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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Schroeder, Schenectady, NY (US);
Christopher R Volpe, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395120 ; 395141 ;
Abstract
A graphic technique, implemented on a graphics computer, for visualizing 3-D vector data uses a stream tube which is a tube-like structure having a cross section of an n-sided polygon. The stream tube follows the path of a streamline in the 3-D vector data. Data can be visualized by varying the shape and size of the polygon along the streamline to represent changes in normal and shear strain, rotation and velocity. Additional scalar functions are represented by coloring the sides of the stream tube.