Patent ID: 6191808
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: G06T,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
An image processing method comprising:a data generating step of generating images of an object obtained from a plurality of positions and for converting the images so generated into image data;a viewpoint detecting step of detecting the viewpoint of an observer;a selecting step of selecting those parts of the image data which corresponds to the images which exist on lines passing through points on an image outputting device and the position of the viewpoint of the observer;a composing step for composing the parts of the image data which are selected in said selecting step, so as to generate an image from the position of the viewpoint of the observer; andan outputting step for outputting the image data of the image generated in said composing step to said image outputting device, wherein the selecting step does not rely on coordinate values in a three-dimensional space for points on the image.