimensional Flow Image - A method of transforming a three-dimensional ultrasound Doppler image that represents flow within a subject uses a three-dimensional ultrasound intensity image that has a common field of view and represents structure within the subject. Within the three-dimensional structural image, there is identified a three-dimensional reference surface that represents the location of a surface of the structure represented by the three-dimensional structural image. A mapping is derived that maps the three-dimensional surface into a two-dimensional plane. The mapping is applied to map the three-dimensional surface of the flow image at the location represented by the three dimensional reference surface into a two-dimensional flow image. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160115 | System And Method For Visually Displaying Information On Real Objects - A system for visually displaying information on real objects has a projection unit that graphically or pictorially transmits an item of information to an object, and a dynamic tracking device with a 3D sensor system that determines and keeps track of the position and/or orientation of the object and/or of the projection unit in space. A control device adapts the transmission of the item of information to the current position and/or orientation of the object and/or of the projection unit as determined by the tracking device. An associated for the system determines the current position and/or orientation of the object and/or of the projection unit in space, graphically or pictorially transmits an item of information to the object on the basis of the position and/or orientation as determined, detects and determines any changes, and adapts the transmission of the item of information to the changed position and/or orientation. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160116 | Web Platform for Interactive Design, Synthesis and Delivery of 3D Character Motion Data - Systems and methods are described for animating 3D characters using synthetic motion data generated by motion models in response to a high level description of a desired sequence of motion provided by an animator. In a number of embodiments, the synthetic motion data is streamed to a user device that includes a rendering engine and the user device renders an animation of a 3D character using the streamed synthetic motion data. In several embodiments, an animator can upload a custom model of a 3D character or a custom 3D character is generated by the server system in response to a high level description of a desired 3D character provided by the user and the synthetic motion data generated by the generative model is retargeted to animate the custom 3D character. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160117 | METHOD FOR TRANSLATING THE LOCATION, ORIENTATION AND MOVEMENT OF A PREDEFINED OBJECT INTO COMPUTER GENERATED DATA - A method, comprising: obtaining an image data of a physical object; the physical object comprises a plurality of markers positioned on the outer surface of the physical object; analyzing, using a computer, the data, to identify visual markers information indicative of at least some of a plurality of markers; determining an orientation and a location of the physical object in response to predefined attributes of the plurality of markers and to the visual markers information. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160118 | VISUALIZING A CUSTOM PRODUCT IN SITU - Techniques are described for visualizing a product at the actual location in the environment at which the product is to be used or displayed. An embodiment of the approaches described herein may be used in the context of a computer-based system that can receive and store digital images, receive a request to manufacture a custom framed product including an identification of an image to be framed and a type of mat and/or frame, and display a preview image of the custom framed product that simulates the actual appearance of the product as closely as possible. With such a system, the preview image may be highly realistic under idealized lighting and display conditions. A digital asset visualizing the custom product may be built using a data that maps nodes of a reference connectivity graph of a marker to nodes of a candidate connectivity graph. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160119 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OVERLAYS WITHIN NAVIGABLE PANORAMIC IMAGES, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A panorama viewer is disclosed which facilitates navigation from within the panorama of a larger, structured system such as a map. The panorama viewer presents a viewport on a portion of a panoramic image, the viewport including a three-dimensional overlay rendered with the panoramic image. As the orientation of the viewport within the panoramic image changes, the three-dimensional overlay's orientation in three-dimensional space also changes as it is rendered with the panoramic image in a manner that matches the change in orientation of the viewport. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160120 | METHOD PROVIDING A DISPLAY IN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING A DISPLAY UNIT - A vehicle receives a script with a command for graphically designing a display and a command for reading a data value from a memory of the vehicle. The script is executed by an interpreter, as a result of which the data value is read from the memory and a display is provided on a display device. The graphical design of the display is prescribed by the script and contains a partial presentation determined by the data value. The use of scripts provides a particularly high level of flexibility for the graphical presentation. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140168204 | MODEL BASED VIDEO PROJECTION - A method, system, and computer-readable storage media for model based video projection are provided herein. The method includes tracking an object within a video based on a three-dimensional parametric model via a computing device and projecting the video onto the three-dimensional parametric model. The method also includes updating a texture map corresponding to the object within the video and rendering a three-dimensional video of the object from any of a number of viewpoints by loosely coupling the three-dimensional parametric model and the updated texture map. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168205 | Scrolling 3D Presentation of Images - Particular embodiments receive a request to display images in a scrolling 3D presentation. Images are retrieved according to selection criteria. The images may be sorted according to sorting criteria. Sponsored images may be inserted into the scrolling 3D presentation. The scrolling 3D presentation of images is provided for display on a computing device associated with a viewer. Images in the scrolling 3D presentation are rendered so as to sequentially approach the viewer according to a perspective of the viewer. Control requests related to the scrolling 3D presentation may be received from the viewer, from a social-networking system, or from a third-party server. A control interface may be provided for the viewer to submit control requests. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168206 | DEPTH DEPENDENT FILTERING OF IMAGE SIGNAL - A method and apparatus for rendering of image data for a multi-view display, such as image data for a lenticular auto-stereoscopic display, is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving an image signal representing a first image, the first image comprising 3D image data, and spatially filtering the first image signal to provide a second image signal. The second image signal represents a second image, the spatial filtering being, e.g., a low-pass filter, a high-pass filter or a combination of a low-pass and a high-pass filter. A strength of the spatial filter is determined by a reference depth of the first image and a depth of an image element of the first image. The second image is sampled to a plurality of sub-images, each sub-image being associated with a view direction of the image. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168207 | 3D USER INTERFACE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A three-dimensional (3D) user interface display system is provided. The system includes a surface type determination module, an auto-stereoscope module, a rendering module, a frame buffer module, a graphics processor and a display module. The surface type determination module determines whether each visible surface is a two-dimensional (2D) or 3D surface. The auto-stereoscope module performs an auto-stereoscopic process on the 2D surface according to a mode adopted by the 3D surface. The rendering module renders the 3D surface or the auto-stereoscopically processed 2D surface from the auto-stereoscope module. The frame buffer module frame buffers the rendered by the rendering module. The graphics processor interleaves or interpolates the frame buffered surface. The display module displays a final surface. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168208 | System and Method For Displaying Content in a Three-Dimensional Virtual Environment - Disclosed is a system and method for presenting content within a three-dimensional environment. A data container containing a parameter representing at least a portion of the content is rendered within the environment and a two dimensional prospective view from a view point is produced. The view point is moved along a predefined path and the container's parameter is updated in relation to the position of the view point. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168209 | METHOD, MEDIUM AND SYSTEM RENDERING 3-D GRAPHICS DATA HAVING AN OBJECT TO WHICH A MOTION BLUR EFFECT IS TO BE APPLIED - A 3D graphics rendering method, medium and system that provide a motion blur effect. Clone objects of an object are generated based on animation information of the object to which a motion blur effect is to be applied and 3D graphics data including the generated clone objects is rendered, thereby providing a motion blur effect without using accumulation buffers. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168210 | MIRROR ARRAY DISPLAY SYSTEM - Technologies are generally described herein for a mirror array display system. In some examples, a controller can be configured to execute various methods for displaying content using a mirror array display having a mirror array including a number of mirrors and a light source. The controller can obtain content for display. The controller can also determine at least one aiming parameter associated with the number of mirrors and the light source. The controller can also emit light using the light source and aim the light emitted by the light source to a convergence point to generate a three-dimensional representation of the content, wherein the light is aimed in accordance with the at least one aiming parameter. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168211 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - According to the present disclosure, there is provided an image processing apparatus including a depth determination unit that determines a reference depth of a stereoscopic view image disposed in a display region of content, and a depth changing unit that changes a depth of at least a part of the stereoscopic view image such that a depth of the display region of the content coincides with the determined reference depth. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140176528 | AUTO-STEREOSCOPIC AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY - In embodiments of an auto-stereoscopic augmented reality display, the display device is implemented with an imaging structure that includes a waveguide for see-through viewing of an environment. The waveguide also transmits light of a virtual image that is generated as a near-display object to appear at a distance in the environment. The imaging structure includes switchable diffractive elements that are integrated in the waveguide and configured in display zones. The switchable diffractive elements are switchable to independently activate the display zones effective to correct for an accurate stereopsis view of the virtual image that appears at the distance in the environment. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176529 | TILE SHADER FOR SCREEN SPACE, A METHOD OF RENDERING AND A GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT EMPLOYING THE TILE SHADER - A tile shader for screen space of a graphics pipeline, a method of rendering graphics and a graphics processing unit are disclosed. In one embodiment, the tile shader includes: (1) an input interface configured to receive a tile of pixels for processing and (2) a tile processor configured to perform tile-level processing of the pixels. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176530 | LOCATION CORRECTION OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS - A computer-implemented method is provided for use in location correction of virtual objects in a virtual model of a real-world scene. Location of an object consists of both position and orientation of the virtual object. The method includes generating the virtual model, including a virtual object, and acquiring at least one digital image of a real-world object within the real-world scene, wherein the real-world object corresponds to the virtual object. The method also includes calculating an image-based positional difference between at least one predefined point on the virtual object and at least one corresponding point on the real-world object, adjusting the position and/or the orientation of the virtual object based on this image positional difference, and adjusting the virtual model with respect to the corrected location of the virtual object. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176531 | REMOVAL OF ARTIFACTS FROM MAP DATA - A method for mapping, consisting of receiving an initial set of measured values of a physiological parameter, which were measured at respective locations in a body organ and receiving a three-dimensional (3D) map of the organ including an array of spatial map elements. The method includes forming a correspondence between the respective locations at which the measured values were measured and a sub-group of the map elements, and in response to the correspondence, associating respective element values of the physiological parameter with map elements other than the sub-group. The method further includes adjusting the respective element values so that contiguous sets of the map elements form a geodesic, and displaying a map of the organ showing the adjusted element values. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176532 | METHOD FOR IMAGE CORRECTION AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMBODYING THE SAME - One aspect provides a method for image correction. The method, in one embodiment, includes obtaining two or more simultaneously captured images of an object, wherein the two or more simultaneously captured images are of different perspectives of the object taken from an electronic device. The method, in this embodiment, further includes inputting the two or more simultaneously captured images into an image processing algorithm and generating a disparity map, and applying an image interpolation algorithm to the disparity map to obtain an interpolated image from a virtual camera location. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176533 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROLE-SWITCHING IN MULTI-REALITY ENVIRONMENTS - Provided herein are methods and systems for role designation with multiple sources. A method for role designation can comprise rendering a common field of interest that reflects a presence of a plurality of elements, wherein at least one of the elements is a remote element located remotely from another of the elements, receiving a role designation, and updating the common field of interest based upon the role designation. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176534 | MANAGING OBJECTIVES ASSOCIATED WITH A VIRTUAL SPACE BASED ON CHARACTERS MADE ACCESSIBLE RESPONSIVE TO CORRESPONDING TOKENS BEING DETECTED - Objectives, an environment, and/or a theme associated with a virtual space may be managed based on characters made accessible responsive to corresponding tokens being detected. Tokens, including a first token associated with a first character or a second token associated with a second character, may be detected based on signals received from one or more token readers. The first character may be made accessible in the virtual space responsive to the first token being detected and the second character may be made accessible in the virtual space responsive to the second token being detected. Responsive to one or both of the first token being detected or the second token being detected, a given objective associated with the virtual space may be effectuated in the virtual space, an environment of the virtual space may be modified, and/or a theme of the virtual space being modified. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176535 | APPARATUS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF 3-D IMAGES USING DEPTH MAPPING AND LIGHT SOURCE SYNTHESIS - An apparatus for enhancing a 3-D image illuminated by a light source and having associated depth and texture information includes generating from the depth information a surface mesh having surface mesh sections. Texture sections corresponding to the surface mesh sections are determined from the texture information. The texture sections are ranked based upon their color intensity, and the characteristics of one or more light sources are adjusted to alter the color intensity of the ranked texture sections to thereby produce an enhanced image. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176536 | Systems and Methods for Generating Enhanced Screenshots - Systems and methods for generating and providing enhanced screenshots may include executing instructions stored in memory to evaluate at least a portion of a viewing frustum generated by the instructions to determine one or more objects included therein, obtain metadata associated with the one or more objects, and generate at least one enhanced screenshot indicative of the at least a portion of the viewing frustum by associating the metadata of each of the one or more objects with a location of each of the one or more objects within the at least one enhanced screenshot to create hotspots indicative of each of the one or more objects such that selection at least one hotspot by a computing system causes at least a portion of the metadata associated with the at least one hotspot to be displayed on a display device of a computing system. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176537 | System and Method for Visualizing Virtual Objects on a Mobile Device - A system and a method are provided for visualizing virtual objects on a mobile device. A computing device is in communication with the mobile device. The computing device generates a 3D virtual world of one or more virtual objects corresponding to one or more physical objects in a real world. The computing device then associates information with the one or more virtual objects and generates one or more static images based on the 3D virtual world. The mobile device receives the one or more static images and the associated information associated from the computing device, and then displays the one or more static images. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176538 | System for Converting Biologic Particle Density Data into Motion Images - A system for converting biologic particle density data into a motion image of at least one clinical condition such as sepsis, wherein the system comprises a processor programmed to detect a plurality of perturbations of the biologic particle densities associated with the clinical condition, detect or determine features of the perturbations, and detect or determine patterns of the perturbations. The processor can also be programmed to generate an image of the clinical condition comprised of time image components comprising a two dimensional user-facing map, wherein time extends along an axis away from the user facing map such that the map may be scrolled forward or backward over time to view different two dimensional images of the clinical condition. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176539 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided a stereoscopic image processing apparatus with which a disparity can be correctly estimated even for an image in which a disparity has a vertical component. A stereoscopic image processing apparatus ( | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140184584 | ADAPTIVE SUPPORT WINDOWS FOR STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE CORRELATION - Systems, apparatus and methods are described related to adaptive support windows for stereoscopic image correlation. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184585 | REDUNDANT PIXEL MITIGATION - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for mitigating redundant pixel texture contribution for texturing a geometry. That is, the geometry may represent a multidimensional surface of a scene, such as a city. The geometry may be textured using one or more texture images (e.g., an image comprising color values and/or depth values) depicting the scene from various view directions (e.g., a top-down view, an oblique view, etc.). Because more than one texture image may contribute to texturing a pixel of the geometry (e.g., due to overlapping views of the scene), redundant pixel texture contribution may arise. Accordingly, a redundant textured pixel within a texture image may be knocked out (e.g., in-painted) from the texture image to generate a modified texture image that may be relatively efficient to store and/or stream to a client due to enhanced compression of the modified texture image. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184586 | DEPTH OF FIELD VISUALIZATION - In a method for visualizing depth of field, a computing device determines a distance value for each respective pixel of a plurality of pixels of a digital image based on a distance between subject matter depicted in the respective pixel and an imaging device integrated with the computing device. The computing device determines a depth of field of the digital image. The computing device compares the depth of field of the digital image to the distance value for each respective pixel to determine a first set of pixels of the plurality of pixels having distance values outside the depth of field and a second set of pixels of the plurality of pixels having distance values inside the depth of field. The computing device indicates the first set of pixels in a user interface. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184587 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING 3D ULTRASOUND IMAGE ANALYSIS - An apparatus and a method are provided to support 3D ultrasonic image analysis. The apparatus includes an object generator configured to perform a 3D outline rendering based on a region of interest (ROI) in an image and generate a 3D object. The apparatus also includes an interface unit configured to display the 3D object, a plane including the ROI on 3D axes of the 3D object, and an additional plane perpendicular to the plane. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184588 | EYE TRACKING ENABLING 3D VIEWING ON CONVENTIONAL 2D DISPLAY - The exemplary illustrative non-limiting technology herein enables 3D viewing on conventional 2D displays such as home television sets by tracking a person's viewpoint. Detecting a player's viewpoint movement to change the viewing of the displayed object gives the illusion that the object is physically present in three-dimensional space. Viewpoint movement detection can provide collision-related game logic benefits such as allowing a player to dodge projectiles, giving a game character an ability to “see” the player when not behind line-of-sight obstacles, and other advantages. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184589 | Detection of Partially Obscured Objects in Three Dimensional Stereoscopic Scenes - Improved user interface elements for use within a 3D scene. The 3D scene may be presented by at least one display, which includes displaying at least one stereoscopic image of the 3D scene by the display(s). The 3D scene may be presented according to a first viewpoint. One or more user interface elements may be used. The 3D scene may be updated in response to the use of the user interface elements. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184590 | DRAWING APPARATUS AND DRAWING METHOD - A drawing apparatus includes a flow line generation section configured to generate the flow line from a predetermined start position; a view setting section configured to set the viewpoint position in the 3D-space; a band-of-facets forming section configured to form a band of facets connecting a plurality of polygon facets along the flow line based on the set viewpoint position; and a texture mapping section configured to map texture onto each of the plurality of polygon facets. The texture represents reflected light on the band of facets with respect to a light source placed at a predetermined position in the 3D-space. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184591 | METHODS OF AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING MAP INFORMATION - In a system that uses tile-based road network rendering for displaying map information to a user, a tile is rendered for display by rendering a tile | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140192042 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE LOCALIZATION - Embodiments include methods that may be used to optically obtain the precise three-dimensional location of multiple objects from one or more two dimensional images. An optical point spread function having a transverse shape which varies with axial distance may be implemented to obtain depth information. The transverse variation in the PSF with depth may be produced using a cylindrical lens. The objects may be imaged by a focal plane array detector. One or more 2D images may be used to find the 3D location of the objects using sparse signal reconstruction methods. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192043 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING 3-D MODELS FROM 2-D VIEWS - The present invention generally relates to apparel design. In particular, embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for generating three dimensional models from two dimensional view, such as flat cut files, for use in the design of patterns for apparel. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192044 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes a display panel which includes a plurality of sub pixels each outputting a sub pixel value of R, G, or B, a renderer which renders a multi-view image to be outputted by the display, and a controller which determines a rendering pitch according to a viewing distance of a user, and controls the renderer so that each of at least some of the plurality of sub pixels outputs a combined sub pixel value corresponding to a combination of sub pixel values corresponding to each of the plurality of views of the multi-view image according to the determined rendering pitch. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192045 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CARICATURE USING SHAPE AND TEXTURE OF FACE - Provided is a method and apparatus for generating a three-dimensional (3D) caricature. The apparatus for generating a 3D caricature may include a 3D face data generation unit to generate 3D face data of a user corresponding to a shape and a texture of a face of the user, a 3D unique face model generation unit to generate a 3D unique face model using a shape and a texture of a unique face based on the 3D face data and a reference face, and a 3D caricature generation unit to generate a 3D caricature using the 3D unique face model and a caricature base face model. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192046 | Method and device for elastic registration between a two-dimensional digital image and a slice of a three-dimensional volume with overlapping content - The invention concerns a method and device for elastic registration of a two-dimensional source digital image of an object of interest with a slice of a three dimensional target volume of the object of interest, comprising defining a Markov Random Field framework comprising at least one undirected pairwise graph superimposed on the two-dimensional image domain comprising at least a set of regular vertices and at least a set of edges, defining at least a grid of control points, each control point corresponding to a vertex of the set of vertices, and a neighborhood system of edges associated with vertices. The method of the invention comprises defining a set of multi-dimensional labels of a discrete space to apply a displacement to each control point, a control point displacement defining a transformation adapted to obtain a plane slice of the target volume and an in-plane deformation transformation of the source digital image. A set of labels is obtained, defining a set of displaced control points, by minimizing an energy target function, the set of displaced control points defining a plane slice of the target volume that elastically matches the two-dimensional source digital image according to the energy target function. The energy target function is a sum comprising first order and/or second order and/or third order terms defined over first, second, third order sets of control points. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192047 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to an embodiment, a stereoscopic image display device includes a display, a determiner, a generator, and a display controller. The display is configured to display a stereoscopic image which includes a plurality of parallax images having mutually different parallaxes. The determiner is configured to determine the number of parallaxes in such a way that, the larger a viewing distance from the display to a viewer, the smaller becomes the interval between light beams which belong to each of the parallax images and which are emitted from the display. The generator is configured to generate the parallax images in number corresponding to the number of parallaxes. The display controller is configured to display the parallax images on the display. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192048 | Device, Method and Computer Program for Generating a Synthesized Image - The invention relates to a method of generating a synthesized image representing a view of a scene from a first input image representing the view and a second input image representing the view, the synthesized image comprising synthesized image positions, by assigning a synthesized image data value to a synthesized image position. The method comprises determining whether input images have at the synthesised image position data values associated with them. If either one has a data value associated, that data value is assigned to the synthesized image position. If both, an average of both values is assigned. The average is a weighed average, with weighing factors being a function of a distance or distances to a closest image position with no image data value or valid image data value assigned. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140198096 | MOBILE TELE-IMMERSIVE GAMEPLAY - Techniques for displaying a multiuser augmented reality world on a first augmented reality device. Embodiments capture a visual scene for display. The visual scene includes a first user and wherein the visual scene is captured using one or more camera devices. Visual scene data for a second user is received from a second augmented reality device. Embodiments rendering a sequence of frames for display which depict the first user and the second user in an augmented reality world, where the depiction of the first user is based on the captured visual scene, and where the depiction of the second user is based on the received visual scene data. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198097 | CONTINUOUS AND DYNAMIC LEVEL OF DETAIL FOR EFFICIENT POINT CLOUD OBJECT RENDERING - Rendering real-time three-dimensional computer models is a resource-intensive task, and even more so for point cloud objects. Level of detail is traditionally performed using a small number of fixed-size independent models. A new system is presented of rendering point cloud objects with efficient dynamic level of detail. Several novel point cloud dynamic level of detail techniques are presented that are fairly simple to implement and significantly more efficient in terms of managing rendering load, data reduction, and memory consumption. The novel point cloud dynamic level of detail techniques can be employed to optimize or otherwise improve the rendering efficiency of rendering point cloud objects. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198098 | Experience Enhancement Environment - Frames are transformed from a first set of frames to a second set of frames that yield enhanced perception. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198099 | DISPLAY-MODE SWITCHING DEVICE, STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A display-mode switching device includes a substrate, a plurality of first electrode stripes, a plurality of second electrode stripes, a plurality of third electrode stripes, a fourth electrode stripes, and a common electrode covering a surface of the substrate. The first electrode stripes, the second electrode stripes, the third electrode stripes and the fourth electrode stripes are disposed on the insulating layer, and each first electrode stripe, each third electrode stripe, each second electrode stripe and each fourth electrode stripe are sequentially arranged along a direction. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198100 | METHOD FOR REDUCING CROSSTALK OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - A stereoscopic display method includes generating a left-eye crosstalk parameter according to left-eye image data and right-eye image data; generating a right-eye crosstalk parameter according to the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data; generating calibrated left-eye image data according to the left-eye image data, the right-eye image data, the left-eye crosstalk parameter, and the right-eye crosstalk parameter; generating calibrated right-eye image data according to the left-eye image data, the right-eye image data, the left-eye crosstalk parameter, and the right-eye crosstalk parameter; and displaying the calibrated left-eye image data and the calibrated right-eye image data on a display apparatus. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198101 | 3D-ANIMATION EFFECT GENERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - Provided are a method and apparatus for generating three-dimensional (3D) animation effects. The method includes: detecting at least one area of interest on a visual multimedia object and determining at least one feature of the detected area of interest; building a 3D scene that comprises the visual multimedia object; generating at least one 3D visual object of an animation effect in the 3D scene, according to the area of interest and the feature of the area of interest; and performing at least one of conversion of the 3D visual object in a space of the 3D scene and conversion of the 3D scene, so that the 3D animation effect is generated as a result of visualizing the 3D scene. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198102 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MEDICAL IMAGE - Disclosed herein are a medical image generation apparatus and medical image generation method that realistically display an object or inner tissues of the object. The medical image generation apparatus includes a sample image extractor configured to extract a sample image from an original image containing color information of an object, a color gamut modeler configured to model a color gamut of the sample image to have a predetermined shape, a 2D color map generator configured to generate a 2D color map based on the modeled color gamut, a volume data generator configured to generate 3D volume data based on a sectional image of inner tissues of the object, and a control unit configured to generate a 3D color medical image by applying values of the 2D color map to a 3D grayscale medical image acquired by volume rendering of the 3D volume data. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140204077 | MIXED REALITY EXPERIENCE SHARING - Embodiments that relate to presenting a textured shared world model of a physical environment are disclosed. One embodiment includes receiving geo-located crowd-sourced structural data items of the physical environment. The structural data items are stitched together to generate a 3D spatial shared world model. Geo-located crowd-sourced texture data items are also received and include time-stamped images or video. User input of a temporal filter parameter is used to temporally filter the texture data items. The temporally-filtered texture data items are applied to surfaces of the 3D spatial shared world model to generate a textured shared world model of the physical environment. The textured shared world model is then provided for display by a display device. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204078 | MULTI-VIEW THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Multi-view three dimensional display system has N views. A control method for the multi-view three dimensional display system includes determining a number M of image frames, which will be displayed in the N views, according to at least one user's viewing position, and displaying the M image frames in the N views of the multi-view three dimensional display system. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204079 | SYSTEM FOR COLOCATING A TOUCH SCREEN AND A VIRTUAL OBJECT, AND DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING VIRTUAL OBJECTS IMPLEMENTING SUCH A SYSTEM | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204080 | INDEXED STREAMOUT BUFFERS FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING - A graphics processing unit (GPU) includes an indexed streamout buffer. The indexed streamout buffer is configured to: receive vertex data of a primitive, and determine if any entries in a reuse table of the indexed streamout buffer reference the vertex data. Responsive to determining that an entry of in the reuse table references the vertex data, the buffer is further configured to: generate an index that references the vertex data, store the index in the buffer, and store a reference to the index in the reuse table. Responsive to determining that an entry does not reference the vertex data, the indexed streamout buffer is configured to: store the vertex data in the buffer, generate an index that references the vertex data, store the index in the buffer, and store a reference to the index in the reuse table. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140210810 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RE-PROJECTION FOR MULTIPLE-VIEW DISPLAYS - Systems and methods are provided that allow for the rapid creation of multiple novel views for applications. These multiple views may allow for not only stereo views but also for different viewpoints of a stereographic scene to be presented, or for a time progression of the stereo scene to be presented, where a viewpoint is altered with respect to time. The systems and methods may be employed to create the content for auto-stereographic displays or multiple view systems that use a plurality of novel views to display stereo media. Such displays or multiple view systems may include those employing parallax barriers or lenticular lenses. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210811 | Correspondence Mapping Between An Imaging System and A Directional Rendering System - An image processing system generates a correspondence mapping between an imaging system and a directional rendering system using first and second images captured to include and first and second coded patterns displayed simultaneously in at least partially non-overlapping views. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210812 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MUSIC VISUALIZATION METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and a music visualization method thereof are provided. The electronic device is configured to display music visualization in response to music and change the music visualization in response to music lyrics of the music. The music visualization method is applied to the electronic device to implement the operations. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210813 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA GENERATING METHOD AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA GENERATING DEVICE - The present invention provides an image data generating method in which a combined image is not distorted at the boundary area between a left eye image and a right eye image even when the combined image has been compressed with lossy compression among three-dimensional image data generating methods in which a combined image is generated by combining a left eye image and a right eye image. The three-dimensional image data generating method includes a combined image generating step (SA | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140218353 | IMAGE GROUP PROCESSING AND VISUALIZATION - Techniques are provided for efficiently generating 3D information from a set of digital images. Techniques are also provided for displaying groups (or clusters) of digital images using 3D information associated with the digital images. In one technique, a group of digital images are displayed as a stack of thumbnail images where the thumbnail images are aligned on a display with respect to each other based on common features identified in the digital images, camera position, and/or camera pose. In another technique, a group of digital images are organized on a display in either a 3D layout or a 2D layout based on 3D information associated with each digital image in the group. In another technique, a transition effect is generated based on projections of two digital images onto a common scene plane and blending (or cross fading) one of the 3D projections with the other of the 3D projections. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218354 | VIEW IMAGE PROVIDING DEVICE AND METHOD USING OMNIDIRECTIONAL IMAGE AND 3-DIMENSIONAL DATA - A view image providing device and method are provided. The view image providing device may include a panorama image generation unit to generate a panorama image using a cube map including a margin area by obtaining an omnidirectional image, a mesh information generation unit to generate 3-dimensional (3D) mesh information that uses the panorama image as a texture by obtaining 3D data, and a user data rendering unit to render the panorama image and the mesh information into user data according to a position and direction input by a user. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218355 | MAPPING CONTENT DIRECTLY TO A 3D GEOMETRIC PLAYBACK SURFACE - Systems and methods for mapping content directly to a 3D geometric playback surface. A source file is generated that includes content in a native format. A 3D geometric playback surface to which content can be mapped is generated. A portion of the 3D geometric playback surface to map content to is determined. The content is mapped to a determined portion of a 3D geometric playback surface in a native format of the content. Content mapped to a portion of a 3D geometric playback surface in a native format of the content is played from the 3D geometric playback surface. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218356 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCALING IMAGES - The invention described herein allows a user to create their own artwork using existing artwork authoring tools and then apply it to the surface of a 3D object. In one embodiment, the user places artwork on a 2D layout of the 3D object. In another embodiment, the user may adjust the size of the object by applying scaling factors to the 2D layout. An imaging application then scales all areas of the 2D layout according to their connectivity to other surfaces of the 3D object. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218357 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing device including a left perspective image input unit configured to input a left perspective image that is an image signal for a left eye to be applied to three-dimensional image display, a right perspective image input unit configured to input a right perspective image that is an image signal for a right eye to be applied to three-dimensional image display, a parallax estimation unit configured to generate parallax information from the left and right perspective images, a reliability computation unit configured to compute a reliability of the parallax information generated by the parallax estimation unit, and a virtual perspective image generation unit configured to generate a virtual perspective image including an image of a perspective other than perspectives of the input left and right perspective images by receiving inputs of the left perspective image, the right perspective image, the parallax information, and the reliability. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218358 | AUTOMATIC TRACKING MATTE SYSTEM - A system for generating automatically tracking mattes that rapidly integrates live action and virtual composite images. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140232715 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PRODUCT VISUALIZATIONS - This disclosure includes a method for electronically generating a single image for product visualization. The method comprises receiving a selection of a first variation of a first consumer product layer with a first depth attribute from a plurality of variations of the first consumer product layer, each variation comprising at least one surface. The method further includes receiving a selection of a second variation of a second consumer product layer with a second depth attribute from a plurality of variations of the second consumer product layer, each variation comprising at least one surface. The method also includes layering the first variation of the first consumer product layer in the single image based at least on the first depth attribute; and layering the second variation of the second consumer product layer in the single image based at least on the second depth attribute. Related systems and apparatuses are also disclosed. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140232716 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMULATING INVERSE KINEMATICS - System and method are provided for achieving “inverse kinematics” of 3D graphics depicting an object that consists of multiple parts. The system displays an animation of a 3D graphics object that consists of multiple moving parts. The animation is associated with an animation timeline defined by two end points—a starting time point and an ending time point. The user can manipulate the object back and forth along the animation timeline, between the two end points, by selecting (e.g., clicking on) and moving (dragging) any of the movable parts of the object on a display screen. In short, the user can use any of the movable parts as a scroll/slide button to move the animation forward and backward along the animation timeline, to achieve real-time inverse kinematics movement. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140240310 | EFFICIENT APPROACH TO ESTIMATE DISPARITY MAP - An image processing device may include a disparity map estimator, which may perform an iterative technique to improve the efficiency of generating disparity map. The disparity map estimator performs disparity map refinement using varying size aggregation windows during the first iterations. The disparity map estimator uses larger size aggregation windows during the initial iterations to perform disparity map refinement. Further, the disparity map estimator may use joint bilateral up-sampling during the second (or last) iterations. Using a combination of varying size aggregation windows during the initial iterations and a joint bilateral up-sampling during the second iterations may reduce the computational complexity and memory requirements. In one embodiment, the combination of using varying size aggregation windows and joint bilateral up-sampling to refine the disparity map may reduce the high resolution of the images to a level acceptable for real-time processing and may further reduce the number of incorrect matches. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240311 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING TRANSITION BETWEEN STREET VIEW IMAGES - Transitions between street view images are described. The described techniques include: obtaining an original street view image and a target street view image; constructing a three-dimensional model corresponding to the original street view image by three-dimensional modeling; obtaining matching pairs of feature points that are extracted from the original street view image and the target street view image, and simulating a virtual camera in the three-dimensional model according to matching pairs of feature points to capture street view image sequence; and switching from the original street view image to the target street view image according to the street view image sequence. Transition stability is thereby improved. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240312 | Presenting a View within a Three Dimensional Scene - Presenting a view based on a virtual viewpoint in a three dimensional (3D) scene. The 3D scene may be presented by at least one display, which includes displaying at least one stereoscopic image of the 3D scene by the display(s). The 3D scene may be presented according to a first viewpoint. A virtual viewpoint may be determined within the 3D scene that is different than the first viewpoint. The view of the 3D scene may be presented on the display(s) according to the virtual viewpoint and/or the first view point. The presentation of the view of the 3D scene is performed concurrently with presenting the 3D scene. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240313 | COMPUTER-AIDED SYSTEM FOR 360.degree. HEADS UP DISPLAY OF SAFETY/MISSION CRITICAL DATA - A Heads-Up-Display (“HUD”) system for projecting safety/mission critical data onto a display pair of light weight projection glasses or monocular creating a virtual 360 degree is disclosed. The HUD system includes a see-through display surface, a workstation, application software, and inputs containing the safety/mission critical information (Current User Position, Total Collision Avoidance System—TCAS, Global Positioning System—GPS, Magnetic Resonance Imaging—MRI Images, CAT scan images, Weather data, Military troop data, real-time space type markings etc.). The workstation software processes the incoming safety/mission critical data and converts it into a three-dimensional stereographic space for the user to view. Selecting any of the images may display available information about the selected item or may enhance the image. Predicted position vectors may be displayed as well as three-dimensional terrain. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240314 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR 3D DATA ANALYSIS, AND FINE PARTICLE ANALYSIS SYSTEM - As a data analysis apparatus that can easily and intuitively identify fine particles and small fine particle populations to be analyzed in a distribution graph and that can obtain accurate statistical data regarding these, a 3D data analysis apparatus is provided that includes a data storage unit which saves measurement data regarding fine particles, an input unit which selects independent three types of variables from the measurement data, a data processing unit which calculates positions and figures in a coordinate space whose coordinate axes are the three types of variables and which creates a 3D stereoscopic image representing characteristic distribution of the fine particles, and a display unit which displays the 3D stereoscopic image and that displays, in the 3D stereoscopic image, the figures in each region of the coordinate space divided into a plurality of regions by a plane in a different color in each region. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140247260 | Biomechanics Sequential Analyzer - A method for generating a graphical output depicting three-dimensional models includes generating first and second orientation triangles with reference to locations on a first element of first and second three-dimensional (3D) models of an object, respectively. The method further includes generating a graphical display of the oriented second 3D model superimposed on the first 3D model with a display device, the graphical display depicting a change in position of the first element between the first 3D model and the second 3D model with reference to the first orientation triangle and the second orientation triangle. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140247261 | Situational Awareness for Teleoperation of a Remote Vehicle - A method for improving situational awareness for teleoperation of a remote vehicle by creating a 3D map display of an area around the remote vehicle comprises: receiving an original image from a stereo vision camera and utilizing the original image to perform visual odometry to determine the x, y, z, roll, pitch, and yaw for the original image; applying a fill-in algorithm to the original image to fill in an estimated depth for areas of the original image for which no depth data is available, which creates an enhanced depth image; combining the enhanced depth image with the x, y, z, roll, pitch, and yaw for the original image to create the 3D map display of the area around the remote vehicle; and displaying the 3D map display on an operator control unit used to control the remote vehicle. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140247262 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY HAVING A PLURALITY OF PROJECTION PLANES - A head-up display in a motor vehicle has an imaging unit that generates images, and an optical device. The optical device projects the images into at least two projection surfaces, which in each case have a different distance from the eye of an observer. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140253538 | PROGRESSIVE DISCLOSURE OF INDOOR MAPS - A digital map of a geographic area is displayed via a user interface, and a 3D representation of a building located in the geographic area is displayed on the digital map. A virtual camera is used to view the digital map, and the location of the virtual camera is changeable in response to user input. The external shell of the 3D representation is made increasingly transparent as a virtual camera approaches the 3D representation of the building to reveal indoor information for the building. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253539 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - Systems and methods for displaying at least one image on an active display include a graphics generator for generating one or more graphics in form of at least one ghost image and a projector for projecting the generated at least one ghost image as an excitation light signal on the active display. The projector is a low power projector. Also included are number of detection diodes associated with pixels for detecting one or more excitation light signals for exciting each pixel associated with the detection diodes. Further included, is a photon detection circuit for generating at least one high power image photon based on the emitted light signal of each pixel on the active display and a number of light emitting diodes (LEDs) associated with each of the detection diodes for generating an emitted light signal for each of the pixels of the incident ghost image for generating an image on the active display. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253540 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF INCORPORATING REAL WORLD OBJECTS INTO A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A system for incorporating physical objects into a virtual environment is provided herein. The system includes one or more capturing devices configured to capture physical objects located on a surface; an image enhancing module configured to manipulate the captured image to facilitate distinguishing the physical objects from the surface; an image processing module configured to extract outline of each one of the physical objects; a polygon generator configured to generate a polygon for each one of the physical objects; and a display control module configured to combine the polygons with virtual objects in accordance with predefined rules of a virtual environment. