Patents by Inventor LAURENT DIAZ

LAURENT DIAZ 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).

  • Publication number: 20080186306
    Abstract: Procedure for rendering images in real time of three-dimensional models of items of jewellery Procedure for rendering images in real time of three-dimensional models of items of jewellery comprising at least one transparent or translucent stone having facets, which procedure comprises the steps consisting in determining a reference point in the stone, calculating the components of the normals to the facets of the stone in a discrete set of directions around the reference point and storing these components in a map of the normals, and simulating light reflections within the stone by calculating an approximation of the point of intersection between a ray and the stone using a simplified geometric shape of the stone and using, to calculate the direction of the reflected ray, a normal extracted from the map of the normals, corresponding to the point of the surface of the stone located in the direction of the point relative to the reference point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: VISION NUMERIC
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHE DARPHIN, LAURENT DIAZ, CHRISTOPHE DUPUIS