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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2000
Takashi Iwade, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuuta Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Ando, Tokyo, JP;
Sega Enterprises, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
This method of forming a polygon image comprises the steps of obtaining a plurality of polygons having normal line data as apex data and constituting a model; sorting the model constituted by the plurality of polygons into polygons of a first color part and polygons of a second color part by boundary lines consisting of the direction of a light source and normal lines of the model; pasting up a first mono-color texture on the sorted polygons having the first color part, and pasting up a second mono-color texture on the sorted polygons having the second color part; and dividing the polygons intersecting the boundary lines along the boundary lines, pasting up the first mono-color texture on the polygons belonging to the first color part out of the divided polygons, and pasting up the second mono-color texture on the polygons belonging to the second color part.