Patent ID: 6497662
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A rendering system with a rendering unit and a data processing unit for the processing of a multi-dimensional object data set, whereinthe object data set associates data values with positions in a multi-dimensional space, and the data processing unit is arranged to sample a surface model in the multi-dimensional object data set, which surface model contains positions on a predetermined surface in the multi-dimensional space, derive successive representations of the surface model, each representation depicting the surface model from a different direction of view in a range between a starting direction and a final direction, successively render on the rendering unit the successive representations of the surface model from the respective directions of view, derive a representation of the multi-dimensional object data depicting the object from the final direction, and subsequently render on the rendering unit the representation of the multi-dimensional object data set from the final direction.