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253541 | INTERACTIVE TOOL FOR INSPECTING AND REPAIRING THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELS - A mesh repair application within a rendering engine is configured to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows an end-user of the rendering engine to inspect and repair various defects associated with a three-dimensional (3D) model. The GUI provides a filmstrip that includes different visual representations of the various defects. When the end-user selects a given representation, the mesh repair application updates the GUI to display a detailed view of the defect associated with the selected visual representation. An advantage of the approach described herein is that the repair of defects associated with the 3D model may be expedited. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253542 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ZOOM - An image processing apparatus and method for zooming in on a partial area in a three-dimensional (3D) image selects a zoom mode from among a two-dimensional (2D) zoom mode, a 3D zoom mode, and an intermediate dimensional zoom mode between the 2D zoom mode and the 3D zoom mode. The image processing apparatus may include a mode selecting unit to select a zoom mode to be applied to a zoom area in a color image and a depth image among the 2D zoom mode, the 3D zoom mode, and the intermediate dimensional zoom mode between the 2D zoom mode and the 3D zoom mode, and a scaling unit to scale the zoom area using a zoom factor indicating magnification or minification of the zoom area and the selected zoom mode. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253543 | PERFORMANCE PREDICTION FOR GENERATION OF POINT CLOUDS FROM PASSIVE IMAGERY - A system and method of generating point clouds from passive images. Image clusters are formed, wherein each image cluster includes two or more passive images selected from a set of passive images. Quality of the point cloud that could be generated from each image cluster is predicted for each image cluster based on a performance prediction score for each image cluster. A subset of image clusters is selected for further processing based on their performance prediction scores. A mission-specific quality score is determined for each point cloud generated and the point cloud with the highest quality score is selected for storage. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253544 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A medical image processing apparatus, which makes it possible to simply ascertain a positional relationship between images referenced for diagnostic purposes, is provided. The medical image processing apparatus in the embodiments comprises an acquisition unit, an image formation unit, a generating unit, a display and a controller. The acquisition unit scans a subject, and acquires three-dimensional data. The image formation unit forms a first image and a second image by reconstructing the acquired data according to first image generation conditions and second image generation conditions. The generating unit generates positional relationship information indicating the positional relationship between the first image and second image, based on the acquired data. The controller causes display information, based on the positional relationship information, to be displayed on the display. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253545 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COLOR IMAGE AND IMAGING DEVICE EMPLOYING SAME - A method of producing a color image comprising providing input image data from an image source such as a camera; generating an at least three-dimensional look-up table of values of input colors and output colors, wherein the values in the lookup table convert the input image color data to output image color data in an image rendering unit; loading the at least three-dimensional look-up table into an image color rendering controller; loading the input image data into the imaging color rendering controller; processing the input image data through the at least three-dimensional look-up table to produce output color values stored at the addresses in the at least three-dimensional look-up table; and outputting the output color values to the image rendering unit to produce an output image that is perceived to have at least one of enhanced brightness, enhanced contrast, or enhanced colorfulness compared to the input image. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140253546 | Side-by-Side and Synchronized Displays for Three-Dimensional (3D) Object Data Models - Methods and systems for interacting with multiple three-dimensional (3D) object data models are provided. An example method may involve providing to a display device for display a first 3D object data model and a second 3D object data model. Information associated with a modification to the first 3D object data model may be received. Based on the received information, a same change may be applied to the first 3D object data model and applied to the second 3D object data model to obtain a first modified 3D object data model and a second modified 3D object data model. According to the method, the first modified 3D object data model and the second modified 3D object data model may be provided to the display device for substantially simultaneous display. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140267220 | CURVE CORRECTION IN VOLUME DATA SETS - Certain embodiments provide a computer apparatus comprising a display and a processor running a visualization application for visualizing a three-dimensional patient image data set including an anatomical feature of interest. The visualization application is operable to: a) display on the display at least one view of the image data set together with a curve which is intended to follow a path relevant for the anatomical feature of interest, but which may include one or more deviations from the path; and b) initiate an editing session for the curve by selecting a portion of the curve associated with a deviation from the path for correction, the editing session comprising: (i) presenting an MPR view including the selected portion of the curve; (ii) defining a trend line which approximately follows the anatomical path in the vicinity of the selected portion of the curve; (iii) amending under user control any desired part of the selected portion of the curve in the MPR view to make corrections to the curve; (iv) rotating under user control the MPR view about a rotational axis which is parallel to the trend line in order to permit a user to review the corrections in three dimensions in the image data set; (v) iterating under user control the amending and rotating steps as desired to make and review further corrections; and (vi) terminating the editing session under user control by accepting or rejecting the corrections; and c) display at least one view of the image data set together with the curve incorporating amendments from the editing session. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267221 | Adaptive Rendered Environments Using User Context - There is provided a system and method for adaptive rendered environments using user context. The method comprises determining user context data corresponding to a user of a virtual environment, altering a feature of the virtual environment using the user context data to obtain an altered feature, and rendering the altered feature of the virtual environment for display. The feature may include a non-player character in the virtual environment, such as eyesight focus of the non-player character or a physical action of the non-player character. The user context data may correspond to real world position data of a user and may be determined using a camera, for example through image recognition, or using a user device. Additionally, the virtual environment may include a cinematic, interactive game, or user generated content. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267222 | EFFICIENT AUTOSTEREO SUPPORT USING DISPLAY CONTROLLER WINDOWS - An approach is provided for efficient autostereoscopic support by using a display controller for controlling a display screen of a display system. In one example, the display controller includes the following hardware components: an image receiver configured to receive image data from a source, wherein the image data includes a first image and a second image; a first window controller configured to receive the first image from the image receiver and to scale the first image according to parameters of the display screen in order to generate a scaled first image; a second window controller configured to receive the second image from the image receiver and to scale the second image according to the parameters of the display screen in order to generate a scaled second image; and a blender component configured to interleave the scaled first image with the scaled second image in order to generate a stereoscopic composited image. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267223 | METABRUSHES FOR DIGITAL PAINTING - Metabrushes for digital painting (such as 3D painting) are provided. Metabrushes may be defined by 3D paint strokes embedded on an elementary piece of geometry. Paint strokes are replicated in 3D over a user's painting gesture, allowing a fast embedding of numerous strokes using only a few user input gestures. Hierarchical metabrushes are further provided for providing faster and more diverse creation of digital paintings. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267224 | HANDLING POST-Z COVERAGE DATA IN RASTER OPERATIONS - Techniques are disclosed for storing post-z coverage data in a render target. A color raster operations (CROP) unit receives a coverage mask associated with a portion of a graphics primitive, where the graphics primitive intersects a pixel that includes a multiple samples, and the portion covers at least one sample. The CROP unit stores the coverage mask in a data field in the render target at a location associated with the pixel. One advantage of the disclosed techniques is that the GPU computes color and other pixel information only for visible fragments as determined by post-z coverage data. The GPU does not compute color and other pixel information for obscured fragments, thereby reducing overall power consumption and improving overall render performance. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267225 | HAIR SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION FROM WIDE-BASELINE CAMERA ARRAYS - The subject disclosure is directed towards reconstructing an approximate hair surface using refinement of hair strands. Hair strands are first extracted from 2D images of a camera array, and projected onto a 3D visual hull. The 3D positions of these strands are refined by optimizing an objective function that takes into account orientation consistency, a visual hull constraint and/or smoothness constraints defined at the strand, wisp and/or global levels. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267226 | Method and System for Geographic-Oriented Graphical Representation of Multivariable Input Data Set - Methods and systems for computerized geographic-oriented graphical representation of multivariable input data sets are disclosed. In one embodiment, a graphical rendering application programming interface and a graphical rendering engine are configured to correlate the multivariable input data sets and other variables with geographical categories represented from geographic and map-related data, which are represented on a three-dimensional globe. In one example, the multivariable input data sets include a first input data set and a second input data set with multiple variables. A first member of the first input data set is represented as a sphere or a cube on top of a particular national or state boundary on the three-dimensional globe. Furthermore, a first member of the second input data set is represented as a stick erected from a geographic landmark, wherein the stick pierces the sphere or the cube representing the first member of the first input data set. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267227 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEXTURE ANALYSIS OF A COATED SURFACE USING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRIES - A computer implemented method. The method includes generating, using a processor, a multi-dimensional object from a plurality of data obtained from a spectrophotometric measurement of a target coating. The method also includes calculating, using the processor, at least one geometric property of the multi-dimensional object. The method further includes correlating, using the processor, the at least one value with a plurality of known values to identify at least one pigment effect in the target coating, and outputting, using the processor, the at least one pigment effect. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267228 | MAPPING AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCE TO VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTS - An augmented reality (AR) experience is mapped to various environments. A three-dimensional data model that describes a scene of an environment, and a description of the AR experience, are input. The AR experience description includes a set of digital content that is to be mapped into the scene, and a set of constraints that defines attributes of the digital content when it is mapped into the scene. The 3D data model is analyzed to detect affordances in the scene, where this analysis generates a list of detected affordances. The list of detected affordances and the set of constraints are used to solve for a mapping of the set of digital content into the scene that substantially satisfies the set of constraints. The AR experience is also mapped to changing environments. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267229 | System And Method For Classification Of Three-Dimensional Models In A Virtual Environment - A method for classification of three-dimensional structures in a virtual environment includes identifying a plurality of polygons in a structure located in a virtual environment, identifying a plurality of surface normals, each surface normal corresponding to one polygon in the plurality of polygons that are in the structure, identifying a variance of a distribution of the plurality of surface normals, generating a first classification for the structure in response to the variance being less than a predetermined threshold, and generating a graphical display of the structure with at least one visual aspect of the structure being modified with reference to the first classification. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267230 | Physical and Environmental Simulation Using Causality Matrix - A simulation engine for causing a local or distributed computing system to produce a simulation of a virtual world includes one or more program modules that improve the realism and memory management of the simulation. An overworld object includes data pertaining to a world map and data pertaining to parameters for instantiating one or more NPCs within the virtual world. The world map may include map nodes that track the NPCs thereon, and also retain terrain data in a map set. The map set may be a single array of characters, each character referencing a terrain configuration that may be stored on the local computing system. An NPC object may include a hierarchy of needs that governs the behavior of the NPC. The needs may be basic needs such as eating and sleeping, and may have increasing complexity, requiring the completion of tasks and subtasks to fulfill the need. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267231 | TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE VIEWING COMFORT FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT - Techniques to improve viewing comfort for three-dimensional (3D) content are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and a 3D graphics management module, and the 3D graphics management module may be operable by the processor circuit to generate first 3D graphics information corresponding to a 3D warm-up sequence for presentation by a 3D display, transmit the first 3D graphics information, and transmit second 3D graphics information corresponding to 3D content for presentation by the 3D display. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267232 | CONSISTENT VERTEX SNAPPING FOR VARIABLE RESOLUTION RENDERING - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for adjusting vertex positions. One or more viewport dimensions are received and a snap spacing is determined based on the one or more viewport dimensions. The vertex positions are adjusted to a grid according to the snap spacing. The precision of the vertex adjustment may increase as at least one dimension of the viewport decreases. The precision of the vertex adjustment may decrease as at least one dimension of the viewport increases. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267233 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH THREE DIMENSIONAL USER INTERFACE AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - An electronic system includes: a raise objects module configured to raise a first object along a Z-axis displaying the first object above a display; a height determination module, coupled to the raise objects module, configured to generate a first adjustment value based on a height determining factor including frequency; and an adjustment module, coupled to the height determination module, configured to adjust the first object along the Z-axis based on the first adjustment value. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267234 | Generation and Sharing Coordinate System Between Users on Mobile - A multi-device system for mobile devices to acquire and share 3D maps of an environment. The mobile devices determine features of the environment and construct a local map and coordinate system for the features identified by the mobile device. The mobile devices may create a joint map by joining the local map of another mobile device or by merging the local maps created by the mobile devices. To merge maps, the coordinate system of each system may be constrained in degrees of freedom using information from sensors on the devices to determine the global position and orientation of each device. When the devices operate on a joint map, the device share information about new features to extend the range of features on the map and share information about augmented reality objects manipulated by users of each device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267235 | TILT-BASED LOOK AROUND EFFECT IMAGE ENHANCEMENT METHOD - A tilt-based look around effect image enhancement method that enables two-dimensional images to be depth enhanced and displayed for example from a different point of view based on the tilt or orientation, and/or movement of the viewing device itself. Embodiments may further alter or otherwise utilize different parallax maps to apply depth to the image based on the display type, e.g., two-dimensional or stereoscopic display, and may dynamically utilize both algorithms on a display capable of both types of display. In addition, embodiments may display information foreign to the image when portions of the image are exposed during the look around effect, including advertisements, game information, hyperlinks or any other data not originally in the image. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267236 | System and Method for Approximating Cartographic Projections by Linear Transformation - A map element parameterized in a two-dimensional (2D) coordinate system is applied to to three-dimensional (3D) geometry, parameterized in a 3D coordinate system, of a geographic area with which the map element is associated. The 3D geometry is rendered according to the selected perspective of a virtual camera. An approximate distance between the virtual camera and the 3D geometry is compared to a threshold value. A position of the map element is determined relative to the 3D geometry using (i) a linear transformation between the 2D coordinate system and the 3D coordinate when the approximate distance is smaller than the threshold value, and (ii) a non-linear transformation between the 2D coordinate system and the 3D coordinate system when the approximate distance is larger than the threshold value. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267237 | LEVEL-BASED DATA SHARING FOR DIGITAL CONTENT PRODUCTION - Systems and methods for rendering three-dimensional images using a level graph are provided. The level graph is accessed, comprising a first node, a second node, and a target node. The second and target nodes are descendants of the first node. The first node comprises first scene description data, the second node comprises first variation data, and the target node comprises second variation data. The target node is selected for computation. Target node ancestors are determined. The first node and the second node are ancestors of the target node. A linearization of the ancestors is determined, comprising an order. A scene description is initialized using the first scene description data. The first variation is applied to the scene description, based on the linearization. The second variation is applied to the scene description to produce a final scene description. An image is rendered using the final scene description. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267238 | CONSERVATIVE RASTERIZATION OF PRIMITIVES USING AN ERROR TERM - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for conservative rasterization of primitives using an error term. In use, an edge equation is determined for each edge of a primitive, the edge equation having coefficients defining the edge of the primitive. Each edge of the primitive is shifted to enlarge the primitive by modifying coefficients of the edge equation defining the edge by an error term that is a predetermined amount. Pixels that intersect the primitive are then determined using the enlarged primitive. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267239 | GENERALIZED INSTANCING FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE DATA - Systems and methods for rendering three-dimensional images by instancing scene description data using a hierarchy are provided. A hierarchy is accessed. The hierarchy comprises a first node and an instance node. The first node is a predecessor to a subtree of one or more nodes and the first node is associated with a first scene description data object. The instance node is a leaf of the hierarchy. The instance node has a parent node and the instance node is associated with a second scene description data object. The parent node has successor nodes other than the instance node. An instancing instruction of the instance node is read. The instancing instruction comprises information identifying the first node. An instance of the subtree of one or more nodes is merged at a location in the hierarchy of the instance node. An image is rendered based on the merged instance of the subtree. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267240 | VISUALLY AUGMENTING A GRAPHICAL RENDERING OF A CHEMICAL STRUCTURE REPRESENTATION OR BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCE REPRESENTATION WITH MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION - In certain embodiments, the invention relates to systems, methods, and apparatus that allow a user to visually augment a graphical rendering of either a chemical structure representation or a biological sequence representation with multi-dimensional information. A user captures a video image using a computing device such as a hand-held smart phone, computerized eye glasses or tablet computer. The video image includes information regarding at least one of a chemical structure and a biological sequence. A processor identifies, within the video image, a graphical representation of at least one of a chemical structure and a biological structure. The processor augments the graphical representation with additional information and provides the video data for presentation upon a display controlled by the computing device. The computing device presents the video data in substantially real time in relation to the capture of the video data by the computing device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267241 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE FOR NAVIGATING OBJECTS CONNECTED IN HIERARCHY - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for browsing objects organized in a hierarchy using a three-dimensional user interface. Some embodiments of the present technology involve a platform that renders an interface that represents objects that are hierarchically connected in three-dimensional space and that allows navigation through the hierarchy by moving through the three-dimensional space. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267242 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a parallax adjustment unit arranged on a side of a surface of a display unit on which an image is displayed or on a reverse side of the surface, wherein unit areas extending in a first direction are arranged in columns in a second direction in the parallax adjustment unit; and a control unit detecting positions of a right eye and a left eye of a user based on an image of the user, determining a display of pixels of a right eye image and a left eye image to be displayed on the display unit depending on the detected positions of the right eye and the left eye, and determining an area that transmits light among the unit areas included in the parallax adjustment unit depending on the positions of the right eye and the left eye and the display of pixels. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267243 | Systems and Methods for Synthesizing Images from Image Data Captured by an Array Camera Using Restricted Depth of Field Depth Maps in which Depth Estimation Precision Varies - Systems and methods are described for generating restricted depth of field depth maps. In one embodiment, an image processing pipeline application configures a processor to: determine a desired focal plane distance and a range of distances corresponding to a restricted depth of field for an image rendered from a reference viewpoint; generate a restricted depth of field depth map from the reference viewpoint using the set of images captured from different viewpoints, where depth estimation precision is higher for pixels with depth estimates within the range of distances corresponding to the restricted depth of field and lower for pixels with depth estimates outside of the range of distances corresponding to the restricted depth of field; and render a restricted depth of field image from the reference viewpoint using the set of images captured from different viewpoints and the restricted depth of field depth map. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267244 | INTEGRATED AIPP MAP LAYER - A method includes receiving a request for tiled map data comprising a request for at least one 3D tile, retrieving, in response to the request, at least one retrieved 3D tile and transmitting the retrieved at least one 3D tile. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267245 | DISPARITY MAP GENERATION INCLUDING RELIABILITY ESTIMATION - A better basis for a further processing such as virtual view rendering, in form of a disparity map is achieved. To this end, the disparity map generation is done in two separate steps, namely the generation of two depth/disparity map estimates based on two different pairs of views of the scene in a manner independent from each other, with then comparing both depth/disparity map estimates so as to obtain a reliability measure for one or both of the depth/disparity map estimates. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267246 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for generating a projection pattern used in three-dimensional measurement of a target object, comprising: determination means for determining a projection code string for generating the projection pattern based on distance information of the target object which is obtained in advance; and generation means for generating a pattern image of the projection pattern based on a projection code string determined by the determination means. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140285482 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING ROBOT CONTENTS - An apparatus and method for developing contents which may direct motions of a robot according to time and synchronize motions of a robot with a media. The apparatus for developing robot contents outputs an interface including an editing area and a motion event track and includes a drawer configured to implement and provide a three-dimensional robot model in the editing area, and a motion editor which generates a robot motion event according to a motional manipulation with respect to the robot model of the editing area and providing the robot motion event on the motion event track according to time. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285483 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - provided is an image processing apparatus, including, a memory unit that stores an input image and read the input image as first image second images, an acquiring unit that acquires an up-conversion line that is a line of pixels used for up conversion from the first and second images, an up-converting unit that performs up conversion using pixels of the up-conversion line, and generate first and second up-converted images obtained by up converting the first and second images, and a generating unit that writes the first and second up-converted images in first and second memory blocks, reads pixels of the first and second up-converted images written in the first and second memory blocks in a certain order decided according to a scan method of a display device configured to display an output image obtained by up converting the input image, and generates the output image according to the scan method. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285484 | SYSTEM OF PROVIDING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE TO MULTIPLE USERS AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a system and method of simultaneously providing stereoscopic images to multiple users. The system includes at least one glasses unit, a stereoscopic image generating device configured to calculate spatial information of the at least one glasses unit, and generate the stereoscopic image corresponding to the spatial information of the at least one glasses unit, and a stereoscopic image providing device configured to project the stereoscopic image corresponding to the spatial information of the at least one glasses unit to provide the projected stereoscopic image to the at least one glasses unit. Thus, through lightweight glasses constituted of only simple optical elements without a separate electronic device such as a micro panel, stereoscopic information such as through an existing HMD may be provided to multiple users. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285485 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D)/THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method for processing two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) images on a same display area is provided. The method includes receiving image data containing both 2D and 3D images and creating a plurality of image containers including at least one top level image container and at least one sub-level image container, where each image container is provided with a display dimension identity and a coverage area identity. The method also includes determining display positions, dimensions, and occlusion relationships of the 2D and 3D images based on the plurality of image containers. Further, the method includes displaying images in the image containers with corresponding display dimension identities and coverage area identities with the display positions, dimensions, and occlusion relationships, where the display dimension identities include a 2D display and a 3D display. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140292746 | CLUSTERING CROWDSOURCED VIDEOS BY LINE-OF-SIGHT - A method for clustering images includes acquiring initial image data including a scene of interest. A 3D model is constructed of the scene of interest based on the acquired initial image data. Additional image data including the scene of interest is acquired. The additional image data is fitted to the 3D model. A line-of-sight of the additional image data is estimated based on the fitting to the 3D model. The additional image data is clustered according to the estimated line-of-sight. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140292747 | METHOD OF GENERATING 3D GRAPHIC DATA FOR MOBILE DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USABILITY AND APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT USING THE METHOD - A 3D graphic data generation method for a mobile device with improved usability and an application development environment using the method include a shader integrated development environment (IDE) which loads a plurality of 3D objects generated based on an authoring tool, sorts the plurality of 3D objects according to depths from a camera, and provides the plurality of 3D objects being sorted to a 3D application which is driven in the mobile device. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140292748 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE BY ADJUSTING DEPTH VALUE - Provided is a system and method for providing a stereoscopic image by adjusting a depth value, the system including a depth value estimator to estimate a depth value of an object included in a first stereoscopic image from the stereoscopic image, a depth value adjusting unit to adjust the depth value in consideration of a display device, a stereoscopic image processing unit to process the first stereoscopic image to be a second stereoscopic image based on the adjusted depth value, and a stereoscopic image provider to provide the second stereoscopic image to the display device. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140292749 | 3D DIGITAL PAINTING - A method of digital continuous and simultaneous three-dimensional painting and three-dimensional drawing with steps of providing a digital electronic canvas having a screen and capable of presenting two pictures for a right eye and a left eye; providing means for continuous changing of a virtual distance between the digital electronic canvas and a painter by digitally changing a horizontal shifting between images for the right eye and the left eye on the digital electronic canvas corresponding to instant virtual canvas position; providing at least one three-axis input control device allowing digital painting or drawing on the digital electronic canvas; painting on the digital electronic canvas for any instant virtual positions of the digital electronic canvas providing simultaneous appearance of a similar stroke on the images for the right eye and the left eye. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140292750 | Stereoscopic format converter - A device and method for converting one stereoscopic format into another. A software-enabled matrix is used to set forth predefined relationships between one type of format as an input image and another type of format as an output image. The matrix can then be used as a look-up table that defines a correspondence between input pixels and output pixels for the desired format conversion. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140300595 | Collision-culling of Lines over Polygons - Collision-culling for early elimination of non-colliding ray segments over a group of polygons in a computer graphics system. The scene is subdivided into cells, at each cell three orthographically viewed buffers of the local scene are created, each buffer is aligned with one of the three main axes. All rays in a cell are examined vs. each of the buffers to eliminate ray segments that for certain do not collide with local polygons. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300596 | POSITION SEARCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON ELECTRONIC MAP - The present invention relates to electronic maps, and provides a position searching method and apparatus based on an electronic map. The method includes: receiving a keyword of a searching object; searching the electronic map with the keyword to obtain a current geographical position; acquiring panoramic images of a plurality of scenes that are located within a geographical area around the current geo-geographical position and of a predetermined size; calculating coordinates of the searching object in one of the panoramic images according to position-related information of each scene; generating an image from an image area of the one of the panoramic images and outputting the image, wherein the image area is centered on the coordinates and of a predetermined size. The present invention can accurately position an image associated with the searching object, and has the advantages of low cost and less amount of data. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140306949 | SCALABLE GEOMETRY PROCESSING WITHIN A CHECKERBOARD MULTI-GPU CONFIGURATION - Systems, apparatus and methods are described including distributing batches of geometric objects to a multi-core system, at each processor core, performing vertex processing and geometry setup processing on the corresponding batch of geometric objects, storing the vertex processing results shared memory accessible to all of the cores, and storing the geometry setup processing results in local storage. Each particular core may then perform rasterization using geometry setup results obtained from local storage within the particular core and from local storage of at least one of the other processor cores. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140306950 | Stereoscopic 3-D Presentation for Air Traffic Control Digital Radar Displays - An apparatus and method of presenting air traffic data to an air traffic controller are provided. Air traffic data including a two dimensional spatial location and altitude for a plurality of aircraft is received. A disparity value is determined based on the altitude for each aircraft of the plurality of aircraft. Left and right eye images are generated of the plurality of aircraft where at least one of the left and right eye images is based on the determined disparity value. The left and right eye images are simultaneously displayed to the air traffic controller on a display. The simultaneously displayed images provide an apparent three-dimensional separation of each of the aircraft of the plurality of aircraft on the display. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140306951 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device which compensates for a stereoscopic effect of a stereoscopic image, the image processing device including: an obtaining unit which obtains a left-eye image and a right-eye image which are included in the stereoscopic image; a recognition image generating unit which generates a recognition image corresponding to the stereoscopic image by applying a pattern to a virtual stereoscopic structure generated based on a depth represented in the stereoscopic image; a right/left recognition image generating unit which generates, from the recognition image, a right-eye recognition image and a left-eye recognition image according to a disparity of the stereoscopic image for stereoscopically viewing the recognition image; and an image combining unit which combines the right-eye recognition image with the right-eye image obtained by the obtaining unit and combines the left-eye recognition image with the left-eye image obtained by the obtaining unit. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140306952 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA STRUCTURE OF IMAGE FILE - In an image processing apparatus, a sensor output data acquisition unit acquires data of layered image information from a sensor group. A slice image generation unit generates data of a two-dimensional image for each slice plane surfaces in which distribution is acquired. An image axis conversion unit generates similar data of a two-dimensional image for a plurality of plane surfaces that are perpendicular to an axis different from a sensor axis. A slice image management unit of a display processing unit manages a slice image that is used for drawing according to the position of a viewpoint or the like. Memory for drawing sequentially stores data of an image necessary for drawing. An additional object image storage unit stores image data of an object that is additionally displayed such as a cursor or the like. An image drawing unit draws a three-dimensional object using data of the slice image. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140313187 | Stereoscopic Target Region Filling - Stereoscopic target region filling techniques are described. Techniques are described in which stereo consistency is promoted between target regions, such as by sharing information during computation. Techniques are also described in which target regions of respective disparity maps are completed to promote consistency between the disparity maps. This estimated disparity may then be used as a guide to completion of a missing texture in the target region. Techniques are further described in which cross-image searching and matching is employed by leveraging a plurality of images. This may including giving preference to matches with cross-image consistency to promote consistency, thereby enforcing stereo consistency between stereo images when applicable. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313188 | Target Region Filling Involving Source Regions, Depth Information, or Occlusions - Target region filling techniques are described. Techniques are described in which stereo consistency is promoted between target regions, such as by sharing information during computation. Techniques are also described in which target regions of respective disparity maps are completed to promote consistency between the disparity maps. This estimated disparity may then be used as a guide to completion of a missing texture in the target region. Techniques are further described in which cross-image searching and matching is employed by leveraging a plurality of images. This may including giving preference to matches with cross-image consistency to promote consistency, thereby enforcing stereo consistency between stereo images when applicable. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313189 | HYBRID DISPLAY SYSTEM DISPLAYING INFORMATION BY SUPERIMPOSITION ON THE EXTERIOR - The general field of the invention is that of Instrument panel or cockpit display systems. The system according to the invention comprises:
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| 20140313190 | Modifying Perspective of Stereoscopic Images Based on Changes in User Viewpoint - Modifying perspective of stereoscopic images provided by one or more displays based on changes in user viewpoint. The one or more displays may include a first display that is provided substantially horizontal for displaying 3D horizontal perspective images and/or a second display that is provided substantially vertical for displaying text or conventional images such as 2D images, or 3D vertical perspective images. The horizontal display surface may be typically positioned directly in front of the user, and at a height of about a desktop surface so that the user can have about a 45° looking angle. The vertical display surface may be positioned in front of the user and preferably behind and above the horizontal display surface. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313191 | SALIENCY BASED DISPARITY MAPPING - A three dimensional [3D] image signal is processed for rendering 3D image data ( | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140320484 | 3-D MODELS AS A NAVIGABLE CONTAINER FOR 2-D RASTER IMAGES - In one embodiment, a 3-D model is employed as a navigable container for 2-D raster images, allowing 2-D raster images to be maintained and displayed within the context of the 3-D model. An image cloud level is provided for the 3-D model. Icons are provided within the image cloud level. Each icon corresponds to a respective 2-D raster image and is located at a position within the 3-D space of the 3-D model that corresponds to a position in the physical space of the physical world where the 2-D raster image was originally captured Upon selection of a particular icon, a combined view is shown, depicting the corresponding 2-D raster image combined with a corresponding portion of the 3-D model. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320485 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING GEOCODED THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) MODELS - Embodiments of the invention relate to the visualization of geographical information and the combination of image information to generate geographical information. Specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to a process and system for correlating oblique images data and terrain data without extrinsic information about the oblique imagery. Embodiments include a visualization tool to allow simultaneous and coordinated viewing of the correlated imagery. The visualization tool may also provide distance and measuring, three-dimensional lens, structure identification, path finding, visibility and similar tools to allow a user to determine distance between imaged objects. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320486 | ORIENTATIOIN INVARIANT OBJECT IDENTIFICATION USING MODEL-BASED IMAGE PROCESSING - A system for performing object identification combines pose determination, EO/IR sensor data, and novel computer graphics rendering techniques. A first module extracts the orientation and distance of a target in a truth chip given that the target type is known. A second is a module identifies the vehicle within a truth chip given the known distance and elevation angle from camera to target. Image matching is based on synthetic image and truth chip image comparison, where the synthetic image is rotated and moved through a 3-Dimensional space. To limit the search space, it is assumed that the object is positioned on relatively flat ground and that the camera roll angle stays near zero. This leaves three dimensions of motion (distance, heading, and pitch angle) to define the space in which the synthetic target is moved. A graphical user interface (GUI) front end allows the user to manually adjust the orientation of the target within the synthetic images. The system also includes the generation of shadows and allows the user to manipulate the sun angle to approximate the lighting conditions of the test range in the provided video. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320487 | Computer Graphics Processor and Method for Rendering a Three-Dimensional Image on a Display Screen - A computer graphics processor and a method for rendering a three-dimensional image on a display screen. The computer graphics processor comprises a rasterizer configured to perform pixel traversal of a primitive after projection of the primitive. Furthermore, the rasterizer is configured to perform the pixel traversal of a first primitive for a plurality of views prior to performing pixel traversal of a next primitive for one or several views. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140327666 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An example of a display control system displays, on a display device, an image of a three-dimensional space representing a real world or a virtual world. The object is arranged in the three-dimensional space on the basis of a line-of-sight direction determined in the three-dimensional space. In addition, an image in a field-of-view range, determined on the basis of the line-of-sight direction, of the three-dimensional space is displayed on the display device. The display control system arranges the object in either a first control mode in which the object is arranged on a reference plane set in the three-dimensional space or in an area near the reference plane or a second control mode in which the object is arranged away from the area. In addition, the display control system switches between the first control mode and the second control mode in accordance with the line-of-sight direction. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140327667 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a medical imaging apparatus including a volume data generation unit to generate volume data of an object containing a target site to be inspected, a position calculation unit to detect the target site from the volume data of the object and to calculate a center of the target site, a marker data generation unit to generate marker data, wherein the marker data are volume data of a volume marker located at a position corresponding to the center of the target site, and a synthesized data generation unit to generate synthesized data by synthesizing the volume data of the object and the marker data. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140327668 | Compression Format Conversion for Texture Data - A conversion between two texture compression formats comprises calculations performed at index-level for reducing handling of values with color bit-length and an amount of calculations with color values. Format conversion can thus be performed in real time upon displaying an image using the compressed texture data, without significant slowing down of a display rate of the images. It may be implemented in particular for conversion from DXT1—to ETC1 compression format, and a non-flipped or flipped orientation of an ETC1—compressed texture data block can thus be determined from said texture data block as initially compressed in DXT1 format. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140333610 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR 3-D SCENE ACCELERATION STRUCTURE CREATION AND UPDATING - Systems and methods for producing an acceleration structure provide for subdividing a 3-D scene into a plurality of volumetric portions, which have different sizes, each being addressable using a multipart address indicating a location and a relative size of each volumetric portion. A stream of primitives is processed by characterizing each according to one or more criteria, selecting a relative size of volumetric portions for use in bounding the primitive, and finding a set of volumetric portions of that relative size which bound the primitive. A primitive ID is stored in each location of a cache associated with each volumetric portion of the set of volumetric portions. A cache location is selected for eviction, responsive to each cache eviction decision made during the processing. An element of an acceleration structure according to the contents of the evicted cache location is generated, responsive to the evicted cache location. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333611 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VISUALIZING CONTACT(S) BETWEEN OBJECTS OF A VIRTUAL SCENE - A method for visualizing contact between a first object and at least a second object of a virtual scene commences by first associating a first identifier with first pixels associated with the first object and at least a second identifier with second pixels associated with the at least a second object. Thereafter, for at least one first pixel, at least a distance in world space between the at least one first pixel and at least one second pixel located in the neighbourhood of the at least one first pixel, is computed. Then at least a contact between the first object and the at least a second object is visualized if the at least a computed distance remains less than a first threshold distance. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333612 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display control method includes: inputting user's image including a drawing portion made by hand drawing and being a display target image; and performing image control including causing the input user's image to emerge from any one of a left end and a right end of a predetermined display region, on which the user's image is to be displayed, and moving the user's image that has emerged. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333613 | VIEWING THREE DIMENSIONAL DIGITAL SLIDES - Systems, methods, and media for providing a view of a digital slide image. In an embodiment, a digital slide image file is accessed. The digital slide image file may comprise a plurality of first image planes representing an image of at least a portion of a slide specimen at varying focal depths. Then, a three-dimensional object is constructed from the digital slide image file. The three-dimensional image object is constructed by determining a surface that crosses two or more of the plurality of first image planes, and determining image data that are interior to the determined surface, based on one or more of the plurality of first image planes. A view is generated from the three-dimensional image object. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333614 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING REALISTIC CLOTHING - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for simulating realistic clothing. The system generates a clothing deformation model for a clothing type, wherein the clothing deformation model factors a change of clothing shape due to rigid limb rotation, pose-independent body shape, and pose-dependent deformations. Next, the system generates a custom-shaped garment for a given body by mapping, via the clothing deformation model, body shape parameters to clothing shape parameters. The system then automatically dresses the given body with the custom-shaped garment. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140340388 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR USING A SUGGESTIVE MODELING INTERFACE - A method, computer system and computer program is provided for using a suggestive modeling interface. The method consists of a method of a computer-implemented rendering of sketches, the method comprising the steps of: (1) a user activating a sketching application: (2) in response, the sketching application displaying on a screen a suggestive modeling interface; (3) the sketching application importing a sketch to the suggestive modeling interface; and (4) the sketching application retrieving from a database one or more suggestions based on the sketch. The method is operable to allow a user interactively using the sketching application to create a drawing that is guided by the imported sketch by selectively using one or more image guided drawing tools provided by the sketching application. The present invention is well-suited for three-dimensional modeling applications. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340389 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT TO PRODUCE IMAGES FOR A NEAR-EYE LIGHT FIELD DISPLAY - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for producing images for a near-eye light field display. A ray defined by a pixel of a microdisplay and an optical apparatus of a near-eye light field display device is identified and the ray is intersected with a two-dimensional virtual display plane to generate map coordinates corresponding to the pixel. A color for the pixel is computed based on the map coordinates. The optical apparatus of the near-eye light field display device may, for example, be a microlens of a microlens array positioned between a viewer and an emissive microdisplay or a pinlight of a pinlight array positioned behind a transmissive microdisplay relative to the viewer. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340390 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT TO PRODUCE IMAGES FOR A NEAR-EYE LIGHT FIELD DISPLAY HAVING A DEFECT - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for producing images for a near-eye light field display. Defect information for a first pixel of a microdisplay of a near-eye light field display device is received and a second pixel of the microdisplay is identified, where the first pixel and the second pixel contribute to a portion of the retinal image. Based on the defect information, a value of the second pixel within an array of elemental images is modified to produce a corrected array of elemental images for display by the microdisplay. An optical apparatus of the near-eye light field display device may, for example, be a microlens of a microlens array positioned between a viewer and an emissive microdisplay or a pinlight of a pinlight array positioned behind a transmissive microdisplay relative to the viewer. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340391 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA STRUCTURE OF CONTENT FILE - Information is configured in a tree structure, and an image is prepared for each node. To an image | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340392 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA STRUCTURE OF IMAGE FILE - Two sets of image data, a first image ( | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340393 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ERROR CONTROLLABLE REPETITIVE STRUCTURE DISCOVERY BASED COMPRESSION - A method and an apparatus for 3D model compression are described. Repetitive structures in the 3D model are identified to increase the compression ratio by reducing the redundancy among the instance components. The instance components can be expressed in a “pattern-instance” representation and a decision is made as to whether to compress the “pattern-instance” representation for the 3D model. For those instance components that are determined to be encoded in “pattern-instance” representation, a verification process is employed to examine the decoding error of the instance components. If the decoding error is below a threshold value, the instance components are compressed in the “pattern-instance” representation. Otherwise, a different encoding mode is used to compress the instance components. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140347350 | Image Processing Method and Image Processing System for Generating 3D Images - An image processing method for generating 3D images is disclosed. The image processing method comprises: capturing a first image of a first resolution and a second image of a second resolution, the first image and the second corresponding to a same scene; scaling the first image to a third image in the second resolution; analyzing the third image and the second image to determine an image offset between the third image and the second image; duplicating the first image; applying the image offset to the duplicated first image; and providing the first image and the duplicated first image for displaying on a 3D display unit; wherein the first resolution is higher than the second resolution. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347351 | APPARATUS FOR MATCHING BLOCKS OF STEREO IMAGE - The present invention relates to a block matching apparatus, and more particularly, to a block matching apparatus, in which a normal driving power and a low driving power are alternately applied to an absolute difference calculation unit for calculating an absolute difference between a pixel of a first image frame and a pixel of a second image frame corresponding thereto among two stereo image frames, and a low absolute difference of corresponding pixels calculated using the low driving power is compensated with a high absolute difference of adjacent corresponding pixels calculated using the normal driving power, so that since a separate estimation unit does not need to be provided, the block matching apparatus can be lightly manufactured in terms of hardware and can reduce power consumption. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347352 | APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR 2-DIMENSIONAL AND 3-DIMENSIONAL RENDERING AND DISPLAY OF PLENOPTIC IMAGES - Apparatuses, methods and systems for processing, rendering and displaying plenoptic images are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a method comprising storing a plenoptic image in a non-transitory computer readable memory associated with a processor, receiving at the processor a viewing position information, processing the plenoptic image and the viewing position information to render a visual output based upon information of the plenoptic image and the viewing position information, performing a blending or smoothing function on information of the plenoptic image including weighting each of a plurality of pixels of the plenoptic image based upon a first color value associated with each pixel and a set of second color values associated with a plurality of neighboring pixels, and displaying the visual output on a display device. The visual output displayed on the display device varies as a function of the viewing position information. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347353 | OVERLAY AND MOTION COMPENSATION OF STRUCTURES FROM VOLUMETRIC MODALITIES ONTO VIDEO OF AN UNCALIBRATED ENDOSCOPE - A method, system, and program product are provided for overlaying structures from volumetric modalities onto video of an uncalibrated endoscope. The method comprises: determining correspondence ( | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347354 | DIGITAL IMAGE TRANSITIONS - Among other things, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed for displaying a sequence of multiple images to provide an appearance of a three-dimensional (30) effect. A data processing device or system can identify multiple images to be displayed. The data processing device or system can divide a two-dimensional (20) display area into multiple display portions. The data processing device or system can display a sequence of the identified images on the display portions so as to provide an appearance of a three-dimensional (30) effect. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347355 | RAY TRACING CORE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING RAY TRACING - A ray tracing core comprises a ray tracing unit (RTU), a control unit, and a tree build unit (TBU). The tree build unit (TBU) builds one selected of a plurality of spatial expression data structures. The ray tracing unit (RTU) performs ray tracing based on the spatial expression data structure which is selected. The control unit selects one of a plurality of spatial expression data by calculating an execution complexity of the ray tracing unit and the tree build unit. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140354626 | Block Based Level of Detail Representation - Systems and methods for block based level of detail representation are described herein. A method embodiment includes extracting one or more 3D models from 3D data, grouping the 3D models based on one or more attributes of the 3D models, distributing the grouped 3D models to a plurality of resolution levels of a geospatial data structure, and merging the grouped 3D models as a combined 3D model. A system embodiment includes a prepossessing system configured to extract one or more 3D models from 3D data and a block level of detail (LOD) creator configured to group the 3D models based on one or more attributes of the 3D models, and to render the grouped 3D models as a combined 3D model. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140354627 | RENDERING A 3D SHAPE - A method for rendering a three-dimensional (3D) shape, including: obtaining an electronic document (ED) specifying the 3D shape; generating a two-dimensional (2D) polygon by projecting the 3D shape onto a 2D plane; selecting multiple control points on a surface of the 3D shape; calculating multiple normal vectors orthogonal to the surface at the multiple control points; determining multiple coordinates by projecting the multiple control points onto the 2D plane; fitting a polynomial based on at least the multiple coordinates and the normal vectors; applying a 3D lighting effect to the 2D polygon based on the polynomial; and outputting the 2D polygon with the 3D lighting effect. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140354628 | ADJUSTING HEIGHTS FOR ROAD PATH INDICATORS - Some embodiments provide a mapping application that receives input to adjust an amount of tilt from which to view a 3D map for a viewing mode in which the 3D map is specified to be textured with camera captured images (CCIs) of the real world. The mapping application also adjusts a set of heights for a set of road path indicators in the 3D map based on the adjusted amount of tilt. Each road path indicator indicates a path of a road in the 3D map. The mapping application further displays the 3D map with the adjusted amount of tilt and the set of road path indicators at the adjusted set of heights in the 3D map. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140354629 | INTELLIGENTLY PLACING LABELS - Some embodiments provide a mapping application that displays a rotation of a 3D map and corresponding rotation of a set of map labels overlaying the 3D map in response to receiving input to rotate the 3D map. When a particular map label in the set of map labels rotates towards an upside down orientation, the mapping application also replaces the particular map label with a version of the particular map label arranged in a right side up orientation to prevent the particular map label from being displayed in the upside down orientation in the 3D map. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140354630 | TREE MODEL AND FOREST MODEL GENERATING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided is a tree model generating method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The tree model generating method includes separating and extracting a skeleton of a tree from an image including the tree to generate a matte image, applying a graph representation scheme of a two-dimensional (2D) object to the matte image to generate an object skeleton graph, generating a depth information value in accordance with a predetermined rule and allocating the generated depth information value to each node on the object skeleton graph to generate a three-dimensional (3D) primary tree model, adding branches to the primary tree model based on a branch library constructed in advance and the predetermined rule to generate a secondary tree model, and performing self-growth representation with respect to the secondary tree model based on a distance between each node on the object skeleton graph to generate a tertiary tree model. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140354631 | NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable information processing program is provided. The information processing program, executed by a processing apparatus that is adapted to access a display unit and an input unit, causes the processing apparatus to perform functionality that includes causing a captured image captured by a virtual camera located in a virtual space to be displayed on the display unit, receiving an indicated position on the captured image from the input unit, calculating a position in the virtual space corresponding to the indicated position, and updating the captured image to a state in which ranges close to and distant from the virtual camera with respect to a range proximate to the calculated position are out of focus. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140354632 | METHOD FOR MULTI-VIEW MESH TEXTURING AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE - A method for texturing a mesh associated with a surface representative of a scene captured in a plurality of images, wherein at least a mesh element of the mesh is at least partially visible from at least two first images of the plurality of images. As to reduce the amount of texture information associated with multi-views data representative of the scene, the method comprises for each first image ( | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140354633 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - The embodiments of the present invention provide an image processing method and image processing device. The method includes: determining a UI element of a 2D layer and a UI element of a 3D layer in a user scene; performing rendering processing on the UI element of the 2D layer to acquire a data source for the UI element of the 2D layer, and performing rendering processing on the UI element of the 3D layer to acquire a data source for the UI element of the 3D layer; and combining the data source for the UI element of the 2D layer and the data source for the UI element of the 3D layer, to acquire a 2D and 3D fused data source. In the embodiments of the present invention, the efficiency of rendering processing can be improved. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140362074 | SPLITTING BOUNDING VOLUMES OF PRIMITIVES - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for splitting primitives. A plurality of primitives is received for a scene and a pre-determined plane that intersects the scene is identified. Bounding volumes of the plurality of primitives that are intersected by the pre-determined plane are split, where a bounding volume that encloses each intersected primitive of the plurality of primitives is split into a first bounding volume and a second bounding volume at an intersection of the bounding volume and the pre-determined plane. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362075 | VISUAL DISTORATION EFFECTS THROUGH TRANSLUCENT STRUCTURES IN DESIGN SOFTWARE - System, methods, and apparatus allow for creating translucent surfaces within a three-dimensional model. One or more implementations render a three-dimensional model of a layout of a design space within an architectural design environment. Additionally, one or more implementations identify a first portion of the three-dimensional model that is positioned behind a translucent surface within the three-dimensional model. Furthermore, one or more implementations render a visual distortion effect for the identified first portion of the three-dimensional model. Further still, one or more implementations display on a display device the three-dimensional model comprising the translucent surface, such that the three-dimensional model is displayed behind the translucent surface in a distorted form based on the rendered distortion effect. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362076 | DISPLAY INTERPOSING A PHYSICAL OBJECT WITHIN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUMETRIC SPACE - A visual display unit creating a three-dimensional volumetric space. The display includes a first screen in a first focal plane, wherein the first screen displays a first image. The display includes a second screen in a second focal plane distinct from the first focal plane, wherein the second screen displays a second image, and wherein the second screen at least partially overlaps the first screen. The display includes a physical object located between the first screen and said second screen, wherein at least one of the first and second images is displayed in response to a placement of the physical object. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362077 | VOLUME RENDERING OF IMAGES WITH MULTIPLE CLASSIFICATIONS - Processes and systems for computer enabled volume data rendering, and more particularly for volume rendering of multiple classificated volume datasets using an Interpolation-Classification (IC) order are provided. Further, an octree min/max can be used for volume rendering with the multiple classifications and at the same time applying the IC order to visualize the multiple classifications volume rendering. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362078 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes: a data obtainment unit which obtains an input image captured from a first viewpoint, and depth information indicating a depth of a subject in the input image; a viewpoint transformation unit which generates, using the depth information, a plurality of first transformed images each of which is an image of the input image seen from a corresponding one of second viewpoints different from the first viewpoint; and a blank area analysis unit that analyzes a blank area which is included in each of the first transformed images and includes a pixel which does not have a corresponding pixel in the input image, and generate blank information which indicates, for each of the second viewpoints, a size of the blank area in the first transformed image corresponding to the second viewpoint. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362079 | Automated 3-D Modeling Of Shoe Parts - Manufacturing of a shoe is enhanced by creating 3-D models of shoe parts. For example, a laser beam may be projected onto a shoe-part surface, such that a projected laser line appears on the shoe part. An image of the projected laser line may be analyzed to determine coordinate information, which may be converted into geometric coordinate values usable to create a 3-D model of the shoe part. Once a 3-D model is known and is converted to a coordinate system recognized by shoe-manufacturing tools, certain manufacturing steps may be automated. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140368493 | OBJECT REMOVAL USING LIDAR-BASED CLASSIFICATION - In scenarios involving the capturing of an environment, it may be desirable to remove temporary objects (e.g., vehicles depicted in captured images of a street) in furtherance of individual privacy and/or an unobstructed rendering of the environment. However, techniques involving the evaluation of visual images to identify and remove objects may be imprecise, e.g., failing to identify and remove some objects while incorrectly omitting portions of the images that do not depict such objects. However, such capturing scenarios often involve capturing a lidar point cloud, which may identify the presence and shapes of objects with higher precision. The lidar data may also enable a movement classification of respective objects differentiating moving and stationary objects, which may facilitate an accurate removal of the objects from the rendering of the environment (e.g., identifying the object in a first image may guide the identification of the object in sequentially adjacent images). | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368494 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING SIMULATED DEPTH-OF-FIELD VISUAL EFFECT - Systems and methods for rendering depth-of-field visual effect on images with high computing efficiency and performance. A diffusion blurring process and a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)-based convolution are combined to achieve high-fidelity depth-of-field visual effect with Bokeh spots in real-time applications. The brightest regions in the background of an original image are enhanced with Bokeh effect by virtue of FFT convolution with a convolution kernel. A diffusion solver can be used to blur the background of the original image. By blending the Bokeh spots with the image with gradually blurred background, a resultant image can present an enhanced depth-of-field visual effect. The FFT-based convolution can be computed with multi-threaded parallelism. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368495 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING MULTI-VIEWPOINT IMAGES AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - A system for displaying multi-viewpoint images includes a terminal device having a communication component, a user interface (UI) component and a processing component. The communication component receives an image and a polygonal image model for establishing the relationship between each image and a corresponding viewing angle; one of the viewpoint angles is the current viewpoint angle. The UI component generates a UI for presenting the correspondence between the image of the current viewpoint angle and its viewpoint angle; the correspondence is used for selecting a target-viewpoint angle from the viewpoint angles. The processing component generates a switch instruction based on the target-viewpoint angle and allows UI to present an image corresponding to the target-viewpoint angle after UI presents an interval image being an image of an interval viewpoint angle between the current viewpoint angle and the target-viewpoint angle and is generated based on the image of the target-viewpoint angle. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368496 | 3-DIMENSIONAL MAP VIEW WITH BACKGROUND IMAGES - Techniques for generating a 3-dimensional map view of a navigation system are disclosed. A position module determines a position of a user to which the 3-dimensional map view is to be displayed, a viewing direction and elevation for the user. A map viewer generates the 3-dimensional map view of the map data, wherein for objects located within a predefined distance to the position of the user the position and the representation of each object is calculated taking into account the viewing direction and the elevation, wherein for objects located outside the predefined distance at least one group of objects, to which the objects belong, is identified, and for each identified group the background image is selected and displayed in which the 3-dimensional objects of the identified group are shown from the determined viewing direction and elevation. A display device displays the generated map view. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368497 | Angular Display for the Three-Dimensional Representation of a Scenario - A representation device has a first representation region and a second representation region for representing a three-dimensional scenario. The first representation region is disposed in a first plane and the second representation region is disposed in a second plane, the first plane and the second plane forming an included angle α relative to one another. The angled position reduces conflict between convergence and accommodation in the human visual apparatus, supporting low-fatigue viewing of a three-dimensional scenario. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140375628 | SMOOTH FACIAL BLENDSHAPES TRANSFER - A method for deformation transfer of a source three-dimensional (3D) geometry to a target 3D geometry for computer-implemented blendshapes animation includes solving a linear system equation in which blendshapes deformation transfer with a virtual triangular mesh is performed, where the virtual triangular mesh having a plurality of virtual triangles is assigned to a prescribed region of an animated figure that are presented by a computer-generated mesh, and/or in which blendshapes deformation transfer is performed with Laplacian smoothing. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375629 | Method and System for Forming a Virtual Model of a Human Subject - The method uses a hand-held scanner and a scanning module and can include: providing module reference data concerning the scanning module; immobilizing the subject relative to the scanning module; obtaining a plurality of depth images of the immobilized subject and module, the depth images being from corresponding different points of view relative to a ground reference; determining a position and an orientation of the scanning module in each one of the depth images using the module reference data; and forming the virtual model of the subject, including registering the plurality of depth images using the determined position and orientation of the scanning module. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375630 | Method and Processor for 3D Scene Representation - The present invention relates to three dimension (3D) scene representations and in particular to a method and a processor for providing improved 3D scene representations. An objective of the embodiments of the present invention is to improve the determination of consistency among a plurality of projections at a virtual view denoted νF. When determining the consistency, entries of a distance matrix, indicative of distance differences of 3D components between different views for a corresponding segment k when projected to the predefined view (νF) for each segment k, are compared with entries of a threshold matrix. The objective is achieved by assigning each segment k of a 3D component to a cluster based on individual rules for each cluster and one threshold matrix and by determining one threshold matrix for each cluster based on the segments of that cluster. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375631 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND MEDIUM WITH IMAGE GENERATION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - When generating a pseudo three-dimensional image by performing volume rendering on a three-dimensional image using an opacity curve that defines the relationship between pixel value and opacity, identifying a whole region representing a predetermined target object from the three-dimensional image, setting a base opacity curve to the identified whole region, obtaining, with respect to each of at least some pixels in the identified whole region, a representative value in an adjacent region of a pixel concerned, and setting an opacity curve obtained by modifying the base opacity curve using the obtained representative value as the opacity curve to be applied to the pixel concerned in the volume rendering. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375632 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - A medical image display apparatus includes: a medical image obtaining section for obtaining a three dimensional medical image of a subject; a display control section for displaying the three dimensional medical image obtained by the medical image obtaining section and an additional information image that represents information added to the three dimensional medical image; and an additional information display command receiving section for receiving a command to display the additional information image along with the three dimensional medical image. The display control section displays the additional information image along with the three dimensional medical image and changing the color of the displayed three dimensional medical image to a color which can be discriminated from the color of the additional information image, when the command to display the additional information image is received. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150009205 | Method of Improving Ericsson Texture Compression 1 Image Quality - A method of improving Ericsson Texture Compression image quality includes providing an original image in the RGB color space, performing an image dithering process on the original image to produce a dithered image, and performing an Ericsson Texture Compression process on the dithered image to produce a compressed image. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009206 | REAL-TIME MOBILE CAPTURE AND APPLICATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES AS TEXTURES IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS - A computer-implemented method for obtaining texture data for a three-dimensional model is disclosed. The method is performed at a portable electronic device including a camera, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs. The method includes obtaining an image of one or more objects with the camera. The method also includes concurrently displaying at least a portion of the image with one or more objects in the three-dimensional model. The one or more objects in the three-dimensional model at least partially overlay the one or more objects in the image. The method furthermore includes storing at least one or more portions of the image as texture data for one or more of the one or more objects in the image. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009207 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL FACE MODEL - A method for three-dimensional face generation is described. An inverse depth map is calculated based on a depth map and an inverted first matrix. The inverted first matrix is generated from two images in which pixels are aligned vertically and differ horizontally. The inverse depth map is normalized to correct for distortions in the depth map caused by image rectification. A three-dimensional face model is generated based on the inverse depth map and one of the two images. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009208 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a display processing apparatus including a largest phase viewpoint determining part configured to determine a largest phase viewpoint having the largest phase among viewpoint images at a plurality of viewpoint positions in a normal vision region for presenting a stereoscopic image, and a phase determining part configured to determine phases for the viewpoint images at the respective viewpoint positions so that the phase differences between the viewpoint images at the neighboring viewpoint positions are half or less of the phase at the largest phase viewpoint. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009209 | PROCESSING MODEL DATA REPRESENTING A BIOLOGICAL BODY SECTION HAVING A DEFECT PORTION - A method of processing model data representing a body section with bilateral symmetry of a biological organism is proposed that comprises the steps of providing object imaging data representing the body section having one or more defect portions; calculating a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis of the body section based on mathematical analysis of the object imaging data; and determining a mirror plane based on the calculated longitudinal and lateral axes. Said mirror plane allows for reconstructing the one or more defect portions by mirroring one or more corresponding portions having no defects at the mirror plane. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009210 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING OPTICALLY DETERMINED SURFACE GEOMETRIES - In a method for displaying at least one property of an optically determined surface geometry of at least one three-dimensional object, in particular a tooth, on a display, in particular a computer screen, a defined region of the surface geometry is monitored to ascertain whether a defined criterion has been fulfilled. An amount of optically determined data of the defined region is a criterion. A number of defined regions of the surface geometry are assigned a property when all the regions of the number meet the criterion. The property is displayed graphically in a defined manner, wherein different properties are graphically displayed in a differing manner. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009211 | METHOD FOR SETTING AND DETERMINING DIRECTIONS OF PRINCIPAL AXES OF 3D OBJECT - The invention provides a method for setting the directions of principal axes of a 3D object is provided. The method comprises: for each of any two principal axes, setting the direction of the principal axis according to at least one predefined function, with which the result calculated of the 3D object for the vertices in the positive half space of the principal axis is smaller than or equal to the result for the vertices in the negative half space of the principal axis, wherein a vertex in the positive half space of the principal axis means the one with a coordinate of the principal axis larger than 0, and a vertex in the negative half space of the principal axis means the one with a coordinate of the axis smaller than 0; setting the direction of the third principal axis of to follow the right-hand rule with said two principal axes, wherein the vector for the third axis is the cross product of the vectors for said two principal axes; and displaying a signal of the 3D object with the directions of the principal axes set according to the above steps. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009212 | CLOUD-BASED DATA PROCESSING - Cloud-based data processing. Input data is captured at a data acquisition device. The input data is streamed to a cloud server communicatively coupled to the data acquisition device over a network connection, in which at least a portion of the streaming of the input data occurs concurrent to the capturing of the input data, and in which the cloud server is configured for performing data processing on the input data to generate processed data. The data acquisition device receives the processed data, in which at least a portion of the receiving of the processed data occurs concurrent to the streaming of the input data. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009213 | DYNAMIC GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR MEDICAL WORKSTATIONS CROSS-REFERENCE TO REATED APPLICATIONS - Dynamic systems and methods for depicting context among different views of an imaging visualization application used by a medical workstation are provided. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150015568 | FIELD SEQUENTIAL COLOR LCD AND METHOD FOR GENERATING 3D IMAGES BY MATCHING A SOFTWARE OPTICAL GRATING - A field sequential color LCD for generating 3D images by matching a software optical grating includes a backlight module and a LCD panel. The LCD panel has a plurality of first subpixels for generating a first image, a plurality of second subpixels for generating a second image, and a plurality of third subpixels for generating a black barrier image as the software optical grating. When the black barrier image is slightly spread to cover one part of the first image and one part of the second image, the first image is covered partially by the black barrier image to form a right-eye image, and the second image is covered partially by the black barrier image to form a left-eye image. Whereby, the right-eye and the left-eye images concurrently generated by the field sequential color LCD are respectively projected onto the right and the left eyes of the viewer. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DEPTH IMAGE - A method of processing a depth image includes receiving a high-resolution color image and a low-resolution depth image corresponding to the high-resolution color image, generating a feature vector based on a depth distribution of the low-resolution depth image, selecting a filter to upsample the low-resolution depth image by classifying a generated feature vector according to a previously learnt classifier, upsampling the low-resolution depth image by using a selected filter, and outputting an upsampled high-resolution depth image. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015570 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Image processing apparatus 110 for processing a medical image, comprising an input 120 for obtaining the medical image 122 and medical data 124, the medical image constituting a field of view in three-dimensional [3D] patient data, and the medical data showing an anatomical context of a content of the field of view, an output 130 for providing an output image 160 comprising the medical image and a visualization of the medical data, the medical data constituting non-patient specific medical data, and the imaging processing apparatus further comprising a processor 140 for (i) performing an image alignment between the medical image and the medical data for obtaining a transformation providing a position of the content with respect to its anatomical context, and (ii) using the transformation for establishing a graphical representation of the field of view in the visualization of the medical data at said position. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015571 | DIVIDED-AREA-BASED RENDERING DEVICE AND DIVIDED-AREA-BASED RENDERING METHOD - A divided-area-based rendering device includes: a table generating unit that calculates, for each unit polygon, a first area including the unit polygon, using screen coordinates, determines, from among divided areas obtained by dividing a rendering region, a divided area including at least part of the first area, and generates an area-by-polygon table that is a table in which, for each unit polygon, the divided area including the at least part of the first area including the unit polygon is associated with the unit polygon; a determining unit that determines a rendering unit polygon that is one of the unit polygons which is associated with the divided area, by referring to the area-by-polygon table; and an area rendering unit that performs, for each divided area, vertex processing and rasterization on the rendering unit polygon. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015572 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - To retrieve a desired image from plural types of successive images arranged based on various physical quantities, a cuboid object that is an assembly of multiple unit cells is displayed on a display device, a successive image group is arranged according to the physical quantities of the three axes of the cuboid object that are respectively the body-axis direction position, the first time phase intervals, and the second time phase intervals narrower than the first time phase intervals, and the respective images included in the successive image group and the respective unit cells are associated on one-to-one basis and stored in a main memory. When a three-dimensional position in the cuboid object is input by a mouse operation etc., the CPU retrieves one or multiple images associated with one or multiple unit cells determined according to the input three-dimensional position from the main memory and displays the images in an image display region. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015573 | VISUALLY ADAPTIVE SURFACES - A display system can include an optionally removable display that at least partially conforms to a surface of an article. The article and display can be non-flat, having a curved or complex conforming shape. A processing module can automatically create images based on a set of rules operating on at least one of stored user settings, input from a user, local sensor data including but not limited to images captured by a user, or social or other network derived data. An intermediate image can be created for approval by a user, and the image can be modified to conform to display surface for enhanced visual appearance, fashion coordination, advertising, and/or branding of the article supporting the display. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150022516 | FLEXIBLE 3-D CHARACTER RIGGING BLOCKS WITH INTERFACE OBLIGATIONS - A method of generating an animation rig for a 3-D computing environment may include accessing a plurality of blocks, each representing a particular rig element, and including interfaces that govern interactions with other rig elements and information for generating a portion of the animation rig corresponding to the particular rig element represented by the block. The method may also include receiving a selection of a first block that includes a first interface and first information and represents a first rig element, and receiving a selection of a second block that includes a second interface and second information and represents a second rig element. The method may additionally include receiving an instruction to connect the first interface to the second interface, generating the animation rig using the first information and the second information, and providing the animation rig to the 3-D computing environment. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150022517 | FLEXIBLE 3-D CHARACTER RIGGING DEVELOPMENT ARCHITECTURE - A method of generating an animation rig for a three-dimensional (3-D) computing environment may include providing a rig generation environment that includes a library storing a plurality of blocks. Each of the plurality of blocks may represent particular rig elements and include information for generating the rig elements in the 3-D computing environment along with a first icon that is visually representative of the particular rig elements. The method may also include receiving and displaying two or more blocks in the rig generation environment, and receiving one or more graphical connections between the blocks. The method may additionally include generating the animation rig using the information of each of the two or more blocks and sending the animation rig from the rig generation environment to the 3-D computing environment. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150022518 | IMAGE PROCESS DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESS METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESS PROGRAM - In an image process device, a depth map generation unit generates a depth map of an input image on the basis of the input image and a depth model. A 3D image generation unit performs a pixel shift on the input image on the basis of the depth map so as to generate an image from a different viewpoint. In this process, the 3D image generation unit alpha-blends a pixel of the object that is moved by the pixel shift and a pixel that is covered by the pixel of the object. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150029176 | MULTIPLE VIEWSHED ANALYSIS - Viewshed intersection analysis and usage is disclosed. A plurality of object positions is obtained. Each object position is associated with a range. A relevant area is determined. Elevation data is obtained for a plurality of points in the relevant area. Lines of sight are evaluated between the plurality of points and the object positions within the associated ranges based on the elevation data. An interest zone comprising a subset of the plurality of points within the relevant area is determined. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029177 | Data Collection Visualization Facility - Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for implementing a data collection visualization facility. An embodiment operates by adding a visualization component to an application, to create a three-dimensional (3D) user interface and implementing a data adaptor associated with the visualization component. This embodiment further implements an event handler configured to function with the visualization component. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029178 | ROBUST ARTIFACT REDUCTION IN IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - Approaches are disclosed for removing or reducing metal artifacts in reconstructed images. The approaches include creating a metal mask in the projection domain, interpolating data within the metal mask, and perform a reconstruction using the interpolated data. In certain embodiments the metal structure is separately reconstructed and combined with the reconstructed volume. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029179 | MULTI VIEW IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A multi view image display apparatus is disclosed. A multi view image processing apparatus includes a depth extractor which is configured to extract depth information of a three-dimensional (3D) input image, a depth corrector which is configured to correct a depth of an on screen display (OSD) region in the 3D input image based on the extracted depth information and OSD mask information which corresponds to the OSD region in the 3D input image, and a rendering device which is configured to render multi view images using the 3D input image with the corrected depth. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029180 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, POSITION DESIGNATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: calculate, based on a figure of a reference object recognized from a first input image, position information with respect to the reference object, the positional information indicating an image-capturing position of the first input image, and generate setting information in which display data is associated with the position information with respect to the reference object as a display position of the display data, the display data being displayed based on the setting information when the reference object is recognized from a second input image different from the first input image. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029181 | DESIGN OF A PATH CONNECTING A FIRST POINT TO A SECOND POINT IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE - It is proposed a computer-implemented method, system and program product designing a path connecting a first point to a second point in a three-dimensional scene. The method comprises:
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| 20150029182 | GENERATING 3D BUILDING MODELS WITH GROUND LEVEL AND ORTHOGONAL IMAGES - A system and method is provided for generating textured 3D building models from ground-level and orthogonal imagery. Ground-level images for the sides of building objects are collected to form a 3D dense point cloud for identification of key architectural features, corresponding key façade geometry planes, and generation of a 3D building façade geometry. Orthogonal images are correlated to the 3D building model providing a properly geo-positioned, scaled and textured 3D building model. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029183 | LEARNING SYSTEM WITH AUGMENTED REALITY AND RELATED LEARNING METHOD - A learning system with augmented reality is provided. The learning system includes a cloud server recording an operation history of a learner and providing feedback messages, and a mobile device having an image-capturing module capturing an image of a substantial object. Also, the learning system comprises an object database storing a simulated object corresponding to the substantial object, an identification module identifying the image and generating image information, and a processing module which receives and analyzes the image information, obtains the simulated object from the object database according to analyzing results, and displays the simulated object on a display interface of the mobile device. The learning system allows learner to operate simulated object operation instructions on the display interface or directly operate the substantial object to control a display status of the simulated object, and the operation history of learner is transmitted to the cloud server. Learner conducts simulation scientific experiments and substantial operational trainings by operating the simulated object or the substantial object, thereby facilitating learning abstract concepts without being limited by the time and space constraints in a conventional learning system. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029184 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL DATA GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A liver region extraction unit and a structural element extraction unit extracts the liver region and structural elements, such as the hepatic artery and the hepatic vein, from a three-dimensional image, and a surface data generation unit generates surface data of the liver region and surface data of the structural elements. A pattern adding unit adds a textured pattern to at least one of the surfaces of the liver region and the structural elements, and a data generation unit generate three-dimensional model data by combining the surface data of the liver region and the surface data of the structural elements after the addition of the textured pattern. A three-dimensional model making device makes a three-dimensional model of the liver based on the three-dimensional model data. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150035820 | 3D MODELING MOTION PARAMETERS - According to an example, 3D modeling motion parameters may be simultaneously determined for video frames according to different first and second motion estimation techniques. In response to detecting a failure of the first motion estimation technique, the 3D modeling motion parameters determined according to the second motion estimation technique may be used to re-determine the 3D modeling motion parameters according to the first motion estimation technique. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150035821 | STEREOSCOPIC ONLINE WEB CONTENT CREATION AND RENDERING - Improved techniques are presented for generating stereoscopic image of 2D web pages. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a stereo-enhancing annotation tool is provided and used to generate intermediate HTML source code. The intermediate HTML source code—together with the normal HTML code that is served when a user's browser makes a URL call—are used by a computer processing unit to generate stereoscopic images. Algorithms optimize the look and feel of stereoscopically-imaged web-page content using a number of known presentation optimized parameters that are automatically determined based on a priori assumptions of depth cues. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150035822 | Dockable Billboards For Labeling Objects In A Display Having A Three-Dimensional Perspective Of A Virtual or Real Environment - A system and method that allows a user to view objects in a three-dimensional environment, where one or more of the objects have a data display (e.g., a data billboard, etc.) that shows data about the object. To enhance user experience and to provide relevant contextual data as the user navigates through the three-dimensional environment, the system calculates a location for the user and a location for each object and determines if a relationship between the user frame of reference and each object location satisfies a first criterion. If the first criterion is satisfied, the system is configured to move the data display to the bottom of a viewing area of the three-dimensional environment (e.g. docking the data display to the bottom of the viewing area, etc.). The system may also arrange the data displays in the same order as the objects are perceived by the user in the three-dimensional environment. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150035823 | Systems and Methods for Using a Three-Dimensional, First Person Display to Convey Data to a User - Systems and methods according to various embodiments enable a user to view three-dimensional representations of data objects (“nodes”) within a 3D environment from a first person perspective. The system may be configured to allow the user to interact with the nodes by moving a virtual camera through the 3D environment. The nodes may have one or more attributes that may correspond, respectively, to particular static or dynamic values within the data object's data fields. The attributes may include physical aspects of the nodes, such as color, size, or shape. The system may group related data objects within the 3D environment into clusters that are demarked using one or more cluster designators, which may be in the form of a dome or similar feature that encompasses the related data objects. The system may enable multiple users to access the 3D environment simultaneously, or to record their interactions with the 3D environment. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150035824 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An imaging apparatus comprising: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image; a depth map acquisition unit configured to acquire a first depth map; a working range map generation unit configured to generate a working range map showing a working range in the image on the basis of the first depth map; a synthesizing unit configured to synthesize the image and the working range map and to generate a synthesized image; and a display unit configured to display the synthesized image. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150035825 | METHOD FOR REAL-TIME FACE ANIMATION BASED ON SINGLE VIDEO CAMERA - The invention discloses a method for real-time face animation based on single video camera. The method tracks 3D locations of face feature points in real time by adopting a single video camera, and parameterizes head poses and facial expressions according to the 3D locations, finally may map these parameters into an avatar to drive face animation of an animation character. The present invention may achieve a real time speed by merely adopting a usual video camera of the user instead of an advanced acquisition equipment; the present invention may process all kinds of wide-angle rotations, translation and exaggerated expressions of faces accurately; the present invention may also work under different illumination and background environments, which include indoor and sunny outdoor. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150042639 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL LANDSCAPES - A system for displaying three-dimensional landscapes includes a processor and a storage device in communication with the processor. The processor is configured to identify at least one predetermined landscape element in a landscape to be displayed, individually calculate a representation of the at least one predetermined landscape element and cause a display to display the landscape based on the individually calculated representation of the at least one predetermined landscape element and the altitude data. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042640 | FLOATING 3D IMAGE IN MIDAIR - A first method is disclosed for projecting an image on random surfaces from a movable projection source to give the image the appearance of a floating three-dimensional image relative to a point of view. A second method is also disclosed for projecting a virtual 3D model on a 3D environment wherein certain virtual objects of the virtual 3D model are projected on certain actual objects of the 3D environment while the source of projecting the virtual 3D model is moving. A third method is disclosed for projecting an image on a transparent surface that can be held by a user's hands wherein the content of the image suits the identity of the objects located behind the transparent surface relative to a point of view. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042641 | TECHNIQUES TO AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST 3D GRAPHICS APPLICATION SETTINGS - Techniques for automatically adjusting three-dimensional (3D) graphics application settings are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit to execute a 3D graphics application based on one or more feature control settings and a 3D graphics management module to determine a performance metric during execution of the 3D graphics application, compare the performance metric to a performance threshold, and when the performance metric is less than the performance threshold, determine a set of one or more setting adjustments based on feature control information to increase a performance of the 3D graphics application. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042642 | METHOD FOR REPRESENTING A PARTICIPATING MEDIA IN A SCENE AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE - A method and device for rendering a participating media delimited by a bounding box and rendered from a viewpoint, the media being at a determined distance from the viewpoint according to a viewing direction. In order to represent the limits of the participating media, the method comprises for at least one point of the volume formed by the bounding box, estimating a set of directions having for origin the at least one point; for each direction, estimating a first intersection point, corresponding to the intersection between the direction and the participating media, for which the associated density value is greater than a first threshold value; and estimating third intersection points, corresponding to the intersections between the viewing direction and the participating media, from an item of information representative of distances separating the first intersection point from a second intersection point corresponding to the intersection between the direction and the bounding box for each direction of the at least one part of the set of estimated directions. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042643 | MEDICAL X-RAY APPARATUS - Provided is one example of a medical X-ray apparatus used as a C-arm fluoroscopy apparatus for endoscopy. Firstly, a three-dimensional image (CBCT volume data) is obtained through cone beam CT imaging (CBCT imaging). Then a stereogram (right and left fluoroscopy images) is generated through endoscopy (fluoroscopy). Thereafter, a stereoscopic image (right and left CBCT images) is generated based on the three-dimensional image (CBCT volume data) in projection directions in the stereogram. The three-dimensional image (stereoscopic image) and the stereogram are same in terms of an X-ray image. Accordingly, these images are superimposed to be displayed in real time on a display unit. This allows identification of a position and a direction of an object under fluoroscopy. Moreover, a three-dimensional coordinate of the object is detected from the stereogram in real time. Consequently, the position and the direction under fluoroscopy can be identified much readily, leading to perform accurate navigation. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042644 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING APPARATUS AND GRAPHICS PROCESSING METHOD - A graphics processing apparatus and a graphics processing method are provided. The graphics processing method processes applications using a plurality of GPUs includes rendering a plurality of video data constituting at least one application using the plurality of GPUs, blending the plurality of video data that are rendered by the plurality of GPUs, and outputting blended images, wherein the blending performs blending through at least one of the GPUs that does not perform a rendering job and a video processing constituent element which is different from the plurality of GPUs. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042645 | PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA, PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROCESSING PROGRAM THEREFOR - According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional data processing apparatus includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire point group data measured by a three-dimensional measuring instrument that emits a beam for scanning from one position in a space in which a target object exists; a discriminating unit configured to discriminate a region unirradiated with the beam in the space on a basis of the point group data; a coordinate integrating unit configured to integrate, into one global coordinate system, respective local coordinate systems at a plurality of the positions at each of which the three-dimensional measuring instrument is placed; and an extracting unit configured to extract an overlapping region formed by integrating, into the global coordinate system, the unirradiated regions discriminated in the respective local coordinate systems. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150049078 | MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVE INTERACTIVE IMAGE PROJECTION - The projection of interactive images such that different images are pre-edited so that when projected, the image is better suited for viewing from a particular perspective. Thus, a variety of images might be projected such that some are suitable for one perspective, some are suitable for another perspective, and so forth. For instance, one image might be edited so that when projected, the projected first image is presented for better viewing from a first perspective. Another image might be edited so that when projected, the projected second image is presented for better viewing from a second perspective. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150049079 | TECHNIQUES FOR THREEDIMENSIONAL IMAGE EDITING - Techniques for three-dimensional (3D) image editing are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and a 3D graphics management module, and the 3D graphics management module may be operable by the processor circuit to determine modification information for a first sub-image in a 3D image comprising the first sub-image and a second sub-image, modify the first sub-image based on the modification information for the first sub-image, determine modification information for the second sub-image based on the modification information for the first sub-image, and modify the second sub-image based on the modification information for the second sub-image. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150049080 | Method and Apparatus for Rendering Items in a User Interface - An approach is provided for rendering items in a user interface. The approach may, for instance, include: a pre-fetching and a caching of item information associated with one or more items for one or more determined categories based on location information associated with the device; a processing of a detected attitude change associated with the device and of an attitude change threshold to determine an intended orientation mode for the device; a modification of one or more representations, of one or more items, that are within a region, of a user interface, associated with a user interface object; a grouping, a de-overlapping, or a combination thereof of the one or more representations based on an overlapping of one or more rendering locations, of the one or more representations, in a three-dimensional model space. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150049081 | Computer Visualization of Anatomical Items - A computer-implemented medical visualization method includes identifying a three-dimensional model of an anatomical item of a particular mammal; automatically identifying an open path in three-dimensional space through the anatomical item; fitting a smooth curve to the open path; and displaying the anatomical item and a visual representation of the smooth curve to a user on a three-dimensional imaging system. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150054821 | DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF DISPLAY CONTENT FOR POWER OPTIMIZATION OF A CONTINUOUS SCAN DISPLAY - Various embodiments relating to reducing memory bandwidth consumed by a continuous scan display screen are provided. In one embodiment, an indication of a static image period of a continuous scan display screen is determined. A reference image of a first image format having a first bit depth is converted into a modified image of a second image format having a second bit depth that is less than the first bit depth. During the static image period, the modified image is scanned onto the continuous scan display screen. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150054822 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A position calculation unit ( | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150054823 | CHROMA KEY CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system of properly displaying chroma key content is presented. The system obtains a digital representation of a 3D environment, for example a digital photo, and gathers data from that digital representation. The system renders the digital representation in an environmental model and displays that digital representation upon an output device. Depending upon the context, content anchors of the environmental model are selected which will be altered by suitable chroma key content. The chroma key content takes into consideration the position and orientation of the chroma key content relative to the content anchor and relative to the point of view that the environmental model is displayed from in order to accurately display chroma key content in a realistic manner. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150062114 | DISPLAYING TEXTUAL INFORMATION RELATED TO GEOLOCATED IMAGES - To provide information about geographic locations, an interactive 3D display of geolocated imagery is provided via a user interface of a computing device. A view of the geolocated imagery is generated from a perspective of a notational camera having a particular camera pose, where the camera pose is associated with at least position and orientation. A selection of a location within the interactive display is received via the user interface, and a symbolic location corresponding to the selected location is automatically identified, where at least textual information is available for the symbolic location. Automatically and without further input via the user interface, (i) the notational camera is moved toward the selected location, and (ii) overlaid textual description of the symbolic location that includes a link to additional information related to the symbolic location is provided. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062115 | CONTOUR GRADIENTS USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS - A method and systems of applying a contour gradient to a two-dimensional path are provided. A three-dimensional polygonal shell may be constructed from the two-dimensional path. Then the three-dimensional polygonal shell may be projected into two dimensions, resulting in a two-dimensional projected model, while saving values for a third dimension for each point in the two-dimensional projected model. Then a range of all values for the third dimension in the two-dimensional projected model is determined from the saved values. The range can then be mapped to a visual attribute. The two-dimensional projected model may be displayed using the mapped visual attribute. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062116 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPIDLY GENERATING A 3-D MODEL OF A USER - A computer-implemented method for generating a three-dimensional (3-D) model of a user. A first set of images are captured. Prior to capturing a second set of images the first set of images are processed using a 3-D modeling process, resulting in 3-D data and scaled data derived from the first set of images. The second set of images are captured after processing the first set of images. A second 3-D model of the user is generated using the second set of images of the user and the 3-D data derived from processing the first set of images. A feature of the user is tracked in real time based at least in part on the 3-D data derived from processing the first set of images. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062117 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF A PLANE IN AN AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for constructing a representation of a planar object are presented. In some embodiments, techniques for constructing a representation of a planar object are disclosed. According to some embodiments, a method for constructing a representation of a planar object may include obtaining a depth image of a physical scene as captured from a viewing position. The depth image may comprise a plurality of depth values and corresponding to a plurality of points in the physical scene. The method may further include identifying a planar surface along which the planar object is estimated to be positioned. Furthermore, the method may include constructing a support map. Moreover, the method may include constructing an occlusion map, the occlusion map indicating portions of the planar surface where the planar object is missing. Subsequently, the method may include constructing a representation of at least one boundary of the planar object, using the occlusion map. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062118 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING A 3D REPRESENTATION OF A USER INTERFACE IN A VEHICLE - A method for generating a 3D representation of a user interface in a vehicle, in which a scene, in particular a moving scene, containing at least one 3D object is rendered by a computing device inside the vehicle in order to determine the 3D representation. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062119 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, 3D-IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING AND PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - A 3D-image display device according to embodiments can display a 3D-image. The device may comprise a display panel, an optical aperture, a divider, a generator, and a data processor. The display panel may include a plurality of sub-pixels. The optical aperture may be placed opposite the display panel. The divider may divide a region on the display panel into division numbers differing from each other to generate small regions. The generator may generate 3D-images based on the small regions by using a model data in which a shape of a 3D object is represented, each 3D-image corresponding to one of the division numbers. The data processor may select a 3D-image to be displayed on the display panel by evaluating the 3D-image corresponding to each division number. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062120 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRESENTING A PHYSICAL SCENE - Systems, methods, and devices are described for constructing a digital representation of a physical scene by obtaining information about the physical scene. Based on the information, an initial portion of a planar surface within the physical scene may be identified. In one aspect of the disclosure, constructing a digital representation of a physical scene may include obtaining information about the physical scene, identifying a planar surface within the physical scene, selecting a physical object within the physical scene, placed above the planar surface, detecting properties associated with the physical object, generating a three-dimensional (3D) reconstructed object using the properties associated with the physical object, and representing the planar surface as an augmented reality (AR) plane in an augmented reality environment, wherein the AR plane in the AR environment is capable of supporting 3D reconstructed objects on top of it. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062121 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERFACE FOR CONTENT LOCATION - Instances of content, such as search results or browse items, can be displayed using a plurality of three-dimensional elements, with selected pieces of information for each instance placed upon faces, sides, or other portions of those elements. A user can view similar information for each of the instances of content by rotating the elements, such as by interacting with an input element or rotating a portable computing device rendering the elements. The user can apply various filtering criteria or value ranges, whereby the relative position of the elements in three-dimensional space can be adjusted based at least in part upon the applied values. By rotating the elements, applying criteria, and changing the camera view of the elements, a user can quickly compare a large number of instances of context according to a number of different criteria, and can quickly locate items of interest from a large selection of items. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062122 | SPATIALLY-CORRELATED MULTI-DISPLAY HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE - A human-machine interface involves plural spatially-coherent visual presentation surfaces at least some of which are movable by a person. Plural windows or portholes into a virtual space, at least some of which are handheld and movable, are provided by using handheld and other display devices. Aspects of multi-dimensional spatiality of the moveable window (e.g., relative to another window) are determined and used to generate images. As one example, the moveable window can present a first person perspective “porthole” view into the virtual space, this porthole view changing based on aspects of the moveable window's spatiality in multi-dimensional space relative to a stationary window. A display can present an image of a virtual space, and an additional, moveable display can present an additional image of the same virtual space. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150070346 | Method and System for Rendering Virtual Views - A method including receiving a first image of a scene captured from a first perspective, the first image including an object and a background; segmenting the first image to extract a first two-dimensional contour of the object; approximating a plurality of three-dimensional locations of a plurality of points on the first contour; generating a three-dimensional billboard of the object based on the three-dimensional locations; and projecting the first image onto the three-dimensional billboard. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070347 | COMPUTER-VISION BASED AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM - Methods for providing a graphical user interface through an augmented reality service provisioning system. A panel is used as a template to enable content providers to provide configurations for a customizable graphical user interface. The graphical user interface is displayable in perspective with objects in augmented reality through the use of computer vision techniques. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070348 | Graphical System and Method of Use - A graphical system is disclosed comprising: a lofted graph comprising a one or more slices arranged on a path. Said one or more slices connected to one another by lofting them together. Each of said one or more slices separated from one another by a cycle distance. A one or more period values each associated with a one or more cycle values. Said one or more slices representing a one or more values at said cycle value. Said one or more values comprising a datum at said cycle value. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070349 | INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, SERVER, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A user can know the level of his/her own binocular vision. When an input instruction is input by the user via an input part, an information management part outputs a test request to a testing device, and a determination processing part obtains test results output from the testing device. The determination processing part determines a total level based on the test results and on information stored in a storage part. The determination processing part outputs the obtained total level to an output processing part. The output processing part generates a display screen in which the obtained total level and indices associated with the total level are written. The output processing part outputs the generated display screen to a display part. This causes the display part to display the display screen, and the user can know the concrete level of his/her own binocular vision. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070350 | SECURITY DEVICE FOR PROJECTING A COLLECTION OF SYNTHETIC IMAGES - A security device for projecting a collection of synthetic images as well as a computer-implemented method for producing such a security device are provided. The synthetic images may represent different viewpoints of a target object or image that change from one viewpoint image to another viewpoint image as the location of the observer changes relative to the device. The nature of each synthetic image can, however, be completely arbitrary, much like the images that are provided by a display device such as a television or computer monitor. In an exemplary embodiment, a special symmetry is used to generate the synthetic images, which allows the device to be manufactured without regard for registration. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070351 | METHOD FOR SHARING EMOTIONS THROUGH THE CREATION OF THREE DIMENSIONAL AVATARS AND THEIR INTERACTION - A method is provided for transforming a two-dimensional image of at least one portion of a human or animal body into a three-dimensional model. A search is made of features indicative of at least a portion of the human or animal body within the at least one portion. A set of landmarks is identified that corresponds to the features. A 3D deformable mask is aligned, including the set of landmarks to create a 3D model of the face respecting its morphology, the deformable mask including a number of mesh shapes that correspond to at least one portion of the human or animal. The 3D model is animated by dividing it into concentric rings or quasi rings and applying different degrees of rotation to each ring, or quasi ring. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150077416 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY FOR VIEWING AND CREATING A MEDIA FILE INCLUDING OMNIDIRECTIONAL IMAGE DATA AND CORRESPONDING AUDIO DATA - A compact, lightweight, self-powered head mounted display device for viewing a media file including omnidirectional image data and corresponding audio data. The device includes a housing configured to be worn on a user's head, a processor, and at least one display for displaying the image data from a processor. The device also includes at least one speaker for playing the audio data to the user. The device also includes a system memory for storing media files for display on the device. The device detects the orientation/position of the user's head and updates the displayed image and played sound accordingly. The device may also create omnidirectional media files for playback or for use on other devices. The device may send and receive media files utilizing a wired connection, a wireless connection, or both. The device may optionally fold up for compact storage. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150084949 | STEREOSCOPIC RENDERING USING VERTIX SHADER INSTANCING - Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques to generate stereoscopic views of a scene for purposes of providing an illusion of depth to the scene. An apparatus for stereoscopic rendering includes a processor component; a vertex shader to generate a plurality of vertices corresponding to primitives that are a representation of the scene to be displayed, the vertex shader transforming a first instance of the plurality of vertices to a first projected space in a first portion of a two-dimensional (2D) area and transforming a second instance of the plurality of vertices to a second projected space in the 2D area, the first portion of the 2D area corresponding to a first stereoscopic view of the scene and the second portion of the 2D area corresponding to a second stereoscopic view of the scene. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150084950 | REAL-TIME PERFORMANCE CAPTURE WITH ON-THE-FLY CORRECTIVES - Techniques for facial performance capture using an adaptive model are provided herein. For example, a computer-implemented method may include obtaining a three-dimensional scan of a subject and a generating customized digital model including a set of blendshapes using the three-dimensional scan, each of one or more blendshapes of the set of blendshapes representing at least a portion of a characteristic of the subject. The method may further include receiving input data of the subject, the input data including video data and depth data, tracking body deformations of the subject by fitting the input data using one or more of the blendshapes of the set, and fitting a refined linear model onto the input data using one or more adaptive principal component analysis shapes. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150084951 | SYSTEM FOR MIXING OR COMPOSITING IN REAL-TIME, COMPUTER GENERATED 3D OBJECTS AND A VIDEO FEED FROM A FILM CAMERA - A method of mixing or compositing in real-time, computer generated 3D objects and a video feed from a film camera in which the body of the film camera can be moved in 3D and sensors in or attached to the camera provide real-time positioning data defining the 3D position and 3D orientation of the camera, or enabling the 3D position to be calculated. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150091890 | RENDERING TECHNIQUES FOR TEXTURED DISPLAYS - Rendering techniques are disclosed for displays capable of adjusting/changing the angle of individual pixels (or pixel groups), referred to herein as textured displays. The textured displays may be capable of creating on demand textures which may be used to simulate the surface of an object in a scene. The rendering techniques may be used to improve upon the realism of rendered scenes/objects and they may provide users with a unique rendering experience whereby the textured display physically changes to mimic textures of the rendered scenes/objects. This can be achieved by sending geometric data, such as surface normal information, to individual pixels of the textured display. Other factors may be considered when adjusting the angle of individual pixels of the textured display, such as whether the user is experiencing too much glare. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150091891 | System and method for non-holographic teleportation - The present invention discloses a system and method for non-holographic virtual teleportation of one or more remote objects to a designated three-dimensional space around a user in realtime. This is achieved by using a plurality of participating teleportation terminals, located at geographically diverse locations, that capture the RGB and depth data of their respective environments, extract RGB images of target objects from their corresponding environment, and transmit the alpha channeled object images via Internet for integration into a single composite scene in which layers of computer graphics are added in the foreground and in the background. The invention thus creates a virtual 3D space around a user in which almost anything imaginable can be virtually teleported for user interaction. This invention has application in intuitive computing, perceptual computing, entertainment, gaming, virtual meetings, conferencing, gesture based interfaces, advertising, ecommerce, social networking, virtual training, education, so on and so forth. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150091892 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING IMAGE DATA - Provided is a rendering method and apparatuses for rendering image data. The rendering method includes generating a primitive list by performing geometry processing on a current tile to be rendered; determining whether the current tile is identical to a previous tile from among tiles included in a previously rendered frame; and in response to the previous tile being identical to the current tile, generating an image of the current tile by re-using an image of the previous tile. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150091893 | USER MODELING METHOD BASED ON USAGE HISTORY OF SMART DEVICE AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method that performs a user modeling operation based on usage history data of a specific function which is provided or executed by a user terminal, and enables the user modeling result to be applied to various services. The method matches a user with a specific class, based on usage history data of various functions collected by a user terminal, and provides a user-based service suitable for the specific class. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150091894 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACING RAY USING RESULT OF PREVIOUS RENDERING - Provided is a ray tracing method including extracting, at a ray scanner, characteristics of a ray generated to render a current frame, determining a ray having characteristics similar to that of the generated ray based on comparing the characteristics of the generated ray with characteristics of rays used to render a previous frame, and performing ray tracing of the generated ray based on a result of ray tracing of the determined ray. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150091895 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATING RAY TRACING - Provided is a method of accelerating ray tracing. The method includes extracting characteristics of an input ray at a ray scanner, determining a ray with characteristics similar to that of the input ray based on comparing characteristics of the input ray with characteristics of rays used in previous renderings, and conducting a set up for ray tracing of the input ray based on a ray tracing of the determined ray. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150091896 | METHOD FOR SHARING EMOTIONS THROUGH THE CREATION OF THREE DIMENSIONAL AVATARS AND THEIR INTERACTION - A two-dimensional image is transformed into at least one portion of a human or animal body into a three-dimensional model. An image is acquired that includes the at least one portion of the human or animal body. An identification is made of the at least one portion within the image. Searches are made for features indicative of the at least one portion of the human or animal body within the at least one portion. One or more identifications are made of a set of landmarks corresponding to the features. An alignment is a deformable mask including the set of landmarks. The deformable mask includes a number of meshes corresponding to the at least one portion of the human or animal body. The 3D model is animated by dividing it into concentric rings, quasi rings and applying different degrees of rotation to each ring. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150091897 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR LAYERED DISPLAY SCHEME BASED ON LOCATION OF EYE OF USER - An image generating apparatus and a display device for a layered display scheme based on a location of an eye of a user are provided, wherein the image generating apparatus may generate layer images for a three-dimensional (3D) image based on information related to pixels matched based on the location of the eye of the user. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150091898 | Display Apparatus - A display apparatus has a display | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150091899 | Method and Device For Edge Shape Enforcement For Visual Enhancement of Depth Image Based Rendering of A Three-Dimensional Video Stream - A method for edge correction of images of a three-dimensional video content, the video content including at least one original view image and at least one depth or disparity map, the method including the following steps: detecting edges in at least one original view image for obtaining original edges; warping the original edges according to the depth or disparity map; detecting a set of warped edges altered by the warping process; and correcting the altered edges for obtaining corrected edges. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150091900 | Systems and Methods for Depth-Assisted Perspective Distortion Correction - Systems and methods for automatically correcting apparent distortions in close range photographs that are captured using an imaging system capable of capturing images and depth maps are disclosed. In many embodiments, faces are automatically detected and segmented from images using a depth-assisted alpha matting. The detected faces can then be re-rendered from a more distant viewpoint and composited with the background to create a new image in which apparent perspective distortion is reduced. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150091901 | RASTER IMAGE THREE-DIMENSIONALIZATION PROCESSING DEVICE, RASTER IMAGE THREE-DIMENSIONALIZATION METHOD, AND RASTER IMAGE THREE-DIMENSIONALIZATION PROGRAM - The computer main body includes a mesh size matching unit, a shading map generator, a red three-dimensional image generator, a raster image reader, a gradient reader, a floating-sinking degree reader, a first HSV converter, a mesh designator, a shading data reader, a second HSV converter, a hue reader, a first synthesis unit, a second synthesis unit, a third synthesis unit, an image output unit, a register, a color adjuster and the like, and causes the raster image RSGi having an elevation value to be viewed three-dimensionally. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150097825 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus acquires viewpoint information indicating a viewpoint for which rendering of a 3D scene is performed and generates, by a predetermined calculation, a viewpoint independent map for an object included in a rendering scope based on the acquired viewpoint information. And then the apparatus stores each pixel of the generated viewpoint independent map in association with a distance between an object corresponding to the pixel and the viewpoint indicated by the acquired viewpoint information. The apparatus does not perform the predetermined calculation in a case where a pixel of the viewpoint independent map for the object included in the rendering scope corresponding to the distance from the viewpoint indicated by the acquired viewpoint information is already stored. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150097826 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING DYNAMIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL APPEARING IMAGERY ON A TWO-DIMENSIONAL USER INTERFACE - System and method for rendering dynamic three-dimensional appearing imagery on a two-dimensional user interface screen of a portable computing device in dependence on a user's view-point of the screen. The method includes processing, on a portable computing device, data defining a plurality of user view-points of a user interface screen of the portable computing device. The method next includes rendering a first image of a constructed scene on the user interface screen based on a first determined user's view-point of the user interface screen of the portable computing device. The method then includes rendering a different image of the constructed scene on the user interface screen based on a subsequently determined user's view-point of the user interface screen and thereby presenting the illusion of a three-dimensional image of the constructed scene on the user interface screen. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150103071 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING OBJECT AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RENDERING - Provided are graphics data rendering methods. The method includes obtaining, at a graphics data renderer, first space information of at least one object corresponding to graphics data of a first frame, determining a sampling mode of the first frame, based on the graphics data, and rendering graphics data of a second frame based on the first space information and the sampling mode of the first frame. Thus, memory space and time that are used for rendering graphics data may be reduced. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103072 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RENDERING OBJECT - Provided is a method of rendering an object. The method includes rendering extracting transparency information, at a object rendering apparatus, from a plurality of fragments, which comprise information representing at least one object in a frame, comparing depth information of at least one fragment, from among the plurality of fragments, located at a position of the frame, and determining a rendering of at least one fragment that is located in the position based on the comparison of the depth information and the transparency information. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103073 | EFFICIENT COMPRESSION OF 3D MODELS BASED ON OCTREE DECOMPOSITION - To reduce the entropy of occupancy codes of an octree and improve compression efficiency, the present principles provide a method and an apparatus for traversing sub-cells in a cell according to the geometrical property of 3D models. That is, a surface smoothness measure is calculated for each sub-cell and the sub-cells are traversed in a pre-determined order of surface smoothness measures. To compute the surface smoothness measure, a sub-cell is connected to neighboring cells of its parent cell to form triangles and angles. Subsequently, the triangle areas or angular measures are used to compute the surface smoothness measure. When the connectivity information is not available in the 3D model data, the present principles also provide a method and an apparatus for estimating the connectivity. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103074 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SHAPE DESCRIPTOR OF A MODEL - The invention provides a method for generating an n dimensional vector as a shape descriptor of a model, and corresponding apparatus and shape descriptor. The method comprises: determining a type element of the vector to describe the basic shape of the model; and calculating n−1 metric elements of the vector, each of which represents the percentage of all of a feature of the model falling into one of n−1 layers divided as a function of the type element. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103075 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CREATING ORIENTATION MARKERS AND 3D ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS USING THE SAME - Methods and systems for creating an orientation marker in a 3D ultrasound imaging system are disclosed. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103076 | Two dimensional displays, transparent displays, and three dimensional displays - Display apparatus for displaying two and three dimensional images and video. In some embodiments, the display is at least partially transparent, allowing the viewer to receive visual information from the display and see objects and the environment behind the display apparatus. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150109286 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COMBINING LOW MOTION BLUR AND VARIABLE REFRESH RATE IN A DISPLAY - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for combining low motion blur and variable refresh rate in a display. In one embodiment, a hold-type display is operated in a first mode of operation where the hold-type display is dynamically refreshed such that the hold type display handles updates to image frames at unpredictable times and where for each of the image frames a backlight of the hold-type display is activated for an entire duration of display of the image frame. Additionally, it is determined that at least one predefined condition has been met. Further, in response to the determination, the hold-type display is operated in a second mode of operation where the hold-type display is statically refreshed such that the hold-type display handles updates to image frames at regular intervals and where for each of the image frames the backlight of the hold-type display is flashed. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150109287 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION - A computer-implemented method for analyzing supply chain sensitivity based on a supply chain model is described. The method comprises defining a plurality of input parameters and an objective for the supply chain model Each of the input parameters includes a plurality of values within a respective range. The method further comprises obtaining a plurality of configurations of the supply chain for achieving the objective by applying the values of the input parameters to the supply chain model and generating a graphical representation for the objective based on the configurations of the supply chain. The graphical representation includes a plurality of data points, each of the data points representing a configuration of the supply chain. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150109288 | Random Accessible Lossless Parameter Data Compression for Tile Based 3D Computer Graphics Systems - A method and apparatus are provided for compressing vertex parameter data in a 3D computer graphic system, where the vertex parameter data is a data block relating to a plurality of vertices used for rendering an image. The data relating to each vertex includes multiple byte data relating to at least one parameter. The parameters include X, Y and Z coordinates and further coordinates for texturing and shading. The multiple byte data is divided into individual bytes and bytes with corresponding byte positions relating to each vertex are grouped together to form a plurality of byte blocks. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150116309 | SUBTLE CAMERA MOTIONS IN A 3D SCENE TO ANTICIPATE THE ACTION OF A USER - A technique for providing an animated preview of a transition between two points of view can be implemented in a software application, such as a mapping application, that displays an interactive 3D representation of a geographical area and allows users to hover, hold, or otherwise indicate, without confirming a selection, a desired destination location of a viewport within the displayed 3D representation to generate the animated preview. An animated preview may include travelling a portion of a trajectory that runs between an initial position of the viewport and the desired destination position of the viewport. The mapping application temporarily moves the viewport toward the destination position of the viewport along the trajectory and then moves the viewport back to its original position. In this manner, the mapping application provides a subtle but clear indication toward the direction and orientation of the destination location of the viewport. The overall visual effect of animating the transition to the destination location of the viewport can be conceptualized as the viewport attempting to move to the destination location but restrained by an attached elastic band. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116310 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO VIRTUALIZE GRAPHIC PROCESSING SERVICES - Methods and systems configured to virtualize graphic processing services in a virtual machine environment are disclosed. A virtual machine monitor (VMM) may be configured to maintain a virtual machine (VM) based on a host operating system (OS) executing in the system. The VM may contain a virtualized graphics library (vGLib) configured to support a graphic command from an application executing in the VM. The host OS may contain a graphics library (GLib) configured to support the graphic command and utilize a graphics processing unit (GPU) in the system to process the graphic command. Upon receiving the graphic command from the application, the vGLib may be configured to allocate a memory section in the VM to store the graphic command. And the VMM may be further configured to share access to the memory section with the host OS, thereby allowing the host OS to retrieve the graphic command from the memory section and deliver the graphic command to the GLib for processing. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116311 | ACCELERATED VIDEO POST PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method for performing video processing on a mobile device includes receiving at least one video processing task that is intended for a graphic processing unit (GPU); determining whether a display controller with direct memory access can perform the at least one video processing task; and assigning the at least one video processing task to the display controller to perform the at least one video processing task in response to determining that the display controller can perform the at least one video processing task. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116312 | MULTI VIEW IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A multi view image display apparatus is provided. The multi view image display apparatus includes: a depth adjuster configured to adjust a depth of an input image; a renderer configured to render a multi view image based on the input image of which depth is adjusted; a display configured to arrange a multi view image in a preset arrangement pattern in order to display the multi view image; and a controller configured to control the depth adjuster to shift the depth of the input image based on depth information related to at least one object of the input image so that an object satisfying a preset criteria has a preset depth value. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116313 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a moving image generated through imaging by an imaging apparatus having a view angle of 180° or more, and a virtual space generation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional virtual space including one or more objects having a curved inner surface and a curved outer surface, on the basis of a plurality of frame images included in the moving image. The virtual space generation unit generates the three-dimensional virtual space in a manner that, for each of the one or more objects, a frame image included in the plurality of frame images is mapped on at least one of the curved inner surface and the curved outer surface. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116314 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, SYSTEM AND MEDIUM - A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-program, which when executed by a system, causes the system to: obtain first image data from an image capture device; detect certain image data corresponding to a reference object from the first image data; control a display to display object data on the first image data when the certain image is detected, the object data being associated with the certain image data and stored in a memory; obtain second image data from the image capture device; control the display to continue displaying the object data on the first image when a certain operation to the image capture device is detected; and control the display to display the second image data when the certain operation is not detected. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116315 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An information processing apparatus extracts, from each of images of an object captured from a plurality of viewpoints, a contour of the object, selects at least one point included in the contour for each of the extracted contour, and associates the selected points between the images, derives three-dimensional coordinates of the associated points, derives a plane for approximating the object based on the derived three-dimensional coordinates of the points, and estimates depth values of unassociated points out of points on the contour based on the three-dimensional coordinates of the related points and the derived plane, to accurately estimate depth value of the object. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116316 | VIRTUAL REALITY METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Some aspects include a virtual reality device configured to present to a user a virtual environment. The virtual reality device comprises a tracking device including at least one camera to acquire image data, the tracking device, when worn by the user, configured to determine a position associated with the user and a stereoscopic display device configured to display at least a portion of a representation of the virtual environment, wherein the representation of the virtual environment is based, at least in part, on the determined position associated with the user, wherein the display device and the tracking device are configured to be worn by the user. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116317 | APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE AND NON-TRANSITORY TANGIBLE COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - An apparatus and computer-implemented method for generating a three-dimensional scene and non-transitory tangible computer readable medium thereof are provided. The apparatus comprises a storage unit and a processing unit. The storage unit is stored with an image and a plurality of depth data of the image. The processing unit is configured to generate a depth histogram according to the depth data, generate a region of interest of the image according to the depth histogram, decide a moving path of a virtual camera according to the region of interest, and generate the three-dimensional scene according to the image and the moving path. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116318 | VISUALIZATION, SHARING AND ANALYSIS OF LARGE DATA SETS - Systems and methods for visualization, sharing and analysis of large data sets are described. Systems and methods may include receiving an input data set, wherein the input data set includes data that can be classified in classification dimensions wherein a first classification dimension is a linear ordering of data entries and a second classification dimension represents analysis criteria, traits of the data entries, or aspects of the data entries; obtaining an unabridged data table listing results for each combination of coordinates in the first classification dimension and the second classification dimension; and displaying contents of the unabridged data table as a visual array wherein two axes correspond to the coordinates and a third axis corresponds to a third classification dimension, wherein the third classification dimension represents an actual value of the respective data point for the coordinates. Methods may also assess the visual array, such as by identifying one or more regions of high density of signals. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116319 | DISPLAYING NODES VISUALLY OFFSET FROM ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS - An editing apparatus is provided including: a component output unit for outputting a display screen on which a plurality of components are displayed; a node output unit for outputting a plurality of nodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of components on the display screen so that the nodes are displayed along with the plurality of components so as to overlap the display of the plurality of components; and a setting unit for setting, in response to a user's instruction of association between two or more of the nodes, an association between two or more of the components corresponding to the two or more of the nodes. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116320 | Device for Operating One or More Optical Display Devices of a Vehicle - The device for operating one or more optical display devices of a vehicle is configured to determine a three-dimensional model for a predefined environment of the vehicle depending on data sets provided and depending on a predefined latency time, wherein the data sets represent predefined vehicle information and/or driving information which is suitable for being signaled graphically and/or pictorially to a vehicle user. Furthermore, the device may be configured to determine pixel values for at least one portion of pixels of a digital image and/or of a graphical element depending on the three-dimensional model and to determine a signaling signal for signaling the pixel values of the pixels by means of the respective optical display device, wherein the predefined latency time represents at least one portion of a provision time duration comprising a temporal duration from a beginning of an acquisition of the vehicle information and/or driving information until the signaling of the signaling signal by means of the respective optical display device. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150123965 | CONSTRUCTION OF SYNTHETIC AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to producing a synthetic environmental model derived from a three dimensional representation of an environment, and rendering images from the model. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method including detecting a trigger to build the synthetic environmental model utilizing the three dimensional representation of the environment, and, in response to the trigger, obtaining a set of synthetic image elements for use in constructing the synthetic environmental model. The method further includes fitting one or more elements from the set of synthetic image elements to the three dimensional representation of the environment according to a set of rules to produce the synthetic environmental model, and rendering an image from the synthetic environmental model for display, the image showing the one or more elements from the set of synthetic image elements replacing real-world topography in the environment. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150123966 | INTERACTIVE AUGMENTED VIRTUAL REALITY AND PERCEPTUAL COMPUTING PLATFORM - Disclosed are methods, devices and systems for providing an augmented and a virtual reality experiences. According to some embodiments, there may be provided a device comprising a digital camera assembly including an imaging sensor, one or more optical elements, and image data generation circuits adapted to convert image information acquired from a surrounding of said device into one or more digital image frames indicative of the acquired image information. A graphical display assembly including at least one display and driving circuits may be adapted to receive display instructions and to convert received display instructions into electrical signals which regulate illumination or appearance of one or more display elements. Processing circuitry, including image processing circuitry, may generate a set of display instructions for displaying a display image which is at least partially based on information within a digital image frame of the acquired image and one or more processing circuit rendered virtual objects, wherein selection of which virtual objects to render and how to position the virtual objects within the display image is at least partially based on a context state of said device. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150130788 | VISUALIZE THE OBSCURE OBJECT IN 3D SPACE - A system, method and software application implement a visualization scheme for presenting information in a 3D map. A set of rules specifies the visualization scheme, particularly with respect to how the system renders background objects that are obscured by a foreground object. The objects include elements such as building surfaces, streets, pointers, icons, labels, floor plans, and the like. The rules specify details such as stroke, fill, transparency, opacity, and visibility of the elemetns. Some of the rules may specify relationships between an object and elements that are considered “internal” to the object, while others of the rules may specify relationships between an object and other elements considered “external” to the object. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150130789 | IMAGE COMPOSITION BASED ON REMOTE OBJECT DATA - When a scene is generated, a content item may identify graphics object service requests associated with the scene. Each scene may have any number of associated graphics object service requests that may be sent to any number of different graphics object services. The graphics object services may be accessible over a network such as the Internet. By requesting object data from graphics object services, a content item may, for example, reduce at least part of the computational burden on a graphics processing unit of a client device. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150130790 | Visually Convincing Depiction of Object Interactions in Augmented Reality Images - The disclosure provide for improved depiction of interactions between virtual objects and physical objects in augmented reality (AR) images, and may include operations for: receiving a captured image of the real world physical structure, the captured image provided by a camera disposed in a housing; identifying, by image processing performed on the captured image using at least one processor arrangement, the at least one marker disposed at a location of the real world physical structure; determining aspects of user viewpoint of the housing relative to the physical structure at least in part in response to the identified at least one marker; using an at least partial three dimensional model of the real world physical structure to determine a view of interaction between the real world physical structure and the provided virtual object from the determined user viewpoint; and displaying, on a display, an augmented reality view of the captured image including the determined view of the interaction. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150130791 | PRESENTING MARKUP IN A SCENE USING DEPTH FADING - Architecture that enables the drawing of markup in a scene that neither obscures the scene nor is undesirably obscured by the scene. When drawing markup such as text, lines, and other graphics, into the scene, a determination is made as to the utility to the viewer of drawing the markup with greater prominence than an occluding scene object. The utility of the markup is based on the distance of the scene object and markup from the camera. Thus, if an object that appears small in the scene and is in front of the markup, the markup will be drawn more clearly, whereas if the same object appears large in the scene and is in front of the markup, the markup is rendered faint, if drawn at all. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150130792 | INTEGRATION OF LABELS INTO A 3D GEOSPATIAL MODEL - Architecture that enables the representation of labels as objects in the 3D (three-dimensional) world, with size, elevation, and orientation. Logical hierarchies in the world are represented by the placement and prominence of labels in the 3D world scene. For example, state labels are positioned higher and larger than city labels. The illusion of the label as a fixed element in the 3D model is maintained during manipulations. Additionally, movement is provided to ensure legibility, but is delayed until the user's input is quiescent. Moreover, labels along roads, for example, can be oriented to stand vertically along a curve. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150130793 | MULTI-VIEW IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MULTI-VIEW IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A multi-view image display apparatus is disclosed. The multi-view image display apparatus includes a depth adjuster configured to adjust depth of an input image, a rendering unit configured to perform rendering of a multi-view based on the depth-adjusted image, a display configured to arrange and display the multi-view image according to an arrangement pattern, and a controller configured to control the depth adjuster to shift depth of the input image so that an object satisfying a criterion has a depth value, based on depth information of at least one object included in the input image. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150130794 | ROBOT SIMULATOR, ROBOT SIMULATION METHOD, ROBOT SIMULATION PROGRAM - A robot simulator includes an image generator and a display controller. The image generator is configured to generate a three-dimensional robot image representing a movement to be taught to a robot. The display controller is configured to combine a two-dimensional image representing an environment of the robot with the three-dimensional robot image generated by the image generator so as to obtain a combined image, and configured to control a display to display the combined image. