Abstract: Information handling system display brightness adjustments in response to ambient light sensed by an ambient light sensor are calibrated by reference to brightness levels, such as manually selectable brightness levels stored on the display. A brightness calibration module running on the information handling system or a controller of an inverter associated with the display generates an ambient light response from the manually selectable brightness levels, such as with a piecewise linearization of each pair of sequential manually selectable brightness levels. The inverter automatically adjusts display brightness by correcting ambient light levels sensed by the ambient light sensor according to the ambient light response.

Abstract: A persistent authenticating system and method to map real world object presence into virtual world object awareness are provided. The illustrative embodiments provide a mechanism by which the presence of a real world object is detected and, while the real world object's presence is continued to be detected, it is made available for use in a virtual environment. The detection of the real world object provides an identifier of the object which is correlated with information regarding how to represent the object in the virtual environment, how the object may be utilized in relation to other objects in the virtual environment such that the real world object is modeled in the virtual environment, and the like. The detection of multiple real world objects may be performed and identification of each of the multiple objects may be used to determine how these objects may be utilized together in the virtual environment.

Abstract: A method and apparatus provided for rendering three-dimensional computer graphic images which include both translucent and opaque objects. A list of objects which may be visible in the image is determined and for each pixel in the image a determination is made as to whether or not an object for the list may be visible at that pixel. A data tag is stored for a transparent object determined to be visible at a pixel and the tag and object data are passed to a texturing and shading unit when a translucent object is determined to be overwriting the location in the tag buffer already occupied by another data tag.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for adjusting image code values for enhanced image display.

Abstract: A coordinate calculating apparatus detects a coordinate point (detected coordinate point) of an area satisfying a predetermined condition in a captured image for each area. When a plurality of position coordinate points have been detected, the coordinate calculating apparatus sets a reference (a previous vector or an assumed vector) concerning at least one of a direction indicating two position coordinate points in the captured image and a length between the two position coordinate points. The coordinate calculating apparatus selects a combination of two position coordinate points closest to the set reference, as two object position coordinate points, from combinations of two position coordinate points from the plurality of position coordinate points.

Abstract: A computer graphics system generates, and displays or stores for later use, human-perceptible images, such as for animated motion pictures or other applications, by generating pixel values for respective pixels in an image, each pixel being representative of a point in a scene as recorded on an image plane of a simulated camera. The computer graphics system comprises an offset value generator and a function evaluator. The offset value generator is configured to generate a plurality of offset values, the offset values comprising respective elements of a selected low-discrepancy sequence. The function evaluator is configured to generate at least one value representing an evaluation of a selected function at selected points along at least a portion of the ray, the selected points being determined in relation to the offset values generated by the offset value generator, the value generated by the function evaluator corresponding to the pixel value.

Abstract: A system, method and medium for processing objects including 3D graphic data, wherein the processing time for converting 3D graphic data into a 2D image can be minimized by aligning and converting the objects of the 3D graphic data into the 2D image based on the appearance information corresponding to the effects information or shader code.

Abstract: The present invention is a system that grids original data, maps the data at the grid locations to height values at corresponding landscape image pixel locations and renders the landscape pixels into a three-dimensional (3D) landscape image. The landscape pixels can have arbitrary shapes and can be augmented with additional 3D information from the original data, such as an offset providing additional information, or generated from processing of the original data, such as to alert when a threshold is exceeded, or added for other purposes such as to point out a feature. The pixels can also convey additional information from the original data using other pixel characteristics such as texture, color, transparency, etc.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for rendering 3D graphic data is provided. The 3D graphic data is projected onto a 2D screen and points are interpolated and rendered, thereby quickly processing the 3D graphic data.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability adaptively render/adjust a display. A visual style comprising an encapsulated set of one or more (or all of the) display properties may be set. An adaptive degradation chain is then determined/established that comprises an ordered sequence of the display properties. The ordered sequence determines an order for changing the one or more display properties when adjusting a rendering quality. The rendering quality is set. The rendering quality is temporarily adjusted by changing one or more of the display properties based on the adaptive degradation chain.

Abstract: Techniques for generating a visual data model include providing first and second objects that represent first and second portions of data from a model; assigning attributes to the first and second objects, the attributes representing characteristics of the first and second portions of the data; providing a relationship object that represents a relationship between the first and second objects; and assigning, to the relationship object, a relationship attribute representing a characteristic of the relationship between the first and second objects.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a system and method are described that enable a display of a parallel coordinate plot. Such a parallel coordinate plot includes a plurality of parallel axes, and each of the parallel axes represents a variable. The display further includes one or more polygonal lines connecting values of the variables of the parallel axes. The system and method further enable a display of information about an additional variable on the parallel coordinate plot by varying the property of the one or more polygonal lines.

Abstract: A graphic drawing apparatus for drawing a graphic representation in which a plurality of evaluation objects are drawn by lines connecting scores with respect to a plurality of evaluation items executes a drawing-position adjusting to adjust drawing positions for each of the evaluation items where the scores of the evaluation objects are plotted with respect to each of the evaluation items so that the drawing positions do not overlap each other according to the scores of the evaluation objects with respect to an evaluation item.

Abstract: A method, system, and software of relating metadata to chemical structures includes displaying chemical structures in a first display area and displaying metadata related to the chemical structures in a second display area. In response to a change in the display of one of the chemical structures in the first display area or the metadata in the second display area, automatically dynamically changing the display in the other of the first display area or the second display area to display changed data based on its relation to the changed data in the one of the first display area or the second display area.

Abstract: A method for displaying multidimensional data on a screen of a display device, includes assigning a first dimension element, having been selected by a user from among the multidimensional data, to an axis; giving weights to a plurality of member regions using a function of number of data belonging to respective members of the first dimension element; defining the weighted member regions as a plurality of regions on the axis, which are partitioned for the respective members of the first dimension element; arranging the weighted member regions within the screen to form a table; and displaying, in each cell region corresponding to the weighted member region, data belonging to each cell region and belonging to a second dimension element having been selected by the user from among the multidimensional data. The second dimension element is different from the first dimension element.

Abstract: A image processing apparatus has a first data generation unit which generates triangular data by making straight line contours and curved contours triangles by analyzing the straight line contours and the curved contours with respect to vector format graphic data, a second data generation unit which generates stencil data from the triangular data, and a third data generation unit which generates raster format graphic data with reference to the stencil data.

Abstract: Methods and systems for rendering code points on a presentation device with layout processing performed outside the presentation device. In one aspect, a layout processor translates one or more code points into a sequence of one or more glyph indices and corresponding positioning information. The glyph indices and corresponding positioning information may be included within a PTOCA control sequence. The glyph indices may be used by the presentation device to directly locate a corresponding glyph image in a font. The positioning information defines positioning of each glyph image so identified. Features and aspects hereof allow efficient layout of complex text in which glyph images and positioning may be dynamically determined in accordance with context or other attributes. The processing burden of such layout processing is removed from the presentation device without significantly increasing data transmission bandwidth between the presentation engine and external system utilizing the layout processor.

Abstract: A display program for displaying a character by acquiring an instruction for rendering each element composing the character and rendering the each element based on the instruction, the program being executed on a computer, includes a determination function of determining whether the acquired instruction is a complex glyph instruction indicating the use of a complex glyph consisting of a combination of plural parts glyphs as a glyph of the character or other instruction and a rendering function of rendering each of the parts glyphs based on the information concerning the parts glyph acquired following the complex glyph instruction if the acquired instruction is determined as the complex glyph instruction.

Abstract: A system and method for processing machine learning techniques (such as neural networks) and other non-graphics applications using a graphics processing unit (GPU) to accelerate and optimize the processing. The system and method transfers an architecture that can be used for a wide variety of machine learning techniques from the CPU to the GPU. The transfer of processing to the GPU is accomplished using several novel techniques that overcome the limitations and work well within the framework of the GPU architecture. With these limitations overcome, machine learning techniques are particularly well suited for processing on the GPU because the GPU is typically much more powerful than the typical CPU. Moreover, similar to graphics processing, processing of machine learning techniques involves problems with solving non-trivial solutions and large amounts of data.

