公开(公告)号：US20100277469A1

公开(公告)日：2010-11-04

申请号：US12432284

申请日：2009-04-29

申请人： Paul Borrel ,  Bernice E. Rogowitz

发明人： Paul Borrel ,  Bernice E. Rogowitz

IPC分类号： G08B6/00 ,  G06T15/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/016

摘要： A system for providing a tactile virtual world or environment wherein, in particular, a virtual reality environment provides an interactive 3-D interface for synthesizing the feeling of experiencing a 3-D environment. The invention also provides a method for implementing actual physical applications that can simulate real 3-D environments; for example, such as a physical training exercise or artificial 3-D environments, or simulating the interacting with molecules or complex data sets.

摘要翻译： 用于提供触觉虚拟世界或环境的系统，其中特别地，虚拟现实环境提供用于合成体验3-D环境的感觉的交互式3-D接口。 本发明还提供了一种用于实现可以模拟真实3-D环境的实际物理应用的方法; 例如，例如体育训练或人造3-D环境，或模拟与分子或复杂数据集的相互作用。

公开(公告)号：US08487749B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-16

申请号：US12432284

申请日：2009-04-29

申请人： Paul Borrel ,  Bernice E. Rogowitz

发明人： Paul Borrel ,  Bernice E. Rogowitz

IPC分类号： H04B3/36

CPC分类号： G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/016

摘要： A system for providing a tactile virtual world or environment wherein, in particular, a virtual reality environment provides an interactive 3-D interface for synthesizing the feeling of experiencing a 3-D environment. The invention also provides a method for implementing actual physical applications that can simulate real 3-D environments; for example, such as a physical training exercise or artificial 3-D environments, or simulating the interacting with molecules or complex data sets.

摘要翻译： 用于提供触觉虚拟世界或环境的系统，其中特别地，虚拟现实环境提供用于合成体验3-D环境的感觉的交互式3-D接口。 本发明还提供了一种用于实现可以模拟真实3-D环境的实际物理应用的方法; 例如，例如体育训练或人造3-D环境，或模拟与分子或复杂数据集的相互作用。

公开(公告)号：US08350843B2

公开(公告)日：2013-01-08

申请号：US12047848

申请日：2008-03-13

申请人： Bernice E. Rogowitz ,  Paul Borrel

发明人： Bernice E. Rogowitz ,  Paul Borrel

IPC分类号： G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/04815

摘要： The present invention discloses a creation of a virtual hand, body part, or tool in a virtual environment, controlled by a new 3-D haptic interface for virtual environments. There is also the provision of a method and arrangement applicable to computer systems for creating a virtual environment, which facilitates a user to touch, feel, edit, and interact with data about the objects, surfaces, and textures in the environment. There is also a provision for multiple virtual hands operating in the same virtual world, so that users can work collaboratively in the virtual world; they can touch, feel and edit the data in the virtual world, including data about the other users' virtual hands.

摘要翻译： 本发明公开了一种虚拟环境中虚拟手，身体部分或工具的创建，由虚拟环境的新的3-D触觉界面控制。 还提供了适用于用于创建虚拟环境的计算机系统的方法和布置，其有助于用户触摸，感觉，编辑和与环境中的对象，表面和纹理的数据交互。 还提供了在同一个虚拟世界中操作的多个虚拟手，使用户可以在虚拟世界中协同工作; 他们可以触摸，感觉和编辑虚拟世界中的数据，包括有关其他用户的虚拟手的数据。

公开(公告)号：US20090231287A1

公开(公告)日：2009-09-17

申请号：US12047771

申请日：2008-03-13

申请人： Bernice E. Rogowitz ,  Paul Borrel

发明人： Bernice E. Rogowitz ,  Paul Borrel

IPC分类号： G06F3/041

CPC分类号： G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/016

摘要： The present invention discloses a tactile input/output device for representing and manipulating computer-generated surfaces. Also disclosed are a novel system and method for implementing the forgoing aspects. In essence, there is provided an intuitive concept of manipulating and editing a computer-generated surface, by employing a combination of traditional input and output devices (keyboard, mouse, display, etc.) and a novel device that enables users to touch, edit and modify a physical representation of the surface. The tactile device includes an array of displaceable pins, which are driven by a control system having a plurality of micro-actuators operating in combination with a rack-and-pinion assembly.

摘要翻译： 本发明公开了一种用于表示和操纵计算机生成的表面的触觉输入/输出装置。 还公开了一种用于实现前述方面的新型系统和方法。 实质上，通过采用传统的输入和输出设备（键盘，鼠标，显示器等）的组合以及使用户能够触摸，编辑的新颖设备，提供了操纵和编辑计算机生成的表面的直观概念 并修改表面的物理表示。 触觉装置包括可移位销的阵列，其由具有多个微型致动器的控制系统驱动，微型致动器与齿条 - 齿轮组件结合操作。

公开(公告)号：US08203529B2

公开(公告)日：2012-06-19

申请号：US12047771

申请日：2008-03-13

申请人： Bernice E. Rogowitz ,  Paul Borrel

发明人： Bernice E. Rogowitz ,  Paul Borrel

IPC分类号： G09G5/00 ,  H04B3/36 ,  G08B6/00 ,  G06F3/01

CPC分类号： G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/016

摘要： The present invention discloses a tactile input/output device for representing and manipulating computer-generated surfaces. Also disclosed are a novel system and method for implementing the forgoing aspects. In essence, there is provided an intuitive concept of manipulating and editing a computer-generated surface, by employing a combination of traditional input and output devices (keyboard, mouse, display, etc.) and a novel device that enables users to touch, edit and modify a physical representation of the surface. The tactile device includes an array of displaceable pins, which are driven by a control system having a plurality of micro-actuators operating in combination with a rack-and-pinion assembly.

摘要翻译： 本发明公开了一种用于表示和操纵计算机生成的表面的触觉输入/输出装置。 还公开了一种用于实现前述方面的新型系统和方法。 实质上，通过采用传统的输入和输出设备（键盘，鼠标，显示器等）的组合以及使用户能够触摸，编辑的新颖设备，提供了操纵和编辑计算机生成的表面的直观概念 并修改表面的物理表示。 触觉装置包括可移位销的阵列，其由具有多个微型致动器的控制系统驱动，微型致动器与齿条 - 齿轮组件结合操作。

公开(公告)号：US20090231272A1

公开(公告)日：2009-09-17

申请号：US12047848

申请日：2008-03-13

申请人： Bernice E. Rogowitz ,  Paul Borrel

发明人： Bernice E. Rogowitz ,  Paul Borrel

IPC分类号： G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/04815

摘要： The present invention discloses a creation of a virtual hand, body part, or tool in a virtual environment, controlled by a new 3-D haptic interface for virtual environments. There is also the provision of a method and arrangement applicable to computer systems for creating a virtual environment, which facilitates a user to touch, feel, edit, and interact with data about the objects, surfaces, and textures in the environment. There is also a provision for multiple virtual hands operating in the same virtual world, so that users can work collaboratively in the virtual world; they can touch, feel and edit the data in the virtual world, including data about the other users' virtual hands.

摘要翻译： 本发明公开了一种虚拟环境中虚拟手，身体部分或工具的创建，由虚拟环境的新的3-D触觉界面控制。 还提供了适用于用于创建虚拟环境的计算机系统的方法和布置，其有助于用户触摸，感觉，编辑和与环境中的对象，表面和纹理的数据交互。 还提供了在同一个虚拟世界中操作的多个虚拟手，使用户可以在虚拟世界中协同工作; 他们可以触摸，感觉和编辑虚拟世界中的数据，包括有关其他用户的虚拟手的数据。

公开(公告)号：US20090041048A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-12

申请号：US11834174

申请日：2007-08-06

申请人： Paul Borrel

发明人： Paul Borrel

IPC分类号： H04L12/28

CPC分类号： H04L65/4076 ,  H04L12/1827

摘要： A system comprising a receiver and a transmitter for sending and receiving audio-video datastreams through fixed IP addresses, which IP addresses are established upon initialization of the transmitter and receiver systems. The transmitter includes an audio-visual capture and encoding subsystems, and the receiver includes an audio-visual decoding and display subsystems.

摘要翻译： 一种系统，包括接收机和发送器，用于通过固定IP地址发送和接收音频 - 视频数据流，该IP地址在发射机和接收机系统初始化时被建立。 发射机包括视听采集和编码子系统，接收机包括视听解码和显示子系统。

公开(公告)号：US07889210B2

公开(公告)日：2011-02-15

申请号：US11831319

申请日：2007-07-31

申请人： Paul Borrel ,  William A. Tulskie, Jr.

发明人： Paul Borrel ,  William A. Tulskie, Jr.

IPC分类号： G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06T15/20 ,  G06T19/00 ,  G06T2200/16

摘要： A plurality of applications are integrated in a system by merging three-dimensional (3-D) display data contributions from the respective applications into a single display scene using a visual integration hub. The respective contributions of display data may be separately manipulated to establish registration or relative positioning and then locked together such that the composite image may be graphically manipulated as a single object. Two-dimensional (2-D) data such as text or spreadsheets are imbedded in the image and manipulated in the same manner as 3-D objects. The hub allows transfer of graphic data between applications and conversion of the graphic data to the format of each respective application.

