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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005

Filed:

Jan. 05, 2001
Applicants:

Yukinori Matsumoto, Tsukuba, JP;

Hajime Terasaki, Tsukuba, JP;

Kazuhide Sugimoto, Tsukuba, JP;

Tsutomu Arakawa, Ryugasaki, JP;

Inventors:

Yukinori Matsumoto, Tsukuba, JP;

Hajime Terasaki, Tsukuba, JP;

Kazuhide Sugimoto, Tsukuba, JP;

Tsutomu Arakawa, Ryugasaki, JP;

Assignee:

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for representing a three-dimensional shape model by polygons according to a plurality of object images information obtained by rotating a real object arbitrary angles to assign texture information on each polygon. The texture information is assigned according to the amount of texture information for a particular polygon. Various criteria are disclosed as factors in determining the amount of texture information.


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