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`ABSTRACT
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`Asystem and method for computerized grading of the cut of
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`BUILD DATA MODEL
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`ILLUMINATE STONE
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`TRACE THE
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`PROPAGATION OF
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`STONE AND EXITING
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`DETERMINE
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`PROPAGATION OF
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`FIG. 13(a)
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`LIGHT
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`LIGHT
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`VECTOR?
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`AUTOMATIC
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`ILLUMINATION
`LOOP
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`LIGHT
`COMPUTE FACET
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`DIFF / CONICULAR
`ILLUMINATION
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`LIGHT VECTOR
`VECTORS
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`COM PUTE PASS THRU
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`VISIBILITY POINT IN
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`VECTOR
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`1375
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`VECTOR INTO MODEL
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`LIGHT VECTOR 1380
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`FACET’?
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`INTERNAL REFRACTIONS TO
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`CAMERAS
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`REFRACT LIGHT
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`VECTOR INTO MODEL
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`1382 IS LAST
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`PROCESS REFLECTIONS
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`IS LAST
`AND INTERNAL
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`
`LIGHT
`REFRACTIONS TO
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`VECTOR?
`CAMERAS
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`
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`LIGHT
`VECTOR?
`
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`FIG. 13(b)
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`COMPONENT
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`START
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`TRANSLATE LIGHT
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`VECTOR TO FACET LOCAL
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`COORDINATE SYSTEM
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`COMPUTE DIRECTION
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`COSINES FOR LIGHT
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`VECTOR
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`1414
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`COMPUTE ANGLE OF
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`REFRACTION
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`COMPUTE REFRACTED
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`DIRECTION COSINES
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`COMPUTE ANGLE OF
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`INCIDENCE WITH FACET
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`NORMAL
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`ANGLE OF DEVIATION
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`COMPUTE REFRACTED
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`COMPUTE FACET AREA
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`TRANSLATE DIRECTION
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`COSINES TO GLOBAL
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`COORDINATE SYSTEM
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`1418
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`1420
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`COMPUTE BEAM
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`INTENSITY
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`COMPONENTS
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`IS
`SELECTED
`BEAM
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`COMPUTE BEAM
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`POLARIZATION
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`COMPUTE BEAM
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`AMPLITUDE
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`No
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`IS
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`LAST
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`DISPERSION
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`BUFFER
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`DONE
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`1436
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`1428
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`COMPUTE DISPI
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`BEAM INTENSITY
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`COMPONENTS
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`1430
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`BEAM
`POLARIZATION
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`COMPUTE DISP.
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`BEAM AMPLITUDE
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`START L:1502
`1504
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`f
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`NEXT FACET
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`BEAM PARALLEL TO
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`YES
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`PROJECT REFLECTION BOUNDING BOX
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`INTO RECEIVING FACET PLANE
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`1512
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`\/T 1514
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`BOUNDING
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`BOX OVERLAP?
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`YES
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`N0
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`1515
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`No
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`BEAM
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`AMPLITUDE f
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`< MIN?
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`NO
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`PROJECT REFLECTION ONTO PLANE OF
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`RECEIVING FACET
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`1516
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`No
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`NON—ZERO OVERLAP’?
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`1518
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`CREATE REFLECTED LIGHT BEAM
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`152
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`0
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`NO
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`INCIDENT ANGLE <
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`CRITICAL ANGLE?
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`NO
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`1522
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`YES
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`2224
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`PROPAGATE REFRACTED
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`LIGHT TO CAMERAS
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`YES
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`LAST FACET?
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`YES
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`YES
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`NO
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`LAST BEAM?
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`NO
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`LAST BOUNCE?
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`NO
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`
`
`END
`
`1525
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`
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`1538
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`1530
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`
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`1532
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`FIG. 15
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`1602
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`CREATE X-Y
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`FOR RECEIVING
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`FACET
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`1504
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`CREATE X-Y-Z
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`BOUNDING BOX
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`FOR REFLECTION
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`1505
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`PROJECT
`1608
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`REFLECTION
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`BOUNDING BOX
`
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`ONTO RECEIVING
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`
`FACET PLANE
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`1610
`
`
`
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`FIG. 16
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`1702
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`START
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`COMPARE
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`VERTICES OF
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`PROJECTED
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`BOUNDING BOX TO
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`SIDES OF FACET
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`BOUNDING BOX
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`1704
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`1706
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`COMPARE
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`VERTICES OF
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`FACET BOUNDING
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`BOX TO SIDES OF
`
`
`PROJECTED
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`BOUNDING BOX
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`1708
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`COMPARE SIDES
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`OF FACET
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`BOUNDING BOX TO
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`SIDES OF
`PORJECTED
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`BOUNDING BOX
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`1710
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`FIG. 17
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`1802
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` 1804
`
`
`NEXT VERTEX
`
`/1806
`
`1808
`
`VERTEX
`BETWEEN X
`SIDES?
