Patent Publication Number: US-10783718-B2

Title: Complexity reduction of objects via hole filling

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     Some three-dimensional (3D) virtual objects (e.g., assets) intended for mixed reality (MR), virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR) (collectively MR) displays may have more complexity than is necessary for a satisfactory user experience. For example, a large polygon count (e.g., polycount) in hidden portions of an asset, such as the interior, do not add much for a satisfactory user experience in some systems, but yet can notably increase rendering and download time. This can unnecessarily slow frame rate and transfer speeds, resulting in a degraded user experience. Some assets may be generated for certain high-end platforms, but then used in systems having tighter storage and processing constraints. For example, some MR display platforms may impose constraints for storage and processing, further inhibiting satisfactory rendering as perceived by the user. Manual editing of individual assets to find a better balance point for asset complexity versus performance is time consuming and often sub-optimal. 
     SUMMARY 
     The disclosed examples are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawing figures listed below. The following summary is provided to illustrate some examples disclosed herein. It is not meant, however, to limit all examples to any particular configuration or sequence of operations. 
     Some aspects and examples disclosed herein are directed to complexity reduction via hole filling by: receiving a voxel space containing a first object having an exterior boundary; determining voxels on the exterior boundary of the first object; selecting a first maximum distance field value; dilating the first object by the maximum distance field value to generate a dilated object; and eroding the dilated object by the maximum distance field value to generate an eroded dilated object. 
    
    
     
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       The disclosed examples are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawing figures listed below: 
         FIG. 1  illustrates a two dimensional (2D) cut plane of a three dimensional (3D) object; 
         FIG. 2  illustrates a 2D cut plane of a reduced-complexity 3D object, generated in accordance with various aspects of the disclosure; 
         FIGS. 3-6  illustrate intermediate stages of complexity reduction via hole filling; 
         FIG. 7A  illustrates a magnified view of the intermediate stage of  FIG. 6 ; 
         FIG. 7B  illustrates a further magnified view of a portion of  FIG. 7A ; 
         FIG. 8  is a flow chart illustrating exemplary operations involved in complexity reduction via hole filling; 
         FIG. 9  is another flow chart illustrating exemplary operations involved in complexity reduction via hole filling; 
         FIG. 10  illustrates a 2D cut plane of another 3D object; 
         FIG. 11  illustrates a 2D cut plane of another reduced-complexity 3D object, generated in accordance with various aspects of the disclosure; 
         FIGS. 12-17  illustrate intermediate stages of complexity reduction via cavity removal; 
         FIG. 18  is a flow chart illustrating exemplary operations involved in complexity reduction via cavity removal; 
         FIG. 19  is another flow chart illustrating exemplary operations involved in complexity reduction via cavity removal; and 
         FIG. 20  illustrates an intermediate stage of complexity reduction via cavity removal for the object of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 21  illustrates a 2D cut plane of a reduced-complexity version of the object of  FIG. 1 , generated in accordance with various aspects of the disclosure; and 
         FIG. 22  is an exemplary block diagram illustrating an operating environment for a computing device suitable for implementing various aspects of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     Corresponding reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The various embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts. References made throughout this disclosure relating to specific examples and implementations are provided solely for illustrative purposes but, unless indicated to the contrary, are not meant to limit all examples. 
     Some three-dimensional (3D) virtual objects (e.g., assets) intended for mixed reality (MR), virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR) (collectively MR) displays have more complexity than is necessary for a satisfactory user experience. Some examples of 3D objects include a set of voxels indicated as being within the volume of the object, which can be rendered in an MR display. Some 3D objects include a set of meshes and a definition of a surface texture, such as a texel map or perhaps a material specification. Additionally, some MR display platforms, such as head mounted displays (HMDs) may impose constraints for storage and processing, making it difficult for render complex 3D objects. 
     Aspects of the disclosure reduce complexity of 3D objects by filling holes and/or removing cavities in an automated or semi-automated fashion (e.g., not manually). Exemplary candidates for complexity reduction include 3D scan data that is “noisy” or “busy”, such as those including gaps, holes, and cavities. The disclosure operates to reduce the polycount of the 3D objects to optimize a balance between visual complexity of the 3D objects and rendering performance of those 3D objects. Polycount is reduced in a manner that does not adversely affect display quality as perceived by the user. Filling holes and/or removing cavities improves the frame rate and transfer speeds (e.g., reduces bandwidth usage) and reduces storage burdens, thereby improving the functionality of at least one computing device. 
     Systems and methods are disclosed for removing unnecessary details, such as cavities and holes, from 3D objects. In some examples, a 3D object is dilated and eroded, and undesirable webbing is removed to preserve a higher percentage of exterior detail. In some examples, distance fields internal and external to the object are removed in a layered manner, and new object surfaces are added wherever openings are narrower than the cavity&#39;s internal dimensions, to seal off the cavities. Holes and cavities, which are obscured in many viewing angles, are thus filled in (e.g., removed), thereby reducing the burden of storing and processing the hidden interior surfaces to improve rendering performance. 
     Different disclosed approaches leveraging distance fields may be combined. For example, aspects of the disclosure operate to fill one or more holes in 3D objects without removing cavities. In other examples, aspects of the disclosure operate to remove one or more cavities in 3D objects without filling holes. In still other examples, aspects of the disclosure operate to fill one or more holes in 3D objects while removing one or more cavities in those same 3D objects. As such, aspects of the disclosure operate to fill one or more holes and/or remove one or more cavities in 3D objects to reduce complexity of those 3D objects. 
     Although the examples use voxels (e.g., 3D pixels), it should be understood that the techniques disclosed herein may also be applied to two-dimensional (2D) pixels. 
       FIG. 1  illustrates a 2D cut plane  100  of an exemplary 3D object  102  in a 3D voxel space  104 . Voxel space  104  has an outer edge  114 . In this example, object  102  is the original received object (e.g., a first object) and has an exterior boundary  112  which includes the interior walls of a cavity  122 . Object  102  also has additional cavity  132  and holes  142  and  152 . Cavities  122  and  132  have openings that are narrower than the internal dimensions, whereas hole  142  has an opening that is wider than the dimensions further inside, and hole  152  has a constant width. 
