An accuracy enhancement algorithm for hierarchical radiosity

Abstract

In this research, we propose an algorithm to enhance the accuracy of the hierarchical radiosity. The proposed approach particularly creates links on the hierarchy in a bottom-up fashion according to both a user-specified error tolerance and the minimum patch area. It differs from the original hierarchical method that creates the links in a top-down manner. In our approach, the upper-level patches have more accurate estimates of the kernel. More accurate error bounds can be obtained for the upper-level patches. These error bounds make the creation of links on the hierarchy more accurate. Furthermore, more accurate form factors can also be obtained for the upper-level patches. Thus, we enhance the accuracy of hierarchical radiosity. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.