Compression of surface light fields
US7053894B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 9, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 30, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method are provided for compressing a graphical representation that describes the appearance of an object from a plurality of viewing directions. Compressing includes accessing the graphical representation, removing redundant descriptive information from the graphical representation and representing the remaining information for efficient rendering, such as rendering with hardware-assisted computation.
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