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Method and apparatus for geometric model deformation using wires
Assignee: Alias Systems Corp
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Filing: 1998-07-02
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Granted: 2001-03-20
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Expires: 2018-07-02
Abstract
Abstract A system that defines a wire curve deformation primitive with a free-form parametric curve associated with the closest points to the curve on a surface of a model. The wire curve includes a radius influence defining the points on the object which will be deformed. A scale factor determines the amplitude of the scaling or point movement that is caused by the wire curve. A blending function of the wire curve defines the transition form deformed regions of the object to undeformed regions of the object. The wire curve can have associated with it holder curves defining the domain of deformation about an object caused by one or more wires. A holder curve holds the points of the object in place. Locators are used to define different parameters values along the wire curve. Changes in parameter values around the locators are accomplished by interpolation. Deforming includes preprocessing steps as well as deformation stage operations.
Inventors
- 👤 Karan Sher Singh
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 20:52
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T19/00; G06T19/20; G06T2219/00; G06T2219/20; G06T2219/2021
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 32
Claim 1
Independent Claim
60 words
A process of deformation, comprising: determining whether a point of a three-dimensional object lies within a region of influence of at least two three-dimensional wire curves each having an axis; and changing the position of the point in three dimensions responsive to parameters of the wire curves by defining a rotation associated with the axis of each of the curves.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
60 words
A process of deformation, comprising: determining whether a point of a three-dimensional object lies within a region of influence of at least two three-dimensional wire curves each having an axis; and changing the position of the point in three dimensions responsive to parameters of the wire curves by defining a rotation associated with the axis of each of the curves.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
A process of deformation, comprising: determining whether a point of an object lies within a region of influence of at least two wire curves; and changing a position of the point responsive to parameters of the wire curves with the parameters comprising a parametric curve and a region of influence.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
A process of deformation, comprising: determining whether a point of an object lies within a region of influence of at least two wire curves; and changing a position of the point responsive to parameters of the wire curves with the parameters comprising a parametric curve and a region of influence.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process as recited in claim 2 , wherein said parametric curve is a three-dimensional object surface curve.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
68 words
A process of deformation, comprising: determining whether a point of an object lies within a region of influence of at least two wire curves; and changing a position of the point responsive to parameters of the wire curves with the parameters comprising: a scaling parameter controlling radial scaling around said curves; and a blending function controlling a transition from a region of deformation to a region without deformation.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
68 words
A process of deformation, comprising: determining whether a point of an object lies within a region of influence of at least two wire curves; and changing a position of the point responsive to parameters of the wire curves with the parameters comprising: a scaling parameter controlling radial scaling around said curves; and a blending function controlling a transition from a region of deformation to a region without deformation.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
46 words
A process of deformation, comprising: determining whether a point of an object lies within a region of influence of at least two wire curves; changing a position of the point responsive to parameters of the wire curves; and controlling position changes responsive to a holder curve.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
46 words
A process of deformation, comprising: determining whether a point of an object lies within a region of influence of at least two wire curves; changing a position of the point responsive to parameters of the wire curves; and controlling position changes responsive to a holder curve.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
52 words
A process of deformation, comprising: determining whether a point of an object lies within a region of influence of at least two wire curves; and changing a position of the point responsive to parameters of the wire curves by algebraically combining changes in position caused by the at least two wire curves.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
52 words
A process of deformation, comprising: determining whether a point of an object lies within a region of influence of at least two wire curves; and changing a position of the point responsive to parameters of the wire curves by algebraically combining changes in position caused by the at least two wire curves.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
153 words
A process of deformation, comprising: determining whether a point of an object lies within a region of influence of a first wire curve; changing a position of the point responsive to parameters of the first wire curve, the parameters comprising a parametric curve, a region of influence, a scaling parameter controlling radial scaling around said curve, and a blending function controlling a transition from a region of deformation to a region without deformation, the changing comprising determining an influence function for the point, scaling the position of the point responsive to the scale factor, rotating the point about a tangential axis responsive to rotational manipulation of the wire curve, and translating the point responsive to curve translation manipulation; controlling position changes responsive to a holder curve; performing the determining, changing and controlling with respect to a second wire curve; and algebraically combining changes in position caused by the first and second wire curves.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
