Patent ID: 6356271
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A painting process for compensating for a cutoff computer generated paint stamp in a preexisting polygonal 3D model having a preexisting representation in 3D space and a corresponding preexisting representation in texture space, comprising:determining whether the paint stamp, when applied to a target polygon, will be cutoff in the 3D model by determining whether the paint stamp overlaps a seam in the model, the seam being an edge that is shared between two adjacent polygons in 3D space while the corresponding polygons do not share an edge in texture space; placing the stamp on the target polygon located where the stamp is to be applied; and applying, if the paint stamp overlaps the seam, relatively located and rotated paint stamps to polygons in texture space corresponding to neighboring polygons joined to the target polygon by the seam in 3D space to compensate for the paint stamp overlapping the seam.