119 results about "Graphics software" patented technology

The present invention includes a graphics software program that automatically creates graphical content when a user creates or modifies a hierarchical list of content data and chooses from one of a plurality of graphical definition choices for the graphical elements. In addition, the present invention includes a user interface with three different displays. The first display presents the user with one or more galleries including a gallery with a plurality of graphical definitions. The second display is a content entry area. The final display is a drawing canvas.

A vehicle overhead audio system, an electromagnetic transducer assembly for use therein and a computer system programmed with a graphic software control for changing the audio system's signal level and delay are provided where a headliner of the vehicle is a loudspeaker of the system thereby replacing many other loudspeakers and being invisible to the occupants. The headliner is driven in multiple zones that effect proper imaging for all occupants. Supplemental high frequency and subwoofer speakers and signal processing circuitry are included in one aspect of the invention.

A synthetic underwater visualization system (SUVS) comprising a real-time graphics software engine, a sophisticated underwater environmental sensor, a fixed-base database, and a retrieval system designed to accept and assimilate into a common database bathymetric and environmental information acquired from around the world by components of other deployed SUVS sensing systems. SUVS is capable of sensing, modeling, and realistically displaying underwater environments in real-time, and will foster widespread utilization in the areas of homeland security, commercial and recreational maritime navigation, bathymetric data collection, and environmental analysis. The technology will also be readily adaptable and highly desirable in non-marine applications.

The present invention includes a graphics software program that automatically generates a color scheme for graphics. In embodiments of the present invention, the graphics software program receives a selection of a color transformation and a semantic model describing a graphic. The graphics software program interpolates color values for different portions of the graphic according to the color transformation and semantic model. In other embodiments, a data structure is provided for a color transformation definition created to assign the color values to portions of the graphic.

The present invention presents a flight training and synthetic visualization system, which comprises a fully mobile, self-contained data recording unit including a desktop graphics software engine for creating a virtual model of the flight capable of playing back the recorded trip, synchronized with a real-time video or imagery recording of the actual flight with a view from the cockpit of the aircraft as a pilot would actually view the flight, along with ambient audio of the cockpit. This allows for the user of the simulation to view both modeled data of the flight, as well as actual time-sequenced still images or video of the flight. The two sources of data are synched in time so that real video images of the aircraft as it is flying at a specific point in time is displayed in the simulation at the same moment as the rendered visualization of the flight.

The invention provides a joint test specimen method using 3D (three-dimensional) printing for making a structure surface containing specific geometrical characteristics, and belongs to a specimen making method of model test specimens similar to joint rock bodies. According to the method, the structure surface is independently designed according to study requirements, or the actual rock body structure surface appearance is obtained through a surface outline scanning technology; the designed structure surface penetrates through a complete cylinder model in 3D graphics software, two parts of complementary test block models obtained through separation are obtained through Boolean operation, and a 3D printer is used for respectively printing and forming the two parts of test block models; printing molds are respectively put into two specimen making boxes and are assembled, similar materials are cast into the specimen making boxes, and the mold dismounting maintenance is carried out after the materials are solidified and formed; the two parts of test blocks are correctly combined to obtain the standard test specimens containing the designed structure surface. The method has the advantages that (1) the operation of the method is safe, simple and convenient; (2) the complicated and variable structure surface is embedded in the standard test specimens, the actual rock body structural surface can be reproduced through being matched with the surface outline scanning technology, and the reasonable test result is obtained.

A low-cost training and synthetic visualization system and method directed to improving an individual's airborne performance in general aviation, skydiving, and other aerial applications. The system is comprised of a self-contained mobile sensor and data storage device for recording the travel path, orientation, and forces acting upon an object as it moves through space, a desktop graphics software program for creating a playback of the recorded data on a three-dimensional representation of the environment through which the object moved, a means of linking the sensor and data storage device to the software program for the purpose of exchanging information, and a centralized data storage and retrieval system designed to accept, assimilate and redistribute the recorded data.

Graphics software renders polygons with texture using an improved MIP mapping technique in which texels from multiple MIP maps are blended together. The software renders the pixels in a polygon and selects texture elements ("texels") from an appropriate texture map to be applied to the pixels. The software further generates texel coordinate values to select texel values from a set of texture maps, each map varying from the others by the level of detail of the texture. The software then computes a scale factor for each texel value according an area bounded by adjacent texel coordinates. In one embodiment, vectors are defined for each the adjacent texels and the area is determined from the magnitude of the cross product of the vectors. The scale factor is then used to compute a weighted average of texels from one or more MIP maps. Further, for certain area values, no averaging occurs or, alternatively, the scale factor is set to 1.0.

