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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1998
Edouard Landau, San Jose, CA (US);
Adrian Sfarti, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Adam Malamy, Foster City, CA (US);
Mei-Chi Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert Laker, Fremont, CA (US);
Paolo Sabella, Pleasanton, CA (US);
WebTV Networks, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A graphics rendering system creates an image based on objects constructed of polygonal primitives. Aliasing effects in the image are reduced by applying an anti-aliasing scheme to the areas of the image representing silhouette edges of the objects. The silhouette edges are anti-aliased by creating anti-aliasing primitives which vary in opacity. These anti-aliasing primitives are joined to the silhouetted edges, and create a region in the image where the objects appear to blend into the background.