74 results about "Motion graphics" patented technology

A method and system for generating views of data on a user interface in a computing environment, is provided. One implementation involves: at a server, generating coordinate data for a graph representing multiply connected objects; transmitting the coordinate data to a client as lightweight object data; at the client, based on the lightweight object data, rendering an interactive dynamic graph view of the multiply connected objects on a user interface; at the client, based on the lightweight object data, rendering an interactive dynamic list view of the multiply connected objects on a user interface; and synchronizing the list view and the graph view. The order of objects in the list view reflects the order of objects in the graph view per a breadth-first traversal starting at a root object.

A system and method for laying out graphical user interface elements at a client device. A client device receives a set of containers, each container including program instructions and specifications. The program instructions of each container are executed to determine a size and position of each graphical user interface element. Each type of container has corresponding logic upon which sizing and positioning of graphical user interface elements is based. The client device may receive data metadata descriptive of the graphical user interface elements and application specifications. Sizing and positioning of the graphical user interface elements may be based on the data metadata and application specifications. A layout process may recursively descend a structure of containers to determine sizes and positions of each GUI element.

A method, in combination with or on a computer, for defining, editing, and jumping to predefined points in time in audio, video and other multimedia playback by selecting a point of interest from a scrolling list of choices, rendered with dynamic transparency if superimposed on motion graphics or video. Additionally, the present invention renders such a system to be easily used on a small screen while maximizing viewable area, as well as on large screen devices with various devices or human input.

A computer network (20) having a plurality of terminals (22) and several network servers (26, 28, 30) are operative to develop context-sensitive, dynamic graphical user interfaces (32) which are programmed centrally by the network servers (26, 28, 30). XML packets (142, 144) are used to transfer information regarding the graphical user interfaces (32) between the terminals (22) and the network servers (26, 28, 30). The graphical user interface (32) is a layered multimedia environment having a background movie (248) played beneath substantially all of a plurality of screen application regions (220-230). A interactive control movie (240) is displayed in one of the screen application regions and includes control tabs (242) and dynamic button controls (244). A browser application (250) may be embedded in the background movie (248) as part of the layered media environment. Multiple applications can be operated in the selected screen application region, so each application is provided with a top tab (246) enabling users to bring the desired application to the top of the application panels.

A system and program product for creating a presentation includes code enabling a user to create a navigable and linked set of video slide objects. A video slide object includes a looping video background, a text overlay, and possibly appended static or motion graphic elements. The text is preferably achieved using an overlay to a video slide. Code for editing the linked set of objects includes code for inserting a video slide into the linked set, altering an ordering of the video slides in the linked set, and deleting a video slide from the linked set. Code for automatically relinking the set of video slides to reflect a user edit is also included. The looping videos are preferably short, looping videos having a duration of less than approximately 1 minute. The looping videos preferably have seamless looping backgrounds and may be compatible with a prevalent multimedia protocol such as DVD.

A three-dimensional motion graphic user interface includes a first polyhedron component which exists in a first space, and a second polyhedron component which exists in a second space, wherein the first polyhedron component includes identification information that identifies the second polyhedron component, and if an information object selected by a user is located inside the first polyhedron component, the information object is moved inside the second polyhedron component using the identification information.

A Graphical User Interface or “GUI” for use with a computer operating systems that operates dynamically according to the user's preferences. Each element of the GUI is surrounded by a dynamic edge which allows the user to combine two or more elements together to create a visually coherent unit in real time. Users can merge or fuse together two or more edges together thus creating a combined group that has aspects and qualities from the constituent elements. Particular colors and color combinations can be created by the user along with user selected shapes and sizes of individual elements selected from a library of element shapes and sizes. The grouped elements can then be separated back to the individual elements for use in different applications or other groupings as later desired by the user.

