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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Pixar, Emeryville, CA (US);
Inventor:
Alexis Angelidis, Albany, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pixar, Emeryville, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/60 (2011.01); G06T 15/08 (2011.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); G06T 15/50 (2011.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/60 (2013.01); G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G06T 15/20 (2013.01); G06T 15/506 (2013.01); G06T 17/005 (2013.01); G06T 15/503 (2013.01); G06T 2210/24 (2013.01); G06T 2210/36 (2013.01); G06T 2210/56 (2013.01); G06T 2215/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-scale method is provided for computer graphic simulation of incompressible gases in three-dimensions with resolution variation suitable for perspective cameras and regions of importance. The dynamics is derived from the vorticity equation. Lagrangian particles are created, modified and deleted in a manner that handles advection with buoyancy and viscosity. Boundaries and deformable object collisions are modeled with the source and doublet panel method. The acceleration structure is based on the fast multipole method (FMM), but with a varying size to account for non-uniform sampling.