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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:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2000
Applicants:
Koichi Fujiwara, Otsu, JP;
Osamu Toyama, Kakogawa, JP;
Eiro Fujii, Takatsuki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The steps of obtaining three-dimensional shape data representing a three-dimensional shape model, designating a portion required to be corrected of the three-dimensional shape model, displaying a surface to be joined to the designated portion, modifying a shape of the surface corresponding to a change of a designated parameter of the surface, and re-displaying the modified surface are provided. Filling of a lack portion of a part of the tree-dimensional shape model is achieved by an easy input operation.