The invention discloses a method for evaluating long life of a component. The method comprises the following steps of: analyzing characteristics, an application platform and an application environment of the component; initially determining a stress level and sensitive parameters of a test; determining an application sequence of stress factors, responding to an analytical method for the sensitive parameters, and determining test equipment; performing an official test, namely recording sensitive parameter values of a component accelerated life test at certain time intervals to display changes of the sensitive parameters of the component accelerated life test along with time; performing graphical analysis by using graphic software, and selecting the best accelerator model and lifetime forecasting model; and verifying whether the models are valid, if so, evaluating the long life of the component, otherwise, redetermining the parameters. The method has the advantages of short test period, low testing expenses, general applicability, scientificity, no need of a preset model, suitability for small increments and capability of evaluating the long life of components adopting new technology and having long life.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing metal-based composite materials by the aid of 3D (three-dimensional) printing space structures, and belongs to the technical field of metal-based composite materials. The method includes building stereoscopic models of the space structures by the aid of graphics software and printing the stereoscopic models by the aid of 3D printing machines to obtain plastic templates of the space structures; preparing slurry from ceramic particles and adhesion agents, and filling space structure gaps of the plastic templates with the slurry; drying and gradually heating the plastic templates, removing plastics, and sintering the templates to obtain ceramic particle prefabricated blanks with certain strength and complex space structures; manufacturing the metal-based composite materials by the aid of pressure impregnation technologies such as vacuum suction casting and squeezing casting technologies. The method has the advantages that the composite materials which can be accurately controlled, are varied within large ranges and have the complex space structures can be manufactured by the aid of the method, processes are simple, and mechanical and automatic batch production can be facilitated.

A method and apparatus for software development and a method and system for analysis of graphics software are disclosed.

The present invention relates to a method that generates robot cutting operating procedure offline, in particular to a controlling procedure which uses a correspondingly developed off-line programming software to read processing-wait workpiece graphics documents and automatically programs and directly generates cutting robot. The technology plan is that an existing and mature 3D graphic software is used for structuring the geometric drawing of the workpiece, and the processing-wait position is marked by the way of coloring lines in the drawing, then the off-line programming software is run to read a IGS document of the drawing and the controlling procedure of the robot is generated, the cutting operation is completed after the controlling procedure is transmitted to the robot. The method is characterized in that for the first time the method of reading the CAD graphics of the workpiece which contains the processing information is used to directly complete a whole robot operating procedure which can be used in production and processing, so that the service efficiency of the robot and the machining precision of the workpiece can be effectively improved.

A memory management system provides microcode instructions that are divided into multiple tuned phases and stored as separate modules inside a phase code depository. A microcode manager, containing a mode detector, sequence identifier, code loader, drawing data processor and phase executor, interacts with a microcode processor and the phase code depository. The mode detector evaluates a user request for a desired mode. In response to a command from the mode detector, the sequence identifier selects a correct phase sequence that is needed to implement the desired mode. The code loader transfers the phase sequence from the phase code depository to the microcode processor where it is stored in a microcode instruction memory. The memory address for each module within the phase sequence is written to a microcode data memory. The drawing data for the graphics mode is sent from the drawing data processor to the microcode processor, and the phase executor instructs the microcode processor to execute the phase sequence to render the desired mode by processing the drawing data. The resulting data is forwarded to another processor for additional microcode processing, vector processing, rasterization, or the like. The ability to select interchangeable phase modules to implement a desired mode reduces microcode memory requirements and allows easy integration and reuse of previously developed features among different games and other graphics software developers without having to rely on the type of platform.

The present invention provides for programmable interleaved graphics processing. The invention provides an execution pipeline and a number of registers. Each register holds instructions from a separate program. Instructions from the registers are interleaved in the execution pipeline such that the average latency is one instruction per cycle. This is accomplished even when there is conditional branching and execution latency. When one instruction has a dependency based on execution of a previous instruction, that second instruction is not provided to the execution pipeline until completion of the first instruction. However, in the meantime interleaved instructions from other programs are still being executed while the first instruction of the first program is executing. Thus the pipeline is always full and the processor is always working at peak capacity. The automatic interleaving of instructions permits simplified graphics software routines to be written. There is no need for the programmer or developer to anticipate or attempt to eliminate conditional branching or to worry about instruction latency. The design of the programmable interleaved graphics processing system provides a solution to those problems.

The system and equipment includes man - machine interface module, primitive control module. Characters are: (1) graphics standardized interface added into man - machine interface module is able to read diversified graphic software; (2) self-determined analysis interface for electric power parts is added into graphic control module; (3) data processing module and intelligent analysis module are added. The data processing module is in use mainly for receiving users' information command, and distinguishing individual information from group information. The intelligent analysis module has functions: topology analysis of graphics, discriminant analysis of attribute, and analysis of fault diagnosis. The system possesses (1) continuity and expandability, (2) easy to use, and (3) commonality. The system is in favor of safe operation, lowers intension of hand labor, and raises level of scientific management.

