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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hitoshi Ebihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/700 ;
Abstract
In a controller, a three-dimensional shape defined by at least one polygon is set on the basis of a signal from an input unit, and in a three-dimensional rendering unit, a three-dimensional image corresponding to the three-dimensional shape is rendered on the basis of a vertex of the polygon forming the three-dimensional shape, a pixel value at the vertex, and the like. The three-dimensional image is outputted as a key signal to a mixing unit for mixing images. Thus, various key signals are generated at high speed.