`
`
`
`VERTEX
`BETWEEN Y
`SIDES?
`
`
`
` INDICATE
`OVERLAP
`
`1812
`
`1814
`
`FIG. 18
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`
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`1902
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`1904
`
` FACET X
`
`
`
`
`
`SIDES BETWEEN
`PROJECTION X
`SIDES?
`
`
`
`
` PROJECTION Y
`SIDES BETWEEN
`FACET Y SIDES?
`
`1906
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`YES
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` PROJECTION X
`SIDES BETWEEN
`FACET X SIDES?
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`
`
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`
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`1908
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`INDICATE
`
`
`BOUNDING BOX
`OVERLAP
`
`FACET Y
`SIDES BETWEEN
`PROJECTION Y
`SIDES?
`
`
`
`FIG. 19
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`
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`FIG. 20
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`FIG. 21
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`2204
`
`2206
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`2203
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`
`
`NEXT BEAM COMPONENT _/‘
`
`CONVERT DIRECTION
`COSINES FORM GCS TO
`FACET LCS
`
`
`
`COMPUTE ANGLE OF
`INCIDENCE
`
`COMPUTE ANGLE OF
`REFRACTION
`
`2210
`
`‘/P
`
`CONVERT DIRECTION
`COSINES FROM FACET LCS f
`TO GCS
`
`2212
`
`COMPUTE XSEC INTENSITY
`
`COMPUTE DEGREE OF
`POLARIZATION
`
`2215
`
`T/P
`
`
`2218 LAST BEAM
`COMPONENT?
`
`YES
`
`
`
`NO
`
`COMPUTE ACCUMULATED
`BEAM VOLUME FOR CHILD
`
`AMPLITUDE LESS THAN
`
`BEAM
`
`
`
` DISCARD
`REFRACTED
`
`BEAM
`
`
`IS BEAM
`PROJECTED BELOW
`
`HORIZON?
`
`NO
`
`2220
`
`2222
`
`2226
`
`2228
`
`END
`
`FIG. 22
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`2302
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`START
`
`
`
`CREATE
`
`REFRACTED BEAM
`
`
` 2304
` 2306
`
`
`
`LOCATE CAMERA
`ILLUMINATED BY
`
`
`
`REFRACTED BEAM
`
`
`
` CAPTURE
`
`REFERACTED
`
`
`
`BEAM DATA USING
`
`CAMERA
`
`2310
`
`FIG. 23
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`
`
`2308
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`2402
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`START
`
`
`
`DEEFINE VIEWING
`PLANE
`
`2404
`
`2405
`
`2408
`
`2410
`
`
`
`PROJECT
`REFRACTED BEAM
`ONTO VIEWING
`PLANE
`
`DETERMINE
`ANGULAR EXTENT
`OF PROJECTION
`OF WHITE BEAM
`
`COMPARE
`PROJECTION
`ANGLES TO
`CAMERA ANGLES
`
`2412
`
`FIG. 24
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`25042504
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`25022502
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`FIG. 25FIG. 25
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`2602
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`2504
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`2606
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`2608
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`2610
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`START
`
`
`
` DETERMINE ZONE
`
`
`
`CORRESPONDING
`TO REFRACTING
`FACET
`
`
`
`
`
`OF DISPERSION
`
`COMPUTE BEAM
`
`
`ENERGY DATA
`
`
`
`
`
`
`UPDATE CAMERA
`ZONE DATA USING
`BEAM DATA
`
`
`
`UPDATE ZONE
`AVERAGE ANGLE
`
`
`
` 2612
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`FIG. 26
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`2702
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`2704
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`2706
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`DEFINE
`DISPERSION AXIS
`ON VIEWING
`PLANE
`
`COM PUTE PATH
`WIDTH
`
`COMPUTE PATH
`LENGTH
`
`2708
`
`COMPUTE
`INCIDENT FLUX AT
`VIEWING PLANE
`
`2710
`
`2712
`
`FIG. 27
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`2808
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`E
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`2804
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`2808
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`28(a)
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`2304
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`2808
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`2804
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`2808
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`2804
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`286»
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`2800
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`l=|(3.12I3
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`2808 2808
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`29(a)29(a)
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`FIG. 29FIG. 29
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`DETERMINE
`SEGMENTS OF
`FACET AND
`PROJECTION OF
`BEAM
`
