Patent ID: 6486887
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method for providing a graphical image on a display from data describing at least one object, the display including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels having a plurality of display elements, each of the plurality of display elements having a color, each of the plurality of pixels having a size, the data including a plurality of fragments for the at least one object, the plurality of fragments intersecting a portion of the plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of fragments including a texture and at least one color, the method comprising the steps of:(a) ensuring that a texture area corresponds to the size of the pixel for the plurality of fragments; (b) taking a plurality of samples of the at least one color for each of the plurality of fragments, the plurality of samples corresponding to the plurality of display elements; (c) processing the texture for each of the plurality of fragments using the texture area; and (d) processing the at least one color for each of the plurality of fragments intersecting the portion of the plurality of pixels utilizing one sample of the plurality of samples for each of the plurality of display elements for each pixel of the portion of the plurality of pixels.