Abstract: An electronic apparatus having buttons without forming gaps therein comprises a housing having a first opening, an operation element, a supporting plate, a touch circuit board and at least one switch component. The operation element comprises a touch pad, a first fixing part and a button part. The touch pad and the button part form a flat surface. The operation element disposed in the first opening of the housing is fixed to the lower surface of the housing through the use of the first fixing part. In addition, the supporting plate used to support the button part is arranged underneath. The touch pad is covered by the touch circuit board so as to provide the control function and at least one switch component is arranged under the button part to enable the switch component being actuated when the button part is pressed downward.

Abstract: In an information processing method for recognizing a handwritten figure or character, with use of a speech input in combination, in order to increase the recognition accuracy a given target is subjected to figure recognition and a first candidate figure list is obtained. Input speech information is phonetically recognized and a second candidate figure list is obtained. On the basis of the figure candidates obtained by the figure recognition and the figure candidates obtained by the speech recognition, a most likely figure is selected.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for scrolling a display includes detecting contact relative to a touch pad having a plurality of regions which individually correspond to a plurality of different scrolling directions, and determining which region of the plurality of regions the contact is detected. If the contact is maintained for a first threshold time period, the method further includes scrolling an associated display in a direction corresponding to the previously determined region. Alternatively, scrolling a display includes receiving input responsive to contact relative to a plurality of regions of a touch pad, in which each of the plurality of regions individually correspond to a plurality of different scrolling directions, and scrolling an associated display in a direction corresponding to a scrolling direction associated with a last-contacted region of the plurality of regions.

Abstract: The game apparatus executes a storage step of repeatedly acquiring input area data representing an input area 41 in accordance with a detection result from the input device, and storing the input area data in a memory. Next, the game apparatus executes: a virtual area determination step of determining a virtual area 42 so as to follow a change of the input area 41 represented by the input area data each time the input area data is stored in the memory; and a first process execution step of executing a first process, such as a process of moving a cursor, in accordance with the virtual area 42 having been determined by the virtual area determination step.

Abstract: A touch sensor comprises a plurality of traces in a same sensing layer or in different sensing layers, and the base capacitances of the traces are made uniform by connecting one or more compensation areas to one or more of the traces or selecting the distances between the grounding layer and one or more of the traces. The compensation area and the trace it compensates may or may not in a same layer.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a computer-implemented method of identifying and annotating an image from an electronic medical record displayed on a touch screen, which includes displaying the image on the touch screen; identifying medical issues shown in the image; annotating the image with at least one symbol correlated to predetermined information using a navigational device; and prioritizing the medical issues using the navigational device. The prioritizing step may include color-coding at least one of the symbol and the image using the navigational device. Further, the navigational device may include a pressure detecting mechanism which determines at least one of a priority of the image and a speed of images displayed on the touch screen, based on an amount of pressure exerted by a user on the touch screen. The navigational device includes security features to ensure authorized use, including biometric authentication of identification.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display includes a display panel, a plurality of pixels formed on the display panel, a sensing unit disposed among the pixels and generating a sensor data signal based on a touch to the display panel, a plurality of image data lines connected to the pixels and transmitting image data signals, and a sensor data line connected to the sensing unit and transmitting the sensor data signal. The sensor data line is separated from an image data line adjacent thereto with respect to the pixel.

Abstract: A device for detecting the position of a human finger or other object on a touch-sensitive scrolling pad. Dual independent oscillators may be used to generate two pulse trains at frequencies dependent upon the capacitance of two conductors resulting from the position of the finger on the conductors. The pulses from each oscillator may be counted over a time interval. A ratio-metric measurement may be taken by calculating the ratio of the two counts, and a sum may also be calculated. The ratio of the two counts relates to finger position on the device, and their sum relates to finger pressure upon the device.

Abstract: A touch panel including a light-transmissive upper substrate, a light-transmissive lower substrate, an upper wave plate, a polarizing plate, a lower wave plate, and a first cover layer. An upper conductive layer is formed at a lower face of the upper substrate, and a lower conductive layer is formed at a top face of the lower substrate. This lower conductive layer is formed facing the upper conductive layer with a predetermined space in between. The upper wave plate is formed at a top face of the upper substrate. The polarizing plate is formed at a top face of the upper wave plate. The lower wave plate is formed at a lower face of the lower substrate. The first cover layer is formed at a lower face of the lower wave plate. This structure offers a touch panel which is resistant to damage to the lower wave plate and provides good viewability.