`DETERMINE
`WHETHER VERTEX
`OF PROJECTION
`LIES WITHIN FACET
`
`DETERMINE
`WHETHER VERTEX
`OF FACET LIES
`WITHIN BOUNDARIES
`OF PROJECTION
`
`FIND INTERSECTION
`OF FACET SEGMENT
`AND BEAM SEGMENT
`
`3304
`
`3308
`
`3312
`
`3316
`
`REDRAW SEGMENTS
`
`3320
`
`FIG. 30
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`3104
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`
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`FIG. 31FIG. 31
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`
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`3202
`/V
`GET FIRST AND
`SECOND VERTICES
`
`
`
`
`
`
`TRANSLATE TO
`LOCAL COORDINATE
`SYSTEM OF FACET
`
`ASSIGN VERTICES
`AS ENDPOINTS OF
`SEGMENT
`
`3204
`
`32 8
`0
`
`3210
`
`STORE SEGMENT
`
`DATA
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`//
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`3212
`
`GET NEXT VERTEX
`
`3216
`
`Yes
`
`
`ADDITIONAL
`VERTICES
`?
`
`
`
`
`
`No
`
`FIG. 32
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`3302
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`3304
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`3308
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`331 0
`
`
`
`GET FIRST AND
`
`SECOND VERTICES
`OF FACET
`
`
`
`
`
`TRANSLATE TO
`LOCAL COORDINATE
`SYSTEM
`
`ASSIGN VERTICES
`AS ENDPOINTS OF
`SEGMENT
`
`STORE SEGMENT
`
`DATA
`
`
`
`GET NEXT VERTEX
`
`3316
`
`Yes
`
`//
`
`321 2
`
`ADDITIONAL
`
`VERTICES
`?
`
`
`
`
`
`No
`
`FIG. 33
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`
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` 3402
`
`
`EXTRACT
`COORDINATE OF
`VERTEX
`
`
`
`3404
`
`3408
`
`EXPRESS
`COORDINATE AS
`LINEAR EXPRESSION
`
`
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`
`
`
`
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`
`
`
`
`DETERMINE
`WHETHER
`GET NEXT FACET
`EXPRESSION
`BOUNDARY
`SEGMENT
`INTERSECTS FACET
`BOU N DARY
`
`
`3416
`
`
`
`“Yes” " INTERSECTION
`
`
`NOTE SEGMENT
`
`ESTABLISH AND
`
`UPDATE RANGE
`
`
`FOR OTHER
`
`COORDINATE
`
`
`3420
`
`No
`
`
`
`3432
`
`
`
`DETERMINE
`WHETHER VERTEX
`
`IS INSIDE OR
`OUTSIDE BOUNDARY
`
`
`
`
`
`FIG. 34
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`Sheet 36 of 56Sheet 36 of 56
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`FIG. 35FIG. 35
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`FIG. 36FIG. 36
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`X08
`IS
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`y VALUE <
` MINIMUM OF
`RANGE
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`No
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`START
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`x02
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`Nm—
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`X16
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`
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`IS
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`y VALUE >
`
`
`MAXIMUM OF
`
`RANGE
`’?
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`X20
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`?
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`ASSUME RANGE OF
`
`y IS y VALUE AT
`INTERSECTION OF
`EXPRESSION WITH
`I=IRsT SEGMENT
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`
`
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`y VALUE BECOMES
`NEW MAXIMUM FOR
`RANGE
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`y VALUE BECOMES
`NEW MINIMUM FOR
`RANGE
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`FIG. 40
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`FIG. 37
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`x02
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`X04
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`X08
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`X12
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`X24
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`Yes
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`SUBSTITUTE X INTO
`EXPRESSION OF
`SEGMENT AND
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`SOLVE FOR y
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`EXTRACT
`COORDINATE OF
`VERTEX
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`EXPRESS
`COORDINATE AS
`LINEAR EXPRESSION
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`
`
`SEGMENT
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`GET FIRST
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`GET NEXT SEGMENT
`
` DETERMINE
`MINIMUM AND
`
`MAXIMUM X VALUE
`FOR SEGMENT
`
`
`
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`
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`
`
`SET RANGE OF y
` IS x
`
`VALUES TO y VALUE
`VALUE OF
`AT INTERSECTION
`COORDINATE
`OF EXPRESSION
`WITHIN RANGE
`WITH SEGMENT
`
`?
