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Appearance manifolds for modeling time-variant appearance of materials

US7933442B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2007
Grant dateApr 26, 2011
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Expiry dateFeb 23, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2210/64
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for modeling a time-variant appearance of a material is described. A sample analysis of a material sample is performed, wherein the sample analysis orders surface points of the material sample with respect to weathering from data captured at a single instant in time. An appearance synthesis using the sample analysis is performed, wherein the appearance synthesis generates a time-variant sequence of frames for weathering an object.

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