Constant multisample image coverage mask
US6091425A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 17, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T1/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a computer, a graphics system and process for generating a multisample image coverage mask comprising a constant number of samples. The mask covers an array of pixels with each pixel containing a number of samples. The samples are associated with information regarding the image which is used by the computer graphics system to render the image on a pixel. The samples utilized in creating the mask are those closest to the center of an image.
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