Techniques for projecting data sets between high-resolution and low-resolution objects

US7884835B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Autodesk, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ian A. Nies · San Francisco, US
• Michael J. Russo · San Francisco, US
• Michaelson Britt · Montréal, CA
• Daniel Levesque · Candiac, CA
• Kelcey Simpson · Austin, US
• John W. Stetzer, III · San Rafael, US
• Lawrence Alan Minton · Grove City, US
• Rodolfo J. Cazabon · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 12, 2005
• Grant date: Feb 8, 2011
• Expiry date: Jan 21, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T17/00
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for projecting a data set from a first object to a second object includes the steps of defining one or more sub-objects, wherein each sub-object represents a portion of the second object, associating the first object with a first sub-object, expanding a projection cage to substantially encompass both the first sub-object and the first object, and transferring the data set from the first object to the first sub-object using the projection cage. The disclosed method advantageously allows the first sub-object to be defined in a way that avoids undesirable cage intersections, thereby enabling the data set from the first object to be transferred without tedious manual manipulations of the projection cage.