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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
May. 04, 2012
Stephen Charles Hsu, San Carlos, CA (US);
Stephen Charles Hsu, San Carlos, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An exemplary method for simplifying the geometry of a three-dimensional mesh includes dividing a first three-dimensional mesh into a first plurality of tiles along initial boundary lines. The method also includes for at least one tile of the first plurality of tiles, reducing the vertices toward a center of the tile while maintaining vertices along a perimeter of the tile, and assembling the first plurality of tiles to determine a second three-dimensional mesh. The method also includes dividing the second three-dimensional mesh into a second plurality of tiles along boundary lines offset from the initial boundary lines. The method further includes for at least one tile of the second plurality of tiles, reducing the vertices toward a center of the tile while maintaining vertices along a perimeter of the tile, and assembling the second plurality of tiles to determine a simplified three-dimensional mesh.