Polygon rendering method and system with dedicated setup engine
US6094201A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 8, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 25, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/80
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method of rendering polygons in graphics system using incremental iterative addition in place of complex division operations. A setup engine provides relevant values to edge and span walk modules for rapid processing and rendering of polygon characteristics including material values. Characteristic functions are iterated with respect to polygon area and along individual spans to derive values for each pixel therein.
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