ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,848, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Pohang-si, South Korea).
"Detailed 3D object reconstruction method and apparatus using Laplacian coordinates" was invented by Seung Yong Lee (Pohang-si, South Korea) and Hyo Min Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detailed 3-dimensional (3D) object reconstruction method, executed by a computing device, may comprise: obtaining Laplacian coordinates with local details and direction and size information for of curvatures on a 3D surface defined by an input point cloud; and converting the Laplacian coordinates to absolut...