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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Jonathan D. Gibbs, San Carlos, CA (US);
David A. Hart, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan D. Gibbs, San Carlos, CA (US);
David A. Hart, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pacific Data Images LLC, Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention models hairs by generating hairs by interpolation and then further modifying the interpolated hairs to form clumps. The modified hairs can be iteratively reprocessed to generate more hairs and thereby produce a greater level of detail in the resulting hairstyle. The invention can be used to model any tubular structures protruding from a surface, such as strands of fur protruding from an animal's skin and blades of grass or stems of plants protruding from the ground.