Patent ID: 6400369
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A texture-data generation apparatus for generating texture data to be used for computer graphics, said apparatus comprising:assigning means for assigning a region in a texture original image serving as a base for a texture; generation means for generating quadrangles, each enclosing the region assigned by said assigning means, based on a predetermined rule; extraction means for extracting a quadrangle having a minimum area from among the quadrangles generated by said generation means; first transformation means for transforming an image enclosed by the quadrangle extracted by said extraction means into a rectangular image having a desired size; second transformation means for transforming the region assigned by said assigning means into a region in the rectangular image; and output means for outputting the rectangular image transformed by said first transformation means and information indicating the region transformed by said second transformation means as texture data.