US Patent 7170516 Approximation of Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces by Bezier patches

Patent 7170516 was granted and assigned to Autodesk on January, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Autodesk

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United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

71705160

Patent Inventor Names

Eric Joel Stollnitz0

Richard Everett Rice0

Date of Patent

January 30, 2007

Patent Application Number

110638800

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February 23, 2005

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Mark Zimmerman

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A method for converting a subdivision surface, such as a Catmull-Clark subdivision surface, into a cubic Bezier surface defined by sixteen control points. The method includes (a) converting a subdivision face to Bezier control points using a conversion matrix using fifteen points and a dummy value for an unavailable sixteenth point; and (b) replacing one of the Bezier control points which corresponds to an extraordinary point on the subdivision face with the extraordinary point's limit point.

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