Abstract: Textual content arranged in lines and displayed on the screen of electronic device is browsed by a signal processor in response to a down direction selection signal from a down button on a keypad and any links displayed in the lines in a top half of the screen are highlighted link-by-link toward a central area of the screen, wherein after the highlighting progresses to a central area of the screen, in response to further assertions of the down button, scrolling of the textual content commences, line-by-line.

Abstract: The present invention provides a picture-processing apparatus and method for finding a point A (xp, yp) on a projection drawing showing a first surface as a point corresponding to a point a (−1/2, ye) on the left side of a square shape forming an expansion drawing of the first surface and a point B (xp′, yp′) on the projection drawing as a point corresponding to a point b (1/2, ye) on the right side of a square shape forming an expansion drawing of a second surface adjacent to the first surface on the basis of a predetermined transformation relation. On the expansion drawings, the point a coincides with the point b. The transformation relation is corrected by finding average coordinates ((xp+xp′)/2, (yp+yp′)/2) as the coordinates of a new point C located on the projection drawing and designated as a point corresponding to the point a (−1/2, ye), and using a pair of the point C and the point a (−1/2, ye) as a base for a new transformation relation.

Abstract: A method and system for dynamically changing user interface terms in the help feature to the user interface language chosen by the user as opposed to the help feature language, and for converting and plugging user interface terms. A program module may allow the user to change the user interface language and the help feature language such that the user interface language may be different than the help feature language. Because the help feature often refers to user interface terms, a user may become confused if the help feature refers to user interface terms in the help language rather than in the user interface language. tagging of the HTML help feature files is altered with a special set of HTML tags so that these user interface terms may be identified and converted to the user interface language.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus including a plurality of processors 20, which generates a plurality of candidate status variable values as a candidate of status variable value at which the status of object image is fixed and which selects a status variable value having the highest consistency with the condition from among them, and an influence controller 10 obtains the status variable value from each processor to broadcast the obtained status variable value to all processors at the same time. Since each processor selects a status variable value having the highest consistency with the condition from among the plurality of candidates, an appropriate image can be obtained. Moreover, the processor can generate the status variable value at the next point in consideration of the status variable values of all processors sent from the influence controller so as to obtain an image in which a plurality of objects is influenced each other.

Abstract: By using a unique display control technique, game images are provided, in which characters can be displayed in different poses with a limited-capacity memory area. Both image data corresponding to each of a plurality of blocks obtained by dividing a character to be displayed in a game image and further image data for representing different pictures in connection with at least part of the blocks are prepared. And the display pose of the character displayed in the game image is changed by switching a combination of the prepared image data. By way of example, color of at least part of the character displayed in the game image is changed on the basis of the combination of the same image data, thereby representing a plurality of types of characters. The color within the block mapped uppermost in the game image among the blocks constituting the character is kept unchanged regardless of changing of the color with respect to the remaining blocks.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating a series of images is disclosed. The method manages secondary dependencies of regions in a more efficient manner than the prior art. The present invention creates contents labels that represent either leaf node regions or the composition of two other contents labels, manages the reference counting of contents labels and provides a means for determining if there exists a contents label which represents the composition of two other contents labels. The present invention damages contents labels by preferably adding entries to a damage hash table. The present invention utilizes secondary dependency “Directed Acyclic Graphs” (herein referred to as “Dags”) (700) which are stored in every binary node and define the secondary dependency relationship between the contents label created in that node.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image data processing system to increase the speed of on-screen display (OSD) image processing. The image data processing system comprises M color code registers for storing a plurality of color codes and a first multiplexer electrically connected to every output port of the M color code registers. The first multiplexer comprises a control port for inputting an N-bit image code, and the first multiplexer chooses one of the outputs of the M color code registers as its output according to the N-bit image code. The image data processing system comprises a processor for storing M color codes in the M color code registers and periodically transmitting a plurality of N-bit image codes to the control port of the first multiplexer so that the first multiplexer periodically chooses one of the color codes stored in the M color code registers as its output according to one of the N-bit image codes.

