US 6,983,064 B2 | ||
Method and apparatus for visualization and manipulation of real 3-D objects in networked environments | ||
Samuel Moon-Ho Song, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742 (Korea, Republic of) | ||
Filed on Jun. 01, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/873,056. | ||
Claims priority of provisional application 60/285044, filed on Apr. 19, 2001. | ||
Prior Publication US 2003/0031380 A1, Feb. 13, 2003 | ||
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 382—131 | 80 Claims |
1. A method of visualizing a desired view of an object by a user using a computer, comprising the steps of:
capturing the images of the object as a sequence of images according to an image capturing sequence;
encoding the sequence of images as video having video frames, each video frame tagged with viewing angle information of the
corresponding image; and
visualizing the object by displaying the frame substantially corresponding to the user's desired view angle.
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