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Material representation data structure and method of representing a material for digital image synthesis

US9947132B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NVIDIA Corporation · US

Inventors

Lutz Kettner · Berlin, DE
Håkan Andersson · Linköping, SE
Michael Beck · Pflugerville, US
Robert Hoedicke · Berlin, DE
Jan Jordan · Berlin, DE
Andy Kopra · Berlin, DE
Steven Parker · Draper, US
Matthias Raab · Berlin, DE
Daniel Johannes Seibert · Berlin, DE
Rajko Yasui-Schoeffel · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 22, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

A material representation data structure and a method of representing a material for digital image synthesis. The data structure may be embodied in a graphics processing subsystem, including: (1) a memory configured to store a material representation data structure according to which a material is declaratively represented by a property indicative of an interaction between the material and light, and (2) a processor operable to gain access to the memory and employ the property in a rendering procedure defined independent of the material representation data structure and designed to effect the interaction.

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