Patent ID: 9501845
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: B33Y,G01B,G06T

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain shape data including data which indicates vertexes of each of a plurality of polygons representing a stereoscopic object and color data indicating a color of each of the polygons; a converting unit configured to convert the shape data and the color data into shape data and color data in a data format including an area which stores the shape data and an unused area which does not store the shape data, and to change a size of the unused area corresponding to the plurality of polygons according to a type of stereoscopic object forming apparatus for forming the stereoscopic object, wherein color data on one of the plurality of polygons is stored in the unused areas corresponding to a plurality of polygons; and an outputting unit configured to output the converted shape data and color data.