{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11947883","patent":{"patent_number":"US-11947883","title":"Systems, methods, and media for generating a signed distance field to a surface of a point cloud for a material point method utilized for geotechnical engineering","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2024-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["G06F","G06F","G06F","G06T","G06T","G06T","G06T"],"num_claims":17,"abstract":"In an embodiment, a process may divide elements of a mesh into sub-elements utilizing field nodes. The process may determine if each field node is inside or outside a material point cloud. The process may calculate a distance from each outside field node to a surface of the material point cloud based on a surface vector in a normal direction and a deformed volume of a material point. The process may calculate a distance from each inside field node to the surface of the material point cloud based on a surface vector, in a normal direction and associated with an outside field node closest to the inside field node, that takes into account a deformed volume of a material point. The process may utilize the distances to generate a signed distance field that may be used to perform calculations to simulate a behavior of a physical material/object that exhibit deformations."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Systems, methods, and media for generating a signed distance field to a surface of a point cloud for a material point method utilized for geotechnical engineering","description":"In an embodiment, a process may divide elements of a mesh into sub-elements utilizing field nodes. The process may determine if each field node is inside or outside a material point cloud. The process","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11947883","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11947883","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Systems, methods, and media for generating a signed distance field to a surface of a point cloud for a material point method utilized for geotechnical engineering\" (US-11947883). https://patentable.app/patents/US-11947883","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11947883","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-11947883","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-31T12:19:32.791Z"}