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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce C Montag, San Antonio, TX (US);
Stephen D Huffman, San Antonio, TX (US);
Denise C Varner, Orlando, FL (US);
Assignee:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364578 ; 434226 ;
Abstract
A method of using a computer to provide display data representing a fire. The data is derived from fire model data, so that the fire is realistically displayed with the dynamics of a real fire. Particles are generated from the model data and given location values and other parameters. Each particle becomes a display data element by virtue of being assigned a graphics primitive. The data elements are culled according to a field of view and sorted, so that they may be used for real time display rendering.