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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:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
May. 24, 2002
Applicants:
Jerome Maillot, Toronto, CA;
Jos Stam, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Jerome Maillot, Toronto, CA;
Jos Stam, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, computer readable storage, and apparatus for improving subdivision schemes for subdivision surfaces. The present method can correct distortion from the base mesh caused by prior art subdivision and smoothing schemes. In one embodiment, the method includes: (a) subdividing a curve having original vertices producing additional vertices; (b) smoothing the curve into smoothed vertices comprising smoothed original vertices and smoothed additional vertices; and (c) adjusting positions of the smoothed vertices.