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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
May. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas M. Olano, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark S. Peercy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 ; G09G 5/02 ; G06T 1/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 ; G09G 5/02 ; G06T 1/20 ;
Abstract
One aspect of the invention is a method for accelerating noise. The method includes the step of creating a plurality noise texture values (n , . . . , n ) each corresponding to one of a plurality of image pixel values (x , . . . , x ). The method also includes invoking at least a portion of a graphics pipeline ( ) to blend each of the plurality of image pixel values (x , . . . , x ) with one of the plurality of noise texture values (n , . . . , n ).