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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:
Dec. 31, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan A Zarge, Woburn, MA (US);
William J Schroeder, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395121 ; 395120 ;
Abstract
A method for reducing the complexity of a polygonal mesh representative of the surface of an object to be displayed such as for medical imaging purposes systematically removes features from the mesh and reconnects the modified mesh in such a way as to preserve the original shape and topology of the mesh. The procedure removes both vertices and polygons from a polygonal mesh either alone or in combination. In order to reduce the number of polygons in an object for which a mesh has been generated, the method of the present invention repeats the decimation process until a desired number of polygons is achieved.