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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2016
Applicant:
3d Systems, Inc., Rock Hill, SC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
3D Systems, Inc., Rock Hill, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/08 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for volume rendering of 3D object data are provided. The methods can include classifying 3D object data and determining a transfer function to use to render the 3D object data based on the classification; incrementally determining voxels to render from the 3D object data; and/or determining a grid that represents the voxels and rendering based on the voxel grid.