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IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

  • US 20090115784A1
  • Filed: 11/05/2008
  • Published: 05/07/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image processing apparatus including a generation unit which generates an image of a virtual space on which a virtual object is laid out, using a ray tracing method, the apparatus comprising:

  • a unit which combines a plurality of virtual elements so as to approximate a shape of a physical object, and lays out an approximate virtual object configured by the plurality of combined virtual elements on the virtual space;

    a determination unit which executes intersect determination between a ray generated based on the ray tracing method and a virtual object on the virtual space; and

    a control unit which controls, when the ray and the approximate virtual object have a predetermined intersect state as a result of the intersect determination, said generation unit to generate a pixel corresponding to the ray based on the ray before the predetermined intersect state is reached.

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