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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Allen Gould, Reading, MA (US);
Michael Tatro, Marlborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
ATI International SRL, Christ Church, BB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/700 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for transitioning between a first type of display data and a second type of display data begins by mapping the first display data onto a plurality of object elements in accordance with a first alteration level. Note that the plurality of object-elements corresponds to a display area, which is a full-screen of a display device or a portion thereof. The process then continues then by successively altering Z values and/or physical coordinates of the plurality of object-elements.