Apparatus and method for geometric morphing

Herbert Edelsbrunner (Inventor), Ping Fu (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

A method of geometric morphing between a first object having a first shape and a second object having a second shape. The method includes the steps of generating a first Delaunay complex corresponding to the first shape and a second Delaunay complex corresponding to the second shape and generating a plurality of intermediary Delaunay complexes defined by a continuous family of mixed shapes corresponding to a mixing of the first shape and the second shape. The method further includes the steps of constructing a first skin corresponding to the first Delaunay complex and a second skin corresponding to the second Delaunay complex and constructing a plurality of intermediary skins corresponding to the plurality of intermediary Delaunay complexes. The first skin, second skin and plurality of intermediary skins may be visually displayed on an output device.
Original languageEnglish (US)
U.S. patent number5850229
Filing date12/15/95
StatePublished - Dec 15 1998

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