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Efficient graphics process for clipping polygons

US5051737A · kind A · utility

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26Claims
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Filing dateFeb 23, 1989
Grant dateSep 24, 1991
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Expiry dateFeb 23, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T15/30
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for displaying graphic images comprising an arrangement for clipping polygons against preselected clipping planes, an arrangement for determining when the vertices of a polygon all lie within one of a number of particular subspaces defined by the clipping planes, and an arrangement for disabling the means for clipping so long as all vertices of a polygon lie in the same subspace.

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