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US-5,870,105 System and method for local storage of image data during object to image mapping
A hybrid object to image mapping system and method includes a fragment generator that can be employed in conjunction with an interpolator within an image...
US-5,870,103 Method for creating realistic-looking composite images
A computer program product comprises a computer-readable storage medium including a program for extracting boundary characteristics of a foreground object from a...
US-5,870,102 Texture compositing apparatus and method
A texture compositing apparatus and method for combining multiple independent texture colors in a variety of ways in a single execution pass using a single...
US-5,870,101 Image synthesizing system with texture mapping
An image synthesizing system is provided which can output a high-quality image in real time through the texture mapping without preventing the hardware from...
US-5,870,100 Filling of graphical regions
A computer method for filling a selected region in a target image includes determining an attribute of a seed pixel within the selected region, forming a mask...
US-5,870,099 Method of supporting perspective projection
A method, apparatus and computer program for generating a perspective projection of a three-dimensional object compatible with a two-dimensional perspective...
US-5,870,098 Method for rendering shadows on a graphical display
A method for rendering a shadow cast from an object illuminated by at least one light source onto at least another object on a graphical computer display. The...
US-5,870,097 Method and system for improving shadowing in a graphics rendering system
A system for improved shadowing of images using a multiple pass, depth buffer approach includes rendering a scene from the perspective of a light source to...
US-5,870,096 Method and apparatus for displaying images
A system for displaying an image where all or part of an image is generated as an aggregation of very small regions uses, a random number assigned to each very...
US-5,870,095 Z buffer initialize and update method for pixel block
A method is provided for initializing and updating a group of pixels contained on a display in blocks. A group of pixels is considered as a block and has a...
US-5,870,094 System and method for transferring compressed three-dimensional graphics data
In a compression system, three-dimensional geometry is first represented as a generalized triangle mesh, a data structure that allows each instance of a vertex...
US-5,870,093 System and method supporting likeness determination using a GUI to simplify image analysis
A system, method and computer program product that permit a user to view an image of an object on a graphical user interface (GUI) and perform operations on the...
US-5,870,092 Page turning facility
A device for storing information electronically and which has a pen-sensitive screen enabling a user to make freehand input has the screen divided into two...
US-5,870,091 Combining palettes on a computer display
A computer-implemented graphical user interface method receives a select command to select a first window from a group of three or more separate and distinct...
US-5,870,090 System for facilitating selection and searching for object files in a graphical window computer environment
A method for allowing a user to search for a file includes: a first step of, in response to an enlargement in the size of a window, enlarging a range for...
US-5,870,089 Apparatus and process for distributing information using an electronic package representation
A system and a method are both described for transferring data throughout computer systems, computer networks, data transmission facilities, and the like from an...
US-5,870,088 System and method for editing a control via direct graphical user interaction
A method for editing an OLE control wherein changes may be made to the control in a direct graphically interactive manner. The user drags an icon representation...
US-5,870,087 MPEG decoder system and method having a unified memory for transport decode and system controller functions
An MPEG decoder system and method for performing video decoding or decompression which includes a unified memory for multiple functions according to the present...
US-5,870,086 Power saving display device and method for controlling power thereof
A power saving display device and a method for controlling power thereof. The power saving display device comprises a main power supply circuit for converting an...
US-5,870,085 Generating text strings
A rasterizer is used with a system capable of furnishing raster data representative of a string of characters to be formed on a display. The rasterizer has an...
US-5,870,084 System and method for efficiently storing and quickly retrieving glyphs for large character set languages in a...
A system and method for receiving and rendering Unicode text in multiple languages on a set top box is disclosed. The system includes a set top box which...
US-5,870,083 Breakaway touchscreen pointing device
An apparatus, method, and memory direct a computer system, having at least a touchscreen, to breakaway at least a portion of a virtual pointing device. The...
US-5,870,082 Pointing device with reciprocating grip cap
A user-manipulable in-keyboard pointing device is provided, for use in portable electronic apparatus such as laptop computers, for allowing the user to move a...
US-5,870,081 Mouse housing structure
The present invention is related to a mouse housing structure which includes a main body for providing a firm housing structure of a mouse, a held portion...
US-5,870,080 Electro-magnetic transceiver combined with a pointing device
A computer peripheral combines an electro-magnetic transceiver and a computer pointing device in the same housing, The pointing device cable provides the...
US-5,870,079 Computer input device and controller therefor
A computer input device, such as a mouse, and a method of operating the same. Initially, the location of the cursor at various times on the screen is detected....
