Patent ID: 7076117

Claim:
A computer implemented method for pasting detail from a multiresolution subdivision representation of a source surface onto a multiresolution subdivision representation of a target surface, comprising the steps of: separating a source region of interest of said source surface into a source base surface and a source detail surface; separating a target region of interest of said target surface into a target base surface and a target detail surface; pasting the source detail surface onto the target base surface in accordance with a mapping, where the step of pasting comprises parameterizing and mapping the parameterized regions of interest of the source and target surfaces into an intermediate plane, and aligning the parameterizations using a linear transformation that compensates for first order distortions and where the pasting step comprises a determination of a target region on said target surface, and determining said target region comprises: representing a boundary of said source region in a generalized radial form; using geodesics on said target surface to map source region boundary points to said target region; and connecting the boundary points on said target region and filling in the interion region.