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Composing an image

US11027201B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 2019
Grant dateJun 8, 2021
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T11/001
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention relates to a computer implemented method for controlling the display of a tile image on a display of the computer device, the method comprising: storing in a computer memory at the computer device, image texture data comprising a plurality of sets of predefined masks, each set of predefined masks for forming a respective tile image; selecting at random a tile image for display from a plurality of tile images; determining a location of each mask in the set of predefined masks for forming the selected tile image, in the image texture data; and supplying an indication of said location to a shader program executed on the computer device to control the shader program to use the set of predefined masks to form the selected tile image on said display.

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