Patent Document ID: 20020063722
Application ID: 10051738
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for providing antialiasing of a graphical image on a display, the graphical image generated from data describing at least one object, the display including a plurality of pixels, the at least one.object including a plurality of fragments, a portion of the plurality of fragments intersecting a pixel of the plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of fragments including an indication of a portion of a corresponding pixel that is intersected, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing at least one active region for the pixel, each of the at least one active region intersecting a first portion of the pixel; (b) providing at least one new region, a first portion of the at least one new region indicating where in the pixel the at least one active region and the fragment intersect, a second portion of the at least one new region indicating where in the pixel the at least one active region and the fragment do not intersect; and (c) blending a portion of the fragment in a second portion of the pixel corresponding to the first portion of the at least one new region.