Patent ID: 7471301

Claim:
A method for enabling real-time mixing of synthetic images and video images by a user, comprising the steps of: producing a flow of synthetic images by combining three-dimensional geometric shapes with textures of two-dimensional images using a data processing unit comprising a motherboard; a graphic board for rendering and displaying a scene, and comprising a 2D/3D processing acceleration processor, and a memory zone comprising a work buffer and a texture memory; and acquisition means for acquiring, in real time. video images in a video buffer; and tracing said scene by creating visual interactions between said flow of synthetic images and at least a flow of video images; and performing a specific rendition of said scene by copying, upon each rendering of said scene, said video buffer into said memory zone of said graphic board; and tracing said synthetic images into said memory zone of the graphic board, thereby improving the quality of said scene and reducing the processing time without employing expensive proprietary data processing units.