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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Stephen Moffitt, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Eng Lim Goh, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Stephen Moffitt, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Eng Lim Goh, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing a primitive (for potential display as a part of a graphical image on a display device) cause attribute data to be received by a graphics processor as a function of whether the primitive is capable of being viewable in the graphical image on the display device. Before taking that action, however, the method and apparatus assemble the primitive as a function of its positional data, and then determine if the primitive is capable of being viewable in the graphical image on the display device.