PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863799
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["345", "419000"]

Abstract:
Various approaches described herein improve the quality of results when fusing depth maps to generate dynamic three-dimensional (“3D”) models, applying texture details to dynamic 3D models, or rendering views of textured, dynamic 3D models. For example, when fusing depth maps to generate a dynamic 3D model, a fusion component can also incorporate intrinsic color values for points of the dynamic 3D model, potentially making the dynamic 3D model more accurate, especially for areas in which depth values are not reliable or not available. As another example, when applying texture details, a rendering component can apply smoothed, viewpoint-dependent texture weights to texture values from different texture maps, which can reduce blurring and avoid the introduction of noticeable seams. As another example, a rendering component can apply special effects indicated by metadata to rendered views, thereby allowing a content provider to assert artistic control over presentation.

Claim (Index 20):
One or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions for causing a computer system, when programmed thereby, to perform operations to texture a dynamic three-dimensional (\u201c3D\u201d) model of a computer-represented environment, the operations comprising:\n receiving texture maps for a current frame, each of the texture maps including texture values captured from a different input viewpoint in the computer-represented environment; receiving model data for the current frame, the model data including points of the dynamic 3D model of the computer-represented environment; determining texture weights for the current frame for at least some of the points of the dynamic 3D model, including smoothing at least some of the texture weights for the current frame spatially around seams in the dynamic 3D model and/or temporally relative to previous texture weights; and for the at least some of the points of the dynamic 3D model, applying corresponding texture values from the texture maps according to the smoothed texture weights for the current frame; and rendering a view of the textured, dynamic 3D model from an output viewpoint.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.875
- Patent Class: 345.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13427497', '12266942', '10890280', '11097549', '13638136']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6567153968930166
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4888186350890906
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6399257207126241
- Mean Citation Score: 228.259852
- Max Citation Score: 244.25629
- Similarity Product: 194.0252091921049

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test