Abstract: The invention is directed towards an apparatus and method for masking display element defects in a display device. In one embodiment, the invention includes a display device with display elements disposed on a display surface, a translation unit that is coupled to the display device to impart periodic motion to the display surface, a display signal source capable of providing input signals to the display device, and a control unit coupled to the translation unit and the signal source to direct the movement of the display device and the signal source to correspondingly shift the display signals, which when displayed, conceal display element defects while presenting a stable image to a stationary viewer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus providing visual feedback to a computer user while dragging selected text is described. As its first step, the processing logic creates a text object from the selected text once the computer user has initiated a drag. Simultaneously, the selected text is visually de-emphasized. Secondly, the processing logic snaps the text object to the cursor so that the text object follows the cursor without obscuring text at the insertion point. Finally, when the computer user selects the final insertion point, the selected text is visually zoomed from the source location to the final insertion point.

Abstract: An apparatus for moving a display screen by detecting the three-dimensional motion of the mobile computer device with acceleration sensors is disclosed. The apparatus includes a position detector for detecting a three-dimensional positional change of the mobile computer device, and then producing analog signals corresponding to the motion of the mobile computer device; an analog/digital converter for converting the analog signals produced by the position detector into digital signals; and a screen controller for receiving a first display signal including all information, and producing a second display signal including a part of information according to the digital signals.

Abstract: A computer graphics accelerator apparatus and method determines whether a pixel at predetermined pixel co-ordinates in an area being rasterized is within a triangle defining a sub-area of the area. The coordinate system in relation to which the triangle is defined is translated such that the pixel co-ordinates are disposed at the origin of the coordinate system. Determinants of matrices based on at least two of the coordinate values of at least two of the vertices are calculated and their signs compared. Based on this comparison a determination as to pixel location with respect to the triangle may be made.

Abstract: A human interactive type dynamic display system including an electronic whiteboard, a pen-like member for marking a point on the whiteboard, and a computer for controlling an image displayed on the whiteboard. On the whiteboard, there is defined an operation region such as a scroll operation region extending along a periphery of the whiteboard. When a user points any point within the scroll operation region with the aid of the pen-like member as a start point, an enable signal for initiating the scroll operation is produced. Then, the displayed image is scrolled in a direction by a distance which are derived by processing a direction and an amount of a dragging operation of the pen-like member on the whiteboard from the start point. Not only the scroll operation, page up and down operation, window shift operation and count value changing operation can be performed in a similar manner.

Abstract: A method for determining the existence of an error in translating from a source format of a geometric object to the corresponding target format and correcting that error includes the step of specifying constraints to be satisfied by the constituents of the geometric object and augmenting the target format representation of the object with those constraints. The resulting target representation thus includes both geometric and constraint information. The validity of the translation is assessed by determining whether or not the geometric portion is consistent with the constraint portion. If it is not consistent, the constraint information is then used to correct the translation errors. The constraints are either specified by a user, known beforehand, or heuristically determined.

Abstract: Processing data objects of a two-dimensional drawing includes marking data objects corresponding to annotation, separating the drawing into a plurality of views, and associating each of the data objects corresponding to annotation with one of the views. Separating the drawing into a plurality of views may include constructing a plurality of intersection and proximity graphs and using the graphs to provide a plurality of connected sets, where each set may correspond to one of the views. The border views may be identified by determining which of the views include less than a predetermined number of elements, contain at least two other views, and are not contained in other views.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for enabling a user to define a panning and zooming path across a still image in a digital imaging device during interactive movie creation. The method and apparatus include allowing the user to define the position of a plurality of key frames on the still image, allowing the user to size the key frames to control the zoom during the movie, and allowing the user to set the key frames on the still image to fix each of the key frame's position and size.

Abstract: An expanded-image generating apparatus is provided for original image data, in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in a matrix, so as to obtain expanded-image data partitioned into a plurality of blocks, each of which is composed of a plurality of pixels When the magnifying power regarding at least one of a direction along width and a direction along length in the original image data is set, a pixel arranging processor arranges each pixel in the original image data at a position corresponding to a center position of each of the plurality of blocks in accordance with the magnifying power. The expanded-image data corresponding to the magnifying power is generated at pixel generating positions corresponding to the each block by applying a fluency transform to each pixel in the original image data at the position.

