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Adaptive Sampling Guided by Multilateral Filtering

  • US 20130077893A1
  • Filed: 07/31/2012
  • Published: 03/28/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • generating a plurality of versions of a first image, wherein each of the plurality of versions of the first image has a respective different resolution;

    generating a respective priority map for each of the plurality of versions of the first image, wherein each respective priority map identifies a plurality of high-priority regions in a corresponding one of the plurality of versions of the first image; and

    rendering a second image based on the priority maps, comprising performing a ray-tracing process having a greater number of samples per pixel for the high-priority regions of the second image than for other regions of the second image.

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