Patent ID: 8648874

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for generating a graphical image on a display from data describing one or more objects, the display including a plurality of positions, each of the plurality of positions having an area, the method comprising: (a) determining if a portion of an object intersects a current position of the plurality of positions and providing an output if the portion intersects the current position wherein each of the plurality of positions is a pixel and wherein the current position is a current pixel on the display; (b) providing a mask for the portion if it is determined that the portion intersects the current position, the mask indicating an extent to which one portion occupies the area of the current position; (c) using the mask to provide antialiasing; (d) repeating steps (a)-(c) for each object; and (e) repeating steps (a) through (d) for each of the plurality of positions.