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150130795 | GARMENT SIMULATION USING THREAD AND DATA LEVEL PARALLELISM - Techniques for three-dimensional garment simulation using parallel computing are presented herein. An access module can be configured to access a three-dimensional garment model of a garment. The garment model can include garment points that represent a surface of the garment. A processor, having a plurality of cores, can be configured by a garment simulation module to calculate one or more exerted forces on a subset of garment points. Additionally, the garment simulation module can generate cross pairs and apportion the generated cross pairs among the plurality of cores. Moreover, the garment simulation module can determine, using the plurality of vector execution units in parallel based on an organized data layout, whether boundaries of the first subgroup of cross pairs are overlapping based on the one or more exerted forces. Subsequently, the garment simulation module can calculate one or more simulated forces acting on the garment points based on the determination. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150130796 | Method and system for constructing an electrophysiology map - A method of constructing an EP map is provided. The method comprises obtaining a first surface model of an anatomic structure, the first model comprising an alpha shell of a cloud of location data points. The method further comprises obtaining a second surface model of the structure, the second surface model comprising an alpha shell of a cloud of measurement points. The method further comprises processing the first and second models to identify, for at least one of the location data points, a point on the second surface model that is closest in distance to the location data point, wherein said identified point has a value of said EP parameter associated therewith. The method still further comprises assigning a visual indicator to the location data point based on the EP parameter value associated with the identified point and in accordance with a visualization scheme corresponding to the EP parameter. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150138184 | Spatially interactive computing device - A computing device may include a display with an overlay layer that enables presentation of 2D, 3D images, a simultaneous combination of 2D and 2D images, multiple view images, and/or combinations thereof. In some implementations, the overlay layer may be one or more LCD matrix pixel masks, a number of lenses, one or more LCD layers configurable as lenses, or various combinations thereof. In various implementations, the overlay layer may be adjusted to continue or alter display of 3D portions and/or multiple view portions when the orientation of the computing device is changed. In one or more implementations, the computing device may adjust the overlay layer based on movement and/or position of one or more users and/or one or more eyes of the user(s). In some implementations, the computing device may be capable of capturing one or more 3D images. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138185 | Method for building a three-dimensional model and apparatus thereof - A method to build a 3D model for a physical object includes the following steps. First, depth information of a plurality of images is converted into a plurality of 3D point clouds. Then, the motion parameters of the camera to gather each image relative to a previous image are determined according to the 3D point clouds. Next, a registration energy estimate value of each image's 3D point cloud, as being integrated into a previous image's 3D point cloud, is determined according to corresponding motion parameters. Then, the motion parameters are varied to minimize the estimate value. An optimal camera path is determined according to the varied motion parameters. Finally, a 3D model of the physical object is built according the optimal camera path. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138186 | VIRTUAL FIDUCIAL MARKERS - Embodiments of the invention introduce the concept of a virtual fiducial marker (VFM). This marker will not be placed prior to preoperative imaging. It will therefore not initially appear in the preoperative 3D image. Instead, the marker will be virtually placed in the 3D data set prior to surgery, and as such the marker does not even need to be attached to the patient, if the patient is not expected to move during surgery. The idea behind such a VFM comes from the observation that there is a big variation in the difficulty of an image based registration depending on the quality of the images and their field of view. However, provided two initial registrations to high quality wide field of view images can be carried out, it then becomes possible to use these registrations to insert a virtual fiducial marker within the 3D preoperative image. Once inserted it may then be used to obtain a starting position for a registration procedure, and particularly to obtain in-plane translations. It may also be used at the end of a registration to provide a measure of registration accuracy, to verify the registration and detect mis-registrations. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138187 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CONSTRUCTION APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CONSTRUCTION METHOD - A calculation unit generates a depth image corresponding to a first three-dimensional image with respect to a region of interest and sets a first image region based on a depth gradient of the depth image. The calculation unit moves the origin of a projection line to the near side or far side in the projection line direction by an amount of movement B for a pixel in the first image region, constructs a depth image based on the moved origin of the projection line in the first image region, sets a second image region based on the depth gradient of the depth image based on the moved origin of the projection line in the first image region, sets the second image region as the first image region, and repeats these processes. Once end conditions are satisfied, the calculation unit constructs a second three-dimensional image based on the moved origin of the projection line. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138188 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device for generating a graphic and superimposing the generated graphic on a second image generated from a cut-out of a first image of a scene, the cut-out representing the field of view of a virtual camera, the device comprising: receiver circuitry configured to receive the second image and a set of cut-out corner coordinates; homography determining circuitry configured to determine, a homography between coordinates of the first 2D coordinate system defined within the cut-out and coordinates of a second 2D coordinate system defined for the second image; feature determining circuitry configured to determine a feature of the virtual 3D map of the scene within the field of view of the virtual camera; graphic generator circuitry configured to generate the graphic from the determined feature of the virtual 3D map; and graphic superimposing circuitry configured to superimpose the generated graphic on the second image. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138189 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CLOUD BASED 3D DESIGN AND COLLABORATION - In some embodiments, a system and/or method may include accessing three-dimensional (3D) imaging software on a remote server. The method may include accessing over a network a 3D imaging software package on a remote server using a first system. The method may include assessing, using the remote server, a capability of the first system to execute the 3D imaging software package. The method may include displaying an output of the 3D imaging software using the first system based upon the assessed capabilities of the first system. In some embodiments, the method may include executing a first portion of the 3D imaging software using the remote server based upon the assessed capabilities of the first system. In some embodiments, the method may include executing a second portion of the 3D imaging software using the first system based upon the assessed capabilities of the first system. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138190 | ANALYSIS AND MANIPULATION OF OBJECTS AND LAYERS IN SURROUND VIEWS - Various embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and methods for analyzing and manipulating images and video. According to particular embodiments, the spatial relationship between multiple images and video is analyzed together with location information data, for purposes of creating a representation referred to herein as a surround view for presentation on a device. An object included in the surround view may be manipulated along axes by manipulating the device along corresponding axes. In particular embodiments, a surround view can be separated into layers. Effects can be applied to one or more of these layers to enhance the interactive and immersive viewing experience of the surround view. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138191 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SUPERPIXELS - A method and an apparatus for generating superpixels for a sequence of images are described. A segmenter segments an image of the sequence of images into a set of initial superpixels. A motion analyzer then determines static and non-static areas in the sequence of images. Based on an output of the motion analyzer the segmenter generates updated superpixels for non-static areas of the sequence of images, and maintains those superpixels of the set of initial superpixels belonging to static areas of the sequence of images. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138192 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING 3D OBJECT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A device and method for editing a 3D object in an electronic device is provided. An operation of the electronic device includes displaying a 3D object. The operation of the electronic device also includes deactivating at least one of a plurality of editing functions for the displayed 3D object. The operation of the electronic device further includes editing the displayed 3D object using an editing function activated on the basis of input information. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138193 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PANORAMA-BASED INTER-VIEWPOINT WALKTHROUGH, AND MACHINE READABLE MEDIUM - A method and device for panorama-based inter-viewpoint walkthrough and a machine readable medium are provided. The method includes: selecting a current viewpoint image from a panorama, and obtaining a three-dimensional model of the current viewpoint image; selecting a sub-image from the current viewpoint image to perform a feature detection, so as to obtain feature points of neighboring viewpoints; performing a matching calculation on the feature points of the neighboring viewpoints, and determining a distance between the neighboring viewpoints according to a result of the matching calculation; and performing three-dimensional walkthrough on the three-dimensional model of the current viewpoint image, where a walkthrough depth is the distance between the neighboring viewpoints. After application of the embodiments of the present disclosure, smooth panorama-based inter-viewpoint transition can be realized, and the effect of smooth walkthrough can be enhanced, by accurate determination of distance between the viewpoints. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138194 | ASSEMBLY SIMULATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WOODEN STRUCTURE - An assembly simulation apparatus and method for a wooden structure are provided. The assembly simulation apparatus for a wooden structure includes an element analysis unit for analyzing shapes of a plurality of elements constituting a three-dimensional (3D) wooden structure model and a coupling relation between the elements. A relation graph generation unit generates a relation graph based on the analyzed shapes of the plurality of elements and the analyzed coupling relation between the elements. An animation creation unit creates an animation of a movement path depending on a task for coupling or separating the plurality of elements, based on the generated relation graph. An animation play unit simulates an assembly method for the wooden structure by playing the created animation depending on the assembly method for the wooden structure. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138195 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE DIMENSIONAL MEDIA CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the exemplary embodiments may include, for example, means for generating a disparity map based on a depth map, means for determining accuracy of pixels in the depth map where the determining means identifies the pixels as either accurate or inaccurate based on a confidence map and the disparity map, and means for providing an adjusted depth map where the providing means adjusts inaccurate pixels of the depth map using a cost function associated with the inaccurate pixels. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138196 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OBJECT PROCESSING IN VIRTUAL WORLDS - Systems and methods of virtual world interaction, operation, implementation, instantiation, creation, and other functions related to virtual worlds (note that where the term “virtual world” is used herein, it is to be understood as referring to virtual world systems, virtual environments reflecting real, simulated, fantasy, or other structures, and includes information systems that utilize interaction within a 3D environment). Various embodiments facilitate interoperation between and within virtual worlds, and may provide consistent structures for operating virtual worlds. The disclosed embodiments may further enable individuals to build new virtual worlds within a framework, and allow third party users to better interact with those worlds. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150145855 | CONFIGURATION OF NAVIGATIONAL CONTROLS IN GEOMETRIC ENVIRONMENT - According to embodiments of the invention, methods, and a computer system for configuring navigational controls in a geometric environment are disclosed. The method may include obtaining a data set for geometric representation on a display, forming one or more reference surfaces, calculating a fit score and a confidence score using one or more of the reference surfaces, and configuring the navigational system to a control scheme when a computational operation on the fit score and the confidence score is outside of a threshold value. The control scheme may be a geometric control scheme, a planar control scheme, and a roaming control scheme. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150145856 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FINDING TOOTH FEATURES ON A VIRTUAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL - A method and system are disclosed for finding virtual tooth features on virtual three-dimensional models of the teeth of patients. The tooth features comprise marginal ridges, cusp tips, contact points, central groove and buccal groove. Tooth axes system plays a key role in identifying the tooth features. An iterative method is disclosed for improving the accuracy of the tooth axes system. A virtual three-dimension model preferably obtained by scanning the dentition of a patient forms the basis for determining the tooth features. Tooth features are derived for all categories of teeth including molars, premolars, canines and front teeth. Tooth features are very helpful and used in planning orthodontic treatment. The tooth features are determined automatically using the computerized techniques; and can be manually adjusted when necessary. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150145857 | CONTEXTUAL EDITING USING VARIABLE OFFSET SURFACES - A method for editing content including at least one three-dimensional object. The method includes determining by a processing element one or more constraints, rendering by the processing element a shell defining an offset distance to the three-dimensional object corresponding to the one or more constraints, receiving a user input to a point related or connected to the three-dimensional object, and moving the point in a direction corresponding to the user input. In the method, the movement of the point is limited in at least one direction by the shell. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150145858 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROCESS CURRENT COMMAND USING PREVIOUS COMMAND INFORMATION - Provided is a method and apparatus for processing a current command by using previous command information. The rendering method includes receiving first data corresponding to a current command that is to be rendered, determining whether to reuse a second data corresponding to a previous command that has already been processed by comparing the first data with the second data, and processing the current command, at a renderer, based on a result of the determination. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150145859 | Automatic Generation of 3D Character Animation from 3D Meshes - Systems and methods for animating 3D characters using a non-rigged mesh or a group of non-rigged meshes that define the appearance of the character are illustrated. Certain embodiments disclose a process for the automatic rigging or autorigging of a non-rigged mesh or meshes. In one embodiment, a method of automatically rigging at least one mesh defining the external appearance of a 3D character includes creating a 3D representation of the external appearance of the 3D character defined by the at least one mesh, where the 3D representation is a single closed form mesh, identifying salient points of the 3D representation, fitting a reference skeleton to the 3D representation, calculating skinning weights for the 3D representation based upon the fitted skeleton, and automatically rigging the 3D character by transferring the skeleton and skinning weights generated with respect to the 3D representation to the at least one mesh defining the external appearance of the 3D character. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150145860 | POSE TRACKING PIPELINE - A method of tracking a subject includes receiving from a source a depth image of a scene including the subject. The depth image includes a depth for each of a plurality of pixels. The method further includes identifying pixels of the depth image that image the subject and deriving from the identified pixels of the depth image one or more machine readable data structures representing the subject as a model including a plurality of shapes. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150293657 | MOVING AN OBJECT BY DRAG OPERATION ON A TOUCH PANEL - A contact state of a finger with respect to a first displayed object is detected. In response to detecting a double-click operation on the first displayed object at a first position in a depthwise direction, the first object is moved onto a surface of a display screen of a | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294494 | REMOTE RENDERING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES USING VIRTUAL MACHINES - Remote rendering of three-dimensional images using virtual machines includes using a hypervisor executing on a physical computer to allocate exclusive and direct access to a graphics processing unit in the physical computer, to a first virtual machine. An agent executing on a second virtual machine intercepts three-dimensional draw commands generated by a three-dimensional application and forwards the intercepted draw commands to a rendering agent executing on the first virtual machine. The rendering agent then transmits the intercepted draw commands to the graphics processing unit for rendering upon which the graphics processing unit renders a three-dimensional image from the draw commands. The rendering agent obtains the rendered image from the graphics processing unit and forwards the image to the second virtual machine. Upon receiving the rendered image, the second virtual machine transmits the rendered image to another remote, physical computer where the rendered image is displayed to a user. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150297149 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING IMPLANT IMAGE - Disclosed herein are a method and system for generating an implant image. The system includes a computed tomography (CT) data input module, a CT data correction module, and a hybrid image generation module. The CT data input module acquires CT data acquired when a bite tool provided with a reference plate is inserted into the oral cavity of a patient and stereo lithography (STL) data generated using plaster patterns of teeth. The CT data correction module makes the reference plate of the CT data identical with the reference plate of the STL data, and corrects the CT data based on the STL data. The hybrid image generation module generates a hybrid image by combining the corrected CT data with the STL structure so that the CT data represents the teeth of the patient and the STL data represents the gums of the patient. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301342 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An autostereoscopic display device uses an electroluminescent display. A set of pixels is provided beneath lenticular lenses, with a plurality of pixels across the lens width direction. The pixels across the lens width direction are arranged with at least two different heights over the substrate. This enables the pixels to define a non-planar array, and they can follow the area to which light is focused by the lenticular lenses. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302633 | SELECTING TIME-DISTRIBUTED PANORAMIC IMAGES FOR DISPLAY - Images may be automatically annotated with place identifiers based on textual metadata associated with the images. The quality of these place identifiers may be scored based on a number of different factors. For example, these annotations may also include confidence and topicality values indicative of the relationships between the place identifier and the text as well as topics of the text of the textual metadata. Images that also have additional location information that includes GPS coordinates or a location specified by a user, may be used to evaluate the quality of a given place identifier, combination of confidence and topicality values, and the overall annotation system. These valuations may, in turn, be used to score the quality of such automatic annotations of other images that do not have such additional location information. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302634 | REAL-TIME SCENE-MODELING COMBINING 3D ULTRASOUND AND 2D X-RAY IMAGERY - An apparatus for visualizing image material in a multimodal imaging environment. Images (XF, USV) from an X-ray imager ( | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302636 | 3D MODELING AND RENDERING FROM 2D IMAGES - A method of converting an image from one form to another form by a conversion apparatus having a memory and a processor, the method including the steps of receiving a captured image, extracting at least one image dimension attribute from the image, calculating at least one dimension attribute of the image based on the image dimension attribute, modifying the image based on the calculated dimension attribute and the extracted dimension attribute, and displaying the modified image on a display unit. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302652 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY - An augmented reality display system comprises a passable world model data comprises a set of map points corresponding to one or more objects of the real world. The augmented reality system also comprises a processor to communicate with one or more individual augmented reality display systems to pass a portion of the passable world model data to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems, wherein the piece of the passable world model data is passed based at least in part on respective locations corresponding to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302665 | TRIANGULATION OF POINTS USING KNOWN POINTS IN AUGMENTED OR VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEMS - An augmented reality display system comprises a passable world model data comprises a set of map points corresponding to one or more objects of the real world. The augmented reality system also comprises a processor to communicate with one or more individual augmented reality display systems to pass a portion of the passable world model data to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems, wherein the piece of the passable world model data is passed based at least in part on respective locations corresponding to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150304531 | A METHOD FOR OBTAINING AND INSERTING IN REAL TIME A VIRTUAL OBJECT WITHIN A VIRTUAL SCENE FROM A PHYSICAL OBJECT - The method comprises capturing by at least a camera an image of a physical object against a background; extracting a silhouette of said physical object from the captured image and mapping it over a three dimensional geometry; incorporating said virtual object as one more element in the virtual scene; and orienting said virtual object with regard to the virtual camera. Embodiments of the method further comprises obtaining and using intrinsic and/or extrinsic parameters of said physical camera and said captured image to calculate said physical object position; projecting back said captured image over the three dimensional geometry using said intrinsic and/or extrinsic parameters; and placing the virtual object in the virtual scene and selecting an axis of rotation to orient the virtual object with regard to the virtual camera based on said calculated position of the physical object. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150304623 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROCESSING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A 3D image display device includes a display unit including a display panel and an optical panel located at a front side of the display panel and changing a path of light. A controller is configured to generate a signal for controlling the display unit. The controller includes an image signal processor which generates an input image signal based on image information containing 2D image information and depth information. The image signal processor generates a 3D image signal based on the 2D image information and the depth information. The image signal processor extracts a low-depth area having a small depth and generates a 2D image signal corresponding to the low-depth area. The display unit displays the low-depth area by a 2D image. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150304639 | LENTICULAR PRINT THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICING THE SAME - The invention provides a lenticular lens type three-dimensional image display device and a method of fabricating the device without a need for a clear plastic substrate transposed between the image and lenticular lenses. The device can be obtained by directly printing curable coatings onto the image, making them particularly well suited for volume production. The combination the image printing and application of curable coatings process can be joined together to conduct the single pass-process. The single pass-process allows for flexibility of the printing only selective areas of the substrate. Moreover, this process allows the device to be recyclable. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150309571 | EYE TRACKING ENABLING 3D VIEWING ON CONVENTIONAL 2D DISPLAY - The exemplary illustrative non-limiting technology herein enables 3D viewing on conventional 2D displays such as home television sets by tracking a person's viewpoint. Detecting a player's viewpoint movement to change the viewing of the displayed object gives the illusion that the object is physically present in three-dimensional space. Viewpoint movement detection can provide collision-related game logic benefits such as allowing a player to dodge projectiles, giving a game character an ability to “see” the player when not behind line-of-sight obstacles, and other advantages. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150309697 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING APPLICATIONS AND WIDGETS ON A MOBILE DEVICE INTERFACE IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE - A system represents each of the available applications, including widgets, with a respective image representation on a display associated with the communications device. The system associates each of the image representations with a respective subset of image representations, or panels that are organized to assist a user to locate and interact with the image representations. The system arranges the panels in a three dimensional structure, on the display. The three dimensional structure is rendered as a plurality of joined adjacent panels. The system allows the user to access an available application within the three dimensional structure by manipulating the three dimensional structure three dimensionally where the available application are accessed via the respective panel. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310662 | PROCEDURAL AUTHORING - A three dimensional avatar of a person may be created based on a plurality of images of a person in a physical environment. The three dimensional avatar may have dimensions that are scaled based on dimensions of the person. The three dimensional avatar may be imported into a virtual environment, such as a virtual gaming environment. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310665 | STABILIZATION PLANE DETERMINATION BASED ON GAZE LOCATION - Embodiments are described herein for determining a stabilization plane to reduce errors that occur when a homographic transformation is applied to a scene including 3D geometry and/or multiple non-coplanar planes. Such embodiments can be used, e.g., when displaying an image on a head mounted display (HMD) device, but are not limited thereto. In an embodiment, a rendered image is generated, a gaze location of a user is determined, and a stabilization plane, associated with a homographic transformation, is determined based on the determined gaze location. This can involve determining, based on the user's gaze location, variables of the homographic transformation that define the stabilization plane. The homographic transformation is applied to the rendered image to thereby generate an updated image, and at least a portion of the updated image is then displayed. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150316980 | USER INTERFACE RENDERING IN AUGMENTED OR VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEMS - An augmented reality display system comprises a passable world model data comprises a set of map points corresponding to one or more objects of the real world. The augmented reality system also comprises a processor to communicate with one or more individual augmented reality display systems to pass a portion of the passable world model data to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems, wherein the piece of the passable world model data is passed based at least in part on respective locations corresponding to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317119 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING A FRAGMENT COUNT FOR THE DISPLAY OF AT LEAST ONE THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A method of estimating a fragment count for the display of at least one three-dimensional (3D) object. The method comprises determining an ellipsoid representative of a set of vertices defined by coordinates of the at least one 3D object, applying a transformation to the ellipsoid, calculating a projection area of the transformed ellipsoid, and estimating the fragment count for the display of the 3D object based at least partly on the calculated projection area of the transformed ellipsoid. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317410 | REAL-TIME DEPTH OF FIELD EFFECTS WITHIN DESIGN SOFTWARE - Design software can be configured to allow a user in real-time to adjust a depth of field of a perspective of the user within a design space. In one implementation, for example, the design software can receive one or more inputs from a user regarding a layout of one or more objects in a design space. The design software can also render a three-dimensional model of the layout of the design space for display on a computerized display. The software can then receive from the user one or more input selections regarding a desired depth of field of the perspective of the user relative to one of the one or more objects rendered within the three-dimensional model. In addition, the design software can calculate revised rendering instructions that blur at least a portion of the design space. Furthermore, the design software can display, in real-time, the three-dimensional model with the desired depth of field to the user. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317807 | THREE DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION OF BIG DATA - A method for visualization of big data using three dimensional pie charts. The method includes receiving at least a first set of data, comprising information detailing one or more subsets of values, each value having an associated time element. The method includes determining a three dimensional pie chart based on the at least first set of data, which includes at least as first layer comprising a first set of wedges and a second layer comprising a second set of wedges. The method includes displaying the three dimensional pie chart comprising at least the first layer and the second layer. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317816 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING KNOWN MEASURABLE OBJECT FEATURES - A method and system for detecting a known measurable object feature using a video inspection system. The method and system displays an image of a viewed object and detects a known measurable object feature on the viewed object. The method and system then displays a set of available measurement types including a measurement type associated with the detected known measurable object feature and/or automatically positions a plurality of measurement markers on the displayed image based on the measurement type associated with the detected known measurable object feature. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317822 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF SOCIAL INTERACTION USING USER-SELECTABLE NOVEL VIEWS - A system for social interaction using a photo-realistic novel view of an event includes a multi-view reconstruction system for developing transmission data of the event a plurality of client-side rendering devices, each rendering device receiving the transmission data from the multi-view reconstruction system and rendering the transmission data as the photo-realistic novel view. A method of social interaction using a photo-realistic novel view of an event includes transmitting by a server side transmission data of the event; receiving by a first user on a first rendering device the data transmission; selecting by the first user a path for rendering on the first rendering device at least on novel view; rendering by the first rendering device the at least one novel view; and saving by the user on the first rendering device novel view date for the at least one novel view. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317831 | TRANSITIONS BETWEEN BODY-LOCKED AND WORLD-LOCKED AUGMENTED REALITY - Various embodiments relating to controlling a see-through display are disclosed. In one embodiment, virtual objects may be displayed on the see-through display. The virtual objects transition between having a position that is body-locked and a position that is world-locked based on various transition events. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150320507 | PATH CREATION USING MEDICAL IMAGING FOR PLANNING DEVICE INSERTION - Efficient path planning of a medical device for insertion into a patient using medical imaging is provided. An image rendered from different transfer functions is used. One transfer function provides context, such as rendering to show a skin surface or other patient anatomical system. Another transfer function indicates local vessel, fluid, or other information for selecting points along the path. The user may select the transfer function used at different locations as well as the depth of a clipping plane at the different locations to allow unambiguous selection of a path point in the three-dimensional rendering. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150321103 | IMAGE CAPTURE METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of stereoscopic panoramic image capture of a virtual environment is provided. The method includes pausing the state of a virtual environment being implemented by an application. For each of a plurality of positions in the virtual environment, the method includes rendering in turn plural images collectively encompassing a panoramic view. The method also includes capturing in turn each of the plural rendered images and capturing distance data describing the distance between a respective position in the virtual environment and surfaces in the virtual environment visible at that respective position. The plural positions in the virtual environment form vertices of a bounding space within which left and right viewpoints of a stereoscopic image can be formed. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150325028 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPRESENTING OBJECTS WITH VELOCITY-DEPENDENT PARTICLES - A method and system of representing and simulating an object by representing using with velocity-dependent particles. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150325031 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND CELL FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A method, an apparatus and a cell for displaying three-dimensional object are provided. The method is adapted to a display having a plurality of cells. In the method, a three-dimensional image data is retrieved. Depth information and color information of each of pixels in the three-dimensional image data are analyzed. Deformation voltages are correspondingly generated according to the depth information and respectively outputted to the cells, so that the cells are deformed to form a three-dimensional object. Discoloration voltages are correspondingly generated according to the color information and respectively outputted to the cells, so that colors of the cells are changed. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150325034 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - In a three-dimensional image generation apparatus, a CPU concatenates meshes of a plurality of objects which meet a predefined concatenation condition, and performs in advance vertex attribute transformation on the plurality of objects of which the meshes have been concatenated. The CPU regards as a single object, the plurality of objects on which the vertex attribute transformation has been performed, and transfers a rendering command, which instructs rendering of the plurality of objects regarded as the single object, to a GPU. The GPU renders, at a time, the plurality of objects that are regarded as the single object, upon receiving the rendering command from the CPU. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150325037 | REDUCTION OF GRAPHICAL PROCESSING THROUGH COVERAGE TESTING - A method for using a graphics processor by an electronic device for subdividing an input image into multiple sub-regions. For each particular sub-region, a data structure is created that identifies one or more primitives that are visible in each quad of the particular sub-region. Existing coverage of one or more quads is erased based on graphics state (GState) information resulting in surviving coverage for one or more quads. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150325039 | Depth Cursor and Depth Management in Images - One or more systems, devices, and/or methods for illustrating depth are disclosed. For example, a method includes receiving a depthmap generated from an optical distancing system. The depthmap includes depth data for each of a plurality of points, which are correlated to pixels of an image. Data indicative of a location on the image is received. Depth data correlated with the first point is compared to depth data correlated with pixels at surrounding points in the image. If the depth data correlated with the first point indicate a lesser distance from a viewer perspective of the image than the depth data of a pixel at the surrounding points in the image, the pixel is changed to a predetermined value. The comparison may be repeated at other pixels and a depth illustration may be drawn that relates the depth of the received location to other objects in the image. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150325053 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image acquisition unit acquires an image captured by a first imaging device provided in a HMD for presenting an image observed when a three-dimensional image in a virtual three-dimensional space is projected onto a real-world setting, the first imaging device being configured to visualize an area including a field of view of a user wearing the HMD. A marker detection unit detects a marker included in the image captured by the first imaging device and acquired by the image acquisition unit. The image acquisition unit acquires an image captured by a second imaging device having an angle of view that at least partially overlaps an angle of view of the first imaging device. If the marker is not captured in the image captured by the first imaging device, the marker detection unit detects the marker in an image captured by the second imaging device. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150332110 | Methods and Apparatus for Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction - Improved mechanisms for three-dimensional image reconstruction are disclosed. A user is presented with a scene image and allowed to select elements of the image, such as planes, within which features are to be detected. The features are detected and tracked and objects (such as planes) are constructed. The user is allowed to revise the constructed objects and may be allowed to repeat image element selection, with feature detection and tracking and object construction being repeated. When element selection and object construction and user revision are completed, a three-dimensional reconstruction of the scene image is computed. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332494 | PROVIDING AN IMAGE TOUR OF A POINT OF INTEREST - Systems and methods for generating image tour are provided. Method includes receiving sequence of images. Each image has associated depth map and is characterized by plurality of parameters. Method includes interpolating flow path containing points corresponding to each image for each parameter. Each flow path relates parameterization to parameter. Method includes identifying rendering artifacts based on sequence of images, associated depth maps, and interpolated flow paths. Method includes identifying slow segments and fast segments in each of interpolated flow paths based on identified rendering artifacts. Method includes determining start/stop times for each of slow segments. Method includes interpolating time curve based on determined start/stop times for each of slow segments and fixed duration of time for each of fast segments. Time curve relates time to parameterization. Method includes providing sequence of images and values for each of plurality of parameters based on interpolated flow paths and time curve. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332515 | AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM - The present invention is directed to a video display and user control for the video display. In the preferred embodiment, multiple video feeds are combined into a single video display, where one feed, preferably live, includes an object which is used by a computer to select a second and display a second feed, wherein the location and orientation of the second feed changes based on the location and orientation of the object in the first feed. At least a portion of the display gives the appearance of depth, such as through use of superimposed animation. The live image is controlled by the user's movement, causing at least a part of the display to move in concert with the user's motion, thereby creating an enhanced three dimensional effect for a superimposed display. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150338669 | DISPLAY DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD - Movement of a display device is detected, and an image is displayed in stereoscopic display or planar display depending on the detected movement. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339800 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC EXTRAPOLATION OF DESIGNS ACROSS APPAREL AND ACCESSORY SIZES AND TYPES - This invention solves the problem of porting a custom design to different sizes of apparel, or between different types of products without losing the key shape or form of the design. Using existing methods, a direct scaling of the design or image between sizes or product types is not possible because the apparel sizes vary widely between sizes and vary more horizontally than vertically. In such cases, the design loses aspect ratio and the image is distorted or partly cut off on the end manufactured product. That makes it necessary to design individually for each size or type of product. This invention describes a computer implemented method that solves the problem of automating the extrapolation of designs from one size to another and from one product type to another, without losing the visual essence of the original design. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339842 | System and Method for Rendering in Accordance with Location of Virtual Objects in Real-Time - There is provided a system and method for rendering in accordance with location of virtual objects in real-time. There is provided a method for persistent association of a graphic overlay with a virtual object in a displayable environment, comprising receiving a first three-dimensional coordinate of the virtual object in the displayable environment, determining a three-dimensional coordinate of the graphic overlay in accordance with the first three-dimensional coordinate of the virtual object, tracking a movement of the virtual object in the displayable environment by receiving one or more second three-dimensional coordinates of the virtual object, and modifying the three-dimensional coordinate of the graphic overlay in accordance with the one or more second three-dimensional coordinates of the virtual object. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339844 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACHIEVING TRANSFORMATION OF A VIRTUAL VIEW INTO A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEW - A method and an apparatus for achieving transformation of a virtual view into a 3D view are provided. The method comprises: S | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339845 | DISPLAY MAT - A mat may have a display surface for displaying information such that from the viewing point of a camera, the viewing angle of which extends at an angle that is oblique to the display surface, the mat appears to stand three-dimensionally upright. The mat may be further developed by means of LEDs, which, distributed across the display surface, are integrated into the mat, by way of which the information can be displayed, and by means of an electronic control unit, by way of which the LEDs can be switched and/or controlled, either individually, in groups, and/or in any desired patterns. A method may include transmitting data, which are reproduced by at least one such mat located on a floor. A system for transmitting data may use at least one such mat. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339846 | ANALYSIS AND MANIPULATION OF OBJECTS AND LAYERS IN SURROUND VIEWS - Various embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and methods for analyzing and manipulating images and video. According to particular embodiments, the spatial relationship between multiple images and video is analyzed together with location information data, for purposes of creating a representation referred to herein as a surround view for presentation on a device. An object included in the surround view may be manipulated along axes by manipulating the device along corresponding axes. In particular embodiments, a surround view can be separated into layers. Effects can be applied to one or more of these layers to enhance the interactive and immersive viewing experience of the surround view. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339854 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEACHING AND INSTRUCTING IN A VIRTUAL WORLD INCLUDING MULTIPLE VIEWS - Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for generating visual instruction to a user of a system, such as for exercise instruction or rehabilitation purposes. Preferably, the system includes a user imaging system with the system generating an output adapted to couple to a display device. The systems and methods serve to guide a user body motion. In one preferred embodiment, the method includes the steps of receiving first user positional information from the user imaging system, and then generating a first mirror image of the user positional information. Additionally, the method includes generating a first instructional image having the same positional orientation as the first mirror image of the user positional information. Finally, the method and system generate a composite output display including the first mirror image of the user positional information and the first instructional image. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150346846 | Electronic Device, Display Control Method, and Display Control Program - A cellular telephone device with a control unit sets a display mode of a display unit to any one of a first display mode for performing two-dimensional display, and a second display mode for performing three-dimensional display; the cellular telephone device displays both of first information and second information, which is subordinate information to the first information, on the display unit, in a case of being set to the second display mode; and the cellular telephone device displays any one of the first information and the second information on the display unit, in a case of being set to the first display mode. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150346901 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND IMAGE CONVERTING METHOD THEREOF - An image converting method for a mobile terminal may include displaying a first image on a display unit, designating a partial area (or object) of the first image in response to a touch input, and outputting the designated partial area into a second image having a different stereoscopic type from the first image. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150346981 | SLIDER CONTROLLING VISIBILITY OF OBJECTS IN A 3D SPACE - Systems, apparatus, and methods to control the visibility of objects to be presented in a three-dimensional space on a display. Embodiments include a slider having a pair of controls that may be independently manipulated and positioned. The slider oriented in a plane perpendicular to a plurality of parallel planes that include a plurality of individual layers, each layer including one or more objects. The individual layers may be hidden or displayed on a graphical user interface in response to the manipulation of either or both of the controls. The plurality of parallel planes may be reoriented in response to the positioning of either or both of the controls. The slider may include a plurality of equidistantly spaced divisions; each division may correspond to an individual layer in the plurality of parallel planes. The spacing between the divisions may be manipulated to change the spacing between the plurality of parallel planes. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348229 | Image annotation using a haptic plane - During an analysis technique, a three-dimensional (3D) image of a portion of an individual is transformed to facilitate accurate determination of detailed annotation of an anatomical structure (such as: specifying the size of the anatomical structure based on annotation markers, an orientation of the anatomical structure, a direction of the anatomical structure and/or a location of the anatomical structure). In particular, in response to receiving information specifying a two-dimensional (2D) plane having an angular position in the 3D image, the 3D image is translated and rotated from an initial position and orientation so that the 2D plane is presented in an orientation parallel to a reference 2D plane of a display. Then, after information specifying the detailed annotation in the 2D plane is received, the 3D image is translated and rotated back to the initial position and orientation. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348236 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO STREAM PERSONALIZATION - A method and system for video stream personalization. A personalization policy may be accessed. The personalization policy may include an image identification and an image alteration to a video image identified by the image identification. At least one instance of the video image may be identified in a video stream. An output stream may be produced from the video stream in response to the personalization policy. The output stream may include the image alteration to the video image. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348284 | EXAMPLE BASED EDITING OF VIRTUAL TERRAIN MAPS - The disclosure provides an approach for generating virtual terrains. A terrain editing application is configured to receive assets of various types, including a blank canvas, two-dimensional (2D) sketches, real-world elevation maps, authored heightfields, etc. The assets specify characteristics of a terrain, and provide starting points for creating the virtual terrain. The editing application further provides a set of tools allowing a user to modify the virtual terrain. In one embodiment, the set of tools may include a copy-and-paste tool, a peak creation tool, a ridge creation tool, a ridge tracing tool, and a resynthesis tool. The editing application generates a new layer for each edit, as well as 2D and three-dimensional (3D) previews of the edited terrain. The editing application also provides a user-adjustable frequency decomposition of each layer. The editing application combines layers using Laplacian blending to produce the final virtual terrain. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348305 | 3D ASSET PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT - Three-dimensional (3D) asset performance enhancement is disclosed. In various embodiments, the 3D assets may be retrieved from a specific folder, each 3D asset describing one or more 3D models. The 3D assets may be processed at build-time of an application to enhance the performance of the 3D assets at runtime of the application by performing one or more enhancements on the 3D assets before adding the enhanced 3D assets to a bundle of the application. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348323 | AUGMENTING A DIGITAL IMAGE WITH DISTANCE DATA DERIVED BASED ON ACTUATION OF AT LEAST ONE LASER - In one aspect, a device includes a digital camera, a three-dimensional (3D) imaging device, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to actuate the 3D imaging device to determine distance data pertaining to the distance from the 3D imaging device to at least a portion of at least one object, and actuate the digital camera to gather a first image of a field of view including at least the portion of the at least one object during actuation of the 3D imaging device. The instructions are also executable by the processor to generate an augmented image using the distance data and the first image. The augmented image is generated at least in part based on the portion of the at least one object as gathered by the first image being augmented using the distance data. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348327 | Head Mounted Device (HMD) System Having Interface With Mobile Computing Device for Rendering Virtual Reality Content - A head mounted display (HMD) system is provided. The system includes a housing and optics disposed in the housing. The system further includes a processor disposed in the housing and shutter control logic interfaced with the processor. The shutter control logic is configured to operate to alternate between opening a left eye-side of the optics and closing a right eye-side of the optics to opening the right eye-side of the optics and closing the left eye-side of the optics. A holder portion is integrated with the housing. The holder portion is configured to receive a smart device having a display screen. The display screen is oriented toward the optics of the housing in a direction that is toward a face of a user when the HMD system is worn by the user. The shutter control in operation is configured to enable a three-dimensional view of image date rendered on the display screen of the smart device when viewed through the optics of the housing. