90 results about "Interactive computing" patented technology

A system and method for enabling a developer to introduce informational attributes suitable for selective inclusion within image headers is disclosed herein. The image headers, along with their selectively included informational attributes, are displayable on a monitor screen together with associated digital images produced by an imaging apparatus. The image headers are also selectively storable in a database together with the pixel data of the associated digital images. The system includes an interactive workstation computer system having memory-stored software applications for operating the imaging apparatus, a memory-stored updatable table of defined informational attributes suited for selective inclusion within image headers, an interactive computer for generating software files of image header definitions from the table of defined informational attributes, and a means to transport the software files of image header definitions to the interactive workstation computer system.

A system and method for organizing online communities and virtual dwellings in a virtual environment through the analysis of instant messenger buddy lists, online address books and other user supplied data. The invention is generally related to instant messaging systems, online gaming environments, online communities, and interactive computing, and is specifically related to the organization of online communities and virtual dwellings in a virtual environment through the analysis of Instant Messenger “Buddy Lists”, online address books and other data supplied directly by the user.

In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for helping a user make a decision through the use of a computing facility, where the computing facility may be a machine learning facility. The process may begin with an initial question being received by the computing facility from the user. The user may then be provided with a dialog consisting of questions from the computing facility and answers provided by the user. The computing facility may then provide a decision to the user based on the dialog and pertaining to the initial question, such as a recommendation, a diagnosis, a conclusion, advice, and the like. In embodiments, future questions and decisions provided by the computing facility may be improved through feedback provided by the user. In embodiments, the present invention may be utilized in conjunction with a third-party application.

The invention relates to a key escrow-free secure multi-keyword sorting and searching system. The system comprises a key generation center, a cloud server, a data owner and a data user; the key generation center is used for achieving interactive computing with the cloud server to jointly generate a public parameter of the system and a property public key-private key pair of the data user; the cloud server is used for storing a file of the data owner and responding to a searching query request of the data user; the data owner extracts a keyword set from the file, encrypts the keyword set into asecure index, encrypts the file, makes an access strategy and embeds the access strategy into ciphertext; and the data user defines the searched keyword set and generates a trap door by using the property private key of the data user to search for the encrypted file stored in the cloud server. According to the system, the key escrow problem is solved, flexible authorization keyword searching andfine-grained data access authorization are achieved, multi-keyword subset searching is supported, and the searching result is not influenced by changes of the keyword query order.

A computer-implemented method for viewing images on an interactive computing device comprises displaying an image from a stack comprising a display image and at least one compressed sub-image of nominally the same scene, each of the sub-images of the stack having been acquired at respective focal distances. Responsive to a user selecting a portion of the displayed image, the selected portion is mapped to a corresponding mapped portion of a sub-image within the stack according to the difference in focal distances between the displayed image and the sub-image. At least one row of compressed image blocks of the at least one sub-image extending across the mapped portion; and a reference value for a point in the compressed image stream of the sub-image preceding the row of compressed image blocks is determined. Using the reference, the row of blocks of the sub-image at least partially decoded, and a measure of focus for an area of the mapped portion coinciding with the decoded image blocks is computed to determine if at least that content of the sub-image should be displayed within a display image.

Systems and methods for providing interactive content during writing and production of a media asset are provided. A script of a media asset that includes natural language textual annotations that define uniquely interactive content and timing contingencies during which to display the interactive content may be received. After the media asset corresponding to the script is produced, computer language instructions may be generated based on the natural language annotations. The computer language instructions and the media asset may be stored on a master storage medium. The media asset and computer language instructions may be transmitted to a media equipment device. Playback time codes may be transmitted with the media asset. When a playback time code corresponds to an event that identifies interactive content, the media equipment device may display the interactive content represented by the computer language instructions during a time interval defined by the computer language instructions.

The present invention discloses at least two electrodes disposed at the body of the ECG measuring device of the present invention. When a user normally uses the ECG measuring device, the two electrodes are just adhered to the hands and the face of the user. The ECG measuring method of the present invention is to measure a first ECG signal from the left hand to the left side of face of the user and a second ECG signal from the right hand to the right side of face of the user. Then a plurality of ECG features are obtained from the first ECG signal, the second ECG signal and the result, as related coefficients, of the interactive computing, as a method of plus and subtract, of the first ECG signal and the second ECG signal. Hence, a biometric authorization process is engaged according to the plurality of ECG features.

