Patent Document ID: 9342926
Application ID: 14243281
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An information processing apparatus that generates an indirect illumination buffer for a specular reflection used for rendering a 3D scene, comprising: a central processor; a memory including a set of executable instructions that, when executed by the central processor, causes the central processor to perform operations including: determining a viewpoint parameter for which the indirect illumination buffer is to be rendered; and acquiring a low resolution indirect illumination buffer having a resolution less than the indirect illumination buffer, and information used for identification of reflection characteristics of objects in the 3D scene corresponding to pixels of the indirect illumination buffer to be generated and specular reflection directions in positions of the objects; and a graphics processor which is able to generate the indirect illumination buffer by increasing the resolution of the low resolution indirect illumination buffer acquired by the central processor, wherein the graphics processor generates a pixel of the indirect illumination buffer generated by an increase in resolution based on at least a level of similarity of specular reflection lobes, between an object corresponding to the pixel and an object corresponding to a pixel of the low resolution indirect illumination buffer used for generation of the pixel, for an eye direction defined by the viewpoint parameter determined by the central processor and information used for identification of the specular reflection direction of each object.