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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Scott Benjamin Satkin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/05 (2011.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/05 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 17/20 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); H04N 13/0239 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20182 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2021 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for smoothing portions of a 3D model of an object based on the likelihood of a portion being an accurate representation of the surface of the object, and based on whether the surface of the object according to the model is relatively jagged or relatively smooth.