发明名称 |
Method and apparatus for creating storing and producing three-dimensional font characters and performing three-dimensional typesetting |
摘要 |
A system and method for creating three-dimensional or depth image font text characters using graphic three-dimensional object creation techniques and graphics processors. The text characters can be represented as set descriptions of the characters. The text characters can also be represented as a three-dimensional geometric model including polygons constructed from vertices defined by three-dimensional coordinates. The representations are stored in a font storage and when a user specifies the text characters to be used in a depth image along with the font to be used for the text characters, the geometric representations of the characters are retrieved. If stored as a set, the set is converted into a geometric plot. Appropriate scaling and surface texturing operations are performed as designated by the user to create three-dimensional text character graphic objects. These text character graphic objects are transferred to a graphics processor to be manipulated as desired by the and used to produce an image that can be further processed.
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申请公布号 |
US5805783(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1998.09.08 |
申请号 |
US19950402461 |
申请日期 |
1995.03.10 |
申请人 |
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY |
发明人 |
ELLSON, RICHARD N.;RAY, LAWRENCE A. |
分类号 |
G09G5/24;G06T11/20;G06T15/20;(IPC1-7):G06F17/21 |
主分类号 |
G09G5/24 |
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