The invention relates to a dynamic graphical password lock, a server, a sharing system and unlocking and locking methods, the dynamic graphical password lock includes a MCU, a display screen, an input device, an electric lock and a power supply unit; wherein the MCU is used to generate a graphic code containing an encryption lock code, switch the work mode, judge the current state of the password lock and control operation of the electric lock, the input device and the display screen; the display screen is used to display the graphic code generated by the MCU and promote a user to lock, the input device is used to inputting of a wake up instruction and an unlock password; the electric lock is used for unlocking according to control of the MCU and locking according to operation of the user; and the power supply unit is used for power supply for the MCU, the display screen, the input device and the electric lock. The network communication between the server and the dynamic graphical password lock is not needed in the whole unlocking and locking process, power consumption is reduced, and the hardware cost is reduced; in addition, by generation of the graphic code by the MCU, the security performance of the sharing system is further improved.

A method for utilizing a graphical user interface for concurrent programming of multiple feature operations to a single production job in a controller for a production system includes presenting options on the user interface for the selection of job properties or queue properties, with queue properties defined as default values for the virtual device to which the job will be submitted and job properties defined as job feature selection options. The job feature selection options may be hidden or displayed to enable the selection of valid job feature combinations only. Toggle controls are utilized for job feature options whose operation is limited by previously selected job feature options. The application of any valid combination of selected job feature options on the completed production job is illustrated on a dynamic graphic.

User is given the new modeling capability, a Semantic Lasso, which allows grouping of the model elements, so they can be mapped or transformed to the high-level concepts of business ontology. Such grouping is done by drawing of the line contour around relevant to advertised high-level concept model elements on one of the OMG Unified Modeling Language (UML) class diagrams. In addition the user is given a capability to specify extension points of the high-level concepts and the projection of such extension points to the individual model. Another tooling capability, a Semantic Transformation Lens, allows dynamic graphical projection of the individual model fragments to the high-level concepts as those elements are being selected. Semantic Transformation Lens provides the mechanism of reasoning-based smart selection.

Performing real-time atlasing of graphics data and creation and maintenance of texture atlases for applications having dynamic graphics content. Embodiments include allocating a texture atlas configured to store textural elements for use in rendering graphical elements, and providing a graphics processing unit (GPU) access to the texture atlas. During subsequent execution of an application, when a graphical element of the application is to be rendered by the GPU, a block of space can be allocated within the texture atlas and a textural element corresponding to the graphical element can be stored within the allocated block. The GPU therefore has access to the textural element when rendering the graphical element.

Disclosed is a digital virtual object projector capable of projecting an auto-stereoscopic, 3D, high definition, virtual object or motion graphic upon three-dimensional space. Producing a collective, interactive, virtual platform viewable from multiple angles, the Holoscope is adaptable to a variety of digital imaging applications and can support traditional imaging formats. The Holoscope can project an auto-stereoscopic, 3D object at an improved resolution, frame rate, size, and cost than was heretofore possible. The Holoscope offers a new form of auto-stereoscopic display and spatially augmented, virtual environment.

The invention discloses a data noise reduction method of motion capture. The method comprises the following steps: collecting two frames or more motion graphic data of a plurality of mark points and tracing movement tracks formed by the mark points in each frame according to collected motion graphic data; fitting the movement tracks of the mark points by using low-order B-spline Curves respectively so as to generate a plurality of approximation curves which are one-to-one corresponding to the movement tracks of the mark points. The approximation curves are the movement tracks of noise reduced movement tracks of the mark points. Through using the data noise reduction method of motion capture provided by an embodiment of the invention, detail data information of movement tracks of the mark points is maintained when capturing face expression movements. Therefore, the system has the characteristic of good real-time property.

A computer assisted system for providing navigational assistance to a user towards a desired destination associated with a facility includes an electronic communication device running an application providing an indoor and outdoor location information associated with the facility and a real-time, dynamic, interactive navigational assistance information to the desired destination, a number of three-dimensional indoor positioning devices installed at the facility for identifying a real-time location of the electronic communication devices and a server in communication with the electronic communication devices over a wireless communication channel for storing the indoor and outdoor location information associated with the facility. An interactive dynamic graphical user interface of the application provides step-by-step instructions in form of augmented reality based real-time visuals and audio instructions towards the desired destination selected by the user based on the real-time location of the electronic communication device identified using the three-dimensional indoor positioning devices at the facility.

