Patent ID: 7623998
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of identifying a plurality of Bezier curves from a shape, the shape comprising a plurality of ordered data points, the method comprising: identifying each data point in a first subset of the plurality of data points as a first type of data point; identifying each data point in a second subset of the plurality of data points as a second type of data point; for at least some of the data points in the first subset, identifying a first number of at least one data point between said data point in the first subset, and a next data point in either the first subset or the second subset in the order of the plurality of data points; for at least some of the data points in the second subset, identifying a second number, different from the first number, of at least one data point between said data point in the second subset, and a next data point in either the first subset or the second subset in the order of the plurality of data points; for each of the at least some of the data points in the first subset and each of the at least some of the data points in the second subset: