Patent
1995-01-11
1996-05-21
Nguyen, Phu K.
G06F 1562
Patent
active
055198236
ABSTRACT:
A color/texture interpolator (CTI) for use in rendering antialiased vectors in a computer graphics system comprises: an x-stepper circuit for receiving input data defining a vector to be rendered and generating respective pixel addresses of pixels composing the vector; a filter memory for storing predetermined filter values addressed according to the vector's minor axis subpixel addresses and slope; and a color interpolator for generating a color value for each pixel composing the vector.
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Hewlett--Packard Company
Nguyen Phu K.
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