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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:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Adam Malamy, Foster City, CA (US);
Nicholas R Baker, Cupertino, CA (US);
Adrian Sfarti, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Victor Tirva, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
WebTV Networks, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345430 ; 345441 ; 345428 ;
Abstract
A system and method of selecting a level of detail in a texture-mapping system. Pixels are processed in a zig-zag traversal pattern to allow determination of vertical and horizontal change values in texture map coordinates. In this manner, accurate level of detail selection is achieved without unduly reducing efficiency or throughput of the graphics system.