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US 8,787,657 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for preparing image representative data
AssigneeCranial Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJerold N Luisi, Timothy R Littlefield
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Abstract
Apparatus for processing a digital mesh representing a three-dimensional subject automatically filters out portions of a predetermined color to simplify further processing.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- providing a first data file representative of the shape of a three-dimensional subject;
- providing a second data file comprising a three-dimensional digital photographic data file representative of said subject and corresponding to said first data file, said subject comprising a first portion having a predetermined color;
- and
- utilizing said second data file to identify a corresponding first portion of said first data file corresponding to said portion having said predetermined color;
- providing said first data file with data representative of a plurality of polygons arranged into a mesh representative of said subject;
- and
- utilizing a color selective algorithm to selectively identify a first color portion of said second data file corresponding to said predetermined color.
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Apparatus, comprising:
- a first data file representative of the shape of a three-dimensional subject;
- a second data file comprising a three-dimensional digital photographic data file representative of said subject and corresponding to said first data file, said subject comprising a first portion having a predetermined color;
- and
- a processor operable to utilize said second data file to identify a corresponding first portion of said first data file corresponding to said portion having said predetermined color;
- said first data file comprises first data representative of a plurality of polygons arranged into a mesh representative of said subject;
- and
- a color selective algorithm executed by said processor to selectively identify a first color portion of said second data file corresponding to said predetermined color.
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A method comprising:
- providing a data file representative of a three-dimensional subject, said subject comprising portions having a predetermined color;
- said data file comprising a plurality of polygons arranged into a mesh representative of said subject;
- processing said data file with a color selective algorithm;
- utilizing said color selective algorithm to selectively identify ones of said polygons meeting predetermined color criteria;
- processing all of said polygons meeting said predetermined color criteria in a first manner;
- and
- processing all of said polygons not meeting said predetermined color criteria in a second manner different from said first manner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.