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Progressive multi-level transmission and display of triangular meshes

US6031548A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 13, 1998
Grant dateFeb 29, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 13, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T17/20
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a representation and file format for a multi-level progressive transmission or display of a triangular mesh, referred to as a Progressive Multi-Level Representation (PMR). Methods are disclosed for generating the PMR, for progressively building a triangular mesh from a PMR representation, and for extracting a particular level of detail of a triangular mesh from the PMR representation.

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