Wavelet coding of polygonal mesh data based on triangular lattice structure with expanded nodes

Efficient representations of a 3D object shape and its textural data have attracted wide attention for the transmission of computer graphics data and for interactive design in manufacturing. Polygonal mesh data, which consist of connectivity information, geometric data and textural data are often used for representing a 3D object in many applications. We propose a compression method for polygonal mesh data by structuring its geometric and textural data on a triangular lattice with expanded nodes. The structuralized geometric and textural data are compressed using a 2D signal coding method. Experimental results following from the application of the new method to polygonal mesh data show that the proposed scheme performs efficiently.