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`Yes
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`x 02
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`X04
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`DETERMINE
`WHETHER NEW
`
`
`
`VALUE OF y IS
`WITHIN, ABOVE, OR
`BELOW RANGE OF y
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`REDEFINE RANGE
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`OF y VALUES
`ACCORDINGLY
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`X12
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`X16
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`Yés
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`WAS
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`THERE AN
`INTERSECTION
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`X24
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`VERTEX NOT WITHIN
`BOUNDARY
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`VERTEX WITHIN
`BOUNDARY
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`
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`IS y
`VALUE WITHIN
`DETERMINED RANGE
`?
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`START
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`IS FIRST VERTEX
`INSIDE AND SECOND
`VERTEX OUTSIDE
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`No
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`IS SECOND VERTEX
`INSIDE AND FIRST
`VERTEX OUTSIDE
`?
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`No
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`4106
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`ARE BOTH
`
`VERTICES
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`OUTSIDE
`'?
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`YES
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`Yes
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`4122
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`Yes
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`4124
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`4126
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` 4104
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`
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`POINTS
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`DETERMINE
`INTERSECTION
`POINT
`
`DETERMINE
`INTERSECTION
`POINT
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`DETERMINE
`INTERSECTION
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`
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`4132
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`/-4134
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`4136
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`ASSIGN
`INTERSECTION AS
`
`NEW VERTEX 2
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`ASSIGN
`INTERSECTION AS
`NEW VERTEX 1
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`ASSIGN
`INTERSECTION AS
`NEW VERTICES
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`4140
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`4150
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`REPEAT FOR EACH
`SEGMENT FOR
`WHICH THERE IS AN
`INTERSECTION
`
`REPEAT FOR
`VERTICES OF
`OPPOSITE
`BOUNDARY
`
`FIG. 41
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`GET FIRST SEGMENT OF
`
`OPPOSITE BOUNDARY
`
`Yes
`COMPUTE INTERSECTION
`OF SEGMENT IN QUESTION
`AND CURRENT SEGMENT
`OF OPPOSITE BOUNDARY
`
`No
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`DONE
`
`ASSUME 1ST
`
`
`INTERSECTION IS
`CLOSEST POINT TO
`
`VERTICES OF
`
`SEGMENT IN
`QUESTION
`
`
`DETERMINE WHETHER
`SECOND INTERSECTION IS
`CLOSER THAN CLOSEST
`POINT TO FIRST AND/OR
`SECOND VERTICES
`
`
`
`
`2ND
`
`INTERSECTION
`“’Ye5-
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`DEFINE 2ND
`
`INTERSECTION AS
`CLOSEST VERTEX
`
`TO FIRST AND/OR
`
`
`SECOND VERTICES
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`
`
`
`*‘Yesr
`
`DETERMINE WHETHER
`N-‘ITH INTERSECTION IS
`CLOSER THAN CLOSEST
`POINT TO FIRST AND/OR
`SECOND VERTICES
`
`DEFINE N—1TH
`INTERSECTION AS
`CLOSEST VERTEX
`TO FIRST AND/OR
`SECOND VERTICES
`
`
`
`
`DEFINE NTH
`
`INTERSECTION AS
`CLOSEST VERTEX
`TO FIRST AND/OR
`SECOND VERTICES
`
`
`
`NTH INTERSECTION
`
`DETERMINE WHETHER NTH
`INTERSECTION IS CLOSER
`THAN CLOSEST POINT TO
`FIRST AND/OR SECOND
`VERTICES
`
`FIG. 42
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`FP1
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`PP1
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`PS1
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`\
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`PP2
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`PP4
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`FIG. 43
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`FP1
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`PP1
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`PS1
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`\
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`PP2
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`\ 4404
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`FS2
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`FP2
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`L
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`PP3
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`PP4
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`FIG. 44
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`FIND SEGMENT
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`CLOSEST TO FIRST
`SEGMENT
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`IS THE
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`
`
`FIND SEGMENT
`
`CLOSESTTOLAST
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`
`
`BOUNDARY
`FOUNDSEGMENT
`CLOSED
`
`
`?
