JPH03192480A - Shading method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a divider from overflowing and to improve the connectable ability of a graphic by replacing an almost horizontal side with a vertical side with the same starting point when a distance in the longitudinal direction of a polygon is less than a prescribed value. CONSTITUTION:A trapezoid 48A is generated with a length in the longitudinal direction less than 1. When calculating variation at a left side connecting an upper left apex LS1 and a lower left apex LE1, the left side is almost horizontal and extremely long in respect to the length in the longitudinal direction and therefore, there is possibility for the divider to overflow. In such a case, the left side connecting the apexes LS1 and LE1 is replaced with the vertical line (LS1-LE2) with the same starting point LS1 and processed as a trapezoid 48B. Even concerning the right side of an adjacent graphic 49A, it is processed as a trapezoid 49B. Thus, the possibility for the divider to overflow can be prevented and the connectable ability of the graphic is made satisfactory.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a shading method used to add shadows to a three-dimensional object when the object is displayed on a two-dimensional display.

[Summary of the Invention] This invention approximates a curved surface with a plurality of polygons, inputs a value to each vertex of the polygon, and linearly calculates the value within the polygon from the value input to each vertex of the polygon. In a shading method that uses interpolation, if the vertical distance of a polygon is less than or equal to 1, the divider can be This prevents overflow and improves the connectivity of figures.

[Conventional technology]

In computer graphics, when displaying a 3D object on a 2D display, shading is added to the surface of the 3D object in order to make the 3D object look realistic and to improve recognition of the 3D object. It is being said. This method of adding and displaying shadows to the surface of a three-dimensional object is called shading. As a shading display method, for example, a method is used in which the position of a point light source is determined, a surface perpendicular to the light source from the point light source is brightened, and the surface becomes darker as the surface is no longer perpendicular to the light source.

A three-dimensional object displayed on a two-dimensional display has a complex curved surface. In order to perform natural and optimal shading for a three-dimensional object with such a complex curved surface according to the shape of the curved surface, the curved surface is approximated by multiple polygons, and the coordinates of each vertex of each polygon are calculated. Values are input and the values within the polygon are determined by linear interpolation from the values given to the coordinates of each vertex. Linear interpolation adds the variation of values for each coordinate grid interval.
differential analyzer) calculation (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-52737).

When displaying a 3D object on a 2D display,
A vixel is provided on the coordinate grid point, and a value (depth value, brightness value) corresponding to this vixel is input.

As mentioned above, when a curved surface is approximated by multiple polygons, the values of the coordinates of each vertex of each polygon are input, and the values within the polygon are determined by linear interpolation, the coordinates of each vertex of the polygon are may be located outside the coordinate grid points.

However, conventionally, values cannot be input to coordinates other than those on the coordinate grid points. For this reason, conventionally, when the coordinates of the vertices of a polygon obtained by approximating a curved surface are located outside the coordinate grid points, the values are changed to the coordinate grid points closest to the coordinates. I am trying to process it as a value.

In this case, the correct value is not input into the pixel of the coordinate grid point, but the value of the coordinate close to the coordinate grid point is input into the pixel of the coordinate grid point. Therefore, when a three-dimensional object is moved or deformed or a light source is moved, the display will fluctuate within one pixel.

Therefore, the inventor calculated the value at the end point of the scan line by performing a vertical correction calculation on the value of each vertex, and calculated the value at the end point of the scan line by performing a correction calculation in the horizontal direction on the value at the end point of the scan line. A shading method that allows natural drawing without flickering on the screen by calculating the value corresponding to a certain starting point and adding the variation to the value at the starting point to find each value on the coordinate grid point. is proposed. In such a shading method, sub-vixel addressing is performed in which coordinates can be input down to the decimal point, and values at positions outside the coordinate grid points can be input.

In such a shading method, when performing a vertical correction calculation, vertical variations of the left side and the right side are determined.

This variation is obtained by dividing the amount of change in each value in the vertical direction by the distance in the vertical direction.

By the way, if sub-vixel addressing is enabled, the length in the vertical direction of a trapezoid obtained by approximating a curved surface may become smaller than 1. In this case, when determining the displacement in the vertical direction, a number close to 0 is used as a divisor for division, so there is a high possibility that the divider will overflow when determining the displacement. In particular, on sides that are close to horizontal, each slight change in the vertical direction becomes large, so there is a very high possibility that the divider will overflow. If a figure is displayed with an overflow value, the drawing will be distorted.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to prevent the divider from overflowing even if a polygon whose length in the vertical direction is 1 or less is input.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a shading method that does not disrupt drawing.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a shading method that can improve the problem of connectivity of figures.

[Means for Solving the Problems] This invention approximates a curved surface with a plurality of polygons, inputs a value to each vertex of the polygon, and linearly interpolates the value within the polygon from the value input to each vertex. In the shading method determined by , if the vertical distance of the polygon is less than a predetermined value, the near-horizontal side is replaced with a vertical side having the same starting point. It's a method.

[Effect] When processing a trapezoid whose length in the vertical direction is less than 1, the length of the sides becomes long and the divider is likely to overflow.If the side is close to horizontal, can be replaced by any side. In this way, the possibility of overflow of the divider can be avoided and the connectivity of the figures is good.

(Example] Examples of the present invention will be described in the following order.

a. Overview of shading method, correction calculation bl, principle of correction calculation b2. DDA calculation circuit with correction calculation function C, explanation cl of shading method, calculations necessary for processing c2. Drawing procedure c3. Extension to arbitrary polygons c4. Process d when a large calculation error occurs, shading device dl, shading device configuration d2. Arithmetic accuracy and number of bits e, parallel processing state transition circuit el, basic circuit explanation e2. Parallel processing state transition circuit a for shading processing, overview of shading method This invention approximates a curved surface with a plurality of polygons, inputs the value of each vertex coordinate of each polygon, and calculates the value given to each vertex coordinate. This method is used to obtain natural and optimal shading according to the shape of a curved surface by calculating values within a polygon by linear interpolation.

In this way, when a curved surface is approximated by multiple polygons, the values of the coordinates of each vertex of each polygon are input, and the values within the polygon are found by linear interpolation, the coordinates of each vertex of the polygon are It may end up in a position that is off point.

In one embodiment of the present invention, by inputting the horizontal value X and the vertical value Y up to the decimal part, it is possible to input a value at a coordinate without a pixel between the coordinate grid points. This is hereinafter referred to as sub-pixel addressing. Therefore, even if the coordinates of the vertices of a polygon obtained by approximating a curved surface are located outside the coordinate grid points, the values (depth values) corresponding to the vertex coordinates (horizontal value X, vertical value Y) remain unchanged. Z, brightness values R (red), G (green), B (blue)) can be input.

In one embodiment of the invention, sub-pixel addressing is performed in this manner. Then, a correction calculation is performed, and the correct value at the pixel on the coordinate grid point of the start point of the DDA calculation in each scan line is determined. From then on, DD
The A calculation is repeated to obtain the value of each pixel on the coordinate grid point.

In other words, for the trapezoidal primitive obtained by approximating the curved surface, vertical correction calculations are performed on the left side and vertical correction calculations are performed on the right side. Therefore, the values of the right end of the scan line (corresponding to the start end of the scan line) and the right end of the scan line (corresponding to the end of the scan line) are determined. From the value at the left end of the scan line and the value at the right end of the scan line, the correct value of the pixel at the start point on the coordinate grid point near the left end of the scan line is determined by correction calculation in the horizontal direction. By repeating the horizontal DDA operation in which the horizontal variation is added to the value of the pixel at the start point, the correct value of the pixel on the coordinate grid point of each scan line is determined. The leftmost value of the next scanline and the rightmost value of the next scanline are the leftmost value of the previous scanline and the rightmost value of the previous scanline,
It is determined by a vertical DDA operation in which the vertical variation of the left side and the vertical variation of the right side are respectively added.

