Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphics processing – Three-dimension
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-14
2011-06-14
Nguyen, Phu (Department: 2628)
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Computer graphics processing
Three-dimension
C345S419000, C345S420000, C345S422000, C382S152000, C382S154000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07961187
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to flexible occlusion rendering, including receiving a first set of three dimensional image data including image data for a surface of interest and image data for a region occluding the surface of interest from a desired viewpoint. The purpose of this invention is to improve occlusion rendering via imaging by locating the occluding surface of the incoming three-dimensional data and, and modifying the characteristics of this data, to show the surface that is being occluded so that the image includes viewing through the occlusion to the surface of interest.
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Borland David
Clarke John P.
Taylor, II Russell M.
Jenkins Wilson Taylor & Hunt, P.A.
Nguyen Phu
The University of North Carolina
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