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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2000
Applicants:
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn, MI (US);
Paul Joseph Stewart, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn, MI (US);
Paul Joseph Stewart, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F017/50 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for automatically reconstructing topographical information for a given mesh, altering the mesh by introducing, deleting, or splitting existing polygons when needed. An OctTree space decomposition is used to achieve a log2-complexity search method to find the closest vertex in the polygonal soup to a given point in space. Linear complexities are used to find triangles connected to a given vertex and all triangles connected to a given triangle. The triangles are split to enforce conductivity.