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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:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2005
Applicants:
Yanyun Chen, Beijing, CN;
Xin Tong, Beijing, CN;
Baining Guo, Beijing, CN;
Heung-yeung Shum, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Yanyun Chen, Beijing, CN;
Xin Tong, Beijing, CN;
Baining Guo, Beijing, CN;
Heung-Yeung Shum, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An exemplary computer-implementable method includes providing a computer-generated object wherein the object has characteristics, emitting a computer-generated particle, determining if the particle interacts with the object and, if the particle interacts with the object, altering one or more of the characteristic of the object wherein the altering simulates weathering or aging of the object. Various other exemplary techniques are also disclosed.