Patent ID: 6816164
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method for creating a texture for a display object to be displayed using computer graphics, comprising:storing predefined textured patterns; selecting a first textured pattern from said predefined textured patterns; selecting and applying a first color to said first textured pattern; storing said first textured pattern with said first color applied thereto in an accumulation buffer; selecting at least a second textured pattern from said predefined textured patterns; selecting and applying at least a second color respectively to said at least a second textured pattern; storing said at least a second textured pattern with said at least a second color applied thereto in said accumulation buffer to effect overlaying of said first and second at least a textured patterns; and writing from said accumulation buffer a bitmapped image representative of the overlayed first textured pattern and said at least a second textured pattern for subsequent mapping onto a three-dimensional model of the display object.