Patent ID: 6914612
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying images of a first image moving against a background and a second image of shimmering background associated with the first image, comprising: (a) determining first and second rendering areas in a background image; (b) extracting a first image portion from an image rendering pattern of a first image, said image rendering pattern comprising a plurality of first image display portions extractable in a sequence to display different extracted portions of said pattern to simulate motion of said first image; (c) combining a first mask pattern with said first image portion to generate and render an object image in said first rendering area, said first mask pattern comprising background image information and first image information; (d) extracting a second image from said second rendering area and generating a new second image by arbitrarily moving said second image; (e) combining said new second image with a second mask pattern to generate and render a shimmering image of the background in said second rendering area; and (f) repeating steps (b) through (e) to extract additional image portions from said image rendering pattern, combine said first mask pattern with said additional image portions, generate new second images by arbitrarily moving said second image, and combine said new second images with said second mask pattern to generate and render shimmering images of the background.