Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
715849000 | Individual object | 76 |
20080235629 | DISPLAY OF MULTI-SIDED USER OBJECT INFORMATION IN NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - User information is displayed as a multi-sided user object for different sides of the multi-sided user object on a device having a limited display. The user object can be a user profile and the multi-sided user object can be a multi-sided user profile object where updates to the user profile can be made directly via a PC, or via the device via changes made to side(s) of the multi-sided user profile object. The multi-sided user object can be displayed as part of any client process, e.g., an application, a networked service or web widget display system. | 09-25-2008 |
20090019402 | User interface for three-dimensional navigation - The present invention uses invisible junctions which are a set of local features unique to every page of the electronic document to match the captured image to a part of an electronic document. The present invention includes: an image capture device, a feature extraction and recognition system and database. When an electronic document is printed, the feature extraction and recognition system captures an image of the document page. The features in the captured image are then extracted, indexed and stored in the database. Given a query image, usually a small patch of some document page captured by a low resolution image capture device, the features in the query image are extracted and compared against those stored in the database to identify the query image. The present invention also includes methods for recognizing and tracking the viewing region and look at point corresponding to the input query image. This information is combined with a rendering of the original input document to generate a new graphical user interface to the user. This user interface can be displayed on a conventional browser or even on the display of an image capture device. | 01-15-2009 |
20090164945 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM - An information processing device and integrated information system in which many resources are accessible by a simple, clear user interface are provided. The information processing device includes a use interface including displayed faces of a 3D polyhedron icon used to select information to be executed from multiple pieces of information. The multiple pieces of information are allocated to the faces. The 3D polyhedron icon is a parallelepiped for example. By rotating the 3D polyhedron icon horizontally and vertically, a face to be displayed can be switched. The user interface displays an index showing the rotational direction of the 3D polyhedron icon. | 06-25-2009 |
20090313584 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING A DISPLAY BASED ON THE USER'S POSITION - An electronic device for providing a display that changes based on the user's perspective is provided. The electronic device may include a sensing mechanism operative to detect the user's position relative a display of the electronic device. For example, the electronic device may include a camera operative to detect the position of the user's head. Using the detected position, the electronic device may be operative to transform displayed objects such that the displayed perspective reflects the detected position of the user. The electronic device may use any suitable approach for modifying a displayed object, including for example a parallax transform or a perspective transform. In some embodiments, the electronic device may overlay the environment detected by the sensing mechanism (e.g., by a camera) to provide a more realistic experience for the user (e.g., display a reflection of the image detected by the camera on reflective surfaces of a displayed object). | 12-17-2009 |
20090327970 | Systems and methods for imaging operations data in a three-dimensional image - Systems and methods for imaging operations data as a three-dimensional image, which include rendering a three-dimensional image of an object having at least one attribute, a marker in the object, and one or more operations values relative to one or more respective positions on the marker in the object. A data structure comprising a data field, the data field comprising a three-dimensional image of an object having at least attribute, a marker and one or more operations values relative to one or more respective positions on the marker in the object at a selected time. | 12-31-2009 |
20100005423 | Color Modifications of Objects in a Virtual Universe Based on User Display Settings - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for modifying an object. In one embodiment, the process obtains avatar tracking data that identifies a location of an avatar in relation to a range of an object. The range includes a viewable field. The process then selects a data collection method based on the location of the set of avatars. In response to detecting an event for triggering modification of the object, the process calculates a set of color modifiers based on display setting data to form a modified color. Thereafter, the process renders the object using the modified color when the location of the set of avatars is within the range of the object. | 01-07-2010 |
20100005424 | VIRTUAL WORLD SYSTEM SUPPORTING A CONSUMER EXPERIENCE - A system and method for creating a virtual world for supporting a consumer experience is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes providing access to a database of item listing categories, each item listing category in the database having an associated link to a source for physical items corresponding to the item listing category; generating an image of a virtual store in a three-dimensional (3D) virtual environment; populating the virtual store with at least one first object representing an item listing category; receiving a signal indicative of user interaction with the at least one first object; and using the associated link to re-direct the user to the source for physical items corresponding to the item listing category represented by the at least one first object with which the user interacted. | 01-07-2010 |
20100023894 | SYSTEM FOR SELECTING ELEMENTS DISPLAYED ON A SCREEN - System for selecting elements displayed on a screen, said elements (E | 01-28-2010 |
20100037182 | USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING MRI IMAGES - Method for displaying MRI images including the following steps: displaying a plurality of different images one after the other obtained by nuclear magnetic resonance image acquisition, each of which images is different with respect to at least a part of the other images due to the fact that the plane of the displayed image corresponds to a different section plane through a body or part thereof under examination having a predetermined different position and/or a predetermined different orientation with respect to the body under examination and to a reference system; and the passage from displaying an image to display a further image is achieved by control means which define the position and/or orientation of different section planes of different images. | 02-11-2010 |
20100050129 | 3D Graphical User Interface For Simultaneous Management Of Applications - A method for providing a graphical user interface for an electronic device, wherein the electronic device having a display and a plurality of associated applications, comprising the steps: generating the appearance of a virtual three dimensional object having a plurality of panels, wherein the panels are positioned on the surface of the object; associating each of the panels to one of the applications; and displaying two or more of the panels of the object on the display, wherein the associated applications of the panels are displayed. | 02-25-2010 |
20100088650 | INTERNET-ENABLED APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PHYSICALLY AND VIRTUALLY RENDERING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS - Three-dimensional object bridge between virtual and physical worlds. A method, system, apparatus and/or computer-usable medium includes steps of selecting a three-dimensional item in a first state for subsequent rendering into a second state and rendering the three-dimensional item in the second state via the three-dimensional rendering apparatus. An additional step of locating a three-dimensional rendering apparatus for rendering the three-dimensional item in a second state can be included. The three-dimensional rendering apparatus can be configured as a kiosk (manned or unmanned), Internet-enabled vending machine, and the like. The first state can comprise a virtual state and the second state can comprise a physical state. Likewise, the first state can comprise a physical state and the second state can comprise a virtual state. Additionally, the three-dimensional item/object can be mapped in the first state for rendering in the second state. | 04-08-2010 |
20100100851 | MAPPING A REAL-WORLD OBJECT IN A PERSONAL VIRTUAL WORLD - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for mapping a real-world object to a virtual object in a virtual world. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for mapping a real-world object to a virtual object in a virtual world can include, generating a view to a virtual world for a participant to a virtual world and rendering an avatar for the participant in the view to the virtual world, locating a geographic position of a real-world object outside of the virtual world, mapping the located geographic position to a location in the virtual world, and displaying a counterpart representation of the real-world object in the view at the mapped location in the virtual world. | 04-22-2010 |
20100115471 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL WIDGETS - Systems, methods, computer-readable mediums, user interfaces and other implementations are disclosed for implementing multidimensional widgets. A multidimensional widget is a three-dimensional object with application surfaces, and each application surface is associated with a widget function. Multidimensional widgets can be modified by adding functions or grouping with other widgets. | 05-06-2010 |
20100138793 | DISCRETE OBJECTS FOR BUILDING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - Described is a virtual environment built by drawing stacks of three-dimensional objects (e.g., discrete blocks) as manipulated by a user. A user manipulates one or more objects, resulting in stack heights being changed, e.g., by adding, removing or moving objects to/from stacks. The stack heights are maintained as sample points, e.g., each point indexed by its associated horizontal location. A graphics processor expands height-related information into visible objects or stacks of objects by computing the vertices for each stack to draw that stack's top surface, front surface and/or side surface based upon the height-related information for that stack. Height information for neighboring stacks may be associated with the sample point, whereby a stack is only drawn to where it is occluded by a neighboring stack, that is, by computing the lower vertices for a surface according to the height of a neighboring stack where appropriate. | 06-03-2010 |
20100205568 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - This invention provides a graphical user interface which receives a 3-dimensional representation of a first object, provides controls to specify a second object and displays a 3-dimensional representation of the first object in conjunction with the second object. The first object may be a hand of a person and the second object may be a jewellery ring to be made from the specification. | 08-12-2010 |
20100251185 | VIRTUAL OBJECT APPEARANCE CONTROL - A method of controlling the appearance of an object in a virtual environment of a computer game, in which the computer game is arranged to move the object within the virtual environment, the method comprising: associating with the object a three-dimensional array of nodes by storing, for each node, data defining a position of that node in a coordinate system for the object; defining a first shape of the object by associating each of a first plurality of locations on the object with a respective predetermined position relative to one or more of the nodes; detecting a collision of the object with an item in the virtual environment; adjusting the position of one or more of the nodes to represent the collision, thereby adjusting the first shape of the object; and outputting an image of the object based on the adjusted first shape of the object. | 09-30-2010 |
20100281432 | SHOW BODY POSITION - A capture device may capture a user's motion and a display device may display a model that maps to the user's motion, including gestures that are applicable for control. A user may be unfamiliar with a system that maps the user's motions or not know what gestures are applicable for an executing application. A user may not understand or know how to perform gestures that are applicable for the executing application. Providing visual feedback representing instructional gesture data to the user can teach the user how to properly gesture. The visual feedback may be provided in any number of suitable ways. For example, visual feedback may be provided via ghosted images, player avatars, or skeletal representations. The system can process prerecorded or live content for displaying visual feedback representing instructional gesture data. The feedback can portray the deltas between the user's actual position and the ideal gesture position. | 11-04-2010 |
