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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Filippo Tampieri, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
Discreet Logic Inc., , CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/560 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/560 ;
Abstract
Image data is generated from scene data, possibly within a virtual set. The scene data defines surfaces and a plurality of lighting banks. A multi-resolution representation of a radiosity equation is constructed with respect to the scene data. The radiosity equation is solved individually for each of the light banks. A light bank for which a solution is being sought is switched on with the remaining light banks being switched off.