Abstract: System and method for creating a graphical user interface. The method comprises the steps of: providing a removable display device having a display for displaying digital images stored on the display device, the display device including a graphical user interface, the display device having a electrical connector; providing a functional module electrically interfaceable with the display device, the functional module providing a function and including stored data to configure the graphical user interface to control the function of the functional module from the display device; automatically transferring the stored data from the functional module to the display device when the functional module is electrically interfaced with the display device; and using the transferred data to configure the graphical user interface.

Abstract: System and method for creating a graphical user interface. The method comprises the steps of: providing a removable display device having a display for displaying digital images stored on the display device, the display device including a graphical user interface, the display device having a electrical connector; providing a functional module electrically interfacable with the display device, the functional module providing a function and including stored data to configure the graphical user interface to control the function of the functional module from the display device; automatically transferring the stored data from the functional module to the display device when the functional module is electrically interfaced with the display device; and using the transferred data to configure the graphical user interface.

Abstract: A system for creating a graphical user interface for a platform having a display and one or more operator input devices, comprising: a user interface design tool for producing a file system stream describing the user interface and resources, the user interface design tool including a platform definition defining the capabilities of the platform including descriptions of user interface widgets and platform adapters, a plurality of resources containing descriptions of graphical components used by the widgets, a layout manager for producing a description of a layout of user interface widgets on the graphical user interface, a design editor for producing a description of the characteristics of the user interface widgets defined by the layout manager and the resources and how widgets bind with each other and with the platform adapters, the binding involving binding data representations within a widget to a data representation in another widget or adapter, and binding events within a widget to events within another

Abstract: A two dimensional moving averaging filter is provided using a computational element coupled to a memory means which contains an electronic version of a two dimensional array of pixel values with N rows and M columns and a temporary memory buffer having a dimension of M columns by R+1 rows that is operatively coupled to receive data from the array. Each of the M columns within the temporary memory buffer is summed and the summated column values are placed into the “R+1” row of the temporary memory wherein a neighborhood filter is formed by secondly summing a predetermined number, “C”, of the summated column values such that the neighborhood filter contains a summation for a neighborhood the pixel array values of “R” rows by “C” columns.

Abstract: A rank filter suitable for use in real-time signal processing and image processing applications, for example, for improving an image. The rank filter can be implemented in software or hardware, employed in single- and multi-dimensions, and within any specified window. A link-list algorithm is combined with a memory array for storing and ordering the data.