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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
May. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shinichi Furuhashi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Nakane, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sega Enterprises, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/560 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/560 ;
Abstract
An image processing method is for fogging an object in a three-dimensional space, which is observed at a view point. A fog density of the object observed at the view point is computed based on a distance d between a fog base plane set in the three-dimensional space and the object The image processing method can provide realistic images.