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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1996
Roberta L Dries, Kansas City, MO (US);
Ricardo Salas, Kansas City, MO (US);
Other;
Abstract
A computer system for producing computer generated displays, including window-format displays permitting visualization of changes to a building or structure in an actual environment. The system provides a background display of digital images originating from either an image capture device or from other sources to which changes are to be made for visualization purposes; a product catalog in the form of a database of objects, together with features in the computer system operable to record and store digital images of the objects as well as detailed information related to the objects within the database; and a mechanism to copy and removably place the object over the background.