       FIG. 2  illustrates an exemplary 2D cut plane of a reduced-complexity object  202  (e.g., 3D object) that was generated from original object  102  in accordance with a complexity reduction via hole filling operation. In some examples, the hole filling operation is represented by the operations described by flow charts  800  and  900  in  FIGS. 8 and 9 , respectively, with  FIGS. 3-7  illustrating intermediate stages. 
       FIG. 3  illustrates an intermediate stage  300  of complexity reduction via hole filling. After voxel space  104  containing original object  102  having an exterior boundary  112  has been received or accessed, and the voxels on exterior boundary  112  of original object  102  have been determined, a first maximum distance field value is selected. The first maximum distance field value may be specified by a human operator, may be determined based on the size and some complexity metric of original object  102 , or may be a trial value in an optimization loop. A first distance field  302  is generated outward from exterior boundary  112  of original object  102 , up through the maximum distance field value. In some examples, generating first distance field  302  may involve rastering through at least a portion of voxel space  104 . For each voxel exterior to original object  102 , a distance to a nearest exterior boundary voxel (e.g., a voxel on exterior boundary  112  of original object  102 ) is determined. Based at least on the determined distance being less than or equal to the maximum distance field value, the determined distance is assigned to the voxel as a first distance field value. Distance field values may be quantized, to permit easier calculations of equality for distance field values of different voxels. 
     A floodfill boundary  402  (see  FIG. 4 ) is the set of outermost voxels of the first distance field having a distance value equal to the maximum distance field value. Floodfill boundary  402  is determined using only the outer-most voxels of first distance field  302 , even if multiple voxels may have the same distance field value, in some embodiments. For example, cavity  122  has an opening width  306 , which is fully closed off by distance field  302  only if distance field  302  has a depth  308  equal to at least half of opening width  306 . This permit filling in of cavity  122 . In another example, a maximum distance field value that is less than half of opening width  306  would not result in the closure of the opening of cavity  122  and thus would fail to fill in cavity  122 . If, initially, a maximum distance field value had been selected that was too small to close off cavity  122 , then by iterating with increasing maximum distance field values (e.g., additional maximum distance field values that are higher), then eventually, a maximum distance field value will be used that will close off cavity  122 . If, however, an initial maximum distance field value had been selected that was far in excess of what was necessary to close off cavity  122 , then by iterating with decreasing maximum distance field values (e.g., additional maximum distance field values that are smaller), then eventually, a maximum distance field value will be used that will not close off cavity  122 . Abrupt changes in the number of voxels included within the final resulting object may be detectable. 
     With the maximum distance field value set to exactly half of opening width  306  (within quantization tolerances), there is a line of voxels having the same distance field value, stretching from inside cavity  122  to outside of original object  102 . Only the outermost of these voxels are used for floodfill boundary  402  in this example. The voxels interior to floodfill boundary  402  are a floodfill region  404  that is floodfilled to generate intermediate stage  400 , as illustrated in  FIG. 4 . In stage  400 , all holes and cavities of original object  102  have been filled, although surface detail (e.g., details of exterior boundary  112 ) have been lost. Stage  400  is thus a dilated object, generated by dilating original object  102  by the maximum distance field value. 
     The next stages are used to recover at least some of the original surface detail. Part of the operation includes eroding the dilated object of stage  400  by the maximum distance field value to generate an eroded dilated object  600  (see  FIG. 6 ). Referring to  FIG. 5 , showing stage  500 , a second distance field  502  is generated inwardly from floodfill boundary  402 , up through the maximum distance field value—the same maximum distance field that was used for the dilation procedure. In some examples, generating second distance field  502  may involve rastering through at least a portion of voxel space  104 . For each voxel interior to floodfill region  404 , a distance to a nearest floodfill boundary voxel (e.g., a voxel on floodfill boundary  402 ) is determined. Based at least on the distance being less than or equal to the maximum distance field value, the determined distance is assigned to the voxel as a second distance field value. 
     The voxels in the second distance field are removed (e.g., eroded) from floodfill region  404  to generate eroded dilated object  600  as illustrated in  FIG. 6 . In  FIG. 6 , original object  102  is overlayed on the eroded results of stage  500 . An exterior boundary  612  shows at least some of the details of exterior boundary  112  of original object  102 . Voxels that have been added by the dilation, floodfill, and erosion processes (together called “closure” in some examples) are indicated as added voxel regions  602 . Added voxels may be determined by identifying voxels in eroded dilated object  600  that are not also in original object  102 . 
     Eroded dilated object  600  contains webbing, which may be undesirable in some examples, as it blurs exterior boundary details (see the magnified view of  FIG. 7A ). Four regions of webbing  702 ,  704 ,  706 , and  708  are indicated in this example. In some examples, a procedure is implemented to remove regions of webbing  702 ,  704 ,  706 , and  708 , without clearing out cavities and holes that have been filled in. The result is the reduced-complexity object  202  of  FIG. 2 . The procedure is described in more detail for  FIG. 9 , and involves determining, for each of one or more added regions, a ratio of the number of internal surface voxels to the number of external. In some examples, the number of internal surface voxels is divided by the number of external surface voxels to obtain the ratio. Higher ratios are associated with filling deep holes and cavities, whereas lower ratios are associated with filling of shallow surface depressions and webbing (such as regions of webbing  702 ,  704 ,  706 , and  708 ). Webbing having a ratio of internal surface voxels to external surface voxels that is below a first ratio threshold are removed from eroded dilated object  600 . In some examples, the threshold ratio may be approximately 1.5 to 2. 
     Of the added voxels, a surface voxel is one that is adjacent to a voxel that is not an added voxel. Of the added surface voxels, an added surface voxel that is adjacent to an empty voxel (a voxel that is not in original object  102 ) is flagged, or otherwise labeled, as an external surface voxel. A set of external surface voxels  710  is indicated in  FIG. 7A . Of the added surface voxels, an added surface voxel that is adjacent to original object  102  is flagged as an internal surface voxel. A set of internal surface voxels  712  is also indicated in  FIG. 7B . Internal surface voxels are surface voxels that are not external surface voxels. That is, they are surface voxels and they are not adjacent to a voxel that is not in original object  102 . 
       FIG. 7B  illustrates a further magnified view of a portion of  FIG. 7A . Specifically,  FIG. 7B  illustrates region of webbing  706  in greater detail, with the external surface voxels annotated with horizontal lines and the internal surface voxels annotated with vertical lines. 
