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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:
Mar. 17, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Olin G Lathrop, Groton, MA (US);
Douglas A Voorhies, Framingham, MA (US);
David B Kirk, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395130 ;
Abstract
Texture mapping apparatus includes a memory for storing input texture values, interpolators for generating illumination values for sets of display pixels, elements for addressing the memory to generate output texture values, and logic elements for combining the output texture values and the illumination values to generate display color values for each pixel.