Patent ID: 7310098
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a grouping unit which selects rendering strategy according to characteristics of input three-dimensional objects and groups the three-dimensional objects into groups in such a manner that the three-dimensional objects to which the same rendering strategy is applied are grouped into the same group; a rendering processing unit which derives a three-dimensional subspace which contains the three-dimensional objects belonging to the same group to be an independent rendering unit and performs rendering processing individually on the subspace by applying the group by group different rendering strategy, and generates independent image data for each subspace; and a consolidation unit which generates final output image data to be displayed by consolidating the image data generated for each subspace, wherein the grouping unit groups the three-dimensional objects into groups in such a manner that the three-dimensional subspaces, each of which contains at least one three-dimensional object belonging to the same group, are allowed to spatially overlap one another, and wherein each of the three-dimensional subspaces is defined by boundaries and the boundaries of the three-dimensional subspaces are allowed to spatially overlap one another.