Patent ID: 6747642
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
An interactive 3D home video game system comprising:at least one hand-operated control device providing user-actuated real time input, a storage medium storing three-dimensional data representing at least one cartoon character; a buffer memory storing image data; a 3D graphics pipeline coupled to said buffer memory, said 3D graphics pipeline rendering image data corresponding to said cartoon character into said buffer memory based at least on said user-actuated real time input and said three-dimensional data representing said cartoon character, and a filter coupled to said buffer memory, said filter applying a cartoon outlining function to said image data to automatically draw a distinct border line around said cartoon character, said system automatically determining which pixels are located at silhouette edges of the character using image data stored in the buffer memory, and automatically selectively blending border coloration into those pixels for display.