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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2006
Applicants:
Henry Packard Moreton, Woodside, CA (US);
Franklin C. Crow, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Henry Packard Moreton, Woodside, CA (US);
Franklin C. Crow, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A line rasterization technique in accordance with one embodiment includes conditioning a line by pulling in the ending vertex of the line or pushing out the starting vertex of the line. Thereafter, if the line exits a diamond test area of each pixel that it touches, the pixel may be lit.