Patent ID: 6774894
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
A processing method for rendering a planar arrowhead/line into a 3-dimensional arrowhead/line, the method comprising the steps as follows:setting a total length of an arrowhead/line, wherein the arrowhead/line includes at least one end having the arrowhead portion; determining the arrowhead portion and the outline portion of the arrowhead/line; creating a corresponding first mapping data of the outline portion having ends with open sides, wherein the first mapping data represents the third axis data associated with the pixels of the outline portion extracting a corresponding arrowhead graphical data of the arrowhead portion; creating a corresponding second mapping data of the graphical data of the arrowhead portion having at least one side with an open interface, wherein the second mapping data represents the third axis data corresponding to the pixels of the graphical data of the arrowhead portion; creating the respectively corresponding masks of the outline portion and the arrowhead portion; superimposing the arrowhead mask and the outline mask so as to create an arrowhead/line mask; and creating a 3-dimensional image of the arrowhead/line according to the first mapping data and the second mapping data and utilizing the arrowhead/line mask.