Patent · US Expired

Method of shading a graphics image

US5142617A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 1988
Grant dateAug 25, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T15/83
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for tiling a display area defined by lines joining vertices with a surface normal vector associated with each vertex whereby the display area is subdivided into sub-display areas by calculating additional vertices and surface normal vectors by interpolation and rendering a given sub-display area by calculating intensity values at its vertices and tiling its area by linear interpolation of the calculated vertex intensity values.

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