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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:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Daniel Lee Thompson, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Daniel Lee Thompson, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T015/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One or more embodiments of the invention provide a visual cue upon the selection of data in a three-dimensional view. Data is displayed at a first depth in a simulated three-dimensional view on a display device attached to a computer. A user may then select the data or a portion of the data. Once selected, the selected data is displayed at a second depth in the simulated three-dimensional view such that the selected data is distinguishable.