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Image synthesizing system with texture mapping
Assignee: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc
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Filing: 1996-12-24
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Granted: 1999-02-09
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Expires: 2016-12-24
Abstract
Abstract An image synthesizing system is provided which can output a high-quality image in real time through the texture mapping without preventing the hardware from being increased in speed and reduced in scale. A 3-D image is formed by a game space processing unit (13) and image supply unit (10) to perform a 3-D computation. At a processor unit (30), coordinates for each dot in a polygon and the corresponding texture coordinates are determined. A field buffer unit (40) stores the texture coordinates at an address specified by the coordinates for each dot. A texture data storage unit (42) has stored a rendering data. The texture coordinates are read out from the field buffer unit (40) and then used to read out the rendering data from the texture coordinate storage unit (42) to synthesize and output a pseudo 3-D image. By thus storing the texture coordinates in the field buffer unit (40), the subsampling/interpolation and the like may be carried out.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroyuki Murata
- 👤 Takashi Yokota
- 👤 Katsuhiro Miura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 23:18
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T15/00; G06T15/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
223 words
An image synthesizing system for forming a displayed image which includes a polygon image and a background image comprising: an image computing unit for determining coordinates of dots in polygons forming said polygon image and polygon texture coordinates corresponding to said coordinates of dots, said coordinates of dots and said polygon texture coordinates being determined by three dimensional computation which includes perspective transformation, a field buffer unit for storing said polygon texture coordinates determined by said image computing unit at an address specified by said coordinates of dots, instead of storing color data, a background dot judgment unit for judging that a dot not used to display polygons in the displayed image is a background dot, a background texture coordinate generating unit for generating background texture coordinates by given computation, a selector for selecting for output one of said polygon texture coordinates input from said field buffer unit and said background texture coordinates input from said background texture coordinate generating unit, based on a judgment of said background dot judgment unit, and a rendering data storage unit for storing rendering data which include color data at an address specified by said polygon texture coordinates and said background texture coordinates input from said selector, wherein said rendering data storage unit is shared by said field buffer unit and said background texture coordinate generating unit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
223 words
An image synthesizing system for forming a displayed image which includes a polygon image and a background image comprising: an image computing unit for determining coordinates of dots in polygons forming said polygon image and polygon texture coordinates corresponding to said coordinates of dots, said coordinates of dots and said polygon texture coordinates being determined by three dimensional computation which includes perspective transformation, a field buffer unit for storing said polygon texture coordinates determined by said image computing unit at an address specified by said coordinates of dots, instead of storing color data, a background dot judgment unit for judging that a dot not used to display polygons in the displayed image is a background dot, a background texture coordinate generating unit for generating background texture coordinates by given computation, a selector for selecting for output one of said polygon texture coordinates input from said field buffer unit and said background texture coordinates input from said background texture coordinate generating unit, based on a judgment of said background dot judgment unit, and a rendering data storage unit for storing rendering data which include color data at an address specified by said polygon texture coordinates and said background texture coordinates input from said selector, wherein said rendering data storage unit is shared by said field buffer unit and said background texture coordinate generating unit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The image synthesizing system as defined in claim 1 wherein said background texture coordinate generating unit varies said background texture coordinates to perform at least one of two dimensional rotation and two dimensional scaling of said background image.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
55 words
The image synthesizing system as defined in claim 2, wherein empty dot information is written to a dot not used to draw the polygon image and said background dot judgment unit judges that a dot is used to draw the background image when said empty dot information is written to a dot to be processed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
111 words
The image synthesizing system as defined in claim 3, further comprising an interpolation unit and wherein said image computing unit computes coordinates of subsampled dots and corresponding subsampled polygon texture coordinates, said subsampled polygon texture coordinates and a polygon identification number for identifying a polygon are written in said field buffer unit, said interpolation unit carries out interpolation of the subsampled polygon texture coordinates written in said field buffer unit, based on said empty dot information and said polygon identification number, and said background dot judgment unit judges whether or not a dot to be processed is the background dot, based on said empty dot information and said polygon identification number.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
An image synthesizing system as defined in claim 4, wherein said subsampling in said image computing unit is carried out by ignoring a plurality of dots and wherein the background dot judgment in said background dot judgment unit and said interpolation are carried out for a plurality of dots.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
55 words
The image synthesizing system as defined in claim 1, wherein empty dot information is written to a dot not used to draw the polygon image and said background dot judgment unit judges that a dot is used to draw the background image when said empty dot information is written to a dot to be processed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
