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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Carlos D. Carbonera, St. Paul, MN (US);
Yuriy Malinin, Edina, MN (US);
Inventors:
Carlos D. Carbonera, St. Paul, MN (US);
Yuriy Malinin, Edina, MN (US);
Assignee:
Jostens, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for converting two-dimensional artwork into three-dimensional models. Data relating to an image is imported and segments of the image are chained into contiguous curves. The contiguous curves together may form loops. Subsets of closed loops are split and created where surfaces of the image are to be created. The closed loops are contoured to create contours. The geometries created are projected onto a surface as an image. Finally, the image is smoothed.