In this case, since accurate values of pixels on the coordinate grid points are input, it is possible to smoothly respond to the movement of 3D objects and light sources in real time, and to perform highly accurate shading without flickering on the screen. .

By the way, when a curved surface is approximated by a plurality of polygons, if the curved surface can be approximated by arbitrary polygons, the curved surface can be efficiently divided and the drawing efficiency will be improved. In one embodiment of the invention, only if the vertices on the left side and the vertices on the right side are on the same horizontal line,
The value of the vertex on the left side and the value of the vertex on the right side are input at the same time, and when only the - side vertex is input, the other vertex is set to null, and in the case of null, the previous DDA calculation is inherited. processing is performed. This allows the calculation process for trapezoids to be extended to any polygon.

b.About correction calculationbl.Principle of correction calculationIn an embodiment of the present invention, as described above, the value of the end point of the scan line is determined by vertical correction calculation on the left and right sides, and the process starts with correction calculation in the horizontal direction. Find the correct value of the pixel on the coordinate grid point of the point, and then perform the left side vertical direction, right side vertical direction DDA operation, and horizontal direction DDA operation.
The value of each pixel on the coordinate grid point is determined repeatedly.

Prior to explaining such shading processing, this correction calculation will be explained.

As shown in Figure 2, the values A(V) and B are at two points A and B.
Assume that (V) is given, and that this value changes linearly. Now, suppose that we want to find the value R(V) of point R between two points A and B.

In this case, if the value changes linearly, the value R(V) at point R between the two points A and B can be determined by linear interpolation.

That is, the value R(V) of the point R between the two points A and B can be found as follows.

For such a linear interpolation operation, two multiplications and one division are required. If a large number of multiplications and divisions are performed, the circuit scale increases and calculation time becomes longer.

Therefore, the above formula is The circuit will be explained below.

It is transformed as follows.

In the above formula, -A The term is the variational DD.

Therefore, the value R(V) of point R between two points A and B is: R(V) = A(V) + (R-A) ・DD −
Required with @.

When performing shading in which a curved surface is approximated by a plurality of polygons and values within each polygon are determined by linear interpolation, the variation DD is determined in advance in order to perform the DDA calculation.

Therefore, if the correction calculation is modified as shown in the above equation, the correction calculation can be performed with only one multiplication. and,
A part of the DDA calculation circuit can be used for the correction calculation process. Such DDA calculation with correction calculation function b2. DDA arithmetic circuit with correction arithmetic function As described above, the correction arithmetic processing is performed by adding the value A at the initial position to the product of the length (R-A) from the initial position A to the correction position R and the variation DD.
It is obtained by adding (V). Such processing is performed in the third
This can be realized by a DDA calculation circuit with a correction calculation function as shown in the figure.

This DDA calculation circuit with a correction calculation function is set to three modes. One mode is a correction value calculation mode for calculating a correction value. In this correction value calculation mode, the distance (RA) from the input terminal 30 to the correction position is multiplied by the variation DD from the input terminal 33, and the following calculation is performed. For multiplication, the distance (R-A) to the corrected position is given as serial data from the least significant bit,
Each focus and variation D of the distance (R-A) to this correction position
It is obtained by multiplying D bit by bit and adding the results while shifting them to the right.

The second mode is a mode in which the correction value and the value at the initial position are added to obtain the corrected value. As a result, the following calculation is performed: A (V) + (R-A) ·DD, and the value R(V) at point R is obtained.

The third mode is a mode for performing DDA calculations. D
In the DA calculation, the process of adding the variation DD to the previous value is repeated.

In FIG. 3, one input terminal of a multiplexer 31 is supplied with a value A(V) at an initial position from an input terminal 32. In FIG. The other input of the multiplexer 31 is supplied with the variation DD from the input terminal 33. This input terminal 32
The value A (V) at the initial position from and the variation DD from the input terminal 33 are input as parallel data.

The output of the multiplexer 31 is supplied to a zero determination circuit 34. The zero determination circuit 34 is supplied with the distance (RA) from the input terminal 30 to the correction position in the form of serial data starting from the least significant bit.

The zero determination circuit 34 is used to multiply the distance to the correction position (RA) by the variation DD in the correction value calculation mode.

As shown in FIG. 4, the zero determination circuit 34 is composed of AND gates 421, 422, 423, and 42n. AND gate 42. ．． 42□, 421,...42f
The output of each bit of the output data of the multiplexer 31 is supplied to one input terminal of each of the i. AND gate 42. ．． 42□, 423,...42. Serial data from input terminal 3° is supplied to the other input terminal of .

In FIG. 3, the output of the zero determination circuit 34 is output to the adder 35.
is supplied to The output of adder 35 is supplied to latch circuit 36.

The latch circuit 36 has a clock input terminal 39 connected to the DDA
A clock DDA CK is supplied. The latch circuit 36 also has a reset signal RST from the reset terminal 40.
is supplied.

The output of the latch circuit 36 is taken out from the output terminal 37. At the same time, the output of the latch circuit 36 is supplied to the multiplexer 38.

The multiplexer 38 is supplied with a correction loop signal from an input terminal 41 . When the correction loop signal AJL from the input terminal 41 is applied to the multiplexer 38, the output of the latch circuit 36 is outputted from the multiplexer 38 while being shifted to the right by one bit every clock.

The output of multiplexer 38 is supplied to adder 35.

First, the latch circuit 36 is supplied with the reset signal RST from the input terminal 40. The latch circuit 36 is reset by this reset signal RST.

Then, the correction value calculation mode is set, and a correction value is calculated. In the correction value calculation mode, the multiplexer 31
The variation DD from the input terminal 33 is selected. This variation D
D is supplied as parallel data from the multiplexer 31 to the zero determination circuit 34. Further, from the input terminal 30, the distance (R-A) to the correction position is supplied as serial data to the zero determination circuit 34 in order from the least significant bit.

The zero determination circuit 34 multiplies the distance (RA) to the correction position by the variation DD for each bit. If one bit of the distance to the correction position (R-A) is "1", this means that the variation DD is multiplied by "1", so the variation DD is output as is via the zero determination circuit 34. . If one bit of the distance to the correction position (R-A) is "0", this means that the variation DD is multiplied by "0", so the zero determination circuit 34 outputs "00...Oj". .

The output of the adder 35 is supplied to a multiplexer 38 via a latch circuit 36. The multiplexer 38 has
A correction loop signal AJL is supplied from an input terminal 41.

Therefore, the output of adder 35 is sent to multiplexer 38
Then, the data is shifted to the right one bit at a time and supplied to the adder 35, where it is accumulated.

By repeating such addition, the distance (RA) to the correction position is multiplied by the variation DD.

In other words, for example, if the variation DD is 4-bit data rds,
tL, dt, do J, and the distance to the correction position (R-A) is 4-bit data "a."

Suppose that am + aI + ao J. In this case, the multiplication of the distance (R-A) to the corrected position and the variation DD can be performed as shown in FIG.

The zero determination circuit 34 firstly calculates the distance H(R
- the least significant bit 'an J of A) is supplied, and this least significant bit raoJ and r ds , dt + d+ ,
do J is multiplied, "ao ds + C6dt
+ aOdI * aOd(l J is determined.

Next, the second lower bit "al" of the distance to the correction position (R-A) is supplied, and the lower two bits "al" and 'd
3. dz, d+, do J are multiplied, and “aI
ds + al ag + al dl +
al d. ” is required.

This' ” + d 31 a + d 21
a 1 d + + , a 1 d. ” and 'ao d shifted one bit to the right.

ao dZ+ ao al and ao do J are added.

Hereinafter, in the same manner, "al ds, *C2dt
T az dt + az do J\
'a3 ds, C3at, asd++a*doJ are obtained, and these are added while being shifted to the right one bit at a time.

