Graphics texture processing methods, apparatus and computer...

Details Graphics texture processing methods, apparatus and computer... Graphics texture processing methods, apparatus and computer...

2005-07-12

2009-12-15

Sajous, Wesner (Department: 2628)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphics processing

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C345S503000, C345S582000, C345S552000, C345S587000, C382S303000, C382S305000

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07633507

ABSTRACT:
A pixel is textured by storing a first texel reference value, a second texel reference value, and texel mapping values where each texel mapping value represents a k-tuple of (ternary) references to the first texel reference value, the second texel reference value and a third texel reference value to thereby represent a block of texels. A pixel value for the pixel is generated from the stored texel values and the pixel is displayed responsive to the generated pixel value. In some embodiments, respective pluralities of texel reference values and texel mapping values that map thereto are stored for respective ones of a plurality of overlapping blocks of texels. In further embodiments, a first mipmap value for a pixel is bilinearly interpolated from the retrieved texel values for the set of nearest neighbor texels. A second mipmap value for the pixel is generated by averaging the retrieved texel values for the set of nearest neighbor texels. A pixel value for the pixel is generated by interpolating between the first and second mipmap values. The present invention may be embodied as methods, apparatus and computer program products.

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