1. A composition which comprises
(1) a mono-Cy CYC carrier, and
(2) a release material,
the mono-Cy CYC carrier being a non-polymeric compound which
(A) has crystallinity such that the mono-Cy CYC carrier has a crystalline melting temperature, Tp, of least 0\xb0 C. and a \u0394H of at least 3 Jg, measured as hereinbefore defined, and
(B) has the formula.
Q-Cy
wherein
Cy is a moiety which provides the mono-Cy CYC carrier with its crystallinity, and
Q is a moiety which (i) is free of Cy moieties and (ii) contains at least one functional moiety which associates with the release material.
2. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the release material contains a Cy moiety.
3. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the functional moiety is a hydrophilic moiety and the release material contains a hydrophilic moiety.
4. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the functional moiety comprises a polyoxyalkylene group.
5. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the functional group forms a covalent link with the release material.
6. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the functional group is a polar group.
7. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the mono-Cy CYC carrier has a Tp of 27-100\xb0 C.
8. A composition according to claim 1 which comprises microparticles having an average particle size of 0.5-250\u03bc.
9. A composition according to claim 1 which contains 2-10% of a CYC polymer as hereinbefore defined
10. A method of delivering a release material which comprises exposing a composition as claimed in claim 1 to an aqueous environment at a temperature below Tp.
11-13. (canceled)
14. A composition which comprises.
(1) a reaction product obtained by reacting a compound containing a Cy moiety with a compound selected from the group consisting of hyaluronic is acid, collagen, gelatin, a polysaccharide, a carbohydrate, and cyclodextran, thereby producing a reaction product containing a covalently linked Cy moiety, and
(2) a release material.
15. A composition according to claim 14 wherein the release material contains a Cy moiety.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of forming a polygon image, comprising the steps of:
obtaining a plurality of polygons having normal line data as apex data and constituting a model;
sorting the plurality of polygons into polygons of a first color part and polygons of a second color part along a boundary line between said first and second color parts, according to the direction of a light source and normal lines of the plurality of polygons;
dividing polygons intersecting the boundary line along the boundary line;
sorting the divided polygons into polygons of the first color part and polygons of the second color part along the boundary line according to the direction of a light source and normal lines of the divided polygons; and
pasting up the first mono-color texture on the polygons belonging to the first color part, and the second mono-color texture on the polygons belonging to the second color part.
2. A method of forming a polygon image comprising the steps of:
obtaining a plurality of polygons having normal line data as apex data and constituting a model;
sorting the plurality of polygons into polygons of a first color part and polygons of a second color part along a boundary line according to the direction of a light source and normal lines of the plurality of polygons;
dividing polygons intersecting the boundary line along the boundary line;
sorting the divided polygons into polygons of the first color part and polygons of the second color part along the boundary line according to the direction of a light source and normal lines of the divided polygons;
pasting up the first mono-color texture on the polygons belonging to the first color part, and the second mono-color texture on the polygons belonging to the second color part; and
acquiring inner product values of the direction of a light source and normal lines of the divided polygons, wherein the polygons intersecting the boundary line are determined as polygons having different polarities of the acquired inner product values;
wherein intersectional position of a side line of a polygon intersecting the boundary line is acquired from a proportional relation with the inner product values of two apexes of the side line of the polygon intersecting the boundary lines when the inner product value is at the intersectional position is set \u201c0\u201d.
3. An image processing apparatus comprising:
control means for obtaining a plurality of polygons having normal lines as apex data and constituting a model, sorting the plurality of polygons into polygons of a first color part and polygons of a second color part along a boundary line between said first and second color parts, according to the direction of a light source and normal lines of the divided polygons,
dividing polygons intersecting the boundary line along the boundary line, and
sorting the divided polygons into polygons of the first color part and polygons of the second color part along the boundary line according to the direction of a light source and normal lines of the divided polygons; and
a rendering processor for pasting up the first mono-color texture on the polygons belonging to the first color, part and the second mono-color texture on the polygons belonging to the second color part.
4. The image processing apparatus comprising:
control means for obtaining a plurality of polygons having normal lines as apex data and constituting a model, sorting the plurality of polygons into polygons of a first color part and polygons of a second color part along a boundary line according to the direction of a light source and normal lines of the divided polygons,
dividing polygons intersecting the boundary line along the boundary line, and
sorting the divided polygons into polygons of the first color part and polygons of the second color part along the boundary line according to the direction of a light source and normal lines of the divided polygons; and
a rendering processor for pasting up the first mono-color texture on the polygons belonging to the first color, part and the second mono-color texture on the polygons belonging to the second color part;
wherein
the control means acquires inner product values of the direction of a light source and normal lines of the divided polygon, wherein the polygons intersecting the boundary line are determined as polygons having different polarities of the acquired inner product values; and
intersectional position of a side line of a polygon intersecting the boundary line is acquired from a proportional relation with the inner product values of two apexes of the side line of the polygon when the inner product at the intersectional position is set \u201c0\u201d.
5. A record medium storing a program which is executed by control means in an image processing apparatus, the program providing a control which comprises the steps of:
obtaining a plurality of polygons having normal lines as apex data and constituting a model;
sorting the plurality of polygons into polygons of a first color part and polygons of a second color part along a boundary line between said first and second color parts, according to the direction of a light source and normal lines of the plurality of polygons;
dividing polygons intersecting the boundary line along the boundary line;
sorting the divided polygons into polygons of the first color part and polygons of the second color part along the boundary line according to the direction of a light source and normal lines of the divided polygons; and
pasting up the first mono-color texture on the polygons belonging to the first color part and the second mono-color texture on the polygons belonging to the second color part.
6. A record medium having stored therein the program which is executed by control means in an image processing apparatus, the program providing a control which comprises the steps of:
obtaining a plurality of polygons having normal lines as apex data and constituting a model;
sorting the plurality of polygons into polygons of a first color part and polygons of a second color part along a boundary line according to the direction of a light source and normal lines of the plurality of polygons;
dividing polygons intersecting the boundary line along the boundary line;
sorting the divided polygons into polygons of the first color part and polygons of the second color part along the boundary line according to the direction of a light source and normal lines of the divided polygons; and
pasting up the first mono-color texture on the polygons belonging to the first color part and the second mono-color texture on the polygons belonging to the second color part;
wherein the control provided by the program stored in the record medium further comprises the step of acquiring inner product values of the direction of a light source and normal lines of the divided polygons, and wherein the polygons intersecting the boundary line are determined as polygons having different polarities of the acquired inner product values;
wherein intersectional position of a side of a polygon intersecting the boundary line is acquired from a proportional relation with the inner product values of two apexes of side line of the polygon when the inner product value at the intersectional position is set \u201c0\u201d.
7. The method of forming a polygon image according to claim 1, further comprising the step of acquiring inner product values of the direction of a light source and normal lines of the divided polygons, wherein the polygons intersecting the boundary line are determined as polygons having different polarities of the acquired inner product values.
8. The imaging processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control means acquires inner product values of the direction of a light source and normal lines of the divided polygon, wherein the polygons intersecting the boundary line are determined as polygons having different polarities of the acquired inner product values.
9. The record medium according to claim 5, wherein the control provided by the program stored in the record medium further comprises the step of acquiring inner product values of the direction of a light source and normal lines of the divided polygons, and wherein the polygons intersecting the boundary line are determined as polygons having different polarities of the acquired inner product values.