The virtual decals for precision alignment of motion graphics of the present invention provides a method by which a person using a mobile video capturing device may apply a special effect or motion graphic to the video being captured using a virtual decal present on the screen of the mobile device, providing a reference to the user allowing the user to compensate for camera movement and properly frame the video to which the motion graphic will be applied using post-processing. The present invention further provides a method for measuring the optic flow of a given video scene and applying that data in a predictive manner so as to stabilize a motion graphic against the scene. Post processing places such a motion graphic within the processed video in such a way that it appears to be part of the original scene.

The invention provides dynamic graphical method and device of a geographic information application and analysis model. The method comprises the following steps of: extracting space geographic information analysis model key words from the structural object information of the application and analysis model; establishing a space analysis model according to a word analysis result of the obtained space geographic information analysis model key words; and dynamically displaying a space geographic information analysis result generated by the space analysis model in the graphic form on a map. The analysis result of a geographic information space model of an application and analysis scheme can be dynamically displayed on an electronic map in a visual graphic form through establishing an incidence relation between the structural object information of the application and analysis model and the space analysis model, which solves the problem of low degree of automation of the traditional application and analysis model in a graphical process and realizes the purposes of simple input, intelligent analysis and automatic display.

A user engagement system and methods for use thereof in an augmented reality context are provided herein. The user engagement system may include a camera assembly, an image monitor, and a controller. The camera assembly may be directed at a cooking zone. The image monitor may be directed at an area forward from the cooking zone. The controller may be in operative communication with the camera assembly and the image monitor. The controller may be configured to initiate a directed cooking operation. The directed cooking operation may include receiving a video signal of the cooking zone from the camera assembly, presenting a real-time feed of the cooking zone at the image monitor, overlaying a dynamic figure onto the real-time feed of the cooking zone at the image monitor, and animating the dynamic figure over the real-time feed based on a selected recipe.

The invention provides a simulation test system for simulation interface equipment in a nuclear power plant. The simulation test system comprises a data processing unit, a display unit, a command input unit and a simulation platform, wherein the data processing unit is used for sending out an excitation signal to the simulation platform, and receiving and processing a feedback signal of the simulation platform; the display unit is used for displaying the processing process and processing result of the data processing unit; the command input unit is used for inputting a command into the data processing unit; the simulation platform is used for the simulation interface equipment. By adopting the technology, a function of detecting software simulation and hardware faults of simulation interface plates is realized, a plate arrangement drawing of the plates is displayed in a dynamic graphic form, furthermore the position of a fault interface plate passage can be determined, and a plate fault point can be displayed.

A multiple programmable logic controller (PLC) simulation system is provided. The multiple PLC simulation system includes a plurality of personal computers (PCs), each being configured to comprise a different software PLC which is one of a plurality of PLCs implemented as software in an effort to verify a plurality of PLC codes that generate a PLC input signal and a PLC output signal for controlling lines and equipment of an automated manufacturing system; and a simulation device configured to be connected to a plurality of the PCs over a network, and to perform simulation for verification of a plurality of the PLC codes using an input / output model and a graphic model where the input / output model defines as discrete events operation states of the lines and the equipment which are controlled according to the PLC output signals received from a plurality of the software PLCs and PLC input signals in accordance with the operation states, and the graphic model represents graphically motion change of the lines and the equipment in accordance with a change of operation states using pieces of motion graphic data of the lines and the equipment which correspond to the operation states and the graphic model generates PLC input signals including information on the motion change of the lines and the equipment.

A method and apparatus in a data processing system for context management for a plurality of graphic processes. A request is received to send graphics data to a graphics adapter from a first graphics process within the plurality of graphics processes. A determination is made as to whether a complete change in a current context is required for the graphics adapter to process the graphics data from the first graphics process. If only a portion of the current context needs to be changed, the portions to be changed are saved. Then, the context information for the graphics process are retrieved and placed in with the current context information required using a set of contexts stored in a memory.

