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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Alexander Kern, Munich, DE;
Matthäus G. Chajdas, Munich, DE;
Daniel James Skinner, Milton Keynes, GB;
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/06 (2011.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/06 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06T 2210/12 (2013.01); G06T 2210/21 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique for performing ray tracing operations is provided. The technique includes arriving at a bounding box of a bounding volume hierarchy ('BVH') having an orientation defined based on a platonic solid; testing a ray for intersection with the bounding box; and continuing traversal of the BVH based on results of the testing.
Kern, Michael. (2026). Discrete rotations for oriented bounding boxes based on platonic solids (U.S. Patent No. 12626448). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12626448
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