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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2009
Russell J. Urry, West Jordan, UT (US);
Russell J. Urry, West Jordan, UT (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A circuit renders computer graphics for an electronic display. The circuit includes a frame buffer to store a primitive for each pixel of the display, the primitive for each pixel being output to the display. The circuit includes a processor for storing the primitives in the frame buffer based on input primitives. The processor receives an input primitive in the same group as a corresponding stored primitive, determines whether the input primitive is within a threshold distance from the stored primitive, determines which of the input primitive and stored primitive is closer in depth to an observer of the display when the input primitive and the stored primitive are not within the threshold distance, and outputs the closer primitive to the frame buffer. The processor determines whether the input primitive and stored primitive has a higher priority when within the threshold distance and outputs the primitive with the higher priority.