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`Yes
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`DONE
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`FIG. 45
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`FIND FIRST
`SEGMENT OF
`OVERLAP
`BOUNDARY
`
`GET A NEXT
`SEGMENT OF THE
`OVERLAP
`BOUNDARY
`
`ASSUME FIRST
`SEGMENT IS
`CLOSEST
`
`GET NEXT SEGMENT
`OF OVERLAP
`BOUNDARY
`
`COMPUTE DISTANCE
`FROM NEXT
`SEGMENT AND
`
`FIG. 46
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` NEXT SEGMENT CLOSER
`
`THAN PREVIOUS SEGMENT
`
`
`
` REDEFINE CURRENT
`SEGMENT AS
`CLOSEST
`
`No
`
`
`
` ANYMORE
`SEGMENTS
`
`NO
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`
`
`
`ASSIGN ORDER OF
`
`VERTICES AND
`UPDATE LINKED LIST
`
`
`
`
`
`IS
`
`OVERLAP
`BOUNDARY
`CLOSED
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
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`4802
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`4804
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`4806
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`4808
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`4810
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`4812
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`4814
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`4816
`
`COMPUTE FLUX
`DENSITY FOR EACH
`ZONE AND EACH
`CAMERA
`
`COMPUTE
`ABSOLUTEFLUX
`DENSHY
`
`(BRHUANCB
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`COMPUTE
`ABSOLUTE
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`mSPER$ON(HRE)
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`COMPUTE
`ABSOLUTE
`REFRACTKNJCOUNT
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`(SCWTKLAHON)
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`COMPUTE SCALED
`BRILLIANCE, FIRE,
`AND SCINTILLATION
`
`DISPLAY GRADE
`INFORMATION
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`FIG. 48
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`N EXT CAMERA
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`4902
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`4904
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`4906
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`N EXT ZO N E
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`4908
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`ZONE VISIBLE?
`
`YES
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`COMPUTE TOTAL
`
`FLUX DENISTY
`
`4910
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` 4914
`
`YES
`
`COMPUTE TOTAL
`FLUX DENISTY
`
`FOR CAMERA
`
`4916
`
`4920
`
`NO
`
`LAST CAM E RA?
`
`YES
`
`4922
`
`FIG. 49
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`5002
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`START
`
`NExT RING OF
`__j+ CAMERAS
`
`NEXT ZONE TYPE
`
`5004
`
`5006
`
`NEXT CAMERA IN f 5008
`RING
`
`
`
`GET FLUX DENSITY
`FOR ZONE TYPE f
`
`5010
`
`5012
`
` LAST
`
`CAMERA IN
`RING?
`
`YES
`
`COMPUTE TOTAL
`FLUX DENSITY FOR
`ZONE TYPE FOR ALL
`CAMERAS IN RING
`
`5014
`
`5016
`
`NO
`
`LAST ZONE
`TYPE?
`
`YES
`
`COMPUTE TOTAL AND
`AVERAGE FLUX
`DENSITY FOR RING
`
`OF CAMERAS
`
`5018
`
`5020
`
`
`
` LAST
`
`RING OF
`CAMERAS?
`
`
`
`
`
`NO
`
`5022
`
`5024
`
`
`YES
`
`COM PUTE TOTAL
`FLUX DENSITY
`FOR CAMERA
`
`
`
`
`
`END
`
`FIG. 50
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`5102
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`START
`
`NEXT RING OF
`CAMERAS
`
`NEXT ZONE TYPE
`
`5104
`
`5106
`
`1
`5 O8
`
`5110
`
`5112
`
`NEXT CAMERA IN
`RING
`
`GET DISPERSION
`FOR ZONE TYPE
`
`
`
` LAST
`
`CAMERA IN
`RING?
`
`YES
`
`COMPUTE TOTAL
`DISPERSION FOR
`ZONE TYPE FOR ALL
`CAMERAS IN RING
`
`NO
`
`
`LAST ZONE
`
`TYPE?
`
`YES
`
`COMPUTE TOTAL AND
`AVERAGE
`DISPERSION FOR
`
`RING OF CAMERAS
`
`5114
`
`5116
`
`5118
`
`5120
`
`
`
` LAST
`
`RING OF
`CAMERAS?
