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20080204474 | DUAL WINDOW DISPLAY BOX - A dual window display box for displaying two objects includes a display arrangement and an attachment arrangement. The display arrangement includes at least two displaying frames, wherein each of the displaying frames has a displaying window and defines a storage cavity between the displaying frames when the displaying frames are overlapped with each other for the first and second objects receiving in the storage cavity. The attachment arrangement includes a first attaching member provided on one of the displaying frame and a second attaching member which is provided on another the displaying frame and is detachably attached to the first attaching member to detachably engage the displaying frames in an overlapped manner such that the display arrangement provides dual display effect on the opposed displaying windows of the displaying frames for individually displaying the first and second objects at two opposite directions. | 08-28-2008 |
20080238942 | Object-Based Image Inpainting - Systems and methods provide object-based image inpainting. The object-based inpainting can recover part of a missing object or can synthesize visual objects that are entirely missing. In one implementation, an exemplary system generates a target visual object to be inpainted into an image, by geometrically matching key features with a model visual object that can be selected from the same or another image. Borders of the target object are refined through pixel-based contour deformation and textures for the target object are obtained either by pixel interpolation or by patch-based modeling of pre-existing texture in the image. Graph-cut segmentation rectifies image overlap as the target object is embedded in the image. Poisson editing filters visual seams, and edge filling completes visual gaps around the border of the target object. | 10-02-2008 |
20080246776 | Motion Estimation and Compensation of Image Sequences - The invention relates to a method, a system and a computer program for dynamic imaging of a moving object. First, motion between the elements of common portions of images I | 10-09-2008 |
20080266324 | Street level video simulation display system and method - A system and method are disclosed for displaying video on a computing device for navigation and other purposes. Video data is collected by traveling along roads in a geographic area and storing the video data along with data indicating the positions at which the video data had been captured. This captured video data is then used in navigation systems and other devices that provide navigation, routing, or other features. A video is presented to a user on the display of a navigation system (or other device). An application associated with the navigation system uses the previously captured video data to create the video shown to the user. The application selects that video data that shows the end user's position from a vantage point. The application further superimposes an indication on the video at a location that corresponds to the position of the end user. | 10-30-2008 |
20090033682 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF IMMERSIVE GENERATION FOR TWO-DIMENSION STILL IMAGE AND FACTOR DOMINATING METHOD, IMAGE CONTENT ANALYSIS METHOD AND SCALING PARAMETER PREDICTION METHOD FOR GENERATING IMMERSIVE SENSATION - A system and method for generating immersive sensation for a two-dimensional still image is provided. The method for generating immersive sensation including: converting a color space of an inputted image; loading a background mask to separate a foreground image and a background image from the inputted image; achieving attribute information for each of the foreground image and the background image, based on a perceptual attribute with respect to the color space, via an image content analysis; predicting scaling parameters based on the attribute information; and enhancing the inputted image based on the scaling parameter. | 02-05-2009 |
20090102862 | REAL TIME DESKTOP IMAGE WARPING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an image warping software algorithm for a real time alteration of a display scene running under the Microsoft Windows Operating System. The image warping software algorithm alters the display scene and allows an observer to view the display scene as a single unbroken image when the display scene is distributed across multiple display screens. The purpose of the image warping software algorithm is to significantly reduce the distortion observed at the abutting edges of the joined display screens. | 04-23-2009 |
20090128579 | Method of producing test-wearing face image for optical products - A method of producing test-wearing face image for optical products includes the steps of posting a facial image of a user on a posting platform; selecting at least one of spectacle frame images from a frame database; matching the spectacle frame image with respect to the facial image; generating a temple effect for each of the temples of the spectacle frame image to form a visible portion extended from the outer side of the respective lens to a facial side peripheral of the facial image and an invisible portion extended from the visible portion at a position out of the facial side peripheral of the facial image; and generating a virtual appearance of the user test-wearing a spectacle frame in responsive to the spectacle frame image thereof, such that the spectacle frame image matches with a facial size of the facial image of the user. | 05-21-2009 |
20090128580 | Telestrator System - A telestrator system is disclosed that allows a broadcaster to annotate video during or after an event. For example, while televising a sporting event, an announcer (or other user) can use the present invention to draw over the video of the event to highlight one or more actions, features, etc. In one embodiment, when the announcer draws over the video, it appears that the announcer is drawing on the field or location of the event. Such an appearance can be performed by mapping the pixels location from the user's drawing to three dimensional locations at the event. Other embodiments include drawing on the video without obscuring persons and/or other specified objects, and/or smoothing the drawings in real time. | 05-21-2009 |
20090201315 | DIAGNOSTIC SUPPORT DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTIC SUPPORT SYSTEM - A diagnostic support device supports a diagnosis of a display state of a composite image displayed on a display device that is arranged to display a composite image obtained by combining a plurality of composite target images corresponding to pieces of information supplied from respective devices mounted on a vehicle, the plurality of composite target images being combined with reference to layout information, the diagnostic support device including a layout information obtaining section arranged to obtain the layout information, a layout information output section arranged to output to an image combining apparatus, the layout information, per composite target image, the image combining apparatus combining the plurality of composite target images, and the layout information being obtained by the layout information obtaining section. | 08-13-2009 |
20090273613 | Method and Apparatus for Presentation of Mosaic Theme - The present invention pertains to a method and apparatus for the display of an animated mosaic theme utilizing user images or video. In one embodiment, the method may include electing a mosaic template that includes a plurality of tile regions. The method may also include loading a source image from a memory. Furthermore, the method may include displaying a plurality of regions of the source image that correspond to the plurality of tile regions of the selected mosaic template to display a source image mosaic. | 11-05-2009 |
20090289957 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION AND DISPLAYING POINTS-OF-INTEREST - A method for displaying point-of-interest coordinate locations in perspective images and for coordinate-based information transfer between perspective images on different platforms includes providing a shared reference image of a region overlapping the field of view of the perspective view. The perspective view is then correlated with the shared reference image so as to generate a mapping between the two views. This mapping is then used to derive a location of a given coordinate from the shared reference image within the perspective view and the location is indicated in the context of the perspective view on a display. | 11-26-2009 |
20100020099 | Mapping electrical crosstalk in pixelated sensor arrays - The effects of inter pixel capacitance in a pixilated array may be measured by first resetting all pixels in the array to a first voltage, where a first image is read out, followed by resetting only a subset of pixels in the array to a second voltage, where a second image is read out, where the difference in the first and second images provide information about the inter pixel capacitance. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 01-28-2010 |
20100020100 | METHOD FOR EXTENDING A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH REGISTRATION - A method for providing virtual world functionality to a user of a base virtual world having base virtual world functionality and a base world list of base virtual world users, includes providing a virtual world layer, communicating to the base virtual world that the virtual world layer will overlay the base virtual world and adding the virtual world layer to the base world list in order to register the virtual world layer with the base virtual world. | 01-28-2010 |
20100033501 | Method of image manipulation to fade between two images - A process to fade between two frames of a dual frame digital TIFF image of an organ taken during an examination with a colposcope to use in computer-aided-diagnosis (CAD) systems. | 02-11-2010 |
20100033502 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR SUPERIMPOSING WINDOWS DISPLAYING VIDEO DATA HAVING DIFFERENT FRAME RATES - A method of transferring image data to a composite memory space comprises including masking data defining a reserved output area in a first memory space and containing first time-varying data having a first frame rate associated therewith. Second time-varying image data is stored in a second memory space and is associated with a second frame rate. At least part of the first image data is transferred to the composite memory space and at least part of the second image data is transferred to the composite memory. The mask data is used to provide the at least part of the second image data such that, when output, the at least part of the second image data occupies the reserved output area. | 02-11-2010 |
20100039447 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a layer separating unit configured to separate an input frame image data item into a moving subject layer and a background layer and a combining processing unit configured to generate a combined image data item by performing an image combining process using the input frame image data item. In the image combining process, top priority is given to a moving subject layer of the latest input frame image data item, a second priority is given to a moving subject layer of a frame image data item associated with a previously performed combining process, and a layer-image combining process is performed for a partial area of an existing combined image data item. | 02-18-2010 |
20100053216 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: display means for displaying an image; operation input receiving means for receiving a user's operation input; and display control means for making a display control of allowing an image to correspond to an image card as an object imitating a real card, displaying a check image, which indicates a shape in which a plurality of the image cards overlap, on the display means, and displaying one of an image corresponding to a specific image card and information indicating the image in a partial or overall area of the specific image card when a check operation indicating an instruction to check the specific image card among the plurality of image cards is received by the operation input receiving means. | 03-04-2010 |
20100073404 | HAND IMAGE FEEDBACK METHOD AND SYSTEM - An image generation method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing apparatus from a video recording device attached to a backside of a video monitor connected to the computing apparatus, a video data stream comprising a first video image of an input device connected to the computing apparatus and a second video image of a users hands enabling switches on the input device. An input device image associated with the input device is displayed. The computing apparatus super-imposes and displays a hand image associated with the user's hands over the input device image. The computing apparatus adjusts a brightness of the hand image such that the input device image is visible through the hand image. | 03-25-2010 |
20100079492 | IMAGE SYNTHESIS DEVICE, IMAGE SYNTHESIS METHOD, IMAGE SYNTHESIS PROGRAM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - When composite image data including parts that were respectively in different data formats before combining, is conventionally edited, the whole composite image data is edited by using a same algorithm. The algorithm may not be an optimum algorithm for a certain part of the composite image data. In an improved structure, the format conversion unit | 04-01-2010 |
20100097398 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOVING-IMAGE PLAYING APPARATUS, AND PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - To allow a viewer to easily understand the details of a moving image shot by an image capturing apparatus in the case where the moving image is browsed. A camerawork detecting unit | 04-22-2010 |
20100141679 | System to Compose Pictorial/Video Image Contents With a Face Image Designated by the User - A system for composing pictorial/video image contents where the Face Image which the User designates (FIU) is reflected is disclosed. The system provides a series of pictorial/video image composing pipe line for changing the face of a specific source character that appears in pictorial/video image contents to a FIU pattern and guides a video related company (for example, a producer, a distributor, a sales agency (provider), etc.) to establish a base infra for producing/manufacturing/marketing a video on demand (VOD) content that reflects individual desire of a user so that it can satisfy user needs in changing the face image of a specific character appearing in pictorial/video image contents into the face image of a favorite person (or the user designates, for example, his/her own face image, the face image of his/her acquaintance, the face image of a specific celebrity, the face image of a specific politician, and so on). | 06-10-2010 |
20100171759 | MULTI-LAYER IMAGE COMPOSITION WITH INTERMEDIATE BLENDING RESOLUTIONS - Providing high frame rate image rendering using multiple image layers per frame. A plurality of image layers having different resolutions are arranged in order of increasing resolution. Beginning with the image layer having the lowest resolution, the image layer is upsampled to a resolution of a next image layer having a higher resolution. The upsampled image layer is blended with the next image layer. The upsampling and blending continues for each of the image layers to produce a blended image. The blended image is provided for display as a frame of video. Aspects of the invention produce a high-resolution composite image during animated navigation across zoom and pan states. | 07-08-2010 |
20100171760 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING OVERLAY IMAGES - A method and system for displaying overlay images on top of base images on a digitally-controlled display device. If the overlay image comprises an area at which only the values of the base image are to be displayed, the area or part thereof is indicated, and pixels of the overlay image within the area are not fetched from an image source and are not mixed with the corresponding values of the pixels of the base area. Thus, multiple fetch and mixing operations are saved, which provide better resource utilization of the system, and bandwidth and processing saving. | 07-08-2010 |
20100207962 | Image data transmission from GPU to system memory - A method for transmitting image data sets is provided. At a first location of a computer system image difference data are determined by performing a differencing operation between corresponding pixels of a first image and second image. The first image and the second image are divided into sub regions. Sub region difference data are determined in dependence upon the sub regions and the image difference data. The sub region difference data are indicative of sub regions having same pixel values in the first and the second image and are indicative of sub regions having at least a different pixel value in the first and the second image. Image data in dependence upon the sub region difference data are transmitted to a second location of the computer system. The image data correspond to sub regions having at least a different pixel value in the first and the second image. At the second location the image data are replaced in the respective sub regions of the first image retrieved from storage at the second location. | 08-19-2010 |
20100238195 | Systems and Methods for Reviewing Digital Pen Data - Systems and methods for error checking an entry converted from digital ink to text are disclosed herein. A method for reviewing digital pen data comprising importing handwritten ink made with a digital pen into an input region of a form. The handwritten ink is interpreted to produce a typographical symbol in the input region. The interpretation producing the typographical symbol is assigned a confidence factor, the confidence factor defining the likelihood that the conversion was correct. Input areas are highlighted if they have a confidence factor below a threshold value. Further, a view of the handwritten ink relative to the typographical symbol is changed by making one of the ink or the symbol more viewably prominent while simultaneously making the other less viewably prominent. | 09-23-2010 |
20100245388 | COMPUTER NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A NETWORK SYSTEM SCREEN SHOT AND SOURCE SHOT CONTROL - A computer network system includes a controlling PC, at least one controlled PC controllable by the controlling PC via a data connection including a network, at least one central terminal having a display, and a video router. The video router is operatively coupled to each of the at least one controlled PCs and the at least one central terminal display and operative to transmit video or monitor signals from each of the controlled PCs to the at least one central terminal display. | 09-30-2010 |
20100277505 | REDUCTION IN LATENCY BETWEEN USER INPUT AND VISUAL FEEDBACK - A system comprising a display screen configured for displaying images, a touch sensor having a sensing region, a host processing system and a touch screen control system. The touch screen control system comprising touch sensor control circuitry configured to operate the touch sensor and display control circuitry configured to operate the display screen. The display circuitry comprising a first memory configured to hold a primary image and a second memory configured to hold a secondary image and display refresh circuitry. The display refresh circuitry configured to update the display screen, and in response to the user input and without requiring intervention by the host processing system, generate a blended image comprising the primary image and the secondary image, and update the display screen with the blended image. | 11-04-2010 |
20100295868 | IMAGE PROCESSING FOR HANDHELD SCANNER - A computer peripheral that may operate as a scanner. The scanner captures image frames as it is moved across an object. The image frames are formed into a composite image based on computations in two processes. In a first process, fast track processing determines a coarse position of each of the image frames based on a relative position between each successive image frame and a respective preceding image determine by matching overlapping portions of the image frames. In a second process, fine position adjustments are computed to reduce inconsistencies from determining positions of image frames based on relative positions to multiple prior image frames. The peripheral may also act as a mouse and may be configured with one or more navigation sensors that can be used to reduce processing time required to match a successive image frame to a preceding image frame. | 11-25-2010 |
20100309226 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE-BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL - For retrieving information based on images, a first image is taken (S | 12-09-2010 |
20100315434 | AUTHORITATIVE DISPLAY FOR CRITICAL SYSTEMS - A system and method of rendering an authoritative image on a graphical display that is part of a critical system wherein image data is received from a source and the image data is stored in a storage module. The plurality of partial images are then generated from a subset of the image data, the partial images can include an indicator. The plurality of images are then combined to form the image, and the image is presented in a single graphical display. The image can then be evaluated by an operator for validity and correctness. | 12-16-2010 |
20100315435 | System and method for instant message analytics of historical conversations in relation to present communication - Evaluating a delivered video using a marker. A marker can be generated to be superimposed and displayed on an evaluation range from coordinate values specifying the evaluation range input to evaluate the video and that adds the marker to the video and causing the video with the marker to be deliver. An image can be generated in the evaluation range at predetermined intervals starting from the input time of the coordinate values. A similarity between two images arranged in the order of time from the input time by comparing the two images can be calculated, and a determination can be made whether the similarity is within an allowable range. The time of one of the two images generated as an extinction time of the displayed marker can be selected when the similarity is determined to be not within the allowable range. | 12-16-2010 |
20110001761 | DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING APPARATUS, DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM IN WHICH A DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING PROGRAM IS RECORDED - One or more blood vessel regions that represent one or more blood vessels that govern the function of an organ are extracted from a three dimensional anatomical image that represents the three dimensional shape of the organ. Next, blood vessel governed regions, the functions of which are governed by a single blood vessel, are estimated, based on each blood vessel region, while regions other than the blood vessel governed regions are estimated to be non governed regions. Index values to be indices of diagnosis are calculated by analyzing evaluation values that constitute a three dimensional functional image, without using the evaluation values included in the non governed regions. Then, the calculated index values are output to a display screen or the like. | 01-06-2011 |
