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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
May. 30, 2006
Nathan J. Litke, San Francisco, CA (US);
Martin Rumpf, Bonn, DE;
Nathan J. Litke, San Francisco, CA (US);
Martin Rumpf, Bonn, DE;
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to construct an optimal parameterization for a discrete surface patch. A three-dimensional image having a surface is selected. An initial parameterization of the surface onto a two-dimensional plane is constructed. A distortion of the initial parameterization is measured. A length parameter, an area parameter, and an angle parameter are specified. The initial parameterization is then optimized through a discrete deformation of a parameter domain that minimizes the distortion based on the length, area, and angle parameter.