Reinforcement learning for light transport

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10115229
APP PUB NO 20180018814A1
SERIAL NO

15648308

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

A method for light transport includes steps of initializing a data structure that is configured to provide an importance value for each incident sample in a three-dimensional (3D) scene and tracing, in a direction from an origin, a ray of a plurality of rays through the 3D scene to intersect an object at a hitpoint. Additional steps include selecting a next direction of the ray according to a distribution of the importance values at the hitpoint, tracing the ray in the next direction to find a next hitpoint, updating a first importance value corresponding to the hitpoint using a second importance value corresponding to the next hitpoint, and setting the hitpoint of the ray to the next hitpoint. The additional steps are repeated until the next hitpoint is an endpoint. A contribution, based on each hitpoint and the endpoint, to a pixel that is intersected by the ray is recorded.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
NVIDIA CORPORATION2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY SANTA CLARA CA 95051

International Classification(s)

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dahm, Ken Patrik Berlin, DE 4 119
Keller, Alexander Berlin, DE 123 3636

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation

Maintenance Fees

Fee Large entity fee small entity fee micro entity fee due date
7.5 Year Payment $3600.00 $1800.00 $900.00 Apr 30, 2026
11.5 Year Payment $7400.00 $3700.00 $1850.00 Apr 30, 2030
Fee Large entity fee small entity fee micro entity fee
Surcharge - 7.5 year - Late payment within 6 months $160.00 $80.00 $40.00
Surcharge - 11.5 year - Late payment within 6 months $160.00 $80.00 $40.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable $700.00 $350.00 $175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional $1,640.00 $820.00 $410.00