Parallel rendering of smoothly shaded color triangles with anti-aliased edges for a three dimensional color display
CA 1309198 C · Owner: Evangelisti, Carlo J. · Inventors: Pavicic, Mark J.; Lumelsky, Leon; Evangelisti, Carlo J.
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Abstract of the Disclosure The present invention comprises a method for utilizing an SIMD computer architecture in conjunction with a host processor and coordinate processor to render quality, three-dimensional, anti-aliased shaded color images into the frame buffer of a video display system. The method includes a parallel algorithm for rendering an important graphic primitive for accomplishing the production of a smoothly shaded color three-dimensional triangle with anti-aliased edges. By taking advantage of the SIMD architecture and said parallel algorithm the very, time consuming pixel by pixel computations are broken down for parallel execution. A single coordinate processor computes …
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- Granted October 20, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 20, 2009.
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