Transparency adjustment of a presentation
First Claim
1. A method performed by a data processing system comprising:
- slicing a mesh of one or more polygons in an image of a geometry into slices;
applying graduated transparency to the slices to generate a presentation, the application of the graduated transparency causing rendering within the presentation of;
a focal region, including a first plurality of the slices, having a level of transparency; and
a shoulder region, including a second plurality of the slices, that at least partially surrounds the focal region, the slices of the second plurality having a transparency that decreases with lessening depth from the level of transparency of the focal region to that of the image surrounding the shoulder region; and
enabling display of the presentation.
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Abstract
A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest within an original image for display on a display screen, the region-of-interest being at a depth within the original image and being occluded by a portion of the original image at a lesser depth, the method comprising: applying graduated transparency to the original image to generate the presentation, the graduated transparency reducing occlusion of the region-of-interest by making transparent at least some of the portion of the original image occluding the region-of-interest, the graduated transparency when applied renders within the presentation a focal region having a maximum level of transparency at the depth of and for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region where transparency decreases with lessening depth from the maximum level to that of the original image surrounding the shoulder region to provide context for the focal region with respect to the original image; and, displaying the presentation on the display screen.
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49 Claims
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1. A method performed by a data processing system comprising:
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slicing a mesh of one or more polygons in an image of a geometry into slices; applying graduated transparency to the slices to generate a presentation, the application of the graduated transparency causing rendering within the presentation of; a focal region, including a first plurality of the slices, having a level of transparency; and a shoulder region, including a second plurality of the slices, that at least partially surrounds the focal region, the slices of the second plurality having a transparency that decreases with lessening depth from the level of transparency of the focal region to that of the image surrounding the shoulder region; and enabling display of the presentation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-readable recording medium comprising instructions stored thereon that in response to being executed by a computing device causes the computing device to perform operations comprising:
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slicing a mesh of one or more polygons in an image of a geometry into slices; applying graduated transparency to the slices to generate a presentation, the application of the graduated transparency causing rendering within the presentation of; a focal region, including a first plurality of the slices, having a level of transparency; and a shoulder region, including a second plurality of the slices, that at least partially surrounds the focal region, the slices of the second plurality having a transparency that decreases with lessening depth from the level of transparency of the focal region to that of the image surrounding the shoulder region; and enabling display of the presentation. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computing device comprising:
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a processor; and memory that maintains instructions that in response to being executed by the processor, causes the processor to generate a presentation of a region within an image of a geometry for display on a display screen, the region being at a depth within the image and being occluded by a portion of the image at a lesser depth, the presentation generated by slicing a mesh of one or more polygons in the image into slices, applying graduated transparency to the slices, the application of the graduated transparency causes a focal region, including a first plurality of the slices, to be rendered within the presentation, the first plurality of slices having a level of transparency at the depth of and for the region, the focal region at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region, including a second plurality of the slices, where transparency decreases with lessening depth from the level of transparency of the focal region to that of the image surrounding the shoulder region. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method implemented by a data processing system, the method comprising:
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slicing a mesh of one or more polygons in an image of a landscape geometry into slices; applying transparency, as a function of depth, to the slices to give an appearance of a lens as being applied to the image to view a region that is occluded in the image by the one or more of the polygons; and enabling the image having the applied transparency to be displayed by a display screen to view the region as surrounded at least in part by a portion of the image to which the transparency has not been applied. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A computer-readable recording medium comprising computer-executable instructions stored thereon that in response to being executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to perform operations comprising:
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slicing a mesh of one or more polygons in an image of a landscape geometry into slices; applying transparency, as a function of depth, to the slices to give an appearance of a lens as being applied to the image to view a region that is occluded in the image by the one or more of the polygons; and enabling the image having the applied transparency to be displayed by a display screen to view the region as surrounded at least in part by a portion of the image to which the transparency has not been applied. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49)
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