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US 2010/0164948 A1Published application
Apparatus and method of enhancing ray tracing speed
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoung Ihn Kho, Min Su Ahn
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus of enhancing a ray tracing speed. The method of enhancing a ray tracing speed may group a secondary ray based on a direction of the secondary ray in a 3D space, and may perform packet tracing based on the grouped secondary ray.
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A method of enhancing a ray tracing speed, the method comprising:
- performing ray tracing with respect to a primary ray;
- storing a secondary ray generated corresponding to the ray tracing;
- grouping the secondary ray based on a direction of the secondary ray;
- and
- performing packet tracing with respect to the secondary ray for each group.
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An apparatus of enhancing a ray tracing, the apparatus comprising:
- a first ray tracing unit to perform ray tracing with respect to a primary ray;
- a secondary ray storage unit to store a secondary ray generated corresponding to the ray tracing;
- a grouping unit to perform grouping of the secondary ray based on a direction of the secondary ray;
- and
- a second ray tracing unit to perform a packet tracing with respect to the secondary ray for each generated group.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.