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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2007
Applicants:
Matthew L. Staten, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mark W. Dewey, Provo, UT (US);
Steven E. Benzley, Provo, UT (US);
Inventors:
Matthew L. Staten, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mark W. Dewey, Provo, UT (US);
Steven E. Benzley, Provo, UT (US);
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques for coarsening a quadrilateral mesh are described. These techniques include identifying a coarsening region within the quadrilateral mesh to be coarsened. Quadrilateral elements along a path through the coarsening region are removed. Node pairs along opposite sides of the path are identified. The node pairs along the path are then merged to collapse the path.