Progressive multi-level transmission and display of triangular meshes
US6031548A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 29, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2018 |
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- 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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