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Method and apparatus for accelerating the rendering of graphical images

US6226012A · kind A · utility

59Cited by
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21Claims
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Filing dateApr 2, 1998
Grant dateMay 1, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T15/005
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method which evaluates each sequence of pixels provided in a polygon to determine whether the pixels vary linearly, selects sequences of adjacent pixels which vary linearly, determines a processing factor for the sequence of pixels, processes only every one of a selected number of pixels of the sequence, and interpolates the data for pixels of the sequence between the processed pixels after the processed pixels have been processed.

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