Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphics processing – Attributes
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-10
2006-01-10
Bella, Matthew C. (Department: 2676)
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Computer graphics processing
Attributes
C382S269000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06985160
ABSTRACT:
Methods and systems for selecting different anti-aliasing filters to be applied to objects of image data rendered with pixel sub-component precision based on the attributes of the objects of the graphics image. For example, when rendering a character traditional anti-aliasing applied in the direction parallel to the striping of the pixel sub-components is adapted to the unique requirements of different character font sizes such that a large amount of anti-aliasing is applied to large font sizes while a small amount of anti-aliasing is provided for characters at small font sizes. Displaced sampling is utilized to determine the alpha values for a plurality of vertical samples for each RGB pixel sub-component. The selected anti-aliasing filter is applied to the alpha values to determine the luminous intensity values of the RGB pixel sub-components.
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Brown David C.
Duggan Michael
Hitchcock Gregory
Platt John C.
Stamm Beat
Bella Matthew C.
Brautigam Alysa N.
Microsoft Corporation
Workman Nydegger
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