20110007094 | ARCHITECTURES AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND REPRESENTING TIME-DEPENDENT IMAGERY - The present invention pertains to geographical image processing of time-dependent imagery. Various assets acquired at different times are stored and processing according to acquisition date in order to generate one or more image tiles for a geographical region of interest. The different image tiles are sorted based on asset acquisition date. Multiple image tiles for the same region of interest may be available. In response to a user request for imagery as of a certain date, one or more image tiles associated with assets from prior to that date are used to generate a time-based geographical image for the user. | 01-13-2011 |
20110057952 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus and an image processing method processing a graphic image are provided. An image processing apparatus including: a display unit; a first image output unit which outputs a first image signal; a second image output unit which outputs a second image signal and a transparency information with respect to the second image signal; an image mixing unit which outputs a third image signal mixing the first image signal and the second image signal by using the transparency information; an image processing unit which processes the third image signal to output to the display unit; and a control unit which extracts the transparency information from the second image output unit, and outputs a position information about which the second image signal is displayed in the display unit based on the extracted transparency information to the image processing unit. | 03-10-2011 |
20110074817 | COMPOSITE PICTURE FORMING METHOD AND PICTURE FORMING APPARATUS - A composite picture forming method and picture forming apparatus forms pattern attribute information contained in an overlapping domain for the overlapping domain between a plurality of pictures to select the pictures to be targeted for a composition in accordance with the pattern attribute information and combine the selected pictures, and the composition of the pictures is also performed in plural stages by using the pattern attribute information in the overlapping domain. | 03-31-2011 |
20110074818 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method including: inputting a plurality of images with a parallax between the images; by using one of the plurality of inputted images as a reference image, computing a parallax for each of pixels of the reference image on the basis of the plurality of images; extracting an unknown-parallax region for which a parallax cannot be computed; displaying the unknown-parallax region on a display device; receiving a user input of information on a parallax for the unknown-parallax region from a user; and setting the parallax for the unknown-parallax region on the basis of the input information on the parallax. | 03-31-2011 |
20110074819 | IMAGE LAYOUT DETERMINING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - If subject types of a still image material and a panoramic image are different, for example if the subject type of the still image material is animal and the subject type of the panoramic image is landscape, a layout determination unit determines a representative position in the point image as a position for placing the still image material. If a point image is of the same subject type, the layout determination unit determines, as the position for placing the still image material, a position outside the area of the panoramic image near the representative position in the point image. Thus, if there are a plurality of still image materials shot with different zoom factors and corresponding to the same point image, the layout determination unit can determine the layout of the still image materials according to the zoom factor for each still image material. | 03-31-2011 |
20110074820 | INFORMATION DISPLAYING DEVICE AND INFORMATION DISPLAYING METHOD - There are disclosed an information display apparatus and information display method that enable superimposition information to be displayed in such a way that the superimposition information does not interfere with viewing of main screen content. A decision section ( | 03-31-2011 |
20110080426 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, CORRECTED DISPLAY INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A display control system includes: a display information acquisition section that acquires display information by using given account information; and a corrected display information creation section that, based on first display information acquired by the display information acquisition section using first account information and second display information acquired by the display information acquisition section using second account information different from the first account information, determines whether the display contents shown by the first display information are included in display contents shown by the second display information or not, selects part or all of the display contents shown by the first display information in accordance with a result of the determination, and creates corrected display information which includes the selected part of the display contents shown by the first display information. | 04-07-2011 |
20110080427 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an image processing device having a display section and an image pickup section, the image processing device including: an operating section configured to generating an operating signal on a basis of contact of a user with the display section; a bulletin board display controlling section configured to display a bulletin board for posting an image message on the display section, and display an image message generated in advance on the bulletin board; a picked-up image display controlling section configured to display an image being picked up by the image pickup section on the bulletin board when an operating element for transition to an image pickup mode, the operating element being displayed within the bulletin board, is operated; and an image message generating section configured to subject the displayed the image to a predetermined edit, and generate an image message. | 04-07-2011 |
20110090254 | TECHNIQUES FOR DRAWING GEODETIC POLYGONS - Techniques in a data processor for drawing on a map a geodetic polygon that straddles a splitting meridian include, in one embodiment, maintaining data that represents the geodetic polygon, the data comprising a set of geographic coordinates; transforming the set of geographic coordinates into a set of planar coordinates representing a planar polygon; splitting the planar polygon into a plurality of sub-figures; shifting at least one sub-figure of the plurality of sub-figures along a horizontal axis of two-dimensional plane to produce a shifted sub-figure; and causing the shifted sub-figure to be displayed on a map concurrently with at least one other sub-figure of the plurality of sub-figures that was not shifted. | 04-21-2011 |
20110096094 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A display device and a method of operating the display device are provided. The display device includes a media interface unit for receiving images through an external memory card, a memory unit for storing the images therein, a network interface unit for receiving related contents from an external server using image taking time information and GPS information contained in the images, and a controller displaying the images together with the contents provided through the network interface unit with reference to the image taking time information and the GPS information. | 04-28-2011 |
20110109650 | Displaying Computer-Aided Detection Information With Associated Breast Tomosynthesis Image Information - Methods, systems, and related computer program products for processing and displaying computer-aided detection (CAD) information associated with medical breast x-ray images, such as breast x-ray tomosynthesis volumes, are described. An interactive graphical user interface for displaying a tomosynthesis data volume is described that includes a display of a two-dimensional composited image having slabbed sub-images spatially localized to marked CAD findings. Also described is a graphical navigation tool for optimized CAD-assisted viewing of the data volume, comprising a plurality of CAD indicator icons running near and along a slice ruler, each CAD indicator icon spanning a contiguous segment of the slice ruler and corresponding in depthwise position and extent to a subset of image slices spanned by the associated CAD finding, each CAD indicator icon including at least one single-slice highlighting mark indicating a respective image slice containing viewable image information corresponding to the associated CAD finding. | 05-12-2011 |
20110109651 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING EFFICACY OF MEDICAMENTS - A method and apparatus for determining the efficacy of a medicament for the treatment of wounds or scars. The method comprises selecting first and second scarring site portions wherein said first scarring site portion has been treated with said medicament. A pair of images comprising a first image of said first scarring site portion and a second image of said second scarring site portion is generated, and the pair of images is displayed. A recording element comprising first and second recording portions is provided, wherein said first recording portion comprises a plurality of first points indicating that scarring in said first image is less severe than scarring in said second image, and said second recording portion comprises a plurality of second points indicating that scarring in said second image is less severe than scarring in said first image, each of said first and second points having different associated values. Data identifying one of said points is received and used to determine the efficacy of said medicament. | 05-12-2011 |
20110134141 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BACKGROUND REPLACEMENT IN STILL PHOTOGRAPHS - A first digital image is acquired of a framed area while illuminating the background and foreground object under a first lighting condition. A second digital image is then acquired of the same framed area while illuminating the background and foreground object under a second lighting condition. Preferably, the first lighting condition illuminates the background without illuminating the foreground object so that a silhouette of the foreground object is acquired in the first image. The second lighting condition illuminates the foreground object (e.g., with frontal lights). Due to the difference in the illumination between the background and silhouette in the first image, an alpha mask can be created from the first acquired image. Using the mask, the background from the second image can be removed and replaced by virtually any other desired background image. | 06-09-2011 |
20110134142 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An object is to reduce residual images and power consumption in a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device capable of inputting an image signal to a pixel portion selectively is provided. It is possible for the liquid crystal display device to input the image signal only to a region in which a fast-moving image is displayed. Therefore, residual images in displaying a moving image can be reduced. Further, in the liquid crystal display device, it is acceptable that the image signal is not input to a region in which a slow-moving image is displayed; accordingly, power consumption can be reduced. | 06-09-2011 |
20110148923 | POWER EFFICIENT MEMORY - A circuit includes a memory circuit. The memory retiling circuit moves image information configured to be distributed among a plurality of memory channels into reconfigured image information configured to be distributed among a subset of the plurality of memory channels. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148924 | AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR DISPLAYING AN ITEM IMAGE IN ACONTEXTUAL ENVIRONMENT - Method, apparatus, and system for providing an item image to a client for display in a contextual environment are described. In some embodiments, the user may select an item for display in the contextual environment, and the user may position a camera coupled to a processing system to capture the contextual environment. A marker may be generated and associated with an item selected by a user. In an embodiment, the generated marker may be placed in a location within the contextual environment, and the user's processing system may send a visual data stream of the camera-captured environment to a server. In an embodiment, the user's processing device may receive a modified data stream including an image of the item, and the user's processing device may display the item image in the same location as the marker. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148925 | IMAGE OVERLAYING DEVICE AND IMAGE OVERLAYING PROGRAM - An image overlaying device includes an image inputting unit, a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain template data which define a plurality of layout areas and to extract each of the plurality of layout areas from the obtained template data. The controller determines positions of the extracted plurality of layout areas. The controller stores, in the memory, layout order information corresponding to an order of the layout area and further stores, in the memory image order information corresponding to an order of the image data of the documents The controller determines corresponding image data of documents corresponding to each of the plurality of layout areas and generates overlaid image data by laying out, in each of the plurality of layout areas, the determined corresponding image data of the documents. | 06-23-2011 |
20110157224 | PRESENTATION DEVICE - The presentation device | 06-30-2011 |
20110169862 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING DIGITAL MEDICAL IMAGES - A particularly simple and flexibly operable method for displaying digital medical images or series of images is specified. In accordance with at least one embodiment of the method, a display surface is generated on a screen, within which a plurality of images or series of images can be displayed. A number of surface segments are formed on the display surface, in which a group of images or series of images is shown in each instance. The number of surface segments can herewith be arbitrarily prespecified and changed by a user. A system for implementing the method includes, in at least one embodiment, a viewport manager for generating the display surface and forming any number of surface segments. | 07-14-2011 |
20110181622 | FOCUSABLE VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A virtual microscope slide includes images of a specimen for a given level of optical magnification which are associated and stored in a data structure. The forming of the data structure having the multiple Z-plane images preferably includes automatically focusing at a principal reference focal plane and capturing and digitizing an optically magnified reference Z-image and then shifting the specimen relative to the lens system by a predetermined increment to capture and digitize another Z-plane image. Preferably, a multiple sequence of Z-plane images above and below the reference image and captured and digitized. For ease of retrieval and use, each reference image has its associated Z-plane images are formed in a stack that is sent over the Internet, or Intranet to a local computer storage for quick retrieval when a viewer wants to mimic a focusing up or down to better view a detail in an image. Thus, the resultant images are retrieved and displayed such that a virtual focusing capability is available to the user. The images can be formed with overlapping fields of depth, adjacent fields of depth, or wholly separated fields of depth. | 07-28-2011 |
20110187746 | Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method, and Program - There is provided an image processing device including: a data storage unit storing feature data indicating a feature of appearance of one or more physical objects; an environment map building unit for building an environment map based on an input image obtained by imaging a real space and the feature data, the environment map representing a position of a physical object present in the real space; a control unit for acquiring procedure data for a set of procedures of operation to be performed in the real space, the procedure data defining a correspondence between a direction for each procedure and position information designating a position at which the direction is to be displayed; and a superimposing unit for generating an output image by superimposing the direction for each procedure at a position in the input image determined based on the environment map and the position information, using the procedure data. | 08-04-2011 |
20110187747 | METHOD OF DECODING ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A hidden image method comprising: obtaining a first image and a second image, the first and second images providing between them a hidden image and a decoder such that a hidden image is decoded by the decoder when the first image and the second image are superposed at least one decoding position; printing the first image onto a light transmissive substrate to produce a printed substrate; displaying the second image on an electronic display; and superposing the printed substrate relative to the display at a decoding position to decode the hidden image. | 08-04-2011 |
20110193879 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) FOR BROADCAST INFORMATION - An electronic device and a method for providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) are disclosed. The electronic device includes a formatter configured to output a first signal for displaying an image data of a first broadcast content to a display, a controller configured to detect a first request for providing broadcast information, form a first set of pixel data for displaying a GUI providing the broadcast information in response to detecting the first request, and form a second set of pixel data and a third set of pixel data using the first set of pixel data, and a mixer configured to mix the image data with the second set of pixel data and the third set of pixel data. | 08-11-2011 |
20110193880 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE CONTROL METHOD, AND OPTICAL SHUTTER - An image display system includes: display unit ( | 08-11-2011 |
20110205244 | STYLUS INPUT SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention enable stylus input on a display device coupled to a processor. According to one embodiment, a stylus control unit detects the presence of a stylus within a display area of a display device and then displays a pair of frames including luminescent images on the display device. Furthermore, luminescent measurement data is transmitted from the stylus to the stylus control unit, and stylus position information is sent to a computer processor based on the received luminescent measurement data. | 08-25-2011 |
20110210983 | UNIFIED VISUAL PRESENTER - The present document relates to the presentation of visual data that is stored on a mobile communication device, in particular to the presentation of sequences of images such as slideshows that may further include animation sequences as well as static images. A method for displaying data includes: transferring visual data from a mobile communication device ( | 09-01-2011 |
20110210984 | Showing Skin Lesion Information - Among other things, on a two-dimensional electronic display are shown simultaneously: (a) at least a partial body view of a surface of the human model on which a location of a skin lesion on a corresponding real human has been indicated, and (b) an image of the lesion area that corresponds to the partial body view of the human model. | 09-01-2011 |
20110216091 | BIMANUAL INTERACTIONS ON DIGITAL PAPER USING A PEN AND A SPATIALLY-AWARE MOBILE PROJECTOR - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for providing an end user with a spatially-aware projector combined with a spatially-aware digital pen for use in a design environment. Paper documents are augmented to allow a user to access additional information and computational tools through projected interfaces. Virtual ink may be managed in single and multi-user environments to enhance collaboration and data management. The spatially-aware projector pen provides end-users with dynamic visual feedback and improved interaction capabilities. | 09-08-2011 |
20110216092 | COMBINED DEVICE-AND-ANATOMY BOOSTING - An apparatus and a method is proposed, for visualization of an object of interest together with a device being inside the object of interest. The apparatus comprises an image formation unit adapted for providing image information of the object of interest and the device, a processing unit and a display adapted for displaying the image, wherein the image is a combination of the image information of the device and the boosted image information of the object of interest. Here, the processing unit is adapted for performing the following steps: detecting and segmenting the device on the basis of image information provided by the image formation unit; wiping-out the image information of the device; detecting the object of interest on the basis of the provided image information; boosting the image information of the object of interest; re-inserting the image information of the device. | 09-08-2011 |
20110221773 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF SHARING DRAWING DATA - A drawing image sharing apparatus combines a drawing image of a remotely located site and a background image to be displayed onto a drawing object for display onto the drawing object, generates a differential image based on the difference between a captured image of the drawing object and the combined image, and transmits the differential image to the remotely located site. | 09-15-2011 |
20110234632 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An image display system includes an image display device and an image information processing device. The image display device includes a display side input section receiving a plurality of pieces of image information and cursor position information, an image combining/displaying section for displaying a composite image of the plurality of pieces of image information, and a cursor display section for displaying a cursor based on the cursor position information. The image information processing device includes an output section for outputting the image information and the cursor position information, a processing side input section for receiving input of composite image information, and a cursor position information processing section selecting either of a first cursor correspondence process corresponding to the image information sent to the image display device and a second cursor correspondence process corresponding to the composite image information and then performing the cursor correspondence process thus selected. | 09-29-2011 |
20110249027 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus configured to: display on a screen a display target range, which is a part of a first display region extending along a first direction, so as to be superimposed on a first background image; move, when an operation of specifying a direction along the first direction is received from a user in a state in which the display target range is displayed, the display target range in the first display region in accordance with the specified direction without changing a display position of the first background image; and display a predetermined partial range of a second display region extending along the first direction so as to be superimposed on a second background image when an operation of specifying a direction along a second direction intersecting the first direction is received from the user, irrespective of whether or not the display target range is moved. | 10-13-2011 |
