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Title:
ハプティックレンダリングのための装置および方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009524149
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A method is disclosed for mapping a location in haptic space. The method comprises the steps of: a) defining a voxel space comprising a plurality of voxel elements; b) defining a polygonal space comprising a plurality of polygonal rendering elements; c) generating a data structure of each of the voxel elements and its respective polygonal rendering elements; d) locating a point in haptic space; e) mapping that point to a corresponding voxel element; and f) selecting, in the data structure, at least one polygonal rendering element.

Inventors:
Kang Hyo Sig
Quaid Arthur Yi.
Moses Dennis
Application Number:
JP2008551271A
Publication Date:
June 25, 2009
Filing Date:
December 27, 2006
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Assignee:
Mako Surgical Corporation
International Classes:
G06T15/00; G06T17/40; G16Z99/00; A61B19/00
Domestic Patent References:
JPH09330016A1997-12-22
Foreign References:
US20040106916A12004-06-03
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hatsushi Shimizu
Toshi Gobe
Koichi Niimi
Tomohiko Kobayashi
Shinichi Watanabe
Ryuichi Inoue
Masato Ozeki