Abstract: System, method, and computer program product are provided for using real-time video analysis, such as augmented reality to provide the user of a mobile device with real-time budgeting and wish lists. Through the use of real-time vision object recognition objects, logos, artwork, products, locations, and other features that can be recognized in the real-time video stream can be matched to data associated with such to provide the user with real-time budget impact and wish list updates based on the products and budget data determined as being the object. In this way, the objects, which may be products and/or budget data in the real-time video stream, may be included into a user's budget and/or wish list, such that the user receives real-time budget and/or wish list updates incorporating product and/or budget data located in a real-time video stream.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and graphical user interface for presenting an interactive hierarchy and indicating entry of information therein is disclosed. An interactive hierarchy is used to organize information using nodes arranged in multiple levels, where the interactive hierarchy may also be used to select a node to operate on. The interactive hierarchy may provide sense-of-place by depicting the organization of the nodes and indicating which node a user is operating on. An indicator is also provided which indicates whether one or more types of information have been entered for a given node, level of nodes, etc., thereby providing sense-of-task by enabling a user to determine which types of information have already been entered, which types of information have yet to be entered, etc. Further, a task indicator may be provided for stepping users through various information entry and/or management tasks, thereby further improving sense-of-task.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for mapping authors across multiple forums. The method includes creating a database that contains publicly observable information pertaining to multiple authors from multiple forums, generating a mapping between at least a first one of the authors from one of the forums and at least a second one of the authors from another of the forums in the database based on a comparison of structured information, unstructured user generated content information and network information, and generating a score of mapping between the first and the second authors by considering a weighted sum of the number of times the structured information, the unstructured user generated content information and the network information match between the first and the second authors.

Abstract: Determined seed groups herein improve content dissemination across a communication network connecting a plurality of users. Probabilities of each user in the plurality influencing remaining users in the plurality to observe the content are identified to select a first influential user from the plurality. The seed group size is established and a user of the plurality with a probability proximate to the probability of the first influential user is identified. Based on the seed group size, the probabilities of the remaining users in the plurality are unified with the probability of the first influential user to determine new probabilities of the remaining users, and another user of the plurality with a probability proximate to the probability of the first influential user is identified. The method then provides for selecting the users identified as having probabilities proximate to the probability of the first influential user to establish the seed group.

Abstract: A management apparatus receives image data corresponding to item numbers of the JGAP criteria or foods from each training support apparatus. The management apparatus generates, for each item number, an image data group of image data having been rearranged based on their priorities. The management apparatus notifies the image data groups to each training support apparatus. The training support apparatus performs display control of respective image data associated with each item number, based on the image data groups notified from the management apparatus.

Abstract: A system and method for analyzing energy savings for a building is provided. The method includes receiving a schedule of occupied days, an occupancy behavior profile and historical energy usage data from which an hourly interval usage is determined. A set of occupancy thresholds is determined by season. Occupied days are determined from the set of occupancy thresholds and the hourly interval usage. The hourly interval usage is analyzed to determine occupied energy consumption in hourly intervals, occupied start and stop time savings, mechanical equipment savings and temperature setpoint savings during an occupied day. The hourly interval usage is also analyzed to determine unoccupied energy consumption in the hourly intervals and refrigeration savings, mechanical equipment savings, computer equipment savings, parking lot lighting savings, hallway lighting savings and temperature setpoint savings during an unoccupied day.

Abstract: A wearable scribing system includes a camera and a microphone which communicate information to a remote system via a receiver/transmitter device. A scribe at the remote system inputs the information into an electronic health record. The wearable scribing system enables direct physician to physician communication.

Abstract: An extensibility model is used to provide active and interactive functionality in communication items, but the embodiments are not so limited. A computer system of an embodiment includes components configured to identify one or more activation triggers that operate to activate gadget code using an isolated code execution environment as part of injecting content into an email communication. A method of one embodiment provides an extensibility framework for using defined gadget triggers and associated gadget functionality as part of automatically injecting content inline with a mail message.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for integrating player tracking and cash access in a casino or other gaming environment. One aspect of the invention allows for fund access and management wherein gaming machines, such as slot machines or on-line virtual gaming machines, receive playable credits directly from a patron's banking or credit card account. Another aspect of the present invention relates to integrating player tracking and cash access transactions by allowing the players to provide a player tracking card for each financial transaction conducted in a gaming environment. In return, the casino issues gaming or bonus points to the players for allowing their transactions to be tracked. Yet another aspect of the present invention consolidates the players' financial account information into a single casino database.

