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Three-dimensional graphic controller

US5831634A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 24, 1996
Grant dateNov 3, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 24, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T15/005
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A three-dimensional computer graphic controller comprises a resistor for receiving information about the triangle, a Y-coordinate counter for fetching the stored information from the resistor and computing Y-coordinates of the triangle, an X-coordinate initial position adder for fetching an information about the first edge of the triangle from the resistor and computing an X-coordinate value of an initial position of the first edge, an X-coordinate width adder for fetching the information about the divided upper and lower triangles and computing individual widths of the triangle on the X-coordinate as well as for changing a variation in width on the X-coordinate between the divided upper and lower triangles, a color component adder for fetching the information about the triangle and individually computing red, green and blue components of the color of the triangle, a frame memory controller for fetching the Y-coordinates, the X-coordinate value of the start position and the individual widths triangle on the X-coordinate to control storing the same into a frame memory, and a line buffer with a capacity corresponding to a line for fetching the red, green and blue components from the …

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