ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,259, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Arum Inc. (Ishikawa, Japan).
"Shape analysis apparatus, shape analysis method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for shape analysis" was invented by Takayuki Hirayama (Ishikawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shape analysis apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain mesh data representing a shape of an object, using a plurality of triangular meshes; a processing unit configured to perform processing of: merging two of the plurality of triangular meshes together, the two triangular meshes sharing one edge, and a difference in orientation being within a ...