Abstract: A system for adjusting a graphical object includes a processor coupled to an input device, an output device, a memory, and a data retrieval device. The processor executes an application that supports a project which presents an adjustment control associated with the particular one of a number of graphical objects. The project dynamically associates with and disassociates from the adjustment control to adjust the particular graphical object.

Abstract: A graphics system and method for panning from one portion of a stored image to another portion of the image includes a frame buffer, one or more display devices, one or more raster parameter registers, and one or more raster parameter updaters. The image is stored in the frame buffer and each display device is configured to display less than the entire image. A panning operation is initiated by requesting an update of one or more of the raster parameter registers during a next blanking period.

Abstract: A method for defining the size of an object displayed on a computer screen, the computer screen having a matrix of sensor points, said method comprising the steps of displaying an object on a computer screen, defining at least one screen area having a reference point associated therewith, reading an input from a sensor point in a screen area, calculating a vector between the read input and the reference point of that screen area, and defining the size of the object based on the vector.

Abstract: Described are a novel graphical element known as a spatial patch and a system and method for rendering the spatial patch to create computer graphics. The spatial patch may include appearance data and displacement data for each of a plurality of nodes that together specify the color and geometry for typically a small portion of a surface of an object. The appearance and displacement data may be independent and irregular for each of the nodes in order to represent complexly colored and structured objects. The spatial patch may be processed independently and may have internal topology or structure to facilitate parallel processing. Accordingly, the spatial patch offers many quality and processing advantages over polygon mesh representations that have previously been used to create three-dimensional computer graphics.

Abstract: In a data processing system having a plurality of CAD systems, an associative topology bus facilitates the management of heterogeneous assemblies of geometric objects. The constituent geometric objects can be geometric primitives or they can be assemblies, both homogeneous and heterogeneous. The associative topology bus enables a user of a CAD system operating on a heterogeneous assembly to recognize the existence of a change in a constituent component of that assembly and to do so in real time. The associative topology bus performs this task by augmenting the representation of the heterogeneous assembly with translated image models corresponding to each of the constituent CAD systems of the data processing system. Each translated image model is generated by operating on a master geometry representation of the heterogeneous assembly with a mapping table corresponding to each of the constituent CAD systems of the data processing system.

Abstract: A method for generating realistic image data of particle system objects locations of which change as time passes, in a light operation load and a little storage capacity. The method for generating image data of a virtual space viewed from a predetermined view point, comprises: providing a particle system object group comprising at least one particle system object in the virtual space, according to a predetermined rule, continuously or intermittently; determining a displacement point in the virtual space; moving the displacement point in a predetermined direction as time passes; and moving the particle system object group on the basis of the displacement point.

Abstract: The inventive mechanisms convert a path, which represents a graphical object, into a plurality of line segments. Thus, the path can be reshaped without respect to existing Bezier control points. The first mechanism allows a user to ‘pull’ a segment of a path. A user selects a specific place on the path, pulls the selected place along with a portion of the path on either side of the place to a desired location. The second mechanism allows a user to ‘push’ a segment of a path, by using an arbitrary shape and sculpting the path. The arbitrary shape is used in a manner similar in which a sculptor would use a putty knife and sculpts away part of the path, by pushing that shape into the path. The path is being repelled from the shape, as the shape is being pushed. The third mechanism allows a user to reshape an area or region of the path. The user selects a specific point in space and modify any parts of the path that lie within that region of space.

Abstract: A method of stabilizing and registering a video image in multiple video fields of a video sequence provides accurate determination of the image change in magnification, rotation and translation between video fields, so that the video fields may be accurately corrected for these changes in the image in the video sequence. In a described embodiment, a key area of a key video field is selected which contains an image which it is desired to stabilize in a video sequence. The key area is subdivided into nested pixel blocks and the translation of each of the pixel blocks from the key video field to a new video field is determined as a precursor to determining change in magnification, rotation and translation of the image from the key video field to the new video field.

