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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:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1999
Ellery Y. Chan, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Timothy B. Faulkner, Melbourne, FL (US);
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
An image processing system renders, displays and provides virtual user navigation through multiple size and aspect views of a three-dimensional (3D) geometric model of an object, such as an urban scene. A user interface, such as a mouse or joystick device, is coupled to a digital image processor and is employed to supply image manipulation signals to the digital image processor for manipulating images displayed upon a digital image display device. The digital image display device contains an overview display window that displays the object from a 'bird's eye' or map perspective, and an inset display window that displays the object from a 'down inside the scene' perspective. In response to user interface-sourced commands, the processor can swap the two image perspectives and/or controllably navigate through the inset image.