Dynamic lighting capture and reconstruction

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9854176
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14164006

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Systems and techniques for dynamically capturing and reconstructing lighting are provided. The systems and techniques may be based on a stream of images capturing the lighting within an environment as a scene is shot. Reconstructed lighting data may be used to illuminate a character in a computer-generated environment as the scene is shot. For example, a method may include receiving a stream of images representing lighting of a physical environment. The method may further include compressing the stream of images to reduce an amount of data used in reconstructing the lighting of the physical environment and may further include outputting the compressed stream of images for reconstructing the lighting of the physical environment using the compressed stream, the reconstructed lighting being used to render a computer-generated environment.

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LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTDP O BOX 29909 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129-0909

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bhat, Kiran San Francisco, US 24 342
Grabli, Stephane San Francisco, US 7 63
Miyashiro, Curt Isamu Walnut Creek, US 2 22
Sanders, Michael San Francisco, US 64 832
Snell, Jason Nicasio, US 5 98

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