Abstract: This application describes a system that captures 3D geometry commands from a first 3D graphics process and stores them in a shared memory. A second 3D environment process creates a 3D display environment using a display and display hardware. A third process obtains the 3D commands and supplies them to the hardware to place 3D objects in the 3D environment. The result is a fused display environment where 3D objects are displayed along with other display elements. Input events in the environment are analyzed and mapped to the 3D graphics process or the environment where they affect corresponding processing.

Abstract: A screen display control apparatus receives screen update information which represents content of display update. Screen image is updated in an update area in accordance with the received screen update information. When the update area is not in a display range of the display screen and a size of the update area is greater than a predetermined size, the display range of the display screen is moved in order that the display range contains the update area.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for generating an animatable object. A skeleton of the desired character is constructed by the user utilizing various predetermined components. These predetermined components include a various selection of rods and joints. The rods are static components which remain rigid during motion, while the various joints are moveable components. A static digitized image, for example, an image of the user, is utilized and a constructed skeleton is superimposed onto it. The desired object, such as the image of the user, can then be extracted from the background of the digital image and the resulting personal character can then be animated, for instance by selecting and dragging one of the hands with a mouse.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods for implementing a reconfigurable floating point data filter are disclosed. For example, a method is disclosed, the method including configuring a texture filter in response to state data, where the state data specifying at least a data width of input texture data to be filtered, where the input texture data is in a floating point format, filtering the input texture data using the texture filter, and then reconfiguring the texture filter to be substantially fully utilized when the data width of the input texture data changes. Other implementations are also disclosed.

Abstract: A technique for rendering non-linear BRDFs that are stable in both the temporal and spatial domains, without serious interruption to the content creation pipeline used in most games, is provided. Non-linear content is linearized by rendering in texture space at a fixed resolution. A MIP-map chain is calculated from this texture. The complete MIP-map chain is used for rendering on a display device. Low resolution reflectance parameters are used to approximate the highest resolution reflectance parameters as the object becomes smaller on the display device. The low resolution reflectance parameters are calculated using non linear fitting techniques.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing texture mapping of pixel data are disclosed. A block of texture fetches is received with a co-processor element having a local memory. Each texture fetch includes pixel coordinates for a pixel in an image. The co-processor element determines one or more corresponding blocks of a texture stored in the main memory from the pixel coordinates of each texture fetch and a number of blocks NB that make up the texture. Each texture block contains all mipmap levels of the texture and N is chosen such that a number N of the blocks can be cached in a local store of the co-processor element, where N is less than NB. One or more of the corresponding blocks of the texture are loaded to the local memory if they are not currently loaded in the local memory. The co-processor element performs texture filtering with one or more of the texture blocks in the local memory to generate a pixel value corresponding to one of the texture fetches.

Abstract: User interaction of a visually displayed document is provided via a graphical user interface (GUI). The document includes, and is parsed into, a plurality of text-based grammatical units. An input device modality is selected from a plurality of input device modalities which determines the type of input device in which a user interacts with to make a selection. One or more grammatical units of the document are then selected using the selected type of input device. Each grammatical unit that is selected is read aloud to the user by loading the grammatical unit into a text-to-speech engine. The text of the grammatical unit is thereby automatically spoken. Furthermore, a switching modality is selected from a plurality of switching modalities. The switching modality determines the manner in which one or more switches are used to make a selection.

Abstract: An image display and storage device, method, and medium to process an original image and generate a main image so that the original image does not overlap a sub image, and store the original image instead of the main image when the main image and the sub image are displayed. The device includes an image processor to receive an image, and to generate a display image and a storage image using the received image, a display unit to receive the display image from the image processor, and to display the display image, and an image storing unit to receive the storage image from the image processor and to store the image.

