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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2011
Applicants:
Marc S. Ellens, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Francis Lamy, Wollerau, CH;
Adrian Kohlbrenner, Thalwil, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
X-Rite Switzerland GmbH, Regensdorf, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus, systems and methods are provided for simulating a material. In particular, the disclosed apparatus, systems and methods involve modeling deformation characteristics of a material and generating a virtual representation of a physical interaction with the material based on the modeled deformation characteristics of the material and data representative of the physical interaction.