ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,123, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to BASF COATINGS GMBH (Muenster, Germany).
"Method of using a bi-directional texture function" was invented by Benjamin Lanfer (Munster, Germany), Philipp Reisloh (Munster, Germany), Mark Gutjahr (Munster, Germany), Florina Trost (Munster, Germany), Weiran Lu (Munster, Germany) and Jens Wegner (Munster, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a method of using a bi-directional texture function (BTF) of an object in design and development of automobiles and other everyday objects. Also described herein is a computer system that uses a BTF of an object to generate a representation...