Shima Seiki Manufacturing Limited

Tetsuji Maeiwa

Noriyuki Suzuki

Shinji Yamamoto

Yasuyo Kamikawa

Kazuko Takenaka

The center line and lines at the right and left end parts are inputted to a base image from which a texture image is to be mapped, and a position of the base image closest to the view point is inputted as a point closest to the user. Right side of the point closest to the user of the body is approximated by one quarter of circle, and the left side is approximated by another quarter of circle so as to generate an elliptical arc representative of the horizontal cross-sectional shape of the body. The texture image is then mapped to the body using that elliptical arc. Thus mapping of the texture image to the body can be performed easily.

Mapping device, mapping method and program thereof

An object of the invention is to quickly display a simulation image of knitting stitches approximate to an actually knitted fabric. When an image is present in the position of the knitting stitchescorresponding between an upper layerand a lower layer, the images of knitting stitches for patternor transformed knitting stitchesin the upper layerhaving the highest priority are displayed. In each layer, it is possible to perform an editing operation of selecting combinations of knitting stitches previously registered in a form of module from a library and changing the position and the shape of the image of the knitting stitches. The knitting stitches in the periphery of the knitting stitch for a patternare substituted for the transformed knitting stitchesreflecting the influence of the making of the knitting stitch for pattern. Image data on basic knitting stitches, the knitting stitch for a pattern, and transformed knitting stitchesis created utilizing the images of actual knitted fabrics or computer graphics and is stored. By combining the stored image data, a simulation image of knitting stitches like that of an actually knitted fabric can be quickly displayed.

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Wakayama, Japan

Tetsuji Maeiwa