Title:
MEMORY CONSTITUTION FOR TEXTURE MAPPING
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH10105723
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To reduce the frequency in switching of memory pages at the time of calculating display pixel values.
A texture memory 21 of a graphic system includes plural texture maps, and respective texture maps represent a common texture image having different space resolutions. Data of a prescribed map representing one area 66 of a texture space 58 is included in one memory block (Block-0), and this memory block holds data of another map in the same area. Meanwhile, another block (Block-1) includes data of a map representing another area 74.
Inventors:
LENTZ DEREK J
Application Number:
JP12769297A
Publication Date:
April 24, 1998
Filing Date:
May 16, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORP
International Classes:
G06T11/20; G06T15/04; (IPC1-7): G06T11/00; G06T15/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kisaburo Suzuki (2 outside)