Patent ID: 7042448
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. An image processing method of executing intersection decision between a half-line passing from a viewpoint to one pixel on a screen and a three-dimensional object and executing an image process of the pixel based on a result of the intersection decision, comprising: dividing a three-dimensional space into a plurality of small spaces; distributing image processes of the small spaces to a plurality of processor cores, respectively; selecting one of a plurality of three-dimensional objects in each of the small spaces and loading information of a selected three-dimensional object from a main memory to a local memory by each of the processor cores; selecting the one pixel from a plurality of pixels and executing the intersection decision between a ray which passes the selected pixel on the screen and the selected three-dimensional object based on the loaded information by each of the processor cores; and applying the first step and the second step to all pixels and all three-dimensional objects in the three-dimensional space.