Patent Document ID: 20020030679
Application ID: 09945405
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for rendering a plurality of images on a display, said images comprising a plurality of pixels, with said images forming a three-dimensional appearance by using a processed database, and subsequently identifying said images with a color tag upon user request, said method including the steps of: (a) supplying to a computer system, from the processed database, a selected pair of texture maps and associated polygons; (b) operating the computer system to display a stereoscopic view in a region of a larger image, wherein the pair of texture maps and associated polygons determines the stereoscopic view and the region; (c) operating the computer system to associate a tag field with each pixel as each of said images is drawn; (d) storing the color tag and the tag field information as an array of values in a lookup database for later use as a lookup table; (e) operating the computer system such that when a user points in a virtual space at one of said pair of texture maps and associated polygons with a data input device the computer system will retrieve, from the lookup database, the array of values associated with the pixels comprising the pair of texture maps and associated polygons; and (f) displaying information regarding an identity of a specified part of the pair of texture maps and associated polygons based on the array of values in the lookup database.