Patent ID: 9595131
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06F,G06T

Claim:
1. A method of displaying images on a screen of a display device, which is orientationally sensitive, the method comprising: providing three-dimensional image volume data relating to an object to the display device; displaying on the screen of the display device a slice image of the object generated from the three-dimensional image volume data based on a location and an orientation in a coordinate system for the three-dimensional image volume data, wherein the location and the orientation in the coordinate system correspond to a location and an orientation of the display device in a real space, respectively, wherein the slice image is a geometrically reconstructed two dimensional image from the 3D volume by slicing the 3D volume according to the orientation at the location; displaying a target sign over the slice image; detecting a sliding input on the screen of the display device; generating new slice images based on changes in the location and orientation of the display device with respect to the coordinate system for the three-dimensional image volume data and based on the sliding input; and displaying an indication of a plane of the displayed slice image with respect to the coordinate system for the three-dimensional image volume data, wherein, when the new slice images are generated based on the sliding input, the new slice images are generated based on a location of the target sign over the slice image and a direction of the sliding input.