Patent ID: 7616200
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying a first image on a display device, the display device having a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a unique location on the display device, the method comprising: assigning one of a plurality of sample patterns to each pixel on the display device, each pixel being assigned the one of a plurality of sample patterns based upon its unique location on the display device, each sample pattern having at least one sample location, wherein the first image is defined by first image attribute data and first image depth data, the first image depth data defining the depth plane of the first image; determining if the first image intersects any of the sample locations on each pixel; illuminating pixels determined to have at least one sample location that intersects the first image; wherein the act of illuminating a given pixel comprising: determining, on the given pixel, if a second image intersects at least one sample location that is intersected by the first image, the second image having second image depth data defining the depth plane of the second image; and utilizing at least the first image attribute data to illuminate the given pixel if the first image depth data indicates that the first image is at a higher depth plane than the depth plane of the second image for at least one of the intersected sample locations.