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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takuya Seki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/500 ;
Abstract
A light sphere and a flare appearing therearound are easily and realistically displayed on a display screen. A plurality of disks, each comprising a substantially circular central portion which is brighter and a substantially ring-shaped portion disposed around the substantially circular central portion and having a brightness lower than the substantially circular central portion, are placed at different angles in a three-dimensional space, and rotated at different speeds about the centers thereof at an origin.