Patent · US Expired

Apparatus and method for generating texture maps for use in 3D computer graphics

US7019754B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Canon Europa N.V. · NL

Inventors

Qi Hong · Hudson, US
Adam Michael Baumberg · Guildford, GB
Alexander Ralph Lyons · Cambridge, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 15, 2003
Grant date	Mar 28, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 29, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T15/04
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is disclosed an apparatus and method for combining three or more texture maps 200–208 together to generate a single, combined texture map 220. The texture maps are repeatedly combined together in pairs, with each pair generating a larger texture map for subsequent combination with another texture map, until only one texture map remains containing all of the original texture maps.

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