     With the webbing removed, a reduced complexity object has been generated that may be easier to render, store, and transfer, and yet may preserve at least some of the surface detail of the original object. 
       FIG. 8  is a flow chart  800  illustrating exemplary operations involved in complexity reduction via hole filling. The operations illustrated in  FIG. 8  may be performed by any processing unit, such as a computing node. Operation  802  includes receiving a voxel space containing an original object having an exterior boundary. Operation  804  includes determining voxels on the exterior boundary of the original object. Operation  806  includes selecting a first maximum distance field value. Operation  808  includes dilating the original object by the maximum distance field value to generate a dilated object. Operation  810  includes eroding the dilated object by the maximum distance field value to generate an eroded dilated object. 
       FIG. 9  is a flow chart  900  illustrating exemplary operations involved in complexity reduction via hole filling. The operations illustrated in  FIG. 9  may be performed by any processing unit, such as a computing node. Operation  902  includes receiving a voxel space containing an original object having an exterior boundary, and operation  904  includes determining voxels on the exterior boundary of the original object. Operation  906  includes selecting a first maximum distance field value, which may be input by a user, selected based on historical values, or selected by an automated operation that iterates with multiple different values, in order to find an optimum value. 
     Operation  908  involves dilating the original object by the maximum distance field value to generate a dilated object, and is comprised of operations  910 - 918 . Operation  910  generates a first distance field, outward from the exterior boundary of the original object, up through the maximum distance field value. Operation  910  comprises operations  912  and  914 . In some examples, operation  912  rasters through at least a portion of the voxel space and, for each voxel exterior to the original object, determines a distance to a nearest exterior boundary voxel of the original object. In operation  914 , based at least on the determined distance being less than or equal to the maximum distance field value, the determined distance is assigned to the voxel as a first distance field value. Distance field values may be quantized, to permit easier calculations of equality for distance field values of different voxels. 
     In operation  916 , a floodfill boundary is determined. The floodfill boundary is a set of outermost voxels of the first distance field having a distance value equal to the maximum distance field value. Operation  918  floodfills a floodfill region comprising voxels interior to the floodfill boundary. The resulting dilated object includes the voxels in the floodfill region. Operation  920  erodes the dilated object by the maximum distance field value to generate an eroded dilated object, and comprises operations  922 - 928 . Operation  922  generates a second distance field, inward from the floodfill boundary, up through the maximum distance field value. Operation  922  may include rastering through at least a portion of the voxel space, and for each voxel interior to the floodfill region, determining a distance to a nearest floodfill boundary voxel in operation  924 . Operation  926  includes, based at least on the distance being less than or equal to the maximum distance field value, assigning the determined distance to the voxel as a second distance field value. Operation  928  then removes, from the floodfill region, voxels in the second distance field, wherein the eroded dilated object comprises voxels remaining in the floodfill region. This generates an eroded dilated object. The process of dilating and eroding (e.g., operation  908  and  920 ) may be referred to as closure. 
     A first ratio threshold is selected in operation  930 . The first ratio threshold may be input by a user, selected based on historical values, or selected by an automated operation that iterates with multiple different values, to find an optimum value. In some examples, a threshold ratio is approximately 1.5 to 2. A higher threshold retains more of the original surface resulting in higher rendering quality, but at a cost of lower compression potential. This is an example of a quality versus performance trade-off. Different threshold ratios may be used, based on factors of connection speed, storage capacity, and frame rate performance. Operation  932  includes determining one or more added voxels as voxels in the eroded dilated object and not in the original object, such as by rastering through at least a portion of the voxel space. Operation  934  includes determining one or more added regions as sets of contiguous regions of added voxels. 
     Operation  936  removes webbing from the eroded dilated object, and comprises operations  938 - 954 . Operation  936  removes webbing having a ratio of internal surface voxels to external surface voxels below the first ratio threshold. Operation  938  sets up an iteration process for each added region. Operation  940  determines surface voxels of the added region, and operation  942  sets up an iteration process for each surface voxel of the added region. Operation  944  determines whether the surface voxel of the added region is adjacent to a voxel not in the original object (e.g., an empty voxel). Operations  946  and  948  flag the surface voxels as either external surface voxels or internal surface voxels. Operation  946  includes, based at least on the surface voxel of the added region being adjacent to a voxel not in the original object, flagging the voxel as an external surface voxel. Operation  948  includes, based at least on the surface voxel of the added region not being adjacent to a voxel not in the original object, flagging the voxel as an internal surface voxel. External surface voxels are those voxels that had been added and which are adjacent to empty voxels, and internal surface voxels are those voxels that had been added and which are not adjacent to empty voxels, but instead are adjacent to the original object. Added voxels that are adjacent to both empty voxels and the original object are external surface voxels. 
     Operation  950  determines, for the added region, a ratio of a number of internal surface voxels to a number of external surface voxels. The number of internal surface voxels is divided by the number of external surface voxels to obtain the ratio. Decision operation  952  determines whether the ratio is below the threshold. If it is, then operation  954  includes, based at least on the ratio for the added region being below the first ratio threshold, removing the added region from the eroded dilated object. 
     In some examples, a complexity metric may be computed to ascertain the complexity of the object in operation  956 . This complexity metric is used in operation  958  to adjust the maximum distance field value or the ratio threshold, as part of an optimization process in some examples. In some examples, a count of the outside voxels of the final object is used to determine whether to increase or decrease the distance field maximum distance field value or the ratio threshold. That is, operation  958  includes, based at least on computing a complexity metric, adjusting at least one of the ratio threshold and the maximum distance field value. Operation  960  iterates, with at least one additional (e.g., new) ratio threshold, removing of webbing to generate a plurality of eroded dilated objects. Operation  962  iterates, with at least one additional (e.g., new) maximum distance field value, dilating the original object and eroding the dilated object to generate a plurality of eroded dilated objects. In some examples, operation  964  includes selecting, from the plurality of eroded dilated objects, a reduced-complexity object as the final object for some action. In some examples of operation  964 , that action may include displaying the final object, for example on presentation components  2216  (of  FIG. 22 ) that may include an HMD. In some examples of operation  964 , that action may include rendering the final object for display, for example using computing device  2200  and presentation components  2216  (See  FIG. 22 ), which may include an HMD. In some examples of operation  964 , that action may include storing the final object for a later rendering operation in memory  2212  of computing device  2200 . In some examples of operation  964 , that action may include transmitting the final object to a remote node (e.g., a remote version of computing device  2200 ), using network component  2224  of computing device  2200 . 