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350628 | REAL-TIME CONTENT IMMERSION SYSTEM - A method may include presenting a scene from linear content on one or more display devices in an immersive environment, and receiving, from a user within the immersive environment, input to change an aspect of the scene. The method may also include accessing 3-D virtual scene information previously used to render the scene, and changing the 3-D virtual scene information according to the changed aspect of the scene. The method may additionally include rending the 3-D virtual scene to incorporate the changed aspect, and presenting the rendered scene in real time in the immersive user environment. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150355332 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING DISTANCE AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGES COMPRISING SAME - The present invention relates to a device for detecting distance and an apparatus for processing images comprising same. The device for detecting distance according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a light source portion for outputting an output light based on a plurality of transmission signals having different frequencies; a scanner for sequentially scanning in a first direction and then a second direction to output the output light into an external area; a detection portion for converting received light, which corresponds to the output light and is received from the outside, into reception signals; and a processor for calculating distance to an external object and varying the frequency of the transmission signals, based on the plurality of transmission signals and the plurality of reception signals, wherein the processor calculates a first distance to the external object based on a first transmission signal from among the plurality of transmission signals and a first reception signal corresponding to the first transmission signal, calculates a second distance to the external object based on a second transmission signal from among the plurality of transmission signals and a second reception signal corresponding to the second transmission signal, and calculates a final distance to the external object based on the first and second distances that have been calculated. As a result, the distance to the external object can be accurately detected. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355462 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY, DETECTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A head mounted display for supporting improvement in an act of moving a body is provided. The head mounted display includes image display unit that transmits external scenery therethrough and forms an image, a body motion detection unit that detects motions of a body of a user and at least a part of a tool bundled with the body, a model moving image acquisition unit that accesses a model moving image storage unit which stores, as a model moving image, a moving image showing a motion of the body, used as a reference of the act and stores the model moving image for each type of act, and acquires one or a plurality of model moving images corresponding to a detection result from the body motion detection unit, and a display control unit that causes the image display unit to form the acquired model moving image. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355596 | Three Dimensional Display System - System and method for video holographic display. Information is received regarding a 2D hogel array with multiple hogel apertures, specifying number, size, and/or spacing of the hogel apertures. Information regarding a 3D scene is received, including a scaling factor mapping the 3D scene to a 3D display volume. Due to gradual variation of radiation patterns from hogel to hogel, a full set of color radiation intensity patterns for the entire hogel array may be generated by interpolating the color radiation intensity patterns from a sparse subset of the hogels without having to compute all of the patterns. The full set of color radiation intensity patterns may then be used to holographically display the 3D scene. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355677 | WEARABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A wearable display device comprises: a set of position sensors, wherein the position sensors provide positioning data that describe a physical three-dimensional orientation of the wearable display device in real time; an exterior display surface that comprises a continuous display with a dynamically adjusted display region; and a video display controller, wherein the video display controller displays a video content on the region directed to the user's eyes on the dynamically adjusted display region based on the physical three-dimensional orientation of the wearable display device. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356343 | ADAPTATION OF A VECTOR DRAWING BASED ON A MODIFIED PERSPECTIVE - Techniques for modifying the appearance of objects comprising a two-dimensional vector drawing are disclosed. Such modifications can be made in response to user input that manipulates a viewing perspective for the drawing. Before a user manipulates the viewing perspective for given scene, information relating to the objects comprising the scene is stored in a data structure. Such information may include, for each object in the scene, a two-dimensional projection of the object onto a reference plane and parameters characterizing the reference plane. Once the user has finished defining the modified viewing perspective, the objects are projected from the reference plane to the modified perspective. The parameters characterizing the reference plane are applied to ensure that the object is rendered at the correct orientation and depth in the modified perspective. Objects comprising the scene can thus be automatically updated in response to the user's manipulation of the viewing perspective. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356767 | RAPID AVATAR CAPTURE AND SIMULATION USING COMMODITY DEPTH SENSORS - A non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable storage medium may contain a program of instructions that cause a computer system running the program of instructions to automatically generate a 3D avatar of a living being, including automatically: causing one or more sensors to generate 3D data indicative of the three dimensional shape and appearance of at least a portion of the living being; and generating a virtual character based on the 3D data that can be animated and controlled. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356770 | STREET VIEW MAP DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for displaying a street view map are provided. The method includes: acquiring a site scene image of a street view; determining that the site scene comprises a three-dimensional model, acquiring the attribute information of the three-dimensional model and the stereoscopic information of the site scene; in the position coordinates of the real object in the site scene relative to the site scene, identifying and utilizing the position coordinates of the real object relative to the site scene identical to the position coordinates corresponding to the three-dimensional model contained in the attribute information of the three-dimensional model as position coordinates of the three-dimensional model relative to the site scene; and loading the three-dimensional model to render the site scene image. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150358594 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR VIEWER ATTENTION AREA ESTIMATION - Technologies for viewer attention area estimation include a computing device to capture, by a camera system of the computing device, an image of a viewer of a display of the computing device. The computing device further determines a distance range of the viewer from the computing device, a gaze direction of the viewer based on the captured image and the distance range of the viewer, and an active interaction region of the display based on the viewer's gaze direction and the distance range of the viewer. The active interaction region is indicative of a region of the display at which the viewer's gaze is directed. The computing device displays content on the display based on the determined active interaction region. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150362595 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DEVELOPING A THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF AN ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for developing a 3D model of an environment. The method comprises steps of providing a plurality of overlapping images of the environment, each image associated of navigation data, providing distance information, said LIDAR information comprising a distance value and navigation data from a plurality of distance measurements, and developing the 3D model based on the plurality of overlapping images and the distance information. The step of developing the 3D model comprises the steps of providing the 3D model based on the plurality of overlapping images; and updating the 3D model with the distance information using an iterative process. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363951 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECTIVE TRACTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING USING FEATURES OF GRID STRUCTURES OF THE BRAIN - A system and method includes acquiring image data of the subject that includes information about the white matter tissue in the brain of the subject having diffusion information. An image of the subject is reconstructed from the image data that depicts the white matter tissue. A coordinate system information is produced by correlating the white matter tissue in the reconstructed image with a coordinate system in which the white matter tissue is arranged in an orthogonal grid. A deviation of the white matter tissue from the orthogonal grid is determined. Fiber paths of the white matter tissue are built by applying a bias against information determined to be associated with a deviation of the white matter tissue from the orthogonal grid. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363964 | 3D DESIGN AND COLLABORATION OVER A NETWORK - In some embodiments, a system and/or method may include accessing three-dimensional (3D) imaging software on a remote server. The method may include accessing over a network a 3D imaging software package on a remote server using a first system. The method may include assessing, using the remote server, a capability of the first system to execute the 3D imaging software package. The method may include displaying an output of the 3D imaging software using the first system based upon the assessed capabilities of the first system. In some embodiments, the method may include executing a first portion of the 3D imaging software using the remote server based upon the assessed capabilities of the first system. In some embodiments, the method may include executing a second portion of the 3D imaging software using the first system based upon the assessed capabilities of the first system. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363965 | Virtual Model Navigation Methods and Apparatus - Virtual model navigation methods and apparatus are described. According to one aspect, a virtual model navigation method includes using a display screen of a user device, displaying a plurality of views of a virtual model in a plurality of frames, wherein the displaying comprises displaying one of the views in one of the frames with the virtual camera positioned at a first view point within a virtual scene of the virtual model, after the displaying the one of the views, detecting movement of the user device from a first location in the physical world at the first moment in time to a second location in the physical world at a second moment in time, and wherein the displaying comprises displaying another of the views in another of the frames with the virtual camera positioned at a second view point within the virtual scene as a result of the detection of the movement of the user device. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363966 | Virtual Model Viewing Methods and Apparatus - Virtual model viewing methods and apparatus are described. According to one aspect, a virtual model viewing method includes using a user device, accessing model data which may be used to generate a plurality of views of a virtual model, using a camera of the user device, generating image data of content of the physical world, and using the model data and the image data, creating one of the views of the virtual model which comprises at least some of the content of the physical world, and displaying the one view of the virtual model using a display screen of the user device. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363967 | Virtual Model Navigation Methods and Apparatus - Virtual model navigation methods and apparatus are described. According to one aspect, a user device includes a display screen configured to depict visual images for observation by a user, and processing circuitry configured to control the display device to generate a plurality of views of a virtual scene of the virtual model at a plurality of different moments in time, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to control generation of a first of the views as viewed using the virtual camera at a first orientation within the virtual scene at a first moment in time, to detect a change in orientation of the user device in the physical world, to control generation of a second of the views as viewed using the virtual camera at a second orientation within the virtual scene at a second moment in time as a result of the detected change in orientation of the user device in the physical world, and to control generation of a third of the views as viewed using the virtual camera positioned at a first view point at a third moment in time which is different than a second view point where the virtual camera was positioned during at least one of the first and second moments in time. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363973 | CONSTRUCTION METHOD OF FREEFORM SURFACE SHAPE BASED ON XY-POLYNOMIAL - A construction method of freeform surface shape based on XY-polynomial obtains a plurality of data points of a freeform surface according to an object point and an imaging point in a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinates system Oxyz. Each of the plurality of data points comprises a coordinate value Q | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363974 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information distribution system includes an image display apparatus including a position identification section that identifies the position of the image display apparatus, a first communication section, and a control section; and an information processing apparatus including a storage section that stores content information, a second communication section, and a selection section. The selection section selects at least two contents from a plurality of contents stored in the storage section based on the received position of the image display apparatus. The second communication section distributes content information on the selected at least two contents to the first communication section. The control section sets one content in the received content information as a first content and causes the image display section to display the set first content and the contents other than the first content in the distributed content information in different display forms. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363976 | Generating a Sequence of Stereoscopic Images for a Head-Mounted Display - Apparatus ( | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363980 | 3D VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION SYSTEM - There is provided a 3D virtual environment interaction system comprising: a processing unit for generating a 3D virtual environment comprising a planar reference frame for allowing a user to perform a user interaction with the 3D virtual environment; a display unit for displaying the generated 3D virtual environment; a portable input device for allowing the user to control the position and orientation of the planar reference frame within the generated 3D virtual environment, the portable input device comprising a planar input surface; a position and orientation sensor for monitoring the position and orientation of the planar input surface in a real-world space, the position and orientation sensor allowing the processing unit to modify at least one of the position and the orientation of the planar reference frame in response to a change in a corresponding one of the position and orientation of the planar input surface. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150365657 | Text and graphics interactive display - A system for rendering interactive text and graphic images on a standard 2-dimensional electronic display screen, giving the appearance of a 3-dimensional image through the use of interactive 3D projection onto the 2D surface, using parallax, true 3D, pseudo 3D, and responsive to user input and automatic timing algorithms. It will be seen that the same system can readily be adapted to a true 3D display system, should cost and/or space permit. The advantages of this system include increased viewing comprehension, reduced fatigue, and efficiency of computational implementation. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150365659 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MULTI VIEW PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - Provided herein is a display apparatus including a display; a renderer configured to render a multi-view image; and a controller configured to, in response to a cover being closed, determine an extent by which the closed cover is twisted with respect to the display apparatus, control the renderer to render the multi-view image corresponding to the extent by which the closed cover is twisted, and control the display to display the rendered multi-view image. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150371423 | Means and methods of transforming a fictional book into a computer generated 3-D animated motion picture ie "Novel's Cinematization" - A Novel is a written fictional story that hopefully gives the reader a joyful reading experience with the ability to visualize the story depending on the author's expertise. As the story unfolds, with the storyteller's power of the written word, in describing and relating the story's plot and associated scenes that produce images of the characters and of the scenes pictured in the mind of reader. The present invention provides the methodology to apply advanced computer technology that will transform a complete written work to create a computer generated 3-D animated motion picture. A staff of computer operator/designers will be able to process the work to achieve the computer-produced “Novel's Cinematization” [NC]. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371424 | MULTI-INSTANCE, MULTI-USER VIRTUAL REALITY SPACES - A multi-instance, multi-user animation platform includes a plurality of modeled parallel dimensions in a computer memory. Each of the parallel dimensions may be an independent model of a physical, three-dimensional space having corresponding features such that the parallel dimensions are recognizable as counterparts to each other. Avatars are located within corresponding ones of the parallel dimensions so as to prevent over-population of any one of the parallel dimensions by avatars. Avatars are animated within different ones of the parallel dimensions using input from respective users to provide virtual-reality data. A common space is modeled in the computer memory configured in relation to the plurality of parallel instances so that an object located inside the common space is visible from viewpoints located inside each of the plurality of parallel instances. Remote clients may output an animated display of a corresponding one of the parallel dimensions and avatars therein. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371427 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a data storage unit configured to store measurement data of microparticles; a data processing unit configured to create a 3D image in a coordinate space with three types of variables from the measurement data, the 3D image represents a characteristic distribution of the microparticles; and a display unit configured to display the 3D image, wherein in a case that a gating region is set in the 3D image, the 3D image is rotated or scaled up or down along with the gating region on the display unit. An information processing method and program are also provided. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371428 | NETWORK BASED 3D DESIGN AND COLLABORATION - In some embodiments, a system and/or method may include accessing three-dimensional (3D) imaging software on a remote server. The method may include accessing over a network a 3D imaging software package on a remote server using a first system. The method may include assessing, using the remote server, a capability of the first system to execute the 3D imaging software package. The method may include displaying an output of the 3D imaging software using the first system based upon the assessed capabilities of the first system. In some embodiments, the method may include executing a first portion of the 3D imaging software using the remote server based upon the assessed capabilities of the first system. In some embodiments, the method may include executing a second portion of the 3D imaging software using the first system based upon the assessed capabilities of the first system. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371432 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING FROM WIDE BASELINE RANGE SCANS - The present disclosure describes systems and techniques relating to generating three dimensional (3D) models from range sensor data. According to an aspect, frames of range scan data captured using one or more three dimensional (3D) sensors are obtained, where the frames correspond to different views of an object or scene; point clouds for the frames are registered with each other by maximizing coherence of projected occluding boundaries of the object or scene within the frames using an optimization algorithm with a cost function that computes pairwise or global contour correspondences; and the registered point clouds are provided for use in 3D modeling of the object or scene. Further, the cost function, which maximizing contour coherence, can be used with more than two point clouds for more than two frames at a time in a global optimization framework. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371440 | ZERO-BASELINE 3D MAP INITIALIZATION - A computer-implemented method, apparatus, computer readable medium and mobile device for initializing a 3-Dimensional (3D) map may include obtaining, from a camera, a single image of an urban outdoor scene and estimating an initial pose of the camera. An untextured model of a geographic region may be obtained. Line features from the single image may be extracted and the orientation may be determined with respect to the untextured model and using the extracted line features, the orientation of the camera in 3 Degrees of Freedom (3DOF). In response to determining the orientation of the camera, a translation in 3DOF with respect to the untextured model may be determined using the extracted line features. The 3D map may be initialized based on the determined orientation and translation. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371450 | Real - time stereo 3D and autostereoscopic 3D video and image editing - A system that provides control over three-dimensional image content. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150374316 | IMAGE DISPLAY TO DISPLAY INTERNAL STRUCTURE WITH CHANGE OF DEPTH - The disclosure is related to a display device that may produce and display a predetermined internal surface (e.g., a predetermined plane view) of an object according to a user input designating a depth thereof. Such display device may include a data storage, a user input interface, a processor, and an image display. The data storage may be configured to store image data. The user input interface may be configured to receive a request from a user. The processor may be configured to generate image data for a 3D image with internal surface images at one or more depths in response to the user request. The image display may be configured to display the 3D image with internal surfaces at each depth. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379719 | OBJECT DIGITIZATION - Digitizing objects in a picture is discussed herein. A user presents the object to a camera, which captures the image comprising color and depth data for the front and back of the object. For both front and back images, the closest point to the camera is determined by analyzing the depth data. From the closest points, edges of the object are found by noting large differences in depth data. The depth data is also used to construct point cloud constructions of the front and back of the object. Various techniques are applied to extrapolate edges, remove seams, extend color intelligently, filter noise, apply skeletal structure to the object, and optimize the digitization further. Eventually, a digital representation is presented to the user and potentially used in different applications (e.g., games, Web, etc.). | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379755 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZATION - Based on heart behavior data, a computation unit determines a first time step at which a heart exhibits a first behavior in response to a first wave of an electrical signal, as well as a second time step at which the heart exhibits a second behavior in response to a second wave of the same. The computation unit reproduces the heart's behavior over time by updating a three-dimensional model of the heart according to the heart behavior data, simultaneously with variations in electrical signal strength over time according to electrocardiogram data. The computation unit coordinates this reproduction such that a first shape of the heart at the first time is reproduced step simultaneously with the first wave of the electrical signal, and such that a second shape of the heart at the second time step is reproduced simultaneously with the second wave of the electrical signal. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379776 | VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A combination meter including a first meter and a second meter, which are visible from a front side, and a half-silvered mirror disposed in front of the combination meter and having semi-transparent property are provided. Also, an image output device displays an image toward the half-silvered mirror is provided. The half-silvered mirror reflects the image displayed by the image output device to display a virtual image in front of the meter. Thus, the virtual image is overlappedly displayed with respect to the combination meter, whereby a use intuitively recognizes high priority information. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379780 | IMAGE DISPLAY TO DISPLAY 3D IMAGE AND SECTIONAL IMAGES - The disclosure is related to displaying a three dimensional image and corresponding sectional images. A display device may include a data storage, an input interface, an image display, and a processor. The data storage may store image data. The input interface may receive position information of a first image point from a user. The image display may display a 3D image in a first display region and a sectional image of the 3D image in a second display region of the screen. The processor may generate the 3D image data to display the 3D image by locating the first image point of the 3D image at a first position in the first display region and the sectional image data to display the sectional image of the 3D image by locating a second image point of the sectional image at a second position in the second display region. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150381974 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY - Embodiments that relate to displaying a computer generated image to a viewer via a stereoscopic display system are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises establishing a predetermined threshold distance from an eye of a viewer to a threshold displayed position of a computer generated image. The method includes determining that a vergence distance from the eye of the viewer to a current displayed position of the image is at or below the predetermined threshold distance. Based on the vergence distance being at or below the predetermined threshold distance, a size of the image is increased while maintaining the vergence distance at the predetermined threshold distance as the eye of the viewer moves toward the image. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160004300 | System, Method, Device and Computer Readable Medium for Use with Virtual Environments - According to the invention, there is disclosed a system, method, device and computer readable medium for a user to interact with objects in a virtual environment. The invention includes a gesture controller, associated with an aspect of the user, and operative to generate spatial data corresponding to the position of the aspect of the user. A mobile device processor is operative to receive the spatial data of the gesture controller and to automatically process the spatial data to generate a spatial representation in the virtual environment corresponding to the position of the aspect of the user. Thus, the invention is operative to facilitate the user interacting with the objects in the virtual environment using the spatial representation of the gesture controller based on the position of the aspect of the user. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160005142 | Information Processing Method And Device - An information processing method and device are disclosed. The information processing method is applied to an information processing device in which a 3D map and a spatial topological structure management-based feature library created in advance for a certain environment are contained, and different users in the certain environment can determine their location. The method includes acquiring a first image taken by a first user; extracting one or more first feature points in the first image to obtain first feature descriptors; obtaining 3D locations of the first feature points based on 3D location of the first user, the first image, and the feature library; determining feature descriptors to be updated based on 3D location of the first user, the 3D locations of the first feature points, the first feature descriptors corresponding to the first feature points, and existing feature descriptors in the feature library; and updating the feature library. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160005191 | MIPMAP GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and corresponding apparatus are configured to generate a mipmap are configured to allocate a mipmap status register of a mipmap level generated with respect to a texture, receive a request for the texture, and calculate a mipmap level with respect to the texture. The method and corresponding apparatus are also configured to determine whether a mipmap of the calculated mipmap level exists using the mipmap status register and outputting a result indicative thereof, and determine whether to generate the mipmap of the mipmap level based on the result. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160005210 | RENDERING SYSTEM AND RENDERING METHOD THEREOF - A rendering system and a rendering method are provided. The rendering method of the rendering system includes: preparing, using an acceleration data structure, data, with respect to at least one object, for performing rendering; dividing, using projection onto a screen, an area into a background area and an object area in order to extract the at least one object; and performing ray-tracing with respect to the object area in order to render the at least one object. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160005211 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL GENERATION - A method includes generating, at an electronic device, a three-dimensional model of an object based on a sequence of images captured by an image capture device associated with the electronic device. The method further includes displaying the three-dimensional model via a display device associated with the electronic device. The method also includes, based on detecting that the three-dimensional model includes an anomaly, presenting, via the display device, one or more selectable options to enable correction of the anomaly. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160005213 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENRICHING THE CONTENT OF A DEPTH MAP - A method and device for enriching the content associated with a first element of a depth map, the depth map being associated with a scene according to a point of view. Thereafter, at least a first information representative of a variation of depth in the first element in the space of the depth map is stored into the depth map. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160005222 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A three-dimensional information processing apparatus includes: a bottom surface intersection point calculation unit calculating intersection points between segments formed by a set of vertices for a terrain model generated by a terrain vertex synthesis unit and outer peripheral segments of a bottom surface of a structure model extracted by a structure bottom surface extraction unit; an all-point height calculation unit calculating heights of the terrain model at the intersection points calculated by the calculation unit and at the vertices constituting the bottom surface of the structure model; a reference height calculation unit calculating a reference height in three-dimensional information on a predetermined area from the heights of the terrain model; and a structure height correction unit correcting the height of the structure model in use of differences between the reference height and the heights of the terrain model. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160005224 | UNIFIED COORDINATE SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE CT SCANS OF PATIENT LUNGS - A CT alignment system includes a central processing unit (CPU) that processes a plurality of CT images. The CPU determines a location of a main carina from the plurality of CT images and sets the main carina as a point of origin. An x-coordinate, a y-coordinate, and a z-coordinate is calculated for each pixel in each CT image among the plurality of CT images based on the point of origin. A 3D model is rendered from the plurality of CT images and the x-coordinate, the y-coordinate, and the z-coordinate for each pixel in each CT image is associated with a corresponding voxel in the 3D model. The x-coordinate, the y-coordinate, and the z-coordinate for each corresponding voxel in the 3D model is stored as voxel position data. A graphics processing unit (GPU) renders a three dimensional (3D) model based on the plurality of CT images and the voxel position data which is displayed on a display. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160005226 | CLASSIFYING CONTIGUOUS OBJECTS FROM POLYGONAL MESHES WITH SPATIALLY GRID-LIKE TOPOLOGY - Methods and systems in computer enabled imaging for the classification of connected sets of polygons in polygonal models/objects with spatially grid-like topology are provided. In one example, for the classification of connected sets of polygons in polygonal models/objects with spatially grid-like topology such as those generated by threshold-based extraction routines from volumetric data by means of exploiting the nature of the source data to efficiently determine an optimal neighborhood of possibly connected polygon. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160005229 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING MAP INFORMATION - An electronic device for providing map information associated with a space of interest is provided. The electronic device includes a display and a processor configured to display, on the display, at least a portion of a map including at least one node associated with at least one image photographed at a corresponding position of the space of interest and additional information on the at least one image, change, in response to an input or an event, a first image associated with a first node among the at least one node or first additional information on the first image, and display, on the map through the display, at least a portion of the changed first image or at least a portion of the changed first additional information. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160005234 | SYSTEM FOR MIXING OR COMPOSITING IN REAL-TIME, COMPUTER GENERATED 3D OBJECTS AND A VIDEO FEED FROM A FILM CAMERA - A method of mixing or compositing in real-time, computer generated 3D objects and a video feed from a film camera in which the body of the film camera can be moved in 3D and sensors in or attached to the camera provide real-time positioning data defining the 3D position and 3D orientation of the camera, or enabling the 3D position to be calculated. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160005236 | TRACHEA MARKING - Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for marking a main carina and a trachea of a patient, an exemplary method comprising importing slice images of a chest of the patient, generating a three-dimensional (3D) model based on the imported slice images, displaying the 3D model in a graphical user interface (GUI), locating the main carina by viewing 2D images of the 3D model in an axial orientation, marking the main carina in one of the 2D images of the 3D model, adjusting a view plane of the 3D model around a rotation axis defined by the marked location of the main carina to adjust the view plane from an axial orientation to a coronal orientation while keeping the main carina in the view plane to thereby display the entire trachea on the GUI, and marking an upper end of the trachea in one of the 2D images of the 3D model. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160005238 | VISUALIZATION OF OBSCURED OBJECTS IN 3D SPACE - A system, method and software application implement a visualization scheme for presenting information in a 3D map. A set of rules specifies the visualization scheme, particularly with respect to how the system renders background objects that are obscured by a foreground object. The objects include elements such as building surfaces, streets, pointers, icons, labels, floor plans, and the like. The rules specify details such as stroke, fill, transparency, opacity, and visibility of the elements. Some of the rules may specify relationships between an object and elements that are considered “internal” to the object, while others of the rules may specify relationships between an object and other elements considered “external” to the object. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160011310 | Depth Display Using Sonar Data | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012574 | COMPOSITE IMAGE GENERATION TO REMOVE OBSCURING OBJECTS | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012627 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE AND BACKGROUND IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012631 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING SCOPE OF ACCREDITATION IN COOPERATION WITH DEPTH OF VIRTUAL OBJECT AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012632 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAP DISPLAY SYSTEM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012634 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAP DISPLAY SYSTEM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012644 | Augmented Reality System and Method | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012646 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING A THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) COLOR REPRESENTATION OF AN OBJECT | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160018652 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for the see-through computer display systems with an extended field of view. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019713 | BLENDING BETWEEN STREET VIEW AND EARTH VIEW - In one aspect, computing device(s) may determine a plurality of fragments for a three-dimensional (3D) model of a geographical location. Each fragment of the plurality of fragments may correspond to a pixel of a blended image and each fragment has a fragment color from the 3D model. The one or more computing devices may determine geospatial location data for each fragment based at least in part on latitude information, longitude information, and altitude information associated with the 3D model. For each fragment of the plurality of fragments, the one or more computing devices may identify a pixel color and an image based at least in part on the geospatial location data, determine a blending ratio based on at least one of a position and an orientation of a virtual camera, and generate the blended image based on at least the blending ratio, the pixel color, and the fragment color. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019718 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VISUAL FEEDBACK IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT - In one embodiment, a method of providing visual feedback to a user in a virtual reality environment is disclosed. The method may comprise: capturing position and depth information of the user using a depth sensor; determining a potential interaction point between the user and a 3D virtual object associated with the virtual reality environment based on the position and depth information of the user; determining, using a virtual depth camera, depth of the 3D virtual object at the potential interaction point; calculating a distance between the user and the 3D virtual object based on the position and depth information of the user and the depth of the 3D virtual object; and rendering a soft shadow of the user on the 3D virtual object based on the distance between the user and the 3D virtual object. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019720 | Method for Viewing Two-Dimensional Content for Virtual Reality Applications - A virtual reality or augmented reality system comprises first and second displays, lenses, access to computing components, and software for evaluating a selected two-dimensional video, generating a first content and a second content based on the original two-dimensional video and observed characteristics of the two-dimensional video, determining a time delay based on characteristics of the two-dimensional video, and displaying the first content on a first display at a first time and the second content on the second display at a second time. The first content and second content can be generated entirely before displaying on first and second displays or it can be generated dynamically while being displayed. Additionally, the video can be displayed unaltered with only a time delay between the first and second displays depending on the observed characteristics of the two-dimensional video. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019724 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSERTING A 3D GRAPHICS ANIMATION IN A 3D STEREO CONTENT - The invention concerns a method and a device for inserting 3D graphic animation in a 3D image, each 3D graphic element of the graphic animation being defined in size and in depth for the insertion in a determined insertion zone of said 3D image. The method comprises the step of determining for the graphic element to be inserted a depth range with a maximum allowed depth value, replacing the out of range depth values by the maximum allowed depth value when depth values of the graphic element are out of range and compensating the depth difference between the depth values of the graphic element and the maximal allowed depth value in reducing the graphic element in size proportionally to the reduction of depth for the graphic element. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160025512 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAP BASED ON ROAD INFORMATION - A system and method of displaying a three-dimensional (3D) map based on road information. A display system, including: a culling area determination unit to determine a culling area based on road information; a data conversion unit to convert data of at least a portion of objects displayed on the culling area; and a display unit to display at least the portion of the objects based on the converted data. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026359 | CLOUD BASED OPERATING SYSTEM AND BROWSER WITH CUBE INTERFACE - A user interface and or browser is provided having a tilted cube hexagonal structure. The cube is rotatable and has advertisements and theme based window panes on the back and the front of the panes. The cube is rotated in such a fashion that the tilted orientation is maintained constant but the panes revolved about a tilted axis much as the Earth revolves about its axis. Computer software coordinates the responses of keyboard, mouse and other devices as they interact with the cube itself so as to provide a stimulating 3D graphical user interface. The system is applicable to mobile devices such as smart phones and similar devices. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026361 | Three-Dimensional Tracking of a User Control Device in a Volume Using Position Sensing - Tracking objects presented within a stereo three-dimensional (3D) scene. The user control device may include one or more visually indicated points for at least one tracking sensor to track. The user control device may also include other position determining devices, for example, an accelerometer and/or gyroscope. Precise 3D coordinates of the stylus may be determined based on location information from the tracking sensor(s) and additional information from the other position determining devices. A stereo 3D scene may be updated to reflect the determined coordinates | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026362 | Three-Dimensional Tracking of a User Control Device in a Volume Using Orientation Sensing - Tracking objects presented within a stereo three-dimensional (3D) scene. The user control device may include one or more visually indicated points for at least one tracking sensor to track. The user control device may also include other position determining devices, for example, an accelerometer and/or gyroscope. Precise 3D coordinates of the stylus may be determined based on location information from the tracking sensor(s) and additional information from the other position determining devices. A stereo 3D scene may be updated to reflect the determined coordinates | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026363 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING THE ORIENTATION OF AN OBJECT ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of manipulating a three-dimensional object displays a first view of a three-dimensional object on a touchscreen. The touchscreen has three-dimensional views associated with at least one pre-specified visually undelineated portion of the touchscreen. The method receives a touch input on the touchscreen in a visually undelineated portion, and determines a second view of the three-dimensional object based on the view assigned to the visually undelineated portion that received the touch input. The method displays the second view of the three-dimensional object on the touchscreen. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027209 | REAL-TIME IMMERSIVE MEDIATED REALITY EXPERIENCES - The invention relates to creating real-time, immersive mediated reality environments using real data collected from a physical event or venue. The invention provides a virtual participant with the ability to control their viewpoint and freely explore the venue, in real time by synthesizing virtual data corresponding to a requested virtual viewpoint using real images obtained from data collectors or sources at the venue. By tracking and correlating real and virtual viewpoints of virtual participants, physical objects, and data sources, systems and methods of the invention can create photo-realistic images for perspective views for which there is not physically present data source. Systems and methods of the invention also relate to applying effect objects to enhance the immersive experience including virtual guides, docents, text or audio information, expressive auras, tracking effects, and audio. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027215 | VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT WITH REAL WORLD OBJECTS - An HMD device renders a virtual reality environment in which areas of the real world are masked out so that real world objects such as computer monitors, doors, people, faces, and the like appear visible to the device user and no holographic or virtual reality content is rendered over the visible objects. The HMD device includes a sensor package to support application of surface reconstruction techniques to dynamically detect edges and surfaces of the real world objects and keep objects visible on the display as the user changes position or head pose or when the real world objects move or their positions are changed. The HMD device can expose controls to enable the user to select which real world objects are visible in the virtual reality environment. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027216 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MIXED-REALITY VIEWPORT - An application running on a computing platform that employs three-dimensional (3D) modeling is extended using a virtual viewport into which 3D holograms are rendered by a mixed-reality head mounted display (HMD) device. The HMD device user can position the viewport to be rendered next to a real world 2D monitor and use it as a natural extension of the 3D modeling application. For example, the user can interact with modeled objects in mixed-reality and move objects between the monitor and the viewport. The 3D modeling application and HMD device are configured to exchange scene data for modeled objects (such as geometry, lighting, rotation, scale) and user interface parameters (such as mouse and keyboard inputs). The HMD device implements head tracking to determine where the user is looking so that user inputs are appropriately directed to the monitor or viewport. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160029003 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CONTENT FOR INSERTION INTO THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CONTENT - A method includes receiving a first three-dimensional video content, determining a three-dimensional format of the first three-dimensional video content, and converting a two-dimensional video content into a second three-dimensional video content based on the determined three-dimensional format, wherein converting the two-dimensional video content comprises decimating the two-dimensional video content. The method further includes splicing the second three-dimensional video content into the first three-dimensional video content. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160035121 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VISUAL FEEDBACK OF A MAP VIEW CHANGE - Methods, systems and apparatus are described to provide visual feedback of a change in map view. Various embodiments may display a map view of a map in a two-dimensional map view mode. Embodiments may obtain input indicating a change to a three-dimensional map view mode. Input may be obtained through the utilization of touch, auditory, or other well-known input technologies. Some embodiments may allow the input to request a specific display position to display. In response to the input indicating a change to a three-dimensional map view mode, embodiments may then display an animation that moves a virtual camera for the map display to different virtual camera positions to illustrate that the map view mode is changed to a three-dimensional map view mode. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160035127 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, SERVER FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - Three-dimensional image display system includes server and client cooperating with server to display three-dimensional image. Server includes server memory storing vertex information indicating a vertex position of a polygon that forms a three-dimensional shape, valid polygon identification unit converting the vertex information into different coordinate systems, determining whether the polygon is a valid polygon for displaying based on the converted vertex information and viewpoint information transmitted from client, and generating valid vertex information indicating whether the vertex is valid for rendering the valid polygon, and server communicator transmitting valid vertex information to client. Client includes client memory storing the vertex information indicating the vertex position of the polygon that forms the three-dimensional shape, client communicator transmitting viewpoint information and receiving valid vertex information, and a polygon rendering unit reading the vertex information for only the valid vertex in valid vertex information, converting into different coordinate systems, and generating three-dimensional image. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160035133 | 2D IMAGE-BASED 3D GLASSES VIRTUAL TRY-ON SYSTEM - Method to create try-on experience wearing virtual 3D eyeglasses is provided using 2D image data of eyeglasses. Virtual 3D eyeglasses are constructed using set of 2D images for eyeglasses. Virtual 3D eyeglasses is configured onto 3D face or head model and being simulated as being fittingly worn by the wearer. Each set of 2D images for eyeglasses includes a pair of 2D lens images, a frontal frame image, and at least one side frame image. Upon detection of a movement of the face and head of wearer in real-time, the 3D face or head model and the configuration and alignment of virtual 3D eyeglasses are modified or adjusted accordingly. Features such as trimming off of portion of the glasses frame, shadow creating and environment mapping are provided to the virtual 3D eyeglasses in response to translation, scaling, and posture changes made to the head and face of the wearer in real-time. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160035259 | Volumetric Three-Dimensional Display with Evenly-Spaced Elements - A volumetric three-dimensional light-emitting display, comprising an array of emitters arranged, as defined by the relative positions of the emitters' centerpoints, in a close-packed relationship; and an array of conductors in electrical contact with the array of emitters. The array of emitters may for example comprise conventional RGB stacks or similar full-color assemblages or four different-colored emitters. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160041625 | Adaptive Projector - Embodiments of the invention provide apparatus and methods for interactive reality augmentation, including a 2-dimensional camera and a 3-dimensional camera, associated depth projector and content projector, and a processor linked to the 3-dimensional camera and the 2-dimensional camera. A depth map of the scene is produced using an output of the 3-dimensional camera, and coordinated with a 2-dimensional image captured by the 2-dimensional camera to identify a 3-dimensional object in the scene that meets predetermined criteria for projection of images thereon. The content projector projects a content image onto the 3-dimensional object responsively to instructions of the processor, which can be mediated by automatic recognition of user gestures | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160041662 | METHOD FOR CHANGING PLAY MODE, METHOD FOR CHANGING DISPLAY MODE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS AND 3D IMAGE PROVIDING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A method for changing a play mode for a three-dimensional (3D) image includes receiving state information regarding shutter glasses from the shutter glasses; generating a graphic user interface (GUI) corresponding to the state information; and displaying the GUI corresponding to the state information, wherein the changing a play mode is performed according to a user input to change the play mode received through the GUI. