METHOD FOR COMPUTING FRICTIONAL CONTACTS OF TOPOLOGICALLY DIFFERENT BODIES IN A GRAPHICAL SYSTEM - Patent 4176411

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EP 4 176 411 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	10.05.2023 Bulletin 2023/19

(21)	Application number: 21728330.8

(22)	Date of filing: 23.04.2021

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06T 13/20^(2011.01)

G06F 30/20^(2020.01)

(52)	Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
	G06F 30/20; G06F 2111/10; G06T 13/20; G06T 2210/21

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/NZ2021/050070

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2022/005304 (06.01.2022 Gazette 2022/01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME
	Designated Validation States:
	KH MA MD TN

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Priority:

01.07.2020 US 202063047220 P
26.02.2021 US 202117186705

(71)	Applicant: Weta Digital Limited
	Miramar, Wellington, 6022 (NZ)

(72)	Inventor:
	DAVIET, Gilles Wellington, 6022 (NZ)

(74)	Representative: Murgitroyd & Company
	Murgitroyd House 165-169 Scotland Street Glasgow G5 8PL Glasgow G5 8PL (GB)

(54)	METHOD FOR COMPUTING FRICTIONAL CONTACTS OF TOPOLOGICALLY DIFFERENT BODIES IN A GRAPHICAL SYSTEM