ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,137, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Displaying a three dimensional volume" was invented by Vincentius Paulus Buil (Veldhoven, Netherlands) and Hugo Habets (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method 100 of displaying a three dimensional volume of an image on a two dimensional display. For each pixel in the two dimensional display, the method comprises sequentially stepping 102 through a plurality of points along a line of sight from the pixel into the three dimensional volume and determining 104 a first point along the line of sight at which the three dimensi...