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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2001
Applicants:
Michael G. Giovinco, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joshua Napoli, New Smyrna Beach, FL (US);
Inventors:
Michael G. Giovinco, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joshua Napoli, New Smyrna Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Actuality Systems, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for rapid rendering of a desired line in a volumetric display having a rotatable screen includes stepping the rotatable screen through a sequence of angular positions and, at each angular position, rendering, on the rotatable screen, a rasterized approximation of a line segment containing an intersection of the desired line and the rotatable screen.