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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2010
Pushkar P. Joshi, Fremont, CA (US);
Nathan A. Carr, San Jose, CA (US);
Pushkar P. Joshi, Fremont, CA (US);
Nathan A. Carr, San Jose, CA (US);
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for decomposing an N-sided patch into multiple patches. A single patch may be decomposed into multiple, disjoint, and possibly abutting patches. An internal constraint curve may be selected, and a new patch with the constraint curve as the boundary may be generated. If the constraint curve is closed, it is turned into a hole in the original patch. If the constraint curve is not closed, the system closes the curve. The 3D position, surface normal, and possibly other information such as an up direction required for every point along the boundary of the new patch may be taken from the original patch surface. The new patch(es) may be edited independent of the original patch and may be further decomposed into more patches.