Abstract: Color conversion corresponding to input color signals of M kinds (where M is an integer of 2 or greater) is expressed as signal groups, and a principal component analysis is executed to determine a basis signal so that a difference between (1) a value of addition of an average value of the signal groups and a cumulative sum of the basis signal multiplied by a coefficient and (2) the signal groups, becomes a minimum. The coefficient obtained is stored. Employing the stored coefficient, the principal component analysis is executed N times (where 0?N?M?2), whereby a compression process for a color conversion process corresponding to each of the input color signals is performed. Thus, a memory quantity is greatly reduced while maintaining accuracy of color conversion of a specified color of LUT to some degree.

Abstract: The invention provides a color processing system comprising an image capture device for capturing a scene and providing first color image data representative of the scene. A color space transformer is coupled to the image capture device for transforming the first color image data to second color image data. A first display device is coupled to the color transformer. The first display device displays the scene as represented by the second color image data. The color transformer includes a processor programmed to perform a matrix operation upon the first color image data by selecting matrix elements from a look up table (LUT) comprising pre-computed values.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for converting Y, U and V data to R, G and B data, the apparatus including a YUV buffer for receiving and outputting the Y, U and V data; an R computation unit for receiving the Y and V data and computing an R data value R?Y>>3+{(V×9)>>6}; a G computation unit for receiving the Y, U and V data and computing a G data value by G?(Y>>2)?{(U×11)>>7}?{(V×23)>>7}; a B computation unit for receiving the Y and U data and computing a B data value B?(Y>>3)?{(U×7)>>5}; and an arrangement unit for arranging the R, G and B data values, where >> represents a shift operator.

Abstract: A low cost, robust, wireless sensor system that provides an extended period of operability without maintenance is described. The system includes one or more intelligent sensor units and a base unit that can communicate with a large number of sensors. When one or more of the sensors detects an anomalous condition (e.g., smoke, fire, water, etc.) the sensor communicates with the base unit and provides data regarding the anomalous condition. The base unit can contact a supervisor or other responsible person by a plurality of techniques, such as, telephone, pager, cellular telephone, Internet, etc. In one embodiment, one or more wireless repeaters are used between the sensors and the base unit to extend the range of the system and to allow the base unit to communicate with a larger number of sensors.

Abstract: A method of fast gridding of irregular data, has been developed for spatial interpolation of large irregular spatial point data sets; for example building a 3D geographic terrain grid surface from billions of irregularly spaced xyz coordinates on the earth's surface. The method developed typically translates into many orders of magnitude gain in computational speed. For example, to produce a gridded data set (having M rows and N columns) from P irregularly located sampling points, the computational steps required can be reduced from a number of the order of O(M×N×P) to a lesser number of the order of O(M×N+P) operations. The method achieves this by ensuring that each of the P sampling points is visited only once. This is particularly significant since spatial data collection devices typically collect data points in the billions. The method described is readily extendible to any number of dimensions.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus capable of efficient rendering is provided. In an image processing apparatus which renders, in a screen coordinate system, unit figures each constituting the surface of a three-dimensional object to be rendered, a rasterizing unit divides a rendering area corresponding to a screen into multiple unit areas, while a first unit figure is projected onto a screen coordinate system, and outputs the unit areas. A similar process is applied to second and subsequent unit figures so that the multiple unit areas constituting each unit figure are sequentially output. An area divider divides each of the unit areas sequentially output from the rasterizing unit into multiple subareas. An area discarder discards as necessary a subarea obtained by the division by the area divider according to a predetermined rule. An area writer re-merges subareas that survived the discarding process by the area discarder and writes merged areas obtained by re-merge in the memory.

Abstract: A common process control graphical user interface plant operators, plant maintenance personnel, and management is disclosed which provides a real-time interface to both the process and the plant. The common interface is modular in design and is capable of supporting various specializations for each user type. Operator consoles are dedicated to each section of the plant and include additional functions such as maintenance, configuration, simulation and supervisory information. The unified for common graphical interface replaces control room displays filled with single case analog controllers, meters, and digital indicators. The common interface addresses the functions that previously were provided by the panel motor start/stop buttons and status indications, chart recorders, annunciator panels and subsystem interfaces.

