Importance-directed geometric simplification system and method
US11087038B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 4, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2210/04
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to the importance-directed geometric simplification of complex mesh-based representations of objects in virtual environments for radiosity-based global illumination simulations. By means of simplification, the time needed to solve the radiosity equation and so generate an accurate physically-based simulation can be markedly reduced. Further, geometric simplification is performed during the global illumination simulation process rather than as a preprocess step.
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