Building controllable clairvoyance device in virtual world

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8970586
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13283795

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A clairvoyance method for 3D scene is disclosed, including the steps of acquiring parameters associated with a clairvoyance camera and parameters associated with a clairvoyance viewport; determining a 3D scene to be rendered according to the parameters associated with the clairvoyance camera; rendering the determined 3D scene to obtain a 2D image presented in the clairvoyance viewport; and composing the 2D image presented in the clairvoyance viewport and a 2D image presented in a general scene viewport. With the method of the present invention, the covered 3D scene can be made clairvoyant to be viewed in a user-controllable way, and further an object can be selected in the clairvoyant 3D scene for manipulation, without manipulating the covering object. Thus, one or more embodiments of the present invention have advantages of simple and easy operation and high efficiency.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cao, Bao Hua Los Angeles, US 7 87
Li, Qi Cheng Beijing, CN 79 358
Wang, Jian Beijing, CN 1683 15918
Wang, Yi Min Beijing, CN 27 261
Zhu, Zi Yu Beijing, CN 22 241

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