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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
James C. Finger, Kirkland, WA (US);
Richard W. Russell, Kirkland, WA (US);
Martin Regen, Munich, DE;
Joel B. Deaquero, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Douglas Reddish, Seattle, WA (US);
James C. Finger, Kirkland, WA (US);
Richard W. Russell, Kirkland, WA (US);
Martin Regen, Munich, DE;
Joel B. Deaquero, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Douglas Reddish, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Software interfaces are configured to enable functionality that is commonly implemented in special-purpose hardware for mixing AV content into a set of 2.5-D graphics planes to be exposed to high level processes executing in a computing environment in a fully portable manner. Illustratively, the interfaces include a planar mixer (named 'IPlanarMixer') that abstracts the mixing hardware, and a graphics plane interface (named 'IPlane') that abstracts individual instances of planes that are retrieved from, and handed off to the planar mixer as the 2.5-D graphics planes are built up and rendered in a computing environment to support interactive graphic experiences for a user.