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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2002
Applicants:
Brian A. Buchner, Oviedo, FL (US);
Vineet Goel, Winter Park, FL (US);
Inventors:
Brian A. Buchner, Oviedo, FL (US);
Vineet Goel, Winter Park, FL (US);
Assignee:
ATI Technologies ULC, Markham, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/30 (2011.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Tessellation triangles, which are used to model three-dimensional surfaces in computer-generated graphics, can be more efficiently calculated by retrieving tessellation triangle vertices and Bezier-function coefficients using a single, two-part address.