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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. 14, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter J. Mack, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/500 ;
Abstract
A method for processing a three-dimensional (3D) graphic object, having the first step of converting a set of vertices for the 3D graphics object. Further, decomposing the 3D graphics object into a set of segments; and for each segment: (1) extracting a set of vertex coordinates; and (2) subtracting the set of vertex coordinates from a previously determined set of vertex coordinates to produce a set of encoded vertex coordinates. Then, compressing the set of encoded vertex coordinates. An apparatus for performing the method.