     Cavity removal from 3D objects is next discussed. 
       FIG. 10  illustrates a 2D cut plane  1000  of an exemplary 3D object  1002  in a 3D voxel space  1004 . Voxel space  1004  has an outer edge  1014 . In this example, object  1002  is the original received or accessed object and has an initial exterior boundary  1012  and a cavity  1022 .  FIG. 11  illustrates an exemplary 2D cut plane of a reduced-complexity object  1102  (3D object) that was generated from original object  1002  in accordance with a complexity reduction via cavity removal operation. For example, cavity  1022  has been removed. In some examples, the operations are described by flow charts  1800  and  1900  in  FIGS. 18 and 19 , respectively, with  FIGS. 12-17  illustrating intermediate stages. 
       FIG. 11  illustrates a stage  1200  in which a distance field  122  has been generated outwardly from initial exterior boundary  1012  of original object  1002 . Initially, distance field  1202  may have been generated for all voxels in voxel space  1004  and not in original object  1002 . In some examples, generating a distance field involves, for each voxel exterior to original object  1002 , determining a distance to a nearest initial exterior boundary voxel (a voxel on exterior boundary  1012  of original object  1002 ) and assigning the determined distance to the voxel as a distance field value. Distance field values may be quantized, to permit easier calculations of equality for distance field values of different voxels. Voxels having a local maximum distance field value may be found, and the largest local maximum value determined from among the local maxima. The determination of local maxima excludes voxels on outer edge  1014 . Voxels having a distance field value greater than the largest local maximum value are removed from the distance field. The resulting distance field now extends only as far outward from original object  1002  as the maximum depth of cavity  1022 . This is stage  1200  illustrated in  FIG. 12 , with a single local maximum at point  1204  in the center (e.g., the maximum distance from all points of original object  1002 ). 
     An iterative loop draws down distance field  1202 , one layer at a time. A layer in distance field  1202  is all voxels having the same distance field value. Starting with the largest local maximum value, all voxels having the same distance field value as the current distance field value are removed. Voxels that are removed from distance field  1202  are flagged as being in an interior region, flagged as being in an exterior region, or both. An interior region voxel is a voxel removed from the distance field that is contiguous (e.g., through one or more other voxels removed from the distance field) with a voxel having a local maximum. For example, an interior region voxel is a voxel that is immediately adjacent to a voxel having a local maximum, or contiguous to the voxel having a local maximum via one or more other voxels removed from the distance field. 
     In the illustrated example of  FIG. 13 , at stage  1300 , an interior region  1302  is a set of voxels that had been removed from distance field  1202  and are contiguous with the local maximum at point  1204  (see  FIG. 12 ). Removed voxels that are not interior region voxels are flagged as exterior region voxels. The exterior region encircles the outside of distance field  1202 . A set of exterior region voxels  1304  is indicated, which contains local maximum at point  1204  and other voxels contiguous with it, that are not within distance field  1202 . Another process of determining exterior region voxels determines that voxels removed from distance field  1202  that are contiguous, through one or more other voxels removed from distance field  1202 , with a voxel on outer edge  1014  of voxel space  1004  are exterior region voxels. Thus, exterior region voxels may be determined directly, or by determining that they are not interior region voxels. 
       FIGS. 14 and 15  illustrate an exemplary progression of the iterative process as distance field  1202  is reduced. A spike  1402  appears in interior region  1302  and another spike  1404  appears in the exterior region outside distance field  1202 . Interior region  1302  grows as distance field  1202  shrinks. If there are multiple local maxima, the interior region surrounding the largest local maximum grows first, and the interior regions surrounding the other local maxima start growing when the distance field has shrunk to include only lower values comparable to the other local maxima. 
     The spikes  1402  and  1404  start off small in stage  1400  of  FIG. 14 , and grow by stage  1500  of  FIG. 15 . When spikes  1402  and  1404  touch, the voxels at the center of the intersection are flagged as both in an interior region and in an exterior region. When this occurs, based at least on a voxel being flagged as both in an interior region and in an exterior region, those voxel are flagged as added boundary voxels. In some situations, removing a layer of distance field  1202  removes multiple voxels in a line between spikes  1402  and  1404 . Rather than adding the entire set of newly-removes voxels added boundary voxels, only the center voxel is added as a boundary voxel. This is illustrated in  FIG. 16 , showing stage  1600 . A new added boundary  1602  is generated at the intersection area, in the center. By the time distance field  1202  is fully depleted in stage  1700  (see  FIG. 17 ), added boundary  1602  closes up original object  1002 . Interior region  1302  fully occupies the interior of an adjusted exterior boundary, defined by combination of initial exterior boundary  1012  of original object  1002  and added boundary  1602 . Any “leaks” of original object  1002  are sealed because the voxels in any openings are flagged as both in an interior region and in an exterior region and therefore be flagged as added boundary voxels. Floodfilling voxels up through the adjusted exterior boundary generates reduced-complexity object  1102  of  FIG. 11 . 
       FIG. 18  is a flow chart  1800  illustrating exemplary operations involved in complexity reduction via cavity removal. The operations illustrated in  FIG. 18  may be performed by any processing unit, such as a computing node. Operation  1802  includes receiving a voxel space containing an original object having an initial exterior boundary. Operation  1804  includes determining voxels on the initial exterior boundary of the original object. Operation  1806  includes generating a distance field, outward from the initial exterior boundary of the original object. Operation  1808  includes determining voxels having a local maximum of the distance field. Operation  1810  includes determining a largest local maximum value from among the local maxima. Operation  1812  includes removing, from the distance field, voxels having a distance field value greater than the largest local maximum value. 
