Abstract: Automatic generation of a frequency domain mask is achieved by drawing a reduced waveform representing frequency domain data for an input signal as a pixel map. The reduced waveform is blurred by applying a user selected frequency offset, and from the blurred waveform data points are selected to generate upper and lower limits. The selected upper limit data points form an upper limit mask and the lower limit data points form a lower limit mask. When the upper and lower limit data masks are combined and translated back to frequency/amplitude units from the pixel map, they form an envelope mask.

Abstract: A method, medium and apparatus determining whether models collide with each other. In the model collision detecting method, medium and apparatus, it is possible to quickly examine whether models collide, and to recognize the collision generated at an arbitrary time, which is not a predetermined collision check time of the models, without missing the recognition of the collision generated at the arbitrary time, by determining whether paths reflecting movement of the model primitives between the current time and a previous time overlap when the model primitives do not collide at the current time, determining whether the model primitives collide with each other at an arbitrary time between the current time and the previous time when the path primitives overlap each other, and recognizing that the models collide with each other at the arbitrary time when the model primitives collide with each other at the arbitrary time.

Abstract: Video signals which represent a scene as viewed by a camera are processed to combine a computer generated object with the video signals with the effect that the computer generated object appears within the scene when the video signals are displayed. The scene includes a first object. The process includes mapping a virtual model of the first object to a position of the first object within the scene so that the virtual model substantially corresponds with the real object. The virtual model has a degree of transparency such that the virtual model can be rendered as a substantially transparent virtual object within the scene. The process further includes detecting occluded regions of the virtual model. The occluded regions correspond to regions of the virtual model which are hidden from a virtual light source by the computer generated object.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems that allow a user to reposition or size a graphics item or background such that a portion of the graphics item resides outside the background. This permits tailored operating spaces based on user preference and allowable conditions, which are particularly useful with display devices having a large display area.

Abstract: Methods are described for selecting reflective layer distances in an interferometric modulator display that result in reduced color sensitivity to temperature and process variation. Colors are selected for interferometric modulator subpixels that correspond to a minimum in the rate that the colors change with respect to reflective layer distance. In some cases, colors are selected that deviate from the minimums in order to obtain a desired target color (e.g., a desired white point).

Abstract: An apparatus for use in image processing is set forth that comprises a pixel processor, context memory, and a context memory controller. The pixel processor is adapted to execute a pixel processing operation on a target pixel using a context of the target pixel. The context memory is adapted to store context values associated with the target pixel. The context memory controller may be adapted to control communication of context values between the pixel processor and the context memory. Further, the context memory controller may be responsive to a context initialization signal or the like provided by the pixel processor to initialize the content of the context memory to a known state, even before the pixel processor has completed its image processing operations and/or immediately after completion of its image processing operations. In one embodiment, the pixel processor executes a JBIG coding operation on the target pixel.

Abstract: To solve the problem that when a space with a set width is inserted after each character to regularize the spaces between characters the overall character spacing is widened, making text less easy to read, there are provided a character control code storage unit (5) for storing, for each character display position, a character control code (CTD) including a character code (CC) and character width data (CW), and a positional control unit (4) for reading the character control code (CTD) for the present character display position from the character control code storage unit (5), and controlling the occurrence interval of the present character display position according to the character width data (CW) in the character control code (5) that was read and the previous character display position.

Abstract: A graphical display station of arbitrary shape such as channel letters or other shaped structures is populated with pixels which are components of flexible pixel strings which can be arranged to fit the arbitrary shape(s). The flexible pixel strings provide for straightforward and cost effective fabrication of channel letter or other shaped displays. The invention also includes pixel units which comprise lighting elements together with such control circuits as are needed to properly drive the lighting elements to form a graphical image. Addressing of the particular pixels is provided to accommodate the arbitrary arrangement of pixels of the flexible pixel strings. Methods of fabricating a channel letter display are also disclosed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for imaging device display standardization.

Abstract: A method for modeling components of a stream processing application, includes: defining an input message pattern of a processing element, wherein the input message pattern includes variables representing data objects that must be included in a message input to the processing element, and a graph pattern that semantically describes the data objects that must be included in the message input to the processing element; and defining an output message pattern of the processing element, wherein the output message pattern includes variables and new data objects, the variables and new data objects representing data objects that must be included in a message output from the processing element, and a graph pattern that semantically describes the data objects in the message output from the processing element.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A signal process, including processing signal data representing a signal to determine cycles of the signal, the cycles having different lengths; and processing the signal data to generate normalization data for normalizing the cycles to a common length. The process generates cycle data representing alignment of a plurality of normalized cycles of the signal. The cycle data can be displayed to a user to provide a visual representation of the signal that is readily understood by non-expert users. The displayed image can be modified by the user and used to generate an output signal.

Abstract: A method for constructing a data structure of a proximate particle search is executed by a GPU, and computes a simulation of a physical object by converting three-dimensional digital image data to two-dimensional digital image data. The memory for a bucket is composed of buckets for dividing a memory space that is created in accordance with a space in which the physical object occurs. A writing step is provided in which a scattering function (GPU: vertex shader) is used by the GPU to read a particle coordinate and the particle number of a particle stored in the bucket and write the particle coordinate and the particle number to a two-dimensional image space.

Abstract: Generating a child timeline on a drawing sheet of a diagramming program such that the child timeline is dynamically linked to a parent timeline. An automated method allows for the automatic placing of information on the child timeline that was on the parent timeline when the child timeline is created. Parent and child timelines can be modified and a child timeline can be automatically updated when changes are made to the parent timeline and these changes affect the time interval corresponding to the child timeline.

Abstract: A system for generating two-dimensional views of a three-dimensional model is provided. The system includes an active building model system generating one or more user-selected two-dimensional views of a three-dimensional building model. A floor plan view location system receives user control data and places a two-dimensional floor plan view in a user-selected location of a viewing window. An elevation view location system receives user control data and places a two-dimensional elevation view in a user-selected location of the viewing window.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to perform a task using a special character. The method further includes receiving from a user an indication specifying an interpretation of the special character and storing the indication. The method further includes interpreting the special character using the indication, and performing the task using the interpreted special character.

Abstract: A method of waveform drawing, including generating a plurality of waveforms with certain waveforms being in the same space in a display, eclipsing the waveforms in a rank order and storing the related data in an eclipsed list, the related data of the eclipsed list including a plurality of drawing points with the results of eclipsing the waveforms in the rank order, performing a reduction of flicker on a displayed image from the data outputted from the eclipsing of the waveforms in rank order, an erasure list and a draw list including the results of the reduction of flicker, optimizing the erasure list from the data outputted from performing the reduction of flicker and storing in an optimized erasure list, and copying from the eclipsed list to a predecessor list, the predecessor list including drawing units representing vertical stripes at a given x-axis position.

Abstract: When a position on a displayed graph is selected, a graph information processor acquires time information which is a parameter on an axis at the selected position. A character information acquirer acquires character information that includes date/time information as one of the attributes that matches the acquired time information. The acquired character information is displayed.

Abstract: In an apparatus and method for processing information, the font sizes of characters in display content are changed in different magnifications for each of the font sizes so as to display the content in a legible size when the size of the display area is changed. A program makes a computer execute the method.

Abstract: A display device comprises a display section, a pattern specifying code input section which receives a pattern specifying code externally, a pattern storage section which stores therein an image of a predetermined pattern, and a pattern display processing section which reads out the image of a pattern specified by the pattern specifying code from the pattern storage section and displays the image on the display section. With this arrangement, the load on a host to display an image can be reduced.