Patent ID: 9615009
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H04N,H05B,Y02B

Claim:
1. A method for visualizing light maps comprising: identifying at least one light source within a real world scene, wherein the light source is associated with a plurality of attributes, wherein the light source emits light to illuminate the real world scene, wherein the attributes comprise of at least one of a light source intensity, a light source wavelength, and orientation; presenting a live view of the real world scene within an interface of a computing device; determining at least one of the plurality of attributes associated with the light source; computing a light map for the light source within the real world scene, wherein the light map is a graphical visualization of an approximation of a propagation of light emanating from the at least one light source within the scene; computing a boundary for a visualization for the light source, wherein the visualization, referred to as a light source visualization, is a visibly bounded graphic of a shape appearing as an overlay on a view of the real-world scene, wherein the graphic explicitly demarcates a bound region indicative of a bound region that is illuminated by the light source; and visually presenting within the interface the light source visualization for the light map, wherein the light source visualization overlays a view also presented within the interface of the real world scene.