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A video of a virtual world is created utilizing stored gameplay data and game states. The gameplay data is used to re-create a given gameplay sequence in order to create video of the gameplay sequence. The gameplay sequence may be re-created using enhanced graphics to create new video files from any number of visual perspectives.

The audio signal processing device of the present invention arranges objects in a virtual three-dimensional space and generates audio signals by performing, at a prescribed listening position, audio simulation to sounds generated from a prescribed sounding position. This invention is characterized in that the sound field space subject to audio simulation is structured by combining spatial objects and audio simulation is performed thereto. Here, “spatial object” shall mean the space (sound field space) for audio simulation which was simply modeled in order to simplify audio simulation, and is a virtual object provided with prescribed audio parameters. The sound field space is structured by combining these spatial objects.

Techniques are described for modeling layered facial reflectance consisting of specular reflectance, single scattering, and shallow and deep subsurface scattering. Parameters of appropriate reflectance models can be estimated for each of these layers, e.g., from just 20 photographs recorded in a few seconds from a single view-point. Spatially-varying specular reflectance and single-scattering parameters can be extracted from polarization-difference images under spherical and point source illumination. Direct-indirect separation can be employed to decompose the remaining multiple scattering observed under cross-polarization into shallow and deep scattering components to model the light transport through multiple layers of skin. Appropriate diffusion models can be matched to the extracted shallow and deep scattering components for different regions on the face. The techniques were validated by comparing renderings of subjects to reference photographs recorded from novel viewpoints and under novel illumination conditions. Related geometry acquisition systems and software products are also described.

A parametric representation of a multi-channel audio signal describes the spatial properties of the audio signal well with compact side information when a coherence information, describing the coherence between a first and a second channel, is derived within a hierarchical encoding process only for channel pairs including a first channel having only information of a left side with respect to a listening position and including a second channel having only information from a right side with respect to a listening position. As within the hierarchical process the multiple audio channels of the audio signal are downmixed iteratively into monophonic channels, one can pick the relevant parameters from an encoding step involving only channel pairs carrying the information needed to describe the spatial properties of the multi-channel audio signal.

A method is provided: comprising: receiving, by a gaming server, game state data from a player client device, the game state data being defined from a game state of a first instance of a video game that is executed by the player client device; applying, by the gaming server, the received game state data and the view direction data to a second instance of the video game that is executed by the gaming server, to generate a wide field of view (FOV) spectator video; receiving, by a video server, view direction data from a spectator client device, the view direction data being determined from a tracked pose of a head-mounted display (HMD); applying, by the video server, the view direction data to define a portion of the wide FOV spectator video, the portion of the wide FOV spectator video identifying a sub-area of the wide FOV spectator video that is less than an entire area of the wide FOV spectator video; streaming the portion of the wide FOV spectator video to the spectator client device for rendering on the HMD.

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an identification document that can contain both common information and unique information describing the specific document holder. The information is in the form of indicia applied by digital imaging means. The document itself is in the form of a laminated article having the information affixed to one or more internal layers. Attempt to gain access to these internally imaged layers causes the image to be sufficiently disrupted as to prevent modifying such images.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording material which contains at least a colorant and a resin wherein the colorant contains silver, and a toner which contains at least a colorant and a resin wherein the colorant is an alloy containing silver, zinc and aluminum.

An imaging module is formed by stacking: a first resin board; a second resin board having a first opening; a first electrically-conductive member electrically connecting the first resin board and the second resin board to each other; a printed circuit board having a second opening; a second electrically-conductive member electrically connecting the second resin board and the printed circuit board to each other; an imaging semiconductor chip mounted on the lower surface of the second resin board to cover the first opening and provided with an imaging sensor, an optical member placed on the upper surface of the second resin board to cover the first opening; a first semiconductor control chip provided with a control device for controlling operation of the imaging sensor and mounted on the lower surface of the first resin board.