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042518 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A DEPTH MAP - An apparatus for generating a depth map includes a communication interface configured to receive video; a processor configured to generate depth map of the video according to a predetermined instruction; and a memory configured to store the instruction, wherein the instruction comprises instructions configured to perform: receiving an input to set a start point and an end point; providing a reference figure corresponding to the start point and the end point; and generating a depth map corresponding to the reference figure. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042519 | METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR EFFICIENT IMAGE DEPTH MAP GENERATION - In a method for generating image depth maps for image frames included in a video, an image processing device is configured to: acquire a full depth map of an n | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042554 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING REAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE - Provided are a method and system for generating a three-dimensional (3D) image. The method includes generating a first 3D image having a first binocular depth cue and a first monocular depth cue, and generating, in a first region a second 3D image that has a second binocular depth cue and a second monocular depth cue and is different from the first 3D image, in response to a user command being input which indicates that the first region is selected from the first 3D image, wherein the first and the second 3D images represent a same object. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042555 | Using Video to Encode Assets for Swivel/360-Degree Spinners - A method and system for video encoding assets for swivel/360-degree spinners is disclosed. Still images of a 3D object from different perspectives about the 3D object may be stacked and then video encoded to generate video frames of the object from the different perspectives. The video-encoded assets may be stored on a server or other network-connected device, and later retrieved by a connected client device for display processing by a swivel/360-degree spinner on the client device. The swivel/360-degree spinner may utilize native video processing capabilities of the client device and/or of a browser running on the client device to display video motion of the object moving through different angular orientations in response to movement of an interactive cursor. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042571 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE POSITION OF AN OBJECT USING PROJECTIONS OF MARKERS OR STRUTS - A 3-D model of a body part is created by using an object comprising markers, fixation members, and struts. The method involves first and second roentgenograms of the body part and the object disposed between an x-ray source and an x-ray imager. It then determines first and second sets of distances between projections of the markers or the struts, and determines first and second 3-D positions of the x-ray source and of the object with respect to the x-ray imager using predetermined distances between the markers or struts and the first and second sets of distances between their projections. The method then aligns the first and second 3-D object projections in a 3-D reference frame using the 3-D positions of the markers or struts with respect to the x-ray imager in the two orientations. The method creates the 3-D model of the object based on the 3-D object projections. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042572 | INTERACTIVE THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYS ON HANDHELD DEVICES - Techniques are disclosed for rendering an anamorphic projection of 3D scene geometry on a handled device using a correct asymmetric perspective geometry projection. Once pose of the handheld device is determined, a relative eye position may be inferred when the device is tilted away from an initial or default pose, based on data supplied by accelerometers. Thus, embodiments of the invention result in a holographic style display without the need for glasses or external sensing attachments. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042573 | Motion Activated Three Dimensional Effect - Methods, apparatus, and computer readable medium for presenting a multilayer image on an electronic device disclosed. Such an electronic device may include a display, a touch sensor, a motion sensor, and a controller. The motion sensor may generate input signals indicative of a spatial movement of the electronic tablet device. The controller may receive the input signals and generate output signals that shift layers of the multilayer image with respect to a reference layer of the multilayer image that remains stationary in order to cause a three dimensional effect that is controlled by spatial movement of the electronic device. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160048996 | SCHEDULE DISPLAY DEVICE, SCHEDULE DISPLAY METHOD, AND SCHEDULE DISPLAY PROGRAM - A schedule display device includes a display processing unit ( | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160049001 | Curvature-Driven Normal Interpolation for Shading Applications - Systems and methods for performing shading operations of a three-dimensional model, such as a three-dimensional model of a geographic area, are provided. According to aspects of the present disclosure, shading operations can be performed based on a curvature of the polygon mesh such that smooth surfaces still appear smooth after shading and such that sharp edges still appear sharp after shading. In particular, a curvature-driven normal is used for shading operations that takes into account the local curvature of the polygon mesh. A curvature factor can be obtained for each vertex in the polygon mesh. The curvature factor for each vertex can be a scalar value that describes the degree of local curvature in the mesh polygons connected at the vertex. The curvature-driven normal for each fragment can be determined based on the curvature factors associated with the vertices in the polygon mesh. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160049002 | Method, System, and Computer-Readable Data Storage Device for Creating and Displaying Three-Dimensional Features on an Electronic Map Display - Methods, systems, and computer-readable data storage devices for generating and/or displaying a map with three-dimensional (3D) features are disclosed. For example, a method may comprise (i) defining a plurality of major three-dimensional regions (“major 3DRs”) and associating each major 3DR with a respective geographical area defined for a map stored in a computer-readable map database, and (ii) displaying, via a display device, one or more of the major 3DRs upon the map. Each major 3DR comprises a top, a bottom, and multiple sides. Each top, bottom, and side of each major 3DR comprises at least one surface. At least one surface of each major 3DR being displayed is textured with an image captured via an imaging device. The image textured onto each surface comprises an image captured by the imaging device when capturing images in a direction of that surface. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160049004 | REMOTE EXPERT SYSTEM - A remote expert application identifies a manipulation of virtual objects displayed in a first wearable device. The virtual objects are rendered based a physical object viewed with a second wearable device. A manipulation of the virtual objects is received from the first wearable device. A visualization of the manipulation of the virtual objects is generated for a display of the second wearable device. The visualization of the manipulation of the virtual objects is communicated to the second wearable device. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160049006 | SPATIAL DATA COLLECTION - A system and method for spatial data collection are described. Sensor data related to a position and an orientation of a device are generated over time using sensors of the device. Augmented reality content is generated based on a physical object captured by the device. A path bundle data package identifying a user interaction of the device with the augmented reality content relative to the physical object is generated. The user interaction identifies a spatial path of an interaction with the augmented reality content. The path bundle data package is generated based on the sensor data using a data model comprising a data header and a data payload. The data header comprises a contextual header having data identifying the device and a user of the device. A path header includes data identifying the path of the interaction with the augmented reality content. A sensor header includes data identifying the sensors. The data payload comprises dynamically sized sampling data from the sensor data. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160049007 | SPATIAL DATA VISUALIZATION - A system and method for spatial data visualization are described. An analytics computation of users' interactions with an augmented reality content is performed based on a physical object captured by a viewing device. The analytics computation comprises a computation of geometric paths of the users' interactions with the augmented reality content. A display of a visualization of the analytics computation is displayed based on the computation of the geometric paths of the users' interactions with the augmented reality content. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160051217 | Method And Apparatus For Creation And Display Of Artifact-Corrected Three Dimensional (3D) Volumetric Data From Biplane Fluoroscopic Image Acquisition - A method and apparatus for creation and display of artifact-corrected three dimensional (3D) volumetric data from biplane fluoroscopic image acquisition is disclosed. Orthogonal images of a patient are obtained during an interventional medical procedure, the orthogonal images including an anterior-posterior (AP) image and a lateral image. A common coordinate system is established. The orthogonal images and the patient are plotted onto the common coordinate system. An intersection volume of the images is calculated. The data at each frame of the images are analyzed and a determination made regarding which x,z point of an AP image matches with which y,z point from a lateral image. An artifact correction process is performed and a resulting volumetric data set is plotted and displayed. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055639 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - There are provided an image processing apparatus, an image processing method and an image processing program which can easily and accurately specify and analyze an abnormal part of a subject. An image processing apparatus | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055665 | VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF A TOPICAL ELEMENT OF A COMPLEX SYSTEM - An apparatus is provided for implementation of a system for visualization and analysis of a complex system such as an aircraft composed of a plurality of elements. The apparatus may be caused to receive and process data for physical instance(s) of the complex system to identify a topical element. The apparatus may be caused to receive a digital 3D model of the complex system, generate a visual presentation of at least a portion of the digital 3D model, with the visual presentation depicting the topical element and one or more other elements of the plurality of elements. And the apparatus may be caused to apply a visual effect to the topical element depicted by the visual presentation to distinguish the topical element from the other element(s) depicted by the visual presentation. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055682 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREOF - A method to provide a 3D outfit model able to be adjusted corresponding to a 3D human model. The method includes following steps. A three-dimensional (3D) human model is provided, and vertices of the 3D human model are located at first positions. A 3D outfit model is provided, and vertices of the 3D outfit model are located at second positions. In response to that the 3D human model is deformed and the vertices of the 3D human model are displaced from the first positions to third positions, the 3D outfit model is adjusted corresponding to the 3D human model, by setting each of the vertices of the 3D outfit model to fourth positions according to the second positions and displacements of the vertices of the 3D human model between the first positions and the third positions. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160057411 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device has a display panel that switches a display region of a two-dimensional image between a transparent state in which the two-dimensional image is not displayed to be transparent and an opaque state in which the two-dimensional image is displayed to be opaque, and a stereoscopic projection device arranged on a back surface side of the display panel. The stereoscopic projection device projects a stereoscopic projection image to a position overlapping the display region of the display panel when viewed from a front surface side. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160063707 | IMAGE REGISTRATION DEVICE, IMAGE REGISTRATION METHOD, AND IMAGE REGISTRATION PROGRAM - An initial registration unit performs initial registration between an intraoperative image and simulation information. A positional information obtaining unit obtains positional information indicating a relative positional difference between the intraoperative image after the initial registration and a newly obtained intraoperative image based on an unchanged position which is not changed during surgery included in the intraoperative images. A superimpose display unit registers the simulation information with the new intraoperative image based on the positional information and displays, on a display, the simulation information superimposed on the new intraoperative image. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063713 | INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND SYSTEM - An apparatus includes an imaging unit for capturing a subject image; a setting unit setting initial posture of the imaging unit; a detector for detecting posture information indicating a change in posture from the initial posture of the imaging unit; a corrector for correcting a posture of a preset virtual object arranged in a virtual three-dimensional space depending on the posture information; a projector for generating, based on a conversion function for projecting the virtual object on a device coordinate in a display screen of the captured image, an object image on the device coordinate, of the virtual object whose posture is corrected; a synthesizer for generating a synthetic image of the object and the captured images; a display for displaying the synthetic image; an image recording unit for recording the captured image; and a posture recording unit for recording the posture information in synchronization with the captured image. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063717 | POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A technique for performing calibration of a laser scanner efficiently is provided. Point cloud position data of a building | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063756 | Method And Device For Displaying Picture, And Storage Medium Therefore - The disclosure discloses a method and device for display a picture, relates to the field of electronic information and is intended to address the problems of a long modeling period of time and inefficient modeling when the picture is three-dimensionally displayed. Particularly the method includes: obtaining at least one picture sequence number, wherein a picture sequence number corresponds to a picture; substituting the at least one picture sequence number into a preset set of equations to calculate location information of at least one picture, wherein the preset set of equations is a set of equations created in a virtual three-dimensional coordinate system, and location information of a picture corresponds to a picture sequence number; and displaying the at least one picture according to the location information of the at least one picture. The disclosure is applicable to display of a picture. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063767 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING VISUAL REALITY SERVICE AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method and an electronic device for providing a Virtual Reality (VR) service by the electronic device are provided. The method includes: determining whether the electronic device is connected with a Head-Mounted Device (HMD); if the electronic device is connected with the HMD, determining whether a user is wearing the HMD while the electronic device is connected with the HMD; and if the user is wearing the HMD while the electronic device is connected with the HMD, switching an operation mode of the electronic device to a first operation mode in which the electronic device provides the VR service to the user. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160066872 | Displaying Computer-Aided Detection Information With Associated Breast Tomosynthesis Image Information - Methods, systems, and related computer program products for processing and displaying computer-aided detection (CAD) information associated with medical breast x-ray images, such as breast x-ray tomosynthesis volumes, are described. An interactive graphical user interface for displaying a tomosynthesis data volume is described that includes a display of a two-dimensional composited image having slabbed sub-images spatially localized to marked CAD findings. Also described is a graphical navigation tool for optimized CAD-assisted viewing of the data volume, comprising a plurality of CAD indicator icons running near and along a slice ruler, each CAD indicator icon spanning a contiguous segment of the slice ruler and corresponding in depthwise position and extent to a subset of image slices spanned by the associated CAD finding, each CAD indicator icon including at least one single-slice highlighting mark indicating a respective image slice containing viewable image information corresponding to the associated CAD finding. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071304 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING RENDERING QUALITY - A rendering method, an apparatus for rendering an image and a rendering device are provided. The rendering method involves obtaining information about a sightline of a user, determining rendering quality based on the obtained information, and rendering a graphic image according to the determined rendering quality. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071306 | REDUNDANT PIXEL MITIGATION - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for mitigating redundant pixel texture contribution for texturing a geometry. That is, the geometry may represent a multidimensional surface of a scene, such as a city. The geometry may be textured using one or more texture images (e.g., an image comprising color values and/or depth values) depicting the scene from various view directions (e.g., a top-down view, an oblique view, etc.). Because more than one texture image may contribute to texturing a pixel of the geometry (e.g., due to overlapping views of the scene), redundant pixel texture contribution may arise. Accordingly, a redundant textured pixel within a texture image may be knocked out (e.g., in-painted) from the texture image to generate a modified texture image that may be relatively efficient to store and/or stream to a client due to enhanced compression of the modified texture image. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071307 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PRODUCT VISUALIZATIONS - This disclosure includes a method for electronically generating a single image for product visualization. The method comprises receiving a selection of a first variation of a first consumer product layer with a first depth attribute from a plurality of variations of the first consumer product layer, each variation comprising at least one surface. The method further includes receiving a selection of a second variation of a second consumer product layer with a second depth attribute from a plurality of variations of the second consumer product layer, each variation comprising at least one surface. The method also includes layering the first variation of the first consumer product layer in the single image based at least on the first depth attribute; and layering the second variation of the second consumer product layer in the single image based at least on the second depth attribute. Related systems and apparatuses are also disclosed. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071312 | BLOCK-BASED BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHY - A system, method, and computer program product for implementing a tree traversal operation for a tree data structure divided into compression blocks is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving at least a portion of a tree data structure that represents a tree having a plurality of nodes, pushing a root node of the tree data structure onto a traversal stack data structure associated with an outer loop of a tree traversal operation algorithm, and, for each iteration of an outer loop of a tree traversal operation algorithm, popping a top element from the traversal stack data structure and processing, via an inner loop of the tree traversal operation algorithm, the compression block data structure that corresponds with the top element. The tree data structure may be encoded as a plurality of compression block data structures that each include data associated with a subset of nodes of the tree. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071313 | RELATIVE ENCODING FOR A BLOCK-BASED BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHY - A system, method, and computer program product for implementing a tree traversal operation for a tree data structure is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving at least a portion of a tree data structure that represents a tree having a plurality of nodes and processing, via a tree traversal operation algorithm executed by a processor, one or more nodes of the tree data structure by intersecting the one or more nodes of the tree data structure with a query data structure. A first node of the tree data structure is associated with a first local coordinate system and a second node of the tree data structure is associated with a second local coordinate system, the first node being an ancestor of the second node, and the first local coordinate system and the second local coordinate system are both specified relative to a global coordinate system. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071315 | Convex Polygon Clipping During Rendering - In one example, a graphic computing device may apply a clipping technique to accurately and efficiently render a graphic data set. A central processing unit may generate a convex polygonal clip from a two-dimensional polygon. The central processing unit may calculate a clipping plane for a convex polygonal clip based on an edge of the convex polygonal clip. A graphics processor may apply the convex polygonal clip in a pixel shader. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071318 | Real-Time Dynamic Three-Dimensional Adaptive Object Recognition and Model Reconstruction - Methods and systems are described for generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of an object represented in a scene. A computing device receives a plurality of images captured by a sensor, each image depicting a scene containing physical objects and at least one object moving and/or rotating. The computing device generates a scan of each image comprising a point cloud corresponding to the scene and objects. The computing device removes one or more flat surfaces from each point cloud and crops one or more outlier points from the point cloud after the flat surfaces are removed using a determined boundary of the object to generate a filtered point cloud of the object. The computing device generates an updated 3D model of the object based upon the filtered point cloud and an in-process 3D model, and updates the determined boundary of the object based upon the filtered point cloud. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160077344 | STABILIZING MOTION OF AN INTERACTION RAY - Technology for stabilizing an interaction ray based on variance in head rotation is disclosed. One aspect includes monitoring orientation of a person's head, which may include monitoring rotation about an axis of the head, such as recording an Euler angle with respect to rotation about an axis of the head. The logic determines a three-dimensional (3D) ray based on the orientation of the head. The 3D ray has a motion that precisely tracks the Euler angle over time. The logic generates an interaction ray that tracks the 3D ray to some extent. The logic determines a variance of the Euler angle over time. The logic stabilizes the interaction ray based on the variance of the Euler angle over time despite some rotation about the axis of the head. The amount of stabilizing may be inversely proportional to the variance of the Euler angle. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078589 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES APPLIED TO FIRST BUFFER FOR STORING RIGHT-VIEW CONTENTS AND SECOND BUFFER FOR STORING LEFT-VIEW CONTENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREOF - A graphics processing method for three-dimensional images, applied to a first buffer for storing right-view contents and a second buffer for storing left-view contents, includes the following steps: when a current Vsync status indicates that a display engine is not operating within a right Vsync period of a right-view frame, the drawing engine drawing the right-view contents stored in first buffer; when current Vsync status indicates that the display engine is not operating within a left Vsync period of a left-view frame, the drawing engine drawing the left-view contents stored in second buffer; during the right Vsync period of the right-view frame, the display engine displaying right-view contents stored in first buffer; and during the left Vsync period of the left-view frame, the display engine displaying left-view contents stored in second buffer. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078663 | CLOUD SERVER BODY SCAN DATA SYSTEM - A system for scanning a body to create scan data comprises a processor, a range camera capable of capturing at least a first set of depth images of the body rotated to 0 degrees, and at least a second set of depth images of the body rotated to x degrees, wherein x is >0 degrees, and x<360 degrees. a set of computer instructions are executable on a processor capable of synchronizing scan data and body measurements with a server. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078674 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE MODEL GENERATING METHOD - three-dimensional scene model generating method, comprising: analyzing and extracting object structure groups of a scene and the semantic relationship of objects from a scene model library; counting and fitting the relative position of the objects in each object structure group, and calculating a Gaussian distribution function; : retrieving each object in the sketch in the model library; : determining a model corresponding to the sketch; calculating the initial position of the corresponding object according to the sketch; finding out a local optimal position according to the initial position calculated and the Gaussian distribution function in combination with a gradient descent method, and placing each model according to the position to obtain a final scene model. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078687 | 3D MODELED VISUALISATION OF A PATIENT INTERFACE DEVICE FITTED TO A PATIENT'S FACE - An electronic apparatus ( | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160086033 | ADVANCED BLENDING OF STITCHED IMAGES FOR 3D OBJECT REPRODUCTION - When blending individual vehicle-mounted camera images into a coherent composite image of the vehicle surroundings, objects in the respective images are analyzed to determine the presence of a pedestrian. When the individual images are blended to form the composite image, multiple pedestrian shadow views of the pedestrian are replaced with background pixels to erase the pedestrian, and a semi-symbolic graphical representation of the pedestrian is superimposed at the location of the actual pedestrian in the composite image. The graphical representation is proportional to the pedestrian in the composite image and includes features unique to the pedestrian it represents. The composite image with the graphical representation is then presented to a viewer. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086332 | LANDMARK BASED POSITIONING - Disclosed are devices, methods and storage media for use in determining position information for imaging devices or mobile devices. In some implementations, a landmark is identified in an image which is obtained from an imaging device which in turn is positioned at a location and in a pose. A virtual two-dimensional image that would be visible from the landmark is determined based, at least in part, on the pose. The location or position information is based, at least in part, on the virtual two-dimensional image. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086340 | RENDERING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided are a rendering method and a rendering apparatus performing the rendering method. The rendering method includes receiving a request to output a hierarchical depth value stored in a hierarchical depth buffer, outputting the hierarchical depth value from the hierarchical depth buffer, storing the hierarchical depth value, in response to the request, and performing rendering using the stored hierarchical depth value. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086353 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEAR-LOSSLESS COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION OF 3D MESHES AND POINT CLOUDS - Fast near-lossless compression includes four steps: voxelization of the 3D geometry, decomposing the 3D voxel space into consecutive slices, encoding each slice with chain codes, and compressing the chain code with entropy coding. The decompression works by applying the aforementioned steps in inverse order. Smoothing over the voxels' centers is applied afterwards in order to reconstruct the input 3D points. Optionally 3D mesh is reconstructed over the approximate point cloud in order to obtain the original geometric object. The quality of the compression/decompression is controlled by resolution of the 3D voxel grid. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086370 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INJECTION OF MAPPING FUNCTIONS - A method and system for improving display quality by injecting a portion of computer code into an existing compositor, using the portion of computer code to apply a mapping function to a first digital image, and forming a second digital image based upon the first digital image as adapted by applying the applied mapping function in the compositor. The second digital image may then be displayed to a viewer via one or more displays where each display forms a part of the displayed digital image. The result may be used for creation of blended or stereoscopic images. The mapping function may be also adapted for modification of geometry or correction of a characteristic (such as color, intensity, etc.) of the display system where such characteristic may be sensed using a detector. The portion of code may be injected into a graphics driver controlling hardware composition for a displayed digital image. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086373 | Presenting a View within a Three Dimensional Scene - Presenting a view based on a virtual viewpoint in a three dimensional (3D) scene. The 3D scene may be presented by at least one display, which includes displaying at least one stereoscopic image of the 3D scene by the display(s). The 3D scene may be presented according to a first viewpoint. A virtual viewpoint may be determined within the 3D scene that is different than the first viewpoint. The view of the 3D scene may be presented on the display(s) according to the virtual viewpoint and/or the first view point. The presentation of the view of the 3D scene is performed concurrently with presenting the 3D scene. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086375 | System and Method for Three Dimensional Reconstruction, Measurement and Visualization - A system, method, and computer program products for window and door design are described. More particularly, a computer implemented system and method is described for three dimensional reconstruction and transformation, measurement and three dimensional visualization of any objects. In one aspect, a computer implemented system and method is described for three dimensional reconstruction and transformation for automatic measurement and three dimensional visualization, so as to be able to measure dimensions of products from a photograph and visualize same. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160093085 | DEVICES, FRAMEWORKS AND METHODOLOGIES FOR ENABLING USER-DRIVEN DETERMINATION OF BODY SIZE AND SHAPE INFORMATION AND UTILISATION OF SUCH INFORMATION ACROSS A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - A scanning booth with a user interface. The interface receives user identification or registration data and provides instructional prompts for the user to assume various predefined positions, stances and postures. Image data of each pose is captured using scanning devices in the booth. A three dimensional avatar is generated based on the mapping or morphing of image data to a generic avatar model. Data from the generated model is transmitted to a server where it is stored in a database for later account application in, for example, garment sizing, display or fitting, or health monitoring. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093089 | TECHNIQUES FOR MULTIPLE PASS RENDERING - Techniques for multiple pass rendering include receiving vertex data for one or more objects to be enhanced. Parameters in a display list may be determined using the vertex data. Multiple pixel rendering passes may be run using the parameters in the display list. An enhanced depiction of the one or more objects may be rendered based on the multiple pixel rendering passes. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093090 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND TRAVERSING ACCELERATION STRUCTURE - Methods and apparatus for ray tracing, and methods and apparatus for generating acceleration structure or traversing acceleration structure are provided. A method of generating an acceleration structure includes assigning objects into bounding boxes, generating an acceleration structure comprising nodes and indicating inclusion relationships between the bounding boxes, and marking overlapping nodes among the nodes. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093092 | Real-Time Rendering of Volumetric Models with Occlusive and Emissive Particles - Methods, devices, and computer-readable media that allow real-time rendering while navigating virtually about or through a digital 3-D volumetric model. Examples provide techniques to facilitate real-time rendering while navigating through and around the 3-D volumetric model that can have many thousands of particles, where the particles can have emissive, occlusive, and translucent properties. Such complex particles of the 3-D volumetric model are presorted along predefined viewing directions in order to enable real-time rendering from when a navigation control has been entered. Presorting of data may be performed at a processing device(s) located across a public or private network from a user's device on which the real-time rendering is performed. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093095 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A medical diagnostic apparatus according to one embodiment comprises processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a three-dimensional shape of a first part based on a contour of the first part in each of a plurality of sectional images intersecting each other along an extending direction of the first part connecting to a cardiac chamber; acquire a three-dimensional shape of a second part, based on a contour of the second part in a sectional image along an extending direction of the second part connecting to the cardiac chamber; and generate a three-dimensional image representing at least some of the first part, the second part, and the cardiac chamber using a three-dimensional shape representing the cardiac chamber and the three-dimensional shapes of the first part and the second part acquired. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093103 | RENDERING DAMAGED-ENHANCED IMAGES IN A COMPUTER SIMULATION - Method and computer system for rendering damaged-enhanced images in a computer simulation comprising a computer generated environment. During the computer simulation, determining coordinates of a virtual impact having an effective radius on 3D polygon mesh(es) of the computer generated environment, identifying rendering faces of the 3D polygon mesh(es) affected by the virtual impact, clipping at runtime the affected rendering faces to a mathematically-defined subtraction shape computed considering the effective radius, computing newly formed 3D polygon mesh(es) and rendering at least one damaged-enhanced image for display comprising a subset of rendering faces of the newly formed 3D polygon mesh(es) using a visual texture, the subset being determined from a field of view of the computer simulation. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093111 | RENDERING PLAUSIBLE IMAGES OF 3D POLYGON MESHES - Methods and computer systems for rendering plausible images of 3D polygon mesh(es) in a computer simulation comprising a computer generated environment. On a 3D polygon mesh defined using a plurality of vertices providing a plurality of rendering faces, determining an anchor point from at least three of the plurality of vertices, for each one of the rendering faces of the 3D polygon mesh, determining whether a path exists towards the anchor point and/or whether the one rendering face is on an unstable part of the 3D polygon mesh. When the path does not exist or when the part is unstable, removing the one rendering face from the 3D polygon mesh into an updated 3D polygon mesh. Rendering the updated 3D polygon mesh for display comprising a subset of the plurality of rendering faces using a visual texture, the subset being determined from the field of view of the computer simulation. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093112 | DEEP IMAGE IDENTIFIERS - A method may include receiving a plurality of objects from a 3-D virtual scene. The plurality of objects may be arranged in a hierarchy. The method may also include generating a plurality of identifiers for the plurality of objects. The plurality of identifiers may include a first identifier for a first object in the plurality of objects, and the identifier may be generated based on a position of the first object in the hierarchy. The method may additionally include performing a rendering operation on the plurality of objects to generate a deep image. The deep image may include a plurality of samples that correspond to the first object. The method may further include propagating the plurality of identifiers through the rendering operation such that each of the plurality of samples in the deep image that correspond to the first object are associated with the identifier. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160098862 | DRIVING A PROJECTOR TO GENERATE A SHARED SPATIAL AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCE - Various technologies pertaining to shared spatial augmented reality (SSAR) are described. Sensor units in a room output sensor signals that are indicative of positions of two or more users in the room and gaze directions of the two or more users. Views of at least one virtual object are computed separately for each of the two or more users, and projectors project such views in the room. The projected views cause the two or more users to simultaneously perceive the virtual object in space. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160103608 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD OF A COMPUTING DEVICE TO CREATE A RICH OUTPUT AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A method, a device and/or a system of a virtual keyboard of a mobile device to generate a rich output and associated methods. A method and/or system of a computing device to determine that an alpha-numeric character is placed into a memory of the computing device responsive to an entry of the alpha-numeric character by a user of the computing device through a virtual keyboard, to select at least one of a stylized font to the alpha-numeric character, a color to the alpha-numeric character, a foreground, a background, a graphics and an animation to the alpha-numeric character, to apply at least one of the selected stylized font, the color, the foreground, the background, the graphics and the animation using a rich-typeface filter to the alpha-numeric character, to generate a rich output based on an application of the rich-typeface filter to the alpha-numeric character and to place the rich output into the memory to be used by one or more applications of the computing device. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104316 | USE OF BORDERLINES IN URBAN 3D-MODELING - A method for generating a 3D-model of an urban environment including: identifying a first plurality of border lines where each border line substantially circumferences a sub-area within the urban environment; generating a 3D-model for the urban sub-areas; generating a 3D-model for an complementary area of the urban environment, the complementary area the border lines and the area between the border lines and excluding the urban sub-areas; merging the 3D-models of the sub-areas with the 3D-model of the complementary area to form said 3D-model of the urban environment. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104318 | ANNOTATED GEOMETRY - Systems and methods for associating geometry with contextual information are provided. Contextual information includes metadata about the geometry used to represent data in a visualization to improve the functioning of a device providing the visualization. Improved functioning of the device providing the visualization includes providing new features, and more efficient use of device resources for executing legacy features. Annotations may be made via escapes present in the definition of the geometry to be rendered, which are operable to bind portions of the geometry to the represented data. According to aspects, binding data to geometry improves how the visualization is rendered and improves how portions of the geometry are called out for formatting or interactivity. According to aspects, escapes may be ignored, such that their presence does not affect how the geometry is rendered. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104322 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A DISPLAY CONTROL SIGNAL AND A METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for generating a display control signal includes an input module configured to receive a detection signal including information related to a position of a user indicator or a distance between a user indicator and an event point associated with a virtual target. The apparatus further includes a processing module configured to generate a display control signal including display information for producing an image of the virtual target by a display device for a user. The processing module is configured to generate the display control signal so that at least one user-detectable characteristic of the virtual target is varied based on the information related to the position of the user indicator or the distance between the user indicator and the event point. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104323 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image display device includes an acquisition module and a display processing module. The acquisition module is configured to acquire a taken image which is taken with a camera and which includes an optical recognition code representing identification information by forming a plurality of elements in a shape of a line. The display processing module is configured to superpose and display a three-dimensional object image corresponding to the identification information, on the taken image. An orientation of the three-dimensional object image superposed and displayed on the taken image is determined based on an orientation of the optical recognition code on the taken image and an inclination of the camera. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160110517 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING TO DETERMINE PATIENT-SPECIFIC BLOOD FLOW CHARACTERISTICS - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110908 | Image Update Method, System, and Apparatus - An image update method executed by a render server, includes: acquiring a graphics instruction of a virtual machine, determining a type of the graphics instruction of the virtual machine, if the type of the graphics instruction of the virtual machine is a three-dimensional graphics instruction, sending a drawing instruction to a graphics processing unit to perform rendering processing, acquiring a rendering image corresponding to the graphics instruction of the virtual machine, sending a graphics update instruction to a primary surface management unit of the render server, acquiring an original primary surface of the virtual machine, synthesizing a new primary surface according to the original primary surface of the virtual machine, the first graphics update area, and the rendering image, sending an image corresponding to the new primary surface to a client of the virtual machine. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110909 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING TEXTURE MAP AND METHOD OF CREATING DATABASE - A method of creating a texture map is provided. The method includes extracting feature points of a particular object from one or more image frames captured by a camera; selecting one of the image frames as an image frame to be used in the creation of a texture map of the particular object based on information regarding the extracted feature points; and creating the texture map of the particular object using the selected image frame. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110918 | System and Method for Producing Multi-Angle Views of an Object-of-Interest from Images in an Image Dataset - Disclosed are a system and method for creating multi-angle views of an object-of-interest from images stored in a dataset. A user specifies the location of an object-of-interest. As the user virtually navigates through the locality represented by the image dataset, his current virtual position is determined. Using the user's virtual position and the location of the object-of-interest, images in the image dataset are selected and interpolated or stitched together, if necessary, to present to the user a view from his current virtual position looking toward the object-of-interest. The object-of-interest remains in the view no matter where the user virtually travels. From the same image dataset, another user can select a different object-of-interest and virtually navigate in a similar manner, with his own object-of-interest always in view. The object-of-interest also can be “virtual,” added by computer-animation techniques to the image dataset. For some image datasets, the user can virtually navigate through time as well as through space. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160116973 | HYBRID RENDERING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A hybrid rendering apparatus includes: a tile classification unit configured to classify a plurality of tiles included in a two-dimensional (2D) frame into first tiles and second tiles; a rendering unit comprising a first rendering unit configured to render the first tiles and the second tiles by using a first method and a second rendering unit configured to render the first tiles by using a second method; a tile fetcher configured to fetch one of the plurality of tiles, determine whether the fetched tile is a first tile or a second tile, and output the fetched tile to the rendering unit; and a power controller configured to control power of the second rendering unit according to a result of the determining. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117795 | POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A point cloud data processing system permitting free-form data selection of the cloud data includes an image forming module, a coordinate conversion module, a selection module, and a determination module. The image forming module graphs a three-dimensional image of the point cloud file. The coordinate conversion module transforms the three-dimensional image into a planar image. The selection module performs a polygon-shaped selection operation and shows a polygon-shaped region based a point cloud area selected in such a manner that the polygon-shaped region circumscribes the point cloud area selected. The determination module graphs a bounding box based on the outline of the polygon-shaped region, and determines whether graphical points lie inside both the bounding box and the polygon-shaped region. Graphical points that lie within both are further marked with color or other marking process, and graphical points which are not within both can be deleted or edited. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117860 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMMERSIVE AND INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA GENERATION - An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an optical sensing system that comprises at least one camera, the at least one camera being configured to acquire an image of a physical environment. The apparatus further comprises a processing system. The processing system comprises an orientation and position determination module configured to detect salient features from the image, and determine a change in orientation and/or position of the apparatus with respect to the physical environment based on the detected salient features. The processing system also comprises a rendering module configured to determine a rendering of the physical environment based on the image and on the determined change in orientation and/or position of the apparatus, and provide data related to the rendering of the physical environment to a display system. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117865 | GENERATING DIGITAL ELEMENTS USING NON-DETERMINISTIC SELECTION - A list of attribute categories associated with a plurality of graphical assets to construct a simulated element of a graphical simulation is received. An element profile for the simulated element using the list of attribute categories is determined, wherein the element profile comprises an attribute value for each attribute category of the list of attribute categories. A list of graphical assets from the plurality of graphical assets that match the element profile is identified. A set of graphical assets from the identified list of graphical assets to be used to construct the simulated character is selected non-deterministically from the list, and the simulated element is subsequently constructed using the selected set of graphical assets. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160120618 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING THREE-DIMENSIONAL BRACKETS ON TEETH - System and methods for positioning 3D virtual brackets on teeth for the precise positioning of conventional brackets and wire. Various reference features may be calculated for the teeth and used to calculate a position for the virtual bracket. Reference features that are calculated include curve of Spee, Andrew's plane, and a facial axis of the clinical crown for the teeth. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125634 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Visualization of Satellite Sightline Obstructions - Systems and methods for providing a visualization of satellite sightline obstructions are provided. An example method includes identifying an approximate position of a receiver antenna. The method further includes providing a rendering of a physical environment surrounding the receiver antenna for display within a user interface. The user interface can be provided on a display. Satellite positional data associated with the position of a satellite is accessed and a sightline between the approximate position of the receiver antenna and the position of the satellite is determined. The method further includes presenting the sightline within the user interface in association with the rendering. An example system includes a data capture system and a computing device to provide a visualization of satellite sightline obstructions. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125660 | AUTOMATED REGISTRATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL VECTORS TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL LINEAR FEATURES IN REMOTELY-SENSED DATA - A system for automated vector updating, comprising a database that stores raster and vector information, and a vector processing server that algorithmically processes vectors for updates, and methods for algorithm-based vector updating. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125814 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A 3D image display device includes a backlight unit for generating an original light, a display panel, a light modulating unit, and a controller connected to the display panel and the light modulating unit. According to a first signal, the original light passes through the display panel generates a first light, the first light passes through the light modulating unit, and has a first position on an objective plane parallel to the display panel. According to a second signal, the original light passes through the display panel to generate a second light, the second light passes through the light modulating unit and has a second position on the objective plane, wherein the first position is different from the second position. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127717 | DIFFRACTIVE ELEMENT FOR REDUCING FIXED PATTERN NOISE IN A VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET - A virtual reality (VR) headset includes an electronic display element, a corrective element, and an optics block. The electronic display element outputs image light via a plurality of sub-pixels that are separated from each other by a dark space. The corrective element is configured to generate blur spots in the image light that mask the dark space between adjacent sub-pixels, with each blur spot corresponding to a blurred image of a sub-pixel in the image light. The optics block is configured to magnify the image light received from the corrective element and to optically correct the magnified image light. Optically corrected light is directed form the optics block to an exit pupil of the VR headset for presentation to a user. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160132179 | Three Dimensional Object Manipulation Through A Flexible Display Device - Manipulating a 3D object displayed on a display device having a plurality of sensors for sensing touching and distortion of the display device and a computer coupled to the plurality of sensors. The computer detects a selection of a specified area of the digital representation of a 3D object displayed on the display device through the plurality of sensors, determines X and Y coordinates of the selected specified area of the digital representation, aligns the axes of the display device with the X and Y coordinates of the selected specified area, receives a rotation speed from the user; calculates a virtual centrifugal force associated with the sensed rotation speed, applies the virtual centrifugal force as a distortion to the selected specified area of the 3D object; and re-renders the 3D object on the display device. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160133041 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ON MULTI-LAYER DISPLAY - An apparatus and method of processing three-dimensional (3D) images on a multi-layer display may generate virtual depth information based on original depth information, and display 3D images having various depth values using the generated virtual depth information. Also, the apparatus and method may appropriately provide color information to each of a plurality of display layers, thereby preventing an original image from being damaged. