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+# Copyright 2022 The Nerfstudio Team. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Utility functions for Stable Diffusion"""
+
+def get_text_embedding(batch, prompting_type, prompts, device):
+    """util function for getting correct text_embedding from view direction
+    Args:
+        batch: contains ray batch information
+        prompting_type: how to sample text embeddings
+        prompts: dictionary of text embeddings
+
+    """
+    assert prompting_type in ("location_based", "interpolated", "base")
+
+    if prompting_type == "location_based":
+        if batch["vertical"] < 40:
+            text_embedding = prompts["top_text_embedding"]
+        elif batch["central"] > 315 or batch["central"] <= 45:
+            text_embedding = prompts["front_text_embedding"]
+        elif batch["central"] > 45 and batch["central"] <= 135:
+            text_embedding = prompts["side_text_embedding"]
+        elif batch["central"] > 135 and batch["central"] <= 225:
+            text_embedding = prompts["back_text_embedding"]
+        else:  # batch["central"] > 225 and batch["central"] <= 315:
+            text_embedding = prompts["side_text_embedding"]
+
+    elif prompting_type == "interpolated":
+        horiz = batch["central"].to(device)
+        vert = max(batch["vertical"].to(device), 0)
+
+        if batch["central"] > 0 or batch["central"] <= 90:
+            text_embedding = (horiz) * prompts["side_text_embedding"] + (90 - horiz) * prompts["front_text_embedding"]
+        elif batch["central"] > 90 and batch["central"] <= 180:
+            text_embedding = (horiz - 90) * prompts["back_text_embedding"] + (180 - horiz) * prompts["side_text_embedding"]
+        elif batch["central"] > 180 and batch["central"] <= 270:
+            text_embedding = (horiz - 180) * prompts["side_text_embedding"] + (270 - horiz) * prompts["back_text_embedding"]
+        else:  # batch["central"] > 270 and batch["central"] <= 360:
+            text_embedding = (horiz - 270) * prompts["front_text_embedding"] + (360 - horiz) * prompts["side_text_embedding"]
+            
+        text_embedding = text_embedding / 90.0
+        text_embedding = (vert * text_embedding + (90 - vert) * prompts["top_text_embedding"]) / 90.0
+
+    else:
+        text_embedding = prompts["base_text_embedding"]
+
+    return text_embedding