Patent ID: 6400364
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
An image processing method comprising:a modeling step of configuring three-dimensional shape data of an object; a viewpoint position detecting step of detecting a viewpoint position of a viewer; a viewpoint setting step of setting a viewpoint in a three-dimensional space; a screen setting step of setting a virtual screen in a virtual space in accordance with viewpoint position data detected at said viewpoint position detecting step; an image mapping step of mapping a scene over the virtual screen, which scene is formed by model data of the object viewed at the viewpoint set at said viewpoint setting step while a spatial and geometrical position of the object is taken into consideration, and of varying visual properties of the scene by varying a shape of the virtual screen; an image generating step of mapping the scene mapped on the virtual screen at said image mapping step, over a device coordinate system; a converting step of converting an image generated at said image generating step into an image signal; and a display step of displaying an image converted at said converting step.