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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Gerald Schroecker, Salzburg, AT;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/08 (2011.01); G06T 15/80 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G06T 15/80 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for volume-rendering. The method and system include generating a volume-rendered image that is shaded from a light direction, displaying the volume-rendered image, displaying a model of a solid at the same time as the volume-rendered image, and displaying a light direction indicator with respect to the model of the solid, wherein the position of the light direction indicator corresponds to the light direction used for shading the volume-rendered image.