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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Filippo Tampieri, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
Autodesk Canada Inc., Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
Image data is generated by a process of radiosity, wherein a plurality of elements are defined in three dimensional space. Selected elements are set as being non-occluding and light emission values for said elements are determined by calculating the effect of light reflections between the elements. An accumulated total level of light is adjusted in response to the visibility of elements including at least one of said non-occluding elements.