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ELECTRONICALLY GENERATED PERSPECTIVE IMAGES

  • US 3,621,214 A
  • Filed: 11/13/1968
  • Issued: 11/16/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1968
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for generating a perspective representation of a three-space object on a two-space display by recording sets of electrical signals of input data representative of locations of surfaces of said object;

  • ordering the sets in relation to the two-space characteristics of the display;

    establishing visual characteristics for the surfaces defined by said sets comprising a visually discernible range of surface brightness resembling the appearance of the three-space object when illuminated by a specified light source; and

    modifying the brightness of the display of each of said surfaces according to the visual characteristics.

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