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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2012
Michael Matas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kimon Tsinteris, San Francisco, CA (US);
Austin Sarner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Melcher, New York, NY (US);
Michael Matas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kimon Tsinteris, San Francisco, CA (US);
Austin Sarner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Melcher, New York, NY (US);
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Particular embodiments display an object over a background on a screen of an electronic device; and display a shadow effect for the object on the screen of the electronic device, including simulating a three-dimensional (3D) environment encompassing the object; simulating a light source at a specific position within the simulated 3D environment; simulating a shadow cast by the object on the background as a result of the light source shining on the object in the simulated 3D environment; and rendering the shadow on the screen of the electronic device.