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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Tadashi Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;
Dylan Simon Cuthbert, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tadashi Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;
Dylan Simon Cuthbert, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A depth of field rendering apparatus, method and program displays a sense of distance using a Z buffer to establish a depth direction of objects in an image and generating an image in a just-in-focus state while writing a Z value of each of dots in the image into the Z-buffer. A blurred image is produced from the just-in-focus image and portions of the blurred image are selectively overwritten on the just-in-focus image by comparing a preset Z value to the Z value of each of the data in the Z buffer.