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Patent No.:

US 12417599 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2021

Visualizing the appearances of at least two materials

Applicant:

X-rite Europe Gmbh, Regensdorf, CH;

Inventors:

Martin Rump, Winderscheid, DE;

Gero Muller, Bonn, DE;

Francis Lamy, Wollerau, DE;

Assignee:

X-RITE EUROPE GMBH, Regensdorf, CH;

Attorney:

Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Wesner Sajous

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G06T 7/40 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 15/04 (2011.01); G06T 15/50 (2011.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/40 (2013.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 15/04 (2013.01); G06T 15/503 (2013.01); G06T 15/506 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2016 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a computer-implemented method for visualizing the appearances of at least two materials, a first instance () of an appearance model is obtained, the first instance being indicative of an appearance of a first material, and a second instance () of the appearance model is obtained, the second instance () being indicative of an appearance of a second material. A virtual object () having a continuous three-dimensional surface geometry is visualized together using a display device (). The virtual object has first and second portions () visually separated by a virtual separating element () or a blending region. The first portion of the virtual object is visualized using the first instance of the appearance model, and the second portion of the virtual object is visualized using the second instance of the appearance model.

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