Abstract: Images may be extracted from a site in a network for further processing, such as storing or printing. The extraction process may change depending on the site type or classification. Sites may be categorized as belonging to one or more predetermined types. Sites may be categorized as belonging to a recognized site list. An image extraction process may be associated with each predetermined type or each recognized site. Upon browsing to a site and initiating the extraction process, the site is identified as belonging to one of the predetermined types or recognized sites. Then, one or more images is extracted from the site using the associated extraction process.

Abstract: An augmented reality system for integrating video imagery of an actual dental restoration into a computer-implemented display of a model (that represents a preparation, mesial/distal neighbors, and opposing occlusion) that has been generated from a 3D scan of a patient. The 3D scan data may be generated at a dental office remote from a location at which the augmented reality system is implemented. In one embodiment, the 3D scan data is provided to the augmented reality system as a digital impression.

Abstract: A method for building an image displayable on a screen (1) from a plurality of objects (2) stored in a memory (3). The method includes building for each video frame of the screen (1) a line-at-a-time image directly from the objects (2) and involves the following stages: for each screen line, to build on-the-fly the line by retrieving and storing all pixels related to the objects displayable on the line in a line memory (8) in a real time and to display (9) the pixels by sending them to the screen according a pixel sequence and at a pixel frequency in such a way that the image is formed on the screen (1) only.

Abstract: A method for deciding the maximum luminosity of a monitor is provided. The monitor is used for displaying a target image including a plurality of target pixels. Each of the target pixels has a target gray level. The target image and each adjacent image respectively has a maximum gray level. The monitor is capable of displaying M default gray levels. The method first generates a reference gray level (R) for the target image selectively based on the maximum gray levels. Then, a target control voltage corresponding to R is selected from a look-up table. A gain is generated based on R and M. Respectively multiplying each of the target gray levels by the gain can generate a plurality of new gray levels. At last, the method sets the target control voltage as the control voltage of the monitor and displays the target image with the new gray levels.

Abstract: The invention provides a light emitting device which can suppress the reduction of luminance in accordance with the light emission time and light emission at a high luminance. Moreover, the invention relates to a driving method which can suppress the reduction of luminance in accordance with the light emission time and light emission at a high luminance. The light emitting device of the invention can display a plurality of colors of which brightness and chromaticity are different by visually mixing light emission of a plurality of light emitting elements of which light emission colors are different. When a visually mixed display color is formed, a white light emission is exhibited.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for increasing the number of grey levels used to create a monochrome image on a color display which comprises pixels with individual red, green, and blue color components. If the luminance value of each color component is controlled by an n-bit value, the number of true monochrome grey levels resulting from equal control values of each color is 2n. By adjusting the luminance of each color component such that the luminances of at least two color components are different from each other, intermediate values of luminance may be formed. Under specified conditions, the resulting light emission has intermediate luminance values which are perceived by human vision, and color values which are still perceived as grey. The resulting number of perceived grey levels is greater than 2n.

Abstract: A recording apparatus has a paper feeder wherein single sheets of paper can be set, a paper delivery device for transporting paper fed from the paper feeder to a recorder, and a control unit for controlling operation of the paper feeder and the paper delivery device. The control unit has a skew removal execution mode of only the first sheet of paper where the paper tip is bitten into a paper delivery roller forming a part of the paper delivery device and then the paper delivery roller is reversely rotated for ejecting the paper tip for the first sheet of paper at the start of recording and then forward rotating the paper delivery roller for delivering the sheet of paper whose skew is removed to the recorder and delivering the second and later sheets of paper to a record area without executing the skew removal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate including an active element formation face on which an active element is formed, and a rear face that is on a side opposite to the active element formation face; a penetration electrode penetrating the semiconductor substrate; an element electrode formed on or above the active element formation face; detection electrodes formed on or above the rear face, electrically connected to the element electrode via the penetration electrode, and detecting a remaining amount of the ink by being wet in the ink; a storage circuit storing the remaining amount of ink; an antenna formed on either one of the active element formation face and the rear face, transmitting and receiving information; and a control circuit controlling the detection electrodes, the antenna, and the storage circuit.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate including an active element formation face on which an active element is formed, and a rear face that is on a side opposite to the active element formation face; detection electrodes formed on or above the active element formation face, detecting a remaining amount of ink by being wet in the ink; a penetration electrode penetrating a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate; and a contact electrodes formed on or above the rear face, electrically connected to the detection electrodes via the penetration electrode, and transmitting and receiving information.

