Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090029328 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEARNING - A method for the computer-assisted learning of orthography, the method includes executing the following steps by a data processing system:
| 01-29-2009 |
20090184943 | Displaying Information Interactively - An arrangement for displaying information on a display surface is provided, the arrangement including a computing unit and a projecting unit. The computing unit is capable of supplying a display control signal to the projecting unit to thereby cause the projecting unit to project a display image calculated by the computing unit onto the display surface. The arrangement further includes a detecting unit, the detecting unit being capable of detecting a pointing signal applied to the display surface by a user and of supplying, depending on the pointing signal, a pointing information to the computing unit. The computing unit can calculate the display image including at least one image unit, wherein at least one of the position, the size and of the shape of the at least one image unit is dependent on the pointing information. | 07-23-2009 |
20100161297 | METHOD OF SIMULATING DEFORMABLE OBJECT USING GEOMETRICALLY MOTIVATED MODEL - A method of stimulating a deformable object comprises modeling deformable elasticity for the object by defining an actual shape and a goal shape and pulling points in the goal shape towards corresponding points in the goal shape. | 06-24-2010 |
20110069224 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ART-DIRECTABLE RETARGETING FOR STREAMING VIDEO - An integrated system and method for content-aware video retargeting. An interactive framework combines key frame-based constraint editing with numerous automatic algorithms for video analysis. This combination gives content producers a high level of control of the retargeting process. One component of the framework is a non-uniform, pixel-accurate warp to the target resolution that considers automatic as well as interactively-defined features. Automatic features comprise video saliency, edge preservation at the pixel resolution, and scene cut detection to enforce bilateral temporal coherence. Additional high level constraints can be added by the producer to achieve a consistent scene composition across arbitrary output formats. Advantageously, embodiments of the invention provide a better visual result for retargeted video when compared to using conventional techniques. | 03-24-2011 |
20110109720 | STEREOSCOPIC EDITING FOR VIDEO PRODUCTION, POST-PRODUCTION AND DISPLAY ADAPTATION - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for stereoscopically editing video content. In one embodiment, image pairs of a sequence may be stereoscopically modified by altering at least one image of the image pair. The at least one image may be altered using at least one mapping function. The at least one image may also be altered based on a saliency of the image pair. The at least one image may also be altered based on disparities between the image pair. Advantageously, stereoscopic properties of video content may be edited more conveniently and efficiently. | 05-12-2011 |
20110123183 | SPATIALLY ADAPTIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC FLASH UNIT - Using photographic flash for candid shots often results in an unevenly lit scene, in which objects in the back appear dark. A spatially adaptive photographic flash ( | 05-26-2011 |
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 |
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 |
20110175912 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MESOSCOPIC GEOMETRY MODULATION - A computer-implemented method for generating a three-dimensional model of an object. The method includes generating a coarse geometry mesh of the object; calculating an optimization for the coarse geometry mesh based on photometric consistency and surface consistency associated with the coarse geometry mesh; and refining the coarse geometry mesh with the optimization to generate the three-dimensional model for the object. | 07-21-2011 |
20110175916 | VECTORIZATION OF LINE DRAWINGS USING GLOBAL TOPOLOGY AND STORING IN HYBRID FORM - An animation system can vectorize an image by generating, from an input drawing, a dataset corresponding to vector and digital representations of the input drawing such that a rendering engine could render an image having features in common with the input drawing from the representations, as a collection of strokes and/or objects rather than merely a collection of pixels having pixel color values. A vectorizer might receive an input image, generate a particle clustering data structure from a digitization of the input image, generate a stroke list, wherein strokes in the stroke list correspond to clusters of particles represented in the particle clustering data structure, generate a graph structure that represents connections between strokes on the stroke list, and determine additional characteristics of a stroke beyond the path of the stroke, additional characteristics being stored such that they correspond to strokes. The strokes might be generated using global topology information. | 07-21-2011 |
