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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2000
Edward W. Quinn, Uniontown, OH (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of enhancing the appearance of predetermined objects in a graphic display, rendered by a computing engine, includes a step of determining the system limitations of the computing engine for displaying an object in the form of a group of pixels, wherein the group of pixels distorts representation of the object at a distant range within the graphic display. The method also includes the steps of constructing a base model of the object viewable at a normal range within the graphic display, constructing at least one enhanced model of the object to provide a first set of attributes to the group of pixels to compensate for the distortions of the object at the distant range within the graphic display, and storing the base model and at least one enhanced model in an image database. These “intelligent models” are then used in a simulation program.