Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphics processing – Graph generating
Patent
1997-01-21
1999-07-20
Nguyen, Phu K.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Computer graphics processing
Graph generating
G06F 1500
Patent
active
059261862
ABSTRACT:
A graphic editing apparatus makes it easy to change positions, shapes, or states of a graphic in a screen on a display unit with the passage of time or the change in value of an attribute, and then delineate the resultant graphic. The graphic editing apparatus comprises displaying units 17 and 18 for displaying graphics and time instants in a graphic area 24 and a time area 25 respectively on a graphic display unit, a processor 19 for specifying in graphic information an association between points on a change reference graphic 27 and points on a time graphic 28, and an updating unit 20 for performing interpolation to calculate the position of a point on the change reference graphic 27 with the movement of a current time point on the time graphic 28 or the passage of time, executing editing to move or deform the graphic according to the calculated position of the point, and displaying the graphic. The graphic editing apparatus handles an attribute value display graphic and a time-sequentially varying graphic, sets a bind point, displays grips, performs graphic relating-based editing, edits graphics synchronously, and so on.
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The Patent Office, (Combined Search and Examination Report under Sections 17 and 18(3), Nov. 7, 1996, 3 pages.
The Patent Office, Combined Search and Examination Report under Sections 17 and 18(3), Nov. 8, 1993, 3 pages.
Itoh Yasunari
Kasai Atsuko
Kikuchi Satoshi
Okamoto Taiji
Suzuki Masahiro
Fujitsu Limited
Nguyen Phu K.
PFU Limited
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