Abstract: A method of operating a display system may include receiving an indication signal indicating a data update, receiving data, and updating a whole frame on the display with an image corresponding to the data based on the indication signal corresponding to a whole frame or updating a partial frame on the display with an image corresponding to the data based on the indication signal corresponding to a partial frame.

Abstract: A tiling unit is arranged to process a sequence of primitive blocks using multiple parallel tiling engine pipes. Each tiling engine pipe processes a respective primitive block, and determines priorities for regions of the respective primitive block based on whether the primitive block overlaps with any of the other primitive blocks currently being processed in the parallel tiling engine pipes. Each tiling engine pipe processes the regions of its primitive block in a tile-order based on the priorities of the regions. The submission order of the primitives should be maintained when primitive identifiers are written into display lists. Therefore, the priority of a region of a first primitive block is increased (or decreased) if it overlaps with another primitive block which has a higher (or lower) sequence number and which is currently being processed in another tiling engine pipe. This reduces the time that the tiling engine pipes are idle.

Abstract: When encoding a texture map 1 for use in graphics processing, the texture map is divided into a plurality of equal-sized blocks 2 of texture data elements. Each block 2 of texture data elements is then encoded as a block of texture data 5 that includes a set of integer values to be used to generate a set of base data values for the block, and a set of index values indicating how to use the base data values to generate data values for the texture data elements that the block represents. The integer values and the index values are both encoded in an encoded texture data block using a combination of base-n values, where n is greater than two, and base-2 values. Predefined bit representations are used to represent plural base-n values (n>2) collectively, and the bits of the bit representations representing the base-n values (n>2) are interleaved with bits representing the base-2 values in the encoded texture data block.

Abstract: Compression techniques for dynamically-generated graphics resources are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to determine one or more usage characteristics of a dynamically-generated graphics resource, determine whether to compress the dynamically-generated graphics resource based on the one or more usage characteristics, and in response to a determination to compress the dynamically-generated graphics resource, select a compression procedure based on a graphics quality threshold for the dynamically-generated graphics resource. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a first controller and a second controller. The first controller performs control to divide a display region of a display into divided regions arranged in a predetermined direction and to display images of determined attributes in the divided regions. The display includes a specifying unit that specifies a position in the display region and an operation on an image displayed in the display region. The second controller performs, in response to detection of specification of a predetermined operation on the displayed image subsequent to specification of a position in at least one divided region or in at least one boundary region between divided regions, enlargement control of enlarging or size reduction control of reducing the size of a target region (the divided region or a divided region adjacent to the boundary region) and an image displayed in the target region.

Abstract: A first interpolation processor of an image processing apparatus performs a first interpolation process, using values of a plurality of input pixels of an input image aligned in an arranged direction that is one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. Thus, the first interpolation processor derives a value of each of a plurality of noted points on an inclined interpolation line inclined relative to the horizontal direction and extending through a location of a processed pixel of an output image. Moreover, second interpolation processor derives a value of the processed pixel by performing a second interpolation process, using the derived values of the plurality of noted points on the inclined interpolation line.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for edge-directed adaptive image interpolation and a VLSI implementation device thereof. The method comprises: computing gradient magnitude and gradient direction of source image, obtaining edge information by comparing gradient magnitude and local adaptive threshold value, edge direction is vertical direction of the gradient direction; classifying edge direction, and filtering using edge information, so that an image is divided into regular edge region and non-edge region. Regular edge region interpolation is conducted along edge direction, methods of improved bicubic interpolation, parallelogram bicubic interpolation and parallelogram bilinear interpolation based on local gradient information are adopted according to classification of edge information; non-edge region image interpolation is conducted by adopting improved bicubic interpolation method based on local gradient information.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for a computing device that receives input, from a user, selecting an area of a displayed image, where the area includes the blemish sought to be corrected by the user. The computing device identifies a spot pattern of the blemish to be corrected within the area and a context pattern of the displayed image. The computing device corrects the spot pattern of the blemish within the displayed image. The computing device identifies related images that have context patterns similar to the context pattern of the displayed image. The computing device automatically corrects similar instances of the spot pattern appearing within the related images.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method. A set of pre-adjusted images including source images of the pre-adjusted images is provided. The pre-adjusted images include image filter parameters. Histogram information for each of the source images is computed. A learning algorithm is applied to the set. The learning algorithm is configured to map the histogram information to the image filter parameters. A real-time image is processed based on the mapping of the histogram information to the image filter parameters.

