Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for texture space shading. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: performing texture mapping to map one or more textures to surfaces of one or more objects in texture space within a ray tracing architecture; and performing sampling and reconstruction directly on the surfaces of the objects in the texture space.

Abstract: A method of controlling a virtual model to perform physics simulation to the virtual model in a virtual space includes: generating a first virtual model having a first object physics field which is a range with respect to a first field parameter; generating a second virtual model having a second object physics field which is a range with respect to a second field parameter; when the field parameters are capable of corresponding to each other, checking whether there is a portion where the object physics fields correspond to each other; and when there is a portion where the object physics fields correspond to each other, generating an interaction of the virtual models.

Abstract: Methods of integrity checking digitally displayed data in a display system having a display comprising a pixel array and a display system having a CPU configured to output data, a display screen comprising a pixel array with viewable and non-viewable areas, a GPU configured to receive the outputted data from the CPU and graphically render the information on the viewable area of the display screen, and a GIM engine configured to determine the integrity of drawn graphical information.

Abstract: An example information processing apparatus includes a processing system configured to control the information processing apparatus to: determine a base and a base direction in a virtual space; and determine whether an object can be generated in the virtual space relative to the base in the base direction. Based on determining that the object can be generated relative to the base in the base direction, an animated indicator may be displayed indicating at least the base direction for generating the object in the virtual space. Based on determining that a specified condition is satisfied, the object may be progressively generated relative to the base in the base direction.

Abstract: An appliance device to display a workspace with an aspect ratio assigned to the workspace, regardless of the aspect ratio of a local display. The appliance device displays only a portion of the workspace in a viewport window at one time. The appliance device also displays a preview version of the entire workspace. The preview version comprises a user-interface tool which enables panning of the workspace in the viewport window. A presenter device makes a presentation while interacting with a workspace while viewer devices watch the presentation. A viewer device displays the workspace with the assigned aspect ratio and displays only portion of the workspace at one time. When the presenter device interacts with a location of the workspace, the presenter device operates in conjunction with a messaging infrastructure and the viewer devices to automatically cause each of the viewer devices to display the location of interaction in the workspace.

Abstract: A method and system for media encoding using changed regions. The method includes detecting the changed regions and a static portion of a desktop of a computing device. The amount of changed regions may be determined. The changed regions may be encoded in response to the amount of changed regions.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a curated digital analytics workspace. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods curate a digital analytics workspace based on a variety of factors to generate a curated digital analytics workspace capable of dynamically analyzing digital data elements. More specifically, one or more embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods limit data elements and/or analytics visualizations available in a digital analytics workspace based on user characteristics, data element features, or other factors to generate a curated digital analytics workspace. In this manner, the disclosed systems and methods can generate a curated digital analytics workspace that provides access to data elements and/or analytics visualizations targeted to the needs and capabilities of an individual or group while reducing confusion that often results from traditional analytics systems.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide methods for generating navigation presentations that display a device navigating a route on a map. The method uses a virtual camera that, based on detected changes to the navigation context, dynamically modifies how it captures map portions to produce navigation scenes in the presentation. The method of some embodiments identifies attribute sets describing different navigation contexts and uses these attribute sets to identify virtual camera operating styles. The method uses an identified style to specify the virtual camera's positional attributes, which define the map portions identified for rendering to produce navigation scenes over time. During the navigation presentation, each time the navigation context changes, the identified attribute set may change. This, in turn, may cause the method to select a new virtual camera operating style. When the style changes, the method modifies the way the virtual camera captures the map portion to render.

Abstract: Methods and devices for animating variable fonts may include receiving a request to animate one or more glyphs of a variable font in a design space based on one or more animation parameters. The methods and devices may also include determining an animation path in the design space for the one or more glyphs based on the animation parameters and calculating a set of keyframes having respective keyframe positions along the animation path. The methods and devices may include constructing glyph outline data of the one or more glyphs for each keyframe in the set of keyframes. The methods and devices may include generating intermediate glyph outline data at one or more intermediate positions between the keyframe positions and transmitting the glyph outline data and the intermediate glyph outline data.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to dynamic display of content consumption by geographic location. A processor recognizes content being consumed by a set of users, and identifies geographic locations of the consumption and a set of characteristics associated with the consumption. The processor further determines at least one filter for a user of the set of users and filters the set of consumption characteristics based on the at least one filter. The processor further ranks respective consumed content based on a filtered set of consumption characteristics, and displays to the user subsets of the consumed content according to respective rankings and geographic location.

Abstract: A display device for a vehicle, which is installed to a targeted vehicle, selectively makes one of a left side display part, which is at least one of the plurality of display parts and is a position on a more left side than the center of the display means in a lateral direction, and a right side display part, which is at least one of the plurality of display parts and is a position on a more right side than the center, show a passing section-related sign image, indicating whether the vehicles in a country have to keep to the left or keep to the right. The passing-section related sign image corresponds to a road sign representing traffic information related to whether the vehicles have to keep to the left or have to keep to the right, when the identified road sign is the passing section-related sign.