US-5,870,078 Reduced cost pointing stick circuit
A low-cost circuit processes, with high precision, the output signals of a pointing stick used for controlling a cursor on a computer display screen. A two-stage...
US-5,870,077 Method for tristimulus color data non-linear storage, retrieval, and interpolation
A computerized method, containable in a computer memory device, is disclosed for tristimulus color space coordinate data nonlinear storage, retrieval, and...
US-5,870,076 Pixel data correction apparatus for use with an actuated mirror array
A pixel data correction apparatus, which corrects the value of an input pixel using a predetermined corrected value of its corresponding actuated mirror in an...
US-5,870,075 LCD display with divided pixel electrodes connected separately with respective transistors in one pixel and...
In an active matrix type liquid crystal display device, signal lines and scanning lines are crossed in a matrix form on a transparent substrate. A thin film...
US-5,870,074 Image display control device, method and computer program product
A character table unit stores as attribute data of each character of an image a character name, a horizontal direction character size, a vertical direction...
US-5,870,073 Display with scan converter for converting scanning frequency of input video signal
A display for receiving video signals of a plurality of deflection frequencies including a conversion unit which is responsive to at least one of a horizontal...
US-5,870,072 Apparatus and method for producing a viewscreen from a miniature high resolution chip
A miniature single monolithic chip is to be used to create a viewscreen for Computers, Television or Video applications. Magnifying this display would produce an...
US-5,870,071 LCD gate line drive circuit
An LCD gate line drive circuit is constituted by plural stages of TFT-LCD drive circuits which are each composed of a shift register, a set/reset flip-flop and a...
US-5,870,070 Liquid crystal display device and method for driving display device
A method for driving a simple matrix type display device includes the steps of: applying a data voltage corresponding to values obtained by an orthogonal...
US-5,870,069 Method for displaying color image under various illuminants
A method for displaying a color image under various illuminants is provided. In the color image displaying method, the chromaticity of an illuminant existing in...
US-5,870,068 Twice folded compound magnified virtual image electronic display
A compact virtual image electronic display system including a beamsplitting magnification optic on which a source object is projected, the beamsplitting...
US-5,870,067 Contactless data/power bus
An information system for a shelving system, such as in a supermarket, is disclosed. The system comprises a central data transmission source, a data distribution...
US-5,870,066 Chip antenna having multiple resonance frequencies
A chip antenna comprising a substrate comprising at least one material selected from dielectric materials and magnetic materials, at least two conductors formed...
US-5,870,065 Chip antenna having dielectric and magnetic material portions
A miniature chip antenna which can be utilized as an antenna for use in a high-frequency region is provided. The chip antenna comprises a substrate, at least one...
US-5,870,064 Signal transmission antenna mast
A ridged coaxial transmission line assembly including a plurality of parallel transmission paths is fabricated from an extrusion incorporating a plurality of...
US-5,870,063 Spacecraft with modular communication payload
A spacecraft of a set of spacecraft has an antenna support frame defining square apertures, which are the same size in all spacecraft of the set of spacecraft....
US-5,870,062 Microwave antenna feed structure
A feed structure for transmitting or receiving microwave energy to or from a reflector includes a waveguide having an input section, intermediate section, and...
US-5,870,061 Coaxial slot feed system
A slot antenna has a generally cylindrical waveguide and a feed end. A plurality of slots are formed in the waveguide. A plurality of feed strips are secured to...
US-5,870,060 Feeder link antenna
A steerable feeder link antenna is formed of a steerable reflector and a stationary feed horn assembly. A novel feed horn assembly allows dual mode transmit and...
US-5,870,059 Antenna mast with level indicating means
An antenna mounting system including at least one level indicating device mounted on a mast of the antenna for providing a constant indication of the alignment...
US-5,870,058 Receiver module for receiving extremely high frequency electromagnetic directional radiation fields
The invention is based on a planar concept and involves the configuration of a planar radiating element with the property of generating wide-band electromagnetic...
US-5,870,057 Small antennas such as microstrip patch antennas
In an antenna having a conductor of a length L and a dielectric material with a dielectric constant .epsilon..sub.r1 contacting the conductor, a matching...
US-5,870,056 Air-to-air passive location system
A system is disclosed for estimating the position and velocity of a moving transmitter making use of both Doppler frequency measurements and LBI phase...
US-5,870,055 Tracking radar signal generator
A tracking radar signal generator enables the development of a tracking algorithm of the radar controller even before the tracking is completely developed. In...
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