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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. 18, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Zitao Xu, Katy, TX (US);
Sean Spicer, Katy, TX (US);
Inventors:
Zitao Xu, Katy, TX (US);
Sean Spicer, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Landmark Graphics Corporation, a Halliburton company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/30 (2006.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06T 15/10 (2006.01); G06T 15/20 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and methods are disclosed for automatically approximating an editable surface from a 3D data set or a 3D point set, which may be imaged in the form of a NURBS surface.