APPLICATIONS OF INTERVAL ARITHMETIC FOR REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF COMPUTATIONS IN RAY TRACING PROBLEMS - Patent 1966766

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EP 1 966 766 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	10.09.2008 Bulletin 2008/37

(21)	Application number: 05856151.5

(22)	Date of filing: 29.12.2005

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06T 15/50^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2005/047701

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2007/081303 (19.07.2007 Gazette 2007/29)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(71)	Applicant: Intel Corporation
	Santa Clara, CA 95052 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	RESHETOV, Alexander San Jose, California 95129 (US) SOUPIKOV, Alexei Nizhny Novgorod, 603089 (RU) KAPUSTIN, Alexander Nizhny Novgorod, 603104 (RU) HURLEY, James Pleasanton, California 94588 (US)

(74)	Representative: Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis et al
	BERESFORD & Co. 16 High Holborn London WC1V 6BX London WC1V 6BX (GB)

(54)	APPLICATIONS OF INTERVAL ARITHMETIC FOR REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF COMPUTATIONS IN RAY TRACING PROBLEMS