Patent ID: 7694238
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for selecting an obscured object in a three-dimensional computer-generated model, the method comprising: displaying the three-dimensional computer-generated model on a computer screen, wherein: receiving first input data interpreted as an instruction to change a visibility characteristic of a first object of the first set of the plurality of objects, the first object of the first set identified upon receiving the first input data and by determining that the first object of the first set shares a same location on the computer screen as a cursor; automatically modifying the visibility characteristic of the first object of the first set to cause a first object of the second set of the plurality of objects to be discernable; receiving second input data interpreted as an instruction to select the first object of the second set of the plurality of objects, the first object of the second set identified upon receiving the second input data and by determining that the first object of the second set shares the same location on the computer screen as the cursor; and designating the first object of the second set of the plurality of objects as a first selected object.