An interactive illustration system, interactive animation system, and methods of use are presented. The present disclosure reveals an illustration and/or narrative and/or geometric figure in subsequent layers so that a user can be surprised by the coloring and engaged by the stimulus of the surprise created by the experience. The present disclosure relates to an interactive coloring system and animation system having gamification elements and interactive graphical features. More specifically, and without limitation, the present disclosure relates to interactivity and gamification in the coloring game genre.

In implementations of path-constrained drawing with visual properties based on a drawing tool, a digital artwork editing system includes a user interface in which a constraint path can be designated in a digital artwork. A stroke input can be sampled as it is drawn with a drawing tool and for each processing interval of the stroke input, a start point of the stroke input and a tangent line to the constraint path is determined. An end point of the stroke input is projected onto a parallel line that is through the start point and parallel to the tangent line, and a stroke is rendered along this line. Hence, the stroke is rendered based on the stroke input in a piecewise linear fashion, simultaneously constrained by the constraint path and rendered based on how the drawing tool is used.

In implementations of path-constrained drawing with visual properties based on a drawing tool, a digital artwork editing system includes a user interface in which a constraint path can be designated in a digital artwork. A stroke input can be sampled as it is drawn with a drawing tool and for each processing interval of the stroke input, a start point of the stroke input and a tangent line to the constraint path is determined. An end point of the stroke input is projected onto a parallel line that is through the start point and parallel to the tangent line, and a stroke is rendered along this line. Hence, the stroke is rendered based on the stroke input in a piecewise linear fashion, simultaneously constrained by the constraint path and rendered based on how the drawing tool is used.

A system for component visualization according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a data module configured to access data corresponding to a component design. The component design includes at least one feature corresponding to a group of feature types. A display module is configured to display the data in an environment corresponding to a first user profile. A comparison module is configured to cause the display module to display the at least one feature when the at least one feature meets at least one predetermined criterion relating to the first user profile, and is configured to cause the display module to display a representation of the at least one feature when the at least one predetermined criterion is not met. The representation has a representation geometry that is a different geometry than a feature geometry of the at least one feature. A method for designing a component is also disclosed.

A system for component visualization according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a data module configured to access data corresponding to a component design. The component design includes at least one feature corresponding to a group of feature types. A display module is configured to display the data in an environment corresponding to a first user profile. A comparison module is configured to cause the display module to display the at least one feature when the at least one feature meets at least one predetermined criterion relating to the first user profile, and is configured to cause the display module to display a representation of the at least one feature when the at least one predetermined criterion is not met. The representation has a representation geometry that is a different geometry than a feature geometry of the at least one feature. A method for designing a component is also disclosed.

An image processing system, which generates a virtual viewpoint image on the basis of captured images from a plurality of image capturing apparatuses for capturing an object from a plurality of directions, detects an error in at least one of the plurality of image capturing apparatuses, and generates the virtual viewpoint image using a captured image from an image capturing apparatus, among the plurality of image capturing apparatuses, in which an error has not been detected, as an image of a capturing field of the image capturing apparatus in which the error has been detected.

An image processing system, which generates a virtual viewpoint image on the basis of captured images from a plurality of image capturing apparatuses for capturing an object from a plurality of directions, detects an error in at least one of the plurality of image capturing apparatuses, and generates the virtual viewpoint image using a captured image from an image capturing apparatus, among the plurality of image capturing apparatuses, in which an error has not been detected, as an image of a capturing field of the image capturing apparatus in which the error has been detected.

The present invention is directed to providing an image processing apparatus and an image processing method that assist an observer of a time-series image in performing smooth observation while attracting attention of the observer. An image processing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an image input unit that inputs a time-series image; an information acquiring unit that acquires information on a region of interest in the time-series image; a figure calculating unit that calculates a polygon or an ellipse surrounding the region of interest and having an area smaller than or equal to an area of a circumscribed rectangle, the circumscribed rectangle being a rectangle circumscribing the region of interest and formed of two sides parallel to a horizontal axis of the time-series image and other two sides parallel to a vertical axis of the time-series image; and a display control unit that causes a display apparatus to display a figure such that the figure is superimposed on the time-series image, the figure being based on the polygon or the ellipse and being disposed at sides or vertexes of the polygon or disposed on a circumference of the ellipse or at a plurality of positions on the circumference.

In one embodiment, a medical mapping method includes receiving position data from a positioning sub-system configured to sense a position of a probe inserted into a body cavity of a living subject, computing position coordinates of a distal end of the probe, rendering to a display a user interface screen including a display pane including an anatomical map of the body cavity responsively to the computed position coordinates, and a tab-based menu above the pane, receiving a user selection selecting a tab of the tab-based menu, and showing a horizontal ribbon of the selected tab above the pane in the user interface screen responsively to the received user selection.

In one embodiment, a medical mapping method includes receiving position data from a positioning sub-system configured to sense a position of a probe inserted into a body cavity of a living subject, computing position coordinates of a distal end of the probe, rendering to a display a user interface screen including a display pane including an anatomical map of the body cavity responsively to the computed position coordinates, and a tab-based menu above the pane, receiving a user selection selecting a tab of the tab-based menu, and showing a horizontal ribbon of the selected tab above the pane in the user interface screen responsively to the received user selection.