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Rendering transparent primitives

US9275495B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 27, 2011
Grant dateMar 1, 2016
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N13/122
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Representing a transparent object as a summation of substantially zero step functions of a visibility curve for the object. An array may be used to store nodes to represent the visibility function. The size of the array may be limited to be storable within a memory of an on-chip graphics processing unit.

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