`
`
`
`
`NO
`
`
`YES
`
`COMPUTE TOTAL
`DISPERSION FOR
`
`GEMSTONE
`
`5122
`
`5124
`
`END
`
`FIG. 51
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`5202
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`START
`
`.
`
`.-——{———+
`
`NEXT RING OF
`CAMERAS
`
`NEXT ZONE TYPE
`
`NEXT CAMERA IN
`RING
`
`GET REFRACTION
`COUNT FOR ZONE
`TYPE
`
`5204
`
`5206
`
`5208
`
`5210
`
`5212
`
`
`
` LAST
`CAMERA IN
`
`RING?
`
`YES
`
`COMPUTE TOTAL
`RERACTION COUNT FOR
`ZONE TYPE FOR ALL
`
`CAMERAS IN RING
`
`NO
`
`LAST ZONE
`TYPE?
`
`YES
`
`5214
`
`5216
`
`COMPUTE TOTAL AND
`AVERAGE REFRACTION ‘/‘52I8
`COUNT FOR RING OF
`CAMERAS
`
`5220
`
`
`
`NO
`
` LAST
`RING OF
`
`CAMERAS?
`
`YES
`
`5222
`
`
`
`COMPUTE TOTAL
`REFRACTION COUNT f
`FOR GEMSTONE
`
`5224
`
`END
`
`FIG. 52
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`ESTABLISH RANGE
`
`AND RESOLUTION
`
`FOR GEMSTONE
`
`MODEL
`
`FOR EACH MODEL,
`DETERMINE
`
`ATTRIBUTE
`
`MEASUREMENTS
`
`SELECT MAXIMUM
`
`MEASUREMENTS AS
`
`MAXIMUM
`
`ATTRIBUTE VALUES
`
`FIG. 53
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`DEFINE
`PROPORTION
`PARAMETERS
`
`ESTABLISH RANGES
`FOR PROPORTION
`PARAMETERS
`
`ESTABLISH
`RESOLUTION WITHIN
`RANGES
`
`TRACE LIGHT FOR
`EACH PERMUTATION
`AND MEASURE
`ATTRIBUTES
`
`RECORD MAXIMUM
`ATTRIBUTE VALUES
`
`FIG. 54
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`SET UP MODEL FOR
`PERMUTATION
`
`LIGHT ATTRIBUTES
`
`PERFORM TRACING
`FOR MODEL
`
`MEASURE OUTPUT
`
`
`
` IS AN
`ATTRIBUTE
`MAX
`
`YS
`
`RECORD ATTRIBUTE
`
`VAULE AS MAX
`
`O
`
`
`
` ANOTHER
`PERMUTATION
`
`’?
`
`0
`
`Terminator
`
`FIG. 55
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`Corn uter S stem 5600
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`Display 5606
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` pmcesso,5504
`l
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`Graphics
`Subsystem
`5603
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`Main Memory 5608
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`@
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`@ f
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`Secondary Memory 5610
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`Bus 5606
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`Hard Disk Drive 5612
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`I nterface 5620
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`Removable Storage Drive 5614
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`Removable Storage
`Unit 5618
`
`Removabie Storage
`Unit 5622
`
`Peripheral
`DeViCe5
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`5632
`Interface 5624
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`User—lnterface
`5630
`
`Communications
`
`Communications Path 5626
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`FIG. 56
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`1
`SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR
`COMPUTERIZED EVALUATION OF
`GEMSTONES
`
`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
`
`1.0 Field of the Invention
`
`This invention relates generally to gemstones, and more
`particularly to a computer-based system and method for
`evaluation of a gemstone by modeling light propagating
`through the gemstone.
`2.0 Related Art
`
`Very few subjects have plagued the diamond industry
`more than the subject of cut. The basis for conventional cut
`grading of gemstones was established in 1919 by Marcel
`Tolkowsky, an industrious Antwerp diamond cutter. In his
`mathematical dissertation entitled “Diamond Design, A
`Study of the Reflection and Refraction of Light
`in a
`Diamond,” Tolkowsky cstablishcd mathcmatically an opti-
`mal brilliant cut for a diamond that is still widely used today.
`The Tolkowsky cut defined certain dimensions (that is, table
`diameter, crown height and pavilion depth) of the diamond
`as percentages of its girdle diameter. Thus, the Tolkowsky
`cut is scalable, and so can be used for a different sizes of this
`style of cut.
