System and method for rendering bezier splines
CA 2099720 C · Owner: Olynyk, Kirk O. · Inventors: Olynyk, Kirk O.
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A high speed and memory efficient method and system for determining with a computer when a curve defined by a set of Bézier control points is sufficiently approximated by a line segment so that the reduction of the Bézier curve into smaller curves can stop. The method is readily implemented on a computer using vectors formed using vector addition and subtraction and is applicable to Bézier curves of any order.
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- Filed June 29, 1993 and granted April 6, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 29, 2013.
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