Patent ID: 11948338
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. A method, comprising:
generating mesh-based representations and attribute patch images for a three-dimensional (3D) object or scene, based on camera output representing views of the 3D object or scene from a plurality of viewing angles; and
for respective ones of the mesh-based representations,
removing one or more vertices or edges of the respective mesh-based representation to generate a simplified version of the respective mesh-based representation, and
performing a distortion analysis for the respective simplified version of the mesh-based representation, wherein
if an amount of distortion caused by removing the one or more vertices or edges is less than a threshold amount, the simplified version of the mesh-based representation is selected, and
if the amount of distortion caused by removing the one or more vertices or edges is equal to or greater than the threshold amount, the mesh-based representation that has not had the one or more edges or vertices removed is selected.