Abstract: Techniques for providing a user with an augmented virtuality (AV) experience are described herein. An example of a method of providing an AV experience includes determining a location of a mobile device, determining a context based on the location, obtaining AV object information, displaying the AV object information in relation to the context, detecting an interaction with the context, modifying the AV object information based on the interaction, and displaying the modified AV object information. The context may include weighting information. The weighting information may be based on Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) or Round-Trip Time (RTT) data. The weighting information may be associated with a composition of a physical object in the context. A user gesture may be received, and the AV object information may be modified based on the received gesture information.

Abstract: A method of color conversion from a red-green-blue (RGB) color space to a red-green-blue-white (RGBW) color space on an input image includes calculating RGB and white gains with respect to an image block of the input image, calculating RGB and white gain with respect to a pixel of the image block, wherein the white gain with respect to the pixel of the image block is adjusted based on the RGB gain with respect to the pixel of the image block, and performing the RGB to RGBW color conversion based on the RGB and white gain with respect to the pixel of the image block, which improves local color and detail performance of an output image corresponding to the input image.

Abstract: The method for dynamic video magnification magnifies small motions occurring simultaneously within large motions. The method involves selecting a region of interest from a video for magnification. The region of interest is warped to obtain a stabilized sequence of frames that discounts large motions. Each frame of the stabilized sequence is decomposed to a foreground layer, a background layer, and an alpha matte layer, and each of the foreground and alpha matte layers is magnified. Then a magnified sequence is generated from the magnified layers using matte inversion. Any image holes in the magnified sequence are filled in using texture synthesis. Finally, the magnified sequence is de-warped to the original space-time coordinates.

Abstract: An aircraft system includes a communications unit configured to receive a first message with a first proposed flight plan modification to a flight plan from air traffic control. The system further includes a processing unit coupled to the communications unit and configured to receive the first message. The processing unit is further configured to generate display commands representing the first proposed flight plan modification and the flight plan. The system further includes a display device coupled to the processing unit and configured to receive the display commands and display the flight plan and first symbology representing the first proposed flight plan modification with the flight plan.

Abstract: A method includes conveying a pipe inspection tool including one or more sensors into a wellbore having at least one pipe, transmitting an excitation signal from the pipe inspection tool and measuring response signals with the sensors, and processing the response signals to obtain measured responses. A map of the pipe is then generated based on the measured responses, where the map is divided into pipe ranges extending along the length of the pipe and each pipe range corresponds to a percentage of metal loss in the pipe. A photorealistic image is assigned to each pipe range based on the percentage of metal loss, and a two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) image is then generated as a combination of each photorealistic image. The 2D or 3D image is then graphically visualized.

Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include receiving, by a first computing device from a virtual reality (VR) headset, data indicative of a position of a second computing device, rendering, by the first computing device, an aspect of the second computing device for inclusion in a VR space based on the position of the second computing device, and integrating the rendered aspect of the second computing device with content for display as integrated content in the VR space. The method can further include providing the integrated content to the VR headset for display on a screen included in the VR headset, receiving data indicative of an interaction of a user with the second computing device, and based on the received data indicative of the interaction of the user with the second computing device, altering the content for display as integrated content in the VR space.

Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a display device including an imagewise light emitting unit that emits imagewise light for displaying an input image, and a display surface member that includes a display surface that displays the input image as a displayed image, and transmits backside ambient light or reflects ambient light; an observation distance detecting section that detects an observation distance between the display surface and an observer; a display brightness acquiring section that acquires display brightness of the display device; an ambient light detecting section that detects the ambient light; and an image processing unit that performs image processing to adjust input spatial frequency characteristics of the input image based on the display brightness, the observation distance, and the ambient light such that display spatial frequency characteristics of the displayed image agree with target spatial frequency characteristics.

Abstract: A method of displaying caustics, the method includes determining intersection positions at which rays emitted from a light source pass through particles of a first object and meet a second object; applying caustic textures to the intersection positions; and rendering the first object using a caustic map based on a result of the applying caustic textures to the intersection positions.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for rendering at variable sampling rates. Vertex coordinates for 3D primitive are received from a shader execution unit, and an arithmetic operation is performed on the vertex coordinates by fixed operation circuitry to produce modified vertex coordinates in homogeneous coordinate space. The modified vertex coordinates are transformed from homogeneous coordinate space into screen-space to produce screen-space vertex coordinates of a transformed 3D primitive and the transformed 3D primitive is rasterized in screen-space using the screen-space vertex coordinates to produce an image for display.