Patent · US Expired

Image processing

US7348978B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 8, 2005
Grant dateMar 25, 2008
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Expiry dateJul 8, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T11/203
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is image processing technology capable of displaying lines on a field clearly on a screen regardless of the distance to the viewpoint or the visual direction. This image processing method has a step for disposing a linear model formed from multiple polygons in a coordinate system of a three dimensional space based on an image processing program stored in a memory, a step for setting a viewpoint in the coordinate system, a step for performing perspective transformation to the model viewed from the viewpoint, and a step for drawing a linear texture having a prescribed dot width in a frame buffer at a coordinate position after the perspective transformation of the model. The linear texture is drawn on the model in a width of minimum dots regardless of the width occupying the coordinates after the perspective transformation of the model.

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