Patent ID: 6356266
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: G06T,G09G

Abstract:
A method for increasing the speed at which a graphics image is displayed on a display, the method comprising the steps of:providing a graphics processor capable of creating an image on said display; providing memory in association with said graphics processor; creating a look-up table means for a predetermined shape of said image and storing said look-up table means in said memory; establishing a first line in said image to be displayed; creating a line length table to provide line lengths for straight lines intersecting a perimeter of said image and said first line; displaying said perimeter and said first line on said display, said first line defining first and second portions of said image; creating a plurality of fill lines, each of said fill lines connecting a respective point on said first intersecting line with a respective point on said perimeter; filling said first portion with said fill lines; and filling said second portion with said fill lines.