CREATING AND MODIFYING 3D OBJECT TEXTURES

• US 20100231590A1
• Filed: 03/10/2010
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yogurt Bilgi Teknolojileri A.S.
• Original Assignee: Yogurt Bilgi Teknolojileri A.S.
• Inventors: Erceis, Gurel, Erenturk, Engin
• Application Number:
  US12/721,526
• Publication Number:
  US 20100231590A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/426
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/04 Texture mapping
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

A method and system for providing a graphical user interface to manipulate 3D object textures. The method includes retrieving a mesh object for editing, wherein the mesh object is associated with a mask layer, a detail layer, and a shadow layer. The method includes displaying a hierarchical tree of the layers associated with the mesh object, wherein each layer is associated with a drawing order, a color blending function, and a rule set. The method includes, responsive to receiving a first set of user commands via a GUI, adding or editing at least one layer associated with the mesh object. The method includes responsive to receiving a second set of user commands via the GUI, adding or editing at least one of: the drawing order, the color blending function, and the rule set associated with a layer. The method includes automatically rendering the 3D object for user preview.

Claims

1. A method for rendering a three-dimensional (3D) object, comprising:

retrieving a mask layer defining a color for a fill area;

retrieving a detail layer defining 3D object details to be displayed;

retrieving a shadow layer defining 3D object surface shadows; and

merging the mask layer, the detail layer, and the shadow layer into a texture for rendering on the 3D object, wherein each layer includes a plurality of rule sets defining drawing properties of the layer.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising color blending the layers pursuant to the plurality of rule sets.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of rule sets is nested by priority.

4. An article of manufacture comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of rendering a three-dimensional (3D) object, the instructions including;

instructions to retrieve a mask layer defining a color for a fill area;

instructions to retrieve a detail layer defining 3D object details to be displayed;

instructions to retrieve a shadow layer defining 3D object surface shadows; and

instructions to merge the mask layer, the detail layer, and the shadow layer into a texture for rendering on the 3D object, wherein each layer includes a plurality of rule sets defining drawing properties of the layer.

5. The article of manufacture of claim 4, further comprising instructions to color blend the layers pursuant to the plurality of rule sets.

6. The article of manufacture of claim 5, wherein the plurality of rule sets is nested by priority.

7. An article of manufacture comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to manipulate three-dimensional (3D) object textures, the instructions including;

instructions to retrieve a mesh object for editing, wherein the mesh object is associated with a mask layer, a detail layer, and a shadow layer;

instructions to display a hierarchical tree of the layers associated with the mesh object, wherein each layer is associated with a predetermined drawing order, a color blending function, and a rule set;

instructions to add or edit a layer associated with the mesh object responsive to receiving a first set of user commands; and

instructions to add or edit at least one of the predetermined drawing order, the color blending function, and the rule set associated with a layer, responsive to receiving a second set of user commands.

8. The article of manufacture of claim 7, further comprising instructions to automatically render the 3D object for user preview.

9. The article of manufacture of claim 8, further comprising instructions to store the 3D object in an accessible storage medium.

10. The article of manufacture of claim 9, wherein the mesh object is user-specified.

11. An apparatus for rendering a three-dimensional (3D) object, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled with the processor over an integrated circuit bus; and

a texture tool component configured to;

retrieve a mask layer defining a color for a fill area;

retrieve a detail layer defining 3D object details to be displayed;

retrieve a shadow layer defining 3D object surface shadows; and

merge the mask layer, the detail layer, and the shadow layer into a texture for rendering on the 3D object, wherein each layer includes a plurality of rule sets defining drawing properties of the layer.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the texture tool is further configured to color blend the layers pursuant to the plurality of rule sets.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the plurality of rule sets is nested by priority.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the texture tool is implemented in software stored in the memory.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the texture tool is implemented in hardware coupled with the memory.

16. An apparatus configured to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) for manipulating three-dimensional (3D) object textures, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled with the processor over an integrated circuit bus; and

a texture tool component configured to;

retrieve a mesh object for editing, wherein the mesh object is associated with a mask layer, a detail layer, and a shadow layer;

display a hierarchical tree of layers associated with the mesh object, wherein each layer is associated with a drawing order, a color blending function, and a rule set;

add or edit a layer associated with the mesh object responsive to receiving a first set of user commands via the GUI; and

add or edit at least one of the drawing order, the color blending function, and the rule set associated with a layer, responsive to receiving a second set of user commands via the GUI.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising instructions to store the 3D object in an accessible storage medium.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising instructions to automatically render the 3D object for user preview.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the mesh object is user-specified.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the texture tool is implemented in software stored in the memory.

21. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the texture tool is implemented in hardware coupled with the memory.