US Patent No: 6,057,850

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Blended texture illumination mapping

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for expeditiously rendering realistic bumpy self-shadowed textured computer graphics is provide. Illuminated texture images of an object are obtained and stored in a data base as texture maps. These illuminated texture images are superimposed on top of each other and blended according to their weighted illumination contributions from the light sources to create a blended texture map. This blended texture map is then mapped to the desired surface of the geometric object.

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Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
MICROSOFT CORPORATIONREDMOND, WA24226

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kichury, John J Morris Plains, NJ 1 61

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