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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. 06, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2002
Applicants:
Paul Joseph Stewart, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yifan Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Paul Joseph Stewart, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yifan Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for replacing a direct surface manipulation (DSM) surface with an independent NURBS surface patch of a geometric model. The method includes the steps of sampling data points of the DSM surface and parameterizing the sampled data points. The method also includes determining knot vectors for a fitted NURBS surface patch and setting-up an equation system. The method further includes the steps of solving the equation system for the geometric model.