Fill-volume techniques for use in a hair/fur pipeline

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8957907
APP PUB NO 20070273685A1
SERIAL NO

11801829

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A surface definition module of a hair/fur pipeline may be used to generate a shape defining a surface and an associated volume. A control hair module may be used to fill the volume with control hairs and an interpolation module may be used to interpolate final hair strands from the control hairs.

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  • SONY CORPORATION;SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bruderlin, Armin Walter Culver City, US 11 100
Chardavoine, Francois Los Angeles, US 8 57
Chun, Clint Alhambra, US 1 5
Melich, Gustav Playa del Rey, US 8 57

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