Occlusion culling for object-order volume rendering
US7362329B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 13, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2210/62
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Computerized systems and methods provide occlusion culling for efficiently rendering a three dimensional image. The systems and methods calculate a set of occluder shields in a voxel dataset using a transparency value associated with each voxel of the dataset. Next, the occluder shields are applied to the dataset to identify regions of the voxel data that do not contribute to the final image. Finally, the voxel data set can be rendered, excluding regions that do not contribute to the final image.
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