Texture filter apparatus for computer graphics system

Details Texture filter apparatus for computer graphics system Texture filter apparatus for computer graphics system

1996-02-08

1998-04-14

Zimmerman, Mark K.

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395131, 364723, G06T 1140

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057403449

ABSTRACT:
A process and apparatus are disclosed for obtaining a texture color value C.sub.r for an object surface point from two texture color values C.sub.ri and C.sub.rj (which themselves may be interpolated texture color values), of texture data points C.sub.i and C.sub.j, respectively. The object surface point is a distance W from the texture data point C.sub.i and a distance 1-W from the object surface point C.sub.j, where W is an n-bit value. The process includes the steps of multiplying each of the texture colors C.sub.ri and C.sub.rj by each integer from 0 to 2.sup.n-1 to produce 2.sup.n -1 products for each color. The product of C.sub.ri with 2.sup.n-1 -W' and the product of C.sub.rj with W' are selected from these produced products, where W' is the rounded product of W and 2.sup.n-1. The two selected products are added together to produce the sum (2.sup.n-1 -W').multidot.C.sub.ri +W'.multidot.C.sub.rj, and the sum thus produced is divided by 2.sup.n-1 to produce the interpolated color. The apparatus for producing the interpolated color uses integer arithmetic for producing the texture color and can operate in a pipelined fashion.

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