Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphics processing – Attributes
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-28
2006-02-28
Bella, Matthew C. (Department: 2676)
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Computer graphics processing
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C345S613000
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ABSTRACT:
A method renders a region of a composite glyph. The composite glyph is defined by a set of elements. A set of two-dimensional distance fields is generated using the set of elements, where a composition of the set of two-dimensional distance fields represents the composite glyph. The region of the composite glyph is then rendered using the set of two-dimensional distance fields.
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Frisken Sarah F.
Perry Ronald N.
Bella Matthew C.
Brautigam Alysa
Brinkman Dirk
Curtin Andrew J.
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Inc.
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