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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2017
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Pal Szasz, Lund, SE;

Johannes Elg, Helsingborg, SE;

Fredrik Mattisson, Lund, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/205 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2210/56 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems and computer program products for the generation of 3D images may include receiving a plurality of points that correspond to a surface of an object, generating a first mesh representation of a shape of the object, the first mesh representation comprising a plurality of polygons, respective ones of the plurality of polygons comprising at least three vertices and at least three edges, associating the plurality of points with a first set of the plurality of polygons, classifying a portion of the plurality of points as background points, and adjusting the first mesh representation of the object to create a second mesh representation of the object by removing from the first mesh representation at least one of the first set of the plurality of polygons that is associated with the portion of the plurality of points that are classified as the background points.


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