20100306707 | System and Method for Exploring 3D Scenes by Pointing at a Reference Object - The system and method are described for enhancing location-based services by enabling spatial database systems to respond to or answer spatial queries that use a reference object to identify objects or features of interest in environmental scene before a system user. The system and method present invention enhances pointing technology by permitting system users to use queries to identify objects or features within the system user's field of view by pointing at the reference object or feature, and linking it to the object of interest by using spatial prepositions. | 12-02-2010 |
20100333038 | Layout-Design Support System and Layout-Design Support Program - A logical designing part includes a logical connectivity data storage that stores logical connectivity data, indicating a logical connectivity between plant equipments, including first end point connection data. A geometry data designing part includes a geometry data storage that stores geometry data that is graphical shape data in a three-dimensional space and includes second end point data. A data linking part includes: an automatic correspondence table generating part that compares first end point connection data with second end point data and generates a logical connection and geometry data table including correspondence data that links the geometry connection data and the geometry data of which first and second end point connection data are matched each other. A correspondence storage stores the logical connection and geometry data table. An editing part edits the logical connection and geometry data table on the basis of a user command. | 12-30-2010 |
20110010674 | DISPLAYING SITUATIONAL INFORMATION BASED ON GEOSPATIAL DATA - In accordance with a particular embodiment of the invention, a request for a geotag comprising situational information and geographic coordinates may be received from a requestor. The request may include geospatial data, such as position data and viewing angle data, that identifies a location of the requester. The position data may be latitude data, longitude data, and/or elevation data, and the viewing angle data may be azimuth data, compass direction data, and/or orientation data. The geographic coordinates of a candidate geotag may be compared to the location received in the request. If the candidate geotag is near the location received in the request, it may be sent to the requester. | 01-13-2011 |
20110016433 | Transparent interface used to independently manipulate and interrogate N-dimensional focus objects in virtual and real visualization systems - Method, system, and software for performing independent operations with and upon N-Dimensional spatial and temporal objects displayed in virtual and real visualization systems. The technique applies user selected points or regions of interest in the visualization system to identify corresponding points or regions on transparent focus objects which describe the visualized objects, and which intersect the user's topological line of sight. The resulting set of points or regions are then used to extract information from the focus objects, which provide additional information on object content or location of related file systems. The transparent interface provides intrinsic operations which can be applied directly to the focus objects, or coupling mechanisms to external user applications, to process, manipulate or transform focus objects in either the transparent interface or the visualization system. | 01-20-2011 |
20110029931 | SYNCHRONOUS CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-COMPUTER - A synchronous control method for multi-computer is provided. The multi-computer is connected with each other through a network. The method includes the following steps: maintaining a running information list on each computer in the network, where the identifier information of all computers and the running state information of the corresponding computers are contained in the running information list; receiving a synchronous control instruction inputted by a user at any of the computers in the network; executing the synchronous control operation on the computers recorded in the running information list when the running state information of the computer receiving the instruction accords with a predetermined rule. | 02-03-2011 |
20110041098 | MANIPULATION OF 3-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICAL OBJECTS OR VIEW IN A MULTI-TOUCH DISPLAY - A system described herein provides six degrees of freedom with respect to a three-dimensional object rendered on a multi-touch display through utilization of three touch points. Multiple axes of rotation are established based at least in part upon location of a first touch point and a second touch point on a multi-touch display. Movement of a third touch point controls appearance of rotation of the three-dimensional object about two axes, and rotational movement of the first touch point relative to the second touch point controls appearance of rotation of the three-dimensional object about a third axis. | 02-17-2011 |
20110099525 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A DATA ENRICHED VISUAL COMPONENT - An approach is provided for generating a visual component. The visual component configured to create a visual object to retrieve and present place data stored in a repository is generated. The visual object is to be embedded within a website for the presentation of the place data. Storage of the visual component is caused, at least in part. Access to the visual component is selectively permitted. | 04-28-2011 |
20110107269 | GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A graphic user interface management system displays all shortcuts on surfaces of a first three-dimensional (3D) graph displayed on a desktop background. The first 3D graph streams objects during rotating. On projection paths of the objects, a first preset number of objects forms system time to be displayed on the desktop background, a second preset number of objects forms a process wall, which displays running processes of shortcuts invoked by a user from the first 3D graph. The shortcuts dragged from the first 3D graph to other positions of the desktop background are represented by second 3D graphs. A rotation speed and direction of the first 3D graph change according to an operation speed and direction on the first 3D. The system further performs corresponding desktop display actions according to manipulated operations on the first 3D graph, the process wall, or the second 3D graphs. | 05-05-2011 |
