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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2011
Applicant:
Charles C. Rhodes, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventor:
Charles C. Rhodes, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for generating composite images for displays are provided. For some embodiments, ray tracing algorithms may be utilized to efficiently generate a composite image corresponding to multiple views. Because ray tracing is done on a per pixel basis, it is possible to generate pixel values for only those pixels that will be allocated to a particular image view. By tracing rays from a viewpoint only through those pixels allocated to displaying images corresponding to that viewpoint, a composite image may be generated without discarding pixel data.