Patent ID: 6633289
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: G06T,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of displaying at least one part of a person's body with a modified appearance, comprising:providing first image data representative of an unmodified appearance of a body part; providing second image data representative of a modification in the appearance of said body part; providing position data representative of a position and spatial orientation of said body part; creating a virtual image data space for linking said first and second image data, the virtual image data space comprising an aspect of said appearance of said body part to be modified, wherein said second image data comprise virtual image data elements, and wherein said modification of said appearance of said body part is provided by modifying said virtual image data space using virtual image data elements of said second image data; and linking said virtual image data space thus formed and said first image data not comprised thereof to produce and to display third image data in dependence of said position data, wherein the third image data is representative of said modified appearance of said body part such that said third image data is produced according to the position of said body part to thereby allow said displayed modified appearance to follow variations in the position of said body part in a dynamic manner.