Patent ID: 9092888
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A computerized method of rendering a graphical image containing a volumetric object on an electronic display, the method comprising: defining, at a processing circuit, the volumetric object as a volume, wherein the volume comprises a plurality of polygons; rendering the volume for a first plurality of pixels of the electronic display, wherein the volume is described by volume characteristics and the first plurality of pixels corresponds to a spatial extent of the volume; and rendering a graphical image for a second plurality of pixels of the electronic display, wherein the graphical image is described by global characteristics, and wherein the second plurality of pixels corresponds to a spatial extent of the visual scene of the graphical image, and wherein when a view ray for at least one of the second plurality of pixels intersects at least one of the first plurality of pixels, the global characteristics and a proportion of the volume characteristics are combined when rendering the graphical image, the proportion defined by an extent of the intersection of the view ray.