Systems and methods for digitally representing a scene with multi-faceted primitives
US11721034B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 14, 2023 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/10028
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a system and associated methods for generating and rendering a polyhedral point cloud that represents a scene with multi-faceted primitives. Each multi-faceted primitive stores multiple sets of values that represent different non-positional characteristics that are associated with a particular point in the scene from different angles. For instance, the system generates a multi-faceted primitive for a particular point of the scene that is captured in first capture from a first position and a second capture from a different second position. Generating the multi-faceted primitive includes defining a first facet with a first surface normal oriented towards the first position and first non-positional values based on descriptive characteristics of the particular point in the first capture, and defining a second facet with a second surface normal orientated towards the second position and second non-positional values based on different descriptive characteristics of the particular point in the second capture.
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