`Although Tolkowsky’s cut represented a milestone in the
`industry, it is based upon a two-dimcnsional profilc, and so
`does not account for three-dimensional reflective and refrac-
`
`the Tokowsky model doesn’t
`tive effects. Furthermore,
`account for differences or variations in facet types, sizes or
`positions, or assymetries present in some cuts.
`Further, Tolkowsky apparently relied upon a single inci-
`dent light ray to create the Tolkowski cut. This lighting
`model, therefore, has some shorfalls due to the fact that an
`actual gcmstonc is normally illuminatcd from a myriad of
`directions. Despite the shortcomings of the Tolkowsky cut,
`it is still in use today. Many gemstone cut grades continue
`to be based on deviations from the proportions of the
`Tolkowsky cut.
`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
`
`The present invention is directed toward a system and
`method for modeling and evaluating the propagation of light
`through an optical system. More specifically, in a preferred
`embodiment, the present invention provides a system and
`method for evaluating properties of a gemstone using a
`gemstone model. A key feature of the invention is that it
`provides a computer-based system and method for evaluat-
`ing and grading the cut of a gemstone which can be used for
`determining an ideal or near-ideal c11t. Thus, the invention
`can be used to grade the cut of an existing cut stone or to
`determine ideal dimensions for a stone to be cut.
`
`Data describing the stone to be evaluated is collected into
`a data set. The data in the data set includes the material
`
`characteristics of the stone. This data also includes geometri-
`cal cut data, such as information regarding an existing cut or
`a proposed cut. The cut data can include, for example,
`without limitation, data regarding the number,
`type and
`placements of facets, and cut dimensions (e.g., pavillion,
`crown and table percentages). The data set represents a
`thrcc-dimcnsional model of a gcmstonc with an cxisting or
`proposed cut.
`According to the invention, an illumination model com-
`prised of one or more light sources is used to “illuminate”
`the stone. Light beams from the light sources are traced or
`modeled as they enter the stone, are reflected among the
`
`10
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`15
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`30
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`40
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`45
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`2
`various facets inside the stone, and exit the stone. One or
`more attributes of the light exiting the stone is measured to
`determine the quality of the cut. These attributes can include,
`for example,
`intensity, dispersion, scintillation, and other
`attributes.
`
`Preferably, numerous measurements of the exiting light
`are taken at a plurality of points surrounding the crown of
`the stone. As a result, the light exiting the stone is evaluated
`at various viewing angles and from various locations on the
`model. Attributes of the light exiting the stone are measured
`and these measurements are used to evaluate the cut of the
`gemstone.
`One advantage of the present invention is that the grade
`of a gemstone can be detennined based on the propagation
`of light within the gemstone.
`Another advantage of the present invention is that an
`accurate measure of composite brilliance for a gemstone is
`obtained.
`
`Further features and advantages of the present invention,
`as well as the structure and operation of various embodi-
`ments of the present invention, are described in detail below
`with reference to the accompanying drawings.
`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
`
`The present invention is described with reference to the
`accompanying drawings.
`In the drawings,
`the left-most
`digit(s) of a reference number identifies the drawing in
`which the reference number first appears.
`FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a scenario where a light
`beam is refracted into a gemstone and is reflected off of a
`facet within the gemstone.
`FIG. 2 is an operational flow diagram illustrating a
`process for evaluating a gemstone according to one embodi-
`ment of the invention.
`
`FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b) are an operational flow diagram
`illustrating an example process for evaluating and grading a
`gemstone according to one embodiment of the invention.
`FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example archi-
`tecture for the system according to one embodiment of the
`invcntion.
`
`FIG. 5 is an operational flow diagram depicting one
`process for performing facet extraction according to a pre-
`ferred embodiment of the present invention.
`FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating one example process for
`building a master zone list according to a preferred embodi-
`ment of the invention.
`
`FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example process for
`creating a camera model according to one embodiment of
`the invention.
`
`FIG. 8 depicts an example arrangement of cameras
`according to one embodiment of the present invention.
`FIG. 9 is a flowchart depicting an example process for
`building a camera-specific copy of the master zone list for a
`camera according to one embodiment of the invention.
`FIG. 10 depicts an example spherical diffuse illumination
`model.
`
`60
`
`65
`
`FIG. 11 depicts an example conicular illumination model.
`FIG. 12 is a flowchart depicting one process for comput-
`ing the indices of refraction for various dispersion compo-
`nents according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
`FIGS. 13(a) and 13(b) are a flowchart describing an
`example process for illuminating a gemstone