     Operation  1814  includes setting up an iteration for a current distance field value iterating downward from the largest local maximum value (e.g., reducing the value with each iteration). Operation  1816  includes removing, from the distance field, voxels having a distance field value equal to the current distance field. Operation  1818  includes flagging, as being in an interior region, voxels removed from the distance field that are contiguous, through one or more other voxels removed from the distance field, with a voxel having a local maximum. Operation  1820  includes flagging, as being in an exterior region, voxels removed from the distance field that are not interior region voxels. Operation  1822  includes determining whether a voxel is flagged as both in an interior region and in an exterior region. Operation  1824  includes, based at least on a voxel being flagged as both in an interior region and in an exterior region, flagging the voxel as an added boundary voxel. Operation  1826  includes determining an adjusted exterior boundary as the initial exterior boundary of the object and any added boundary voxels. Operation  1828  includes generating a first reduced-complexity object by floodfilling voxels up through the adjusted exterior boundary. 
       FIG. 19  is another flow chart illustrating exemplary operations involved in complexity reduction via cavity removal. The operations illustrated in  FIG. 19  may be performed by any processing unit, such as a computing node. A voxel space containing an original object having an initial exterior boundary is received in operation  1902 , and operation  1904  determines voxels on the initial exterior boundary of the original object. Operation  1906  generates a distance field, outward from the initial exterior boundary of the original object, using operations  1908  and  1910 . In some examples, generating a distance field comprises generating a distance field for all voxels in the voxel space and not in the original object (the empty voxels) all the way out to the outer edge of the voxel space. Operation  1908  rasters through at least a portion of the voxel space and, for each voxel exterior to the original object, determines a distance to a nearest initial exterior boundary voxel of the original object. Operation  1910  assigns the determined distance to the voxel as a distance field value. 
     Operation  1912  determines voxels having a local maximum of the distance field, and includes operations  1914  and  1916 . Operation  1914  rasters through at least a portion of the voxel space and, for each voxel in the distance field and not on an outer edge of the voxel space, determines whether any neighboring voxel has a greater a distance field value. In operation  1916 , based at least on no neighboring voxel having a greater a distance field value, a voxel is flagged as a local maximum. Operation  1918  then determines the largest local maximum value from among the local maxima, and operation  1920  removes, from the distance field, voxels having a distance field value greater than the largest local maximum value. These removed voxels are outside the object, and out toward the outer edge of the voxel space. 
     An iterative operation  1922  draws down the distance field one layer at a time, and comprises operations  1924 - 1934 . A layer is all voxels having the same distance field value. Operation  1924  sets up an iteration of a current distance field value, iterating downward from the largest local maximum value. Operation  1926  removes, from the distance field, voxels having a distance field value equal to the current distance field value. Operation  1928  flags, as being in an interior region, voxels removed from the distance field that are contiguous, through one or more other voxels removed from the distance field, with a voxel having a local maximum. The result is an interior region growing around a local maximum. If there are multiple local maxima, the interior region surrounding the largest local maximum grows first, and the interior regions surrounding the other local maxima start growing when the distance field has shrunk to include only lower values comparable to the other local maxima. 
     Operation  1930  flags, as being in an exterior region, voxels removed from the distance field that are contiguous, through other voxels removed from the distance field, with a voxel on an outer edge of the voxel space. In some situations, removing a layer of the distance field removes multiple voxels in a line between an interior region and an exterior region. Rather than flagging the entire set of newly-removed voxels, only the center voxel is flagged as being both in an interior region and in an exterior region. Decision operation  1932  determines whether a voxel is flagged as both in an interior region and in an exterior region. If so, then operation  1934  includes, based at least on a voxel being flagged as both in an interior region and in an exterior region, flagging the voxel as an added boundary voxel. In some examples of operation  1934 , flagging the voxel as an added boundary voxel comprises flagging a center voxel of a set of voxels removed in a same layer. Operation  1936  determines an adjusted exterior boundary as the initial exterior boundary of the original object and any added boundary voxels, and operation  1938  generates a first reduced-complexity object by floodfilling voxels up through the adjusted exterior boundary. 
     Operation  1940  moves to flow chart  800  or flow chart  900  (see  FIGS. 8 and 9 ) to generate a second reduced-complexity object. In some examples, operation  1940  may include selecting a first maximum distance field value; dilating the first reduced-complexity object by the maximum distance field value to generate a dilated object; and eroding the dilated object by the maximum distance field value to generate an eroded dilated object. In some examples, operation  1940  may include selecting a first ratio threshold; determining one or more added voxels as voxels in the eroded dilated object and not in the original object; determining one or more added regions as sets of contiguous regions of added voxels; and removing, from the eroded dilated object, webbing having a ratio of internal surface voxels to external surface voxels below the first ratio threshold, to generate a second reduced-complexity object. 
       FIG. 20  illustrates how complexity reduction via hole filling and complexity reduction via cavity removal may produce different results, showing an intermediate stage  2000 . Original object  102 , used in the example for complexity reduction via hole filling process, explained with  FIGS. 1-9 , has been subjected to the complexity reduction via cavity removal processes, explained with  FIGS. 10-19 . As illustrated in  FIG. 20 , cavity  122  has been capped off with added boundaries  2002  and  2004 , and cavity  132  has been sealed with added boundary  2006 . This is because the openings of cavities  122  and  132  are narrower than each cavity&#39;s internal dimensions. 
     In contrast, hole  142  opens such that the mouth is the widest dimension, and hole  152  has parallel sides. Thus, holes  142  and  152  are not sealed off by complexity reduction via cavity removal. A floodfilling operation generates reduced-complexity object  2100 , as shown in  FIG. 21 . 
     Additional Examples 
     Some examples are directed to a system for complexity reduction via hole filling that comprises: a processor; and a computer-readable medium storing instructions that are operative when executed by the processor to: receive a voxel space containing an original object having an exterior boundary; determine voxels on the exterior boundary of the original object; select a first maximum distance field value; dilate the original object by the maximum distance field value to generate a dilated object; and erode the dilated object by the maximum distance field value to generate an eroded dilated object. 
     Some examples are directed to a method of complexity reduction via hole filling that comprises: receiving a voxel space containing an original object having an exterior boundary; determining voxels on the exterior boundary of the original object; selecting a first maximum distance field value; dilating the original object by the maximum distance field value to generate a dilated object; and eroding the dilated object by the maximum distance field value to generate an eroded dilated object. 
