57 ABSTRACT Related US Application Data 60 Provisional application No. 60/032.249,
Dec. 6, 1996. A three dimensional virtual reality creation, manipulation and editing System …

The invention relates to an electronic device for determining a first positional information and
a second positional infor mation regarding a user input object, Such as at least one user …

BACKGROUND A genetic algorithm is a heuristic method based on the mechanics of natural
selection and genetics that is a powerful tool for finding solutions to optimization problems …

An arrangement is described for speech signal processing. An input microphone signal is
received that includes a speech signal component and a noise component. The microphone …

BACKGROUND 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to user interfaces for
com puter systems. More speci? cally, the present invention relates to a method and an …

The present invention relates to an interactive real-Scene tour Simulation System and
method of the Same. AS illus trated in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the …

Cartographic data is represented using polynomial splines. To improve representation
accuracy and reduce storage require ments, a database storing data points (shape points …

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates generating
spatialized audio from non-three-dimensional aware applications. The system operates by …

A data sonification system for representing a plurality of channels of numerical information is
described. The data sonification system includes a plurality of audio waveform generator …

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