Patent ID: 8686999
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for rendering a pixel upon an entry of graphical information into a pixel area, the method comprising: receiving first graphical data of a first object in the pixel area; determining first pixel coverage area, wherein determining first pixel coverage area comprises: providing the first graphical data based on the first pixel coverage area; receiving second graphical data of a second object in the pixel area; determining relative depth of the first and second objects in a projected view in a three dimensional graphical space; determining second pixel coverage area, wherein determining second pixel coverage area comprises: providing the second graphical data based on the second pixel coverage area; comparing the first and second pixel coverage areas; and discarding either the first graphical data or second graphical data depending upon which of the first and the second graphical data has a least amount of non-occluded areas within their respective coverage areas, wherein the first pixel coverage area and the second pixel coverage area each comprise at least some non-occluded area, wherein a collective depth of each of the first and the second graphical data is determined by calculating an average depth of each of a plurality of non-occluded coverage points within their respective coverage areas.