Method and apparatus for deferred clipping of polygons
US6052129A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 1, 1997 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/30
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
While executing the standard graphics processing steps, problem polygons (i.e., those outside of a defined clip volume) are buffered for later processing, while the standard graphics processing continues, without the need for periodically reformatting data and performing clipping. After either a predefined number of polygons have been stored at the buffer location, or at such time as a change in the rendering state occurs, the buffered polygons are clipped.
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