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Poisson-Based Continuous Surface Generation for Goal-Based Caustics

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Yoshinori Dobashi,

Tomoyuki NishitaAuthors Info & Claims

ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), Volume 33, Issue 3

Article No.: 31, Pages 1 - 7

https://doi.org/10.1145/2580946

Published: 02 June 2014 Publication History

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We present a technique for computing the shape of a transparent object that can generate user-defined caustic patterns. The surface of the object generated using our method is smooth. Thanks to this property, the resulting caustic pattern is smooth, natural, and highly detailed compared to the results btained using previous methods. Our method consists of two processes. First, we use a differential geometry approach to compute a smooth mapping between the distributions of the incident light and the light reaching the screen. Second, we utilize this mapping to compute the surface of the object. We solve Poisson's equation to compute both the mapping and the surface of the object.

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ACM Transactions on Graphics Volume 33, Issue 3

May 2014

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ISSN:0730-0301

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DOI:10.1145/2631978

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Published: 02 June 2014

Accepted: 01 January 2014

Revised: 01 December 2013

Received: 01 February 2013

Published in TOG Volume 33, Issue 3

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