US Patent 7502030 System and method for resampling texture maps

A system for resampling texture maps in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises memory and a texture map manager. The stores a first texture map defining a first texture, and the first texture map is based on an image of an object. The texture map manager is configured to resample the first texture map such that resampling of the first texture map, by the texture map manager, compensates for a surface distortion of the object.