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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2000
Applicants:
Mark C. Fowler, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Kevin M. Olson, Marlborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Mark C. Fowler, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Kevin M. Olson, Marlborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
ATI International SRL, Hastings Christchurch, BB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for traversing and rendering a graphic primitive, comprising a setup engine that outputs representative values of a graphic primitive; and a raster engine that receives the representative values of the graphic primitive and forms therefrom representative pixels, the raster engine having at least a scan module that scans only pixels within the graphic primitive and assigns data values to each of the pixels and a look-ahead module that identifies pixels that are inside of the primitive.