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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1996
Alexander Migdal, Princeton, NJ (US);
Alexei Lebedev, Princeton, NJ (US);
Real-Time Geometry Corporation, Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and method for the rapid creation of a mesh model depicting a real world object, terrain or other three-dimensional surface. The system inserts points into the mesh incrementally, building the mesh point by point. Before incremental building, the system orders the points so that each next point is a near neighbor to the previously inserted point. This ordering procedure optimizes mesh construction by guaranteeing a minimal time for locating the area on the mesh into which the next point will be inserted. The present invention also provides a system and method to ensure an optimal quality of mesh at any level of insertion or deletion, following systematized checking function to maintain quality such as that required in Delaunay triangulation. The system and method can also incorporate a history file to store data concerning the results of the checking to substantially reduce processing time in mesh regeneration applications.