A singlet telescope is provided for reshaping the laser beam to a larger or smaller diameter while maintaining the inherent quality of the beam. Applications for the singlet telescope include intercavity expansion to accommodate the damage thresh-old of various components, expansion of beams to match the size of different wavelengths for final collimation, and shrinking of beams to provide high irradiance for nonlinear processes such as optical parametric oscillation and frequency doubling, with the above applications usually requiring low power magnification or demagnification. Problems involving the utilization of these telescopes over wide temperature ranges and ghost reflections in which a light is reflected back to a pumping laser are minimized with the singlet construction, with the ghost reflections potentially creating damage of components including self-damage or breakdown of air, as well as damage to a Q-switched resonator which causes pre-lasing.

In the inspection apparatus for a defect of a semiconductor and the method using it for automatically detecting the defect on a semiconductor wafer and presuming the defect occurrence factor using the circuit design data, a plurality of shapes are formed from the circuit design data by deforming the design data with respect to shape deformation items stipulated for respective defect occurrence factor for comparison with the inspection object circuit pattern. The defect is detected by comparison of the group of shapes formed and the actual pattern. Further, the occurrence factors of these defects are presumed, and the defects are classified according to respective factor.

A developing device including a developer containing magnetic toner grains and includes a main pole for development disposed in a sleeve. Flux density generated by the magnetic pole in a direction normal to the surface of the sleeve outside of the surface has an attenuation ratio of 50% or above. The toner grains have a weight mean grain size of 6.0 μm to 8.0 μm while the toner grains having grain sizes of 5 μm and below occupy 40% to 80% of the entire developer. The toner grains have magnetization strength of 10 emu / g to 25 emu / g in a magnetic field of 5 kOe or magnetization strength of 7 emu / g to 20 emu / g in a magnetic field of 1 kOe. The toner grains reduce toner scattering and image defects despite that they are magnetic, thereby implementing ultrahigh resolution.

A method for performing recoverable image and video watermarking which survives the use of block-based image and video compression techniques. One or more of the lowest order bits of the first DCT coefficient (the “DC” coefficient) which is to be coded are used as a “data channel” by which information representing a recoverable watermark may be embedded into an image or into a video signal frame. Encoding is performed by replacing one or more low order bits of the luminance value of each pixel in a block with a number of bits of the watermark data, and decoding is performed by averaging one or more low order bits of the decoded luminance values of the pixels in a block to retrieve a corresponding number of bits of the watermark data.

A data generating apparatus (1) adds feel information to shape data for an object to be molded in an STL data generating section (1a). Then, a data processing apparatus (10) generates molding data for reproducing shape and feel of the object to be molded, and the molding data is supplied to a three-dimensional molding apparatus (20). The three-dimensional molding apparatus (20) performs molding on the basis of the molding data obtained from the data processing apparatus (10). The resulting three-dimensional molded matter faithfully reproduce not only the shape but also the feel of the object to be molded. In this way, the present invention was made to generate a three-dimensional molded matter which faithfully reproduces feel of the object.

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an identification document that can contain both common information and unique information describing the specific document holder. The information is in the form of indicia applied by digital imaging means. The document itself is in the form of a laminated article having the information affixed to one or more internal layers. Attempt to gain access to these internally imaged layers causes the image to be sufficiently disrupted as to prevent modifying such images.

To record a video signal on a recording medium so that a reproducing apparatus can faithfully reproduce an original color of the recorded video signal.A user can specify either a sRGB color space or an extended sRGB color space as the color space of the video signal to be recorded. A signal processing unit 131 generates a video signal (luminance signal Y and color-difference signal Cb / Cr) corresponding to the specified color space. An encoding / decoding unit 132 performs data compression on the video signal in accordance with the MPEG4-AVC standard to generate a compressed video signal to be recorded on a recording medium 135. A CPU 121 is configured to generate a color space identifier including information indicating the color space specified by the user and is configured so that an access unit including an SPS NAL unit in the compressed video signal includes an SEI NAL unit in which the color space identifier is stored. The video signal recorded on the recording medium 135 is a signal to which a color space identifier having information for a color space of that video signal is added.

According to the present invention, a printing system comprises a conversion unit which performs conversion processing for print data by using a filter module specified by filter information attached to the print data; a history storage unit which stores filter information for specifying the filter module used by said conversion unit; and a filter re-designation unit which reads out the filter information stored by said history storage unit and attaches the filter information to the print data.

