Apparatus, system, and method for draping annotations on to a geometric surface
US6978230B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 10, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2219/008
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Vertices of an annotation are projected onto a surface of a (2D or 3D) model and reconnected to preserve the original appearance of the annotation. The result of our method is a new set of geometry for the annotation that geometrically conforms to the surface of the model. A plane is defined by the midpoint of the original line segment and the two projected vertices. This plane is used to create the new line segments that conform to the surface, e.g. by doing a “surface walk” between the projected points along the line defined by the intersection of the plane and the surface.
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