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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Take-two Interactive Software, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Rowan Wyborn, Page, AU;
Mathi Nagarajan, Nicholls, AU;
Assignee:
TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 15/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/60 (2013.01); G06T 15/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for simulating shadows in a scene. In an embodiment, two or more light sources that cast shadows from objects are identified. Each of those light sources is then assigned to a channel in a shadow mask buffer. The shadows are then accumulated into the shadow mask buffer and may be combined with corresponding lights to render the scene.