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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2007
Nikolai Svakhine, San Jose, CA (US);
Yun Jang, West Lafayette, IN (US);
David S. Ebert, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Kelly P. Gaither, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas Ertl, Stohrerweg, DE;
Eduardo Tejada-gamero, Schoenauer Strasse, DE;
Nikolai Svakhine, San Jose, CA (US);
Yun Jang, West Lafayette, IN (US);
David S. Ebert, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Kelly P. Gaither, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas Ertl, Stohrerweg, DE;
Eduardo Tejada-Gamero, Schoenauer Strasse, DE;
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
A system and method for rendering flows and volumes includes the steps of generating a preintegrated table, the preintegrated table having a plurality of entries, each of the plurality of entries having color information and opacity information, generating illustrative effects based on the plurality of entries of the preintegrated table and displaying the illustrative effects.