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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2020
Electronic Arts Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Ashton Mason, Twickenham, GB;
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods pertaining to computer handling of three-dimensional volumes are disclosed. One such method comprises obtaining data representing an input set of one or more three-dimensional volumes; selecting a first three-dimensional volume from among the input set of three-dimensional volumes; identifying a concavity in the first three-dimensional volume, the concavity having a region of deepest concavity; splitting the first three-dimensional volume along a split plane or intersection loop contacting or intersecting the region of deepest concavity, such as to provide plural three-dimensional volumes; and providing data representing an output set of two or more three-dimensional volumes.