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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Ono, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshihisa Takatsu, Yamato, JP;
Munetaka Ohtani, Yamato, JP;
Takao Moriyama, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/140 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/140 ;
Abstract
This graphics system has a geometric sub-system that does not have to take into consideration memory resources for the raster sub-system of the graphics system. The graphics system sequentially receives from a host computer system data sets that define a graphic object and downloads texture data for graphics from the host computer system, so that geometric processing and rasterization are performed on the graphic object for display on a computer screen.