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Method for generating graphical object represented as surface elements

  • US 6,498,607 B1
  • Filed: 01/29/1999
  • Issued: 12/24/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for generating a representation of a graphic object in a memory, comprising:

  • partitioning a surface of the object into a plurality of cells having a grid resolution related to a resolution of an image plane;

    storing a single zero-dimensional surface element in the memory for each cell located on the surface of the object;

    connecting the surface elements in adjacent cells by links;

    assigning attributes of the portion of the object contained in the cell to each surface element and each link; and

    rendering the attributed surface elements on an output device.

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