     Some examples are directed to one or more computer storage devices having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for complexity reduction via hole filling, which, on execution by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising: receiving a voxel space containing an original object having an exterior boundary; determining voxels on the exterior boundary of the original object; selecting a first maximum distance field value; dilating the original object by the maximum distance field value to generate a dilated object, wherein dilating the original object comprises: generating a first distance field, outward from the exterior boundary of the original object, up through the maximum distance field value, wherein generating a first distance field comprises: for each voxel exterior to the original object, determining a distance to a nearest exterior boundary voxel of the original object; and based at least on the determined distance being less than or equal to the maximum distance field value, assigning the determined distance to the voxel as a first distance field value; determining a floodfill boundary as a set of outermost voxels of the first distance field having a distance value equal to the maximum distance field value; and floodfilling a floodfill region comprising voxels interior to the floodfill boundary, wherein the dilated object comprises voxels in the floodfill region; eroding the dilated object by the maximum distance field value to generate an eroded dilated object; wherein eroding the dilated object comprises: generating a second distance field, inward from the floodfill boundary, up through the maximum distance field value, wherein generating a second distance field comprises: for each voxel interior to the floodfill region, determining a distance to a nearest floodfill boundary voxel; and based at least on the distance being less than or equal to the maximum distance field value, assigning the determined distance to the voxel as a second distance field value; and removing, from the floodfill region, voxels in the second distance field, wherein the eroded dilated object comprises voxels remaining in the floodfill region; selecting a first ratio threshold; determining one or more added voxels as voxels in the eroded dilated object and not in the original object; determining one or more added regions as sets of contiguous regions of added voxels; and removing, from the eroded dilated object, webbing having a ratio of internal surface voxels to external surface voxels below the first ratio threshold, wherein removing webbing comprises: for each added region: determining surface voxels of the added region; for each surface voxel of the added region: determining whether the surface voxel of the added region is adjacent to a voxel not in the original object; based at least on the surface voxel of the added region being adjacent to a voxel not in the original object, flagging the voxel as an external surface voxel; and based at least on the surface voxel of the added region not being adjacent to a voxel not in the original object, flagging the voxel as an internal surface voxel; determining, for the added region, a ratio of a number of internal surface voxels to a number of external surface voxels; and based at least on the ratio for the added region being below the first ratio threshold, removing the added region from the eroded dilated object. 
     Alternatively or in addition to the other examples described herein, some examples include any combination of the following: dilating the original object comprises: generating a first distance field, outward from the exterior boundary of the original object, up through the maximum distance field value; determining a floodfill boundary as a set of outermost voxels of the first distance field having a distance value equal to the maximum distance field value; and floodfilling a floodfill region comprising voxels interior to the floodfill boundary, wherein the dilated object comprises voxels in the floodfill region; generating a first distance field comprises: for each voxel exterior to the original object, determining a distance to a nearest exterior boundary voxel of the original object; and based at least on the determined distance being less than or equal to the maximum distance field value, assigning the determined distance to the voxel as a first distance field value; eroding the dilated object comprises: generating a second distance field, inward from the floodfill boundary, up through the maximum distance field value; and removing, from the floodfill region, voxels in the second distance field, wherein the eroded dilated object comprises voxels remaining in the floodfill region; generating a second distance field comprises: for each voxel interior to the floodfill region, determining a distance to a nearest floodfill boundary voxel; and based at least on the distance being less than or equal to the maximum distance field value, assigning the determined distance to the voxel as a second distance field value; selecting a first ratio threshold; and determining one or more added voxels as voxels in the eroded dilated object and not in the original object; determining one or more added regions as sets of contiguous regions of added voxels; and removing, from the eroded dilated object, webbing having a ratio of internal surface voxels to external surface voxels below the first ratio threshold. 
     Alternatively or in addition to the other examples described herein, some examples may further include any combination of the following: removing webbing comprises: for each added region: determining surface voxels of the added region; for each surface voxel of the added region: determining whether the surface voxel of the added region is adjacent to a voxel not in the original object; based at least on the surface voxel of the added region being adjacent to a voxel not in the original object, flagging the voxel as an external surface voxel; and based at least on the surface voxel of the added region not being adjacent to a voxel not in the original object, flagging the voxel as an internal surface voxel; determining, for the added region, a ratio of a number of internal surface voxels to a number of external surface voxels; and based at least on the ratio for the added region being below the first ratio threshold, removing the added region from the eroded dilated object; repeating, with at least one additional ratio threshold, the removing webbing to generate a plurality of eroded dilated objects; iterating, with at least one additional maximum distance field value, dilating the original object and eroding the dilated object to generate a plurality of eroded dilated objects; and selecting, from the plurality of eroded dilated objects, a reduced-complexity object. 
     Some examples are directed to a system for complexity reduction via cavity removal that comprises: a processor; and a computer-readable medium storing instructions that are operative when executed by the processor to: receive a voxel space containing an original object having an initial exterior boundary; determine voxels on the initial exterior boundary of the original object; generate a distance field, outward from the initial exterior boundary of the original object; determine voxels having a local maximum of the distance field; determine a largest local maximum value from among the local maxima; remove, from the distance field, voxels having a distance field value greater than the largest local maximum value; for a current distance field value iterating downward from the largest local maximum value; remove, from the distance field, voxels having a distance field value equal to the current distance field value; flag, as being in an interior region, voxels removed from the distance field that are contiguous, through other voxels removed from the distance field, with a voxel having a local maximum; flag, as being in an exterior region, voxels removed from the distance field that are contiguous, through other voxels removed from the distance field, with a voxel on an outer edge of the voxel space; determine whether a voxel is flagged as both in an interior region and in an exterior region; based at least on a voxel being flagged as both in an interior region and in an exterior region, flag the voxel as an added boundary voxel; determine an adjusted exterior boundary as the initial exterior boundary of the original object and any added boundary voxels; and generate a first reduced-complexity object by floodfilling voxels up through the adjusted exterior boundary. 
     Some examples are directed to a method of complexity reduction via cavity removal that comprises: receiving a voxel space containing an original object having an initial exterior boundary; determining voxels on the initial exterior boundary of the original object; generating a distance field, outward from the initial exterior boundary of the original object; determining voxels having a local maximum of the distance field; determining a largest local maximum value from among the local maxima; removing, from the distance field, voxels having a distance field value greater than the largest local maximum value; for a current distance field value iterating downward from the largest local maximum value; removing, from the distance field, voxels having a distance field value equal to the current distance field value; flagging, as being in an interior region, voxels removed from the distance field that are contiguous, through other voxels removed from the distance field, with a voxel having a local maximum; flagging, as being in an exterior region, voxels removed from the distance field that are contiguous, through other voxels removed from the distance field, with a voxel on an outer edge of the voxel space; determining whether a voxel is flagged as both in an interior region and in an exterior region; based at least on a voxel being flagged as both in an interior region and in an exterior region, flagging the voxel as an added boundary voxel; determining an adjusted exterior boundary as the initial exterior boundary of the original object and any added boundary voxels; and generating a first reduced-complexity object by floodfilling voxels up through the adjusted exterior boundary. 
     Some examples are directed to one or more computer storage devices having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for complexity reduction via cavity removal, which, on execution by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising: receiving a voxel space containing an original object having an initial exterior boundary; determining voxels on the initial exterior boundary of the original object; generating a distance field, outward from the initial exterior boundary of the original object; determining voxels having a local maximum of the distance field; determining a largest local maximum value from among the local maxima; removing, from the distance field, voxels having a distance field value greater than the largest local maximum value; for a current distance field value iterating downward from the largest local maximum value; removing, from the distance field, voxels having a distance field value equal to the current distance field value; flagging, as being in an interior region, voxels removed from the distance field that are contiguous, through other voxels removed from the distance field, with a voxel having a local maximum; flagging, as being in an exterior region, voxels removed from the distance field that are contiguous, through other voxels removed from the distance field, with a voxel on an outer edge of the voxel space; determining whether a voxel is flagged as both in an interior region and in an exterior region; based at least on a voxel being flagged as both in an interior region and in an exterior region, flagging the voxel as an added boundary voxel; determining an adjusted exterior boundary as the initial exterior boundary of the original object and any added boundary voxels; and generating a first reduced-complexity object by floodfilling voxels up through the adjusted exterior boundary. 
     Alternatively or in addition to the other examples described herein, some examples include any combination of the following: generating a distance field for all voxels in the voxel space and not in the original object; generating a distance field comprises: for each voxel exterior to the original object, determining a distance to a nearest initial exterior boundary voxel of the original object; and assigning the determined distance to the voxel as a distance field value; determining a local maximum comprises: for each voxel in the distance field and not on an outer edge of the voxel space, determining whether any neighboring voxel has a greater a distance field value; and based at least on no neighboring voxel having a greater a distance field value, flagging the voxel as a local maximum; flagging the voxel as an added boundary voxel comprises flagging a center voxel of a set of voxels removed in a same layer; selecting a first maximum distance field value; dilating the first reduced-complexity object by the maximum distance field value to generate a dilated object; and eroding the dilated object by the maximum distance field value to generate an eroded dilated object; selecting a first ratio threshold; determining one or more added voxels as voxels in the eroded dilated object and not in the original object; determining one or more added regions as sets of contiguous regions of added voxels; and removing, from the eroded dilated object, webbing having a ratio of internal surface voxels to external surface voxels below the first ratio threshold, to generate a second reduced-complexity object. 
     While the aspects of the disclosure have been described in terms of various examples with their associated operations, a person skilled in the art would appreciate that a combination of operations from any number of different examples is also within scope of the aspects of the disclosure. 
     Example Operating Environment 
       FIG. 22  is a block diagram of an example computing device  2200  or node for implementing aspects disclosed herein, and is designated generally as computing device  2200 . Computing device  2200  is one example of a suitable computing environment and is not intended to suggest any limitation as to the scope of use or functionality of the invention. Neither should the computing device  2200  be interpreted as having any dependency or requirement relating to any one or combination of components/modules illustrated. 
     The examples and embodiments disclosed herein may be described in the general context of computer code or machine-useable instructions, including computer-executable instructions such as program components, being executed by a computer or other machine, such as a personal data assistant or other handheld device. Generally, program components including routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, and the like, refer to code that performs particular tasks, or implement particular abstract data types. The disclosed examples may be practiced in a variety of system configurations, including personal computers, laptops, smart phones, mobile tablets, hand-held devices, consumer electronics, specialty computing devices, etc. The disclosed examples may also be practiced in distributed computing environments, where tasks are performed by remote-processing devices that are linked through a communications network. For example, a distributed computing environment may host cloud synthetics services. Some embodiments of synthetics services may provide synthetic 3D environments as well as rendering a surface in a synthetic scene. 
     Computing device  2200  includes a bus  2210  that directly or indirectly couples the following devices: memory  2212 , one or more processors  2214 , one or more presentation components  2216 , input/output (I/O) ports  2218 , I/O components  2220 , a power supply  2222 , and a network component  2224 . Computing device  2200  should not be interpreted as having any dependency or requirement related to any single component or combination of components illustrated therein. While computing device  2200  is depicted as a seemingly single device, multiple computing devices  2200  may work together and share the depicted device resources. For example, memory  2212  may be distributed across multiple devices, processor(s)  2214  may provide housed on different devices, and so on. 
     Bus  2210  represents what may be one or more busses (such as an address bus, data bus, or a combination thereof). Although the various blocks of  FIG. 22  are shown with lines for the sake of clarity, in reality, delineating various components is not so clear, and metaphorically, the lines would more accurately be grey and fuzzy. For example, one may consider a presentation component such as a display device to be an I/O component. Also, processors have memory. Such is the nature of the art, and the diagram of  FIG. 22  is merely illustrative of an exemplary computing device that can be used in connection with one or more embodiments of the present invention. Distinction is not made between such categories as “workstation,” “server,” “laptop,” “hand-held device,” etc., as all are contemplated within the scope of  FIG. 22  and the references herein to a “computing device.” 
     Memory  2212  may include any of the computer-readable media discussed herein. Memory  2212  may be used to store and access instructions configured to carry out the various operations disclosed herein. In some examples, memory  2212  includes computer storage media in the form of volatile and/or nonvolatile memory, removable or non-removable memory, data disks in virtual environments, or a combination thereof. 
