Patents
US 11263807 B2: Method for the automatic material classification and texture simulation for 3D models
- Granted
- 2022-03-01
- Filed
- 2020-08-17 application 16994914
- Type
- Utility · 15 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A method of automatically transforming a computerized 3D model having regions of images utilized as textures on one or more physical objects represented in the 3D model (such as building sides and roofs, walls, landscapes, mountain sides, trees and the like) to include material property information for one or more regions of the textures of the 3D model. In this method, image textures applied to the 3D model are examined by comparing, utilizing a computer, at least a portion of each image texture to entries in a palette of material entries. The material palette entry that best matches the one contained in the image texture is assigned to indicate a physical material of the physical object represented by the 3D model. Then, material property information is stored in the computerized 3D model for the image textures that are assigned a material palette entry.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg220301.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pictometry International Corp. 132 patents | US company or organization | Rochester, NY | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen L. Schultz | West Henrietta, NY | 91 | Person page FUZZY medium confidence | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06T | Image data processing or generation, in general | G06T17/05 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G09G | Arrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to present variable information | G09G5/363 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-09 | Release of security interest Release of first lien security interest in patents | MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC. signed 2025-04-07 | PICTOMETRY INTERNATIONAL CORP. ROCHESTER, NY EAGLE VIEW TECHNOLOGIES, INC. BOTHELL, WA OMNIEARTH, INC. ARLINGTON, VA | 70786/22 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2025-03-28 | Security interest Security interest First lien security agreement | EAGLE VIEW TECHNOLOGIES, INC. signed 2025-03-27 PICTOMETRY INTERNATIONAL CORP. signed 2025-03-27 | MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC. BALTIMORE, MD | 70671/78 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2025-02-03 | Correction First lien patent security agreement supplement | EAGLE VIEW TECHNOLOGIES, INC. signed 2021-02-24 OMNIEARTH, INC. signed 2021-02-24 PICTOMETRY INTERNATIONAL CORP. signed 2021-02-24 | MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC. AS COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 70096/485 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2020-08-17 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | SCHULTZ, STEPHEN signed 2011-02-02 | PICTOMETRY INTERNATIONAL CORP. ROCHESTER, NY | 53510/459 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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