Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!sdd.hp.com!usc!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!ruuinf!prisma!jan From: jan@prisma.cv.ruu.nl (Jan Buitenhuis) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: Patent On Jittered Sampling Keywords: Patent Sampling Jittered Message-ID: Date: 28 Aug 90 11:47:31 GMT References: <3852@csccat.UUCP> Organization: University of Utrecht, 3D Computer Vision The Netherlands Lines: 11 I wouldn't be that surprised. Pixar already has a patent on Imaging Volume Data.(Volumetric compositing) Patent nr. 4,835,712 date of patent: May 30, 1989. Inventors: Robert A. Drebin, Loren C. Carpenter. Assignee: PIXAR, San Rafael, Calif. Filed: Aug. 15, 1986. Sinc. J.Buitenhuis