Abstract: A liquid-ejecting apparatus includes a liquid-ejecting section that ejects a liquid onto an object, a liquid container containing the liquid and detachably attached to the liquid-ejecting section, and a depletion-determining section. The liquid container supplies a predetermined amount of liquid to the liquid-ejecting section by a pressure corresponding to the amount of ink remaining in the liquid container. The depletion-determining section determines depletion of the liquid if the amount of ink remaining falls below a threshold depending on temperature.

Abstract: An actuator can selectively take a first state wherein a volume of a pressure chamber is V1 and a second state wherein the volume of the pressure chamber is V2 larger than V1. The actuator changes from the first state to the second state and then returns to the first state to eject ink from an ejection port. A proper oscillation period Ts of an oscillation generated by integral deformation of the actuator and the pressure chamber when ink is ejected from the ejection port, and a proper oscillation period Td of ink filling up a first partial passage leading from an outlet of the pressure chamber to the ejection port in an individual ink passage, satisfy a condition that Ts/Td is not less than 0.36 and not more than 0.90; or not less then 1.1 and not more than 1.7.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes a liquid ejection head and an ejection control device. The liquid ejection head includes: a large nozzle and a small nozzle performing ejection of droplets of liquid, the droplet ejected from the large nozzle having volume larger than the droplet ejected from the small nozzle; and liquid flow channels corresponding to the large and small nozzles, the ejection of the droplets from the large and small nozzles being induced by formation of bubbles in the liquid in the corresponding liquid flow channels caused by applied thermal energy. The ejection control device controls the ejection of the droplets in such a manner that a product of a Reynolds number and a Weber number for the droplet ejected from the large nozzle and a product of a Reynolds number and a Weber number for the droplet ejected from the small nozzle are equal to each other. Each of the products is defined as: Re × We = ? 2 × V 3 × D 2 ? × ? .

Abstract: An imaging apparatus is provided that includes a liquid discharge head configured to discharge recording liquid as one or more recording liquid droplets; a drive waveform generating unit configured to generate a drive waveform including at least two drive signals within one printing period; a drive unit configured to input tone data, select a relevant drive signal from the drive waveform via a switch that switches on/off according to the tone data, and apply the selected drive signal to the liquid discharge head; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the tone data to the drive unit plural times within one printing period, the tone data being configured at a plurality of bits per channel.

Abstract: A print assembly is provided having an elongate carrier that is mountable on a support structure of a printer, printhead integrated circuits mounted on the carrier, and control circuitry positioned on the carrier and operatively connected to the printhead integrated circuits to control operation thereof. The printhead integrated circuits are provided in a number and configuration such that the printhead integrated circuits define an elongate printing zone of at least 914 mm. Each printhead integrated circuit incorporates nozzle arrangements each having a nozzle, an ink chamber, an ink inlet, an actuator, and a drive circuit to achieve the ejection of ink from the nozzle arrangement. the nozzle arrangements and control circuitry are configured so that the printhead integrated circuits are controlled by the control circuitry to print at least 1200 dots per inch.

Abstract: There is provided a method for imaging a dual-sided thermal media. The method includes detecting one or more sense marks disposed on the thermal media and controlling activation of one or more of a first print head and a second print head to image a respective one or more of a first side and a second side of the thermal media based on the detection.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to implement higher-quality printing at a higher speed by changing an electric current value to a printing element and adjusting energy applied to the printing element in an inkjet printhead. To achieve this object, a current regulating circuit is arranged on the head substrate of an inkjet printhead of a constant electric current driving type which supplies a constant electric current to a heater. The electric current value is changed in accordance with a signal (digital signal etc.) supplied from the outside of the printhead. Energy corresponding to the electric current value is applied to the printing element from a constant electric current source corresponding to each group.