Abstract: Various apparatus and methods are described for a simulation and/or user interface environment. Image data and actual measured depth data of a real object from a real-world scene is acquired via one or more sensors. There is matching of the resolution of the image data and actual measured depth data as well as a linking formed between the image data and actual measured depth data for each pixel representing the real-world object in the scene. The actual measured depth data of the real-world object is processed to extract normal vector data to the surface of the real-world object. occlusion, lighting, and any physics-based interaction effects are based on at least the image data and actual measured depth data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 19, 2010
Date of Patent:
March 26, 2013
Assignee:
YDreams S.A., A Public Limited Liability Company
Inventors:
Gonçalo Cardoso Lopes, João Pedro Gomes da Silva Frazão, André Rui Soares Pereira de Almeida, Nuno Ricardo Sequeira Cardoso, Ivan de Almeida Soares Franco, Nuno Moura e Silva Cruces