Patent Document ID: 20100214295
Application ID: 12761690
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A tessellation method for subdividing a parametric curve represented by coordinate points associated with a single parameter into lines, the method comprising: storing in advance an initial value and a final value of an internal division factor at both ends of a domain of a parameter in a one-dimensional parametric coordinate system defined for each of segments, or component units, of the parametric curve into a factor table, the internal division factor having a value depending on the parameter, and interpolating the initial value and the final value of the internal division factor stored in the factor table with a value of the parameter specified in a segment to be processed as an interpolation factor, thereby calculating an interpolated value of the internal division factor corresponding to the specified value of the parameter; and performing an internal division operation on a plurality of control points defining shape of the segment to be processed at a ratio based on the interpolated value of the internal division factor, thereby calculating a vertex coordinate on the parametric curve corresponding to the specified value of the parameter in the segment to be processed.