This gives rd, + dt + dt + d
OJ, and ra, l al + aI + ao
Multiplication with J is performed and the multiplication value 'C? ＋C&＋
C5+ C4+ c=,'! +C++CoJ is required.

In Figure 3, the correction value ((
RA)DD) is stored in the latch circuit 36. When the correction value ((R-A)DD) is stored in the latch circuit 36, the correction value ((R-A)DD) and the value A (
V) and calculates the corrected value.

In this mode, the value A (V) at the initial position from the input terminal 32 is output from the multiplexer 31.

The value A (V) at this initial position is supplied to the adder 35 via the zero determination circuit 34.

The latch circuit 36 stores the correction value ((RA)DD) obtained in the correction value calculation value mode. This correction value ((RA)DD) is supplied to the adder 35 via the multiplexer 38. The adder 35 adds a correction value ((R-
A) DD) and the value A (V) at the initial position are added,
This value is stored in the latch circuit 36.

The latch circuit 36 receives a value (A(V) + (
Once R-A)DD) is stored, the DDA mode is set.

In the DDA mode, the multiplexer 31 outputs the variation DD from the input terminal 33. This variation DD is supplied to an adder 35 via a zero determination circuit 34.

The adder 35 adds the previous value stored in the latch circuit 36 and the variation DD, and this value is stored in the latch circuit 36. In this way, the operation of adding the variation DD is repeated.

C. Description of Shading Method The shading method to which this invention is applied will be described in detail below.

Suppose now that a trapezoid as shown in FIG. 6 is obtained as one primitive when a curved surface is approximated by a plurality of polygons. In FIG. 6, the intersections of the vertically aligned broken lines and the horizontally aligned broken lines are coordinate grids, and pixels are located on these coordinate grid points. The distance between each coordinate grid is 1. Then, the values of each vertex LS, LE, R3, and RE of this trapezoid (horizontal value X, vertical value Y, depth value Z, brightness value R (red value), G
(green value), B (blue value)), and each vertex LS
, LE, R3, and RE, the multi-values of the pixels located on the coordinate grid points inside the trapezoid are determined by linear interpolation.

cl, Calculations Necessary for Processing When performing such shading processing, the following calculations are performed.

・Calculation of the vertical variation on the left side (0 formula) ・Calculation of the vertical variation on the right side (0 formula) ・Correction calculation on the left side vertical direction (0 formula) ・Correction calculation on the right side vertical direction (0 formula) ・Left side Vertical DDA calculation (0 formula) ・Right side vertical DDA calculation (0 formula) ・Horizontal variation calculation (0 formula) ・Horizontal correction calculation (0 formula) ・Horizontal DDA calculation (0 formula) (Formula) ・Calculation of the variation in the vertical direction on the left side First, the calculation in the vertical direction will be explained. Multi-value variation DL (X, Z) per coordinate grid interval in the vertical direction on the left side.

R, G, B) are ... ■ LS (X, Y): Horizontal value X and vertical value Y at the top left vertex LS LS (Z): Depth value ZLS (
R, G, B): Brightness values R, G at the upper left vertex LS.

LE (X, Y): Horizontal value X and vertical value Y at the lower left vertex LE LE (Z): Depth value ZLH (R
, G, B): Brightness values R, G at the lower left vertex LE.

is required.

・Similar to the calculation of the variation in the vertical direction on the right side, the multi-value variation DR (X, Z, R, G, B) per one coordinate grid in the vertical direction on the upper right is...■ RS (X, Y): Horizontal value X and vertical value Y at the top right vertex R3 R5(Z): Depth value ZR5(R
, G, B): (7) Brightness value R, G at the top right vertex R3
.

RE(X, Y): Horizontal value X and vertical value Y at the upper right vertex RE RE(Z): Depth value ZRE at the upper right vertex RE (
R, G, B): Brightness values R, G at the top right vertex RE.

is required.

・DDA calculation in the left side vertical direction When sub-pixel addressing is performed, the distance between each pixel is 1, so the vertical distance from the upper left vertex LS to the nearest scan line y0 is 1-(LS(Y) −1 nt(LS(Y))). Note that Int is an operation that sets the decimal part to 0. (That is, (LS (Y) −In t (LS (Y) )
) is to find the decimal part of the vertical value Y of the vertex LS. ) Therefore, the leftmost value H5O of scan line y0
(X, Z, R, G, B) is ) ISO (X, Z, R, G, B) = LS (X, Z, R, G, B) + (1 - (LS (Y)
-Int(LS(Y)))DL(X,Z,R,G,B)
・・・It is found by ■. This is a correction calculation for the vertical direction of the left side. Note that the method of calculating the correction calculation is the same as the above-mentioned equation 0.

・Similar to the right side vertical direction correction calculation, the right end value H1l of scan line y0! o (
X, Z.

R, G, B) is HEO(X, Z, F?, G, B) -R5(X, Z, R, G, B) + (1-(RS(Y)
-1nt(RS(Y)))DR(X,Z,R,G,B)
−・・It is determined by ■. This is a correction calculation for the vertical direction on the right side.

・DDA operation in the left side vertical direction Next scan line) 'ji Left end value H3j, I (
X, Z, R, G, B) is the leftmost value H3j (X, Z, R, G, B) of the previous scan line y.

R, G, B) are calculated by DDA calculation in the vertical direction on the left side. i.e. next scanline)'
The leftmost value H5j-1 (X+Z, R+G, B
) Ha, H5J++ (X, Z, R, G, B) = H5J (X, Z, R, G, B) + 0L (X, Z, R,
G, B) −”■.

・Similar to the DDA calculation in the vertical direction on the right side, the next scan line yJ. Rightmost value HE at 1
j, I are obtained by DDA calculation in the vertical direction on the right side. That is, the rightmost value t(Ej*+ (X, Z, R, G, B) at scan line)' J+1 is HEJ,...
(X, Z, R, G, B)=FIEJ(X, Z,
R, G, B) + DR (X, Z, R, G, B)...
■It is determined by

- Calculation of variation in the horizontal direction Next, calculations in the horizontal direction will be explained. Multi-value variation D per horizontal coordinate grid interval at scan line y
Hj (Z, R, G, B) is the leftmost value at scan line yJ) 1s, (X, Z, R, G, B) (calculated by formula 0, formula 0) and scan line 3' Rightmost value at j HEJ (X, Z, 'R, G, B) (0 formula, 0
(obtained by the formula) is obtained by ...■.

・Horizontal correction calculation The value HjO (Z, R, G, B) of the pixel on the coordinate grid point near the left end of scan line y is the value HSj (Z, R, G, B) and the horizontal variation DH, (Z, R, G, B),
H4゜(Z, R, G, B) = H5j(Z, LG, B)+ (1-(HSj(X)-
Int(HSj(X)) ・DH,(Z, R,G,
B) ・・・■ It can be found. This is assumed to be a horizontal correction calculation on the scan line Vj. And Hl. (Z, R, G.

Let B) be the value of the starting point at scan line yj.

- Horizontal DDA calculation Values on the coordinate grid points after the start point on the scan line 3'j are sequentially obtained by repeating the horizontal DDA calculation. That is, scan line yj
The value Hj i on the coordinate grid point at . 1 (Z, R, G, B)
is HJt, + (Z, R, G, B) = Hji (ZIRIG, B) + DH, (ZIRIGIB
) ... can be found by ■.

c2. Drawing Procedure The drawing procedure of the shading method to which this invention is applied will be explained with reference to FIG.

First, based on equation 0, the vertical variation DL on the left side connecting the vertex LS and the vertex LE (X, Z, R, G, B
) is determined (step l). Also, based on equation 0, the vertical variation D on the right side connecting vertex R3 and vertex RE
R(X, Z, R, G, B) is found (step 2).

Next, a vertical correction calculation is performed on the left side based on ■2, and the value HSo (
X, Z, R, G, B) are determined (step 3). Also, based on Equation 0, a vertical correction calculation is performed on the right side, and the value 1 (Eo (
X, Z, R, G, B) are obtained (step 4). Note that Step 3 and Step 4 can be processed in parallel.

