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
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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.