Voxel-based system to permit rapidly deforming volumetric objects made up of inhomogeneous material
US6512516B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 5, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T17/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An improvement to a voxel-based system to permit rapidly deforming volumetric objects made up of inhomogeneous material provides different material constraints assigned to different elements, with the constraints of a link between two neighboring elements being calculated from contributions of the two affected elements. The order in which neighbors of moved element are considered for a move determines where in the body information is propagated first. The processing order can therefore be used to model different direction-dependent propagation speeds in the material.
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