Line draw pre-clipping method
CA 2060039 C · Owner: Davies, Robin E. R. · Inventors: Hartog, Adrian H.; Davies, Robin E. R.
Overview
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A method for drawing lines on a graphics device in such manner in that only those points lying inside a specified rectangular area of the device are drawn. Predetermined digital outcodes are generated for defining the endpoints of the lines and a decision is made whether to draw or not draw the lines based on the relationship of the endpoints with respect to both the specified rectangular area of the device, and a second larger rectangular area of the device.
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- Filed January 24, 1992 and granted February 2, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 24, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 24, 2014.
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