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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yusuke Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sega Enterprises, Ltd., , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/600 ;
Abstract
An image processing method, and apparatus therefor, for implementing volume representation in real time are disclosed. The image processing method is one wherein a volume is defined by volume polygon, the depth difference between the volume polygon and a delineation subject polygon is detected, and the attributes of the volume polygon are modulated from the depth difference. Image data are also generated for each pixel from the modulated volume polygon and the delineation subject polygon. Thus volume representation can be realized by real time polygon delineation.