A touch panel including a fixation side substrate and an operation side substrate disposed in opposition and adhered to each other, having a fixation side conductive film and an operation side conductive film respectively formed on opposing faces of the fixation side substrate and the operation side substrate, and being capable of detecting any contact point on the fixation side conductive film and the operation side conductive film as a 2-dimensional coordinate, wherein a bending section is formed between one end and the other end thereof, and wherein two input operation regions are defined and formed on both sides of the bending section.

An image forming apparatus has a latent image carrier on which a latent image is formed. A developer carrier conveys a one-component non-magnetic developer and develops the latent image either in close proximity to or in contact with the latent image carrier. A voltage application unit applies an AC-superimposed bias voltage to the developer carrier. A regulating member abuts against the developer carrier to regulate the thickness of the developer layer on the developer carrier. The regulating member has a semiconductive member provided at the distal end thereof to produce an electric potential difference between the semiconductive member and the developer carrier, to which the AC-superimposed bias voltage is applied, when regulating the thickness of the developer layer on the developer carrier, thereby forming a line-shaped uneven conveying surface. Thus, the occurrence of banding and longitudinal unevenness and stripes is prevented, and fogging and scattering are also prevented. Further, the occurrence of filming is prevented, thereby allowing formation of a uniform image free from density unevenness.

A system and method for the halftoning of gray scale images by utilizing a pixel-by-pixel comparison of the image against an anisotropic stochastic screen is disclosed. The anisotropic stochastic screen comprises a non-deterministic, non-white noise function which, when thresholded, is designed to produce anisotropic dot patterns having a power spectrum characterized as having negligible low frequency components and a high-frequency region which has an absence of stronger dominant spikes.

An apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a region extraction unit configured to extract region data for each object from document image data including tables; a table structure analysis unit configured to analyze the region data relating to table objects out of the extracted region data and extract table structure information on each of the table objects; a sheet generation unit configured to generate a display sheet for reproducing a layout of the object in the document image data and an edit sheet for each table for editing the table, by using the region data and the table structure information on each object; and an electronic-document generation unit configured to generate an electronic document which associated the display sheet with the edit sheet.

A kit and a process for using it to impart wood grain appearances are provided. According to the method, a base coat comprising an opaque, pigmented, water-based paint emulsion is applied to a wood-grain textured substrate and dried. Then, a pigmented, water-based graining coat (most preferably a crosslinkable urethane / acrylic) is applied sparingly, preferably by use of a dampened foam / sponge pad or sprayed, in an amount sufficient to overcoat the base coat and color at least a majority of texture recesses in the substrate and drying. According to the kit aspect of the invention, the kit will comprise: an opaque, pigmented, water-based paint emulsion; a pigmented, water-based graining coat emulsion, optionally packaged in a bottle, such as one with a spray. Optionally, the kit can include an applicator or surface cleaner, a scraper, brush, cloth, sponge, or combination. The process of the invention can be completed within 3 to 12 hours at temperatures ranging from just over 55° F. up to over 85° F., with sufficient time for working both coatings yet without long periods of time where the door or other object is out of service. Timing and ease of application facilitate application by home handyman as well as the professional.

The present invention relates to a water-soluble azo compound or a salt thereof represented by the following formula (1):(wherein, R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a sulfo group, n, m, x and y represent an integer of 1 or 2, 1 to 3, 2 to 4 and 1 to 3, respectively.) and an ink composition containing the same; the above compound or a salt thereof has a hue possessing a high vividness suitable for inkjet recording, provides various fastnesses to recorded matters, and is useful as a yellow coloring matter excellent in storage stability when prepared into an ink composition, and suitable for ink compositions, especially inks for inkjet recording.

