Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for high-speed shadowing using shadow volumes
- Patent Title (中): 使用阴影卷的高速阴影的方法和装置
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Application No.: US10797743Application Date: 2004-03-09
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Publication No.: US08339397B2Publication Date: 2012-12-25
- Inventor: Yasuyuki Kii
- Applicant: Yasuyuki Kii
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
- Agent David G. Conlin; Steven M. Jensen
- Priority: JP2003-63060 20030310
- Main IPC: G06T15/40
- IPC: G06T15/40 ; G06T15/00

Abstract:
Appropriate shadowing processing is performed even if coordinate conversion calculation values of polygons have errors. A calculation section 5 performs hidden surface removal processing on normal polygons based on visual-point coordinates and depth values from a visual-point coordinate conversion processing unit 1, and updates a pixel memory 6 and a Z-buffer memory 7. Further, based on a comparison result of obtained depth values of each polygon and Z values stored in the Z-buffer memory 7, shadowing is performed only on a coordinate region positioned in front of back-facing shadow polygons and behind front-facing shadow polygons when seen from a visual point, and the pixel memory 6 is updated. As a result, even if coordinate conversion calculation values in graphic data on polygons have errors, an edge portion of the shadow polygons which is not intended to be shadowed is not shadowed.
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