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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2009
Radoslav Petrov Nickolov, Seattle, WA (US);
Lutz Gerhard, Seattle, WA (US);
Ming Liu, Redmond, WA (US);
Raman Narayanan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Drew Edward Steedly, Redmond, WA (US);
Radoslav Petrov Nickolov, Seattle, WA (US);
Lutz Gerhard, Seattle, WA (US);
Ming Liu, Redmond, WA (US);
Raman Narayanan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Drew Edward Steedly, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Providing high frame rate image rendering using multiple image layers per frame. A plurality of image layers having different resolutions are arranged in order of increasing resolution. Beginning with the image layer having the lowest resolution, the image layer is upsampled to a resolution of a next image layer having a higher resolution. The upsampled image layer is blended with the next image layer. The upsampling and blending continues for each of the image layers to produce a blended image. The blended image is provided for display as a frame of video. Aspects of the invention produce a high-resolution composite image during animated navigation across zoom and pan states.