CA2577205A1 - Design software incorporating efficient 3-d rendering - Google Patents
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Abstract
Design software in accordance with an implementation of the present invention is configured to provide believable three-dimensional representations of user selections in real-time.
Design elements that would otherwise be difficult to efficiently render three-dimensionally in real-time are prerendered for realistic visual effects, such as realistic shading, which correspond to various positions of the elements in a design space. Blanks of the visual effects for each position an then stored in a data store for visual effects. At run time, data associated with user design choices, as well as the blanks for any corresponding design elements are fed in one implementation to peripheral. processing hardware, such as a GPU, which sends the processed data to a display device. The user is therefore able to view complex visual data of certain design choices efficiently with added realism.
Design elements that would otherwise be difficult to efficiently render three-dimensionally in real-time are prerendered for realistic visual effects, such as realistic shading, which correspond to various positions of the elements in a design space. Blanks of the visual effects for each position an then stored in a data store for visual effects. At run time, data associated with user design choices, as well as the blanks for any corresponding design elements are fed in one implementation to peripheral. processing hardware, such as a GPU, which sends the processed data to a display device. The user is therefore able to view complex visual data of certain design choices efficiently with added realism.
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1. In a computerized environment in which a design program is loaded in memory, and processed at a central processing unit, a method of efficiently rendering realistic three-dimensional views of a user's design choices during run-time comprising:
an act of receiving. user input regarding, the positioning of a design element in a design space, the user input including one or more attributes associated with the design element;
an act of retrieving a blank for the design element from a data store;
and a step for providing an accurate three-dimensional view of the user input at a display device through communication with a graphical processing unit, such that the graphical processing unit processes and provides to the display device accurate visual effect data for the design element.
an act of receiving. user input regarding, the positioning of a design element in a design space, the user input including one or more attributes associated with the design element;
an act of retrieving a blank for the design element from a data store;
and a step for providing an accurate three-dimensional view of the user input at a display device through communication with a graphical processing unit, such that the graphical processing unit processes and provides to the display device accurate visual effect data for the design element.
2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the step for providing an accurate three-dimensional view of the user input comprises the acts of:
creating a combined data stream that includes one or more of the blanks for the design element and any of the one or more attributes;
processing the combined data stream at the graphical processing unit;
and passing the processed combined data stream to the display device upon selection of a three-dimensional view.
creating a combined data stream that includes one or more of the blanks for the design element and any of the one or more attributes;
processing the combined data stream at the graphical processing unit;
and passing the processed combined data stream to the display device upon selection of a three-dimensional view.
3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein a graphical processing engine creates the combined data stream and passes the combined data stream to the graphical processing unit.
4. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the user input is received initially via a central processing unit that is processing instructions associated with the design software and one or more peripheral devices for receiving the user input.
5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the act of receiving user input comprises an act of receiving data associated with the user input at the graphical processing engine after the user input has, been received initially via a central processing unit.
6. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the combined data stream further comprises object data, the object data being based at least in part on the one or more attributes.
7. The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising an act of receiving user input at a graphical processing engine via the design software, the user input indicating a preference for a three-dimensional view.
8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the blank comprises, data about a corresponding visual effect that has been separated from any of size, material, or color data for the design element.
9. The method as recited in claim 8, further comprising:
receiving additional user input regarding the position of a position of the design element in a three-dimensional view; and retrieving from the data store a different blank corresponding to the change in position of the design element.
receiving additional user input regarding the position of a position of the design element in a three-dimensional view; and retrieving from the data store a different blank corresponding to the change in position of the design element.
