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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2006
Sung YE Kim, Taejon, KR;
Ji Hyung Lee, Taejon, KR;
BO Youn Kim, Taejon, KR;
Hee Jeong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Bon Ki Koo, Taejon, KR;
Sung Ye Kim, Taejon, KR;
Ji Hyung Lee, Taejon, KR;
Bo Youn Kim, Taejon, KR;
Hee Jeong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Bon Ki Koo, Taejon, KR;
Abstract
There are provided a unified framework based on extensible styles for 3D non-photorealistic rendering and a method of configuring the framework. The unified framework includes: 3D model data processing means for generating a scene graph by converting a 3D model input into 3D data and organizing the scene graph using vertexes, faces, and edges; face painting means for selecting a brusher to paint faces (interiors) of the 3D model using the scene graph; line drawing means for extracting line information from the 3D model using the scene graph and managing the extracted line information; style expressing means for generating a rendering style for the 3D model and storing the rendering style as a stroke, the rendering style being equally applied to a face-painting method and a line-drawing method; and rendering means for combining the stroke and the selected brusher to render the 3D model using both the face-painting method and the line-drawing method. The framework can be used to develop tools and new rendering styles for non-photorealistic rendering and animation.