Abstract: Digital pen methods and apparatus for healthcare systems are shown. A digital pen is used with a form which then will be interpreted. Various actions may take place as a result. User interaction may include verification and error handling.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an electronic pen that is able to prevent the reflection of an ultrasonic wave. An electronic pen according to the present invention has: a housing having a longitudinal axis and a write side tip along the longitudinal axis; at least an ultrasonic wave transmitter, the ultrasonic wave transmitter being arranged near the write side tip of the housing; and a controller for detecting a sensor orientation and for controlling transmission of the ultrasonic wave. The sensor orientation is an index that shows a rotational orientation of the housing about the longitudinal axis, the rotational orientation being directed at an ultrasonic wave sensor for receiving the ultrasonic wave that is transmitted from the ultrasonic wave transmitter. The controller selectively activates a part of the ultrasonic wave transmitter such that the ultrasonic wave is transmitted from the orientation which is directed to the sensor orientation.

Abstract: The invention relates to an interface (12) for dialogue between a user and an interactive terminal (10), especially a parking meter for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one selection element (30) enabling the user to choose the value of at least one parameter from an associated list of values, a validation element (30) enabling the user to validate his or her choice, a canceling element (32) enabling the user to cancel a choice, and a display screen (16) enabling the user to visualize the value of the parameter, wherein the interactive terminal (10) performs an operation which is determined according to the choice of the parameter, characterized in that the selection element (30) also forms the validation element.

Abstract: The display apparatus of the present invention performs display processing for outputting and displaying a plurality of screens consecutively on a display unit. The apparatus comprises a restart screen determination unit for obtaining a restart screen based on the screen displayed on the display unit when canceled, and a screen output unit for outputting the obtained screen on the display unit.

Abstract: A display system and display control method for displaying an image based upon image data supplied from an image supply device or external storage unit. Information indicating whether editing of image data is allowed or not is appended to an image, the information is discriminated and display areas of images corresponding to the image data are displayed on a screen upon making the display areas appear different from each other in accordance with the information discriminated.

Abstract: No flicker is displayed on the display screen during display of moving pictures and power consumption can be reduced by adding a high quality moving picture display function. Moreover, the number of times of transfer of moving pictures by comprising a still-picture•text•system•I/O•bus interface and a moving picture interface (external display interface), providing a display operation change register (DM) and a RAM access change register (RM) which are changed selectively depending on display content (display mode) displayed on a display device and displaying the display data on the display device via a picture memory even in the moving picture display mode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a drive circuit that allows an improvement of driving capability of switching devices in an output circuit that drives capacitive loads, and allows an improvement in power recovery efficiency. The drive circuit comprises: a second power supply circuit for supplying a second power supply voltage; and a plurality of output control circuits each for individually controlling switching operations of a first switching transistor and a second switching transistor. The second power supply circuit superimposes a DC voltage on a first power supply voltage from an output terminal of a first power supply circuit to generate the second power supply voltage, and supplies the generated voltage to the output control circuits. The first switching transistor selectively supplies an output voltage to its corresponding capacitive load in response to the first switching control signal supplied from its corresponding output control circuit.

Abstract: A power supply circuit (10) has a current control portion (5) that controls, at a predetermined level, the currents passed through LEDs (3) and (4); a current setting portion (6) that sets, in the current control portion (5), the level of currents to be passed through the LEDs (3) and (4); and a checking portion (7) that checks whether or not currents at the current level set by the current setting portion (6) can be passed through the LEDs (3) and (4). The checking portion (7), on recognizing a condition in which at least one of the LEDs (3) and (4) cannot be fed with a current at the level set by the current setting portion (6), feeds the current setting portion (6) with a signal indicating the condition; on receiving the signal, the current setting portion (6) changes the currently set current level to a current level at which currents can be passed through both the LEDs (3) and (4).

Abstract: Free-hand manual navigation assists diagnosis using perspective rendering for three or four dimensional imaging. In addition to a three-dimensional rendering for navigation, a number of two-dimensional images corresponding to a virtual camera location are displayed to assist the navigation and visualization. Alternatively or additionally, a representation of the virtual camera is displayed in one or more two-dimensional images. The virtual camera is moved within the two-dimensional images to navigate for perspective rendering.

