ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,430, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Illuscio Inc. (Culver City, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for selective non-uniform splat generation" was invented by Stephen Lesser (Wellington, New Zealand) and Joseph Nordling (Roeland Park, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A splat generation system and associated methods generate a splat representation of a three-dimensional (3D) model with varying detail based on an unequal or non-uniform capture of the 3D model. The system receives the 3D model. The system analyzes variation in the position or visual characteristics of the 3D model primitives, attributes different levels-of-importance ...