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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Mental Canvas Llc, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Leonard Mcmillan, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Julie Dorsey, Madison, CT (US);
Steven Gortler, Waltham, MA (US);
Fangyang Shen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Mental Canvas LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 3/60 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01); G06T 3/60 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method and system for generating on a second canvas within a three-dimensional space a three-dimensional representation of an object disposed on a plane of a first, working canvas without leaving the plane of the first, working canvas, the method including designating an axis of rotation on the plane of the first, working canvas, e.g., a hinge function; and rotating the object about the axis of rotation, i.e., the hinge function, without the object leaving the plane of the first, working canvas.