Image processing apparatus
US6714195B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 25, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/04
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Computer graphics apparatus is configured to represent an object with surface relief detail in terms of its underlying shape over which is superimposed a mapped geometry to represent the relief feature. Superimposition can be made dependent on a level-of-detail threshold, and masking geometry may also be superimposed to properly mask a texture map otherwise lacking in resolution.
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