ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,901, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to DASSAULT SYSTEMES (Velizy-Villacoublay, France).

"Determining a 3D modeled object deformation" was invented by Eloi Mehr (Velizy-Villacoublay, France) and Ariane Jourdan (Velizy-Villacoublay, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a computer-implemented method for determining a 3D modeled object deformation. The method comprises providing a deformation basis function configured for inferring a deformation basis of an input 3D modeled object. The method further comprises providing a first 3D modeled object. The method further comprises providing a deformation constraint of the firs...