Order-independent transparency rendering system and method

Details Order-independent transparency rendering system and method Order-independent transparency rendering system and method

2006-01-24

2006-01-24

Razavi, Michael (Department: 2672)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphics processing

Attributes

C345S422000, C345S581000

Reexamination Certificate

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06989840

ABSTRACT:
A system, method and computer program product are provided for transparency rendering in a graphics pipeline. Initially, colored-transparency information is collected from a plurality of depth layers (i.e. colored-transparency layers, etc.) in a scene to be rendered. The collected colored-transparency information is then stored in memory. The colored-transparency information from the depth layers may then be blended in a predetermined order.

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