In steps 3 and 4, the first scan line y
. After finding the leftmost value H5, (X, Z, R, G, B) and the rightmost value HEo (X, Z, R, G, B), at the first scan line y0 based on the formula The horizontal variation DHo (Z, R, G, B) is determined (step 5).

Based on formula 0, a horizontal correction calculation is performed on the first scan line y0, and the value H0° (Z, R, G, B) of the coordinate grid point near the left end on the first scan line y0 is calculated. (Step 6).

The starting point value H0° (Z, R
, G, B) is obtained, the horizontal variation [IFIO(Z, R, G, B) at scan line y0 is added and the <DDA operation is repeated (step 7).

As a result, the value Ho+ of the coordinate grid point after the start point
(X, Z, R, G, B), Hox (X, Z, R,
G, B), . . . are sequentially obtained.

The value H0° (X,
Z, R, G, B), Ho+ (X, Z, R, G, B),
Hot (X, Z, R.

G, B)..., the next scan line 7 is calculated by vertical DDA calculation on the left side based on formula 0.
+ (7) The leftmost value HS+ (X, Z, R, G, B) is found (step 8). Also, by vertical DDA calculation on the right side based on formula 0, the next scan line y1
The rightmost value HEI (X, Z, R, B) at is determined (step 9).

In steps 8 and 9, the leftmost value HSI (X, Z, R, G, B) and the rightmost value HE of scan line 7 are determined.
.

Once (X, Z, R, G, B) is obtained, return to step 5 and calculate the horizontal variation on the next scan line y, (χ, Z, R, G , B) are determined (step 5).

In step 6, the next scan line y is determined based on the formula.
1 is performed, and the value HIO(X, Z, R,
G, B) are required. Then, in step 7, the value Lo(X
,Z,R,G,B) ,Hll(X,Z,R,G,B)
... are determined in sequence.

The value H8° (X, Z
.

R, G, B), Hll(X, Z, R, G, B), H
When +z (X, Z, R, G, B)... are all obtained, the left end value Hh (X,
Z, R, G, B) are determined (step 8), and 0
By vertical DDA calculation on the right side based on the formula, the next scan life 'jtO) rightmost value HEz (X, Z
, R, G, B) are determined (step 9). and,
Returning to step 5, the same process is repeated.

c3. Extension to arbitrary polygons In one embodiment of the present invention, for a polygon obtained by approximating a curved surface, only when the vertices of the left side and the vertices of the right side are on the same horizontal line, the left side is The value of the vertex and the value of the vertex on the right side are input at the same time, and when only one vertex is input, the other vertex is set to null, and if it is null, the previous DDA calculation is carried over. It is done. This allows the calculation process for trapezoids to be extended to any polygon.

For example, assume that a convex polygon as shown in FIG. 8 is given. The input figure is assumed to be a trapezoid for the time being, and while determining whether it is the left side or the right side, the upper left vertex is LS from top to bottom.
, enter values while setting the lower left vertex as LE, the upper right vertex as R3, and the lower right vertex as RE.

In line L1, the value of vertex A1 is input as the upper left vertex LS, and the value of vertex A3 is input as the lower left vertex LE. The value of vertex A1 is input as the upper right vertex R5,
The value of vertex A2 is input as the lower right vertex RE.

Vertex A2 on the right side is found on line L2. On line L2, the value of vertex A2 is input as the upper right vertex R3, and the value of vertex A5 is input as the lower right vertex RE. Vertex A2
There is no vertex on the left side on the same horizontal line as . Therefore, the left side is assumed to be null.

Vertex A3 on the left side is found on line L3. On line L3, the value of vertex A3 is input as the upper left vertex LS, and the value of vertex A4 is input as the lower left vertex LE. Since there is no vertex on the right side on the same horizontal line as vertex A3, the right side is set to be null.

Vertex A4 on the left side is found on line L4. In line L4, the value of vertex A4 is input as the upper left vertex LS, and the value of vertex A6 is input as the lower left vertex LE. Vertex A
Since there is no vertex on the right side on the same horizontal line as 4, the right side is taken as a null.

Vertex A5 on the right side is found on line L5. In line L5, the value of vertex A5 is input as the upper right vertex R3, and the value of vertex A8 is input as the lower right vertex RE. Vertex A
Since there is no vertex on the left side on the same horizontal line as 5, the left side is taken as a null.

Vertex A6 on the left side is found on line L6. In line L6, the value of vertex A6 is input as the upper left vertex LS, and the value of vertex A7 is input as the lower left vertex LE. Vertex A
Since there is no vertex on the right side on the same horizontal line as 6, the right side is taken as a null.

Vertex A7 on the left side is found on line L7. In line L7, the value of vertex A7 is input as the upper left vertex LS, and the value of vertex A8 is input as the lower left vertex LE. Vertex A
Since there is no vertex on the right side on the same horizontal line as 7, the right side is taken as a null.

In this way, only when the left side vertex and the right side vertex are on the same horizontal line, the value of the left side vertex and the right side vertex value are input at the same time, and only one vertex is input. Sometimes, the other vertex is nulled, and if it is null, processing is performed to inherit the previous DDA operation, thereby allowing the processing of trapezoids to be expanded to any polygon without increasing the number of memories.

In other words, in lines L1 to L2, the value of vertex A1 and the value of vertex A
Using the value of 3, the variation in the left side vertical direction is determined, and a correction calculation is performed in the left side vertical direction. Using the value of the vertex AI and the value of the vertex A2, the variation in the vertical direction of the right side is determined, and a correction calculation for the vertical direction of the right side is performed. and,
The left end value and right end value of each scan line are determined, horizontal variation is determined from these values, horizontal correction calculations are performed, and the starting point value is determined. and,
The value of the pixel on the coordinate grid point of the scan line in lines L1 to L2 is determined by the horizontal DDA calculation.

In lines L2 to L3, the left side carries over the previous variation in the left side vertical direction, and the left end value on the scan line is determined by DDA calculation in the left side vertical direction. On the right side, the variation on the right side is determined using the value of vertex A2 and the value of vertex A5, and a correction calculation is performed on the right side to determine the value at the right end of the scan line. From this, the horizontal displacement is determined, a horizontal correction calculation is performed, and the value at the starting point is determined. And horizontal DD
By the A calculation, the value of the pixel on the coordinate grid point of the scan line in lines L2 to L3 is determined.

Similarly, in the lines L3 to L4, on the left side, the vertical variation of the left side is calculated using the value of the vertex A3 and the value of the apex A4, and on the right side, the previous variation is inherited.

In lines L4-L5, on the left side, apex A4 and apex A6
The vertical variation on the left side is found using the value of , and on the right side,
The previous variation will be carried over.

In lines L5 to L6, on the left side, the previous variation is carried over, and on the right side, the vertical variation on the right side is determined using the values of apex A5 and apex A8.

In lines L6-L7, on the left side, apex A6 and apex A7
The vertical variation on the left side is found using the value of , and on the right side,
The previous variation will be carried over.

In lines L7-L8, on the left side, apex A7 and apex A8
The vertical variation on the left side is found using the value of , and on the right side,
The previous variation will be carried over.

When an arbitrary polygon is processed in this manner, the arithmetic processing is performed only on the vertices and not on the straight line parts, so that the connectivity of the figure is good. That is, suppose that when a curved surface is approximated by a polygon, figures 45 and 46 are generated in FIG. 9. In order to manage figures using predetermined polygons, the figure 46 must be divided into a figure 46A and a figure 46B. Then, there is a possibility that a gap will occur in the connecting portion 47 between the graphic 46A, the graphic 46B, and the graphic 45 due to a calculation error.

