Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1995-04-17
1996-07-09
Bowler, Alyssa H.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
395800, 364DIG1, 434 36, 434 38, 434 41, G09B 908
Patent
active
055353746
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for simulating the effect of non-homogeneous fog in an image displayed on a screen. The image is intended to represent the appearance of a model defined in a database in world space coordinates from an eyepoint position in world space, the model being defined in terms of individual features each having predetermined attributes defining the position and visible characteristics of the feature. Image data is derived from the model for each of an array of sampling points distributed across screen space. A non-homogeneous fog structure is defined in world space coordinates as a series of parallel strata of predetermined extinction coefficients. The positions of the eyepoint and a feature to be displayed relative to the fog structure are determined. The distance from the feature to the eyepoint is calculated. An average value of the extinction coefficients between the eyepoint and the feature is calculated from the defined parallel strata, and the attributes are modulated as a function of the calculated distance and the calculated average value of the extinction coefficients.
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Bowler Alyssa H.
Nguyen Dzung
Rediffusion Simulation Limited
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