Communications: electrical – Land vehicle alarms or indicators – Internal alarm or indicator responsive to a condition of the...
Patent
1989-09-18
1991-11-05
Brier, Jeffery A.
Communications: electrical
Land vehicle alarms or indicators
Internal alarm or indicator responsive to a condition of the...
340723, 340728, 340747, 395140, G09G 128
Patent
active
050633759
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides unique methods and apparatus for shading curves, polygons and patches, implementing Phong, Gouraud and other shading techniques in the rendering of images on a cathode ray tube or other display device. The present invention also includes a unique method and apparatus for shading patches by rendering a series of adjacent curves such that no pixel gaps exist between each rendered curve.
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Carrie Susan E.
Elrod David
Lien Sheue-Ling
Loo Jim V.
Shantz Michael J.
Brier Jeffery A.
Fatahi-yar M.
Sun Microsystems Inc.
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