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The reflection attenuation factor given by Blinn has been widely used as an important factor in the bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) model based on geometrical optics theory for nearly half a century. However, Blinn's attenuation factor is based on microfacet theory and geometry of equicrural V-grooves caused sharp turning points and obvious error in its function curves. In this paper, a modified geometry attenuation factor based on random surface microfacet theory is presented. We assume that the surface is composed of a large number of microfacets, and the slope of each microfacet is independent of each other and follows Gaussian distribution. The attenuation effect is caused by the masking and shadowing factors in adjacent microfacets. Depending on the slope angles of microfacets, reflection falls in three submodels, i.e., passing model, semi-passing model, and masking/shadowing model when discussing masking/shadowing factor. The modified attenuation factor is given in an integral expression. The modified geometry attenuation factor is simulated and compared with Blinn's geometry attenuation factor. The sharp turning point in Blinn's attenuation factor curve is eliminated and the error of the BRDF curve is reduced. The result shows that the modified geometry attenuation factor reaches better physical rationality and significantly improves the accuracy of BRDF model. Compared with Blinn's geometry attenuation factor, the modification reduces the standard error between BRDF model and existing data from 0.0636 to 0.0084. The cause of the error in Blinn's geometry attenuation factor is analyzed, the equicrural V-grooves assumption of Blinn's geometry attenuation model considers too much reflection attenuation in the condition of small incident angle and large reflect angle. The modification in this paper is based on random surface microfacet theory, in which the angular dependence of adjacent microfacet is eliminated, for this reason the accuracies of geometry attenuation model and BRDF model are improved.
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Keywords:
- bidirectional reflectance distribution function model /
- geometry attenuation factor /
- microfacet theory
[1] Renhorn I G E, Boreman G D 2008 Opt. Express 16 12892
[2] Yuan Y, Sun C M, Zhang X B 2010 Acta Phys. Sin. 59 2097(in Chinese) [袁艳, 孙成明, 张修宝 2010 59 2097]
[3] Sun L J, Tian Z S, Ren X Y, Zhang Y C, Fu S Y 2014 Acta Phys. Sin. 63 134211(in Chinese) [孙兰君, 田兆硕, 任秀云, 张延超, 付石友 2014 63 134211]
[4] Torrance K E, Sparrow E M 1967 J. Opt. Soc. Am. 57 1105
[5] Wellems D, Ortega S, Bowers D, Boger J, Fetrow M 2006 Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 8 914
[6] Priest R G, Meier S R 2002 Opt. Eng. 41 988
[7] Blinn, James F 1977 Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques San Jose, California, July 20-22, 1977 pp192-198
[8] Cook R L, Torrance K E 1982 ACM Trans. Graph. 1 7
[9] Hyde M W, Schmidt J D, Havrilla M J 2009 Opt. Express 17 22138
[10] Xiao D H, Torrance K E, Francois X S, Donald P G 1991 Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Las Vegas, July 28-August 2, 1991 p175
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[1] Renhorn I G E, Boreman G D 2008 Opt. Express 16 12892
[2] Yuan Y, Sun C M, Zhang X B 2010 Acta Phys. Sin. 59 2097(in Chinese) [袁艳, 孙成明, 张修宝 2010 59 2097]
[3] Sun L J, Tian Z S, Ren X Y, Zhang Y C, Fu S Y 2014 Acta Phys. Sin. 63 134211(in Chinese) [孙兰君, 田兆硕, 任秀云, 张延超, 付石友 2014 63 134211]
[4] Torrance K E, Sparrow E M 1967 J. Opt. Soc. Am. 57 1105
[5] Wellems D, Ortega S, Bowers D, Boger J, Fetrow M 2006 Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 8 914
[6] Priest R G, Meier S R 2002 Opt. Eng. 41 988
[7] Blinn, James F 1977 Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques San Jose, California, July 20-22, 1977 pp192-198
[8] Cook R L, Torrance K E 1982 ACM Trans. Graph. 1 7
[9] Hyde M W, Schmidt J D, Havrilla M J 2009 Opt. Express 17 22138
[10] Xiao D H, Torrance K E, Francois X S, Donald P G 1991 Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Las Vegas, July 28-August 2, 1991 p175
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