US 12,315,099 B2
Method and apparatus for displaying translucent image
Sang Joon Park, Seoul (KR); Chul Kee Park, Seoul (KR); Yun Sik Dho, Seoul (KR); and Byeong Cheol Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to MEDICALIP CO., LTD., Gangwon-do (KR)
Filed by MEDICALIP CO., LTD., Gangwon-do (KR)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/173,739.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0026306 (KR), filed on Feb. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0274519 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 19/20 (2013.01) [G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2210/62 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2012 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. An image display method, performed by a computing device comprising a memory and a processor, the method comprising:
detecting a plurality of voxels overlapping in a depth direction in three-dimensional (3D) image data which is displayed on a general monitor or a 3D display device, wherein the 3D image data is a medical image of computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), wherein the 3D image data have voxels of a plurality of objects with different colors;
determining a first combination ratio for two colors based on transparency values of a first voxel and a second voxel of the plurality of voxels, wherein the first voxel belongs to a first object and the second voxel belongs to a second object;
generating a first mixed color by combining a color of the first voxel with a color of the second voxel at the first combination ratio; and
displaying the first mixed color at a position corresponding to the first voxel and the second voxel on the general monitor or the 3D display device,
wherein the determining of the first combination ratio comprises:
identifying a first weight value corresponding to the transparency value of the first voxel by using a first weight function that is proportional to the transparency value;
identifying a second weight value corresponding to a second transparency of a second voxel, by using a second weight function defined with an inflection point between a full transparency value and a full opacity value and increasing from the full transparency value to the inflection point and decreasing from the inflection point to the full opacity value; and
determining the first combination ratio based on a ratio of the first weight value to the second weight value.