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Rendering apparatus and rendering method, and mapping apparatus and mapping method

US5852446A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 28, 1996
Grant dateDec 22, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 28, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T15/50
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The rendering apparatus of this invention includes: means for determining a pixel including a depicting point on a polygon, the polygon being projected to a plane having a plurality of pixels; and means for performing a rendering calculation based on a sample point which has a fixed position with respect to the pixel, and for outputting a calculating result.

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