Methods and apparatus for rapidly rendering photo-realistic surfaces on 3-dimensional wire frames automatically using user defined points
US5793372A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 21, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 11, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/04
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Automatic photographic color rendering of the surfaces of wire frame representation of 3-dimensional objects is described. Bit mapped information of surface areas is captured as part of image processing in the creation of wire frames into the computer. When a wire frame is transformed to a different orientation, the rendering surfaces are automatically transformed and the wire frame can be rendered in the new orientation with photographic quality.
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