When processing arbitrary polygons as described above, no gaps will be created at the connections between the straight line parts of each figure. This is because the part without a vertex is considered a null, and the previous D
This is because the processing that takes over the DA calculation is performed.

c4. When a large calculation error occurs, the length in the vertical direction of a trapezoid obtained by approximating a processing surface may be smaller than 1. In this case, when calculating the displacement in the vertical direction, a number close to 0 is used as a divisor for division, so there is a high possibility that the divider will overflow. If a figure is displayed with an overflow value, the drawing will be distorted.

Therefore, it may be possible to ignore figures whose length in the vertical direction is close to 0.

However, if a figure whose length in the vertical direction is close to O is ignored, a problem arises in the connectivity of the figures.

Therefore, in one embodiment of the present invention, when processing a trapezoid whose length in the vertical direction is smaller than 1, the length of the sides becomes long, and the side near the horizontal where there is a high possibility of overflow of the divider is is replaced by a vertical edge that has the same starting point. In this way, the possibility of overflow of the divider can be avoided and the connectivity of the figures is good.

That is, as shown in FIG. 10, it is assumed that a trapezoid 48A whose length in the vertical direction is 1 or less is generated. Since this figure is located on a coordinate grid point, if this figure is not displayed, a problem with the connectivity of the figure will occur. In such a figure, the top left vertex LS
When calculating the variation on the left side connecting I and the lower left vertex LE1, the left side is close to horizontal and is very long compared to the length in the vertical direction, so there is a possibility that the divider will overflow.

Therefore, in FIG. 10, the left side connecting the apex LSI and LEl is replaced with a vertical line (LSI to LE2) having the same starting point LSI as shown in FIG.
will be processed as If the near-horizontal sides (LSI to LEI) are replaced with vertical sides (LS1 to LE2), the length of the sides will become shorter, so the divider will no longer overflow when calculating the variation of the left side. .

At this time, the figure 49A adjacent to the trapezoid 48A
Regarding the right side, as shown in FIG. 11, the nearly horizontal right side R33 to RE3 is replaced with a vertical side (R33 to RE4) having the same starting point R33, and is processed as a trapezoid 49B.

Since the right side connecting the left side (LSI to LE2) of the trapezoid 48B and the right side (R33 to RE4.) of the trapezoid 49B coincides with each other, there is no problem with the connectivity of the figures.

d, shading device dl, shading device configuration FIG. 1 shows the hardware configuration for determining the depth value Z and brightness values R, G, and B of each pixel on the coordinate grid point as described above. It is something. Note that in FIG. 1, in order to simplify the explanation, multi-value (Z, R, C, B) is processed by one hardware, but multi-value (Z,
Separate hardware is prepared for R, G, B), and these are operated in parallel.

In FIG. 1, the value LS (
X, Y, Z, R, G, B) are input, and the value LE (X, Y, Z, R, G, B) of the lower left vertex is input to the input terminal 12.

The value RS (X, Y, Z, R,
G, B) are input, and the value R of the lower right vertex is input to the input terminal 14.
E (X, Y, Z, R, G, B) is input.

The value from the input terminal 11 is supplied to the a-side input terminal of the multiplexer 15. The value from the input terminal 13 is supplied to the b-side input terminal of the multiplexer 15.

The value from the input terminal 12 is supplied to the a-side input terminal of the multiplexer 16. The value from the input terminal 14 is supplied to the b-side input terminal of the multiplexer 16.

Multiplexer 15 selects the value from input terminal 11 and the value from input terminal 13. multiplexer 16
Then, the value from input terminal 12 and the value from input terminal 14 are selected.

The outputs of multiplexers 15 and 16 are supplied to a subtracter 17.

The output of the subtracter 17 is supplied to the a-side input terminal of the multiplexer 18. The b-side input terminal of the multiplexer 18 is supplied with the output of the subtracter 22 .

The output of multiplexer 18 is supplied to divider 19 .

The output of the divider 19 is supplied to the DDA arithmetic circuit 20 with a left side correction arithmetic function, and the DDA arithmetic circuit 20 with a right side correction arithmetic function
The signal is supplied to the DA calculation circuit 21. Further, the output of the divider 19 is supplied to a DDA calculation circuit 23 with a horizontal correction calculation function.

The output of the DDA arithmetic circuit 20 with a left side correction arithmetic function and the output of the DDA arithmetic circuit 21 with a right side correction arithmetic function are supplied to a subtracter 22 . The output of the subtracter 22 is supplied to the b-side input terminal of the multiplexer 18.

The output of the DDA circuit 23 with horizontal correction calculation function is output from the output terminal 24.

First, the multiplexer 15 is set to the a side, and the value LS (X, Y, Z,
R.

G, B) are given to the subtractor 17. Further, the multiplexer 16 is set to the a side, and the value LH (X, Y, Z, R, G, B) of the lower left vertex from the input terminal 12 is sent to the subtracter 17.
given to.

The subtracter 17 subtracts the value of the lower left vertex and the value of the upper left vertex, and this subtracted value is supplied to the a-side input terminal of the multiplexer 18 .

The multiplexer 18 is set on the a side, and this subtracted value is supplied to the divider 19.

A divider 19 calculates the vertical variation of the left side based on equation (2). This vertical variation on the left side is set in the DDA arithmetic circuit 20 with a left side correction arithmetic function.

When the variation in the left side vertical direction is set in the DDA calculation circuit 20 with left side correction calculation function, the multiplexer 15 is set to the b side, and the upper right vertex value R3 (X
, Y, Z, R, G, B) are provided to the subtractor 17. Also, the multiplexer 16 is set to the b side, and the input terminal 1
The value of the lower right vertex from 4 RE(X.

Y, Z, R, G, B) are provided to the subtracter 17.

The subtracter 17 subtracts the value of the lower right vertex and the value of the upper right vertex, and this subtracted value is supplied to the a-side input terminal of the multiplexer 18.

The multiplexer 18 is set on the a side, and this subtracted value is supplied to the divider 19.

A divider 19 calculates the vertical variation of the right side based on Equation 0. This vertical variation on the right side is set in the DDA arithmetic circuit 21 with a right side correction arithmetic function.

When the left side vertical variation is set in the DDA calculation circuit 20 with left side correction calculation function and the right side vertical variation is set in the DDA calculation circuit 21 with right side correction calculation function, the DDA calculation circuit 20 with left side correction calculation function is set. A DDA calculation circuit 21 with a right-side correction calculation function performs correction calculations for the left-side vertical direction and the right-side vertical direction, respectively.

As a result, the values at the left and right ends of the scan line are determined.

The values at the left and right ends of this scan line are supplied to the subtracter 22. A subtracter 22 subtracts the value at the right end of the scan line and the value at the left end of the scan line.

When the left-side correction calculation function-equipped DDA calculation circuit 20 and the right-side correction calculation function-equipped DDA calculation circuit 21 complete correction calculations for the left-side vertical direction and the right-side vertical direction, the multiplexer 1
8 is switched to the b side.

Therefore, the subtracted value between the value at the right end of the scan line and the value at the left end of the scan line determined by the subtracter 22 is supplied to the divider 19 via the multiplexer 18 .

A divider 19 calculates the displacement in the horizontal direction based on (2). This horizontal variation is D with horizontal correction calculation function.
The signal is supplied to the DA calculation circuit 23.

A DDA arithmetic circuit with a horizontal correction arithmetic function 23 performs a correction arithmetic operation in the horizontal direction to obtain a value on the coordinate grid point of the start point of the scan line. D with horizontal correction calculation function
The DA calculation circuit 23 calculates D for the value at this starting point.
The DA calculation is repeated, and values on the coordinate grid points on the scan line are successively determined. This value is output from the output terminal 24.

When all the values on the coordinate grid points of one scan line are obtained, the DDA calculation circuit 20 with a left side correction calculation function and the DDA calculation circuit 21 with a right side correction calculation function perform DDA calculations in the left side vertical direction and the right side vertical direction. , the rightmost and leftmost values of the next scan line are determined.