20110254862 | GRAPH DISPLAY APPARATUS, GRAPH DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - There is provided a graph display apparatus. An image display control unit causes a display unit to display the image data stored by the image and graph formula storage unit. An formula input unit inputs a graph formula according to a user operation. An input graph display control unit causes the display unit to display a graph corresponding to a graph formula input by the formula input unit, on the image data displayed on the display unit by the image display control unit as a background image. A model graph display control unit causes the display unit to display, in a different display mode, a graph corresponding to a model graph formula stored by the image and graph formula storage unit, together with the graph displayed on the image data as the background image on the display unit by the input graph display control unit, according to a user operation. | 10-20-2011 |
20110261074 | TOUCH PANEL TYPE INPUT APPARATUS AND POWER CONTROL METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL TYPE INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus includes a display part, a touch panel arranged at an upper part of a display area of the display part, and a touch panel control part. The display part displays a button image. The touch panel control part supplies power to the touch panel so that the power is supplied only to an area which is an area of the touch panel and corresponds to an area of the button image displayed on the display part. | 10-27-2011 |
20110267369 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING AND ADVERTISING ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER ENTITIES BY OVERLAYING IMAGE FILES ON CARTOGRAPHIC MAPPING APPLICATIONS - A system, method and process of identifying and advertising organizations or other entities by overlaying image files on cartographic mapping applications is disclosed. Applicant has discovered a system, method and process for displaying image files of logos, trademarks or other source identifying objects, such as a trade name or the like, that are used to identify or advertise a business or other establishment using various cartographic mapping applications, such as Internet or online mapping applications, geobrowser applications, geospatial software applications, GPS mapping applications, such as navigation systems, or other mapping products, such as MapQuest®, Google® Maps, Yahoo!® Maps, and other mapping applications. | 11-03-2011 |
20110267370 | DRAWING LAYER CONTROL DEVICE - A drawing layer control device includes a drawing frequency monitoring unit | 11-03-2011 |
20110292080 | PROJECTION SYSTEM - A projection apparatus includes a communication unit, an obtaining unit, a projection unit, a generator, and a controller. The communication unit communicates with an other projection apparatus. The obtaining unit obtains image data and the projection unit projects an image based on the image data obtained by the obtaining unit. The generator generates an on-screen-display (OSD) image. The controller controls the projection unit to project a projection image by superimposing the OSD image onto an image, based on the image data obtained by the obtaining unit, in a stack projection mode in which a projection image of the projection unit and a projection image of the other projection apparatus are projected to be superimposed with each other, and to transmit, to the other projection apparatus, information concerning a position at which the OSD image is superimposed. | 12-01-2011 |
20110310121 | MULTI-LAYERED DISPLAYS - A method, system, computer software and display for generating and displaying a target image ( | 12-22-2011 |
20110310122 | Remote instruction system, remote instruction method, and program product therefor - A remote instruction system includes an attention image outputting portion that projects an annotation image and an attention image from a projecting portion onto a captured area of an image capturing portion that captures an image of an object, the annotation image being created on the basis of the image captured, the attention image being provided for attracting attention to the annotation image. | 12-22-2011 |
20110310123 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image display device, including a first obtaining unit for obtaining a first image, a second obtaining unit for obtaining a second image to be superimposed on the first image, a reproducing unit for generating an output image by superimposing the second image on the first image and displaying the generated output image, a detecting unit for detecting a position in the output image of a cursor operated by a user, and a reproduction controller for controlling display of the second image by the reproducing unit according to positional relationship between a display position of the second image in the output image and a cursor position detected by the detecting unit. | 12-22-2011 |
20110316881 | Display device - There is provided a display including a display unit which periodically arranges and displays a plurality of view images, an acquisition unit which acquires information on a position of an observer, a calculation unit which sets a target viewing zone based on the information on the position of the observer, and a control unit which selects an arrangement of the view images that gives a viewing zone similar to the target viewing zone. | 12-29-2011 |
20120001940 | DIGITAL DOCUMENT EDITING METHOD, DIGITAL DOCUMENT EDITING PROGRAM AND DIGITAL DOCUMENT EDITING APPARATUS - The invention relates to an editing of a digital document containing an image, a text, a pattern and the like on pages constituting the digital document. In response to an operation for deleting an image positioned in a page, such image is not added to another page but is moved to and displayed in an evacuation area provided independently from the page area. In the evacuation area, such image is displayed together with a serial number of the page in which such image was present originally. Thus the page layout is not destructed in pages other than the page of image deletion, and the user can easily confirm later the image existed in such page. | 01-05-2012 |
20120007887 | DIGITAL MANIPULATOR FOR INVERTER AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD FOR DIGITAL MANIPULATOR - A digital manipulator for an inverter and an image display method for the digital manipulator are disclosed. The digital manipulator is connected to and an external computer. The images used by the digital manipulator are edited by editing software in an external computer and are downloaded to LCM of the digital manipulator to display. The digital manipulator has a plurality of function buttons. Corresponding functions of the function buttons are assigned via editing software by a user. As a result, the digital manipulator is more flexible to use, and users are allowed to configure a digital manipulator based on own individual requests and operating habits. | 01-12-2012 |
20120007888 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT FOR VARYING AN IMAGING RATIO OR OF A REFRACTIVE POWER - Introduced is an optical arrangement for varying an imaging ratio and/or a refractive power including at least one optical axis, having at least two optical elements, which can be pivoted into and/or pivoted to and/or switched into and/or switched to the optical path, which encompass in each case a refractive power and an optical axis and the optical axes of which can in each case be made to be substantially congruent with the optical axis of the arrangement or are substantially congruent with the optical axis of the arrangement. The optical path between the optical elements, which can be pivoted into and/or pivoted to and/or switched into and/or switched to, undergoes at least one change in direction and/or vergence. | 01-12-2012 |
20120007889 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING PYRAMID FISHEYE LENS DETAIL-IN-CONTEXT PRESENTATIONS - A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, comprising: establishing a focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region; creating a focal region image for the focal region by scaling the original image within the focal region by a focal region magnification; creating a shoulder region image for the shoulder region by scaling the original image within the shoulder region by a shoulder region magnification, the shoulder region magnification being less than the focal region magnification; and, overlaying the focal region image and the shoulder region image on the original image to thereby generate the presentation. | 01-12-2012 |
20120013643 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus which displays an image and a control method thereof, the display apparatus including: a display unit; a storage unit which stores therein at least one of preset image pattern information of patterning contents of a plurality of images to retrieve such images and matching information related to the images matching each of the pattern information; a pattern receiver which receives predetermined information of a first pattern that is input from the outside; and an image processor which selects pattern information relating to the first pattern from the preset image pattern information and selects the first image matching the selected pattern information based on the matching information to display the image on the display unit, and selects the second image matching the first pattern by retrieving contents of the images from the plurality of images to display the image on the display unit. | 01-19-2012 |
20120019559 | Methods and Apparatus for Interactive Display of Images and Measurements - Methods and apparatus for the interactive display of images and measurements of samples. A user may interact with embodiments of the present invention to display measurements for a set of biological samples and subsequently display images associated with particular biological samples of interest. For example, selecting data indicators in the set may result in the display of an image associated with a biological sample as well as one or more overlays presenting information of interest as well as controls affecting the display of the image or the information. | 01-26-2012 |
20120019560 | CONFERENCING SYSTEM, SERVER, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The conferencing system is composed of computers, a moderator's computer, and a projector connected on a network. The moderator's computer receives image data from the computers, and generates synthesized image data therefrom, which is transmitted to the projector for display of the synthesized image. The moderator's computer has the capability to switch the image being projected by the projector from the synthesized image to an image handled by one of the computers or by the moderator's computer. With such an arrangement, utilizing existing hardware resources it will be possible to display in a single split-screen display the images handled by the terminals connected on the network. Additionally, it will be possible to switch smoothly between on-screen displays, and to reduce the burden on the on-screen display operator in a networked conferencing system. | 01-26-2012 |
20120056899 | GENERATING A MULTI-LAYERED GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE AND THE USE THEREOF - Systems, devices, features, and methods for generating and/or using a multi-layered image are disclosed. For example, a method of creating a multi-layered image from a three-dimensional model of a geographic area includes receiving three-dimensional graphical object data that represents a geographic area. The three-dimensional graphical object includes multiple geographic features. A first graphical layer of a first geographic feature of the three-dimensional graphical object is rendered as a first independent image layer. A second graphical layer of a second geographic feature of the three-dimensional graphical object is rendered as a second independent image layer. The first graphical layer and the second graphical layer are combined or overlaid to form the multi-layered image. Also, removal of layers may occur in a reverse order of their creation and/or may avoid causing gaps within the other layers not removed. | 03-08-2012 |
20120081395 | DESIGNING AND BUILDING VIRTUAL IMAGES USING SEMANTICALLY RICH COMPOSABLE SOFTWARE IMAGE BUNDLES - A virtual image is created by receiving a selection of at least one composable software bundle. The at least one composable software bundle includes a first set of metadata and a first set of artifacts comprising a first set of executable instructions associated with a first set of operations. A virtual image asset is selected and received. The virtual image asset includes one or more virtual image disks, a second set of metadata, and a second set of artifacts including a second set of executable instructions associated with a second set of operations. A new virtual image asset is created based on the at least one composable software bundle and the virtual image asset. The new virtual image asset includes a third set of metadata that is based on the first set of metadata and the second set of metadata. | 04-05-2012 |
20120092374 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PLACING A REPRESENTATION OF THE CAPTURED SIGNATURE IN A DOCUMENT - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for capturing a signature, and placing a representation of the captured signature in an appropriate field of a document. A camera or other appropriate sensor can capture an image of a signature provided by a user on a piece of paper. The signature can be digitized to create a representation that a device may use in a displayed document. To determine where to place the representation, a horizontal line of a document can be identified by selectively rendering portions of the document adjacent to an input position, and identifying one or more boundaries for a detected horizontal line. The representation can be scaled to fit in a detected field of the document. | 04-19-2012 |
20120113146 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO COMBINE SEGMENTATIONS OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES - Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to combine segmentations of medical diagnostic images are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes presenting a user interface displaying a first segmentation of a first diagnostic image together with a second segmentation of a second diagnostic image, identifying one or more regions defined by one or more logical combinations of the first and second segmentations, receiving from a user a selection of a first of the regions, and emphasizing the first region in the user interface. | 05-10-2012 |
20120120104 | Simplified Creation of Customized Maps - Embodiments of the present invention relate to providing a method for creating customized labeled maps that include displaying a map using a presentation device based on a selectable elevation value, where the map contains geocoded information and the user selects at least one position on the displayed map. The method continues by automatically creating and displaying at least one label located in proximity to the selected position, where at least one label is based on reverse geocoded information associated with the selected position. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120105 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, NOTIFICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING NOTIFICATION PROGRAM - a mobile electronic device includes a display unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a first screen or a second screen. The storage unit stores therein a character string in association with a condition. The control unit displays the character string on the first screen in a superimposed manner in a case where the first screen is displayed on the display unit and the condition is satisfied. The control unit does not display the character string on the second screen in the superimposed manner in a case where the second screen is displayed on the display unit and the condition is satisfied. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120106 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image display device includes: a storage means for storing a plurality of items of image data; a first classifying means for classifying the plurality of the items of image data in a first predetermined unit; a second classifying means for breaking the plurality of the items of image data classified by the first classifying means into smaller groups in a second predetermined unit; a display control means for controlling display in such a way that images are displayed in the second predetermined unit based on the image data broken into smaller groups by the second classifying means; and a display means for performing a predetermined display based on the control performed by the display control means. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120107 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR DISPLAY CONTROL, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - Provided is an information display device that can improve readability even in case of an unstable reception condition when information is superimposed on taken images by means of optical space transmission and displayed on the taken images. | 05-17-2012 |
20120139942 | IMAGE REGISTRATION SYSTEM - An image registration system includes a memory storing digital data representing a first image and a second image, an image processing unit configured to register the second image onto a coordinate system of the first image to obtain a registered second image, and a user interface device adapted to display one of the first image or the registered second image, and a movable region having a periphery. The user interface is adapted to display the first image or the registered second image within the periphery and the other image outside the periphery. The image processing unit is adapted to determine a similarity in alignment of a feature of the registered image with a corresponding feature of the first image, and the user interface is adapted to provide a visual indication to indicate the similarity of the alignment. | 06-07-2012 |
20120139943 | DEVICE FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION USING STRUCTURAL FORM AND METHOD THEREFOR - An information providing apparatus and method are provided comprising an information designating unit designating an information display target and an information providing area for geographical data according to each type, and an information displaying unit displaying an information display target conforming to a type of the information providing area on the information providing area. | 06-07-2012 |
20120147044 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus for generating a paging image when a display image for a plurality of pages is displayed for each page, includes a display control unit that calculates an area to be displayed used for generation of the paging image, a back image processing unit that adjusts a scale of the area to be displayed for the back page image on the basis of a position of the display boundary to generate a display back page image, and a mixer unit that generates a combined image in which the present image and the next image are combined together on the basis of the display boundary, and superimposes the display back page image on the combined image on the basis of the display boundary to generate the paging image. | 06-14-2012 |
20120147045 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - An image display apparatus including a first storage means for storing at least one item of image data, correction condition data for correcting the image data, and corrected image data obtained after the image data is corrected on the basis of the correction condition data; an image processing means for producing the corrected image data; a display means comprising a screen for superimposing an original image based on the image data and a corrected image based on the corrected image data onto each other and displaying either the original image or the corrected image; an input means for selecting an image to be displayed on the display screen, and a display control means for switching between the images in response to an input from the input means, so that either the original image or the corrected image is displayed on the display screen. | 06-14-2012 |
20120154442 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display control device includes a display controller executing display control to display, on a display screen of a display device displaying an image, a whole of a display target image that is to be displayed and that has an aspect ratio differing from an aspect ratio of the display screen, and to display a partial enlarged image, which is obtained by enlarging a partial image corresponding to a part of the display target image and which has a smaller size than the display screen, at a displayed position of the partial image in superimposed relation to the display target image. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154443 | RECEPTION DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RECEPTION DISPLAY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, INFORMATION TRANSMISSION INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, RECEPTION DISPLAY PROGRAM, INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROGRAM, AND OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A reception display apparatus and the like which display display information regarding an information transmission apparatus blocked by an obstacle, on an image representing a taken video image, such that the display information corresponds to the position of the information transmission apparatus, are provided. A reception section time-sequentially takes an image and receives, from an apparatus ( | 06-21-2012 |
20120162259 | SOUND INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, SOUND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A sound information display device including: a plurality of sound collecting units; an information obtaining unit that obtains positional information and sound information of a sound source based on collected sound information of the plurality of sound collecting units; a display data generation unit that generates display data for displaying sound information that is obtained by the information obtaining unit overlaid on a visual image at a position that corresponds to positional information that is obtained by the information obtaining unit within the visual image; and a head-mounted image display unit that displays sound information of a sound source overlaid on the visual information at a position that corresponds to the sound source within the visual image based on display data that is generated by the display data generation unit. | 06-28-2012 |
