Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphics processing – Three-dimension
Patent
1996-01-02
1998-06-09
Buchel, Jr., Rudolph J.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Computer graphics processing
Three-dimension
345430, G06T 1500
Patent
active
057642338
ABSTRACT:
A method for simulating and rendering hair. A simulator calculates the motion dynamics of a hair. The simulator includes a particle system that emits particles from a surface and a normalization module that normalizes the trajectory of each of the particles to a fixed length to form a set of normalized segments. The simulator outputs a list of normalized segments that are passed to a renderer. The renderer performs a variety of tasks, including fuzzy segment generation and self-shadowing, that results in an image being displayed on a display device. That is, the renderer takes three-dimensional spacial information, applies a light to this information and renders this information as a two-dimensional image.
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Brinsmead Duncan R.
Stam Jos
Buchel, Jr. Rudolph J.
Silicon Graphics Inc.
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