     Processor(s)  2214  may include any quantity of processing units that read data from various entities, such as memory  2212  or I/O components  2220 . Specifically, processor(s)  2214  are programmed to execute computer-executable instructions for implementing aspects of the disclosure. The instructions may be performed by the processor, by multiple processors within the computing device  2200 , or by a processor external to the client computing device  2200 . In some examples, the processor(s)  2214  are programmed to execute instructions such as those illustrated in the flowcharts discussed below and depicted in the accompanying drawings. Moreover, in some examples, the processor(s)  2214  represent an implementation of analog techniques to perform the operations described herein. For example, the operations may be performed by an analog client computing device  2200  and/or a digital client computing device  2200 . 
     Presentation component(s)  2216  present data indications to a user or other device. Exemplary presentation components include a display device, speaker, printing component, vibrating component, etc. One skilled in the art will understand and appreciate that computer data may be presented in a number of ways, such as visually in a graphical user interface (GUI), audibly through speakers, wirelessly between computing devices  2200 , across a wired connection, or in other ways. 
     Ports  2218  allow computing device  2200  to be logically coupled to other devices including I/O components  2220 , some of which may be built in. Example I/O components  2220  include, for example but without limitation, a microphone, keyboard, mouse, joystick, game pad, satellite dish, scanner, printer, wireless device, etc. 
     In some examples, the network component  2224  includes a network interface card and/or computer-executable instructions (e.g., a driver) for operating the network interface card. Communication between the computing device  2200  and other devices may occur using any protocol or mechanism over any wired or wireless connection. In some examples, the network component  2224  is operable to communicate data over public, private, or hybrid (public and private) using a transfer protocol, between devices wirelessly using short range communication technologies (e.g., near-field communication (NFC), BLUETOOTH® branded communications, or the like), or a combination thereof. 
     Although described in connection with an example computing device  2200 , examples of the disclosure are capable of implementation with numerous other general-purpose or special-purpose computing system environments, configurations, or devices. Examples of well-known computing systems, environments, and/or configurations that may be suitable for use with aspects of the disclosure include, but are not limited to, smart phones, mobile tablets, mobile computing devices, personal computers, server computers, hand-held or laptop devices, multiprocessor systems, gaming consoles, microprocessor-based systems, set top boxes, programmable consumer electronics, mobile telephones, mobile computing and/or communication devices in wearable or accessory form factors (e.g., watches, glasses, headsets, or earphones), network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, distributed computing environments that include any of the above systems or devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, holographic device, and the like. Such systems or devices may accept input from the user in any way, including from input devices such as a keyboard or pointing device, via gesture input, proximity input (such as by hovering), and/or via voice input. 
     Examples of the disclosure may be described in the general context of computer-executable instructions, such as program modules, executed by one or more computers or other devices in software, firmware, hardware, or a combination thereof. The computer-executable instructions may be organized into one or more computer-executable components or modules. Generally, program modules include, but are not limited to, routines, programs, objects, components, and data structures that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Aspects of the disclosure may be implemented with any number and organization of such components or modules. For example, aspects of the disclosure are not limited to the specific computer-executable instructions or the specific components or modules illustrated in the figures and described herein. Other examples of the disclosure may include different computer-executable instructions or components having more or less functionality than illustrated and described herein. In examples involving a general-purpose computer, aspects of the disclosure transform the general-purpose computer into a special-purpose computing device when configured to execute the instructions described herein. 
     By way of example and not limitation, computer readable media comprise computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media include volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable memory implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or the like. Computer storage media are tangible and mutually exclusive to communication media. Computer storage media are implemented in hardware and exclude carrier waves and propagated signals. Computer storage media for purposes of this disclosure are not signals per se. Exemplary computer storage media include hard disks, flash drives, solid-state memory, phase change random-access memory (PRAM), static random-access memory (SRAM), dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), other types of random-access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), digital versatile disks (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transmission medium that can be used to store information for access by a computing device. In contrast, communication media typically embody computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or the like in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and include any information delivery media. 
     Some examples herein are described as performing certain operations via “iteration,” “iterative computing,” and other variations of such language. Iteration refers to repeatedly performing the same operation or set of operations upon each object in a set of objects until the operation or set of operations has been performed upon every object in the set of objects. It should be understood that, unless explicitly stated otherwise, iteration over a set of objects can be done either sequentially (e.g.: operate on A; then B; then C; then D) or concurrently (e.g.: operate on A and B simultaneously; then operate on C and D simultaneously). Concurrent iteration can process as many objects at once as an example operating environment practicably allows. 
     Sequential iteration is most suitable to examples where only a single processor is available to perform operations and/or the computing environment does not support multi-threaded computation. Concurrent iteration is most suitable to examples where more than one processor is available to perform operations and/or the computing environment does support multi-threaded (also referred to as parallel) computation. Concurrent iteration exhibits considerable performance advantages over sequential iteration, especially when working with large data sets. 
     Examples are given herein, in both this Detailed Description and the Drawings, utilizing sequential iteration so that the Detailed Description and Drawings facilitate both full understanding of the disclosure and the greatest possible clarity. No portion of this disclosure expresses, nor is any portion of this disclosure intended to express, that only sequential iteration or concurrent iteration is usable for any particular instance of iteration herein. The use of sequential iteration in the Drawings does not express a preference for sequential iteration over concurrent iteration. No such preference exists—examples of the disclosure should implement whatever type of iteration is most suited to the example&#39;s intended application. 
     The order of execution or performance of the operations in examples of the disclosure illustrated and described herein is not essential, and may be performed in different sequential manners in various examples. For example, it is contemplated that executing or performing a particular operation before, contemporaneously with, or after another operation is within the scope of aspects of the disclosure. 
     When introducing elements of aspects of the disclosure or the examples thereof, the articles “a,” “an,” “the,” and “said” are intended to mean that there are one or more of the elements. The terms “comprising,” “including,” and “having” are intended to be inclusive and mean that there may be additional elements other than the listed elements. The term “exemplary” is intended to mean “an example of” The phrase “one or more of the following: A, B, and C” means “at least one of A and/or at least one of B and/or at least one of C.” 
     Having described aspects of the disclosure in detail, it will be apparent that modifications and variations are possible without departing from the scope of aspects of the disclosure as defined in the appended claims. As various changes could be made in the above constructions, products, and methods without departing from the scope of aspects of the disclosure, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description and shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.