Arc-length reparameterization
CA 2212394 A1 · Owner: Simons, David P. · Inventors: Simons, David P.; Snibbe, Scott S.
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A computer-implemented method and apparatus for reparameterizing a parametric function representing an animation feature in an animation system where the parametric function is represented by a curve having unequal arc-length per unit parameter. The system samples at intervals of the parameter along the length of the curve and then calculates the arc-length over each interval. Thereafter one or more, differentiable curves are fitted to the parameter arc-length, pairs.
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- Filed August 6, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 6, 2017.
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