20120182314 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM - To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, an information storage medium, and a program capable of providing information and executing a processing according to a situation in which content is used. A channel data obtaining unit obtains content-corresponding images corresponding to a plurality of respective contents. An index screen image producing and outputting unit outputs a screen image showing a picture in which the respective content-corresponding images are placed according to a rule determined based on data that is updated upon use of the respective contents. An index-object-related processing executing unit executes, upon receipt of selection of the content-corresponding image, a processing that corresponds to a content-corresponding image selected and is based on data that is updated upon use of a content corresponding to the content-corresponding image. | 07-19-2012 |
20120188280 | System and Method for Pre-loading Flyer Image Tiles and Managing Memory for Same - In the present disclosure, there is disclosed a communication device including a pre-loading module configured to retrieve a first and a second set of flyer image tiles from a flyer image tile set stored in memory, the first set of flyer image tiles being associated with the most zoomed-out state and the second set of flyer image tiles being associated with a zoom level of a current viewport. The pre-loading module is further configured to associate the first set of flyer image tiles with an underlay viewport. The communication device further includes a display configured to display the first set of flyer image tiles in the underlay viewport that are visible in the current viewport and overlay the second set of flyer image tiles visible in the current viewport onto the first set of flyer image tiles. | 07-26-2012 |
20120188281 | Information Processing Device, Display Control Method, A Program, And an Information Storage Medium - The method includes the steps of displaying one or more main images within a main area in a screen, displaying one or more tab images associated with the main image within a tab area in the screen, displaying other main image within the main area in the screen according to a user's instruction so as to replace the main image that is already displayed with the other main image, and displaying other tab image within the tab area in the screen in addition to the tab image that is already displayed, in which the other tab image is associated with the other main image. | 07-26-2012 |
20120194555 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR VIRTUALLY DECORATING A ROOM OR AREA - A computer system and method for providing virtual decoration of an area to be decorated with artwork. The method and system adapted and configured to receive a digital image of an area to be decorated and provide a digital inventory of images each depicting a piece of artwork. An electronic virtual queue is provided for retaining selected artwork images chosen from the digital inventory wherein at least one artwork image is selected from the queue which is designated to be virtually positioned and superimposed in the digital image of an area to be decorated. | 08-02-2012 |
20120206486 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING REGION SHARING DETERMINATION METHOD - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus may include a receiving unit configured to receive information associated with a first imaging region and information associated with a second imaging region. The apparatus may also include a determination unit configured to determine, based on at least the first and second imaging region information, whether a portion of the first imaging region is coincident within at least a portion of the second imaging region. A classification unit configured may assign a classification to at least one of the first or second imaging regions, based on the determination. | 08-16-2012 |
20120229511 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING OBJECT - An electronic apparatus includes: a pointer configured to allow specifying a first object from a plurality of objects displayed on a display screen; and an overlapping object display module configured to detect a second object overlapping with the first object when the first object is specified by the pointer and display the second object on the display screen in a mode in which the second object is allowed to be specified. | 09-13-2012 |
20120236032 | SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONOUSLY VISUALIZING A REPRESENTATION OF FIRST AND SECOND INPUT DATA - A system for synchronous visualization of a representation of first input data and second input data in real time on single display unit is disclosed. The system comprises a control unit for receiving said first and second input data, said control unit being arranged for displaying a synchronous representation of said first and second input data on said display unit. A method for operating the system is also disclosed. | 09-20-2012 |
20120249593 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM CAPABLE OF IDENTIFYING SUBJECT MOTION - An image capturing apparatus | 10-04-2012 |
20120256957 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD OF PERFORMING SCALING OPERATIONS UPON RESPECTIVE DATA PORTIONS FOR MULTI-CHANNEL TRANSMISSION AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREOF - An image processing method includes: deriving a plurality of first data portions from an original data of a first input image, wherein the first data portions correspond to a plurality of partial image areas within the first input image respectively; performing a plurality of scaling operations upon the first data portions respectively, and accordingly generating a plurality of first processed data portions; and outputting a plurality of display data portions through a plurality of channels respectively, wherein the display data portions are derived from at least the first processed data portions respectively. | 10-11-2012 |
20120262487 | INTERACTIVE MULTI-DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEMS - An interactive video control system that can control multiple displays, such as a panel image and/or a projected image using motion gestures from a moveable controller. Further, a plurality of display images may be modified such that the images appear at least partially aligned and combined. The control system may be comprised of a moveable, handheld controller and console. | 10-18-2012 |
20120281018 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM - There is provided an portable electronic device including a touch sensor which acquires operation information input by an operation subject based on an operation performed by an operator on an operation surface, a control section which generates a picture image on which the operation subject is reflected, based on the operation information, and an image generation section which generates an image in which the picture image is superimposed on an original image. According to such a configuration, a user can perform an input with a natural operation while visually recognizing the picture image. | 11-08-2012 |
20120306921 | Adaptive Use of Wireless Display - A graphic display module operating on a first device prepares graphic data to be displayed on a wirelessly connected display adapter that includes graphics processing capability. The display adapter transmits metadata to the graphic display module that includes the graphic processing capabilities of the display adapter. The graphic display module uses the metadata, and possibly the available bandwidth, to selectively delegate graphic processing tasks to the display adapter. | 12-06-2012 |
20120306922 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING AND PROVIDING MAP IMAGES - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to collecting images of maps at plurality of client devices, orienting the images with respect to the Earth, and providing the oriented maps to users. The map images may be collected by users who orient the maps by arranging the position of the image over a picture of the Earth. In another example, users may orient the maps by using “pushpins” to indicate the location of two or more points in the map image to two or more locations on the image of the Earth. The images may be processed in order to generate high quality images which may then be downloaded and used by other users. | 12-06-2012 |
20120306923 | MAP RENDERING FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS - When map data is to be processed for display in a mapping or navigation apparatus, the application processor ( | 12-06-2012 |
20120320093 | MULTI-MODALITY MEDICAL IMAGE VIEWING - A medical imaging system ( | 12-20-2012 |
20130009995 | CLAMP MODE EMULATION - Various technologies described herein pertain to filling a fill area of a canvas with a source visual object and/or a supplemental visual object to emulate a result of clamping the source visual object onto the fill area of the canvas. A source sub-region of a canvas is filled with the source visual object. Moreover, an extension sub-region of the canvas, which includes at least a part of the fill area outside the source sub-region, is formed based on the source sub-region of the canvas. Further, a supplemental visual object is generated by using a tiling clip on the source visual object and repeated within the extension sub-region of the canvas. The tiling clip specifies a size of the portion of the source visual object used as the supplemental visual object. | 01-10-2013 |
20130021375 | System for Monitoring a Video - A computer-implemented method monitors a video-based graphic. The method includes displaying a video-based graphic. A position of a pointer is monitored. The method includes determining a transparency of the video-based graphic at a location of the pointer. An action is performed based on the determined transparency of the video-based graphic at a location of the pointer. | 01-24-2013 |
20130050263 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing and Interacting with Concurrently Open Software Applications - While in a first mode, a first electronic device displays on a touch-sensitive display a first application view that corresponds to a first application. In response to detecting a first input, the electronic device enters a second mode, and concurrently displays in a first predefined area an initial group of application icons with at least a portion of the first application view adjacent to the first predefined area. While in the second mode, in response to detecting a first touch gesture on an application icon that corresponds to a second application, the electronic device displays a popup view corresponding to a full-screen-width view of the second application on a second electronic device. In response to detecting one or more second touch gestures within the popup view, the electronic device performs an action in the second application that updates a state of the second application. | 02-28-2013 |
20130076792 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes an object adjustment unit and a synthesis unit. The object adjustment unit is configured to modify an image of an object based on parameters of an image of a face to create a modified image of the object. The synthesis unit is configured to synthesize the image of the face with the modified image of the object. | 03-28-2013 |
20130083068 | Synchronized Image Browsing - Image viewing systems, such as clinical medical image viewing systems, can be equipped for image browsing. Such systems may benefit from synchronized image browsing. A method can include displaying a plurality of related images at a same time. The method can also include synchronizing the related images with respect to an operation performed on one of the images. Likewise, an apparatus can include a user interface configured to display a plurality of related images at a same time. The apparatus also includes a synchronizer configured to synchronize the related images with respect to an operation performed on one of the images. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083069 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVELY DISPLAYING ELECTRONIC FILE IMAGES - A method and apparatus are provided for displaying electronic files. Electronic file images are displayed in at least one divided exhibition region. It is determined whether a plurality of electronic file images is selected from the electronic file images based on a selection input. A display change input is received for changing a display of the plurality of electronic file images when the plurality of electronic file images is selected from the electronic file images. A display of the plurality of electronic file images is changed according to the display change input. | 04-04-2013 |
20130100165 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a display control unit, and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires information about a plurality of markers included in an image. The display control unit performs control to superimpose on the image and display on a display unit a plurality of virtual objects corresponding to the plurality of markers. The determination unit determines whether the plurality of virtual objects is a specific combination. In response to the determination unit determining that the plurality of virtual objects is a specific combination, the display control unit performs control to superimpose on the image the plurality of virtual objects in a specific arrangement corresponding to the specific combination. | 04-25-2013 |
20130113830 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an operation detecting unit detecting an operation of a subject that has been captured, and a display control unit changing a worn state of at least one of virtual clothing or accessories displayed overlaid on the subject in accordance with the operation detected by the operation detecting unit. | 05-09-2013 |
20130120453 | FUSION OF MULTIPLE IMAGES - A method includes fusing at least three images together into a single fused image, wherein at least one of the three images includes a binary-pattern representation image. A system includes an image processing system ( | 05-16-2013 |
20130135349 | Virtual Trial and Fitting Room - This invention is a system and method that allows wearing or trying on clothes virtually by a user of any body shape or size. A Web server on the World Wide Web provides pictures of apparel such as dress, gowns, tops, blouse, skirts, pants. A user provides his/her picture and is able to virtually try on the apparel article of choice. | 05-30-2013 |
20130141462 | MEDICAL IMAGE OBSERVATION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical image observation apparatus includes a data receiver, a display, and a controller. The controller controls the display to array medical images for each of groups, the medical images being classified into the groups in accordance with at least one of a type of medical image generation apparatus, an imaging condition, an image generation method, an imaging position, an instruction and a setting by an operator, and an imaging date/time, to display medical images corresponding to at least two of the groups, and to scroll the medical images arrayed on a display screen on a group basis based on a scroll instruction of the operator. | 06-06-2013 |
20130147841 | INTERACTIVE NAVIGATION AND VIEW SELECTION IN DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHY - Architecture that enables interactive navigation and view selection in digital cartography. Multiple mapping views (or zoom levels) can be presented concurrently in a map area of the display. The mapping views are located and presented in relation to a fixed position of the display for interactive selection (e.g., on touch screens). A center area of the map area includes a primary view for presentation of a portion of a map, and one or more secondary areas (on the periphery of the center area) that present one or multiple secondary views. Note that the primary and secondary views differentiate the amount of map details presented. For example, the primary view can show more detailed cartographic data while the secondary view(s) show less detail, but a greater amount of cartographic data for the geographical region surrounding the primary view. | 06-13-2013 |
20130155109 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC STRUCTURE FOOTPRINT DETECTION FROM OBLIQUE IMAGERY - A set of instructions stored on at least one computer readable medium for running on a computer system. The set of instructions includes instructions for identifying edges of a structure displayed in multiple oblique images, instructions for determining three-dimensional information of the edges including position, orientation and length of the edges utilizing multiple oblique images from multiple cardinal directions, and instructions for determining, automatically, at least one line segment of a portion of a footprint of the structure utilizing at least one of the relative position and orientation of the edges. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155110 | DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to the field of display control processing and provides a display method and a display device. The display method includes: obtaining an object to be displayed; parsing the object to obtain corresponding information of the object; obtaining a media resource corresponding to the corresponding information based on the corresponding information; and displaying the object and presenting the media resource corresponding to the corresponding information. With the present invention, the display effect of the object can be enriched and the user's reading experience can be enhanced. | 06-20-2013 |
20130162678 | Progressive refinement of an edited image using secondary high resolution image processing - The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to processing of high resolution images, such as digital painting on high resolution images. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a method that includes receiving input defining a modification to a target image; determining, at a first processor, a low resolution proxy result of the modification applied to the target image; determining, at a second processor, a higher resolution result of the modification applied to the target image; displaying the low resolution proxy result before completion of the determining at the second processor; and updating the displayed low resolution proxy result with the higher resolution result. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162679 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EMBODYING OVERLAY IMAGES USING MRLC - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for embodying overlay images using MRLC. The apparatus includes: a data encoder receiving static overlay images, warning overlay images, and continuous dynamic overlay images to perform RLC on each image and padding dummy data to perform MRLC on the padded dummy data and encode the padded dummy data; an address generator generating address indices; a memory the encoded MRLC data; a data decoder accessing the MRLC data of each overlay image; and a microcontroller calculating each RLC data size to obtain the maximum RLC data size and transmit the maximum RLC data size to the data encoder and reading the stored MRLC data and display each overlay image decoded. By this configuration, the low-price microcontroller can maximize the storage efficiency of the memory and implement the fast and easy access, thereby implementing the effective overlay and saving costs. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162680 | Systems and Methods for Cloud Processing and Overlaying of Content on Streaming Video Frames of Remotely Processed Applications - A first application executes on one or more computing systems to generate a series of original frame pixel data sets for rendering of graphical images associated with the first application execution. A second application executes on one or more computing systems to detect one or more key graphical images present in the series of original frame pixel data sets. Upon detection of the one or more key graphical images, the second application directs replacement of a portion of pixel data in the series of original frame pixel data sets with substitute pixel data so as to generate a series of modified frame pixel data sets for encoding in lieu of the series of original frame pixel data sets. | 06-27-2013 |
20130169685 | PATH SIDE IMAGE ON MAP OVERLAY - One or more systems, devices, and/or methods for generating a map including path side data include storing path side data referenced to three-dimensional geographic coordinates. The path side data may be optical data or optical data modified based on one or more panoramic images. The path side data is combined with map data received from a map database. The map data includes nodes and segments. A processor rotates the path side data based on one of the segments. The rotation may be about the segment or about a featured identified in the optical data. The path side data overlaid on the map data is outputted to a display, a file, or another device. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169686 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DISPLAYING AN OVERLAY ON A DEVICE DISPLAY SCREEN - Disclosed herein is a camera unit configured to capture an image, and a microprocessor configured to control a display to display the image and an overlay substantially simultaneously. In one broad aspect, at least one of the level of transparency, the brightness level, or the color value of the overlay is determined based on at least one of a representative brightness level or a representative color value associated with the image being displayed. | 07-04-2013 |
20130187954 | IMAGE DATA GENERATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE DATA GENERATION METHOD - In a case where a plurality of interest regions are designated with respect to an original image, a position data acquisition unit creates list information, in which data of respective positions of the interest regions is associated with designation order. In a case where data of a position of a newly designated interest region is acquired, a display data generation unit generates data for superimposing and displaying, on a display image, a mark indicating the position of the newly designated interest region, and a path connecting the position of the interest region designated last time and the position of the newly designated interest region. | 07-25-2013 |
20130194307 | Visual Embellishment for Objects - Particular embodiments display a series of objects across a screen of an electronic device, the objects being arranged side by side; display a boundary of each object in the series, the boundary of an object near the center of the series slightly overlapping a portion of each of two objects next to the object nearer the center of the series; and display a shadow around the object near the center of the series, the shadow overlapping a portion of each of the two objects next to the object near the center of the series to simulate an visual effect that the object near the center of the series is above the other objects in the series. | 08-01-2013 |
20130208008 | PROJECTOR AND PROJECTION IMAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A projector used with another projector and capable of projecting an composite projection image includes an image processing section adapted to insert information of an adjusting projection image into information of a partial projection image to be a part of the composite projection image for a period shorter than one unit period for projecting the partial projection image, an imaging section adapted to take an image of the adjusting projection image, and a projection image adjustment section adapted to adjust the partial projection image based on the adjusting projection image taken by the imaging section. | 08-15-2013 |
20130215150 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFLATING RASTER AND VECTOR DATA - Embodiments of the present invention provide for accurate relative location information to be preserved between vector and raster data sources during non-linear transformation. In a method according to an embodiment of the present invention, raster and vector data are received that corresponds to maps and conflated in a multi-step process. Objects of at least one of vector data are identified and conflated. For example, in an embodiment of the present invention, vertices of vector objects are identified. In a subsequent step, raster data is conflated by applying a non-linear transformation to the raster data using identified vertices of vector data from before and after conflation as control points. The resulting hybrid map is output that is advantageously accurate in general but is further advantageously accurate at critical points. | 08-22-2013 |
20130222429 | LOCATION-BASED DISPLAY OF PIXEL HISTORY - A pixel history machine may receive a location for a portion of a screen. The pixel history machine may present a first screen with a first portion and store the first portion. The pixel history machine is configured to present a second screen with a second portion of the second screen. The pixel history machine is configured to receive a request that the first portion of the first screen be presented within the second screen. This request may take the form of a gesture being detected by the pixel history machine. In response to this request, the pixel history machine presents the first portion of the first screen within the second screen. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222430 | IMAGE ARTIFACT IDENTIFICATION AND MITIGATION - A method includes displaying at least one of projection data or reconstructed image data having visually observable artifacts, wherein the at least one of the projection data or the reconstructed image data corresponds to an imaging examination of an object or subject and displaying, concurrently with the at least one of the projection data or the reconstructed image data, sample images with known artifacts. The method further includes identifying one or more of the sample images having artifacts similar to the visually observable artifacts in the at least one of the projection data or the reconstructed image data. The method further includes displaying information about the identified one or more of the sample images, wherein the information includes information related to mitigating the visually observable artifacts. | 08-29-2013 |
20130229434 | VIEWING MEDIA IN THE CONTEXT OF STREET-LEVEL IMAGES - A system for displaying hybrid image data produced by embedding additional media objects within street-level panoramic images includes a user interface through which a user may view, search for, and/or navigate through additional media objects in the context of browsing a virtual environment of a location at street level. In response to user input indicating a request to view a geographic location and/or an additional media object, street-level panoramic image data associated with the geographic location, in which one or more additional media objects also associated with the geographic location have been embedded, may be provided for display through the user interface. The user interface may be provided by a client device including one or more processors that receive hybrid image data produced by one or more processors of a server and display the image data to the user. | 09-05-2013 |
20130235080 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for displaying information on life support systems (LSS) are provided. One LSS includes a patient monitoring portion configured to acquire, as LSS information, patient measurement information from a monitored patient. The LSS also includes a communication device configured to communicate with a remote device to obtain, as non-LSS information, information acquired by the remote device. The LSS further includes a display configured to display a user interface that presents the non-LSS information. | 09-12-2013 |
20130241956 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HYBRID FAIRY TALE BOOK IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for providing a hybrid fairy tale book in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus for providing a hybrid fairy tale book in a mobile terminal includes a downloader which downloads a book application selected by a terminal user from a storage server, a processor which displays an input UI on the screen according to an execution instruction for the downloaded book application, and then searches for the content of a first fairy tale book connected with the book application from a paid database in the storage server, when a condition selected by the input UI is met and thus, an authentication code is inputted; and a control display which processes the found content of the first fairy tale book using a personal image, and visualizes the processed content of the first fairy tale book through the book application. | 09-19-2013 |
20130271492 | ELECTRONIC CHART DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION RELATING TO ELECTRONIC CHART - An electronic map display device is provided. The device acquires electronic maps and displays the electronic maps, each electronic map being acquired per acquisition unit. The electronic map display device may include a map information display determiner for determining whether the electronic map is currently available per acquisition unit, and a map information display interface for displaying information relating to the electronic map per the acquisition unit depending on whether the electronic map is currently available. | 10-17-2013 |
20130293587 | System and Method for Adaptive and Persistent Media Presentations - Systems and methods providing for an advertisement (media) is designed using segments that can be added or subtracted are provided. By adapting the various segments of an advertisement to fit the orientation of the displaying device, and to be persistent on the display without overlaying the application being viewed by the user, it is possible to increase viewing time of the displayed media. In one embodiment, the various segments are sized to be displayed in areas (such as preview areas) of the display that the user does not typically use for his/her main work. In this manner, the displayed media is adapted for display area and does not intrude on the viewing area. | 11-07-2013 |
20130321465 | MAP INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A map information display apparatus includes: a display device that displays map information including a map and facility information; and a navigation device which, when a specific facility and a peripheral facility existing within a set distance of the specific facility are included in the map information displayed by the display device, displays specific facility information indicating the specific facility and peripheral facility information indicating the peripheral facility integrally on the map. | 12-05-2013 |
20130335449 | METHOD OF GENERATING ANTHROPMORPHIC VEHICLE IMAGES - A method of generating anthropomorphic vehicle images for a vehicle owner is shown that includes providing a plurality of anthropomorphic vehicle images on a visual display for a vehicle owner to select; receiving a selection of an anthropomorphic vehicle image from the vehicle owner using a wireless device; obtaining vehicle data using one or more vehicle sensors located on the vehicle; altering at least a portion of the selected anthropomorphic vehicle image based on the accessed vehicle data; and displaying the altered anthropomorphic vehicle image on a wireless device to the vehicle owner. | 12-19-2013 |
20130335450 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANGING IMAGES IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus and method for changing a background image or a lock screen image in an electronic device is provided. The method includes selecting a first screen image when a screen image change menu is selected, adjusting a size of the selected first screen image, disposing the first screen image on a corresponding area of a second screen image, and displaying a third screen image in which the first screen image and the second screen image are merged. | 12-19-2013 |
20130342575 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DISPLAY RENDERED IMAGES - A computer-implemented method to display a rendered image is described. A base image is obtained. A rendered image is obtained. The rendered image is matched to a location on the base image. The rendered image is overlaid onto the base image at the location to generate a set of layered images. The set of layered images is displayed. | 12-26-2013 |
20130342576 | PROJECTOR, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - An image display system includes a first projector and a second projector, and makes the first projector and the second projector operate in cooperation with each other to form a single projection image on a common screen. The first projector and the second projector are connected to each other via a signal line. A master control section of the first projector transmits a control signal to a subordinate control section of the second projector. The subordinate control section of the second projector controls a projection section of the second projector based on the control signal. Thus, the controllability of the image display system provided with a plurality of projectors is enhanced. | 12-26-2013 |
20130342577 | IMAGE SYNTHESIS FOR DIAGNOSTIC REVIEW - Embodiments of methods and/or apparatus can allow a viewing practitioner to adjust how image content can combined from multiple radiographic images of the same subject or different image processing of one image of a subject to control additional information gained by the combination and/or for improved diagnosis. In one embodiment, a method for displaying radiographic image content is executed at least in part by a computer and can include obtaining image data for a first radiographic image of a patient; obtaining image data for a second radiographic image of a patient; combining the image data from the first and second images and displaying the result as a combined radiographic image; recombining the image data from the first and second images according to a viewer instruction that conditions how the first and second images are recombined and re-displaying the result as the combined radiographic image. | 12-26-2013 |
20130342578 | Imaging System and Method for Use in Surgical and Interventional Medical Procedures - A system and method for displaying images of internal anatomy includes an image processing device configured to provide high resolution images of the surgical field from low resolution scans during the procedure. The image processing device digitally manipulates a previously-obtained high resolution baseline image to produce many representative images based on permutations of movement of the baseline image. During the procedure a representative image is selected having an acceptable degree of correlation to the new low resolution image. The selected representative image and the new image are merged to provide a higher resolution image of the surgical field. The image processing device is also configured to provide interactive movement of the displayed image based on movement of the imaging device, and to permit placement of annotations on the displayed image to facilitate communication between the radiology technician and the surgeon. | 12-26-2013 |
20140002500 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140028719 | DISPLAY TERMINAL DEVICE CONNECTABLE TO EXTERNAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention is to maintain the viewability of display without impairing operability on a terminal side, even when the details of a touch operation performed on a display terminal device are transmitted to an external display device for display. In the present invention, when a touch operation is detected in an external transmission mode, the display terminal device generates details of a composite screen obtained by superimposing operation information (operation icon or animation image) indicating details of the touch operation on contents being displayed on the display screen (terminal screen), and transmits the contents of the composite screen to the external display device so as to change display contents on the external display device (display contents on its screen). | 01-30-2014 |
20140028720 | Display Controller, Display Control Method And Computer-Readable Medium - To improve the visibility of a sequence of a plurality of images corresponding to a sequence of a plurality of pieces of information. According to the contents of a scroll operation, a display controller ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140028721 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA RENDERING, COMPOSITION, AND USER-INTERACTIVITY - An interactive video/multimedia application (IVM application) may specify one or more media assets for playback. The IVM application may define the rendering, composition, and interactivity of one or more the assets, such as video. Video multimedia application data (IVMA data may) be used to define the behavior of the IVM application. The IVMA data may be embodied as a standalone file in a text or binary, compressed format. Alternatively, the IVMA data may be embedded within other media content. A video asset used in the IVM application may include embedded, content-aware metadata that is tightly coupled to the asset. The IVM application may reference the content-aware metadata embedded within the asset to define the rendering and composition of application display elements and user-interactivity features. The interactive video/multimedia application (defined by the video and multimedia application data) may be presented to a viewer in a player application. | 01-30-2014 |
20140028722 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a display apparatus and a control method thereof which supports image data at differing frame rates, such as 60 Hz and 120 Hz, input from an image supply source. The display apparatus includes a first scaler which processes input image data; a second scaler which processes input image data; a display unit which displays thereon the image data processed by the first and second scalers; and a controller which selectively controls based on a frame rate of the image data to process the image data by the first scaler only, or to divide and process the image data by both the first and second scalers. | 01-30-2014 |
20140043366 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores therein a display image displayed on a display unit; a selection receiving unit that receives selection of the display image stored in the storage unit; a display control unit that displays a selected display image that is the display image selected by the selection receiving unit, on the display unit; a depiction input receiving unit that receives an input by depicting an image on the selected display image displayed on the display unit; a synthetic image generating unit that synthesizes a depicted image input by depicting it and the selected display image to generate a new display image; and a display image management unit that stores related information relating the new display image to the selected display image, and the new display image in the storage unit. | 02-13-2014 |
20140049561 | POOLING AND TILING DATA IMAGES FROM MEMORY TO DRAW WINDOWS ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - The instant application discloses receiving a command via a processor to initiate a window creation operation on a client computing device, retrieving at least one image tile pre-allocated in a memory of the client computing device, performing a draw operation that places at least one image overplayed onto the at least one image tile and displaying the image overplayed onto the at least one image tile on a display of the client computing device. | 02-20-2014 |
20140049562 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus displays in order multiple pages of the same electronic album in each of a first display area and a second display area arranged in parallel on a screen of a display device. A user selects one image from each display area. The information processing apparatus edits the selected images and display the results on the display device. | 02-20-2014 |
20140063066 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN - A method and device which provide and manage an image to be displayed on display screens of a portable device and a separate image output device, when the separate image output device is connected to the portable device is provided. Accordingly, an image frame is generated by excluding a specific surface from image frames to be output in the portable device, to the image output device, or constitutes and provides an image frame including a surface to be displayed on the image output device, to the image output device. | 03-06-2014 |
20140071167 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, METHODS FOR SENSING AND PROCESSING FISHING RELATED DATA - Devices and systems for noninvasively and nondestructively sensing a signal in an electrical outdoor device, such a fishing transponder, are described. The device can include a first electrical connection to connect to a port on a main unit of an echo-location device, a second electrical connection to connect to a port on a transponder, the second electrical connection being in bi-directional electrical communication with the first connection to send a power signal from the main unit to the transponder and return an echoed signal to the main unit, and a third electrical connection to sense the signals between the first electrical connection and the second electrical connection. Positioning data is also created and stored with the signal data. The positioning data can be used to control acquisition of data. Systems and methods for processing the sensed data are described. Reports can be generated using the data and, in some reports with the positioning data. | 03-13-2014 |
20140078177 | IMAGE SYNTHESIZING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The image processing apparatus is adapted to create a synthetic image using a plurality of images stored in an image managing server, and comprises an image acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of images from the image managing server; and a synthetic image creating unit that creates the synthetic image using the acquired images according to a predetermined priority for creating the synthetic image. | 03-20-2014 |
20140085336 | INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE - The present invention provides a method for providing information and an apparatus for providing information with which information can be secretly displayed, and further, a display technique with a lot of sense of fun can attract keen interest from people around a display such as digital signage. | 03-27-2014 |
20140104317 | IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE AND METHOD - An image displaying device includes a light diffuser and an image superposing unit. The light diffuser includes an incident side and an emergent side. The image superposing unit emerges therefrom a plurality of image lights, and superposes the plurality of image lights onto the incident side, wherein the plurality of superposed image lights pass through the light diffuser, and the light diffuser only displays an image corresponding to one of the plurality of image lights in an observation direction on the emergent side. | 04-17-2014 |
20140118399 | DISTORTION CORRECTION FOR VISUAL OBJECTS IN MOTION - This disclosure provides implementations of systems, devices, components, computer products, methods, and techniques for correcting or compensating for moving visual object distortions. In one aspect, a method includes combining image data from a first frame with image data from a second frame to generate a fused image frame. Additionally or alternatively, the method can include applying a shear transformation to the image data in the first frame to generate a sheared image frame. One of, or a combination of, the fused image frame and the sheared image frame may be displayed as a pre-distorted image frame so that, when viewed on the display, the pre-distorted image frame compensates for distortion that can otherwise be perceived by a user when viewing the displayed moving visual object. | 05-01-2014 |
20140132633 | ROOM DESIGN SYSTEM WITH SOCIAL MEDIA INTERACTION - The present specification provides a novel social network platform for creating, using and sharing online spaces populated with their furnishings. In certain implementations, the first web page is a sign-in page or a sign-up to create an account. Upon account creation, a basic empty 3-D room can be generated. Three views of the same room can be available, windowed (small & large), and full screen, all of which can be toggled between at any time using standard screen sizing icons. In some embodiments a room can consist of a back wall, a perspective wall on either side of the back wall, and a floor. | 05-15-2014 |
20140132634 | Method And Apparatus For Recognizing Target Object At Machine Side in Human-Machine Interaction - An apparatus which includes a first displaying module to display the target picture, a graphic tag superimposing module to superimpose a graphic tag on a target object in the target picture according to an instruction sent by a user and determine a display parameter of the graphic tag, an identifier information adding module to add identifier information for the graphic tag, a storage controlling module to store the display parameter of the graphic tag and the identifier information of the graphic tag in a storage medium related to the target picture, and a second displaying module to obtain the display parameter and the identifier information from the storage medium related to the target picture, display the graphic tag on the target object in the target picture according to the display parameter of the graphic tag, and display the identifier information of the graphic tag. | 05-15-2014 |
20140139554 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE DISPLAY SYSTEM, TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A two-dimensional code display system has a display unit which can display a two-dimensional code representing predetermined information by plural cells arrange in a matrix, and a control unit which changes the display form of the two-dimensional code. For example, after 0.5 second has elapsed since the display unit starts displaying the image of a logo mark, the control unit controls the display unit to change the display from the image of the logo mark to a two-dimensional code. After 2.0 seconds has elapsed since the display unit starts displaying the two-dimensional code, the control unit controls the display unit to change the display from the two-dimensional code to the image of the logo mark. By repeating such control, the control unit can control the display unit to display alternately the image of the logo mark and the two-dimensional code. | 05-22-2014 |
