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Method and apparatus for using a general three-dimensional (3D) graphics pipeline for cost effective digital image and video editing, transformation, and representation

  • US 6,342,884 B1
  • Filed: 06/25/1999
  • Issued: 01/29/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method comprising:

  • providing a digital representation of a two-dimensional image;

    providing a computer model of a geometric surface;

    binding said digital representation to said computer model of said geometric surface, whereby during said act of binding, said geometric surface is a flat or substantially flat geometric surface; and

    generating an array of pixels corresponding to an image to be displayed, said image to be displayed including said geometric surface textured by said two-dimensional image.

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