Patent ID: 7969433
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: G06T,G09G

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method performed by a computer system including a processor and a memory programmed to perform the method comprising: performing by the computer system a rendering operation for a plurality of scenes at a plurality of sampling locations with the processor to form a first plurality of sampled rendering results associated with the plurality of scenes, in response to a plurality of scene descriptor data associated with the plurality of scenes stored in the memory, wherein at least two of the plurality of scenes have different temporal values in an animation sequence; determining by the computer system (a) a plurality of sampled rendering result modes associated with each of the plurality of scenes with the processor in response to the first plurality of sampled rendering results and (b) a plurality of weights associated with each of the plurality of scenes with the processor in response to the first plurality of sampled rendering results; determining by the computer system a second plurality of sampled rendering results associated with the plurality of scenes with the processor in response to the plurality of sampled rendering result modes associated with each of the plurality of scenes and in response to the plurality of weights associated with each of the plurality of scenes; performing by the computer system additional rendering operations to form a plurality of images with the processor, in response to the second plurality of sampled rendering results; and storing by the computer system representations of the plurality of images in a tangible media.