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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:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Atsushi Hiroike, Kawagoe, JP;
Yoshinori Musha, Kokubunji, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/570 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/570 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of realizing both a function of making the user walk freely in a virtual three-dimensional space and a function of making the user watch of an overall view of an object in the space. Two reference objects having a function of making a turn according to a view point and a function of revolving around an object, separately, are prepared in a virtual three-dimensional space. A user interface is provided with a function of switching the user's view point between the two reference objects and a function of controlling the turn and translation of the reference objects.