Abstract: An authentication apparatus comprises a first acquiring part for acquiring three-dimensional shape information of a face of a target person to be authenticated, a compressing part for compressing said three-dimensional shape information by using a predetermined mapping relation, thereby generating three-dimensional shape feature information, and an authenticating part for performing an operation of authenticating said target person by using said three-dimensional shape feature information.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for a non-contact, three-dimensional determination of the shape of a dental technology object (10) whereby, to determine the space coordinates of the object's surface points to be measured, a thin stripe of light projected onto the object is measured by at least two matrix cameras (32, 34) to determine two space coordinates (Z- Y-coordinate) of a coordinate system, and the third space coordinate (X coordinate) is ascertained by determining the position of the object arranged on a measuring table (22) which is rotatable about an axis of rotation (20).

Abstract: A method and system of the present invention determines the performance values of components of a flow by taking the interactions between the components into account, and visualizes the performance values on a graphical user interface during a flow design phase. Thus, interactions between the components of the flow become transparent to the user and bottlenecks can be identified immediately.

Abstract: An image processing program which can create a gradation of a sharp edge shadow and a gradation of subtle colors. The program comprises, a step in which a diffuse reflection from a first and second object and a shadow of the first object on the second object in a lighting information texture which are generated by a virtual light hitting the first and second object are superimposed onto a base texture which represents details of the object so that a target object is mapped; a step in which a mirror reflection which is generated by the virtual light hitting the first and second object is calculated so that a specular reflection is generated to surfaces of the first and second object; and a step in which the specular reflection is masked based on mask information provided in the lighting information texture which is mapped to the second object.

Abstract: Apparatus includes unit storing CG data containing data about coordinate transformation, camera, geometry, light source, and texture, unit transforming coordinate system of CG data into camera-coordinate system, unit calculating intersections of object and ray vectors passing through sampled points, unit calculating 3D motion vectors, unit calculating color values at intersections, unit assigning object IDs of intersections at 3D coordinates to intersections, unit projecting intersections and 3D motion vectors onto plane, and calculating 2D coordinates at intersections and 2D motion vectors at intersections, unit storing 2D coordinates, 2D motion vectors, color values, and object IDs together as low-resolution video data, unit calculating intermediate-resolution video data by superimposing low-resolution video data of current frame onto low-resolution video data of frames temporally different from current frame, unit calculating high-resolution video data by filtering intermediate-resolution video data, unit

Abstract: This program product causes a computer to function as the respective units for (a) arranging a model configured by intersecting a plurality of plate-shaped polygons in a virtual space, (b) calculating a parameter dependent on an angle formed from a first vector set in association with the model and a second vector set in association with the line of sight of the virtual camera, (c) selecting as a display target one among the plurality of plate-shaped polygons configuring the model according to the parameter, (d) mapping a prescribed texture to the plate shaped polygon selected with the polygon selection unit, and (e) generating an image obtained by performing perspective projection to the inside of the virtual space, in which the model mapped with the texture is arranged, on a perspective projection plane set in correspondence with a visual point of the virtual camera.

Abstract: A computer simulation method is disclosed for simulating an electrical cable having a stranded conductor surrounded by a conductor shield encased in an insulation jacket and having an interstitial void volume in the region of the conductor injected with a fluid composition comprising at least one dielectric enhancement fluid component so as to at least partially fill the interstitial void volume at an initial time. The simulation method comprises for a selected length of the simulated cable, defining a plurality of radially arranged finite volumes extending the selected length of the simulated cable, and estimating the radial temperature of each finite volume. For a selected time period after the initial time, performing a series of steps at least once and outputting or otherwise using the value of the new concentration for the dielectric enhancement fluid component within each finite volume.

Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic video summarization device and method using a fuzzy OC-SVM (one-class support vector machine) algorithm. A user's subjective decision is reflected in order to generate an effective video summary, and a method for generating flexible video summary information which satisfies the user's environment or requirements is provided. Important video segments are extracted from a given video, and a sequence of key frames is extracted from the video segments, and hence, the user can catch the contents of the video quickly and access desired video scenes.

Abstract: An improvement over prior art aircraft instrument flight display systems for imaging on a bit-mapped display formed of a multiplicity of individually addressable pixels at locations throughout the display and actuatable to create images on the display, employs a common processor operatively connected between a video graphics processor and the display system input of a common set of aircraft and environmental sensor data—to provide both an integrity checking function and a graphics rendering function in which the integrity checking function can directly check the images generated by the graphics rendering function without the need for comparator hardware. Separate processors may also be employed instead of a common processor. The integrity checking function uses the input information for generating a pixel verification map for checking the display based on pixel color and location.

Abstract: An extended portfolio chart drawing device draws an evaluation object on a portfolio chart. The chart drawing device selects the evaluation object to draw a radar chart, extracts a score from an index axis of an evaluation item designated by a dial drag position detection unit for the selected evaluation object from the radar chart data, and draws a triangle representing the direction of the index axis and the score of the evaluation item at a position of the corresponding evaluation object on the portfolio chart. Then, the chart drawing device draws a polygon representing the relationship between all the evaluation values for the selected evaluation object to be expanded from the radar chart data at the position of the corresponding evaluation object on the portfolio chart.

Abstract: A graph creation unit of a chart display device displays a plurality of charts (graphs), which is created by applying one graph-model form to a plurality of categories in a category list file, onto one graph destination sheet, by aligning and arranging the charts in the one graph destination sheet. The graph creation unit makes an economic statistics data control unit obtain a predetermined numerical values corresponding to the chart displayed on the graph destination sheet from an accumulated database or an economic statistics database server, and displays the obtained numerical values on the graph destination sheet in the form of individual chart.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of visualising a biochemical pathway, wherein said pathway represents a plurality of reaction stages linked by reaction steps. Said reaction stages are represented by nodes of said pathway. Said reaction steps are represented by links in between said nodes of said pathway. Node attributes of said nodes are retrieved from a database. Said method comprises the steps of: receiving at least one node attribute type indicating node attributes of a same nature; forming a plurality of collections of one or more nodes of said nodes, said one or more nodes of each collection having same node attributes of said received attribute type; and visualising said pathway on display means in at least three dimensions, wherein collections are distinguishably visualised from each other in at least one grouping dimension of said at least three dimensions.

Abstract: A graphic display control device easily changes a display of a graph or graphic by operating an area where a graph or graphic is generally displayed. When a CPU detects trace execution inputting, the CPU displays a trace pointer on a graph, and simultaneously displays coordinates at which the trace pointer is positioned. Further, when the CPU detects an operation of a graph controller by an input pen, the CPU adds a predetermined value to an x-coordinate value of the trace pointer to perform tracing of the graph.

Abstract: The polygonal chart drawing processing device inputs information including the number N of evaluation items, the length M of an evaluation axis, evaluation items and values for the drawing object from the radar chart drawing processing device. The device generates base graphics (e.g. isosceles triangle) as many as the number of evaluation items, then, by obtaining the length L of an isosceles side of the similar figure to the base graphic, generates an item-value-corresponding graphic having a vertical angle being 2?/N and an area representing an item value of the corresponding evaluation item. The device then draws a polygonal chart which consists of all the item-value-corresponding graphics arranged in a radial pattern with the indicator axis of a radar chart being placed over a center line of the corresponding item-value-corresponding graphic and the vertical angle of the item-value-corresponding graphic being placed over the center point.

Abstract: A method for determining polynomials to model circuit delay includes the step of determining one or more error areas in a characteristic map that exceed an error margin. Next, a current domain count is set to zero and selecting one error area of the one or more error areas is selected. A patch region that will contain the error area determined the patch region is then curve fitted and the current domain count is increased by one. The steps of repeating steps of selecting an error area, determine a patch, curve fitting within the patch, and increasing the domain count by one are repeated until there are no error area within the patch region.

Abstract: The present invention involves a method of operating a motive body, where a target path is identified. The motive body is commanded to follow the target path from an initial position. The first actual position is sensed of the motive body after the commanding step. A first target subpath is calculated from the first actual position to correct for predictive errors in movement of the motive body. The actual position of the motive body is determined along each of a plurality of axes, and a multi-dimensional position error between the actual position of the motive body in each of the axes and a multi-dimensional reference trajectory is calculated. A multi-dimensional position error signal dependent upon the calculating step is determined. At least one of a speed and a direction of the motive body is established dependent upon the multi-dimensional position error signal.

