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Annex B: Patent for
Application Method and
System for Adaptive Control
of Real-Time Computer
Graphics Rendering
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TITLE OF INVENTION
Method and System for Adaptive Control of Real-Time Computer Graphics Rendering
FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention provides a method for controlling real-time computer generated
graphics (known as rendering) such that it is able to achieve user-defined perfor-
mance objectives without the user's intervention.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
Computer generated graphics is required in many interactive digital media appli-
cations today. The requirement for this process to be “real-time” is based upon
the need for adequate response to the user in a continuous feedback loop. One key
performance metric in interactive computer graphics systems is the time taken to
render one frame of the animation sequence. Current techniques in interactive ren-
dering do not guarantee consistent resource and time control in this respect. This
is inhibitive in many aspects of computer software related to real-time computer
graphics rendering.
In the present invention, a modelling framework is described for real-time com-
puter graphics rendering. This modelling framework forms the first part of the
entire method to control real-time computer graphics rendering. A control system
is described in the present context which consists of the aforementioned rendering
process model (also known as the “plant”) and a controller module. Based on this
method, the control system is capable of controlling the rendering process whether
it is implemented in the local computer hardware or a remote computer device via a
communication channel.
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U.S. Patent Office provisional application dated 13 July 2011, US61/507,486.
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