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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2004
Akira Uesaki, Takatsuki, JP;
Tadashi Kobayashi, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazutaka Nishio, Ibaraki, JP;
Akio Nishimura, Sakai, JP;
Yoshiyuki Mochizuki, Suita, JP;
Akira Uesaki, Takatsuki, JP;
Tadashi Kobayashi, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazutaka Nishio, Ibaraki, JP;
Akio Nishimura, Sakai, JP;
Yoshiyuki Mochizuki, Suita, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A subdivision level determination unit () in a curved surface subdivision apparatus () accepts an input of information about control points that define a shape of a curved surface and determines the subdivision level for the surface. Next, it sets, for a subdivision processing operation control unit (), a control table corresponding to the determined subdivision level. The subdivision processing operation control unit () executes the subdivision processing while controlling a work memory unit () and a subdivision processing operation unit () based on the set control table.