摘要翻译： 通过使用视觉集成集线器将来自各个应用的三维（3-D）显示数据贡献合并成单个显示场景，将多个应用集成在系统中。 可以分别操纵显示数据的各自的贡献以建立注册或相对定位，然后锁定在一起，使得合成图像可以被图形地操作为单个对象。 将二维（2-D）数据（如文本或电子表格）嵌入到图像中，并以与3D对象相同的方式进行操作。 集线器允许在应用程序之间传输图形数据，并将图形数据转换为每个相应应用程序的格式。

公开(公告)号：US06377257B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-23

申请号：US09411313

申请日：1999-10-04

申请人： Paul Borrel ,  Shawn Hall ,  William P. Horn ,  James T. Klosowski ,  William L. Luken ,  Ioana M. Martin ,  Frank Suits

发明人： Paul Borrel ,  Shawn Hall ,  William P. Horn ,  James T. Klosowski ,  William L. Luken ,  Ioana M. Martin ,  Frank Suits

IPC分类号： G06T1700

CPC分类号： H04L65/607 ,  G06T15/005 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/06027 ,  H04N21/23412 ,  H04N21/234318 ,  H04N21/4307 ,  H04N21/44012 ,  H04N21/47205

摘要： A system and method for seamlessly combining client-only rendering techniques with server-only rendering techniques. The approach uses a composite stream containing three distinct streams. Two of the streams are synchronized and transmit camera definition, video of server-rendered objects, and a time dependent depth map for the server-rendered object. The third stream is available to send geometry from the server to the client, for local rendering if appropriate. The invention can satisfy a number of viewing applications. For example, initially the most relevant geometry can stream to the client for high quality local rendering while the server delivers renderings of less relevant geometry at lower resolutions. After the most relevant geometry has been delivered to the client, the less important geometry can be optionally streamed to the client to increase the fidelity of the entire scene. In the limit, all of the geometry is transferred to the client and the situation corresponds to client-only rendering system where local graphics hardware is used to improve fidelity and reduce bandwidth. Alternatively, if a client does not have local three-dimensional graphics capability then the server can transmit only the video of the server-rendered object and drop the other two streams. In either case, the approach also permits for a progressive improvement in the server-rendered image whenever the scene becomes static. Bandwidth that was previously used to represent changing images is allocated to improving the fidelity of the server-rendered image whenever the scene becomes static.

摘要翻译： 一种用于将仅客户端渲染技术与仅服务器渲染技术无缝组合的系统和方法。 该方法使用包含三个不同流的复合流。 两个流同步并传输摄像机定义，服务器渲染对象的视频和服务器渲染对象的时间相关深度图。 第三个流可用于将几何从服务器发送到客户端，以便在适当的情况下进行本地渲染。 本发明可以满足多种观看应用。 例如，最初最相关的几何可以流式传输到客户端以进行高质量的本地呈现，而服务器以较低分辨率提供不相关几何的渲染。 在最相关的几何体已经传送到客户端之后，不太重要的几何可以选择性地流式传输给客户端，以增加整个场景的保真度。 在极限情况下，所有的几何都被传送到客户端，并且这种情况对应于仅客户机渲染系统，其中使用本地图形硬件来提高保真度并减少带宽。 或者，如果客户端不具有本地三维图形能力，则服务器可以仅传送服务器渲染对象的视频并丢弃其他两个流。 无论哪种情况，当场景变得静态时，该方法还允许在服务器呈现的图像中逐渐改进。 分配先前用于表示更改图像的带宽，以便在场景变为静态时提高服务器渲染图像的保真度。

公开(公告)号：US5708764A

公开(公告)日：1998-01-13

申请号：US716816

申请日：1996-09-10

申请人： Paul Borrel ,  Keh-Shin Fu Cheng ,  Jai Prakash Menon ,  Jaroslaw Roman Rossignac

发明人： Paul Borrel ,  Keh-Shin Fu Cheng ,  Jai Prakash Menon ,  Jaroslaw Roman Rossignac

IPC分类号： G06T15/00 ,  G06T15/20 ,  G06T19/00 ,  G06T19/20 ,  G06T17/40

CPC分类号： G06T19/00 ,  G06T15/20 ,  G06T2219/004

摘要： A computer graphics system includes a graphics processing engine for processing and displaying graphics data representing three-dimensional objects in a first portion of a display. A text processing engine displays text in a second portion of the display. Embedded in the text is a command or hotlink for controlling operation of the graphics processing engine. In response to user selection of first data displayed in the second portion of the display, a supervisory controller analyzes the first data to determine if the first data includes at least one hotlink command. Upon determining that the first data includes at least one hotlink command, the supervisory controller identifies the hotlink command included in the first data and controls operation of the graphics processing engine to perform at least one graphics function according to the hotlink command included in the first data. The graphics function may be associated with at least one of the three-dimensional objects, a three-dimensional markup, a predefined view point, or a predefined animation.

摘要翻译： 计算机图形系统包括用于在显示器的第一部分中处理和显示表示三维对象的图形数据的图形处理引擎。 文本处理引擎在显示器的第二部分中显示文本。 嵌入在文本中是用于控制图形处理引擎的操作的命令或热链接。 响应于用户选择在显示器的第二部分中显示的第一数据，监控控制器分析第一数据以确定第一数据是否包括至少一个热链接命令。 在确定第一数据包括至少一个热链接命令时，监控控制器识别包括在第一数据中的热链接命令，并且控制图形处理引擎根据包括在第一数据中的热链接命令执行至少一个图形功能的操作 。 图形功能可以与三维对象，三维标记，预定义视点或预定动画中的至少一个相关联。