Method and apparatus for storing, accessing, and processing voxel-based data
CA 2002663 C · Owner: Kaufman, Arie E. · Inventors: Bakalash, Reuven; Kaufman, Arie E.
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The present invention concerns a method of and apparatus for storing to and accessing from a memory device one or more voxels of a beam disposed along one or more of a plurality of storage/retrieval directions of a 3-D matrix array and 3-D discrete voxel space. Voxels are stored into memory space by mapping the voxels along one of the plurality of storage/retrieval directions into a plurality, of independently successful memory modules in memory storage space. Each memory module is indexed by a memory module index and has internal memory cell addresses. The mapping is carried out in accordance with a linear skewing function which expressed in terms of x, y, and z coordinate directions and …
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- Filed November 9, 1989 and granted February 3, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 9, 2009.
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