20140176610 | IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE, IMAGE DATA OUTPUTTING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAYING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DATA OUTPUTTING PROGRAM - A system consisting of a plurality of terminals storing image data and an image displaying device which are connected with each other through a network capable of two-way communication has the disadvantage of decreasing in throughput on account of slow image data transfer over the network. The image displaying device performs two-way communications with each of the terminals by a communication means at the display device side. Also, the image displaying device acquires image data from a relevant terminal while instructing other terminals to suspend transmission by the image data acquisition controlling means, thereby suspending transmission of image data. The image displaying device displays images by the image displaying means based on the thus acquired image data. | 06-26-2014 |
20140184646 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND FISHEYE IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - An image processor and a fisheye image display method thereof are provided, where the fisheye image display method performs the following steps. A fisheye image and part images are received, and each part image and the fisheye image have a relation therebetween. A frame layout with at least one cell is read. The fisheye image or part image is inserted in the cell. The frame layout is set as an output image. A modification command is received. A modification procedure is performed to modify the output image according to the modification command. Each part image and the fisheye image maintains the relation after the output image is modified. | 07-03-2014 |
20140184647 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO SUPPORT THE OPERATING OF THE DISPLAY OF IMAGE DATA - For supporting correct and reliable operating displaying image data, wherein the image data may change over the time, the present invention suggests a reliable process, by use of which a secured image is generated based on a source image by generating at least one secured image part, wherein the secured image part is generated by combining a source image part of the source image with a corresponding secure pattern; and/or by monitoring displaying the secured image by detecting the corresponding secure pattern of the secured image part and by performing at least one of following: updating the detected secure pattern, checking the currentness or correctness of the detected secure pattern. | 07-03-2014 |
20140198131 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGING A REGION OF INTEREST - Methods and systems of displaying an image of an object are described. The displayed image is comprised of at least two parts that are displayed so as to present a unified image of the object. One part of the image is derived using a first temporal filter and the other part of the image is derived using a second temporal filter. | 07-17-2014 |
20140204122 | REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SCALING ENGINES USED IN A DISPLAY CONTROLLER TO DISPLAY A PLURALITY OF IMAGES ON A SCREEN - Methods and apparatuses to reduce the number of scaling engines used in a display controller that displays image content associated with a plurality of image sources on a screen are provided. A first multiplexer may receive image content from a plurality of storage devices, and select first image content from one of the plurality of image sources. A first scaling engine may process the selected first image content, wherein a plurality of multiplexers can receives an output of the first scaling engine and the image content from the plurality of storage devices, respectively. Each one of the plurality of multiplexers may output either the image content input to the multiplexer or the output of the first scaling engine depending on which image content was scaled by the first scaling engine. Additionally, a plurality of post-processors may perform additional post-processing on the output of the plurality of multiplexer, respectively. | 07-24-2014 |
20140204123 | Relational Display of Images - A method and apparatus for displaying a plurality of secondary images based on image data of a primary image include displaying a primary image and a plurality of secondary images based on the image data of the primary image. Each of the plurality of secondary images is displayed having a size based on a relevance of each respective one of the plurality of secondary images to the primary image. The primary image can be selected from a plurality of images or a frame of a video. Subsets of secondary images can be displayed in clusters including images having content similar to particular content of the primary image. | 07-24-2014 |
20140204124 | VASCULAR TREATMENT OUTCOME VISUALIZATION - The present invention relates to vascular treatment outcome visualization. To provide an enhanced possibility to check that a vascular treatment has been correctly performed, it is proposed to provide ( | 07-24-2014 |
20140218400 | Method for Providing Real Estate Data on an Interactive Map - A method for providing real estate data on an interactive map which provides an interactive map display over which various real estate data layers may be overlaid to provide information regarding displayed property parcels. The present invention generally includes a central communication unit and a user device communicatively interconnected with the central communication unit via a communications network. The central communication unit is adapted to periodically access real estate data from one or more data providers to maintain a data repository containing real estate data regarding a plurality of properties. The user device utilizes a software application to retrieve such real estate data from the central communication unit and display a user interface having a map showing a plurality of map tiles. A data layer may be overlaid over the map to provide the real estate data in an easy-to-read manner while exploring a geographic area on the map. | 08-07-2014 |
20140218401 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD FOR DIGITAL MANIPULATOR - A digital manipulator for an inverter and an image display method for the digital manipulator are disclosed. The digital manipulator is connected to and an external computer. The images used by the digital manipulator are edited by editing software in an external computer and are downloaded to LCM of the digital manipulator to display. The digital manipulator has a plurality of function buttons. Corresponding functions of the function buttons are assigned via editing software by a user. As a result, the digital manipulator is more flexible to use, and users are allowed to configure a digital manipulator based on own individual requests and operating habits. | 08-07-2014 |
20140240356 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PAN AND ZOOM DISPLAY FOR A REPRESENTATION OF A PROCESS SYSTEM - A method includes displaying regions in a graphical display. At least two regions correspond to different portions of a representation of an industrial process system. A thumbnail region corresponds to an entirety of the representation of the process system. A viewport region corresponds to a portion of the representation of the process system less than the entirety of the representation of the process system. The viewport region is disposed and movable within the thumbnail region. A current view region corresponds to a current view of the representation of the process system. The current view is associated with the viewport region. The method also includes, responsive to user activation, moving the viewport region within the thumbnail region and updating the current view region. The thumbnail region is configured to identify at least one fault condition indicator outside the viewport region. | 08-28-2014 |
20140253593 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING THE PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a pierced earring image acquisition unit that acquires a pierced earring image showing a pierced earring including a hook part, a head image acquisition unit that acquires a head image at least including a region where an ear is shown, a pierced earring image specifying unit that specifies an end direction of the hook part in the pierced earring image, a head image specifying unit that specifies a rear of a head in the head image, a superimposition unit that superimposes the pierced earring image onto the head image so that the end direction in the pierced earring image faces to the rear of the head in the head image, and an output unit that outputs the image on which the pierced earring image is superimposed. An image closer to the state where the pierced earring is actually worn in the ear is thereby output. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253594 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, A DISPLAY METHOD AND A DISPLAY PROGRAM FOR USE IN A MEASURING SYSTEM - The display apparatus of this invention, even when edges of an IP image with measurement information on β | 09-11-2014 |
20140267422 | AIRCRAFT FLIGHT DECK DISPLAYS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED DISPLAY OF OBSTACLES IN A COMBINED VISION DISPLAY - Systems and methods for enhanced display of obstacles in a combined vision display are provided. The system comprises a display unit and an enhanced vision system configured to generate first signals representative of enhanced vision images. Data storage device contains obstacle data representative of obstacles. Synthetic vision system is configured to selectively retrieve obstacle data from data storage device and generate second signals representative of synthetic vision images of one or more obstacles. Processor is in operable communication with display unit and coupled to receive first and second signals and configured, in response thereto, to: overlay the synthetic vision images of the one or more obstacles over the enhanced vision images and command display unit to display the synthetic vision images of the one or more obstacles overlaid over the enhanced vision images. The overlaid synthetic vision images of the one or more obstacles may be visually highlighted. | 09-18-2014 |
20140267423 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes: a terminal device; and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes: a holding unit that holds a plurality of pieces of workflow information each including information that specifies a process constituting a service; a receiving unit that receives service identification information, device identification information, and an image transmitted from a terminal device; a selecting unit that selects a piece of the workflow information corresponding to the service identification information and the device identification information from the pieces of the workflow information; and an executing unit that executes a service in which the image is processed into an image including a movie in accordance with the workflow information selected by the selecting unit. | 09-18-2014 |
20140292813 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: an adjusting section configured to detect, when a plurality of observation targets are included in a slide, regions of images of the observation targets from an image of the slide and continuously arrange the regions to thereby generate data of a reconfigured slide image in which arrangement of the observation targets is adjusted; and a display control section configured to display, on a display apparatus, an enlarged image corresponding to a part of a display region of the reconfigured slide image and change the enlarged image displayed on the display apparatus such that the display region moves on the reconfigured slide image according to a movement instruction. | 10-02-2014 |
20140300637 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CAMERA LOCATION INFORMATION AND/OR CAMERA POSE INFORMATION ACCORDING TO A GLOBAL COORDINATE SYSTEM - An approach is provided for processing and/or facilitating a processing of one or more images to determine camera location information, camera pose information, or a combination thereof associated with at least one camera capturing the one or more images, wherein the camera location information, the camera pose information, or a combination thereof is represented according to a global coordinate system. The approach involves causing, at least in part, an association of the camera location information, the camera pose information, or a combination thereof with the one or more images as meta-data information. | 10-09-2014 |
20140300638 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An image processing device includes: a sub-image generation section, the sub-image generation section configured to generate a third sub-image by providing a peripheral image including at least a first region that is a transparent region around a first sub-image and to perform a filtering process on the entire or a part of a second sub-image including the first sub-image and the peripheral image; and a composition section configured to composite together a frame image and the third sub-image. | 10-09-2014 |
20140306997 | MOBILE BODY DISPLAY DEVICE AND MOBILE BODY DISPLAY METHOD - A mobile body display device includes an acquisition component, a memory component, an input component, a length adjuster, and a display controller. The acquisition component acquires position and speed of a mobile body. The memory component stores a plurality of display ranges, a number of range rings for each display range, and a reference speed. The input component receives input designating one of the display ranges. The length adjuster adjusts length of a speed vector on a screen such that length of a speed vector indicating the reference speed on the screen is the same as a spacing of the range rings on the screen based on the display range. The display controller displays the mobile body on the screen according to the position, and displays adjacent to the mobile body a speed vector for which heading and length have been set based on the length and the speed. | 10-16-2014 |
20140306998 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD, AND TERMINAL APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING LAND BOUNDARY - A computer is disclosed that performs a land boundary display process. The computer executes an imaging process when an imaging request is detected. The computer specifies an imaging range based on a location, an imaging orientation and an elevation angle of a terminal apparatus when the imaging process is executed. Also, the computer specifies an area corresponding to a plot of land in a captured imaged based on the imaging range being specified. After that, the computer reads out boundary line information of the plot of land corresponding to latitude and longitude information from a storage part, and generates an image by overlapping an area corresponding to the plot of land being specified with the boundary line information being read out. Then, the computer displays the image at a display device. | 10-16-2014 |
20140313229 | MAP DISPLAY DEVICE AND MAP DISPLAY METHOD - A map display method display a plurality of drawing pictures. The device and the method facilitate comprehension of relevance between drawing objects included in the drawing pictures. The map display device includes an input/display unit receiving user operation input related to drawing picture display and displays a first drawing object related to map information in a first drawing picture and a second drawing object related to map relevant information in a second drawing picture; and a controller controlling an overlapping state between the first drawing picture and the second drawing picture in accordance with input of user operation received by the input/display unit and outputs, to the input/display unit, a picture in which one of the first and second drawing objects masks the other one in a portion where the first and second drawing pictures are overlapped with each other. | 10-23-2014 |
20140320534 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing apparatus that includes a center generation section, a periphery generation section, and an image combination section. The center generation section is configured to generate an image of a central part on a screen by performing scaling processing on an image based on characteristics thereof. The periphery generation section is configured to generate an image of a peripheral part by extrapolation of the image of the central part, the peripheral part being a part peripheral to the central part on the screen. The image combination section is configured to generate a combined image by combining the image of the central part and the image of the peripheral part, the image of the central part being generated by the center generation section, the image of the peripheral part being generated by the periphery generation section. | 10-30-2014 |
20140327701 | OPERATION APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An operation apparatus includes: a touch panel; a coordinate information generation unit which has a plurality of coordinate generation modes including a first coordinate generation mode; a receiving unit which receives an identification operation for switching from a coordinate generation mode to another coordinate generation mode among the coordinate generation modes; and an output unit which outputs the coordinate information generated by the coordinate information generation unit, wherein the coordinate generation unit generates, according to the coordinate generation mode, two-dimensional coordinates on the plane of a touch position in the touch panel screen, and height information in a perpendicular direction with respect to the touch panel screen. | 11-06-2014 |
20140327702 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A 2D IMAGE USING MAMMOGRAPHY AND/OR TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGE DATA - The invention includes a method including the steps of obtaining a plurality of images, each of the images in the plurality having at least one corresponding region, generating a merged image, the merged image also having the corresponding region. The step of generating includes selecting an image source from the plurality of images to source image data for the corresponding region in the merged image by comparing attributes of the corresponding regions of the plurality of images to identify the image source having preferred attributes. | 11-06-2014 |
20140333669 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPLEMENTING SMOOTH USER INTERFACE ANIMATION USING MOTION BLUR - A system, method, and computer program product for applying a motion blur filter to image data representing a graphical user interface is disclosed. The method includes the steps of generating image data representing a graphical user interface and applying a motion blur filter to at least a portion of the image data in one embodiment, the motion blur filter is applied to the image data by associating one or more motion vectors with the image data, and filtering a plurality of pixels in the image data based on the motion vectors. | 11-13-2014 |
20140340425 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus comprises a discrimination unit configured to discriminate a feature of an image group based on a relation between images that belong to the image group; a determination unit configured to determine a display form for the image group according to the feature discriminated by the discrimination unit; and a display control unit configured to cause the image group to be displayed in the display form determined by the determination unit. | 11-20-2014 |
20140347396 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ACQUIRING AND ANALYZING VEHICLE DATA AND GENERATING AN ELECTRONIC REPRESENTATION OF VEHICLE OPERATIONS - Geo-referenced and/or time-referenced electronic drawings may be generated based on electronic vehicle information to facilitate documentation of a vehicle-related event. A symbols library, a collection of geo-referenced images, and any data acquired from one or more vehicles may be stored in memory for use in connection with generation of such drawings, and a drawing tool graphical user interface (GUI) may be provided for electronically processing vehicle data and geo-referenced images. Processed geo-referenced images may be saved as event-specific images, which may be integrated into, for example, an electronic vehicle accident report for accurately depicting a vehicle accident. | 11-27-2014 |
20140354693 | LAYERED IMAGE UNDERSTANDING - The subject disclosure is directed towards layered image understanding by which a layered scene representation is generated for an image. Providing such a scene representation explains a scene being presenting in the image by defining that scene's semantic structure. To generate the layered scene representation, the subject disclosure recognizes objects within the image by combining objects sampled from annotated image data and determining whether that combination is both semantically well-formed and matches the visual appearance of the image. The objects are transformed and then can be used to modify the query image. The subject disclosure models the objects into semantic segments that form a portion of the scene representation. | 12-04-2014 |
20140362115 | IMAGE EDITING METHOD, IMAGE EDITING PROGRAM AND IMAGE EDITING DEVICE - An image editing method includes: a setting region detection step (S | 12-11-2014 |
20140362116 | ADAPTIVE VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SCALING VIDEO BASED ON SCREEN SIZE OF DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are an apparatus for processing adaptive video and a method of scaling video, which generate a graphical user interface (GUI) so that a GUI suitable for the screen size of a display device can be displayed according to the screen size of the display device. The apparatus can realize a GUI most suitable for the screen size of an external display device connected to the apparatus by enlarging or reducing the size of the GUI according to the screen size of the external display device, or by changing the arrangement of items arranged on the GUI. | 12-11-2014 |
20140368545 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MEDICAL INFORMATION - The medical information providing method includes: capturing a room image of an inside of an examination room in which an object is positioned for medical examination; obtaining diagnostic information of the object; and displaying the diagnostic information which is overlaid on the room image according to a first mode, on a display. | 12-18-2014 |
20140375692 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute, taking an image containing an imaging lens; and embedding information in a display image based on image information of an object contained in the image. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375693 | TRANSPROJECTION OF GEOMETRY DATA - Systems and methods for transprojection of geometry data acquired by a coordinate measuring machine (CMM). The CMM acquires geometry data corresponding to 3D coordinate measurements collected by a measuring probe that are transformed into scaled 2D data that is transprojected upon various digital object image views captured by a camera. The transprojection process can utilize stored image and coordinate information or perform live transprojection viewing capabilities in both still image and video modes. | 12-25-2014 |
