Multiple label display for 3D objects

A system for viewing a labeled three-dimensional (3D) object comprising:

• a memory for storing viewable data of a 3D object, and a plurality of identification labels associated with the 3D object;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• display at least a portion of an outer surface of the 3D object based on a current view comprising an initial default view, or a user selected view based on a query received from a user;
• retrieve at least one identification label, from the plurality of identification labels, for each of a plurality of items within the current view;
• define a first axis within the current view;
• select, from a plurality of positions along the first axis, a position that has a smallest angle between the selected position and a selected item from the plurality of items;
• display the identification label associated with the selected item at a point along a second axis within the current view between the selected position and the selected item
• rotate within the 3D object around a display of at least one internal structure beneath the outer surface of the 3D object in response to the query or a selected computer-generated search term to another view;
• adjust an opacity of a portion of the 3D object;
• update the display of the identification labels based on the rotated display within the 3D object and the adjusted opacity,
• wherein the smallest angle is defined as the angle at the intersection, at the selected item, of the second axis with a third axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions for causing a processor to execute a method for viewing a labeled three-dimensional (3D) object comprising:

• obtaining viewable data of a 3D object;
• displaying at least a portion of an outer surface of the 3D object based on a current view comprising an initial default view, or a user selected view based on a query received from a user;
• retrieving, from storage, at least one identification label for each of a plurality of items within the current view;
• defining a first axis within the current view;
• selecting, from a plurality of positions along the first axis, a position that has a smallest angle between the selected position and a selected item from the plurality of items;
• displaying the identification label associated with the selected item at a point along a second axis within the current view between the selected position and the selected item;
• rotating within the 3D object around a display of at least one internal structure beneath the outer surface of the 3D object in response to the query or a selected computer-generated search term to another view;
• adjusting an opacity of a portion of the 3D object;
• and
• updating the display of the identification labels based on the rotated display within the 3D object and the adjusted opacity,
• wherein the smallest angle is defined as the angle at the intersection, at the selected item, of the second axis with a third axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis.