Patent ID: 7859537
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for vector field evaluation of a graphics object, the method comprising: locating a first node at a first point on a path segment of an original path profile, the original path profile describing at least in part the graphics object; locating a second node at a second point on the path segment wherein a location of the second point is different than a location of the first point; replacing the first node at the first point with a pair of first nodes wherein each of the pair of first nodes is distinct from the other and is placed coincidentally at the first point replacing the first node; replacing the second node at the second point with a pair of second nodes wherein each of the pair of second nodes is distinct from the other and is placed coincidentally at the second point on the path segment replacing the second node; and replacing the path segment between the first point and the second point with a pair of path segments wherein each of the pair of path segments is distinct from the other and is placed coincidentally between the first point and the second point replacing the path segment, and wherein one end of one of the pair of path segments is connected to one of the pair of first nodes and another end of the one of the pair of path segments is connected to one of the pair of second nodes, and wherein one end of another of the pair of path segments is connected to another of the pair of first nodes and another end of the another of the pair of path segments is connected to another of the pair of second nodes, wherein the method is performed by a computer.