System and method for the coordinated simplification of surface and wire-frame descriptions of a geometric model
US6570568B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 10, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T17/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system simplifies a geometric model to accelerate the rendering of the geometric model. A surface description of the geometric model is stored in one or more of the system memories. A wire-frame description of the geometric model is also stored. A surface simplification process alters the surface description to create an approximation of the original surface description. A wire-frame draping process drapes the wire-frame description onto the simplified surface and simplifies one or more of the line segments that are draped, the simplified line segments and the simplified surface description are rendered onto a display device.
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