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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Tsutomu Ando, Zama, JP;
Inventor:
Tsutomu Ando, Zama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F003/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus is constructed by: a receiving unit for receiving scene data describing a 3-dimensional scene, media data associated with the scene data, and copyright-protected data; a scene decoder for forming copyright-protected scene data and copyright-unprotected scene data from the scene data on the basis of the copyright-protected data; and a renderer for rendering the 3-dimensional scene on the basis of the media data, the copyright-protected scene data, and the copyright-unprotected scene data.