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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2003
Michael A. Wasserman, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ranjit S. Oberoi, Saratoga, CA (US);
David C. Kehlet, Los Altos, CA (US);
Te-chun Yu, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael A. Wasserman, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ranjit S. Oberoi, Saratoga, CA (US);
David C. Kehlet, Los Altos, CA (US);
Te-Chun Yu, Fremont, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A graphics system invokes a dicing process if one or more edges of a triangle T have length greater than a maximum length (L), invokes a central subdivision process if a coverage estimate for the triangle T is greater than a maximum coverage and all edges of triangle T have length less than or equal to L, invokes rendering of a sequence of one or more single-layer triangles based on triangle T if the coverage estimate for triangle T is less than or equal to the maximum coverage and all edges have length less than or equal to L. Said invocation of rendering of the sequence of single-layer triangles results in the application of a plurality of texture layers to samples corresponding to triangle T. The samples are stored in the TAB between the application of successive layers of said plurality of texture layers.