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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Noxell Corporation, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Inventors:
Mathias Herrlein, Kronberg, DE;
Thomas Hirn, Weiterstadt, DE;
Knut Meinert, Lampertheim, DE;
Hartmut Schmidt, Pahl, DE;
Amo Zinke, Bonn, DE;
Assignee:
NOXELL CORPORATION, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/47 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); G01N 21/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/005 (2013.01); G01N 21/4738 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); G01N 2021/0339 (2013.01); G01N 2021/4764 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0633 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for rendering an image of a fibrous material. The method includes providing parametric fibrous material optical properties derived from actual material fiber samples via the apparatus; providing a parametric virtual light environment; providing a virtual fibrous material array; and rendering an image of the virtual fibrous material array according to the interaction of the parametric fibrous material properties and the parametric virtual light environment.