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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:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2009
Applicant:
Brian Smits, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventor:
Brian Smits, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Pixar, Emeryville, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/50 (2011.01); G09G 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method for rendering images as part of the production of animated features by generating an image of a surface or set of surfaces by modeling the reflection of light from the surface or set of surfaces. The invention may be used to provide a visually appealing and sufficiently realistic image of a surface or set of surfaces for use in production scale rendering, while requiring fewer computational resources than typically required by a strict physical model.