Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Object illumination in hybrid rasterization and ray traced 3-D rendering
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Application No.: US16107812Application Date: 2018-08-21
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Publication No.: US10679405B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Jens Fursund , Luke T. Peterson
- Applicant: Imagination Technologies Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Kings Langley
- Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
- Current Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Kings Langley
- Agency: Potomac Law Group, PLLC
- Agent Vincent M DeLuca
- Main IPC: G06T15/80
- IPC: G06T15/80

Abstract:
Rendering systems that can use combinations of rasterization rendering processes and ray tracing rendering processes are disclosed. In some implementations, these systems perform a rasterization pass to identify visible surfaces of pixels in an image. Some implementations may begin shading processes for visible surfaces, before the geometry is entirely processed, in which rays are emitted. Rays can be culled at various points during processing, based on determining whether the surface from which the ray was emitted is still visible. Rendering systems may implement rendering effects as disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180357818A1 Object Illumination in Hybrid Rasterization and Ray Traced 3-D Rendering Public/Granted day:2018-12-13
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