CPC G06T 15/06 (2013.01) [G06T 15/506 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of rendering an image of a scene, the method comprising:
maintaining a temporal reservoir buffer (TRB) comprising a plurality of TRB elements, wherein each of the plurality of TRB elements is assigned to a respective image point (IP) of a plurality of IPs of the image;
identifying, for a first IP of the plurality of IPs, a first sample point of the scene as a source of illumination for the first IP;
probabilistically updating a TRB element for the first IP based on (i) a first weight associated with the first sample point for the first IP and (ii) a second weight previously stored in the TRB element for the first IP, the second weight associated with a second sample point for the first IP; and
rendering the image of the scene using a plurality of updated TRB elements that comprises the updated TRB element for the first IP.
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