20110119632 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, AND SHARING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DATA - This invention relates generally to construction, and more specifically, to systems and methods for storing, retrieving, and sharing data relating to construction data employing maps, diagrams, and three-dimensional objects as an organizational matrix. In one embodiment, the invention includes a scalable graphical matrix, the scalable graphical matrix being a visual representation of a project that progresses from design through actualization, the visual representation being visually explorable at different scales; a data repository, the data repository storing project data, the project data being visually associated to the scalable graphical matrix; and a user interface, the user interface configurable to access and store the project data using the scalable graphical matrix. In one particular embodiment, the project is a building construction project. | 05-19-2011 |
20110219339 | 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. | 09-08-2011 |
20120066648 | MOVE AND TURN TOUCH SCREEN INTERFACE FOR MANIPULATING OBJECTS IN A 3D SCENE - Methods and a system for manipulating objects in a 3D virtual scene are disclosed. Two different mechanisms are used for a user interface, including a first hand and a second hand of a user. The first hand manipulates translational manipulation of the virtual object, such as displacement of the object in three orthogonal planes. The second hand manipulates rotational manipulation of the object. While the interface uses and recognizes different hands for manipulation of the object, it also uses three digits or fingers of different hands to control height, speed, translational and rotational movements. | 03-15-2012 |
20120079434 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT FOR PORTABLE DEVICES - An apparatus and a method for making three-dimensional (3D) contents production possible in a mobile terminal are provided. More particularly, an apparatus and a method for allowing a general user to easily produce 3D contents by providing an edit tool for producing 3D contents in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes an object generator. When detecting an input for transforming the 3D object, the object generator determines a 3D object transform value depending on an input strength, and applies the transform value to the 3D object. | 03-29-2012 |
20120117514 | Three-Dimensional User Interaction - Three-dimensional user interaction is described. In one example, a virtual environment having virtual objects and a virtual representation of a user's hand with digits formed from jointed portions is generated, a point on each digit of the user's hand is tracked, and the virtual representation's digits controlled to correspond to those of the user. An algorithm is used to calculate positions for the jointed portions, and the physical forces acting between the virtual representation and objects are simulated. In another example, an interactive computer graphics system comprises a processor that generates the virtual environment, a display device that displays the virtual objects, and a camera that capture images of the user's hand. The processor uses the images to track the user's digits, computes the algorithm, and controls the display device to update the virtual objects on the display device by simulating the physical forces. | 05-10-2012 |
20120167014 | VISUAL SURROGATE FOR INDIRECT EXPERIENCE AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a technology for utilizing an indirect experience without copying a real world to a virtual world. An apparatus for providing a visual surrogate for indirect experience according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a synchronization setup unit for setting up synchronization models between a surrogate, a real object and virtual objects corresponding to the surrogate and the real object, wherein the surrogate is a substitute for a remote user and the virtual objects are displayed in a control space. A control space generation unit generates the control space required to input commands for the surrogate and the real object and to output surrounding information sensed by the surrogate. A service provision unit generates an application in which the synchronization models and the control space are packaged. | 06-28-2012 |
20120174038 | System and method enabling content navigation and selection using an interactivevirtual sphere - There is provided a system and method for enabling navigation and selection of content using an interactive virtual sphere. The system comprises a content database accessible via a content server, the content database configured to store a first plurality of content units, and an aggregator linked to the content database, the aggregator configured to update the first plurality of content units. The system also includes a spherical graphics rendering module and a content navigation module. The spherical graphics rendering module is configured to render visual representations corresponding to a second plurality of content units on the surface of a virtual sphere. The content to navigation module provides a user interface for interacting with the virtual sphere, and is configured to access the content database and to enable selection of at least one of the second plurality of content units according to an input received by the user interface. | 07-05-2012 |
20120198388 | THREE DIMENSIONAL SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INFORMATION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF - Generally described, the present application relates to managing information in electronic devices. More specifically, the present application relates to a three dimensional dynamic system for visualizing and navigating through files. In one illustrative embodiment, the system displays information from a database or any other collection of records with different attributes in a three dimensional layout. Objects, typically spheres, can represent groups of items or records with similar characteristics according to defined attributes in the three dimensional layout. On a fourth axis, representing a separate attribute, a time related characteristic can be associated with the objects. Other attributes can be used as well. The objects can also be provided in different colors or patterns to reflect other characteristics within the records. A navigation interface can be used to rotate, pan, zoom-in, zoom-out and crop the three dimensional layout. The navigation plane can also provide access to files referenced by the objects. | 08-02-2012 |
20120304129 | ONLINE JEWELRY CONFIGURATION APPLICATION - A method on a server for providing jewelry configuration processes over a communications network is disclosed. The method includes providing a graphical user interface to a user over the communications network, receiving, via the graphical user interface, jewelry customizations from the user, generating, in real-time, a three-dimensional representation of a piece of jewelry based on the jewelry customizations that were received, rendering, in real-time, the three-dimensional representation of the piece of jewelry that was generated and displaying in the graphical user interface the three-dimensional representation of the piece of jewelry that was rendered. | 11-29-2012 |