10. In a computerized environment in which a software program receives input from a user regarding design choices for a space, a method of prerendering one or more visual effects for one or more selectable elements, such that the user's selections for the given elements can be rendered in a believable representation for display in real-time, comprising the acts of:
identifying one or more positions of an element to be placed in a space;
rendering a visual effect for each of the one or more positions;
creating one or more blanks corresponding to each of the one or more positions, the one or more blanks containing data about a corresponding visual effect for the element; and passing the created one or more blanks to a data store, such that the one or more blanks can later be accessed by a graphical processing unit in response to user input for the element.
identifying one or more positions of an element to be placed in a space;
rendering a visual effect for each of the one or more positions;
creating one or more blanks corresponding to each of the one or more positions, the one or more blanks containing data about a corresponding visual effect for the element; and passing the created one or more blanks to a data store, such that the one or more blanks can later be accessed by a graphical processing unit in response to user input for the element.
11. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the one or more created blanks comprise data about a corresponding visual effect that has been separated from any of position, size, material, or color data for the element.
12. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein a central processing unit processes, instructions associated with rendering the visual effect and with creating the one or more blanks.
13. The method as recited in claim 10, passing to a graphical processing engine the element, one or more positions of the element in the space, and corresponding one or more blanks associated with the element.
14. The method as recited in claim 10, further comprising:
receiving a first user input indicating a preference for a first three-dimensional view of the element; and passing a first of the one or more blanks to a graphical processing engine.
receiving a first user input indicating a preference for a first three-dimensional view of the element; and passing a first of the one or more blanks to a graphical processing engine.
15. The method as recited in claim 14, further comprising:
receiving a second user input indicating a preference for a second three-dimensional view of the element that shows the element from a different position compared to the first three-dimensional view; and passing a second of the one or more blanks to the graphical processing engine.
receiving a second user input indicating a preference for a second three-dimensional view of the element that shows the element from a different position compared to the first three-dimensional view; and passing a second of the one or more blanks to the graphical processing engine.
16. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the element is a design element such as a desk, table, or lamp, and wherein the space is a design space such as an interior or exterior space for use in an architectural design application.
17. In a computerized environment in which a design program receives input from a user regarding design choices for an interior or exterior space, a computerized design system configured to render design elements in a design space in a believable and efficient manner comprising:
a first processor configured to process one or more of user input identifying one or more positions of a design element in a design space, and an identity of one or more visual effect blanks corresponding to the one or more positions; and a second processor configured to generate pixel information for one or more positions of the design element in the design space, for the corresponding one or more blanks, and for any of color, size, or material information for the design element.
a first processor configured to process one or more of user input identifying one or more positions of a design element in a design space, and an identity of one or more visual effect blanks corresponding to the one or more positions; and a second processor configured to generate pixel information for one or more positions of the design element in the design space, for the corresponding one or more blanks, and for any of color, size, or material information for the design element.
18. The computerized design system as recited in claim 17, further comprising:
one or more input devices; and a display device communicatively coupled to graphical hardware on which the second processor is mounted.
one or more input devices; and a display device communicatively coupled to graphical hardware on which the second processor is mounted.
19. The computerized design system as recited in claim. 17, wherein the first processor is a central processing unit and the second processor is a graphical processing unit.
20. The computerized design system as recited in claim 17, wherein the first processor receives instructions directly from the design software loaded into main memory, and wherein the second processor receives instructions indirectly from the design software via a graphical processing engine.
21. In a computerized system in a computerized environment in which a design program is loaded in memory and processed at a central processing unit, a computer program product having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause one or more components of the computerized system to perform a method of realistically and efficiently rendering, three-dimensional views of a user's design choices during run-time comprising:
an act of receiving user input regarding the positioning of a design element in a design space, the user input including one or more attributes associated with the design element;
an act of retrieving a blank for the design element from a data store;
and a step for providing an accurate three-dimensional view of the user input at a display device through communication with a graphical processing unit, such that the graphical processing unit processes and provides to the display device accurate visual effect data for the design element.
an act of receiving user input regarding the positioning of a design element in a design space, the user input including one or more attributes associated with the design element;
an act of retrieving a blank for the design element from a data store;
and a step for providing an accurate three-dimensional view of the user input at a display device through communication with a graphical processing unit, such that the graphical processing unit processes and provides to the display device accurate visual effect data for the design element.
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