A system, method and program product for facilitating copy and paste operations of an object between a source application and a target application in an interactive computing environment. A system is disclosed that includes: a formatting system for determining a set of target formats for the object; and a container system for installing a container into the target application, wherein the container includes a selection system for selectively rendering the object in each of the target formats within the container.

A method and apparatus for mitigating the performance impact of background or idle time processing during interactive computing sessions. One embodiment of the present invention is a method for mitigating performance impact of background or idle time processing on interactive applications comprising identifying executable and data pages in physical memory that are associated with an interactive application that is temporarily unused and preventing any of the identified executable and data pages from paging out.

A system and apparatus to provide remote interactive access to multiple databases and, specifically, related to a system and apparatus to provide remote interactive access to real estate information related databases using a portable, voice interactive computing device with GPS capabilities and “smart” computer features. The system combines access to search engines configured to retrieve real estate listings, publicly available statistics about a specific geographic area, and retrieval of stored forms specific to completing an offer for real estate. The device can have several components in various combinations including a touch sensitive screen, a keyboard, a processor, GPS circuitry, a microphone, an audio device, wireless circuitry, cellular circuitry, a data jack, a wireless remote, and a camera. Software utilizing those components maximizes efficiency for a real estate agent in the field.

The invention provides a simulation training system and method supporting personalized percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The system includes the functions of personalized cardiac modeling, deformation of heart and blood vessels, motion simulation of interventional guide wires or catheters, virtual X-ray imaging, force haptic feedback and the like, can also simulate common accidents duringsurgery, such as the phenomenon of a guide wire piercing the blood vessels, and can achieve real-time interactive computing efficiency for all the processing processes on one ordinary personal computer. After a patient's data is collected, personalized cardiac modeling can be performed on the patient effectively by a simple interactive operation, then the model is imported into a surgery simulation system, and simulation rehearsal of the surgical process can be performed.

A computing device may include a display with an overlay layer that enables presentation of 2D, 3D images, a simultaneous combination of 2D and 2D images, multiple view images, and/or combinations thereof. In some implementations, the overlay layer may be one or more LCD matrix pixel masks, a number of lenses, one or more LCD layers configurable as lenses, or various combinations thereof. In various implementations, the overlay layer may be adjusted to continue or alter display of 3D portions and/or multiple view portions when the orientation of the computing device is changed. In one or more implementations, the computing device may adjust the overlay layer based on movement and/or position of one or more users and/or one or more eyes of the user(s). In some implementations, the computing device may be capable of capturing one or more 3D images.

Interactive computing systems and methods are provided which enable simple and effective interaction with a user device, which increases interest and improves user experience. The interactive system comprises a user device including a motion sensor, for receiving motion-based gestures through motion of the user device; and a controller, coupled to the motion sensor, configured to control one or more aspects of the system according to the motion-based gestures. Advantageously, the system enables single handed operation of the user device.

The invention belongs to the technical field of interactive computer graphics and image processing, particularly relates to a method for implementing interactive real-time browsing processing on computer three-dimensional data by using a visual geometry column; the method is characterized by comprising the following steps of: (1) constructing a visual geometry carrier in a three-dimensional scene; (2) implementing sampling and interpolation calculation on three-dimensional data 'V' and attaching the result onto the visual geometry carrier; (3) using display card language vector shader and fragment shader to display the content of the three-dimensional data 'V' with two texture mapping units; (4) achieving three-dimensional pick-up, dragging and editing, and adjusting the displacement, size and shape of the visual geometry carrier in the three-dimensional scene according to browsing treatment demands, and increasing or decreasing the seamed edge of the geometry carrier; and the method is an ideal method which can quickly and clearly browse and accurately detect and extract the three-dimensional data.

The invention discloses a multi-agent distributed optimization method under a fixed topology and belongs to the field of distributed optimization. In a wireless sensor network, various data information is monitored and collected through utilization of sensors in the network in real time, interactive computing is carried out on the collected data information and adjacent sensors, the wireless sensor network is a multi-agent system, and each sensor is an agent. Under the condition that a cost function of each sensor is unsmooth, the problem needing be solved is minimization of the cost functionsum of the sensors. According to the method, the limitation of communication bandwidths is taken into consideration, and the optimization for a multi-agent network under the fixed topology is also taken into consideration. Through utilization of a random gradient-free algorithm and design of a quantizer, states of the agents are converged nearby a mean value. Target functions are approximately converged to the optimum value. An error relationship between the target functions and the optimum value is provided.