Surface model generation for visualizing three-dimensional objects using multiple elastic surface nets
US6362821B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 6, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T17/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method generates a surface model for a three-dimensional object. The object is scanned from a plurality of directions to produce a volume data for each scanning direction. Each volume data is segmented to extract data associated with the object. The volume data are then registered to a common coordinate frame. After registration, a surface net is initialized for each volume data. The multiple surface nets are relaxed and merge according to the common coordinate frame to generate a renderable surface model.
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