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System for manipulating digitized image objects in three dimensions

US6370267B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 3, 1999
Grant dateApr 9, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2219/2016
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a method and apparatus for displaying photo-realistic three-dimensionally projected views of real objects in real scenes and enabling the viewer to manipulate these objects and the scene with several degrees of freedom, such as rotation, zooming, or otherwise “handling” them as though they were physically manipulated.

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