Mesh-Based Prop Attachment With Triangle Deformation Transfer

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing prop attachment methods achieve attachment at a coarse granularity, resulting in poor performance when joining special effect props to target objects.

Innovation Solution

A method involving acquiring mesh data of target and basic object meshes, determining deformation, performing deformation transfer on a prop mesh based on triangulated surface correspondence, and displaying the attached prop on the target object using mesh data to achieve fine-granularity attachment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If vertex tracking is used for prop attachment, then the attachment process is simple, but the attachment precision is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveattachment process simplicityVSAvoidattachment precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the prop mesh into multiple triangular faces and establishes correspondence between each triangle and the target object mesh. This segmentation allows fine-grained control over prop attachment, transforming the coarse vertex tracking approach into a detailed triangle-based deformation transfer method that achieves precise attachment while maintaining systematic simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Device complexity

If coarse granularity attachment is used, then the computational complexity is low, but the attachment effect is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomputational complexityVSAvoidattachment effect
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transitions from coarse vertex-based attachment to fine-grained triangle-based attachment by introducing a new dimension of detail through triangulated surface correspondence. This dimensional refinement in the attachment granularity enables precise deformation transfer while maintaining manageable computational complexity through systematic processing of triangular faces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS12430864B2Prop attachment method and apparatus, device, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.09.30 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A prop attachment method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium are provided. The method comprises: obtaining mesh data of a target object mesh and mesh data of a basic object mesh; determining deformation of the target object mesh with respect to the basic object mesh on the basis of mesh data of the basic object mesh and mesh data of the target object mesh; on the basis of a triangle correspondence between a first prop mesh and the basic object mesh, the deformation information, and mesh data of the first prop mesh, controlling the first prop mesh to perform deformation transfer, to obtain mesh data of a second prop mesh; and on the basis of mesh data of the second prop mesh and mesh data of the target object mesh, displaying a target object attached with a second prop corresponding to the second prop mesh.