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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Ibrahim Musba, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jizhou Gao, Fremont, CA (US);
Jim Loup Zin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andreas H. Bockert, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kjell Fredrik Larsson, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes obtaining a three-dimensional model that represents a natural environment and identifying ground-level surfaces from the three-dimensional model, wherein the ground-level surfaces from the three-dimensional model represent ground-level features from the natural environment. The method also includes identifying overhanging features from the three-dimensional model, wherein the overhanging features from the three-dimensional model block visibility of the ground-level surfaces from the three-dimensional model when the ground-level surfaces are viewed from an orthographic perspective. The method also includes rendering a simulated image of the natural environment that includes at least some of the ground-level surfaces from the natural environment using a rendering system that generates the simulated image of the natural environment according to the orthographic perspective and ignores the overhanging features from the three-dimensional model so that the overhanging features from the three-dimensional model are omitted from the simulated image of the natural environment.