109 words
The image synthesizing system as defined in claim 6, further comprising an interpolation unit and wherein said image computing unit computes coordinates of subsampled dots and corresponding subsampled polygon texture coordinates, said field buffer unit stores said subsampled polygon texture coordinates and a polygon identification number for identifying a polygon, said interpolation unit carries out interpolation of the subsampled polygon texture coordinates written in said field buffer unit, based on said empty dot information and said polygon identification number, and said background dot judgment unit judges whether or not a dot to be processed is a background dot, based on said empty dot information and said polygon identification number.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
49 words
An image synthesizing system as defined in claim 7, wherein said subsampling in said image computing unit is carried out by ignoring a plurality of dots and wherein the background dot judgment in said background dot judgment unit and said interpolation are carried out for a plurality of dots.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
217 words
An image synthesizing system for forming a displayed image which includes a polygon image and a background image comprising: an image computing unit for determining coordinates of dots in polygons forming said polygon image and polygon texture coordinates corresponding to said coordinates of dots, said coordinates of dots and said polygon texture coordinates being determined by three dimensional computation which includes perspective transformation, a field buffer unit for storing said polygon texture coordinates determined by said image computing unit at an address specified by said coordinates of dots, instead of storing color data, a background dot judgement unit for judging that a dot not used to display polygons in the displayed image is a background dot, a background texture coordinate generating unit for generating background texture coordinates by given computation, a selector for selecting for output one of said polygon texture coordinates input from said field buffer unit and said background texture coordinates input from said background texture coordinate generating unit, based on a judgement of said background dot judgement unit, and a function computing unit that applies function computation to said polygon texture coordinates and said background texture coordinates to determine rendering data which include color data, wherein said function computing unit is shared by said field buffer unit and said background texture coordinate generating unit.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
217 words
An image synthesizing system for forming a displayed image which includes a polygon image and a background image comprising: an image computing unit for determining coordinates of dots in polygons forming said polygon image and polygon texture coordinates corresponding to said coordinates of dots, said coordinates of dots and said polygon texture coordinates being determined by three dimensional computation which includes perspective transformation, a field buffer unit for storing said polygon texture coordinates determined by said image computing unit at an address specified by said coordinates of dots, instead of storing color data, a background dot judgement unit for judging that a dot not used to display polygons in the displayed image is a background dot, a background texture coordinate generating unit for generating background texture coordinates by given computation, a selector for selecting for output one of said polygon texture coordinates input from said field buffer unit and said background texture coordinates input from said background texture coordinate generating unit, based on a judgement of said background dot judgement unit, and a function computing unit that applies function computation to said polygon texture coordinates and said background texture coordinates to determine rendering data which include color data, wherein said function computing unit is shared by said field buffer unit and said background texture coordinate generating unit.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
The image synthesizing system as defined in claim 9, wherein said background texture coordinate generating unit varies said background texture coordinates to perform at least one of two dimensional rotation and two dimensional scaling of said background image.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
55 words
The image synthesizing system as defined in claim 10, wherein empty dot information is written to a dot not used to draw the polygon image and said background dot judgment unit judges that a dot is used to draw the background image when said empty dot information is written to a dot to be processed.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
111 words
The image synthesizing system as defined in claim 11, further comprising an interpolation unit and wherein said image computing unit computes coordinates of subsampled dots and corresponding subsampled polygon texture coordinates, said subsampled polygon texture coordinates and a polygon identification number for identifying a polygon are written in said field buffer unit, said interpolation unit carries out interpolation of the subsampled polygon texture coordinates written in said filed buffer unit, based on said empty dot information and said polygon identification number, and said background dot judgment unit judges whether or not a dot to be processed is the background dot, based on said empty dot information and said polygon identification number.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
55 words
The image synthesizing system as defined in claim 9, wherein empty dot information is written to a dot not used to draw the polygon image and said background dot judgment unit judges that a dot is used to draw the background image when said empty dot information is written to a dot to be processed.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
108 words
The image synthesizing system as defined in claim 13, further comprising an interpolation unit and wherein said image unit computes coordinates of subsampled dots and corresponding subsampled polygon texture coordinates, said field buffer unit stores said subsampled polygon texture coordinates and a polygon identification number for identifying a polygon, said interpolation unit carries out interpolation of the subsampled polygon texture coordinates written in said field buffer unit, based on said empty dot information and said polygon identification number, and said background dot judgment unit judges whether or not a dot to be processed is a background dot, based on said empty dot information and said polygon identification number.
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