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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony David DeRose, San Rafael, CA (US);
Michael Kass, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pixar Animation Studios, Richmond, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/720 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/720 ;
Abstract
Different limit surfaces are derived from the same initial arbitrary polygon mesh by sequentially combining different subdivision rules. This added freedom allows for the more efficiently modeling of objects in computer graphics including objects and characters with semi-sharp features.