US 12,205,224 B2
Computer graphics interface using visual indicator representing object global volume and/or global volume changes and method therefore
Karan Singh, Wellington (NZ); Stephen Cullingford, Wellington (NZ); Byung Kuk Choi, Wellington (NZ); and Haekwang Eom, Wellington (NZ)
Assigned to Unity Technologies SF, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Unity Technologies SF, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/069,950.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/295,088, filed on Dec. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0215094 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 17/10 (2006.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 17/10 (2013.01) [G06T 17/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for providing visualization for a change in a volume of a virtual object, the representation usable in a user interface, wherein the virtual object is represented by a set of polygonal faces having vertices and edges, the computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining a first representation of the virtual object, wherein the virtual object is represented by a surface positioned in a three-dimensional (3D) virtual space;
receiving a bounding object input that defines a bounding object relative to the 3D virtual space;
computing a plurality of local volumes of the virtual object, wherein a local volume of the plurality of local volumes is computed for geometry at least one corresponding face of the set of polygonal faces based on a bounding object feature associated with the bounding object and based on at least some vertices of the corresponding face;
aggregating at least some of the plurality of local volumes to determine a global volume for the set of polygonal faces; and
providing for display of a first visual indicator representing a value of the global volume.