Abstract: A moving-path editor for editing a moving path of a multimedia object and the editing method using the same are provided. The moving-path editor includes a browser interface, an input module and a combination module. The browser interface provides a transition parameter group, a rotation parameter group and a scale parameter group for storing a plurality of preloaded settings, respectively. The input module is used to receive the input of the user and select at least one transition setting, one rotation setting and one scale setting selected, respectively, from the preloaded settings. The combination module combines all selected settings and creates the moving path of the designated multimedia object.

Abstract: A remote communication system provides a fast, efficient and user-friendly interface which does not suffer from the inefficiencies of the data transfer bottlenecks inherent in the prior art devices and methods. An operating system based remote communication system is achieved by providing a remote computer with a small, relatively simple terminal program which receives and interprets both data and command instructions from the host system. The present invention employs commands which are based on fundamental tasks that the operating system of the remote system may understand and implement, such as creating windows, buttons, edit fields, listboxes and other operating system objects.

Abstract: An internet moving image linking system is provided that can reduce link information necessary for the related information in a moving image linkage. The internet moving image linking system includes a server and a user terminal. The server has means for judging the presence or absence of a link destination based on point time information and point coordinate information each transmitted from the user terminal.

Abstract: A display technology is capable of facilitating a grasp of text information when scrolling the text information at a high speed and selecting a broad block of the text information. An information display method of the present invention comprises a step of displaying the text information by defining a display block thereof in the case of displaying the text information on a screen, a step of detecting a manipulation of moving the display block, a step of displaying the text information during a movement of the display block, and a step of changing a character size or a character pitch of the text information to be displayed. Another information display method of the present invention comprises a step of selecting a partial area of information from the text information, a step of calculating a size of the partial area of information selected from the text information, and a step of changing a character size or a character pitch of the text information to be displayed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for modeling interactions that overcomes drawbacks. The method of the present invention comprises representing two bodies undergoing translations by two swept volume representations. Interactions such as nearest approach and collision can be modeled based on the swept body representations. The present invention is more robust and allows faster modeling than previous methods.

Abstract: Morphing between two-dimensional or three-dimensional computer graphic models is accomplished by reducing given models from full resolution to low resolution ones between which the morph can be constructed either trivially or with simple user interaction, and then refining the morph using local searches as the two models are progressively refined back to full resolution.

Abstract: A motion vector difference detection stage 10 detects a difference D1 in motion vector between a current frame and a succeeding frame and a difference D2 in motion vector between a preceding frame and current frame. A latched circuit 50 outputs the motion vector S1 of the inputted current frame as a motion vector S2 in the case where both of the absolute values of the differences D1 and D2 does not exceed a preset value L1, and outputs the motion vector S1 of the frame preceding the corresponding frame as a motion vector S2 in the case where at least one of the absolute values of the differences D1 and D2 exceeds the preset value L1. The latched circuit 50 outputs a motion vector of 0 as a motion vector S2 in the case where both of the absolute values of the differences D1 and D2 exceed the preset value L1 and also the absolute value of the sum of the differences D1 and D2 exceeds the preset value L1.

Abstract: A method and system for determining the spacing of objects is described. According to the method, input is received that indicates bounds of at least one dimension of a constraint. A set of supplied parameter values associated with a particular type of grid is also received. A set of generated parameter values for the particular type of grid is then generated based on the set of supplied parameter values and the input indicating bounds of at least one dimension of a constraint. A set of points for spacing objects is generated based on the set of supplied parameter values and said set of generated parameter values. According to one aspect, a set of object information is received that identifies a particular object to be placed on the constraint at locations that are based on the set of points. According to another aspect, the set of object information identifies a bounding box that is associated with the particular object. The bounding box is then used to generate the set of generated parameters.

Abstract: To achieve a more realistic and richer shifting field, such as water surface over which a jet-ski or other object travels, thereby heightening the interest and ambiance of the game.