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20090094010 | Three dimensional surface and solid query processing - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with determining whether geometries represented by geometry objects intersect are described. One example method recursively decomposes a higher order geometry (e.g., solid) into a set of lower order geometries (e.g., surfaces) and examines the lower order geometries, continuing the recursion until an intersection decision is reached. The example method includes accessing geometry objects and accessing a spatial index that stores MBVs associated with the geometry objects. The method includes extracting candidate pairs of intersecting features upon determining MBVs associated with the geometry objects intersect and providing the candidate features to a feature-feature logic. The method includes providing an intersection signal based on a features intersection signal provided by the feature-feature logic. | 04-09-2009 |
20090204632 | Triangulated irregular network - Methods and other embodiments associated with performing an in-memory triangulation of an arbitrarily large data set are described. One example method for performing in-memory triangulation of an arbitrarily large data set includes striping a data set into multiple stripes, selecting a first stripe to triangulate, and then performing an in-memory triangulation on the stripe. The method may also include removing certain triangles from the triangulated irregular network produced by the triangulation, merging another stripe with the leftover data, and repeating the process until the arbitrarily large data set has been triangulated piece-by-piece, with the triangulations occurring in memory. | 08-13-2009 |
20100091016 | Point in polyhedron - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with determining whether a point is located in a polyhedron are described. One example method includes identifying a ray that connects a query point to a second point located outside a minimum bounding volume of a solid polyhedron without intersecting a vertex of the solid polyhedron. The method includes counting crossings of planar faces of the solid polyhedron by the ray. The crossings may be mid-face crossings, edge crossings, and/or coplanar crossings. The crossings are selectively counted based on whether the ray actually crosses a face, grazes a face without crossing it, or runs coplanar with a face without crossing another face. The method includes controlling an automated process based on whether first point is inside the solid polyhedron. | 04-15-2010 |
20100325382 | TRIANGULATED IRREGULAR NETWORK - Methods and other embodiments associated with performing an in-memory triangulation of a large data set are described. One example method for performing in-memory triangulation of a large data set includes partitioning a large geographical information data set into a set of stripes and generating, in-memory, a set of local triangulated irregular networks (TINs) corresponding to members of the set of stripes. Information associated with triangles associated with the set of local TINs are stored. | 12-23-2010 |
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20100004977 | Method and System For Measuring User Experience For Interactive Activities - The present invention is directed to a method and system for measuring the biometric (physically, behaviorally, biologically and self-report based) responses of an audience to a presentation or interactive experience that provides a sensory stimulating experience and determining a measure of the level and pattern of engagement of that audience and impact of the presentation or interactive experience. In particular, the invention is directed to a method and system for measuring one or more biometrically based responses of one or more persons being exposed to the presentation in order to determine the moment-to-moment pattern or event based pattern and overall level of engagement. The method and system can include eye tracking to determine areas of the presentation that correspond to high and low levels of biometric responses suggesting high and low levels of visual impact. Further, the invention can be used to determine whether the presentation or the content in the presentation is more effective in a population relative to other presentations (or content) and other populations and to help identify elements of the presentation that contribute to the high level of engagement or impact and the effectiveness and success (or failure) of the presentation for that population. | 01-07-2010 |
20100211439 | Method and System for Predicting Audience Viewing Behavior - The present invention is directed to a method and system for predicting the behavior of an audience based on the biologically based responses of the audience to a presentation that provides a sensory stimulating experience and determining a measure of the level and pattern of engagement of that audience to the presentation. In particular, the invention is directed to a method and system for predicting whether an audience is likely to view a presentation in its entirety. In addition, the present invention may be used to determine the point at which an audience is likely to change their attention to an alternative sensory stimulating experience including fast forwarding through recorded content, changing the channel or leaving the room when viewing live content, or otherwise redirecting their engagement from the sensory stimulating experience. | 08-19-2010 |
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