Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Plural physical display element control system – Display elements arranged in matrix
Patent
1995-06-06
1998-09-01
Chan, Eddie P.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Plural physical display element control system
Display elements arranged in matrix
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ABSTRACT:
A system for generating images having display based computation. The system of the present invention divides the image generation process between the display and a host computer system. The computation element of the display includes rendering mesh comprising a plurality of processing elements. One or more processing elements of the rendering mesh correspond to one or more pixels of the display. The host computer system includes a processing means for generating a rendering mesh map. The rendering mesh map is used to identify processing elements of the rendering mesh which will receive "seed" pixel values. The rendering mesh map is stored in a rendering mesh map buffer. The "seed" pixel values are stored in a frame buffer and represent an original rendering of an image. When the rendering mesh is seeded, pixel values are determined for the "unseeded" processing elements. The final pixel values are determined from the contents of the corresponding processing elements
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Greene Daniel H.
Mudge J. Craig
Chan Eddie P.
Dominco Richard B.
Kim Hong C.
Xerox Corporation
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