Patents by Inventor Cangjian HOU

Cangjian HOU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SHADOW RENDERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230143323
    Abstract: This application discloses a shadow rendering method and apparatus, a computer device, and a storage medium, the method including: obtaining at least one rendering structure in a virtual scene according to an illumination direction in the virtual scene; obtaining model coordinates of a plurality of pixels according to a current viewing angle associated with the virtual scene and depth information of the plurality of pixels; sampling at least one shadow map according to the model coordinates of the plurality of pixels to obtain a plurality of sampling points corresponding to the plurality of pixels; and rendering the plurality of sampling points in the virtual scene to obtain at least one shadow associated with the at least one virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Cangjian HOU
  • Shadow rendering method and apparatus, computer device, and storage medium
    Patent number: 11574437
    Abstract: This application discloses a shadow rendering method and apparatus, a computer device, and a storage medium, the method including: obtaining at least one rendering structure in a virtual scene according to an illumination direction in the virtual scene; obtaining model coordinates of a plurality of pixels according to a current viewing angle associated with the virtual scene and depth information of the plurality of pixels; sampling at least one shadow map according to the model coordinates of the plurality of pixels to obtain a plurality of sampling points corresponding to the plurality of pixels; and rendering the plurality of sampling points in the virtual scene to obtain at least one shadow associated with the at least one virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Cangjian Hou
  • SHADOW RENDERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20210279948
    Abstract: This application discloses a shadow rendering method and apparatus, a computer device, and a storage medium, the method including: obtaining at least one rendering structure in virtual scene according to an illumination direction in the virtual scene; obtaining model coordinates of a plurality of pixels according to a current viewing angle associated with the virtual scene and depth information of the plurality of pixels; sampling at least one shadow map according to the model coordinates of the plurality of pixels to obtain a plurality of sampling points corresponding to the plurality of pixels; and rendering the plurality of sampling points in the virtual scene to obtain at least one shadow associated with the at least one virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Cangjian HOU