Patent ID: 7737970
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer program product comprising: a computer operable medium having computer readable code, the computer readable code being effective to: select rasterized pixel data corresponding to a first screen location; retrieve a first ray traced pixel data corresponding to the first screen location, the first ray traced pixel data included in a plurality of ray traced pixel data; compare the first ray traced pixel data with the rasterized pixel data, wherein the computer readable code is further effective to: in response to determining that the rasterized pixel depth value relative to the ray traced pixel depth value positions the rasterized pixel data in front of the ray traced pixel data at the first screen location, replace the first ray traced pixel data corresponding to the first screen location with the rasterized pixel data, wherein the replacing includes overwriting a ray traced pixel color value included in the first ray traced pixel data with a rasterized pixel color value that is included in the rasterized pixel data, which results in composite data; and generate an image using the composite data that includes the remaining plurality of ray traced pixel data and the rasterized pixel data.