US Patent 7797330 Image formation device and image formation method

Patent 7797330 was granted and assigned to Panasonic on September, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Panasonic

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7797330

Date of Patent

September 14, 2010

Patent Application Number

10597464

Date Filed

January 26, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

James Trujillo

Patent abstract

The present invention is provided with a text string/material correspondence table in which material data for creating computer graphics is associated with a set of the material names of material data, and a hierarchical structural description which describes a feature of material data in a hierarchical structure. Material data corresponding to the feature is searched using the hierarchical structural description when a feature is input, searched material data is stored, and searched material data and the material name of material data are registered with the text string/material correspondence table. Material data corresponding to the material name is acquired using the text string/material correspondence table when a material name is input, and computer graphics are created using acquired material data.