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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
May. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bradford Lee Cobb, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Lee Michael Gross, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/540 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/540 ;
Abstract
A method in a data processing system for displaying a drawing for a view point, wherein the drawing includes a set of objects. A plurality of bounding boxes and complexity data for the set of objects is received, wherein a bounding box and complexity data is associated with each object within the set of objects. Occluders within the set of objects using the plurality of bounding boxes is selected. Objects from the set of objects that are visible when compared to the occluders for the viewpoint are identified.