A modular space system comprising load bearing components designed with graphics software, manufactured with data from the graphics software, and assembled onto building frames. A user enters dimensions, materials, and other design parameters to generate a graphic rendition and prepare components. Load bearing walls, a floor, and a ceiling are assembled into a stand alone unit that can be attached to a building frame directly, such that the walls, floor, and/or ceiling are flush with, or naturally interface with other surfaces of the building, such as plasterboard walls. The unit can also be attached to the frames through an existing surface and/or to the existing surface. Interfaces between load bearing surfaces are precise, reducing the need for finish work, such as taping. The load bearing surfaces can support multi-position shelves, partitions, fixtures, etc. An opening is provided for walk-in or reach-in access to an interior of the modular space system.

A process displays a taxonomy representing an organizational relationship of a plurality of nodes accessible to a computer. A taxonomy file having a user-generated definition of the taxonomy and the nodes is recorded in a data memory. The definitions of the taxonomy and the nodes are extracted from the taxonomy file. The taxonomy definition and the node definitions are provided in a tree node file suitable for interpretation by graphics software. The tree node file is interpreted and used for displaying the contents of the tree node file on a display screen.

The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing knitted fabrics, more particularly a method of skillfully transferring a painting artwork onto a knitted fabrics to show the artistic verve of the painting. The manufacturing method includes the steps of: inputting an original drawing into a computer for digitization; editing and designing the digitized original drawing on a knitted fabric; outputting a knitting square plot after a graphic software performs a color processing; introducing graphic file information analyzed and processed by a knitting software to a knitting machine; and operators following a lamp signal of the knitting machine and the knitting square plot to knit to shape a knit piece, so as to complete a fashioned fine-art knitted fabric.

The invention relates to a method for designing and drawing a directional drilling trace under a coal mine. When directional drilling is implemented under the coal mine, accuracy and quickness are required due to large data volume, but the conventional manual calculating and drawing method has the problems of low speed and large difficulty. The conventional measurement while drilling software cannot directly guide a drawn tracing image into the conventional electronic edition geological map due to single storage format, and cannot quickly realize composite comparison of an on-site measured trace and a designed trace. In the method, a horizontal projection length, E coordinates, N coordinates, a vertical depth, a measuring point elevation, version smoothness, a right deviation, global bending strength parameters and drawing data required by describing the directional drilling trace are acquired after processing by using an average angle range method and built-in functions in Excel. The designing and drawing of the directional drilling trace can be completed without special measurement while drilling software, calculation is accurate and quick, and storage formats are various; and the drawn directional drilling trace image is convenient for data exchange and sharing with other graphic software.

The invention discloses a process for carving leather by laser, which comprises the following steps: a, designing a needed pattern on a computer by using graphic software; 2, transmitting the pattern data to a laser engraving machine; 3, locating laser beam on the laser engraving machine and setting time according to the depth of the texture as needed; and d, placing leather to be engraved on a laser platform, and starting the laser engraving machine to engrave the leather. The process for carving leather by laser has the advantages of low cost and short pattern development cycle.

The invention discloses an intelligent glass wearing adjustment method and device. The intelligent glass wearing adjustment method includes the following steps that: a left eye display screen and/or a right eye display screen is made to display a preset figure in the middle of the left eye display screen and/or the right eye display screen in a full-screen manner; adjustment instructions inputted by a user are received, wherein the adjustment instructions comprise at least one of instructions selected from a left visual distance adjustment instruction, a right visual distance adjustment instruction, a left pupil distance adjustment instruction and a right pupil distance adjustment instruction; and corresponding adjustment mechanisms are controlled according to the adjustment instructions to adjust the position of the left eye display screen or the right eye display screen, so that the preset figure can be clearly imaged in the eyes of the user, wherein the adjustment mechanisms corresponding to the left visual distance adjustment instruction, the right visual distance adjustment instruction, the left pupil distance adjustment instruction and the right pupil distance adjustment instruction are a left visual distance adjustment mechanism, a right visual distance adjustment mechanism, a left pupil distance adjustment mechanism and a right pupil distance adjustment mechanism respectively. The intelligent glass wearing adjustment method and device of the invention are simple in control process. According to the method and device, visual distance adjustment and pupil distance adjustment can be realized without an externally-arranged AP graphic software interface required, and therefore, the application cost of the method and device is greatly reduced, and the application range of the method and device can be wider.