Public Title Interactive Volume Illustration and Schlieren Photograpy Simulation for Flow Visualization Division Lead Inventor Ebert, David Public Description Understanding and analyzing complex volumetrically varying data is a difficult problem. Many computational visualization techniques have had only limited success in succinctly portraying the structure of three-dimensional turbulent flow. On the other hand, both traditional illustration techniques and photographic flow visualization techniques effectively reduce visual clutter by using compact oriented structure information to convey three-dimensional structures. This technology is an interactive volume rendering and visualization system for flows and volumes that simulate and enhance traditional illustration, experimental advection, and photographic flow visualization techniques. This system uses a combination of various illustrative styles and photography-based techniques to allow interactive visualization, exploration, and analysis of scalar, vector, and time-varying volume datasets. Patent Status Public References Key Words Manager Joseph Trebley Email jptrebley@prf.org Telephone Fax 765-496-1277   Back to List