Abstract: A method and system of training in conjunction with a computer animation executed by a computing environment is described. The method includes recognizing a task to be performed in the computer animation, recognizing a problem, displayed in the computer animation, to accomplish the task, and solving the problem by manipulation of a virtual apparatus having virtual components displayed in the computer animation. The virtual components are manipulated by a student or user desiring to learn. The student is taught to understand logically consistent goals by using the virtual apparatus and without language interaction. Rules and properties for a subject area are modeled to the student by the virtual apparatus without language interaction. The student is taught to operate the virtual apparatus without language interaction. The student is requested to operate the virtual apparatus to reach goals in a sequence of problems having progressive difficulty and without language interaction.

Abstract: There is provided with a video processing method including: writing first video signals representing an input video frame alternately into first and second storage regions every input video frame; reading out the written first video signals from either the first storage region or the second storage region; generating second video signals representing an output video frame including a video image represented by the first video signals read out; acquiring write region information indicating either the first storage region or the second storage region into which writing is being performed, before reading is performed; acquiring write location information indicating a location on the first or second storage region, associated with the first video signal which is being written, before reading is performed; and deciding either the first storage region or the second storage region from which reading should be performed, by using the write region information and the write location information.

Abstract: An improved aircraft instrument flight display system employs primary and secondary video graphics processors for generating graphics video imaging information. Both the primary and secondary video graphics processors have associated potential failure threads and are preferably chosen to have different potential failure threads so that the same failure problem will not have a tendency to occur in both of the video graphics processors. The primary video graphics processor generates a graphical display of the aircraft flight information for use by the flight crew in operating the aircraft. The system also includes a video switch for switching between the primary and secondary video graphics processors under control of the integrity checking processor based on the integrity of the graphical display provided by the primary video graphics processor.

Abstract: A memory apparatus having first and second memories generates an address corresponding to input data, and compares an address corresponding to data stored in the second memory with the generated address. The memory apparatus reads out data corresponding to the generated address from the second memory, and determines the number of bits of the address to be compared in accordance with the comparison result. When data corresponding to the generated address is not stored in the second memory, the memory apparatus reads out the corresponding data from the first memory.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for accomplishing the fetching or sampling of channels of pixels or texels such as neighboring pixels or texels or non-neighboring pixels or texels in a simultaneous operation in order to achieve optimization of the performance of a texture pipeline. In particular, logic is disclosed including selector logic configured to retrieve data including a plurality of channels from each of a plurality of pixels or texels and operable to select one channel from the plurality of channels of the data from each of the pixels or texels. The logic also includes combination logic configured to combine two or more of the selected channels into a single vector, such as an RGBA vector representing the color.

Abstract: An image processor for lowering data transfer speed. A JPEG compression circuit performs two-dimensional compression process on data output from a YCbCr conversion circuit to generate compressed image data. A timing signal generator changes the frequency of a transfer clock signal in accordance with the compressed image data. An output circuit outputs the compressed image data in accordance with the transfer clock signal.

Abstract: The invention is directed, in one embodiment, to a method for generating memory addresses for accessing an image in which each pixel in a group of pixels has a luma component, but shares chroma components with other pixels of the group. A preferred method includes providing a memory, having a plurality of first portions and a plurality of second portions. First memory addresses may be generated, each of which corresponds to one of the first portions. Each first address defines a storage location for the luma components of one of the pixel groups. Second memory addresses may be generated, each of which corresponds to one of the second portions. Each second address defines a storage location for the chroma components of at least one of the pixel groups.

Abstract: An apparatus for rendering a two dimensional polygon image from volume data defining a volume and plane data defining a two dimensional plane which intersects the volume. The apparatus comprises a graphics processing unit (GPU). The apparatus is operable to generate triangle data comprising an indirect representation of each triangle of a set of candidate triangles. For a given plane/volume interaction a subset of the candidate triangles are valid triangles which are within the volume and on the given plane and the remaining triangles are invalid triangles. The GPU is operable to process the indirect representation of each triangle of the set of candidate triangles to output for a valid triangle for the defined plane a direct representation of the valid triangle and to output for an invalid triangle for the defined plane a direct representation of a degenerate triangle. The GPU is operable to reject each direct representation of a degenerate triangle from further processing.