20120317516 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device includes an input operation acceptance unit, distance specification unit, and control unit. The input operation acceptance unit accepts movement of a body substantially parallel to a display surface (two-dimensional plane) of a display unit in which touch panels are laminated, as a touch operation to the touch panel. The distance specification unit detects a distance of the body when a touch operation is made from the display surface (two-dimensional plane) of the display unit. The control unit variably controls the execution of processing related to an object displayed, based on the type of touch operation accepted by the input operation acceptance unit (types differ depending on the trajectory of movement of the body), and the distance detected by the distance specification unit. | 12-13-2012 |
20120331422 | Custom Jewelry Configurator - A jewelry configurator is disclosed which permits a consumer or end user to begin with a catalog of jewelry pieces that he is able to then customize and alter in various ways to tailor the piece to his taste, view a rendering of said piece, get a price quote for the piece, and send same directly to manufacture for production. | 12-27-2012 |
20130061181 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INPUT - An approach is provided for generating a multi-dimensional input. A user interface platform causes, at least in part, a mapping of one or more parameters, one or more representations of the one or more parameters, or a combination thereof onto one or more respective surface segments of at least one three-dimensional icon. The user interface platform then causes, at least in part, a rendering of the at least one three-dimensional icon in a user interface. The user interface platform then determines one or more manipulations of the at least one three-dimensional icon in the user interface, and processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more manipulations to determine one or more weighting values for the one or more parameters. | 03-07-2013 |
20130104083 | 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 |
20130104084 | 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 |
20130104085 | 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 |
20130104086 | 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 |
20130104087 | 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 |
20130139114 | TRANSPARENT INTERFACE USED TO INDEPENDENTLY MANIPULATE AND INTERRROGATE N-DIMENSIONAL FOCUS OBJECTS IN VIRTUAL AND REAL VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS - Method, system, and software for performing independent operations with and upon N-Dimensional spatial and temporal objects displayed in virtual and real visualization systems. The technique applies user selected points or regions of interest in the visualization system to identify corresponding points or regions on transparent focus objects which describe the visualized objects, and which intersect the user's topological line of sight. The resulting set of points or regions are then used to extract information from the focus objects, which provide additional information on object content or location of related file systems. The transparent interface provides intrinsic operations which can be applied directly to the focus objects, or coupling mechanisms to external user applications, to process, manipulate or transform focus objects in either the transparent interface or the visualization system. | 05-30-2013 |
20130167091 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING IN A HYPER-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - Systems and methods for navigating in a hyper-dimensional media guidance application are provided. A first group of content listings is displayed in a first grid corresponding to two grid dimensions (e.g., time versus content source). In response to a user selection of a navigational option, a second group of content listings is displayed in a second grid corresponding to a previous grid dimension and a different grid dimension (e.g., time versus parental rating or genre versus content source). Each grid of content listings may be displayed on a face of an illustrated three-dimensional object that may rotate from displaying one face to displaying another in response to a user navigational option selection. The number of grids displayable to a user is not limited by the physical number of faces on any actual three-dimensional object. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167092 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING 3-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF - According to the present invention, disclosed is an electronic device having a three-dimensional display, comprising a sensor obtaining information about a gesture's motion; a three-dimensional display displaying a pointer and/or an object moving in three-dimensional space according to the gesture's motion; and a controller checking applications in execution, determining a movement distance of the pointer and/or the object in proportion to a movement distance of the gesture by taking account of gesture sensitivity selected according to the type of the checked application, and controlling the display to move the pointer and/or the object as much as the determined movement distance. | 06-27-2013 |
20130212537 | Extracting Feature Information From Mesh - A method includes displaying a three-dimensional shape in a view generated by a viewing tool. The three-dimensional shape represented as a mesh can be obtained from a CAD or other 3D modeling tool. The mesh obtained from one of these sources can contain a high percentage of data points and edges that while required for display purposes, are of no interest to the measurement process. The method simplifies the measurement process by extracting important feature information from the mesh. The method includes receiving, while the three-dimensional shape is displayed, positional input generated by a user placing a cursor at a selected point in the view. The method includes determining an appropriate feature on the mesh as a function of the user input and the mesh, to be made available for measurement purposes. The method includes generating an output from the viewing tool that indicates the selected feature. | 08-15-2013 |
