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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Valve Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventor:
Alex Vlachos, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Valve Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06T 15/40 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/20 (2013.01); G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06T 15/405 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for implementing hidden mesh (or stencil mesh) graphics rendering techniques for use in applications such as head mounted displays ('HMDs') are described. Exemplary systems and algorithms are disclosed for masking or eliminating pixels in an image from the list of pixels to be rendered, based on the observation that a significant number of pixels in the periphery of HMD images cannot be seen, due to the specific details of the optical and display/electronics performance of each particular implementation.