Patent ID: 9483873
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for selecting an object in a three-dimensional (3D) scene, comprising: displaying a camera angle view of the 3D scene, wherein the 3D scene comprises a first object that is displayed in the foreground and a second object that is occluded or partially occluded by the first object; and without modifying the camera angle view of the 3D scene: activating an object selection option; interactively defining, via interaction with a user, a transparency threshold value for the first object; selecting a location in the displayed 3D scene, wherein the location is located on a portion of the first object that occludes the second object; based on the transparency threshold value and the location, selecting the first object or the second object; and displaying the selected object in a visually distinguishable manner; in response to the activating the object selection option, displaying the first object and the second object within respective geometric bounding areas, wherein a displayed texture of each geometric bounding area is a defined color; adjusting the transparency threshold value; and modifying the displayed 3D scene based on the adjusting, wherein the modifying comprises sequentially cycling through the objects in the 3D scene based on: the adjusted transparency threshold value; and transparency threshold values corresponding to each object.