SURFACE APPEARANCE SIMULATION
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1. A device for displaying a modeled surface appearance, the device comprising:
- a data storage that stores data describing a plurality of surface colors and a plurality of surface textures; and
a processor in communication with the data storage and programmed to generate an appearance of the surface considering data describing at least one of the surface textures and data describing at least one of the surface colors.
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Abstract
A processor-based device for displaying simulated or modeled surface appearances based on surface color and surface texture data stored in a data storage. By selecting different combinations of color and texture, different surface appearances may be modeled and displayed. Also, the device may comprise an orientation sensor. Accordingly, the device may additionally consider the orientation of the device when generating surface appearances.
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41 Claims
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1. A device for displaying a modeled surface appearance, the device comprising:
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a data storage that stores data describing a plurality of surface colors and a plurality of surface textures; and a processor in communication with the data storage and programmed to generate an appearance of the surface considering data describing at least one of the surface textures and data describing at least one of the surface colors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A device for displaying a modeled appearance of a surface, the device comprising:
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an orientation sensor; a data storage that stores data describing a plurality of surface colors and a plurality of surface textures; and a processor in communication with the data storage and the orientation sensor and programmed to; derive an orientation of the device from an output of the orientation sensor; and generate an appearance of the surface considering at least one of the plurality of surface colors, at least one of the plurality of surface textures, and the orientation of the device. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A device for displaying a modeled appearance of a surface, the device comprising:
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a data storage that stores parameters describing a plurality of surface types; and a processor in communication with the data storage and programmed to; generate a plurality of Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Functions (BRDF'"'"'s) considering at least one of the parameters, wherein each of the plurality of BRDF'"'"'s corresponds to one of a plurality of points positioned on the surface; solve the plurality of BRDF'"'"'s for a given set of environmental conditions; and map the results of solving the plurality of BRDF'"'"'s to a display. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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36. A device for displaying a modeled appearance of a surface, the device comprising:
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a processor programmed to; communicate with a surface measurement device, the surface measurement device configured to measure at least one property of the surface; and generate an appearance of the surface considering the at least one property of the surface and at least one environmental factor; and a data storage configured to store the at least one property of the surface. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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