The present invention relates to a water-soluble azo compound represented by the following formula (1)[KA 1](wherein, A represents a hydroxyl group, a morpholino group, an amino group, an aliphatic amine residue which may have a substituent, aromatic amine residue which may have a substituent, a phenoxy group which may have a substituent or an alkoxy group which may have a substituent, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 represents a substituent selected from a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group and a hydroxyl group, n represents an integer number of 1 to 3, respectively) as free acid and an ink composition comprising the same. Said azo compound has hue having high vividness suitable for inkjet recording, said ink composition is excellent in storage stability, and an inkjet recorded article by using this is excellent in fastnesses such as moisture fastness, ozone gas fastness and light fastness.

The present invention relates to a novel anthrapyridone compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof, and can provide a magenta coloring matter having a highly vivid hue suitable for inkjet recording, a high fastness to recorded matters, and an excellent storage stability;wherein R1 represents a benzyl group wherein the phenyl group of the benzyl group may be further substituted by a methyl group, a chlorine atom or a nitro group, 1-naphthylmethyl group or the like, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or the like, respectively.

A method and apparatus are provided for preserving binary data on an analog archival medium, such as microfilm, in which the binary data is encoded, such as in a barcode symbol, in accordance with a predefined encoding specification. The predefined encoding specification may be stored along with the binary data to facilitate subsequent recovery of the binary data, even if the encoding technique has become obsolete. Error detection and correction code may be generated for the binary data and stored along therewith. By comparing the error correction code associated with the original binary data with an error correction code generated based upon the recovered data, the accuracy of the recovered data may be confirmed. Corresponding methods and apparatus for recovering the binary data are also provided.

The present invention relates to an anthrapyridone compound represented by the following formula (1):wherein, n represents an integer number of 1 to 3, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or the like, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methoxy group, R3 represents an anilino group having, as a substituent, at least one group selected from the group consisting of sulfo group, a carboxy group, an alkoxy group, a carbamoyl group, an cyano group, an alkyl group, an anilino group, a phenoxy group, an amino group, a hydroxy group and a mercapto group, an unsubstituted anilino group or the like, or a salt thereof, and provides a magenta coloring matter (compound) having high solubility in water and a hue and vividness which are suitable for inkjet recording and being excellent in fastnesses such as light fastness, moisture fastness and ozone gas fastness on recorded matter; and a magenta ink composition containing it.

A parametric representation of a multi-channel audio signal describes the spatial properties of the audio signal well with compact side information when a coherence information, describing the coherence between a first and a second channel, is derived within a hierarchical encoding process only for channel pairs including a first channel having only information of a left side with respect to a listening position and including a second channel having only information from a right side with respect to a listening position. As within the hierarchical process the multiple audio channels of the audio signal are downmixed iteratively into monophonic channels, one can pick the relevant parameters from an encoding step involving only channel pairs carrying the information needed to describe the spatial properties of the multi-channel audio signal.

An image forming apparatus has a latent image carrier on which a latent image is formed. A developer carrier conveys a one-component non-magnetic developer and develops the latent image either in close proximity to or in contact with the latent image carrier. A voltage application unit applies an AC-superimposed bias voltage to the developer carrier. A regulating member abuts against the developer carrier to regulate the thickness of the developer layer on the developer carrier. The regulating member has a semiconductive member provided at the distal end thereof to produce an electric potential difference between the semiconductive member and the developer carrier, to which the AC-superimposed bias voltage is applied, when regulating the thickness of the developer layer on the developer carrier, thereby forming a line-shaped uneven conveying surface. Thus, the occurrence of banding and longitudinal unevenness and stripes is prevented, and fogging and scattering are also prevented. Further, the occurrence of filming is prevented, thereby allowing formation of a uniform image free from density unevenness.

An apparatus and method for inspecting a defect of a circuit pattern formed on a semiconductor wafer includes a defect classifier have a comparison shape forming section for forming a plurality of comparison shapes corresponding to an SEM image of an inspection region by deforming the shape of the circuit pattern in accordance with a plurality of shape deformation rules using design data corresponding to the circuit pattern within the inspection region and a shape similar to the SEM image of the inspection region out of the plurality of comparison shapes formed and selected as the comparison shape, and a shape comparing and classifying section for classifying the SEM image using information of the comparison shape selected in the comparison shape forming section and the inspection shape of the circuit pattern of the SEM image of the inspection region.