Disclosed is a digital virtual object projector capable of projecting an auto-stereoscopic, 3D, high definition, virtual object or motion graphic upon three-dimensional space. Producing a collective, interactive, virtual platform viewable from multiple angles, the Holoscope is adaptable to a variety of digital imaging applications and can support traditional imaging formats. The Holoscope can project an auto-stereoscopic, 3D object at an improved resolution, frame rate, size, and cost than was heretofore possible. The Holoscope offers a unique form of auto-stereoscopic display and spatially augmented, virtual environment.

The invention relates to the technical field of televisions and discloses a method and a system for processing motion graphic compensation of an LCD TV (liquid crystal display television). The method specifically comprises the following steps of: pre-configuring a motion graphic refreshing cycle threshold, and storing the threshold; when receiving an operation instruction of a user to open a motion graphic compensation function of the LCD TV, controlling to obtain the category of a currently playing film source and judging whether a motion graphic exists in an existing frame and the on-off frequency of a lamp in a certain display area is higher than the preset motion frame refreshing cycle threshold or not; and when judging that the on-off frequency of the lamp in the certain display area is higher than the preset motion frame refreshing cycle threshold, identifying to start a motion graphic compensation mode. According to the method and system for processing the motion graphic compensation of the LCD TV, disclosed by the invention, the resolution is improved by intelligently identifying a motion mode of the system and reducing display frames of the motion graphic, so that the motion graphic is clearer and more smooth.

The invention provides an image-text protection structure based on a dynamic anti-counterfeiting film, and belongs to the technical field of anti-counterfeiting microstructures. The image-text protection structure comprises a microlens array layer, an organic thin film layer and a micrograph array layer in sequence from top to bottom, and further comprises an image-text layer. The invention also provides a preparation method of the image-text protection structure. The image-text protection structure can protect trademark image-text in an interlayer and prolong the service life of the trademarkimage-text; by combining dynamic graphs and image-text layer graphs for display, designed static trademark image-text can be displayed, besides, it can be seen that amplified micrograph arrays aroundthe image-text move dynamically along with the change of the visual angle, and thus the display mode is novel and has a strong visual appeal.

A dynamic graphic information classification device which is installed in a vehicle and comprises at least one automatic driving assistant system, a wireless communication interface, a storage device, a GPS module, and a processor. The wireless communication interface is connected with a cloud server where a high definition map and 3D point cloud map information are stored. The GPS module acquires position coordinates of the vehicle from an electronic map. The storage device stores at least one of at least one road curvature and at least one crossroads feature of a road environment of a predetermined driving path of the vehicle. The processor classifies the map information to be downloaded according to at least one of at least one road curvature and at least one crossroads feature and an automatic driving level of the automatic driving assistant system, whereby to reduce the time for download.

The invention belongs to the technical field of three-dimensional dynamic graph processing, and particularly relates to a three-dimensional virtual character intelligent skinning method based on deep learning, which particularly comprises the steps: skeleton generation (geometric contraction, edge folding and skeleton optimization) and skinning intelligent prediction (feature extraction, model construction, model training and skinning prediction). According to the method, skeleton generation, binding and skin weight assignment work can be automatically completed only through the grid model of the three-dimensional virtual character, so that a good effect can be achieved when the method is applied to grid models with different complexity degrees, skeleton binding and weight assignment are directly completed for the constructed three-dimensional virtual character, and the method is high in practicability and easy to popularize. When the method is applied to a high-precision three-dimensional model with a huge number of vertexes and patches, the manufacturing time of the skinned skeleton animation can be greatly shortened, the cost can be reduced, the animation manufacturing effect is vivid and natural, and the complexity of three-dimensional animation manufacturing is simplified; and therefore, the method can be applied to the technical field of skinned skeleton animation manufacturing and is wide in prospect.

A method for predicting eye movement in a head mounted display (HMD). The method including tracking movement of an eye of a user with a gaze tracking system disposed in the HMD at a plurality of sample points. The method including determining velocity of the movement based on the movement of the eye. The method including determining that the eye of the user is in a saccade upon the velocity reaching a threshold velocity. The method including predicting a landing point on the display of the HMD corresponding to a direction of the eye for the saccade.