Composing an image
US9821227B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 13, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T11/001
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The invention relates to a computer implemented method for controlling the display of a tile image on a display of the computer device, the method comprising: storing in a computer memory at the computer device, image texture data comprising a plurality of sets of predefined masks, each set of predefined masks for forming a respective tile image; selecting at random a tile image for display from a plurality of tile images; determining a location of each mask in the set of predefined masks for forming the selected tile image, in the image texture data; and supplying an indication of said location to a shader program executed on the computer device to control the shader program to use the set of predefined masks to form the selected tile image on said display.
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