US 11,935,184 B2
Integration of ambient light into graphics objects in a three-dimensional space
Llorenç Marti Garcia, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to IMVU, LLC, Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed by IMVU, LLC, Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/674,489.
Prior Publication US 2023/0260205 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 15/50 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 15/50 (2013.01) 20 Claims
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1. An ambient lighting method, comprising:
receiving, by an ambient lighting engine, a base graphics component;
performing a lighting transformation, by the ambient lighting engine, of a pixel in the base graphics component using an ambient source indicating ambient colors surrounding the pixel in one or more of x, y, and z coordinate directions to generate an ambient-lit graphics component; and
displaying the ambient-lit graphics component on a display of a computing device.