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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7965290 | Method, system, and data structure for progressive loading and processing of a 3D dataset A method is provided to progressively load and further process data in a hierarchical lock-free structure. The method includes generally four steps: (a) defining the hierarchical lock-free structure, (b) loading the data into the hierarchical lock-free structure; (c... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7420555 | Method and apparatus for transforming point cloud data to volumetric data A method and apparatus are provided for transforming an irregular, unorganized cloud of data points (100) into a volumetric data or “voxel” set (120). Point cloud (100) is represented in a 3D Cartesian coordinate system having an x-axis, a y... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7317456 | Method and apparatus for transforming point cloud data to volumetric data A method and apparatus are provided for transforming an irregular, unorganized cloud of data points (100) into a volumetric data or “voxel” set (120). Point cloud (100) is represented in a 3D cartesian coordinate system having an x-axis, a y... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7218323 | Method and system for rendering voxel data while addressing multiple voxel set interpenetration A method is provided for rendering 3D voxel data including plural voxel sets, while eliminating artifacts that may result from the plural voxel sets colliding with each other (“voxel interpenetration”). In one aspect, the method involves an extension of the spla... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7050054 | Method, apparatus, signals and codes for establishing and using a data structure for storing voxel information A data structure includes a plurality of voxel element arrays of memory locations, the arrays being arranged and associated with a set of indices whereby indices of the set identify corresponding memory locations in each array. The data structure further includes a ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6867774 | Method and apparatus for transforming polygon data to voxel data for general purpose applications A method and apparatus are provided for transforming 3D geometric data, such as polygon data (16) formed of polygons (18), into volumetric data (14) formed of voxels (12). According to the method, 3D geometric data to be converted to voxe... | 03/15/2005 |