Abstract: This invention comprises a system and a method for inspecting the inside of delayed petroleum coking vessels to identify deformations, detect and determine the severity of other defects, and visually observe the inside of the inspected vessel.

Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying defective individual packaged modules are presented. A Printed Circuit Board (PCB) having a set of individual module substrates can be received. Further, capturing an image of the PCB and loading a PCB recipe associated with the PCB can be performed. The image of the PCB can be captured by an image capture module that can include one or more cameras. For each individual module substrate, a portion of the image corresponding to the individual module substrate can be compared to the PCB recipe. In addition, it can be determined based on the comparison whether the individual module substrate matches the PCB recipe within a degree of tolerance. In response to determining that the individual module substrate does not match the PCB recipe within the degree of tolerance, a location of the individual module substrate within a map of the PCB can be stored.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a comparing target image acquisition unit that acquires a comparing target image that is to be compared with an original image, a difference detection unit that detects one or more difference information items by comparing the original image and the comparing target image, and an original image updating unit that updates the original image by reflecting a difference information item that is selected by a user among the difference information items, which are detected.

Abstract: An apparatus for verifying an inspection result includes an inspection result obtaining unit to obtain inspection result indicating defect amount and defect position in a scanned image, from an inspection result of defect judgment of the scanned image with respect to an inspection reference image, the defect judgment being performed through dividing at least one of the scanned image and the inspection reference image and conducting position matching of the scanned image and inspection reference image; and a verification unit to count defect amount occurring to the scanned image, to determine whether a defect pattern occurring to the scanned image matches a pre-set condition corresponding to a false detection condition causable by failure of the position matching, and to determine that defect occurring to the scanned image is a false detection when the counted defect amount is a threshold or more, and the defect pattern matches the false detection condition.

Abstract: A reference density profile is generated in an outer circumference direction of a pipe having a reference welded portion on the basis of a reference fluoroscopic image generated from a radiation detection medium when a radiation source is disposed on a central axis of the pipe. A weld inspection density profile is generated in an outer circumference direction of a pipe having an inspection target welded portion on the basis of a weld inspection fluoroscopic image. On the basis of the reference density profile and the weld inspection density profile, density correction information is calculated. The density correction information is for correcting density irregularities in the weld inspection fluoroscopic image in the outer circumference direction of the pipe. On the basis of the density correction information, the density irregularities in the weld inspection fluoroscopic image are corrected.

Abstract: A method for artifact-free rendering of metal parts in 3D three-dimensionally reconstructed images of an examination object in a patient, includes recording a 3D scan without metal parts producing a 3D data record, recording n projection images with metal parts from known locations or directions, 2D/3D registering bone in the n projection images with the 3D data record, 2D/3D registering of the metal parts from the n projection images and 3D models of the metal parts, calculating locations of the metal parts in the 3D data record based on the 2D/3D registration thereof, and superposing all current locations of the metal parts in the 3D data record. There is no need for a new 3D scan to check current screw positions. The 3D representation of screw positions in the bone is performed without artifacts, enabling reliable assessment of screw locations, for example in spinal column surgery.

Abstract: A method of facilitating obtaining a first signal, for analysis to characterize at least one periodic component, includes obtaining two second signals representative of intensities of electromagnetic radiation. The first signal is at least derivable from an output signal obtainable by applying a transformation to the second signals such that any value of the output signal is based on values from each respective second signal at corresponding points in time. The method further includes obtaining a value of a variable determining influences of components of respective second signals on the output signal when the signals corresponding to the second signals are captured and the transformation is applied, by (i) analyzing the first, second and/or the output signals to select a value of a parameter corresponding to a respective one of the variables; or (ii) calculating values of at least one time-varying factor corresponding to a respective one of the variables.

