Hair caching optimization techniques for use in a hair/fur pipeline

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8810582
APP PUB NO 20070273704A1
SERIAL NO

11801913

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A lighting module of a hair/fur pipeline may be used to produce lighting effects in a lighting phase for a shot and an optimization module may be used to: determine if a cache hair state file including hair parameters exists; and determine if the cache hair state file includes matching hair parameters to be used in the shot, and if so, the hair parameter values from the cache hair state file are used in the lighting phase.

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  • SONY CORPORATION;SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bruderlin, Armin Walter Culver City, US 11 100
Chardavoine, Francois Los Angeles, US 8 57
Chua, Clint Alhambra, US 9 76
Melich, Gustav Playa del Rey, US 8 57

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