Patent Document ID: 9843776
Application ID: 14800288
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of deferred rendering of computer-generated content, the method comprising: generating a respective depth map for each of a set of computer-generated input images of a scene; generating a disparity volume from the generated depth maps, the disparity volume corresponding to a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a light field representing light rays from the scene; determining a non-planar surface cut through the disparity volume, wherein the non-planar surface cut is determined using a two-dimensional map; determining a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) subsets of the disparity volume corresponding to a plurality of 2D subsets of the 3D representation of the light field, wherein at least one 2D subset of the disparity volume corresponds to the non-planar surface cut; determining a plurality of the computer-generated input images whose respective depth maps are included in the determined 2D subsets of the disparity volume; and rendering, by a computer system, the determined plurality of the computer-generated input images.