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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2004
Applicants:

John W. Finlayson, Renton, WA (US);

Dean J. Rumpza, Sumner, WA (US);

Kevin D. Puterbaugh, Auburn, WA (US);

Richard L. Goettling, Edmonds, WA (US);

David C. Goodrich, Kent, WA (US);

Neal R. Keklen, Weatherford, TX (US);

Michael L. Yoder, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

John W. Finlayson, Renton, WA (US);

Dean J. Rumpza, Sumner, WA (US);

Kevin D. Puterbaugh, Auburn, WA (US);

Richard L. Goettling, Edmonds, WA (US);

David C. Goodrich, Kent, WA (US);

Neal R. Keklen, Weatherford, TX (US);

Michael L. Yoder, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention allow a user operating on a data processing computer to view geometry of an object model produced by an image generator hosted on an image processing computer by allowing the user to define a zone associated with the object model, slices of each zone, and viewpoints associated with the slices, controlling the graphics image generator to produce geometric images of the object model in accordance with the zone, slices, and viewpoints, and selectively navigating the images in accordance with the zone, slices, and viewpoints.


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