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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:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Yanyun Chen, Beijing, CN;
Baining Guo, Beijing, CN;
Ying-qing Xu, Beijing, CN;
Heung-yeung Shum, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Yanyun Chen, Beijing, CN;
Baining Guo, Beijing, CN;
Ying-Qing Xu, Beijing, CN;
Heung-Yeung Shum, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06T 15/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a computer implemented method for placing feathers on a surface. The method includes providing a surface having a plurality of vertices and establishing a growing direction for each of the plurality of vertices on the surface. Feathers are placed on the surface based on the plurality of vertices and the growing direction.