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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:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard E. Rice, Seattle, WA (US);
Craig W. McPheeters, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/120 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/120 ;
Abstract
A method of computer generation of a curve through points includes accepting positions of the points, accepting a geometric continuity condition for at least one of the points, constructing the curve through the points, the curve obeying the geometric continuity condition, and storing the constructed curve in a memory.