Claims
- 1. A display system comprising:
- a display device;
- means for generating an image in said display device;
- means for mapping data corresponding to said image onto two three-dimensional control objects, a first three-dimensional control object representing a fixed view of said image and a second three-dimensional control object representing a relative view of said image; and
- means for controlling an orientation of said second three-dimensional control object such that a selected portion of said image is displayed by selecting a portion of said second three-dimensional object to be displayed by a pointing device, wherein said image on said selected portion of said relative three-dimensional control object is then displayed in said display device.
- 2. The display system according to claim 1 wherein said virtual three-dimensional object comprises a desktop.
- 3. The display system according to claim 1 wherein said virtual three-dimensional object displays said image data which comprises two-dimensional images.
- 4. The display system according to claim 1 wherein said means for controlling said virtual three-dimensional object such that a selected portion of said image data is displayed includes a relative position controller.
- 5. The display system according to claim 1 wherein said means for controlling said virtual three-dimensional object such that a selected portion of said image data is displayed includes an absolute position controller.
- 6. The display system according to claim 1 wherein said virtual three-dimensional object is cylindrical in structure.
- 7. The display system according to claim 1 wherein said virtual three-dimensional object is spherical in structure.
- 8. The display system according to claim 1 wherein said virtual three-dimensional object is toroidal in structure.
- 9. In a video imaging system that allows a user to manipulate an image displayed on a video display, said image being a partial image of a virtual image, a method of providing a three-dimensional mapping notation comprising the following steps:
- establishing two three-dimensional control objects upon which said image will be mapped and then displayed, a first three-dimensional control object representing a fixed view of said image and a second three-dimensional control object representing a relative view of said image; and
- controlling the orientation of said relative three-dimensional control object such that a selected portion of said image is displayed by selecting a portion of said relative three-dimensional control object to be displayed by a pointing device, wherein said image on said selected portion of said relative three-dimensional control object is then displayed within said video display.
- 10. The method according to claim 9 wherein said controlling said orientation of said virtual three-dimensional object such that a selected portion of said image data is displayed includes a relative position controller.
- 11. The method according to claim 9 wherein said controlling said orientation of said virtual three-dimensional object such that a selected portion of said image data is displayed includes an absolute position controller.
- 12. A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium, comprising:
- a video imaging system for displaying a selected portion of image data, wherein said video imaging system includes:
- instruction means for generating an image in a display device;
- instruction means for mapping data corresponding to said image onto two three-dimensional control objects, a first three-dimensional control object representing a fixed view of said image and a second three-dimensional control object representing a relative view of said image; and
- instruction means for controlling an orientation of said relative three-dimensional control object such that a selected portion of said image is displayed by permitting a user to select a portion of said relative three-dimensional control object to be displayed utilizing a pointing device, wherein said image on said selected portion of said relative three-dimensional control object is then displayed in said display device; and
- a signal bearing media bearing said video imaging system and adapted to be utilized within a data processing system.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/342,952, filed Nov. 21, 1994, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (16)
Continuations (1)
|
Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
342952 |
Nov 1994 |
|