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Method of representing a material

US8872825B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 25, 2010
Grant dateOct 28, 2014
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Expiry dateJun 3, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T15/04
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for representing a material by approximating an original function modeling the interaction of the material and of light emitted by a light source, which function is defined as a function of pixels, of viewpoints, and of light directions, the method comprising: for each viewpoint, the steps of performing a polynomial approximation of the original modeling function and a geometric approximation of a residue resulting from the difference between the original modeling function and the polynomial approximation of said function; and a step of simplification by decomposing the results obtained from the two approximations into wavelet packets.

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