20130219344 | EDITABLE MOTION TRAJECTORIES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a view of a three-dimensional computer animation model, the view including one or more objects, wherein each of the one or more objects is associated with a respective animation setting for adjusting a respective three-dimensional motion trajectory interpolation of the object in the computer animation model between a first and a different second key frame; receiving data describing a user interaction with a visual representation of the animation setting in the view for a first object of the one or more objects, the user interaction being an adjustment of the respective animation setting of the first object; and based on the receiving, adjusting the motion trajectory interpolation of the first object between the particular first and second key frames. | 08-22-2013 |
20130227493 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATING A 3D OBJECT IN A 3D MODEL USING A SOFTWARE WIDGET AND SURFACE CONSTRAINTS - A system and method are disclosed for manipulating objects within a virtual environment using a software widget. The software widget includes one or more controls for performing surface constrained manipulation operations. A graphical representation of the software widget is superimposed over the object and enables a user to use simple mouse operations to perform the various manipulation operations. The position operation determines an intersection point between the mouse cursor and a surface of a different object and moves the object to the intersection point. The scale operation adjusts the size of the object. The rotate operation adjusts the rotation of the object around a normal vector on the surface of the different object. The twist operation deforms the object along a local z-axis. The orientation operation adjusts the orientation of the object with respect to the normal vector. | 08-29-2013 |
20130227494 | Folding and Unfolding Images in a User Interface - In one embodiment, presenting a folded version of an image in a user interface (UI), the folded version of the image being included in a UI component of the user interface; and in response to a user pinching the folded version of the image with two fingers, simulating and presenting an effect of the folded version of the image being lifted off and floating above the UI component. | 08-29-2013 |
20130283214 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE FOR RECOGNIZING GESTURE - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for providing a user interface for recognizing a user's gesture in virtual or augmented reality. The user interface provision apparatus includes an image provision unit for providing virtual reality to a 3D area. A manipulation recognition unit is represented in the 3D area and recognizes a gesture based on a user experience using a visual contact effect. A processing unit recognizes the gesture and manipulates one or more bubble clouds. Further, the apparatus provides a user interface for menu manipulation and configuration so that a virtual object is held and manipulated in the same manner as when an object is held with the hand or a tool in the real world, rather than the manner in which 3D model control is performed based on recognition of the gesture made by the hand in augmented reality or virtual reality. | 10-24-2013 |
20130311952 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A control unit, method and computer program product cooperate to provide a controllable depth of display of at least a part of a graphical user interface. Moreover, the control unit includes a control circuit that controls a depth display of an icon, which may be a user-selectable icon, as part of the graphical user interface. The control circuit changes the depth of display of the icon when an object is detected as approaching the display. In this way, a user is provided with visual feedback when the user is interacting with the graphical user interface. | 11-21-2013 |
20130318479 | STEREOSCOPIC USER INTERFACE, VIEW, AND OBJECT MANIPULATION - A method, apparatus, and system provide the ability to interact with a virtual stereoscopic object. A set of sensors is placed adjacent to a stereoscopic viewing area. A stereoscopic object is projected in the stereoscopic viewing area. A user's body part is tracked using the set of sensors. A gesture of the user's body part is determined (based on the tracking). Based on the gesture, an interaction event is actively and dynamically applied to the stereoscopic object. | 11-28-2013 |
20130318480 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A control unit, method and computer program product cooperate to provide a controllable depth of display of at least a part of a graphical user interface. Moreover, the control unit includes a control circuit that controls a depth display of an icon, which may be a user-selectable icon, as part of the graphical user interface. The control circuit increases the depth of display of the icon when an object is detected as approaching the display. In this way, a user is provided with visual feedback when the user is interacting with the graphical user interface. | 11-28-2013 |
20140013282 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE MASKING AND MODIFYING OF 3D OBJECTS - A system and method for providing an intuitive and efficient mechanism to select areas of interest on a 3D model, and modify a pose or shape of the 3D model. A masking module allows an artist to interactively mask portions of a 3D object and leave other portions of the object unmasked. A posing module provides various tools to allow the artist to apply a posing or reshaping action on the unmasked areas of the 3D object. The computer artist masks portions of the 3D object by clicking and dragging the user input device on an area of the 3D object. All vertices whose topological distances are closer to the vertex associated with the initial click position than the final dragged position are masked. The artist then draws an action line on or partially on the 3D object to define a coordinate system. The artist clicks on a point on the action line, and drags the user input device for corresponding transformations of the unmasked portions of the 3D object. | 01-09-2014 |
20140040832 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A MODELESS 3-D GRAPHICS MANIPULATOR - One aspect provides a modeless manipulator for interacting with and manipulating virtual objects located in 3-D space, in applications such as CAD. The modeless manipulator provides user interface elements that can be accessed by a user to effect any interaction relevant within the current display of the 3-D object. Examples of such interactions include scaling, rotation and translation in any of the three coordinate directions, scaling in all three coordinate directions, orbital rotations, and translation in screen space. The user interface elements of the manipulator are rendered so to ease usage of the manipulator on small form factor displays and with machines that lack mouse and stylus as mechanisms for user input. These aspects can be embodied in such machines, which can perform processes that are determined according to tangible machine readable media storing machine executable instructions describing such processes. | 02-06-2014 |
