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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2006
Applicants:
Xin Tong, Beijing, CN;
Yanyun Chen, Beijing, CN;
Baining Guo, Beijing, CN;
Heung-yeung Shum, Beijing, CN;
Stephen Lin, Beijing, CN;
Ying Song, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Xin Tong, Beijing, CN;
Yanyun Chen, Beijing, CN;
Baining Guo, Beijing, CN;
Heung-Yeung Shum, Beijing, CN;
Stephen Lin, Beijing, CN;
Ying Song, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A shell radiance texture function (SRTF) is defined to record an outgoing radiance from a base volume of an object to be rendered. Using the SRTF, radiance values are precomputed and stored for the base volume. The object is rendered using the precomputed radiance values.