Patent ID: 9208610
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of rendering a computer graphics image of a three-dimensional scene, the method comprising: receiving, at one or more computer systems, scene data describing the three-dimensional scene, wherein the scene data comprises a first representation of a three dimensional entity in the scene and a second representation of the entity, wherein the first and second representations describe the entity in the scene using different features; determining, with the one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, an intersection between a sample of the scene and the entity, wherein the entity is represented in the scene at the intersection using at least one of the first and second representations; comparing, with the one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, an area of the sample with a size of at least one feature of at least one of the first and second representations, wherein the size of features is different between the first and second representations; selecting, with the one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, at least one of the first and second representations based on the comparison; and generating, with the one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, information describing the sample using the selected representation.