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Image processing devices and methods

  • US 5,734,807 A
  • Filed: 06/29/1995
  • Issued: 03/31/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An image processing method for converting an object defined by three-dimensional coordinate data into a two-dimensional image producing a view from a predetermined viewpoint displayed on a display means, comprising the steps of:

  • storing data defining the coordinates of the object;

    setting a predetermined virtual plane around the object on the basis of the data defining the coordinates of the object; and

    determining whether a predetermined locus intersects the virtual plane from the data defining the position of the virtual plane and data defining the position of the predetermined locus.

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