Patent ID: 8619078
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: assigning, by a master processing element, a priority to a ray data structure of a plurality of ray data structures based on a plurality of inputs received by the master processing element from a plurality of sources, the ray data structure comprising properties of a ray to be traced in a three-dimensional image, wherein the plurality of sources includes a software application and at least one other source; identifying a portion of the three-dimensional image through which the ray passes; identifying a slave processing element associated with the portion of the three-dimensional image, wherein the slave processing element is configured to determine whether the ray intersects a geometric primitive within the portion of the three-dimensional image; and sending the ray data structure to the slave processing element, wherein the priority assigned to the ray data structure determines a ratio of refractive rays spawned by the ray data structure to reflective rays spawned by the ray data structure.