Among other things, we describe a reality alternative to our physical reality, named the
Expandaverse, that includes multiple digital realities that may be continuously created …

US7859551B2 - Object customization and presentation system - Google Patents
US7859551B2 - Object customization and presentation system - Google Patents Object …

(54) METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAMS 4,284,846 A 8/1981 Marley FOR
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(57) ABSTRACT A hand gesture recognizing device is provided which can correctly
recognize hand gestures at high Speed without requiring users to be equipped with tools. A …

BACKGROUND Computers and other electronic devices continue to become more
commonplace in Society. In industry, comput erS are used in a wide variety of applications …

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An image acquisition sensor of a digital image acquisition apparatus is coupled to imaging
optics for acquiring a sequence of images. Images acquired by the sensor are stored. A …

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(57) ABSTRACT Methods and systems include:(1) steganographically embedding location
information in images, Where the loca tion information is obtained from remote sources like …

(57) ABSTRACT A digital image processing technique is for detecting and correcting visual
imperfections using a reference image. A main image and one or more reference images …