Method for rendering mini blocks of a volume data set
US6219061A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 25, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/40
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A volume graphics device renders a volume data set. The volume data set is apportioned into blocks of volume data, and each of the blocks are apportioned into a plurality of mini-blocks, each mini-block includes at least two voxels of volume data. The volume graphics device includes memory apportioned into a plurality of portions, wherein neighboring blocks of the volume data set are each stored in different ones of the plurality of portions of the memory, and wherein the mini-blocks of each block are stored in consecutive locations in the portion of memory associated with the associated block.
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