The leftmost value and rightmost value of the next scan line are subtracted by the subtracter 22.
is supplied to A subtracter 22 subtracts the rightmost value of the next scan line and the leftmost value of the next scanline.

The subtracted value between the rightmost value and the leftmost value of the next scan line, determined by the subtracter 22, is supplied to the divider 19 via the multiplexer 18.

A divider 19 determines the horizontal variation in the next scan line. This horizontal variation is supplied to a DDA calculation circuit 23 with a horizontal correction calculation function.

A horizontal correction calculation is performed in the DDA calculation circuit 23 with a horizontal correction calculation function, and the value on the coordinate grid point of the start point of the next scan line is determined.

The DDA calculation circuit 23 with horizontal correction calculation function repeats the DDA calculation on the value at this starting point, and the values on the coordinate grid points on the scan line are sequentially determined. This value is output from the output terminal 24.

Thereafter, similar operations are repeated.

d2. Arithmetic precision and number of bits Even if hardware as shown in Figure 1 is prepared separately for each multi-value (depth value Z and brightness R, G, B) and parallel processing is attempted, the circuit scale will be limited. Yes, it will increase. This is because the number of bits of the decimal part required when performing multi-value calculations is determined, so that calculations can be performed using fixed-point calculations.

This will be explained. First, horizontal value X and vertical value Y
Let us consider the relationship between the maximum value of the device coordinates and the number of bits of the decimal part of the depth value Z.

The depth value Z is obtained by repeating the DDA calculation. Therefore, the error in depth value Z is DDA from edge to edge of the screen.
Maximum occurs when the operation is repeated. This maximum error is ±
Must be less than 1.

Assuming that the device coordinates are n bits from one end of the screen to the other, the DDA calculation is repeated 2'' times to obtain the depth Z value by repeating the DDA calculation from one end of the screen to the other. Therefore, If the error in one DDA calculation is ε, the maximum value of the error is 2″ε. In order to make the error of the depth value Z at this time less than ±1, the error of the DDA operation 19 must be (ε<1/2"). In other words, the depth value Z has the following: (1/2″) precision is required, and the number of bits ZFB of the decimal part of the depth value Z is small (n bits are required).

From this, the relationship between the number of bits ZFB of the decimal part of depth value Z and the maximum value of the device coordinates of horizontal value X and vertical value Y is as follows: ZFB=Max(XD, YD) XD: Device coordinate of horizontal value Maximum value of (number of bits in integer part) YD: Maximum value of device coordinates of horizontal value Y (number of bits in integer part).

Next, the relationship between the maximum value of depth value Z and the number of bits of the decimal part of horizontal value X and vertical value Y will be considered.

As shown in formula 0, formula 0, and formula ■, when performing the correction calculation, the decimal part of the vertical value Y (LS
(Y))) (R3(Y)-1nt(RS(Y)))
and the decimal part of the horizontal value X (H3j(X)-1nt(HS
(X))) and the variation of depth value Z (DL(Z)), (DR
(Z)) and (DH, (Z)) are performed. At this time, in order to make the required error less than ±1, the number of significant digits of the variation of depth value Z (from the most significant digit that is "1" to the least significant digit of the integer part) is required. It is necessary to provide the number of bits for the decimal point part of the horizontal value X and the decimal point part of the vertical value Y.

When the variation of the depth value Z becomes maximum, all the integer parts of the variation of the depth value Z become significant figures. Therefore, the number of decimal point bits XFD for the horizontal value X and the number of decimal point bits YFD for the vertical value Y are required by the maximum value of the depth value Z.

That is, the number of decimal point bits XFD of X and the number of decimal point bits YFD of Y are as follows: XFD=ZD YFD=ZD ZD: The maximum value of the depth value Z (number of bits of the integer part) is required.

The number of bits required for the depth value Z has been explained above, but the relationship between the number of bits for the decimal part required when performing calculations with the brightness values R, C, and B is also found in the same way. be able to. In this way, the number of bits of the decimal part required when performing multi-value operations is determined. Therefore, there is no need to perform arithmetic processing using floating point arithmetic.

If floating point operations are not performed, the circuit scale will not increase even if hardware is provided to perform operations for each value.

e. Description of Parallel Processing State Transition Circuit el and Basic Circuit The hardware shown in FIG. 1 is controlled by a parallel processing state transition circuit as shown in FIG.

This parallel processing state transition circuit consists of four types of basic circuits: a wait circuit, a jump circuit, a join circuit, and a delay circuit. These basic circuits will be explained.

・Wait circuit The wait circuit has two inputs A and B, and has the function of stopping the output pulse after the A input pulse until the B input pulse is input. This wait circuit is used to control, when a trigger pulse for starting a certain process is output, not to proceed to the next process until the process for that trigger pulse is completed.

・Configuration of the weight circuit The weight circuit can be configured as shown in FIG. In FIG. 12, 51 and 52 are input terminals.

A trigger pulse T+ from an input terminal 51 is supplied to a flip-flop 53 and also to one input terminal of a NOR gate 54. A trigger pulse Tt from input terminal 52 is supplied to flip-flop 55 . Clock CLK is supplied to the clock input terminals of flip-flops 53 and 55. Flip-flops 53 and 5
5 is set at the rising edge of the clock CLK when a trigger pulse is applied to the D input terminal, and its output becomes high level. The output is maintained at high level until a low level reset signal is applied to the reset terminal.

56 is a reset input terminal. Reset input terminal 56
A reset signal R3T from the OR gate 57 is supplied to one input terminal of the OR gate 57. The output of OR gate 57 is supplied to the other input terminal of NOR gate 54 and also to inverter 58 .

The output of NOR gate 54 is supplied to the reset terminal of flip-flop 55. The output of the inverter 58 is supplied to the reset terminal of the flip-flop 53, and
It is supplied to the input terminal of NAND gate 59.

The output of flip-flop 53 is supplied to the input terminal of NAND gate 59. The output of flip-flop 55 is NA
It is supplied to the input terminal of ND gate 59.

The output of NAND gate 59 is supplied to the input terminal of D flip-flop 60. A clock CLK is supplied to the clock input terminal of the D flip-flop 60. The output of the D flip-flop 60 is outputted from an output terminal 62 via an inverter 61. Also, D flip-flop 60
The inverted output of is supplied to the other input terminal of OR gate 57.

A high level reset signal R3 is input to the reset input terminal 56.
When T is applied, the output of OR gate 57 becomes high level, the output of inverter 58 becomes low level, and the output of NOR gate 54 becomes low level. As a result, the flip-flop 53 and the flip-flop 55 are reset.

Furthermore, when the output of the inverter 58 becomes low level, N
The output of AND gate 59 becomes high level, and the output of D flip-flop 60 is maintained at high level. Therefore, the output of the D flip-flop 60 is transferred to the inverter 6.
The output obtained by inverting with 1 becomes a low level.

As shown in FIG. 13B, time 1. Assume that a trigger pulse T is supplied to the input terminal 51.

Then, as shown in Figure 13, the clock CLK (A in Figure 13) rises at the time t! This trigger pulse T1 is taken into the flip-flop 53, and the output Q of the flip-flop 53 becomes high level.

Next, assume that a trigger pulse T is supplied to the input terminal 52 at time t3. Then, as shown in Figure 13E,
Time t at the rising edge of clock CLK (Fig. 13A)
, 4, this trigger pulse T2 is applied to the flip-flop 5
5, and the output Qz of the flip-flop 55 becomes high level.

At this time, as shown in Figure 13, the flip-flop 5
The output of No. 3 is high level. Also, since a high level is taken into the D flip-flop 60 at reset,
The inverted output of the D flip-flop 60 is at a low level, the output of the OR gate 57 is at a low level, and the output of the inverter 58 is at a high level. Therefore, when the trigger pulse T2 is applied and the output Q of the flip-flop 55 goes high, the output of the NAND gate 59 goes low.