Abstract: A method of analyzing a spinal region of a subject. The method includes steps of obtaining a first sagittal image of the spinal region of the subject using an upright magnetic resonance imaging unit; identifying a first vertebral edge on a first side of a first disc in the first sagittal image; identifying a second vertebral edge on a second side of the first disc in the first sagittal image; and determining a first angle between the first vertebral edge and the second vertebral edge for the first disc.

Abstract: A method and system for extracting coronary vessels fluoroscopic image sequences using coronary digital subtraction angiography (DSA) are disclosed. A set of mask images of a coronary region is received, and a sequence of contrast images for the coronary region is received. For each contrast image, a motion estimate is calculated between each of the mask images and a background region of the contrast image and a covariance is calculated for each motion estimate. Multiple background layer predictions are generated by generating a background layer prediction for each mask image based on the calculated motion estimate and covariance. The multiple background layer estimates are combined using statistical fusion to generate a final estimated background layer. The final estimated background layer is subtracted from the contrast image to extract a coronary vessel layer for the contrast image.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes an extracting unit and a controlling unit. The extracting unit extracts, from a group of volume data, reference image data corresponding to ultrasound image data displayed on a display unit. The controlling unit causes the display unit to display the ultrasound image data and the reference image data. The extracting unit obtains information about an imaging region indicated by the ultrasound image data displayed on the display unit and sets a search region for searching the reference image data from the group of volume data, on a basis of the obtained information.

Abstract: A method for preparing an image simulating the anatomy of a small subject test animal, and an apparatus for producing said image and an anatomical atlas for co-registering therewith, comprising the generation of two or more non-tomographic images of the test animals is described. Examples of the non-tomographic imaging modalities and the images generated include, but are not limited to one or more x-ray sources and resultant of x-ray projections, photographic cameras and resulting digital or optical images and surface scanners and resultant surface scans. The subject animal is positioned at a focal point in a carrier in an imaging enclosure. A combination of one or more of the non-tomographic images taken from different angles within the enclosure are combined and through an iterative process co-registered with the previously generated digital atlas of the anatomy of the same or similar test animals.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus generates a hypothesis group for marker areas and marker identifiers by randomly scattering hypotheses including the marker areas and the marker identifiers in a range in which the hypotheses can be made, and evaluates each of the hypotheses for the marker areas and the marker identifiers using image information on markers, when a variance value of a marker area in a hypothesis including a marker identifier satisfying a predetermined condition is a predetermined threshold or larger, and replicates a hypothesis extracted from the hypothesis group, based on the evaluation result, and reconstructs the hypothesis group by changing the replicated hypothesis based on a degree of similarity between markers and on a neighborhood probability of a marker, and causes repetitive execution of the evaluating, the replicating, and the reconstructing until the variance value becomes smaller than the threshold in the reconstructed hypothesis group.

Abstract: A control device includes a housing. The control device also includes a wireless communicator interior the housing. The wireless communicator wirelessly sends commands for controlling an electronic device, such as a game console. The control device also includes a reflector positioned to reflect light directed at the housing.

Abstract: A method and software for the simultaneous pose and points-correspondences determination from a planar model are disclosed. The method includes using a coarse pose estimation algorithm to obtain two possible coarse poses, and using each one of the two coarse poses as the initialization of the extended TsPose algorithm to obtain two candidate estimated poses; selecting one from the two candidate estimated poses based on the cost function value. Thus, The method solves the problem of pose redundancy in the simultaneous pose and points-correspondences determination from a planar model, i.e., the problem that the numbers of estimated poses increase exponentially as the iterations go. The disclosed embodiment is based on the coplanar points, and does not place restriction on the shape of a planar model. It performs well in a cluttered and occluded environment, and is noise-resilient in the presence of different levels of noise.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method includes computing a first cost volume for a light-field image. A first depth map comprising depth information of the plurality of sub-images of the light-field image is computed based on the first cost volume. A first view image comprising reconstruction information is reconstructed based on the depth information of the plurality of sub-images. A second cost volume corresponding to the first cost volume is computed based on the reconstruction information. The second cost volume is filtered based on the first view image to generate an aggregated cost volume. A second depth map is generated based on the aggregated cost volume. The second depth map facilitates generation of a second view image that is associated with a resolution higher than a resolution of the first view image.

