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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. 22, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Michael A. Cosman, South Jordan, UT (US);
Robert C. Dawson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Heber B. Bennion, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventors:
Michael A. Cosman, South Jordan, UT (US);
Robert C. Dawson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Heber B. Bennion, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method is provided for combining independent scene layers to form computer generated environments. The method includes the operation of constructing a terrain layer using stored terrain data. Another operation is generating a feature layer using feature layer data that is stored separately from the stored terrain data. The feature layer and the terrain layer can then be combined to form a composite scene.