Abstract: The invention provides systems and computer-implemented methods for evaluating integrals using quasi-Monte Carlo methodologies, and in particular embodiments, adaptive quasi-Monte Carlo integration and adaptive integro-approximation in conjunction with techniques including a scrambled Halton Sequence, stratification by radical inversion, stratified samples from the Halton Sequence, deterministic scrambling, bias elimination by randomization, adaptive and deterministic anti-aliasing, anti-aliasing by rank-1 lattices, and trajectory splitting by dependent sampling and rank-1 lattices.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an image is created by combining an overlay image with a main image. Each pixel of the main and overlay images is defined by a luma component and at least one color component. Each luma component takes a value within a luma range, the lowest and highest values in the luma range being, respectively, a minimum and maximum value. For each pixel in the overlay image, it is determined that the pixel is: an opaque pixel, a transparent pixel, or an intermediate pixel. Each pixel of the main image that is in a location that corresponds to the location of an opaque pixel is replaced with the corresponding opaque pixel. In one embodiment, each pixel of the main image that is in a location that corresponds to the location of a transparent pixel is retained.

Abstract: A system and method for generating a representation of a color modification to be applied to segments on a digital nonlinear editing system, where each segment is a component of a media composition, and represents a section of a digital media. An indication of a modification to be applied to a color attribute of a segment is received, and the source from which the segment originates is identified. The indication of the color modification is then stored, and, as a result, the color modification is applied to other segments that originate from the identified source. Source color modification is applied to a section of a digital media on a digital nonlinear editing system. a media segment represents the section of a digital media. The segment is a component of a media composition, and originates from a source data structure. The source data structure also represents the section of the digital media. The section is received, and the first source data structure from which the segment originates is identified.

Abstract: A large number of pixel lamps are evenly arrayed in a regular pattern to constitute a display screen. The pixel lamps are in three kinds which are a first color lamp, a second color lamp and a third color lamp. These three kinds of pixel lamps are evenly dispersed on the display screen. Image data to be displayed on the screen is multi-color data of a bitmap format, in which one pixel is expressed by a gathering of first color data, second color data and third color data. The first color data plane (second color data plane, third color data plane) on a bitmap image data plane is divided into a multitude of groups, each group being composed of a plurality of pixels arranged adjacently to each other. Each group is made to correspond to each first color lamp (second color lamp, third color lamp).

Abstract: A method for displaying a color image by providing a color image display apparatus having at least three narrow-band emissive light sources that define a display color gamut. Image data values are accepted that are defined within an original color gamut that is smaller in area than the display color gamut. The input image data values are transformed into display color gamut data values having an expanded image chromaticity range. At least a portion of the expanded chromaticity range lies outside the original color gamut. At least a portion of the display color gamut lies outside the expanded image chromaticity range. The display color gamut data values are provided to the color image display apparatus to form an image.

Abstract: Techniques relating to gamuts and gamut mapping are described. In one instance, a process identifies a gamut attribute and generates a gamut having the attribute.

Abstract: A graphics engine includes a setup unit and a rendering unit. The setup unit computes coefficients A, B, and C used for interpolating an attribute v of a triangle to be rendered for a graphics image. The setup unit then derives compressed coefficients Ã, {tilde over (B)}, and {tilde over (C)} based on the coefficients A, B, and C. The compressed coefficients have a fixed-point format with R integer bits left of a binary point and T fractional bits right of the binary point, where R>1 and T?0. R is selected based on the number of bits used for attribute v, T is selected based on the screen dimension, and R+T is much less than the number of bits used to represent the coefficients A, B, and C. The rendering unit performs interpolation for the attribute v using the compressed coefficients Ã, {tilde over (B)}, and {tilde over (C)}, and may be implemented with a simple (R+T)-bit non-saturating accumulator.

Abstract: The primary component of the present invention is an automated method for transforming any suitably well-formed textual description of a process into a series of diagrammatic representations of that process. The secondary component of this invention is an automated method for transforming any of these diagrammatic representations into a corresponding textual description. These complementary methods are specific implementations of a more fundamental process modeling method for constructing a fundamental object structure from which a coordinated set of diverse representations may be uniformly generated, and hence, automatically synchronized. This fundamental process modeling method derives directly from the underlying mechanisms of syntactic and semantic representation provided by metaScript, a software technology presented in a previous patent application (Ser. No. 09/883,693: “Computer System With Natural Language To Machine Language Translator”).