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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:
Sep. 29, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Todd A Heckel, Clarksville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Megatek Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340729 ; 340723 ; 340747 ; 364521 ;
Abstract
A computer graphics system and process for displaying three-dimensional scenes as perspective views on the view reference plane of a display device is disclosed which removes hidden lines and surfaces from the display. The system and process utilizes a scan line algorithm which minimizes storage requirements and is efficiently implementable in hardware.