Instanced hair database for use in a hair/fur pipeline

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9070228
APP PUB NO 20070291043A1
SERIAL NO

11880588

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A surface definition module of a hair/fur pipeline may be used to define a surface. An instancing module is used to instance hairs. An instanced hair database coupled to the instancing module is used to store hair data. The instancing module retrieves hair data from the instanced hair database to allow for a relatively large number of hairs to instanced. A display module is used to display the instanced hairs with respect to the surface.

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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
Chua, Clint Alhambra, US 9 77
Melich, Gustav Playa del Rey, US 8 57

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