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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2001
Sukendeep Samra, Venice, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A system and method for optimizing the processing of a sequence of images represented as a directed acyclic graph. The method comprises receiving a selection of a view node at which point an output image is to be viewed. The cost to process each predecessor branch of nodes of a plurality of branches of nodes in the directed acyclic graph. The output image is rendered by processing the predecessor branches in order from most costly to least costly. In one embodiment, images may be represented as a directed acyclic graph. In one embodiment, the method also includes re-ordering the predecessor branches based on the cost to process the branches. The method may be implemented on a system such as a computer.