Abstract: A vehicle detecting system and method are provided. The method includes creating, by a controller, a disparity map using images photographed by a stereoscopic imaging device and detecting a road area on the disparity map. In addition, the controller is configured to detect a vehicle present in the road area in a shape of a stereoscopic object.

Abstract: A method is provided, suitable for use in extraction of foreground objects from image stream. The method comprises: providing input image data of a region of interest, providing background model of said region of interest, and utilizing said background model for processing each image of the input image data. The processing comprises: determining a background gradient map for pixels in said background model and an image gradient map for pixels in the image; defining a predetermined number of one or more segments in said image and corresponding one or more segments in the background model; determining, for each image segment, an edge density factor is a first relation between the image and background gradient maps for said segment; and calculating foreground detection threshold based on said certain relation, thereby enabling use of said foreground detection threshold for classifying each pixel in the segment as being a foreground or background pixel.

Abstract: An image processing device includes: an image acquiring unit for acquiring an image containing pixels; a picture searching unit for searching for a picture region in the image; a background acquiring unit for performing a background connected region acquiring operation on a non-picture region of the image in which the picture region is not included and the picture region respectively, to obtain a non-picture background connected region and a picture background connected region respectively; a foreground acquiring unit for removing the non-picture background connected region and the picture background connected region from the non-picture region and the picture region respectively, to obtain a non-picture foreground region of the non-picture region and a picture foreground region of the picture region respectively; and a merging unit for merging the non-picture foreground region of the non-picture region and the picture foreground region of the picture region to obtain an ultimate image foreground region.

Abstract: Techniques for image stabilization may include detecting motion of an apparatus configured to display image data, the image data comprising one or more frames, a first frame of the one or more frames comprising a plurality of layers. The plurality of layers may be processed to correct for the detected motion. The processing may comprise applying a different degree of motion correction to a first layer of the plurality of layers than to a second layer of the plurality of layers. Such techniques may be performed via an apparatus comprising a display control unit configured to cause the image data to be displayed, and a motion correction unit configured to perform the processing.

Abstract: Disclosed is an object tracking method comprising steps of obtaining a grayscale image sequence and a depth image sequence; predicting a candidate target region of a tracking object in a current image; determining a depth weight image of the candidate target region; acquiring a target template which is expressed by a probability density distribution of features; expressing, by a probability density distribution of features, a candidate target whose position moves in the candidate target region; calculating, based on a probability density expression of the target template and a probability density expression of the candidate target, a similarity between the target template and the candidate target, so as to get a confidence level image of the candidate target region; and locating, based on the confidence level image of the candidate target region, a position of the tracking object in the current image.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described that recommend images, items, and/or metadata based at least in part on a reference color palette or reference color name. A color name can be converted into a representation of the color name in a color space. The reference color can be used to identify images that contain the reference color. The identified images and associated metadata can be analyzed, sorted and provided as an ordered list of items. Systems and methods are also described that identify items that contain colors affiliated with the reference color. Systems and methods are also described that validate color identifier information in metadata associated with an image. Systems and methods are also described that identify non-color specific keywords associated with the reference color.

Abstract: The inventive method for viewing of a multi-spectral image by an operator uses contrast optimization by Fisher projection. The Fisher projection is determined and applied within a window (F1, F2, F3, . . . ) that is smaller than a display screen matrix (1) used by the operator. The window is moved for successive updates of a depiction of the image that is displayed, while creating a remanence of the positions of the earlier windows and elements that were exposed in some of said earlier windows. The implementation of the method is particularly simple and intuitive for the operator, so as to improve the reliability and effectiveness of his or her monitoring.

Abstract: A design method of freeform imaging system is provided. An initial freeform imaging system is provided, the initial freeform image system comprising a first initial surface and a second initial surface spaced from each other. A second surface is constructed by calculating a plurality of second data points of the second surface through a plurality of feature rays based on the given object-image relationship. A first surface is constructed by calculating a plurality of first data points of the first surface based on the given object-image relationship and Fermat's principle, wherein the second surface is fixed. The first surface and the second surface substitute for the first initial surface and second initial surface respectively, and repeating steps list above, wherein the plurality of feature rays are intersecting the image plane at the plurality of ideal image points.