20140047393 | METHOD AND PORTABLE APPARATUS WITH A GUI - A portable apparatus comprising a display screen, a processor, and an input device operable by a user of the portable apparatus. The processor is configured to control the display screen to display a graphical user interface comprising at least one object in a three dimensional (3D) space. The input device is configured to detect a user input and to provide an input signal to the processor. The processor is further configured to receive the input signal, to determine an input location within the display screen, to determine a direction of a rotation axis extending through a pivot point within the 3D space transverse to a line extending from the input location to the pivot point, and to cause the at least one object to rotate within the 3D space about the rotation axis. A graphical user interface suitable for being displayed by the portable apparatus and a method of operating a portable apparatus are also disclosed. | 02-13-2014 |
20140129990 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM HAVING A 3D INPUT SPACE - Computerized methods and interactive input systems for manipulation of 3D objects are disclosed. An image of 3D object is displayed on a 2D interactive surface, and input is received and is interpreted for manipulating the 3D object. When the 3D object is selected, rotation control handles indicating available rotation directions are displayed. In one embodiment, the method comprises capturing images of a 3D input space, recognizing at least one object in the images, and comparing the recognized objects in the images to determine a difference therebetween based on a difference threshold. Depending on the outcome of the comparison, the recognized objects are emerged and associated with digital content, or only one of the recognized objects is maintained and associated with digital content. | 05-08-2014 |
20140149944 | DIRECT MANIPULATION USER INTERFACE FOR SMART OBJECTS - A direct manipulation user interface provides a user with a means to interact with control points associated with smart objects to create and modify complex 3D graphic objects. The direct manipulation user interface includes a precision control mechanism that enables a user to specify precise measurements for a transformation through the user's interaction with a control point. The direct manipulation user interface also includes a history bar that enables a user to scroll back to a previous stage in the design process and to undo a sequence of transformations through the user's interaction with the history bar. | 05-29-2014 |
20140157206 | MOBILE DEVICE PROVIDING 3D INTERFACE AND GESTURE CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a gesture control method for a mobile device that provides a three-dimensional interface. The gesture control method includes displaying a virtual three-dimensional space using the three-dimensional interface; detecting at least one gesture of at least one user using at least one front-facing sensor; and moving an object existing in the virtual three-dimensional space according to the detected gesture such that the at least one user interacts with the virtual three-dimensional space. | 06-05-2014 |
20140195983 | 3D GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described including operations for a 3D graphical user interface. | 07-10-2014 |
20140258938 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUBIC GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES - Systems, methods, and computer program products for cube graphical user interfaces are disclosed. A cube may be a two dimensional representation of a three dimensional object. The cube may contain a file or application on each face of the cube. The cube may be rotated such that a user may view the desired cube face. The various cube faces may be user profiles, and in response to a user profile being selected, the content and appearance of a screen may change to settings associated with the user profile. Cubes may also be sent as attachments to an email or message. One cube attachment may contain a file on each cube face. Cubes may be used for analytic purposes. Data may be presented on each cube face in the form of a graph, and the various graphs may be merged to show relationships between the individual graphs. | 09-11-2014 |
20140298270 | WORKFLOW FOR AMBIGUITY GUIDED INTERACTIVE SEGMENTATION OF LUNG LOBES - An apparatus and a method for post processing 2D image slices ( | 10-02-2014 |
20140304662 | Methods and Systems for Processing 3D Graphic Objects - Method and systems for processing at least one three-dimensional (3D) graphic object include: identifying a change of 3D graphic objects, creating a message, assigning a unique identifier; and forwarding the message and the unique identifier to a scene engine. The change is made by an authoring tool. The message is embedded with change information corresponding to the change. The scene engine functions can be performed by the same or a different computing device as the computing device performing the authoring tool. | 10-09-2014 |
20140325454 | System and Method for Exploring 3D Scenes by Pointing at a Reference Object - The system and method are described for enhancing location-based services by enabling spatial database systems to respond to or answer spatial queries that use a reference object to identify objects or features of interest in environmental scene before a system user. The system and method present invention enhances pointing technology by permitting system users to use queries to identify objects or features within the system user's field of view by pointing at the reference object or feature, and linking it to the object of interest by using spatial prepositions. | 10-30-2014 |
20150012890 | DISCRETE OBJECTS FOR BUILDING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - Described is a virtual environment built by drawing stacks of three-dimensional objects (e.g., discrete blocks) as manipulated by a user. A user manipulates one or more objects, resulting in stack heights being changed, e.g., by adding, removing or moving objects to/from stacks. The stack heights are maintained as sample points, e.g., each point indexed by its associated horizontal location. A graphics processor expands height-related information into visible objects or stacks of objects by computing the vertices for each stack to draw that stack's top surface, front surface and/or side surface based upon the height-related information for that stack. Height information for neighboring stacks may be associated with the sample point, whereby a stack is only drawn to where it is occluded by a neighboring stack, that is, by computing the lower vertices for a surface according to the height of a neighboring stack where appropriate. | 01-08-2015 |
