Patent ID: 6400841
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method for evaluating a three-dimensional rendering system employing a rendering engine having predetermined operating settings, the method comprising the steps of:(a) collecting three-dimensional image data; (b) identifying a set of parameters affecting an image quality of two dimensional images produced by the rendering system; (c) generating a set of two-dimensional images using the rendering system operating on the three-dimensional image data using different parameters of the set of parameters; (d) producing for each two-dimensional image a mathematical index related to the image quality of the two-dimensional image; and (e) fitting a functional relationship to the mathematical index and the parameters so as to allow rapid evaluation of the affect of a change in parameter on image quality; (f) generating synthetic three-dimensional image data; and wherein step (d) generates the mathematical index by comparing each two-dimensional image to an optimized two-dimensional image of the three-dimensional image data generated by using parameters obtained from evaluation of the synthetic three-dimensional image data.