US 2017/0249756 A1Published application

System and method for colorimetrically and geometrically parametrizing procedural textures on an object

AssigneeAllegorithmic

InventorSebastien DEGUY

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Abstract

The invention relates to a system and method for generating procedural textures on an object on the basis of physical ink data and physical applicator data. The system includes: access to target object data having data for initial meshing and initial contouring of the target objects; access to data pertaining to mixture rules and mixture functions; access to physical data for initial textures T; a module for generating a pre-projection virtual rendering provided to combine the physical ink data with the physical applicator data; a module for tessellating the data of the target objects so as to convert the contours of the target objects into meshing; and an integrating module for the physical parameters, the integrating module being provided to generate a new set of textures T+I for the object(s).

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Dependent claims

A system for generating procedural textures on an object from physical ink data and physical applicator data, comprising:

access to physical ink data, comprising a plurality of parameters among the following:
color, viscosity, temperature, drying time, chemical composition, and transparency;
access to physical applicator data, comprising a plurality of parameters among the following:
width, depth, thickness, profile, roughness, porosity, applicator flexibility, application force, pressure, and application temperature;
access to target object data including initial mesh data of the target objects and initial relief data of the target objects;
access to mixing rules and functions data;
access to physical data of initial textures T;
a microprocessor and control instructions;
a pre-projection virtual rendering generation module, provided for combining the physical ink data with the physical applicator data;
a pre-projection virtual rendering (PPVR) transformation module, provided for adapting this rendering's data to a given rendition projection mode;
a tessellation module for tessellating the target object data in order to transform relief data of the target objects into a mesh;
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an integrator module for integrating the physical parameters, provided for generating a new set of textures T+1 for said one or more objects taking into account object data, data from the set of textures T, data from the tessellation module and transformed pre-projection virtual rendering data.

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A method for generating procedural textures on an object based on physical ink data and physical applicator data, comprising the steps in which:

one or more data sources provide access to:
physical applicator data, comprising a plurality of parameters among the following:
width, depth, thickness, profile, roughness, porosity, applicator flexibility, application force, pressure, and application temperature;
target object data, comprising initial mesh data of the target objects and initial relief data of the target objects;
mixing rules and functions data;
physical data of initial textures T;
a pre-projection virtual rendering generation module combines the physical ink data with the physical applicator data;
a pre-projection virtual rendering transformation module receives the previously obtained pre-projection virtual rendering data, and adapts this data to a given rendering projection mode;
a tessellation module performs a transformation of at least part of the relief data into mesh data;
and
an integrator module for integrating the physical parameters receives object data, data from the set of textures T, transformed pre-projection virtual rendering data, relief and mesh data of the object, and any corresponding application rate and environment data, and generates a new set of textures T+1 for said one or more objects, taking this data into account.

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