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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Yun Tae Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/08 (2011.01); G06T 15/50 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G06T 15/50 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10072 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method for realistically expressing an object. The image processing apparatus includes a volume data generator configured to generate volume data using received signals of an object, and a volume rendering unit configured to perform volume rendering using the volume data to acquire a projection image, and apply a subsurface scattering effect according to virtual lighting information, to the projection image with respect to a user's viewpoint to produce a final image.