1. A flat type heat pipe device comprising:
a packaging unit; and
a bonding member;
wherein the packaging unit further comprises:
a first shell member, having a work zone, a first joining part surrounding the work zone and an upright stop part disposed between the work zone and the joining part;
a second shell member, providing a shape corresponding to the first shell member, covering the first shell member, having a shell lid part spacing apart from the work zone and a second joining part disposed on the first joining part; and
the bonding member is disposed between the first joining part and the second joining part for adhering the first joining part to the second joining part.
2. The flat type heat pipe device as defined in claim 1, wherein the stop part has an elongated channel shaped cross section with an upright inner section, a top section and an upright outer section.
3. The flat type heat pipe device as defined in claim 1, wherein the first joining part and the second joining part are a horizontal wall respectively.
4. The flat type heat pipe device as defined in claim 1, wherein the shell lid part has a top side greater than the work zone and a vertical wall extending from periphery of the top side and being disposed outer side of the stop part.
5. The flat type heat pipe device as defined in claim 1, wherein the work zone is disposed at an elevation the same as the first joining part.
6. The flat type heat pipe device as defined in claim 1, wherein the work zone is disposed at an elevation different from the first joining part.
7. The flat type heat pipe device as defined in claim 1, wherein at least either the first joining part or the second joining part has a groove extending the periphery thereof.
8. The flat type heat pipe device as defined in claim 1, wherein at least either the first joining part or the second joining part has a groove extending the periphery thereof to receive a seal ring.
9. The flat type heat pipe device as defined in claim 1, wherein the first joining part has a first channel extending to the work zone from the periphery thereof and a filling pipe is received in the first channel with a closed end of the filling pipe being away from the work zone.
10. The flat type heat pipe device as defined in claim 9, wherein the second joining part has a second channel corresponding to the first channel for accommodating the filling pipe.
11. The flat type heat pipe device as defined in claim 1 further comprises a capillary device is disposed in a chamber defined by the work zone and the shell lid part.
12. The flat type heat pipe device as defined in claim 11 further comprises a work fluid disposed in the chamber.
13. The flat type heat pipe device as defined in claim 1, wherein the first shell member and the second shell member are made of aluminum or copper.
14. The flat type heat pipe device as defined in claim 1, wherein the bonding member is soldering wire, glue or adhesives.
15. The flat type heat pipe device as defined in claim 1, wherein the bonding paste is soldering paste.
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 comprising:
rasterizing a triangular mesh of three-dimensional data represented by points associated with the vertices of triangles to a first 3D grid arranged in a cube, where each grid cell of the first 3D grid includes a list of triangle records of that portion of the triangular mesh, wherein each triangle record of the list of triangle records includes both an integer mesh identifier representing a particular triangle mesh and an integer triangle identifier indicating an absolute position of a vertex in an array of the particular triangle mesh;
grouping the cells of the first 3D grid into 8 sections to form a second 3D grid where each grid cell of the second 3D grid represents \u215b of a total number of grid cells of the first 3D grid;
encoding, by a processor, the triangular records for each given grid cell of the second 3D grid as a list of integers including a number of triangular records in the given grid cell, any integer triangle identifiers for the triangular records for the given grid cell, and any integer mesh identifiers for the triangular records for the given grid cell, wherein the list of integers includes at least one integer for each grid cell of the second 3D grid such that the list of integers for one of the given grid cells includes at least (1) an integer corresponding to the one of the given grid cells, (2) an integer greater than 0 identifying a number of triangular records in the one of the given grid cells, (3) an integer triangle identifier for a triangular record for the one of the given grid cells, and (4) an integer mesh identifier for a triangle record of the one of the given grid cells;
compressing the list of integers; and
storing the compressed list of integers as an octree cube.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first 3D grid is a 256 by 256 by 256 grid having 256^3 grid cells and the second 3D grid is a 64 by 64 by 64 grid having 64^3 grid cell, and each grid cell of the second 3D grid includes 4^3 grid cells of the first 3D grid.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the compressing of the list of integers includes run-length-encoding the list of integers.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
generating a second octree cube from a second triangle mesh; and
storing the octree cube and the second octree cube as a volumetric structure.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
identifying the octree cube as intersecting with a given ray;
identifying a grid cell of the second 3D grid that intersects with the given ray and is associated with compressed data of the compressed list of integers;
computing ray-triangle intersection tests on each triangle of the identified grid cell by decompressing the compressed list of integers for the identified grid cell; and
when a ray-triangle intersection test of the computed ray-triangle intersection tests indicates that there is a particular triangle that intersects with the given ray, providing information associated with the particular triangle.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
when the ray-triangle intersection test indicate that there are no triangles that intersect with the given ray, identifying a second grid cell of the second 3D grid that intersects with the given ray and is associated with compressed data of the compressed list of integers;
computing second ray-triangle intersection tests on each triangle of the identified second grid cell by decompressing the compressed list of integers for the second grid cell; and
when a second ray-triangle intersection test of the second computed ray-triangle intersection tests indicates that there is a particular triangle that intersects with the given ray, providing information associated with the particular triangle.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising, when the second ray-triangle intersection tests indicate that there is no triangle that intersects with the given ray, performing additional ray-triangle intersection tests until a triangle that intersects with the given ray is identified or until an end of the octree cube is reached.