When the output of the NAND gate 59 becomes low level, the output of the D flip-flop 60 becomes low level at time ts when the clock CLK rises, and the output P of the output terminal 62 becomes high level as shown in FIG. 13F. become.

When the output of the D flip-flop 60 becomes low level,
The inverted output of the D flip-flop 600 goes high, and the output of the OR gate 57 goes high.

When the output of OR gate 57 becomes high level, the output of inverter 58 becomes low level, and the output of NOR gate 54 becomes low level.

As a result, the flip-flops 53 and 55 are reset as shown in Figure 13.

Then, the output of the flip-flop 53 and the output of the flip-flop 55 become low level, and the output of the inverter 58 becomes low level, so that the output of the NAND gate 59 becomes high level. When the output of the NAND gate 59 becomes high level, the rising time t of the clock CLK
, the output of the D flip-flop 60 becomes high level. Therefore, at time t6, the output pulse P becomes low level.

As shown in FIG. 13F, in such a wait circuit, after the trigger pulse T1 (FIG. 13B) is supplied and the trigger pulse T2 (FIG. 13C) is supplied, the output terminal 62 is Pulse P is output.

・Jump circuit The jump circuit has two inputs A and S, and depending on the level of the S input, outputs six input pulses to two outputs 01 or 02.
It has a function to select which one to output to. This JU
The MP circuit is applied when it is desired to change control depending on external conditions.

・Construction of jump circuit The jump circuit is constructed as shown in FIG. In FIG. 14, a trigger pulse T is input to the input terminal 71.
, is supplied. This trigger pulse Tll is supplied to one input terminal of the AND gate 73, and
It is supplied to one input end of gate 74.

A selection pulse Sl+ is supplied to the input terminal 72.

This selection pulse Sll is supplied to the other input terminal of the AND gate 73, and is passed through the inverter 75 to the AN
It is supplied to the other input terminal of D gate 74. The output of AND gate 73 is output from output terminal 76. The output of AND gate 74 is output from output terminal 77.

When the trigger pulse Tll is supplied from the input terminal 71 while the selection pulse S11 from the input terminal 72 is at a high level, the trigger pulse T11 is output from the output terminal 76 via the AND gate 73.

When the trigger pulse TII is supplied from the input terminal 71 while the selection pulse S from the input terminal 72 is at a low level, the trigger pulse T11 is output from the output terminal 77 via the AND gate 74.

・Join circuit The join circuit has two inputs ■1 and I2, and I1
Or, when a pulse is input to I2, it has the function of outputting a pulse. This join circuit is applied when signals from different control systems are collected into one control system.

・Construction of join circuit The join circuit can be constructed as shown in FIG. In FIG. 15, a trigger pulse T is input to the input terminal 81.
'z+ is supplied. A trigger pulse Tt from the input terminal 81 is supplied to one input terminal of the OR gate 83. A trigger pulse T22 is supplied to the input terminal 82.

Trigger pulse T2 from input terminal 82! is supplied to the other input terminal of OR gate 83. The output of OR gate 83 is output from output terminal 84.

When the trigger pulse T'z+ is supplied to the input terminal 81, the trigger pulse T'z+ is
2. is output from the output terminal 84.

When the trigger pulse T2□ is supplied to the input terminal 82, this trigger pulse T2
□ is output from the output terminal 84.

・Delay circuit A delay circuit has the function of delaying input for a certain period of time.

This delay circuit is applied to control such that processing always ends after a certain delay time from a trigger pulse.

- Construction of delay circuit The delay circuit is constructed as shown in FIG. In FIG. 16, a trigger pulse T is input to the input terminal 91.
R+ is supplied. A trigger pulse T31 from this input terminal 91 is supplied to a frib-flop 92. The output of flip-flop 92 is output from output terminal 93.

A trigger pulse T3. is delayed via the flip-flop 92 and output from the output terminal 93.

e2. Parallel processing state transition circuit for shading processing FIG. 17 is an example of a parallel processing state transition circuit for controlling the hardware shown in FIG. 1.

The four basic circuits described above are used in this parallel processing state transition circuit. The arithmetic processing control of one embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG. 17 and FIG. 1.

In FIG. 17, an external trigger pulse EXTRG is applied to the input terminal 101. This external trigger pulse E
XT'RG is transmitted between each basic circuit that constitutes the parallel processing state transition circuit. At this time, each basic circuit outputs a trigger signal to control each part of the hardware (.

That is, the external trigger pulse E from the input terminal 101
XTRG is supplied to the delay circuit 102, and after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the external trigger pulse εXTRG was supplied to the delay circuit 102, a trigger signal is output from the delay circuit 102. This trigger signal is the select signal S
EL ABC. By selecting SEL ABC, multiplexers 15 and 16 in FIG. 1 are switched to the a side, and multiplexer 18 is switched to the a side. Then, the value of the lower left vertex and the value of the upper left vertex are subtracted by the subtractor 17 and set in the divider 19.

A delay circuit 10 is connected to the input terminal of the jump circuit 103.
A trigger signal from 2 is supplied. jump circuit 10
A null determination signal Null is supplied to the S input terminal of No. 3. If there is a vertex on the left side (see Figure 8), jump circuit 1
A trigger pulse is output from the 01 output terminal of 03. This trigger pulse is used as the division trigger signal DIV TRG. With this division trigger signal DIV TRG,
Division is started in divider 19 in FIG. As a result, the variation in the vertical direction of the left side is found. If there is no vertex on the left side and the vertex on the left side is null, jump circuit 1
A trigger pulse is output from the 02 output terminal of 03, and this trigger pulse is supplied to the delay circuit 105.

A jump circuit 10 is connected to the A input terminal of the wait circuit 104.
A trigger pulse is supplied from the O1 output of No. 3. The S input terminal of the wait circuit 104 receives a division end signal DIV.
END is supplied. The division is completed by the divider 19,
When the vertical displacement of the left side is determined, the divider 19 generates a division end signal DIV END. Division end signal D
When IV END is generated, the wait circuit 104 outputs a trigger pulse. This trigger pulse is D
The DA set signal ODA SET A is used. This DD
With the A set signal ODA 5ETA, the vertical variation of the left side obtained by the divider 19 is converted to DD with left side correction calculation function.
It is set in the A calculation circuit 20.

The wait circuit 1 is connected to the ■1 input terminal of the join circuit 106.
A trigger pulse output from 04 is supplied. A delay circuit 105 is connected to the 12 input terminal of the join circuit 106.
A trigger pulse outputted from the trigger pulse is supplied. A trigger pulse is given from the wait circuit 104 to the I input terminal of the join circuit 106, or the join circuit 106
When a trigger pulse is applied from the delay circuit 105 to the input terminal of the second input terminal, a trigger pulse is output from the join circuit 106. This trigger pulse is the select signal S
It is considered to be EL AB. This select signal 5ELAH switches the multiplexers 15 and 16 to the b side, and the value at the lower right vertex and the value at the upper right vertex are subtracted by the subtracter 17 and set in the divider 19.

A join circuit 10 is connected to the A input terminal of the jump circuit 107.
A trigger signal from 6 is supplied. jump circuit 10
A null determination signal Null is supplied to the S input terminal of No. 3. If there is a vertex on the right side, a trigger pulse is output from the 01 output terminal of the jump circuit 107. This trigger pulse is used as the division trigger signal DIV TRG. The division trigger signal DIV TRG causes the divider 19 to start division. As a result, the variation in the vertical direction of the right side is obtained. If there is no vertex on the right side and the vertex on the right side is null, a trigger pulse is output from the 02 output terminal of the jump circuit 107, and this trigger pulse is sent to the delay circuit 10.
9.

