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US 2003/0080958 A1Published application
Image generating apparatus, image generating method, and computer program
OwnerReiji Matsumoto, Hajime Adachiinventors
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OwnerReiji Matsumoto, Hajime Adachiinventors
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An image generating apparatus (1) is provided with a graphics memory (16) and a drawing device (13). The graphics memory includes a plurality of frame buffers (16a,16b) for separately storing images of a plurality of layers containing a 3D image and one Z-buffer (16c) commonly installed for these frame buffers. The drawing device sequentially stores the images of the plurality of layers in the plurality of frame buffers as well as sequentially generating them while executing a hidden surface removal by using the Z-buffer in time sharing, superimposes at a superimposing unit (17) the images of the plurality of layers, which are stored in the plurality of frame buffers, after the execution of the hidden surface removal, and consequently generates a multiple-layer 3D image.
An image generating apparatus comprising:
A program storage device readable by a computer for tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform an image generating method, the image generating method comprising:
A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave and representing a series of instructions which cause a computer to perform an image generating method, the image generating method comprising:
An image generating method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.