Patents by Inventor Vincent C. H. Ma

Vincent C. H. Ma has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Shape preserving mappings to a surface
    Patent number: 7948488
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to map a detail model to a destination while preserving the shape of the detail model. A destination surface (that is a smooth surface) is obtained. The destination surface is tessellated to generate a mesh representation of the destination surface. A parameterization of the mesh representation is then generated. Reverse mapping is conducted from a point of a detail model surface to a point of the destination surface via the parameterization and mesh representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter E. Liepa, Vincent C. H. Ma
  • SHAPE PRESERVING MAPPINGS TO A SURFACE
    Publication number: 20080259077
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to map a detail model to a destination while preserving the shape of the detail model. A destination surface (that is a smooth surface) is obtained. The destination surface is tessellated to generate a mesh representation of the destination surface. A parameterization of the mesh representation is then generated. Reverse mapping is conducted from a point of a detail model surface to a point of the destination surface via the parameterization and mesh representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: AUTODESK CANADA CO.
    Inventors: Peter E. Liepa, Vincent C. H. Ma