Picture synthesizing apparatus and method
US6005967A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/40
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a picture synthesizing apparatus for cutting out the background from a picture depending on the move of the viewing point, and presents a picture synthesizing apparatus capable of synthesizing a picture by hidden surface processing, processing of reflection motion by contact, or the like, which is mutual interference of background and foreground, wherein a background picture corresponding to the viewing field is cut out by a background cut-out unit from a background picture in a wide range stored in a background picture store, the shape and position information of moving object of foreground is generated in a moving foreground object generating unit, the interference of depth information corresponding to background picture from a background depth store and foreground object information is calculated in a background and foreground synthesizing unit, and a picture is synthesized by hidden surface processing or processing of change of moving direction of foreground object by reflection, so that the picture can be synthesized not as a shape such as column and plane, but in consideration of a picture hiding the foreground by the background, pass-through, and ref…
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