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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2005
Applicant:
Michael Kallay, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Kallay, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/30 (2006.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for tessellating a polygon is provided, in which a polygon is divided into bands, each band being bounded by a pair of chains. Each chain is made up of one or more line segments of the polygon. The bands are merged with one another and/or split as needed. Each band is then subdivided into constituent triangles, which may then be sent to a graphics card of a computer. The graphics card then renders the polygon on a monitor by reassembling the constituent triangles.