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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Harold Dee Gardiner, Sandy, UT (US);
Thomas Peter Skowyra, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Raymond Lee Fitzgerald, Keller, TX (US);
Seth John Thorup, Sandy, UT (US);
Harold Dee Gardiner, Sandy, UT (US);
Thomas Peter Skowyra, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Raymond Lee Fitzgerald, Keller, TX (US);
Seth John Thorup, Sandy, UT (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A computerized method and system of rendering a graphical image containing a volumetric object on an electronic display is provided. The method includes defining, at a processing circuit, the volumetric object as a volume. The volume comprises a plurality of polygons. The method includes rendering the volume for a first plurality of pixels of the electronic display. The volume is described by volume characteristics. The method includes rendering a graphical image for a second plurality of pixels of the electronic display. The graphical image is described by global characteristics. When a view ray for at least one of the second plurality of pixels intersects at least one of the first plurality of pixels, the global characteristics and a proportion of the volume characteristics are combined when rendering the graphical image. The proportion is defined by an extent of the intersection of the view ray.