20150022553 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image is generated by: mutually associating an object associated with image data as a tree structure that has the object as a node; allocating an order value to a child node group of each parent node; distributing image data of an object of interest to a layer on the basis of the depth of the tree structure and the order value allocated to each node in a subtree going up from a node corresponding to the object of interest to a root node; and superimposing the layers. | 01-22-2015 |
20150022554 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display device includes a combining section adapted to generate a composite image obtained by combining an OSD image with a first region of an input image, a setting section adapted to set a third region in the composite image based on the first region and a second region set at a predetermined position, a calculation section adapted to calculate a feature amount related to a luminance in the third region, and an expansion section adapted to expand a grayscale range of the luminance of the composite image based on the feature amount. The setting section sets the third region so as to include the first region and the second region in a case in which the combining section combines the OSD image, and in the case in which at least a part of the first region is located outside the second region. | 01-22-2015 |
20150035864 | METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND USER INTERFACE - A method, apparatus, computer program and user interface where the method comprises: using a first application to cause content associated with a location to be displayed on a display; detecting a user input; and in response to the user input, determining the scale of the content, and if the scale of the content is above a threshold accessing a second, different application to cause a graphical representation indicative of the location associated with the content to be displayed on the display and if the scale of the content is below a threshold continuing using the first application to change the scale of the content displayed on the display. | 02-05-2015 |
20150042682 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT IN MEDIA ASSETS - Methods and systems are provided herein for presenting supplemental content in media assets, which may be presented only to particular users, irrespective of whether or not other users are viewing the same media asset on the same device. | 02-12-2015 |
20150042683 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA RENDERING, COMPOSITION, AND USER-INTERACTIVITY - An interactive video/multimedia application (IVM application) may specify one or more media assets for playback. The IVM application may define the rendering, composition, and interactivity of one or more the assets, such as video. Video multimedia application data (IVMA data may) be used to define the behavior of the IVM application. The IVMA data may be embodied as a standalone file in a text or binary, compressed format. Alternatively, the IVMA data may be embedded within other media content. A video asset used in the IVM application may include embedded, content-aware metadata that is tightly coupled to the asset. The IVM application may reference the content-aware metadata embedded within the asset to define the rendering and composition of application display elements and user-interactivity features. The interactive video/multimedia application (defined by the video and multimedia application data) may be presented to a viewer in a player application. | 02-12-2015 |
20150049117 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - A projector ( | 02-19-2015 |
20150054851 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING IMAGES IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and apparatus for managing images in an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving a grouping command in a state where images are displayed in succession, grouping the displayed images so that images having compositions similar to those of images specified by the grouping command are combined into a single group, and displaying a representative image for the group in replacement of the grouped images having similar compositions. According to the present disclosure, images with similar compositions may be grouped and ungrouped according to a simple user input. Hence, it is possible to effectively manage burst-shot images. | 02-26-2015 |
20150062169 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - When a process of rendering an image in a single frame is performed by allocating an object to be displayed as an image to any of a plurality of layers and superimposing the plurality of layers, an image processing device refers to an object database including a list of object rendering commands for each layer and dynamically changes the number of object rendering processes performed in each layer according to the number of rendering commands included in the list, at the time of rendering an image in a single frame. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062170 | SIMULATED-IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SIMULATED IMAGE OF MULTI-PROJECTION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a simulated-image management device for providing a simulated image of a multi-projection system, the simulated-image management device including a simulated-image management unit which generates a simulated image that indirectly shows that specific image content is reproduced in a specific multi-projection theater, wherein the simulated image is an image showing that the specific image content is reproduced on a plurality of projection surfaces included in the specific multi-projection theater. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062171 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A COMPOSITION OF MULTI IMAGE LAYERS - A method for multi image layer composition includes dividing a frame buffer into tile areas, for each the area, determining image layers to be composited, for each tile area, generating a composite image layer by compositing its determined image layers, and merging the composite image layers into an overall composite image layer, wherein generating the composite image layers for at least one of the tiles comprises reading image layer information of the image layers from a top image layer to a bottom image layer, determining whether to read a lower image layer using the information of the image layers thereabove, if the lower image layer is determined not to be read, defining the image layer above the lower image layer as an effective bottom image layer, and compositing the effective bottom image layer with upper image layers, and not compositing the effective bottom image layer with an image layer thereunder. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062172 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image is displayed without impairing visibility, even in the case of a screen having a limited size. A display setting unit includes a target image display unit that displays an image of a workpiece on an LCD, an image selection unit that, in accordance with a selection operation, selects all or part of the image of the workpiece displayed on the LCD, a menu display unit that displays a menu image so as to be overlapped with the image of the workpiece in a translucent state, the menu image being made up of a plurality of parts that are partial images for displaying information or receiving an input operation, and a display switching unit that, in accordance with a switching instruction given via the operation unit, switches the size of the area occupied by the menu image on the LCD. | 03-05-2015 |
20150070392 | AERIAL VIDEO ANNOTATION - A method comprising using at least one hardware processor for: receiving an aerially-captured video and metadata associated with the video; receiving deviation data indicative of an amount of inaccuracy in the metadata; and overlaying, on the video, a geographic annotation descriptive of an object of interest having known geographic coordinates, wherein the geographic annotation is of a size and a shape representative of the amount of inaccuracy. | 03-12-2015 |
20150070393 | TILE-BASED ACCUMULATIVE MULTI-LAYER ALPHA BLENDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for blending is disclosed including a memory device, cache, cache controller, and a graphics processing device. The graphics processing device performs blending of a plurality of source images into a single destination image. The graphics processing device performs a method including, for each tile position in the plurality of source images, requesting tiles for the tile position form each source image, blending the tiles individually with a destination tile and overwriting the destination tile in the cache with the result of the blending after each individual blending. The destination tile may be written to memory after each source tile for the each tile position has been blended with the destination tile, such as in response to a cache controller determining that the destination tile is a least recently used (LRU) entry in the cache. | 03-12-2015 |
20150097868 | CLINICAL WORKSTATION INTEGRATING MEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOPSY DATA AND METHODS USING SAME - An imaging visualization workstation ( | 04-09-2015 |
20150109340 | METHOD FOR DEPICTING SAFETY-CRITICAL DATA VIA A DISPLAY UNIT, DISPLAY UNIT - A method for depicting data on the display of a modular display unit is provided. The data to be depicted comprises safety-critical data portions and non-safety-critical data portions data stream and depicted on the display via a graphical to the invention, a safety component of the display unit generates the safety-critical data portions based on safety-critical signals which are supplied to the display unit, while a background component of the display unit generates the non-safety-critical data portions in the form of a background screen. The safety-critical data portions are put on the display over said background screen in that a multiplexer converts the graphical data stream for display between the safety component and the background component, wherein, the specific regions, graphical content of the background screen changes and safety-critical graphical content is introduced and depicted on the display. | 04-23-2015 |
20150116360 | Generating A Viewpoint On a Digital Map For a Point of Interest - A point of interest (POI) viewpoint generation system and method may analyze attributes of photographs captured in the vicinity of a POI to automatically annotate a digital map with a viewpoint marker that corresponds to the POI. The viewpoint may include a geographic location in the vicinity of a POI which serves as a vantage point from where an observer (e.g., a photographer, a person viewing the location, etc.) may view or photograph the POI. The viewpoint marker may include a visible indication (e.g., an icon) included with the visual representation of the digital map. The geographic location of the viewpoint marker may roughly correspond to the cartographic location of the viewpoint. | 04-30-2015 |
20150116361 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MEDICAL IMAGE DATA - An embodiment relates to a method for displaying medical image data, a user interface, a medical imaging device and/or a computer program product. In order to enable the meaningful display of medical image data, the method for displaying medical image data includes capture of medical image data; determining of at least one image quality parameter for at least one image of the medical image data, wherein the at least one image quality parameter comprises an image quality of the at least one image based on an item of spatial information and/or an item of temporal information; and display of the at least one image together with a representation of the at least one image quality parameter. | 04-30-2015 |
20150130842 | MIRRORING GRAPHICS CONTENT TO AN EXTERNAL DISPLAY - A data processing system composites graphics content, generated by an application program running on the data processing system, to generate image data. The data processing system stores the image data in a first framebuffer and displays an image generated from the image data in the first framebuffer on an internal display device of the data processing system. A scaler in the data processing system performs scaling operations on the image data in the first framebuffer, stores the scaled image data in a second framebuffer and displays an image generated from the scaled image data in the second framebuffer on an external display device coupled to the data processing system. The scaler performs the scaling operations asynchronously with respect to the compositing of the graphics content. The data processing system automatically mirrors the image on the external display device unless the application program is publishing additional graphics content for display on the external display device. | 05-14-2015 |
20150138237 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPOSITING A DISPLAY IMAGE FROM DISPLAY PLANES USING ENHANCED BLENDING HARDWARE - An internal matrix corresponding to a representation of a display screen and having transparency data of a macro block is accessed. Display plane data from either a first or second plane is read if the internal matrix indicates the macro block is non-translucent and from both planes when the internal matrix indicates translucency. A high-level external matrix having high-level external transparency data indicating transparency of pixels is accessed if the internal transparency data indicates the macro block includes a window boundary. Display plane data from either the first or second plane is read if the high-level external transparency data indicates a non-translucent pixel and from both planes when the internal matrix indicates translucency. A detailed external matrix is accessed if the internal transparency data indicates the macro block is translucent or if the high-level external transparency data indicates the pixel is translucent. The first and second planes are blended accordingly. | 05-21-2015 |
20150138238 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE - A device for superimposing a graphic on an image which comprises:
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20150138239 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a display device including a display unit, and a projection unit provided in a direction intersecting with a direction perpendicular to a display surface of the display unit, with a rear side of the display surface as a projection direction. | 05-21-2015 |
20150138240 | PROJECTION IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, PROJECTION IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection image display system which forms an image on a projection plane with plural images includes a first projection-type display apparatus, a second projection-type display apparatus, a first-controller configured to control the first projection-type display apparatus to display a guide figure when a projectable region does not contain an assigned projection region for the first projection-type display apparatus, a second controller configured to control the second projection-type display apparatus to display a reference figure when a projectable region contains an assigned projection region for the second projection-type display apparatus. The guide figure is a figure to be referenced by a user for adjusting the position of the first projection-type display apparatus, The reference figure is a figure to be referenced by the user, as a norm for the position adjustment, in combination with the guide figure. | 05-21-2015 |
20150138241 | POSITION INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, POSITION INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, POSITION INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A position information providing device includes a display control portion which controls, based on sound position information showing sound data transmission positions, the display of a map display screen where icons showing the sound data transmission positions are superimposed on a map. | 05-21-2015 |
20150145890 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING VIRTUAL RULER ON SEPARATE IMAGE OR MEDICAL IMAGE OF OBJECT, MEDICAL IMAGE OBTAINING APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SEPARATE IMAGE OR MEDICAL IMAGE WITH VIRTUAL RULER - A medical image displaying apparatus includes: an image obtainer that obtains a medical image of an object without placing a physical ruler beside the object; a controller that generates a virtual ruler based on a location of the image obtainer when the medical image is obtained; and a display that displays the virtual ruler on the medical image. | 05-28-2015 |
20150302626 | PRESENTATION SYSTEM AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR USE IN THE PRESENTATION SYSTEM - A display device according synthesizes icons and messages with a portion where no descriptive display image is displayed by OSD for display. Icon functions are set by a PC so that the setting of the operation of the PC and the display device, and the setting of an external device can be conducted. The number of lines of the message to be displayed is determined according to distortion correction at the case of oblique projection to correct position coordinates detected by a camera. In a presentation system including an interactive white board device, the display device (for example, a liquid crystal projector), and the PC, the display of the icons are improved to extend the functions, and the display of the messages at the case of oblique projection, and a position detection precision on a screen by the camera incorporated into the display device are improved. | 10-22-2015 |
20150310833 | Displaying Hardware Accelerated Video on X Window Systems - Multiple planes may be used to enhance the video experience in hardware accelerated video in X window systems. A composite window manager, cursor theme, and more than two ARGB format planes may be used. The window manager handles a transparent area. The area that shows the video is defined as a cutout area. Before the window manager redraws a specific window with the cutout area, the area is set to be transparent or translucent. Then the video can be seen through the cutout with or without overlaid translucent graphics. The cursor theme provides opaque cursors. | 10-29-2015 |
20150317811 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING THE PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an item image acquisition unit that acquires an item image, a model image acquisition unit that acquires a model image, a correction unit that corrects a tilt of a correction target region being at least a part of an item region being a region where an item is shown in the item image so that a direction of a center of gravity position of the correction target region with respect to a support position of the correction target region is along a direction of gravity in the model image, and an output unit that outputs the model image and the item region so that the item region is displayed superimposed on the model image. A composite image closer to the state where the item is actually worn on the human body is thereby provided. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317813 | USER INTERFACE AND METHODS TO ADAPT IMAGES FOR APPROXIMATING TORSO DIMENSIONS TO SIMULATE THE APPEARANCE OF VARIOUS STATES OF DRESS - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to computer-implemented image capture and processing, and more particularly, to user interfaces, systems, computer-readable media, and methods for approximating torso dimensions of a subject in an image to, for example, simulate appearance of the subject in various states of dress and/or generate imagery including different simulated layers of clothing for the subject of the image | 11-05-2015 |
20150317836 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTEXTUAL QUERY BASED ON VISUAL ELEMENTS AND USER INPUT IN AUGMENTED REALITY AT A DEVICE - An approach is provided for enabling a contextual query based on visual elements and user input in augmented reality at a device. The approach includes a method for receiving at least one input specifying content information, wherein the input is received via at least one user interface presenting image data. The method further includes processing and/or facilitating a processing of the image data to cause, at least in part, an identification of one or more visual elements. The method also includes causing, at least in part, a construction of at least one query based, at least in part, on the content information and the one or more visual elements. | 11-05-2015 |
20150319426 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING COMPOSITE IMAGE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for generating a composite image in an electronic device are provided. The method includes identifying a first image element of a first event from first images successively captured by a first image sensor of the electronic device, and identifying a second image element of a second event from second images successively captured by a second image sensor of the electronic device, the first images and the second images being simultaneously captured. The method further includes combining the first image element with the second image element based on a synchronization parameter to generate the composite image. | 11-05-2015 |
20150320377 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A medical image display control apparatus includes a medical image obtaining unit that obtains a set of time series medical images captured by successively imaging the same subject, an observation position obtaining unit that obtains anatomically common positions in the set of medical images as observation positions, and a display control unit that successively displays the set of medical images such that the observation positions in the set of medical images are displayed at the same position on a display screen. | 11-12-2015 |
20150325019 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, DISPLAY METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing includes: a unit that calculates a feature amount of main image data; a unit that calculates a feature amount of sub image data or resized sub image data; an adjustment unit that performs image quality adjustment on the resized sub image data so that a difference between a feature amount of the adjusted sub image data and the feature amount of the main image data is smaller than a difference between the calculated feature amount of the sub image data and the feature amount of the main image data; and a unit that generates display image data from the main image data and adjusted sub image data according to display mode information. The sub image data include plural content items. The adjustment unit updates the feature amount of the main image data used in the adjustment, at the timing of change of the content item. | 11-12-2015 |
20150325216 | FOLDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a foldable display device comprises displaying first content provided from a first application on a first display region and second content provided from a second application on a second display region in a folded state of the foldable display device, the first application and the second application being applications which are previously installed in the foldable display device; generating a third display region by merging the first display region and the second display region with each other and generating a third application by using at least one of the first application and the second application if the foldable display device is unfolded; and displaying third content provided from the third application on the third display region, the third content being the content generated by reorganizing the first content and the second content. | 11-12-2015 |