8. A system comprising:
memory storing a triangular mesh of three-dimensional data represented by points associated with the vertices of triangles, where each grid cell of the first 3D grid includes a list of triangle records of that portion of the triangular mesh, wherein each triangle record of the list of triangle records includes an integer triangle identifier and an integer mesh identifier;
a processor configured to:
rasterize the triangular mesh to a first 3D grid arranged in a cube;
group the cells of the first 3D grid into 8 sections to form a second 3D grid where each grid cell of the second 3D grid represents \u215b of a total number of grid cells of the first 3D grid;
encode the triangular records for each given grid cell of the second 3D grid as a list of integers including a number of triangular records in the given grid cell, any integer triangle identifiers for the triangular records for the given grid cell, and any integer mesh identifiers for the triangular records for the given grid cell, wherein the list of integers includes at least one integer for each grid cell of the second 3D grid such that the list of integers for one of the given grid cells includes at least (1) an integer corresponding to the one of the given grid cells, (2) an integer greater than 0 identifying a number of triangular records in the one of the given grid cells, (3) an integer triangle identifier for a triangular record for the one of the given grid cells, and (4) an integer mesh identifier for a triangle record of the one of the given grid cells;
compress the list of integers; and
store the compressed list of integers as an octree cube.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the first 3D grid is a 256 by 256 by 256 grid having 256^3 grid cells and the second 3D grid is a 64 by 64 by 64 grid having 64^3 grid cell, and each grid cell of the second 3D grid includes 4^3 grid cells of the first 3D grid.
10. The system of claim 8, wherein the compressing of the list of integers includes run-length-encoding the list of integers.
11. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:
generate a second octree cube from a second triangle mesh; and
store the octree cube and the second octree cube as a volumetric structure.
12. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify the octree cube as intersecting with a given ray;
identify a grid cell of the second 3D grid that intersects with the given ray and is associated with compressed data of the compressed list of integers;
compute ray-triangle intersection tests on each triangle of the identified grid cell by decompressing the compressed list of integers for the second grid cell; and
when a ray-triangle intersection test of the computed ray-triangle intersection tests indicates that there is a particular triangle that intersects with the given ray, provide information associated with the particular triangle.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to:
when the ray-triangle intersection test indicate that there are no triangles that intersect with the given ray, identify a second grid cell of the second 3D grid that intersects with the given ray and is associated with compressed data of the compressed list of integers;
compute second ray-triangle intersection tests on each triangle of the identified second grid cell by decompressing the compressed list of integers for the second grid cell; and
when a second ray-triangle intersection test of the second computed ray-triangle intersection tests indicates that there is a particular triangle that intersects with the given ray, provide information associated with the particular triangle.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to, when the second ray-triangle intersection tests indicate that there is no triangle that intersects with the given ray, perform additional ray-triangle intersection tests until a triangle that intersects with the given ray is identified or until an end of the octree cube is reached.
15. A non-transitory, tangible computer-readable storage medium on which computer readable instructions of a program are stored, the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
rasterizing a triangular mesh of three-dimensional data represented by points associated with the vertices of triangles to a first 3D grid arranged in a cube, where each grid cell of the first 3D grid includes a list of triangle records of that portion of the triangular mesh, wherein each triangle record of the list of triangle records includes an integer triangle identifier and an integer mesh identifier;
grouping the cells of the first 3D grid into 8 sections to form a second 3D grid where each grid cell of the second 3D grid represents \u215b of a total number of grid cells of the first 3D grid;
encoding, by a processor, the triangular records for each given grid cell of the second 3D grid as a list of integers including a number of triangular records in the given grid cell, any integer triangle identifiers for the triangular records for the given grid cell, and any integer mesh identifiers for the triangular records for the given grid cell, wherein the list of integers includes at least one integer for each grid cell of the second 3D grid such that the list of integers for one of the given grid cells includes at least (1) an integer corresponding to the one of the given grid cells, (2) an integer greater than 0 identifying a number of triangular records in the one of the given grid cells, (3) an integer triangle identifier for a triangular record for the one of the given grid cells, and (4) an integer mesh identifier for a triangle record of the one of the given grid cells;
compressing the list of integers; and
storing the compressed list of integers as an octree cube.
16. The medium of claim 15, wherein the first 3D grid is a 256 by 256 by 256 grid having 256^3 grid cells and the second 3D grid is a 64 by 64 by 64 grid having 64^3 grid cell, and each grid cell of the second 3D grid includes 4^3 grid cells of the first 3D grid.
