GB2312818A - Three-dimentional graphics rendering system - Google Patents

Three-dimentional graphics rendering system

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GB2312818A
GB2312818A GB9713246A GB9713246A GB2312818A GB 2312818 A GB2312818 A GB 2312818A GB 9713246 A GB9713246 A GB 9713246A GB 9713246 A GB9713246 A GB 9713246A GB 2312818 A GB2312818 A GB 2312818A
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Prior art keywords
renderer
model
rendering
application program
draw
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GB2312818A8 (en
GB9713246D0 (en
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David Jevans
Philip J Schneider
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Apple Inc
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Apple Computer Inc
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Priority claimed from US08/362,118 external-priority patent/US5986667A/en
Priority claimed from US08/383,198 external-priority patent/US5561752A/en
Priority claimed from US08/482,016 external-priority patent/US5777621A/en
Priority to GB9913090A priority Critical patent/GB2334869B/en
Application filed by Apple Computer Inc filed Critical Apple Computer Inc
Priority to GB9913091A priority patent/GB2334870B/en
Publication of GB9713246D0 publication Critical patent/GB9713246D0/en
Publication of GB2312818A publication Critical patent/GB2312818A/en
Publication of GB2312818A8 publication Critical patent/GB2312818A8/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T15/00—3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering
    • G06T15/005—General purpose rendering architectures

Abstract

A graphics rendering system allows retained-mode building and editing of a model, independently of the choice of renderer. Application program calls to the rendering system to draw an object specify not only the object to draw, but also the renderer to use to do so. Switching to a different renderer at any time during the building or editing of a model is trivial for the application program. More than one renderer can be active simultaneously. The graphics rendering system is extensible to support dynamically registered renderers. The system automatically determines when geometries are not supported by a chosen renderer, and decomposes them into a plurality of objects of simpler geometry. The system allows an application program to make immediate or retained mode calls to render a model, without needing to know how many passes the renderer requires to complete the scene. When the application program invokes the rendering subsystem to draw the model, the rendering subsystem returns a re-traverse flag indicating whether the rendering of the model is complete. If the flag indicates that rendering is not yet complete, the application program again invokes the rendering subsystem to draw the model.
GB9713246A 1994-12-22 1995-12-15 Three-dimensional graphics rendering system Expired - Lifetime GB2312818B (en)

Priority Applications (2)

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GB9913091A GB2334870B (en) 1994-12-22 1995-12-15 Three dimensional graphics rendering system
GB9913090A GB2334869B (en) 1994-12-22 1995-12-15 Three-dimensional graphics rendering system

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

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US08/362,118 US5986667A (en) 1994-12-22 1994-12-22 Mechanism for rendering scenes using an object drawing subsystem
US08/383,198 US5561752A (en) 1994-12-22 1995-02-03 Multipass graphics rendering method and apparatus with re-traverse flag
US08/482,016 US5777621A (en) 1994-12-22 1995-06-07 Quality control mechanism for three-dimensional graphics rendering
PCT/US1995/016423 WO1996019780A1 (en) 1994-12-22 1995-12-15 Three-dimensional graphics rendering system

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GB2312818A true GB2312818A (en) 1997-11-05
GB2312818A8 GB2312818A8 (en) 1999-01-18
GB2312818B GB2312818B (en) 1999-11-03

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DE (1) DE19581872B4 (en)
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WO (1) WO1996019780A1 (en)

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JP2006079638A (en) 2006-03-23
JPH10511485A (en) 1998-11-04
WO1996019780A1 (en) 1996-06-27
AU4471496A (en) 1996-07-10
GB2312818A8 (en) 1999-01-18
DE19581872T1 (en) 1998-01-22
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