20150339837 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-OCCLUDING OVERLAY OF USER INTERFACE OR INFORMATION ELEMENTS ON A CONTEXTUAL MAP - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for non-occluding overlay of user interface or information elements on a contextual map. A method is provided for receiving map data and location data, determining, using a processor, relevant map elements based on the location data; and determining an information element overlay area based on the relevant map elements. The overlay areas do not occlude the relevant map elements. | 11-26-2015 |
20150356954 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDING A BIOEFFECT IMAGE - A method of operating an electronic device includes displaying a first image, extracting a user-interested region from a region including the first image, and displaying a bioeffect image at the user-interested region. The first image and bioeffect image are different images. | 12-10-2015 |
20150363908 | Scaling Content on Touch-Based System - Methods and systems may provide for detecting a manual addition of first content to an interactive display and defining a content boundary around the first content. Additionally, a first automatic rescaling of the first content within the content boundary may be conducted in response to one or more of a manual modification of the first content or a trigger related to a characteristic of the first content. In one example, a manual reposition request is detected with respect to the first content, the first content is moved to a new position on the interactive display based on the reposition request, and a second automatic rescaling of the first content is conducted based on a state of second content that is adjacent to the new position. | 12-17-2015 |
20150379690 | PROGRESSIVE ROTATIONAL VIEW - Systems and methods for receiving and displaying images or sending the images for display include images having multiple key images of an object. Each key image depicts a perspective view of an item from a different angle around the object. The multiple key images are displayed in a gallery view. During the gallery view, multiple supplementary images are received or sent. Each supplementary image includes a perspective view of the object from an angle between adjacent angles used for the key images. After transmission of at least some of the supplementary images, the key images and the supplementary images are mixed into a rotational view of the object. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379750 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device according to the present invention includes a display manner determination unit for determining a display manner of a second text in a cover image to be superimposed onto an original image integrated with a first text, so as to satisfy a predetermined condition concerning a coverage extent by which the first text in the original image is covered by the second text in the cover image, and for outputting position specifying data specifying a superimpose position at which the cover image integrated with the second text to be displayed in the display manner determined is superimposed onto the original image, so as to be correlated to the cover image. | 12-31-2015 |
20160005200 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device according to one embodiment includes an acquisition unit, a first specifying unit, and a second specifying unit. The acquisition unit acquires an edge between a text region where the translucent text is superimposed and a background region where the translucent text is not superimposed. The first specifying unit acquires a plurality of pairs of a representative color in the text region and a representative color in the background region adjacent to each other with the edge placed therebetween, and specifies a text color and transparency of the translucent text from the plurality of pairs. The second specifying unit specifies a pixel color before the translucent text is superimposed for each pixel in the text region from a pixel color after the translucent text is superimposed, the text color and the transparency. | 01-07-2016 |
20160012624 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | 01-14-2016 |
20160012628 | DIGITAL FLYER SYSTEM WITH CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION | 01-14-2016 |
20160019706 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - First, a displacement field (first displacement field) for deforming a first image so as to associate the first image with a second image is calculated based on information on an input corresponding point group. Then, upon a corresponding point candidate pair being input, a displacement field (second displacement field) for deforming the first image so as to associate the first image with the second image is calculated with the corresponding point candidate pair taken into consideration as well. Thereafter, a matching degree is calculated based on a difference between the two displacement fields, and a determination result indicating a match or a mismatch is displayed on a display unit. | 01-21-2016 |
20160035118 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a display control device including an operation detection unit configured to detect an enlargement operation on any image displayed within a display screen among a plurality of images having a predetermined relation, and a display control unit configured to determine a display area of the image based on the detected enlargement operation and to cause a portion corresponding to the display area to be enlarged and displayed for each of the images displayed within the display screen. | 02-04-2016 |
20160035319 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR WORK MACHINES - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a display device for work machines that is capable of obtaining, when required, information required for the operation of a work machine or a work device, without being conscious of the information acquisition. A display device for a combine being a work machine capable of interruption display of any information on a display screen and wherein display of information in relation to the combine or a harvesting unit or threshing unit, etc. being work devices provided in the combine, occurs via an interruption display screen being one embodiment of interruption display, when a prescribed operation happens in relation to the combine, the harvesting unit, or the threshing unit, etc. | 02-04-2016 |
20160048907 | ELECTRONIC SHELF LABEL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic shelf label display may include a memory configured to store data of a basic image having a update area and a non-update area, and a communicator configured to receive data of an update image having a blank area and a display area from an external communications device. The electronic shelf label display may include a controller configured to overlap the non-update area of the basic image with the blank area of the update image, and replace the update area of the basic image with the display area of the update image, and thereby form an updated basic image. | 02-18-2016 |
20160055662 | IMAGE EXTRACTING APPARATUS, IMAGE EXTRACTING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING PROGRAM FOR EXTRACTING IMAGES BASED ON REFERENCE IMAGE AND TIME-RELATED INFORMATION - According to an embodiment of the present invention, an image extracting apparatus includes a reference image selecting unit and an image extracting unit. The reference image selecting unit selects one image as a reference image. The image extracting unit extracts a plurality of images of a predetermined number having relatively close temporal relationship to the reference image selected by the reference image selecting unit based on time-related information acquired from each image. | 02-25-2016 |
20160070450 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An electronic device includes: circuitry configured to cause a first object and a first operator to be displayed on a display area of a display, the first operator used for issuing an instruction to execute a process comprising at least one of a movement, an enlargement, or a reduction of the first object, the first operator positioned at a first position determined according to an edge position of the first object, the circuitry being configured to display the first operator at a second position when the second position of the first operator determined according to an edge position of the first object is inside of the display area after at least one of a movement, an enlargement, or a reduction of the first object, the circuitry being configured to display the first operator at a fourth position different from a third position when the third position of the first operator determined according to a third edge position of the first object is outside of the display area after at least one of a movement, an enlargement, or a reduction of the first object. | 03-10-2016 |
20160085318 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A VIDEO - A computer-implemented method monitors a video-based graphic. The method includes displaying a video-based graphic. A position of a pointer interaction is monitored. The method includes determining a designation of a pixel of the video-based graphic at a location of the pointer interaction. An action is performed based on the designation of the pixel of the video-based graphic at a location of the pointer interaction. | 03-24-2016 |
20160085423 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information display apparatus includes a display unit configured to display first content and a part of second content that is a moving image in an overlapping manner. The information display apparatus includes a change unit configured to change a displayed area of the second content while reproducing the second content in a case where an area in which the first content is displayed is selected by a user. | 03-24-2016 |
20160093020 | METHOD OF PROCURING INTEGRATING AND SHARING SELF PORTRAITS FOR A SOCIAL NETWORK - An apparatus and method for combining contributed images from a plurality of imaging devices on a network to create a combined image, such as a group selfie. A group-selfie request is initiated inviting selected network users to contribute images. After receiving the contributed images, sub-images are selected from the contributed images and arranged within a combined image. The border around each sub-image is then blended into the combined image. The sub-images can also be filtered and modified to harmonize with the combined image. Further, each sub-image from the respective contributed image can be assigned to a predefined partition of the combined image, and the sub-images can be continuously updated from the respective contributing network users to provide a real-time combined image. | 03-31-2016 |
20160098101 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a camera configured to obtain an image; a display unit configured to output map information; a sensing unit configured to sense a movement of the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to output a preview image received through the camera to at least part of a region where the map information is output, when the movement of the mobile terminal corresponds to a preset type of movement while the map information is output, and display one or more graphic objects related to the map information as being overlapped on the preview image. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098529 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a display apparatus which facilitates a simultaneous comparison of a plurality of images which respectively illustrate different features on one divided display screen such that the images are seamlessly displayed on the screen, and an image display method which is performable by using the apparatus. The display apparatus includes a memory configured to store a plurality of different types of images of an object, an input device configured to receive an input of a command relating to simultaneously displaying the different types of images, and a display device configured to display images. Upon receiving the command, the display device divides a screen upon which an image of the object is displayable into a first region within which a first image showing one portion of the object is displayed and a second region within which a second image showing the remaining portion of the object is displayed. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098849 | SELECTIVE ENABLEMENT OF SIGN LANGUAGE DISPLAY - Content substitution and/or picture-in-picture technology is used to provide a sign language window that provides a sign language interpretation of audio content in main program audio/video content. The sign language window can be selectively disabled by a user that does not wish to view the sign language video. Also, in some implementations, the user can move the sign language window to a desired location on the display. The desired location may be one of a plurality of pre-defined display locations. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098850 | SIGN LANGUAGE WINDOW USING PICTURE-IN-PICTURE - Content substitution and/or picture-in-picture technology is used to provide a sign language window that provides a sign language interpretation of audio content in main program audio/video content. The sign language window can be selectively disabled by a user that does not wish to view the sign language video. Also, in some implementations, the user can move the sign language window to a desired location on the display. The desired location may be one of a plurality of pre-defined display locations. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098851 | Systems and Methods for Automatic Application of Special Effects Based on Image Attributes - An image editing device is configured to automatically apply special effects to a digital image. In the image editing device, a digital image is obtained, and a selection is retrieved from a user, where the user selection specifying at least one criterion. At least one attribute of the digital image is analyzed, and a determination is made on whether the at least one attribute coincides with a target attribute associated with the at least one criterion. Responsive to the at least one attribute coinciding with the target attribute, a special effect is obtained from a data store, and the obtained special effect is applied to the digital image. | 04-07-2016 |
20160104310 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF BLENDING MACHINE-READABLE AND HUMAN-READABLE ELEMENTS ON A DISPLAY - According to various aspects and embodiments, a system and method for communicating at least one human-readable element and at least one fiduciary marker is provided. The system includes a programmable device. The programmable device includes a memory, a display, and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The at least one processor coupled to the memory is configured to generate a plurality of frames that render the at least one human-readable element perceptible to human view during display of the plurality of frames via the display, that render the at least one fiduciary marker detectable to an image capture device during display of the plurality of frames via the display, and that obscure the at least one fiduciary marker from human view during display of the plurality of frames via the display, and display the plurality of frames via the display. | 04-14-2016 |
20160110903 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus receives operation input for a content, and generates a first image corresponding to the content by executing a first program for the content in accordance with the received operation input. The apparatus also generates a second image to be added to the first image by executing a second program different from the first program, and outputs a composite image obtained by compositing the first image and the second image. In a case where the operation input to a region according to the second image in the composite image is received, the apparatus controls not to execute the first program in accordance with the operation input. | 04-21-2016 |
20160110906 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGES WITH INTERACTIVE FILTERS - At a first device there is received from a second device (i) a native pixilated image and (ii) interactive filter data associated with the image. The filter data corresponds to an interactive filter applied to the image. A first representation of the image is displayed in accordance with the interactive filter data on the display. All or a first subset of the pixels of the image are obscured in the first representation. Responsive to user input, for a period of time specified by the filter, a second representation of the image is displayed in place of the first representation. None or a second subset of the pixels of the image is obscured in the second representation, where the second subset is less than the first subset. Then there is displayed on the display, after the limited period of time has elapsed, the first representation in place of the second representation. | 04-21-2016 |
20160117853 | UAV FLIGHT DISPLAY - Methods, systems, and devices are provided for displaying flight information related to a UAV. The UAV may carry a payload via a carrier that may permit the payload to move relative to the UAV. UAV related information including UAV state information and payload state information can be provided to a remote display terminal. The UAV state information can include position information as well as attitude information of the UAV. The payload state information can include attitude information of the payload relative to the UAV. The remote display terminal can be configured to simultaneously display the UAV state information and the payload state information so as to provide the user with an intuitive, comprehensive, yet efficient user interface. | 04-28-2016 |
20160132284 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING DISPLAY MIRRORING - A method for display mirroring is described. The method includes computing an updating region size for one or more application layers of a screen image, the updating region area regions of interest being updated on the screen image less any overlap between the regions of interest. The method also includes determining that the updating region size plus a previous frame size is less than a frame buffer size. The method further includes determining that there are sufficient resources available to combine the previous frame with the updating region. The method additionally includes generating a current frame by combining the previous frame and the updating region. The method also includes sending the current frame to a mirrored display. | 05-12-2016 |
20160143422 | MAKEUP APPLICATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE, MAKEUP APPLICATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND MAKEUP APPLICATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - A makeup assisting apparatus includes an image acquirer that acquires a face image, a facial part acquirer that acquires a face portion area from the image, a facial makeup selector that selects facial makeup for each of the facial parts, the facial makeup comprising a way of applying the facial makeup, a skin condition acquirer that acquires a skin condition of the face and a skin correction makeup selector that selects skin correction makeup or skin care based on the skin condition, the skin correction makeup being a way of applying the skin correction makeup, and the skin care being a way of applying basic skin care. A makeup presenter presents, to a user, the selected facial makeup in association with a corresponding area of the portion of the face and presents the selected skin correction makeup or skin care. | 05-26-2016 |
20160143423 | MAKEUP APPLICATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE, MAKEUP APPLICATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND MAKEUP APPLICATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - A makeup assisting apparatus including a first image acquirer that acquires a first image of a first face, a first face portion acquirer that acquires an area of a portion of the first face, a second image acquirer that acquires a second image of a second face to which makeup is applied and a second face portion acquirer that acquires an area of a portion of the second face. A reference makeup acquirer acquires reference makeup from the second image for each of the portions of the second face based on an area of the portion of the second face, the reference makeup being a way of applying the makeup, a cosmetics information display displays cosmetics information of skin cosmetics required for applying the reference makeup, and a makeup presenter presents, to a user, the acquired makeup in association with the corresponding area of the portion of the first face. | 05-26-2016 |
20160148413 | Method for Inter-Scene Transitions - A method and system for creating a transition between a first scene and a second scene on a computer system display, simulating motion. The method includes determining a transformation that maps the first scene into the second scene. Motion between the scenes is simulated by displaying transitional images that include a transitional scene based on a transitional object in the first scene and in the second scene. The rendering of the transitional object evolves according to specified transitional parameters as the transitional images are displayed. A viewer receives a sense of the connectedness of the scenes from the transitional images. Virtual tours of broad areas, such as cityscapes, can be created using inter-scene transitions among a complex network of pairs of scenes. | 05-26-2016 |
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20160189411 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH COMPUTER READABLE PROGRAM - An image display system includes a display unit, a shooting unit configured to shoot an image of a subject, a specifying unit configured to specify a position of the subject in the image shot by the shooting unit, and a display control unit configured to have the display unit display the shot image and a predetermined comparison image. The display control unit is configured to have the comparison image displayed at a position where the comparison image is superimposed on the subject in the shot image, based on the specified position of the subject. | 06-30-2016 |
20160189665 | DISPLAY CONTROLLER AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME - A display controller includes a first register set by an open operating system, a second register set by a secure operating system, a first data input circuit configured to read normal data according to set information in the first register, a second data input circuit configured to read secure data according to set information in the second register, and a data processor configured to blend and output the normal data with the secure data to display the secure data over the normal data. | 06-30-2016 |
20160189687 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE SAFE VISUALIZATION OF SAFETY-RELEVANT INFORMATION - A method for the safe visualization of a safety-relevant information includes the steps of:
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