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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/50 (2011.01); G06T 15/60 (2006.01); G06T 15/04 (2011.01); G06T 15/40 (2011.01); G06T 15/55 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/60 (2013.01); G06T 15/04 (2013.01); G06T 15/40 (2013.01); G06T 15/55 (2013.01); G06T 2215/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus to calculate a visibility with respect to a plurality of virtual point lights (VPL) sampled at a three-dimensional (3D) model includes at least one first VPL included in a screen scene associated with a viewpoint to render and at least one second VPL not found in the screen scene, and may calculate a first probability obtained by calculating a visibility between a first area including the first VPL and a first point with respect to the at least one first VPL.