20110181606 | AUTOMATIC AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF IMAGE FEATURES SUGGESTIVE OF MOTION FOR COMPUTER-GENERATED IMAGES AND VIDEO - In an animation processing system, generating images to be viewable on a display using a computer that are generated based on scene geometry obtained from computer readable storage and animation data representing changes over time of scene geometry elements, but also images can be modified to include shading that is a function of positions of objects at other than the current instantaneous time for a frame render such that the motion effect shading would suggest motion of at least one of the elements to a viewer of the generated images. Motion effects provide, based on depiction parameters and/or artist inputs, shading that varies for at least some received animation data, received motion depiction parameters, for at least one pixel, a pixel color is rendered based on motion effect program output and at least some received scene geometry, such that the output contributes to features that would suggest the motion. | 07-28-2011 |
20110194024 | CONTENT ADAPTIVE AND ART DIRECTABLE SCALABLE VIDEO CODING - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for performing scalable video coding. In one embodiment, non-linear functions are used to predict source video data using retargeted video data. Differences may be determined between the predicted video data and the source video data. The retargeted video data, the non-linear functions, and the differences may be jointly encoded into a scalable bitstream. The scalable bitstream may be transmitted and selectively decoded to produce output video for one of a plurality of predefined target platforms. | 08-11-2011 |
20120019882 | COMPUTATIONAL HIGHLIGHT HOLOGRAPHY - A technique for fabricating a highlight hologram based on a digital object performs point sampling on the object and represents each sampled point as a geometric patch. A set of geometric patches corresponding to sampled points from the object are fabricated into a substrate. A paraboloid patch may be used for reflective substrates while a hyperboloid may be used for transmissive substrates. To avoid specifying overlapping patches, which are impractical to fabricate, certain of the sample points may be merged. An output set of grooves is saved and may be used to specify fabrication of a highlight hologram on the physical substrate. | 01-26-2012 |
20120182299 | ITERATIVE REPROJECTION OF IMAGES - Techniques are disclosed for performing image space reprojection iteratively. An insignificant parallax threshold depth is computed for a source image. Portions of the image having depth values greater than the insignificant parallax threshold depth may be shifted uniformly to produce corresponding portions of the reprojection (target) image. An iterative fixed-point reprojection algorithm is used to reproject the portions of the source image having depth values less than or equal to the insignificant parallax threshold depth. The fixed point reprojection algorithm quickly converges on the best pixel in the source image for each pixel in a target image representing an offset view of the source image. An additional rendering pass is employed to fill disoccluded regions of the target image, where the reprojection algorithm fails to converge. | 07-19-2012 |
20120182334 | MULTI-LAYER PLENOPTIC DISPLAYS THAT COMBINE MULTIPLE EMISSIVE AND LIGHT MODULATING PLANES - A multi-planar plenoptic display assembly is provided that includes multiple spatially-varying light emitting and light modulating planes. The display assembly includes at least one light emitting device and may include, but does not require, a modulating device used in conjunction according to display methods taught herein to display light field data. A display assembly controller may be used to render a light field with depth into a multi-planar plenoptic display assembly by assigning decomposed portions of the light field to the display assembly for display or presentation by differing ones of the emitting elements and by operating a modulating device to provide a parallax barrier. In one embodiment, a dynamic parallax barrier and a number of bi-state screens. Another embodiment uses a beam splitter to co-locate two pairs of autostereoscopic displays each including a projector projecting 3D content, a parallax barrier, and an emissive/projector element. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185218 | PHYSICAL FACE CLONING - A computer-implemented method is provided for physical face cloning to generate a synthetic skin. Rather than attempt to reproduce the mechanical properties of biological tissue, an output-oriented approach is utilized that models the synthetic skin as an elastic material with isotropic and homogeneous properties (e.g., silicone rubber). The method includes capturing a plurality of expressive poses from a human subject and generating a computational model based on one or more material parameters of a material. In one embodiment, the computational model is a compressible neo-Hookean material model configured to simulate deformation behavior of the synthetic skin. The method further includes optimizing a shape geometry of the synthetic skin based on the computational model and the captured expressive poses. An optimization process is provided that varies the thickness of the synthetic skin based on a minimization of an elastic energy with respect to rest state positions of the synthetic skin. | 07-19-2012 |
20120218271 | METHOD OF SIMULATING DEFORMABLE OBJECT USING GEOMETRICALLY MOTIVATED MODEL - A method of stimulating a deformable object comprises modeling deformable elasticity for the object by defining an actual shape and a goal shape and pulling points in the goal shape towards corresponding points in the goal shape. | 08-30-2012 |
20120232854 | METHOD OF SIMULATING DEFORMABLE OBJECT USING GEOMETRICALLY MOTIVATED MODEL - A method of stimulating a deformable object comprises modeling deformable elasticity for the object by defining an actual shape and a goal shape and pulling points in the goal shape towards corresponding points in the goal shape. | 09-13-2012 |
20120284214 | SOFTWARE, DISPLAY AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR RUNNING AND PRESENTING IMAGES AS PART OF THERAPY FOR ENHANCING NUMERICAL COGNITION - A method of presenting training materials for training users with developmental dyscalculia or related learning difficulties includes determining a number or a numerical expression to present as part of training the user in developing internal maps to assist with overcoming a learning difficulty, whereby the user can increase a tendency to establish an internal neurological representation of numbers and numerical expression, wherein a numerical expression is a sequence of at least one number and at least one mathematical operator, generating a representation in a virtual space of an arrangement of numbers, including a number line and a representation of the number or the numerical expression, taking into account a resolution of the computer-controlled display that is to be used, and presenting to the user, using the computer-controlled display, a view of the virtual space showing the number line and the representation of the number or the numerical expression. | 11-08-2012 |
20130323691 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEARNING - A method for the computer-assisted learning of orthography, the method includes executing the following steps by a data processing system:
| 12-05-2013 |
20140046469 | DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF MATERIALS WITH DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS FROM BASE MATERIALS HAVING DETERMINED CHARACTERISTICS - In an object generation system, consumable base materials are characterized in a characterization process wherein an object generation system can use a plurality of so-characterized base materials. User input representing a desired object and set of characteristics for that desired object are processed, using a computer or computing device, to derive a mapping of locations for placement of portions of the plurality of base materials such that when the mapping is provided to an object generator, the generated object approximates the representing a desired object and set of characteristics. The characterization of a base material might include elasticity of the base material, the user input might be a desired shape and elasticity, the object generator might be a 3D multi-material printer and the generated object might at least approximate the desired shape and elasticity as a result of being constructed from the plurality of base materials used by the printer. | 02-13-2014 |
20140219550 | Silhouette-based pose estimation - Estimating a pose of an articulated | 08-07-2014 |
20140327674 | SCENE RECONSTRUCTION FROM HIGH SPATIO-ANGULAR RESOLUTION LIGHT FIELDS - The disclosure provides an approach for estimating depth in a scene. According to one aspect, regions where the depth estimation is expected to perform well may first be identified in full-resolution epipolar-plane images (EPIs) generated from a plurality of images of the scene. Depth estimates for EPI-pixels with high edge confidence are determined by testing a number of discrete depth hypotheses and picking depths that lead to highest color density of sampled EPI-pixels. The depth estimate may also be propagated throughout the EPIs. This process of depth estimation and propagation may be iterated until all EPI-pixels with high edge confidence have been processed, and all EPIs may also be processed in this manner. The EPIs are then iteratively downsampled to coarser resolutions, at which edge confidence for EPI-pixels not yet processed are determined, depth estimates of EPI-pixels with high edge confidence made, and depth estimates propagated throughout the EPIs. | 11-06-2014 |