Method for multilevel generation of a granular graphic pattern, a machine for applying such pattern to a product, a primary product so manufactured, and a secondary product manufactured by copying such primary product
US6329992A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 5, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 5, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T11/001
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Generation of a granular graphic pattern on a physical surface is based on the multiple usage of elementary shapes. In particular, the method uses computer graphics in a multilevel pattern generation. It features defining at least two different absolute and/or relative transformation specifiers that are non-uniform amongst the elementary shapes with respect to either neighbouring ones of said elementary shapes and/or with respect to an overall geometry of the elementary shape in question. Finally, it applies the elementary shapes so specified on the physical surface.
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