Hotlinks between an annotation window and graphics window for interactive 3D graphics
First Claim
1. In a graphics system including a graphics processing engine for processing and displaying data representing three dimensional objects in a first portion of a display, a method of controlling operation of said graphics system comprising the steps of:
- in response to user input, entering and displaying data in a second portion of said display, wherein said data includes a plurality of text strings and a plurality of symbols embedded within said text strings, wherein said symbols represent at least one hotlink command for controlling operation of said graphics processing engine;
in response to user selection of first data displayed in said second portion of said display, analyzing said first data to determine if said first data includes at least one symbol; and
upon determining that said first data includes at least one symbol, identifying a first hotlink command represented by said at least one symbol included in said first data and controlling operation of said graphics processing engine to perform at least one graphics function according to said first hotlink command.
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Abstract
A computer graphics system includes a graphics processing engine for processing and displaying graphics data representing three-dimensional objects in a first portion of a display. A text processing engine displays text in a second portion of the display. Embedded in the text is a command or hotlink for controlling operation of the graphics processing engine. In response to user selection of first data displayed in the second portion of the display, a supervisory controller analyzes the first data to determine if the first data includes at least one hotlink command. Upon determining that the first data includes at least one hotlink command, the supervisory controller identifies the hotlink command included in the first data and controls operation of the graphics processing engine to perform at least one graphics function according to the hotlink command included in the first data. The graphics function may be associated with at least one of the three-dimensional objects, a three-dimensional markup, a predefined view point, or a predefined animation.
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36 Claims
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1. In a graphics system including a graphics processing engine for processing and displaying data representing three dimensional objects in a first portion of a display, a method of controlling operation of said graphics system comprising the steps of:
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in response to user input, entering and displaying data in a second portion of said display, wherein said data includes a plurality of text strings and a plurality of symbols embedded within said text strings, wherein said symbols represent at least one hotlink command for controlling operation of said graphics processing engine; in response to user selection of first data displayed in said second portion of said display, analyzing said first data to determine if said first data includes at least one symbol; and upon determining that said first data includes at least one symbol, identifying a first hotlink command represented by said at least one symbol included in said first data and controlling operation of said graphics processing engine to perform at least one graphics function according to said first hotlink command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer graphics system comprising:
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a graphics processing engine for processing and displaying graphics data representing three-dimensional objects in a first portion of a display; means, in response to user input, for entering, editing, and displaying in a second portion of said display a plurality of text strings and a plurality of symbols embedded within said text strings, wherein said symbols represent at least one hotlink command for controlling operation of said graphics processing engine; means for analyzing said first data to determine if said first data includes at least one symbol, in response to user selection of first data displayed in said second portion of said display; and means for identifying a first hotlink command represented by said at least one symbol included in said first data and for controlling operation of said graphics processing engine to perform at least one graphics function according to said first hotlink command, upon determining that said first data includes at least one symbol. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. The system of 35, wherein said graphics processing engine processes and displays graphics data representing three-dimensional markups in said first portion of said display;
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wherein said at least one text string and said at least one symbol displayed in said second portion of said display are related to a first markup of said markups displayed in said first portion of said display; and wherein one of said at least one text string and said at least one symbol related to said first markup is identified upon a user selecting said first markup.
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