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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1998
Masayuki Ishikawa, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a POI (point of interest) operation for moving an object corresponding to a selected node to the center of an editing window as pre-processing for changing the viewpoint of an object displayed in three-dimensional virtual space in a window of a display device. A node displayed in a pop-up menu in a first window is selected by a mouse A model editing tool displays an object corresponding to the selected node in a second window. After a confirmation operation by the user by the mouse the model editing tool preferably enlarges and moves the display of the object to the center of the second window. Next, when the user selects a “Rotate”, “Move”, “Scale”, or other operation mode in the “Conductors” window by the mouse and draws on or clicks the inside of the display screen by the mouse the model editing tool rotates, moves, or enlarges the image of the object in accordance with the operation mode of the mouse and the operation of the user. As a result, the object can be viewed from different viewpoints.