Patent · US Expired

Shading of images using texture

US7098925B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 10, 2000
Grant dateAug 29, 2006
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Expiry dateMar 10, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T15/50
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Colors are obtained and used to shade two-dimensional non-photo realistic images of three-dimensional models. The colors are stored as texels in texture maps. The texels are chosen to shade the images based on their orientation in a scene. The colors may be obtained once, in a pre-rendering process. The colors may then be selected in a run-time process.

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