17. The medium of claim 15, wherein the compressing of the list of integers includes run-length-encoding the list of integers.
18. The medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:
generating a second octree cube from a second triangle mesh; and
storing the octree cube and the second octree cube as a volumetric structure.
19. The medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:
identifying the octree cube as intersecting with a given ray;
identifying a grid cell of the second 3D grid that intersects with the given ray and is associated with compressed data of the compressed list of integers;
computing ray-triangle intersection tests on each triangle of the identified grid cell by decompressing the compressed list of integers for the identified grid cell; and
when a ray-triangle intersection test of the computed ray-triangle intersection tests indicates that there is a particular triangle that intersects with the given ray, providing information associated with the particular triangle.
20. The medium of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:
when the ray-triangle intersection test indicate that there are no triangles that intersect with the given ray, identifying a second grid cell of the second 3D grid that intersects with the given ray and is associated with compressed data of the compressed list of integers;
computing second ray-triangle intersection tests on each triangle of the identified second grid cell by decompressing the compressed list of integers for the second grid cell; and
when a second ray-triangle intersection test of the second computed ray-triangle intersection tests indicates that there is a particular triangle that intersects with the given ray, providing information associated with the particular triangle.
21. The medium of claim 20, wherein the method further comprises, when the second ray-triangle intersection tests indicate that there is no triangle that intersects with the given ray, performing additional ray-triangle intersection tests until a triangle that intersects with the given ray is identified or until an end of the octree cube is reached.
22. A method comprising:
receiving input from a user of a client device, the input identifying a given ray;
accessing a volumetric structure defined by a plurality of octree cubes associated with a triangular mesh of triangles, wherein each octree cube of the plurality is associated with a compressed list of integers wherein the compressed list of integers represent the grid cells of a 3D grid, and at least some of the grid cells of the 3D grid are associated with compressed data defining an integer triangle identifier and an integer mesh identifiers for a triangle of the triangular mesh;
selecting an octree cube that intersects with the given ray;
identifying a grid cell of the 3D grid associated with the selected octree cube that intersects with the given ray and is associated with compressed data;
computing, by a processor, ray-triangle intersection tests on each triangle of the identified grid cell by decompressing the compressed list of integers for the identified grid cell; and
when a ray-triangle intersection test of the computed ray-triangle intersection tests indicates that there is a particular triangle of the triangular mesh that intersects with the given ray, providing information associated with the particular triangle.
23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:
when the ray-triangle intersection test indicate that there are no triangles that intersect with the given ray, identifying a second grid cell of the second 3D grid that intersects with the given ray and is associated with compressed data of the compressed list of integers;
computing second ray-triangle intersection tests on each triangle of the identified second grid cell by decompressing the compressed list of integers for the second grid cell; and
when a second ray-triangle intersection test of the second computed ray-triangle intersection tests indicates that there is a particular triangle that intersects with the given ray, providing information associated with the particular triangle.
24. The method of claim 23, further comprising, when the second ray-triangle intersection tests indicate that there is no triangle that intersects with the given ray, performing additional ray-triangle intersection tests until a triangle that intersects with the given ray is identified or until an end of the octree cube is reached.
25. A system comprising:
memory storing a volumetric structure defined by a plurality of octree cubes associated with a triangular mesh of triangles, wherein each octree cube of the plurality is associated with a compressed list of integers wherein the compressed list of integers represent the grid cells of a 3D grid, and at least some of the grid cells of the 3D grid are associated with compressed data defining an integer triangle identifier and an integer mesh identifiers for a triangle of the triangular mesh; and
a processor configured to:
receive input from a user of a client device, the input identifying a given ray;
access the memory;
select an octree cube that intersects with the given ray;
identify a grid cell of the 3D grid associated with the selected octree cube that intersects with the given ray and is associated with compressed data;
compute ray-triangle intersection tests on each triangle of the identified grid cell by decompressing the compressed list of integers for the identified grid cell; and
when a ray-triangle intersection test of the computed ray-triangle intersection tests indicates that there is a particular triangle of the triangular mesh that intersects with the given ray, provide information associated with the particular triangle.
26. The system of claim 25, wherein the processor is further configured to:
when the ray-triangle intersection test indicates that there are no triangles that intersect with the given ray, identify a second grid cell of the second 3D grid that intersects with the given ray and is associated with compressed data of the compressed list of integers;
compute second ray-triangle intersection tests on each triangle of the identified second grid cell by decompressing the compressed list of integers for the second grid cell; and
when a second ray-triangle intersection test of the second computed ray-triangle intersection tests indicates that there is a particular triangle that intersects with the given ray, provide information associated with the particular triangle.
27. The system of claim 26, wherein the processor is further operable to, when the second ray-triangle intersection tests indicate that there is no triangle that intersects with the given ray, perform additional ray-triangle intersection tests until a triangle that intersects with the given ray is identified or until an end of the octree cube is reached.