Patent · US Active

Three-dimensional volume rendering using an in-memory database

US9390548B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAP SE · DE

Inventors

Olaf Schmidt · Heidelberg, DE
Jason Kafka · Leimen, DE
Philipp Thun · Hirschberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 16, 2014
Grant date	Jul 12, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 20, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T17/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for three-dimensional (3D) volume rendering. One computer-implemented method includes receiving a rendering request for a volume rendering of data of a volume dataset, calling one or more database-layer rendering procedures to perform the rendering request, for each rendering procedure: retrieving data volume metadata consistent with the rendering request and retrieving data volume data consistent with rendering request, generating, by a computer and using the data volume metadata and data volume data, an image intensity buffer containing intensity and illumination data for image generation, and generating an image from the data contained in the image intensity buffer.

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