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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Mark A. Livingston, Washington, DC (US);
Inventor:
Mark A. Livingston, Washington, DC (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T017/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of modeling a three-dimensional object using voxels. The voxels can be subdivided in a variety of methods and marching tetrahedra may also be used to generate the model. Once a voxel has been subdivided, the continuity of the model may be preserved by subdividing only the voxels immediately adjacent to the subdivided voxel. Also, a user interface that enables and facilitates the use of the three-dimensional modeling method.