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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus C., DK;
Inwoo Ha, Seongnam-si, KR;
Minsu Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Hyong Euk Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jacob Toft Pedersen, Aarhus N., DK;
Hachisuka Toshiya, Aarhus N., DK;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus C, DK;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a memory configured to store a data structure in which gather rays generated by performing gather ray tracing from a rendering viewpoint are clustered hierarchically, the gather rays including a first gather ray and a second gather ray associated with the first gather ray in the data structure, and a processor configured to merge a photon gathering result associated with the second gather ray with a photon gathering result associated with the first gather ray in response to the photon gathering result associated with the first gather ray not satisfying a first condition.