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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2001
Bradford A. Ritter, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Daniel G. Gelb, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thomas Malzbender, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bradford A. Ritter, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Daniel G. Gelb, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thomas Malzbender, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for rendering a digital image having surface reflectance properties is disclosed. The method comprises creating a parametric texture map that comprises parameters for an equation that defines a surface structure in a manner in which the appearance of the surface structure includes surface reflectance properties. The method further comprises rendering a digital image using the parametric texture map.