Patent ID: 8164590

Claim:
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 specific rendering operation for a plurality of images of a scene to form a plurality of intermediate rendering data for the specific rendering operation in response to a plurality of scene descriptor data associated with the plurality of images of the scene, wherein at least two of the images in the plurality of images of the scene represent different descriptions of the same scene; forming by the computer system a model based on the plurality of intermediate rendering data; determining by the computer system a higher-quality plurality of intermediate rendering data for the specific rendering operation in response to the model; performing by the computer system at least one additional rendering operation to form a plurality of images with the processor in response to the higher-quality plurality of intermediate rendering data; and storing by the computer system representations of the plurality of images in a tangible computer-readable storage medium; wherein the higher-quality plurality of intermediate rendering data has noise levels lower than noise levels of the plurality of intermediate rendering data.