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160133056 | INTERACTIVE MIXED REALITY SYSTEM AND USES THEREOF - An interactive mixed reality simulator is provided that includes a virtual 3D model of internal or hidden features of an object; a physical model or object being interacted with; and a tracked instrument used to interact with the physical object. The tracked instrument can be used to simulate or visualize interactions with internal features of the physical object represented by the physical model. In certain embodiments, one or more of the internal features can be present in the physical model. In another embodiment, some internal features do not have a physical presence within the physical model. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160140718 | VEHICLE POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Sensor information acquisition section acquires surrounding information including three dimensional information of respective surrounding positions of subject vehicle, and positional information of subject vehicle. Road surface information extraction section generates road surface image in which acquired surrounding information is projected onto road surface on which subject vehicle is travelling. Environment image generation section generates environment image in which three dimensional information of respective surrounding positions included in surrounding information has been appended to positions corresponding to surrounding positions in generated road surface image. Based on acquired positional information of subject vehicle, stored image acquisition section acquires stored image corresponding to positional information of subject vehicle from database. Image matching section matches generated environment image against acquired stored image. Estimation section estimates amount of displacement in positional information of subject vehicle based on obtained matching result. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140757 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A PATCH SURFACE MODEL OF A GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for generating a patch surface model of a geometric structure. The system includes a computer-based model construction system configured to be coupled to a device that includes at least one sensor configured to acquire a set of original location data points corresponding to respective locations on a surface of the geometric structure, the computer-based model construction system further configured to generate a reference surface based on the acquired original location data points, subdivide the reference surface into a plurality of triangles, project at least some of the original location data points onto a respective nearest point on the subdivided reference surface, compute a function that morphs the projected location data points towards the original location data points to generate a patch surface model, and determine a boundary for the patch surface model. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140771 | VISUALIZAION METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND INTEGRATED DATA FILE GENERATING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 4D DATA - The present invention discloses a method for visualizing 4D data by integrating received data, at a server system. The method may include a step of extracting data for extracting layer information representing a relation between items, status information representing state or event of each of the items, and connection information enabling each of the items to be related to internal/external system from received at least one raw data, a step of generating contents for generating an object from the extracted information as and integrally implementing the generated object in a visualization space, and a step of visualization control for visualizing and controlling the generated contents, wherein each of the object and the visualization space may be integrally implemented to 4D data with location information and time information. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140936 | ROTATIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - The present invention provides a system which integrates unique lighting technologies, switching systems, mounting systems, information delivery systems and power supply systems within a support such as vehicular wheel to provide an advanced, high quality visual display apparatus in various surfaces of rotation. A displayed image may be three dimensional. These technologies, and their many unique applications, provide for a novel and useful series of video display devices that are small, lightweight, efficient and can have the capability of producing a clear, bright, high definition image that is equivalent to that of a modern day TV or high quality computer monitor. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160147067 | 3-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRO-OPTICAL SEE-THROUGH DISPLAYS - An exemplary display is placed in an optical pathway extending from an entrance pupil of a person's eye to a real-world scene beyond the eye. The display includes at least one 2-D added-image source that is addressable to produce a light pattern corresponding to a virtual object. The source is situated to direct the light pattern toward the person's eye to superimpose the virtual object on an image of the real-world scene as perceived by the eye via the optical pathway. An active-optical element is situated between the eye and the added-image source at a location that is optically conjugate to the entrance pupil and at which the active-optical element forms an intermediate image of the light pattern from the added-image source. The active-optical element has variable optical power and is addressable to change its optical power to produce a corresponding change in perceived distance at which the intermediate image is formed, as an added image to the real-world scene, relative to the eye. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148414 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING AND CONTROLLING MULTI-FEED DATA - Left and right visual feeds are configured to form contiguous non-stereo left, stereo central, and non-stereo right display regions. Viewed together, an appearance of full-width stereo three-dimensionality may be achieved. The left and right display regions have the brightness of the left or right feeds respectively, while the central display region has the combined brightness of the left and right feeds. The parts of the left and right feeds that cooperate to form the stereo central display region may be scaled in brightness, so that the central display area is of uniform brightness with the left and right display areas, or smoothly varying, continuous, varying in a controlled manner, etc., rather than appearing as a sharply-defined area twice as bright as the left and right display areas. Scaling profiles may be uniform step-downs, linearly decreasing, quadratically decreasing, otherwise curved, some combination thereof, etc. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148416 | Content-Adaptive Multi-Focal Display - A multi-focal display represents a 3-dimensional scene by a series of 2-dimensional images located at different focal planes. The locations of the focal planes are selected based on an analysis of the three-dimensional scene to be rendered by the multi-focal display. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148417 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MAP SERVICE - Provided is an electronic device and method for providing three-dimensional (3D) map processing and a 3D map service. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store an image set and a map platform module which is functionally connected with the memory and is implemented with a processor. The map platform module is configured to obtain an image set comprising a plurality of images for a path on an external space surrounding the electronic device, to determine an area corresponding to an object included in the external space from at least one of the plurality of images, to obtain information about the object based on whether the object is configured to communicatively connect with the electronic device, and to display the information in association with the area through a display functionally connected with the electronic device. Other embodiments are also possible. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148425 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING PERSONALIZED 3D FACE MODEL - A method of generating a three-dimensional (3D) face model includes extracting feature points of a face from input images comprising a first face image and a second face image; deforming a generic 3D face model to a personalized 3D face model based on the feature points; projecting the personalized 3D face model to each of the first face image and the second face image; and refining the personalized 3D face model based on a difference in texture patterns between the first face image to which the personalized 3D face model is projected and the second face image to which the personalized 3D face model is projected. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148427 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING RECONSTRUCTED THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA - Techniques are disclosed for creating digital assets that can be used to personalize themed products. For example, a workflow and pipeline used to generate a 3D model from digital images of a person's face and to manufacture a personalized, physical figurine customized with the 3D model are disclosed. The 3D model of the person's face may be simplified to match a topology of a desired figurine. While the topology is deformed to match that of the figurine, the 3D model retains the geometry of the child's face. Simplifying the topology of the 3D model in this manner allows the mesh to be integrated with or attached to a mesh representing desired figurine. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148429 | Depth and Chroma Information Based Coalescence of Real World and Virtual World Images - Methods and systems for selectively merging real-world objects into a virtual environment are disclosed. The method may include: receiving a first input for rendering of a virtual environment, a second input for rendering of a real-world environment, and a depth information regarding the rendering of the real-world environment; identifying at least one portion of the rendering of the real-world environment that is within a depth range and differentiable from a predetermined background; generating a merged rendering including the at least one portion of the rendering of the real-world environment into the rendering of the virtual environment; and displaying the merged rendering to a user. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148551 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND HANDHELD TERMINAL - The present disclosure provides a 3D image display method for displaying 3D image on a handheld terminal display screen. The method includes the following steps. The handheld terminal detects a current screen display mode to determine whether the handheld terminal triggers a horizontal-vertical screen display mode change. The handheld terminal determines the current screen display mode as a horizontal mode or a vertical mode when the handheld terminal triggers a horizontal-vertical screen display mode change. The handheld terminal determines 3D image arrangement parameters based on the current screen display mode. The handheld terminal rearranges the 3D image to be displayed to obtain a revised 3D image based on the adjusted 3D image arrangement parameters. The handheld terminal displays the revised 3D image in the current screen display mode of the handheld terminal. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160155234 | METHODS OF AND APPARATUSES FOR MODELING STRUCTURES OF CORONARY ARTERIES FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY (CTA) IMAGES | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160155260 | PURSUIT PATH CAMERA MODEL METHOD AND SYSTEM | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160155263 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING ARTICLES CORRESPONDING TO THE DIMENSIONS OF A USER | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160155264 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING POINT CLOUD | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160155265 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND POINT CLOUD SAMPLING METHOD | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160155274 | DIFFERENTIAL MAPPING OF A BODY ORGAN | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160156900 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160162709 | 3D GRAPHICS SYSTEM - A 3D graphics system uses encryption keys to decrypt received and stored texture tiles of a texture in accordance with received and stored texture tile status data which indicates whether a texture tiles is encrypted or not and which one of the encryption keys is used. The decrypted texture tiles are rendered and at least a plurality of the rendered tiles is encrypted. The encrypted rendered tiles are stored in a frame buffer. Buffer tile status data is stored which indicates whether a rendered tile is encrypted or not before storage in the frame buffer, and which one of the encryption keys has been used. The encrypted rendered tiles stored in the frame buffer are decrypted in accordance with the buffer tile status data. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163055 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH APERTURE CHANGE DEPTH ESTIMATION AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A system and method of operation of an image processing system includes: a receive images module for receiving a first image having a first aperture and a second image having a second aperture with the first image and the second image each having a red channel and a green channel; a calculate blur difference module for calculating a red iteration count of a blur difference for the red channel of the first image and the second image, and calculating a green iteration count of the blur difference for the green channel of the first image and the second image; a calculate depth map module for forming a depth map having an element depth based on the red iteration count and the green iteration count; and a calculate display image module for forming a display image based on the first image and the depth map for displaying on a display device. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163083 | REAL-TIME RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HUMAN BODY AND AUTOMATED AVATAR SYNTHESIS - Systems and Techniques for real-time 3D reconstruction of the human body are described. Avatars (the rendered 3D reconstruction of the human body) can be generated from real-time captured RGB-D images of a person. Avatars can be synthesized from the RGB-D data received from a single RGB-D camera by performing body segmentation (into cylindrical-type objects) and dynamic robust data filtering on sequential frames of the captured data. Cylindrical-type objects of the body, including arms, legs, and torso are parameterized using tensor splines; and positive-definite constrains are imposed to the estimated tensor splines using a Riemannian metric defined on the space of positive-definite tensor splines. These generated avatars have an articulated body with separately translatable and rotatable arms, legs, and other limbs or cylindrical features. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163084 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND DISTRIBUTING MODIFIABLE ANIMATED VIDEO MESSAGES - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention enable collaborative creation, transmission, sharing, non-linear exploration, and modification of animated video messages. One embodiment includes a video camera, a processor, a network interface, and storage containing an animated message application, and a 3D character model. In addition, the animated message application configures the processor to: capture a video sequence using the video camera; detect a human face within a sequence of video frames; track changes in human facial expression of a human face detected within a sequence of video frames; map tracked changes in human facial expression to motion data, where the motion data is generated to animate the 3D character model; apply motion data to animate the 3D character model; render an animation of the 3D character model into a file as encoded video; and transmit the encoded video to a remote device via the network interface. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163086 | Random Accessible Lossless Parameter Data Compression for Tile Based 3D Computer Graphics Systems - A method and apparatus are provided for compressing vertex parameter data in a 3D computer graphic system, where the vertex parameter data is a data block relating to a plurality of vertices used for rendering an image. The data relating to each vertex includes multiple byte data relating to at least one parameter. The parameters include X, Y and Z coordinates and further coordinates for texturing and shading. The multiple byte data is divided into individual bytes and bytes with corresponding byte positions relating to each vertex are grouped together to form a plurality of byte blocks. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163089 | GRAPHICAL DATA REPRESENTATION - A method of generating a representation of graphical data based upon a plurality of stored floating point data values and a plurality of stored integer values. The method comprises reading a plurality of the integer values, reading a plurality of the floating point data values, each read floating point data value being based upon a respective read integer value, and generating a representation of the graphical data based upon the plurality of read floating point data values. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163090 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING PROCESS OF SCANNING DRAWING OF OBJECT - A computing device and a method simulate a process of scanning a drawing of a three-dimensional (3D) object. The computing device triangulates a three-dimensional (3D) object using a plurality of 3D triangles. The computing device obtains converts the drawing of the 3D object into a drawing of a two-dimensional (2D) object. The computing device obtains 2D triangles from the drawing of the 2D object and displays the 2D triangles onto the drawing of the 3D object. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163092 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY ON A TWO-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY UNIT - Disclosed is a method for simulating three dimensional display of data. The method comprises obtaining (S | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163093 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGE - A method includes receiving image data, and performing 3D rendering based on the image data and a depth map associated with a display. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163096 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING POINT CLOUDS - A computing device and a method of processing point clouds of an object. Two groups of point clouds are jointed initially to form first jointed point clouds. An overlap area of the first jointed point clouds is identified and fitted to two curved surfaces. The method calculates initial correspondence points in the two groups of point clouds and obtains two sets of initial correspondence points. Abnormal points in two sets of initial correspondence points are deleted to obtain two sets of updated correspondence points. The method calculates a conversion relationship between the two groups of point clouds and calculates a least square solution corresponding to the conversion relationship. The method further converts one group of point clouds according to the conversion relationship, and joints the converted group of point clouds with another group of point clouds to be second jointed point clouds. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163098 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT MODELING - Techniques associated with three-dimensional object modeling are described in various implementations. In one example implementation, a method may include receiving a plurality of two-dimensional images depicting views of an object to be modeled in three dimensions. The method may also include, processing the plurality of two-dimensional images to generate a three-dimensional representation of the object, and analyzing the three-dimensional representation of the object to determine whether sufficient visual information exists in the plurality of two-dimensional images to generate a three-dimensional model of the object. The method may also include, in response to determining that sufficient visual information does not exist for a portion of the object, identifying the portion of the object to a user. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163100 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DISPLAYING DATA SETS INDICATIVE OF PHYSICAL PARAMETERS ASSOCIATED WITH A FORMATION PENETRATED BY A WELLBORE - Displaying data sets indicative of physical parameters associated with a formation penetrated by a wellbore. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: obtaining data regarding a trajectory of a wellbore; obtaining a first data set indicative of a first physical parameter associated with a formation penetrated by the wellbore; obtaining a second data set indicative of a second physical parameter associated with the formation; displaying a two-dimensional image that simulates a three-dimensional trajectory of the wellbore, the two-dimensional image from a particular viewpoint relative to the three-dimensional trajectory of the wellbore; displaying along the two-dimensional image a representation of the first data set on a first surface that abuts the trajectory of the wellbore; and displaying along the two-dimensional image a representation of the second data set on a second surface that abuts the trajectory of the wellbore. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163102 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING POINT CLOUDS - A computing device and a method of processing point clouds of an object. Two groups of point clouds are selected as a first and a second group of point clouds. Redundant points in the first and second groups of point clouds are determined and marked using a first indicator. Normal points are determined in the second group of point clouds and marked using a second indicator. The method further uses a plurality of cubes for dividing the redundant points marked with the first indicator, and clears a first indicator of a specified redundant point in each of cubes which has a minimum distance to a centre point of the each of cubes. The method merges points which have not been marked with the first indicators in the first and second groups of point clouds to be a new group of point clouds. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163103 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DESIGNING AN AVATAR WITH AT LEAST ONE GARMENT - A computer-implemented method for designing an avatar with at least one garment, the method comprising the steps of:
| 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163107 | Augmented Reality Method and System, and User Mobile Device Applicable Thereto - An augmented reality method includes: capturing physical objects in a physical space, to obtain respective depth information of the physical objects; generating respective physical coordinates of the physical objects; generating a 3D map of the physical space; searching an AR deposition corresponding to the physical space; converting respective AR virtual coordinates of a plurality AR objects in the AR deposition into respective physical coordinates of the AR objects in the physical space; judging whether an AR alignment error occurs; if yes, adjusting a first AR virtual coordinate of a first AR object, among the AR objects, which causes the AR alignment error; and performing AR demonstration. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163114 | ABSOLUTE ROTATION ESTIMATION INCLUDING OUTLIER DETECTION VIA LOW-RANK AND SPARSE MATRIX DECOMPOSITION - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods to perform absolute rotation estimation including outlier detection via low-rank and sparse matrix decomposition. One example method includes obtaining a relative rotation estimates matrix that includes a plurality of relative rotation estimates. The method includes determining values for a low-rank matrix that result in a desirable value of a cost function that is based on a low-rank and sparse matrix decomposition of the relative rotation estimates matrix. The cost function includes the low-rank matrix and a sparse matrix that is nonzero in correspondence of one or more outliers of the plurality of relative rotation estimates. The method includes determining an absolute rotations matrix that includes a plurality of absolute rotations based at least in part on the values of the low-rank matrix that result in the desirable value of the cost function. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160163116 | Local Updating of 3D Geocellular Model - The disclosed embodiments include a method, apparatus, and computer program product for modifying a three-dimensional geocellular model. For example, one disclosed embodiment includes a system that includes at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor. The memory stores instructions that when executed by the at least one processor performs operations that includes loading into memory a three-dimensional geocellular model that corresponds to a two-dimensional geological model. The operations include determining a portion of the three-dimensional geocellular model affected by a change to the two-dimensional geological model and performing a local update to the portion of the three-dimensional geocellular model affected by the change. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160165221 | Simulated 3D Projection Apparatus - A display apparatus for displaying simulated 3D images is provided which is preferably portable and scalable in size, and comprises a front display device having side edges, arranged to project a first image of a first program material towards a viewer, and a background display device having side edges, arranged to project a second image of a second program material towards a viewer, wherein said front display device and said background display device are separated to provide an apparent parallax effect between said first image and said second image, and wherein said background display device extends beyond the side edges of the front projection device. The display device provides a parallax effect which can extend to the edges of the front display device. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160171321 | DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND DETERMINATION METHOD | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171730 | MOBILE TERMINAL TESTING DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL TESTING METHOD | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171744 | METHODS FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION AND RELATED ARRANGEMENTS | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171758 | METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION OF A SCENE | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171760 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING POINT CLOUD | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF GENERATING A 3D MODEL FROM AN OBJECT | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171765 | TEXTURING A 3D MODELED OBJECT | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171780 | COMPUTER DEVICE IN FORM OF WEARABLE GLASSES AND USER INTERFACE THEREOF | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171782 | GENERATING A CUSTOM RESERVOIR FROM MULTIPLE COMPARTMENTS REPRESENTING ONE OR MORE GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160174935 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180512 | DEPTH-RANKED CONTENT VIEWER | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180562 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING VIRTUAL CONTEXTS | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180576 | GENERATION OF A DISPLAY DATA SET WITH VOLUME RENDERING | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180577 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE REPRODUCED IN A CURVED-SURFACE DISPLAY | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180578 | ORIENTATION-RESPONSIVE DATA RENDERING | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180580 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A COMPOSITE IMAGE BASED ON AN AMBIENT OCCLUSION | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180587 | VIRTUAL MASK FITTING SYSTEM | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180593 | WEARABLE DEVICE-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY METHOD AND SYSTEM | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180595 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR NAVIGATING IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180597 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING VIRTUAL BODY MODELS FOR GARMENT FIT VISUALISATION | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180600 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERSECTING DIGITAL IMAGES | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160183617 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CUSTOM-FITTED UNDERGARMENTS - A computer-implemented method of creating custom fitted undergarments with the steps of (1) separating a two dimensional undergarment pattern into pattern pieces; (2) converting each undergarment pattern piece into a digital representation; (3) obtaining data about a body's size and shape in three dimensions; (4) creating a three dimensional digital avatar of the body using obtained data and (5) fitting the digital representation of the undergarment representation pieces to the three dimensional digital avatar of the body to create a custom fitted three dimensional undergarment design. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160183919 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING STORED HIGH-RESOLUTION DIAGNOSTIC 3-D IMAGE DATA AND 2-D REALTIME SECTIONAL IMAGE DATA SIMULTANEOUSLY, CONTINUOUSLY, AND IN PARALLEL DURING A MEDICAL INTERVENTION OF A PATIENT AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - A method for displaying stored, high-resolution, diagnostic 3D image data and 2D real time image data simultaneously, continuously and in parallel during a medical intervention of a patient utilizes an apparatus including a first unit for storing recorded diagnostic 3D image data sets and for performing dynamic coregistration thereof with a non-diagnostic 3D image data set and of the non-diagnostic 3D image data set with at least one 2D sectional data image set recorded in real time, a second unit for recording the diagnostic 3D image sets, a third unit for substantially instantaneously recording recording the real time 2D sectional image data sets, a fourth unit for displaying the diagnostic 3D image data sets processed by the coregistration, a fifth unit for displaying the real time 2D sectional image data sets, and data transfer connections. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160189334 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VIRTUAL REALITY CONTENT - A method for generating virtual reality (VR) content includes obtaining source information from original media content. retrieving characteristic information stored in a first memory based on the obtained source information wherein the retrieved characteristic information related to the original media content, generating the VR content by combining the retrieved characteristics information and the obtained source information, wherein at least one feature of the retrieved characteristic information is mapped to a corresponding at least one feature of the obtained source information, and outputting the generated VR content and the original media content to be reproduced to a viewer. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160189339 | ADAPTIVE 3D REGISTRATION - An adaptive error measure, weights and sampling criterion for 3D registration algorithms. Adjusting a sampling criterion for each entity of the 3D model by a factor controlled by a value associated with the expected error for the particular entity, derived from parameters such as accuracy and local 3D model density. Similar adjusted error measure that evaluates the quality of the 3D registration result at different regions of the 3D models, and an adjusted weighting scheme, that assign weight for each entity of the 3D model, are also discussed. In an iterative 3D registration algorithm, adjusted outlier detection criterion after each iteration according to the convergence rate of the algorithm is presented, therefore allowing iterative 3D registration algorithms to escape areas of slow convergence rate and local minima. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160189419 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DATA INDICATIVE OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION OF A SCENE - According to one aspect, there are systems and methods for generating data indicative of a three-dimensional representation of a scene. Current depth data indicative of a scene is generated using a sensor. Salient features are detected within a depth frame associated with the depth data, and these salient features are matched with a saliency likelihoods distribution. The saliency likelihoods distribution represents the scene, and is generated from previously-detected salient features. The pose of the sensor is estimated based upon the matching of detected salient features, and this estimated pose is refined based upon a volumetric representation of the scene. The volumetric representation of the scene is updated based upon the current depth data and estimated pose. A saliency likelihoods distribution representation is updated based on the salient features. Image data indicative of the scene may also be generated and used along with depth data. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160189433 | CREATION OF BOUNDING BOXES ON A 3D MODELED ASSEMBLY - A computer-implemented method for creating a set of bounding boxes on a three-dimensional modeled assembly in a three-dimensional scene. The method comprises providing three-dimensional modeled objects forming a three-dimensional modeled assembly in a three-dimensional scene; computing a main bounding box encompassing the three-dimensional modeled assembly, creating a set of three-dimensional modeled objects that meet at least one property of the three-dimensional modeled assembly, computing two or more bounding boxes encompassed by the main bounding box, one of the two or more bounding boxes comprising the three-dimensional modeled objects of the set. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160196638 | Sending Three-Dimensional Images over a Network | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196651 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING AN IMPLANT | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196662 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING VIRTUAL FITTING MODEL IMAGE | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196673 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DATA VISUALIZATION OF HIERARCHICAL DATA STRUCTURES | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196682 | GRAPHICAL SIMULATION OF OBJECTS IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196683 | SIMULATION APPARATUS AND VECTOR DISPLAY METHOD | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196687 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOSPATIAL VISUALIZATION | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196689 | ROOM PLANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160202875 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING MEDICAL IMAGE | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203624 | System and Method for Providing Combined Multi-Dimensional Map Views | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203634 | Detection of Partially Obscured Objects in Three Dimensional Stereoscopic Scenes | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203636 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING SKELETON FROM POINT CLOUD | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203646 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL REALITY CONTENT | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160253846 | METHOD FOR CREATING A SURGICAL RESECTION PLAN FOR TREATING A PATHOLOGICAL DEFORMITY OF A BONE | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160378197 | SKELETAL CONTROL OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL WORLD - A virtual skeleton includes a plurality of joints and provides a machine readable representation of a human target observed with a three-dimensional depth camera. A relative position of a hand joint of the virtual skeleton is translated as a gestured control, and a three-dimensional virtual world is controlled responsive to the gestured control. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378267 | System and Method for Motion Detection and Interpretation - A motion detection and interpretation system comprising a camera plus an infrared transmitter/receiver paired with a single reflective surface that records image data from two vantage points. The camera is connected to a computer and a display screen. The system creates a virtual touch screen for interaction with the display screen. The components of the system can be protected behind a transparent barrier while the virtual touch screen is provided for user interaction thus preventing user interference with, deterring vandalism and theft of, and prolonging the usable life of the equipment. In addition to finite hand movements detected by the virtual touch screen, the system can also simultaneously perform facial recognition and body movement recognition. The system is capable of interpreting multi-touch inputs. All recognitions are defined in the computer to carry out preprogrammed responses. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379366 | ALIGNING 3D POINT CLOUDS USING LOOP CLOSURES - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for aligning three-dimensional point clouds that each includes data representing at least a portion of an area-of-interest. The area-of-interest is divided into multiple regions, each region having a closed-loop structure defined by a plurality of border segments, each border segment including a plurality of fragments. Point clouds representing the fragments that make up each closed-loop region are aligned with one another in a parallelized manner, for instance, utilizing a Simultaneous Generalized Iterative Closest Point (SGICP) technique, to create aligned point cloud regions. Aligned point cloud regions sharing a common border segment portion are aligned with one another to create a single, consistent, aligned point cloud having data that accurately represents the area-of-interest. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379400 | Three-Dimensional Renderer - In accordance with some embodiments, a relatively lower capacity 3D rendering engine may be used to create a more visually pleasing scene while operating at a frame rate which normally would not produce a visually pleasing three-dimensional depiction. However by interpolating frames between the frames generated at a relatively lower frame rate, a visually pleasing depiction may be achieved in some embodiments with a relatively lower cost 3D rendering engine. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379419 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL GENERATION BASED ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A 3D model generation engine is programmed to generate a 3D model of a piece of clothing based on a number of 2D images of the piece of clothing. Specifically, the 3D model is generated by deforming a 3D model template using control points that are automatically pinned to different locations of a representation of the piece of clothing on the 2D image(s). The 3D model template includes multiple bisectional planes. Each bisectional plane has multiple vertices and 3D control points. At least one 2D image of the piece of clothing is obtained, and different locations on the 2D image are determined for several 2D control points. The 3D model template is modified by deforming the bisectional planes (and its associated vertices) of the 3D model template based on the determined location of the 2D control points on the 2D image. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379420 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An acquirer ( | 12-29-2016 |
| 20170231714 | INSTRUMENT GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR SINUS SURGERY | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170236252 | FOVEATED VIDEO RENDERING | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170236320 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TETHERING 3-D VIRTUAL ELEMENTS TO DIGITAL CONTENT | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170236323 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OMNI MEDIA TEXTURE MAPPING METADATA | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170236327 | SYNCHRONIZATION AND ANIMATION OF VIEWS SHOWING DIGITAL 3D MODELS OF TEETH | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170236333 | System And Method For Virtually Trying-On Clothing | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170236337 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MOBILE-DEVICE CONTROL WITH A PLURALITY OF FIXED-GRADIENT FOCUSED DIGITAL CAMERAS | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170237971 | IMAGE CAPTURE FOR VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAYS | 08-17-2017 |
| 20180025504 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VIRTUAL REALITY CONTENT | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180025532 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR CREATING AN IMAGE AND A METHOD OF CREATING AN IMAGE | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180025540 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR 3D CONTOUR RECOGNITION AND 3D MESH GENERATION | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180025543 | Synthetic Geotagging for Computer-Generated Images | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180025545 | METHOD FOR CREATING VISUALIZED EFFECT FOR DATA | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180025546 | VISUALIZING VOLUMETRIC IMAGE OF ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180025547 | 2D GRAPHICAL CODING TO CREATE A 3D IMAGE | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180027307 | EMOTIONAL REACTION SHARING | 01-25-2018 |
| 20190146062 | LASER POINT CLOUD POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190146585 | Methods and Systems for Presenting Haptically Perceptible Virtual Objects | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190147583 | METHOD FOR MONITORING DAMAGE TO MOTOR VEHICLES | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190147641 | A REAL-TIME RENDERING METHOD BASED ON ENERGY CONSUMPTION-ERROR PRECOMPUTATION | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190147642 | LEARNING TO RECONSTRUCT 3D SHAPES BY RENDERING MANY 3D VIEWS | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190147650 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A DEFORMABLE 3D MODEL OF AN ELEMENT, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190147655 | AUGMENTED REALITY SAFETY AUTOMATION ZONE SYSTEM AND METHOD | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190147657 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING A WIDE VIEW CONTENT IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190147665 | GESTURE BASED 3-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT TRANSFORMATION | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190149794 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCEDURAL RENDERING OF CINEMATIC VIRTUAL REALITY CONTENT | 05-16-2019 |
| 20220138974 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING TEXTURE OF 3D MODEL AND RELATED APPARATUS - A method for acquiring a texture of a three-dimensional (3D) model includes: acquiring at least two 3D networks generated by a target object based on a plurality of angles, the at least two 3D networks including a first correspondence between point cloud information and color information of the target object, and first camera poses of the target object; acquiring an offset between 3D points used for recording the same position of the target object in the at least two 3D networks according to the first camera poses respectively included in the at least two 3D networks; updating the first correspondence according to the offset, to acquire a second correspondence between the point cloud information and the color information of the target object; and acquiring a surface color texture of a 3D model of the target object according to the second correspondence. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139020 | ANIMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An animation processing method is performed by an electronic device. The method including: obtaining a terrain feature in a graphical user interface at a current moment, the graphical user interface including a virtual character, and obtaining state information and task information that correspond to the virtual character in an animation segment at the current moment; performing feature extraction on the terrain feature, the state information, and the task information using an animation processing model, to obtain joint action information corresponding to the virtual character at a next moment; determining a joint torque according to the joint action information; and obtaining gesture adjustment information corresponding to the virtual character from the current moment to the next moment based on the joint torque, and updating the animation segment according to the gesture adjustment information to render the updated animated segment in the graphical user interface. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139021 | FAST INCREMENTAL SHARED CONSTANTS - This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for fast incremental shared constants. In aspects, a CPU may determine/update shared constant data for a first draw call of a plurality of draw calls. The shared constant data, which may correspond to at least one shader, may be updated based on a draw call update for the first draw call. The CPU may communicate the updated shared constant data for the first draw call to a GPU. The GPU may receive, in at least one register, the updated shared constant data from the CPU and configure the at least one register based on the updated shared constant data corresponding to the draw call update of the first draw call of the plurality of draw calls. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139028 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING A PHOTO OF A DENTAL ARCH - A method for transforming an “original” view of an “original” digital three-dimensional model into a hyper-realistic view. The method includes creating a “transformation” learning base of more than 1000 “transformation” records. Each transformation record includes a “transformation” photo representing a scene, and a view of a “transformation” digital three-dimensional model modeling the scene, or “transformation view”, the transformation view representing the scene in the same way as the transformation photo. The method includes training at least one “transformation” neural network, by way of the transformation learning base. The method includes submitting the original view to the at least one transformation neural network, such that it transforms it into a hyper-realistic view. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139031 | METHODS FOR GENERATING AND UPDATING BUILDING MODELS - Systems, methods and instructions for creating building models of physical structures is disclosed. The building model may be a collection of floors defined by outlines containing regions that may be offset relative to a main region, and a collection of connectors. Connectors may have connection points for tracking, routing and sizing. Connectors may indicate elevation changes through georeferenced structural features. Signal elements may also be features that provide corrections when tracking. Feature descriptors are data that describes the structural configuration and signal elements enabling them to be matched to previously collected data in a database. User interface elements assist a user of a tracking device in collecting floor information, structural features and signal features and validating certain collected information based on previously known information. The height of floors may also be inferred based on sensor data from the tracking device. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139032 | METHOD OF GENERATING MAP AND VISUAL LOCALIZATION SYSTEM USING THE MAP - A method of generating a map for visual localization includes specifying a virtual camera pose by using 3-dimensional (3D) model data which is based on an image of an outdoor space captured from the air; rendering the image of the outdoor space from a perspective of the virtual camera, by using the virtual camera pose and the 3D model data; and generating a feature point map by using the rendered image and the virtual camera pose. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139037 | SELF-SUPERVISED SINGLE-VIEW 3D RECONSTRUCTION VIA SEMANTIC CONSISTENCY - Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to identify a shape or camera pose of a three-dimensional object from a two-dimensional image of the object. In at least one embodiment, objects are identified in an image using one or more neural networks that have been trained on objects of a similar category and a three-dimensional mesh template. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139038 | 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF A STRUCTURE OF A REAL SCENE WITH AN OPEN SURFACE - A 3D reconstruction method including obtaining a first open triangulated surface consisting of triangles of a tetrahedral meshing of a point cloud and determining a second open triangulated surface. The determining explores candidate open triangulated surfaces each being a set of triangles of the meshing and penalizes a high rank of the candidates according to a lexicographic order based on a triangle order and ordering a candidate having triangles decreasingly ordered according to a triangle order penalizing triangle size, relative to another candidate having triangles decreasingly ordered according to the triangle order. The second surface violates consistency of a labelling of the meshing with two labels. A triangle respects labelling consistency when it belongs to the first surface and separates two tetrahedrons having different labels, or when it does not belong to the first surface and separates two tetrahedrons having a same label. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139040 | METHOD FOR PLANNING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING VIEWPOINT, DEVICE FOR PLANNING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING VIEWPOINT, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are a method for planning three-dimensional scanning viewpoint, a device for planning three-dimensional scanning viewpoint and a computer readable storage medium. After a low-precision digitalized model of an object to be scanned is acquired, viewpoint planning calculation is performed, on the basis of a viewpoint planning algorithm, on point cloud data in the low-precision digitalized model, and then the positions and line-of-sight directions of a plurality of viewpoints in space are calculated when a three-dimensional sensor needs to perform three-dimensional scanning on said object. Calculating viewpoints of a three-dimensional sensor by means of a viewpoint planning algorithm can effectively improve the accuracy and scientific nature of sensor posture determination, greatly improving the efficiency of viewpoint planning, and reducing the time consumed in the whole three-dimensional measurement process. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139044 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROPOSING AND VISUALIZING DENTAL TREATMENTS - A method, system and computer readable storage media for proposing and visualizing orthodontic treatments. A patient may use a mobile device such as a smart phone to quickly and inexpensively visualize an orthodontic treatment for misaligned teeth and overlay it on a 3D model of the face and jaw, with a depth sensor being used to detect depth information. The orthodontic treatment may also be visualized in an augmented manner for a clinician. 3D data of the orthodontic treatment may be used for further analysis or fabrication of a treatment appliance. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139055 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MERGING DISTANT SPACES - A method of merging distant virtual spaces is disclosed. Data describing an environment surrounding a MR merging device is received. A first slice plane is generated, positioned, and displayed within the environment. A second MR merging device is connective with in a second environment. Data describing inbound content from the second MR merging device is received. Content data is sent from the MR merging device to the second MR merging device. The inbound content data is processed and displayed on the first slice plane. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139057 | SCALABLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT RECOGNITION IN A CROSS REALITY SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for scalable three-dimensional (3-D) object recognition in a cross reality system. One of the methods includes maintaining object data specifying objects that have been recognized in a scene. A stream of input images of the scene is received, including a stream of color images and a stream of depth images. A color image is provided as input to an object recognition system. A recognition output that identifies a respective object mask for each object in the color image is received. A synchronization system determines a corresponding depth image for the color image. A 3-D bounding box generation system determines a respective 3-D bounding box for each object that has been recognized in the color image. Data specifying one or more 3-D bounding boxes is received as output from the 3-D bounding box generation system. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139058 | LEARNING-BASED ANIMATION OF CLOTHING FOR VIRTUAL TRY-ON - A learning-based clothing animation method and system for highly efficient virtual try-on simulations is provided. Given a garment, the system preprocess a rich database of physically-based dressed character simulations, for multiple body shapes and animations. Then, using a database, the system trains a learning-based model of cloth drape and wrinkles, as a function of body shape and dynamics. A model according to embodiments separates global garment fit, due to body shape, from local garment wrinkles, due to both pose dynamics and body shape. A recurrent neural network is provided to regress garment wrinkles, and the system achieves highly plausible nonlinear effects, in contrast to the blending artifacts suffered by previous methods. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220139059 | BODY-CENTRIC CONTENT POSITIONING RELATIVE TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTAINER IN A MIXED REALITY ENVIRONMENT - A mixed reality system is disclosed that displays 3D content in a container referred to as a “prism,” and also displays a related content item, such as an interactive menu for interacting with the 3D content. To maintain the content item accessible to the user, the system repositions the content item relative to the prism as the user moves relative to the prism. For example, in the context of an annotation toolbar, the system may move the toolbar from one surface of the prism to another in response to the user walking around the prism, entering the prism, or changing a head pose in the prism. In some embodiments, the content item is displayed in a reserved region in which the 3D content is not displayable, such that the 3D content does not interfere with the user's ability to view and access the content item. | 05-05-2022 |