Abstract: Each block of texture data elements is encoded as a block of texture data that includes: data indicating how to generate a set of data values to be used to generate data values for a set of the texture data elements that the block represents; data indicating a set of integer values to be used to generate the set of data values to be used to generate data values for a set of the texture data elements that the block represents; data indicating a set of index values indicating how to use the generated set of data values to generate data values for texture data elements of the set of texture data elements that the generated set of data values is to be used for; and data indicating the indexing scheme that has been used for the block.

Abstract: Methods and systems for iterative computed tomography add an auxiliary variable to the reconstruction process, while retaining all variables in the original formulation, A weighting operator or filter can be applied that causes the Hessian with respect to an image of the cost function to be well-conditioned. An auxiliary sinogram variable distinct from both a set of actual image measurements and from the set of projections computed based on an image can be applied to iteratively update during the statistical iterative image reconstruction, with applied conditions that causes the Hessian with respect to an image of the cost function to be well-conditioned.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method that displays a document that includes several glyphs on a touch screen display. The method receives a touch input on the touch screen display to activate a zoom tool enabling location of a position indicator within a set of associated glyphs. The method automatically divides a touch screen region for the set of associated glyphs into sub-regions. Each sub-region is associated with a position indicator location between two subsequent glyphs. A first sub-region associated with a location between first and second glyphs has a same width as a second sub-region associated with a location between the second glyph and a third glyph. The first and third glyphs do not have an equal width. The method correlates movement of the touch input across the touch screen display with the equally-spaced sub-regions in order to move the position indicator between the glyphs in the associated set.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for displaying at least one graphical representation as a stacked waveform strip, the stacked waveform strip including: a first strip segment, the first strip segment being associated with a first time period, a second strip segment, the second strip segment being associated with a second time period earlier than the first time period and being displayed beneath the first strip segment, and a third strip segment, the third strip segment being associated with a third time period earlier than the second time period and being displayed beneath the second strip segment.

Abstract: A production system includes a processor, a non-transitory computer readable medium including computer program code instructions, and a user interface. The user interface and the processor, under control of the computer program code are configured to visually display at least a first graphical representation of a first work measure attribute and a second graphical representation of a second related work measure attribute for a production operation over a time range, and visually display a variance between trends of the at least first and second graphical representations of the first and second work measure attributes over the time range.

Abstract: A method for assisting the navigation of an aircraft comprises: assembly by families of data by a processing unit of predetermined data and acquired data, including meteorological data, the families being predefined, each data value being associated with a time window of validity; formatting the data of the families to associate with each data value a type of graphical representation as text or a scalar, vector, surface, or volume; selection of families of data to be displayed; choice of a display time window for each family of data to be displayed; spatio-temporal discretization of the trajectory; spatio-temporal correlation of the discretized trajectory with each family of data as a function of the time windows of validity, in the display time windows of the family, to extract a sub-assembly from each family of data, by the processing unit; display of the sub-assemblies in a single representation on the same display screen.

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for processing vector-based information for an image. From a set of pixels that comprises the image, a first subset of one or more pixels that are used in a raster representation of an element in the image, such as pixel values used to render the image, is identified. A first operation is performed in parallel for the respective one or more pixels in the first subset, such as by evaluating a batched first subset of pixels using stacked instruction for the first operation. The first operation comprises instructions for at least a first portion of a function for generating an image pixel value used to represent the element in the image.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for manipulating and/or mapping tiles of graphical object data are provided. For example, a method for manipulating an original tile of graphical data may include generating a mirrored copy of the original tile by mirroring the original tile with respect to a first side of the original tile, superimposing the mirrored copy on the original tile, erasing a first portion of the superimposed mirrored copy of the original tile, and blending at least some of the remaining portion of the superimposed mirrored copy of the original tile with the original tile to create a manipulated tile. The manipulated version of the original tile may be patterned (e.g., in an extensible manner) along a layer of a virtual canvas that may have various aspect ratios, while maintaining a seamless or fluid transition between adjacent tiles.

Abstract: A projector includes a coordinate acquiring unit configured to acquire a coordinate of a position pointed by a pointer, a sub-processor configured to render an image on the basis of the coordinate, and a main processor configured to output image data of the image rendered by the sub-processor. The projector performs, according to a predetermined condition, using the main processor, rendering in the same manner as the sub-processor on the basis of the acquired input coordinate, superimposes the rendered image on the rendered image output by the sub-processor to generate a superimposed image, and outputs the superimposed image.