A jump circuit 10 is connected to the A input terminal of the wait circuit 108.
A trigger pulse from the 01 output terminal of 7 is supplied. The B input terminal of the wait circuit 107 receives the division end signal DIV.
END is supplied. The division is completed by the divider 19,
When the vertical displacement of the right side is determined, the divider 19 generates a division end signal DIV END. Division end signal D
When IV END is generated, the wait circuit 108 outputs a trigger pulse. This trigger pulse is D
It is set as a DA set signal DDA SET B. This D
By the DA set signal ODA 5ETB, the vertical variation of the right side obtained by the divider 19 is converted to D with the right side correction calculation function.
It is set in the DA calculation circuit 21.

■The input terminal of the join circuit 110 has a wait circuit 1.
A trigger pulse output from 08 is supplied. A delay circuit 109 is connected to the 12 input terminal of the join circuit 110.
A trigger pulse outputted from the trigger pulse is supplied. A trigger pulse is given from the wait circuit 108 to the 11 input terminal of the join circuit 110, or the input terminal 110 of the join circuit 110
When a trigger pulse is applied from the delay circuit 109 to the 12 input terminal of the circuit, a trigger pulse is output from the join circuit 110. This trigger pulse is used as the DDA correction calculation trigger signal DOA TRG AB. This DD
By the A correction calculation trigger signal DDA TRG AB,
The DDA calculation circuit with left side correction calculation function 20 and the DDA calculation circuit with right side correction calculation function 21 are triggered, and left side correction calculation and right side correction calculation are started. Through this correction calculation, values at the left end and right end of the scan line are determined.

A join circuit 11 is connected to the A input terminal of the wait circuit 111.
A trigger pulse output from 0 is supplied. The B input terminal of the wait circuit 111 receives a correction calculation end signal AJS.
T END is supplied. DDA with left side correction calculation function
When the left side correction calculation and the right side correction calculation are completed in the calculation circuit 20 and the ODA calculation circuit with right side correction calculation function 21,
A correction calculation end signal ^JST END is generated from the DDA calculation circuit 20 with a left-side correction calculation function and the DDA calculation circuit 21 with a right-side correction calculation function. Correction calculation end signal A
When JST END is generated, wait time w1111
A trigger pulse is output from.

The wait circuit 1 is connected to the input terminal of the join circuit 112.
A trigger pulse output from 11 is supplied. I of the join circuit 112! A weight circuit 117 is provided at the input end.
A trigger pulse outputted from the trigger pulse is supplied. A trigger pulse is given to the 11 input terminal of the join circuit 112 from the wait circuit 111, or the join circuit 112
When a trigger pulse is applied from the wait circuit 107 to the 12 input terminal of the join circuit 112, the trigger pulse is output from the join circuit 112. This trigger pulse is the select signal S
It is considered to be EL C. With this select signal 5ELC,
The multiplexer 18 in FIG. 1 is switched to the b side.

When the multiplexer 18 is switched to the b side, the horizontal variation determined by the subtracter 22 is set in the divider 19.

The delay circuit 113 is supplied with a trigger pulse output from the join circuit 112 . Delay circuit 11
3, this trigger pulse is delayed for a predetermined time, and after the predetermined time has elapsed, the trigger pulse is output from the delay circuit 113. This trigger pulse is the divided trigger signal DI
V TRG.

This division trigger signal DIV TRG causes the divider 1
Division begins at 9.

The delay circuit 11 is connected to the A input terminal of the wait circuit 114.
A trigger pulse output from 3 is supplied. The B input terminal of the wait circuit 114 receives the division end signal DIV E
ND is supplied. When the divider 19 completes the division and determines the horizontal displacement, the divider 19 generates a division end signal DIV BNO. Division end signal DIV
When END is generated, the wait circuit 114 outputs a trigger pulse.

This trigger pulse is the DDA set signal DDA 5ET
It is considered H. This DDA set signal ODA SET H
As a result, the horizontal variation obtained by the divider 19 is set in the DDA arithmetic circuit 23 with a horizontal correction arithmetic function.

A trigger pulse output from the wait circuit 114 is supplied to the delay circuit 115 . Delay circuit 11
In step 5, this trigger pulse is delayed for a predetermined time, and after the predetermined time has elapsed, the trigger pulse is output from the delay circuit 115. This trigger pulse is used as the DDA correction calculation trigger signal DDA TRGO. This DDA correction calculation trigger signal DDA TRG H triggers the DDA calculation circuit 23 with horizontal correction calculation function, and starts horizontal correction calculation. Through this DDA correction calculation, the value of the coordinate grid point at the left end of the scan line is determined.

The delay circuit 11 is connected to the input terminal of the wait circuit 116.
A trigger pulse output from 5 is supplied. The input end of the wait circuit 1160B receives a correction calculation end signal AJS.
T END is supplied. DDA with horizontal correction calculation function
When the horizontal correction calculation is completed in the calculation circuit 23, a correction calculation end signal AJST END is generated from the DDA calculation circuit 23 with horizontal correction calculation function. Correction calculation end signal A
When JST END is generated, a trigger pulse is output from the wait circuit 116. This trigger pulse is used as the DDA calculation trigger signal DDA HINC. This DDA calculation trigger signal DDA HINC causes the DDA calculation circuit 23 with horizontal correction calculation function to repeat the DDA calculation. Thereby, the value of each coordinate grid point of the scan line is determined.

The weight circuit 11 is connected to the A input terminal of the weight circuit 117.
A trigger signal output from 6 is supplied. The B input terminal of the wait circuit 117 receives a signal E indicating the end of the line.
ND OF LINE is supplied.

Once the value of each coordinate grid point is calculated up to the end of the line,
A signal END OF LINE is generated indicating the end of the line. And the signal ENDOF indicating the end of the line
When LINE is generated, the wait circuit 117 outputs a trigger pulse. This trigger pulse is DDA
The calculation trigger signal DDA AB INC is used. This trigger pulse is the DDA calculation trigger signal DDA AB
By INC, the DDA calculation circuit 20 with a left-side correction calculation function and the DDA calculation circuit 21 with a right-side correction calculation function
A DA operation is performed to find the leftmost value and rightmost value of the next scan line.

The output pulse from the wait circuit 117 is sent to the join circuit 1.
12 of the 12 input terminals. Then, the next line is processed.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, when processing a trapezoid whose length in the vertical direction is smaller than 1, the length of the sides becomes long and the side near the horizontal where there is a high possibility of overflow of the divider, This edge is replaced by a vertical edge that has the same starting point. In this way, the possibility of overflow of the divider can be avoided and the connectivity of the figures is good.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a route diagram used to explain correction calculations, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a DDA calculation circuit with a correction calculation function. FIG. 4 is a block diagram used to explain the DDA arithmetic circuit with a correction arithmetic function, and FIG. 5 is a route diagram used to explain multiplication in the DDA arithmetic circuit with a correction arithmetic function. Figure 6 is a route map used to explain shading. FIG. 7 is a flow diagram used to explain one embodiment of the present invention;
Figures 8 and 9 are route maps used to explain processing arbitrary polygons in an embodiment of this invention, and Figures 10 and 11 are route maps in which large calculation errors occur in an embodiment of this invention. Route map used to explain processing in case, 12th
13 is a timing diagram used to explain an example of a wait circuit. FIG. 14 is a block diagram of an example of a jump circuit. FIG. 15 is a block diagram of an example of a join circuit. FIG. 16 is a block diagram of an example of a delay circuit, and FIG. 17 is a block diagram of an example of a parallel processing state transition circuit to which the present invention is applied. Explanation of main symbols in the drawings 19: Divider. 20: DDA calculation circuit with left side correction calculation function. 21: DDA calculation circuit with right side correction calculation function. 23: DDA calculation circuit with horizontal correction calculation function.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A curved surface is approximated by a plurality of polygons, a value is input to each vertex of the polygon, and a value within the polygon is determined from the value input to each vertex by linear interpolation. A shading method characterized in that, if the vertical distance of the polygon is less than or equal to a predetermined value, a near-horizontal side is replaced with a vertical side having the same starting point.