153 words
A process of deformation, comprising: determining whether a point of an object lies within a region of influence of a first wire curve; changing a position of the point responsive to parameters of the first wire curve, the parameters comprising a parametric curve, a region of influence, a scaling parameter controlling radial scaling around said curve, and a blending function controlling a transition from a region of deformation to a region without deformation, the changing comprising determining an influence function for the point, scaling the position of the point responsive to the scale factor, rotating the point about a tangential axis responsive to rotational manipulation of the wire curve, and translating the point responsive to curve translation manipulation; controlling position changes responsive to a holder curve; performing the determining, changing and controlling with respect to a second wire curve; and algebraically combining changes in position caused by the first and second wire curves.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
34 words
A process of combining at least two effect fields, comprising: determining effects caused by each of the at least two fields; and creating a composite field by integration of the at least two fields.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
34 words
A process of combining at least two effect fields, comprising: determining effects caused by each of the at least two fields; and creating a composite field by integration of the at least two fields.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process of combining deformations of at least two wire curves, comprising: determining deformations caused by each of the at least two wire curves; and integrating the deformations.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process of combining deformations of at least two wire curves, comprising: determining deformations caused by each of the at least two wire curves; and integrating the deformations.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process as recited in claim 9 , wherein the integrating is controlled by a blending factor.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
79 words
A process as recited in claim 9 , wherein said integrating blends are responsive to: P def = P + ∑ i = 1 n Δ P i · Δ P i m ∑ i = 1 n Δ P i m where P def is a deformed point, P is a point on an object, ΔP i =P defi −P and m is a blending factor.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
49 words
A system, comprising: a model of an object; means for deforming the model responsive to at least two wire curves, each of said wire curves comprising: a free form curve independent of the model and associated with the model; and a region of influence associated with said wire curve.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
49 words
A system, comprising: a model of an object; means for deforming the model responsive to at least two wire curves, each of said wire curves comprising: a free form curve independent of the model and associated with the model; and a region of influence associated with said wire curve.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
51 words
A computer memory product, comprising: a computer readable memory; an object model stored in said memory; and at least two wire curves stored in said memory and each of said at least two wire curves defining a directly manipulable deformation primitive for the model and representing a surface of the model.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
51 words
A computer memory product, comprising: a computer readable memory; an object model stored in said memory; and at least two wire curves stored in said memory and each of said at least two wire curves defining a directly manipulable deformation primitive for the model and representing a surface of the model.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
17 words
A product as recited in claim 13 , wherein said wire curve is independent of the model.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
66 words
A computer memory product, comprising: a computer readable memory; an object model stored in said memory; and at least two wire curves stored in said memory and each of said at least two wire curves defining a deformation of said model and comprising: a free-form curve associated with said model and controlling deformation of said model; and a region of deformation influence surrounding the parametric curve.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
66 words
A computer memory product, comprising: a computer readable memory; an object model stored in said memory; and at least two wire curves stored in said memory and each of said at least two wire curves defining a deformation of said model and comprising: a free-form curve associated with said model and controlling deformation of said model; and a region of deformation influence surrounding the parametric curve.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
31 words
A product as recited in claim 15 , wherein said free-form curve comprises a parametric curve and said wire curve further comprises a scaling parameter controlling radial scaling around said curve.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
30 words
A product as recited in claim 15 , wherein said wire curve further comprises a blending function controlling a transition from said region of deformation to a region without deformation.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
33 words
A product as recited in claim 15 , further comprising a holder curve stored in said memory, associated with said model and demarking a region of said model influenced by said wire curve.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
22 words
A product as recited in claim 18 , wherein said holder curve provides control between said wire curve and said holder curve.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
34 words
A product as recited in claim 15 , further comprising a locator stored in said memory, associated with said wire curve and specifying a parameter value for said wire curve at a specified location.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
17 words
A product as recited in claim 18 , wherein memory store plural locators between which interpolation occurs.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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