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20150074610 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FROM A PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODEL OF BLOOD FLOW - Embodiments include a system for providing blood flow information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system including a touchscreen. The at least one computer system may be configured to display, on the touchscreen, a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of an anatomical structure of the patient based on patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may also be configured to receive a first input relating to a first location on the touchscreen indicated by at least one pointing object controlled by a user, and the first location on the touchscreen may indicate a first location on the displayed three-dimensional model. The at least one computer system may be further configured to display first information on the touchscreen, and the first information may indicate a blood flow characteristic at the first location. | 03-12-2015 |
20150082253 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUS USER INPUTS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANIMATION - A method for a computer system includes determining a plurality of positions of portions of a hand of a user simultaneously placed upon a user interface device of the computer system, retrieving a set of display icons in response to the plurality of positions of the portions of the user hand, displaying the display icons from the set of display icons on a display relative to the plurality of positions of the portions of the user hand; while displaying the display icons on the display, determining a user selection of a display icon from the display icons, and performing a function in response to the user selection of the display icon. | 03-19-2015 |
20150143302 | METHOD OF PROVIDING VIRTUAL REALITY BASED THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERFACE FOR WEB OBJECT SEARCHES AND REAL-TIME METADATA REPRESENTATIONS AND WEB SEARCH SYSTEM USING THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERFACE - A method of providing a virtual reality-based three-dimensional interface for a web object search and a real time metadata representations and a web search system using the three-dimensional interface thereof are provided. In this method, a plurality of nodes each in which a node identification label string to which an information page is linked is together written and a plurality of links connecting the plurality of nodes, respectively, are displayed in a three-dimensional form that is either static or spinning. Thereafter, by performing an action of reduction, enlargement, movement, rotation, expanding, hiding, removal, and addition in a three-dimensional object that is formed with the node and the link that are displayed in the three-dimensional form according to a user input, the three-dimensional object is displayed or an information page that is linked to a node that is selected by the user is displayed. | 05-21-2015 |
20150293666 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND USER INTERFACING METHOD THEREFOR - A three-dimensional display device and a user interfacing method therefor are disclosed. The three-dimensional display device according to one embodiment comprises: a display unit for displaying a three-dimensional virtual object; a user input signal generation unit for generating a user input signal by detecting a handling object for handling an operation of the three-dimensional virtual object in a three-dimensional space matched with the three-dimensional virtual object; and a control unit for controlling the operation of the three-dimensional virtual object according to the user input signal. | 10-15-2015 |
20160019223 | IMAGE MODIFICATION - In one aspect, a request to alter a first image is received. The request includes a portion of the first image that is provided for display with a second image. The second image is associated with three-dimensional (3D) geometry data for an object depicted in both the first and second images and date information identifying when the second image was captured. Input identifying an area of the second image is received. A third image is identified based on the date information of the third image and the second image. The third image is associated with 3D geometry data for the object. An area of the third image is determined based on the 3D geometry data of the second image, the 3D geometry data of the second image, and the area of the second image. Information identifying the area of the third image is provided for display with the third image. | 01-21-2016 |
20160054889 | INTEGRATED VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF A COMPLEX SYSTEM - An apparatus is provided for implementation of a system for integrated visualization and analysis of a complex system such as an aircraft composed of a plurality of elements. The apparatus may receive data for a physical instance of the complex system, and this data may include a list of the plurality of elements that reflects a relationship between at least some of them. The apparatus may generate a visual presentation of a digital three-dimensional (3D) model of the complex system. The apparatus may generate a layout of document components depicting elements of the plurality of elements, with the layout including one or more two-dimensional (2D) images depicting at least some of the elements. And the apparatus may integrate the data, visual presentation of the 3D model and layout to produce a visual definition of the complex system. | 02-25-2016 |
20160147409 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION USING A TWO-HANDED INTERFACE - This disclosure relates to systems and methods for navigating and analyzing portions of a three-dimensional virtual environment using a two-handed interface. 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. | 05-26-2016 |
20160162155 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a display control section configured to display objects in a virtual three-dimensional space, the virtual three-dimensional space including a depth direction of a display screen and having a center region and a peripheral region located around the center region, and an acquisition section configured to acquire an operation on the objects at least in the depth direction based on a movement of a body of a user. The range of the depth direction in which the objects are displayed is set to a first range in the center region and to a second range narrower than the first range in the peripheral region. | 06-09-2016 |
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