公开(公告)号：US20050243085A1

公开(公告)日：2005-11-03

申请号：US10838936

申请日：2004-05-03

申请人： Greg Schechter ,  Gregory Swedberg ,  Joseph Beda ,  Adam Smith

发明人： Greg Schechter ,  Gregory Swedberg ,  Joseph Beda ,  Adam Smith

IPC分类号： G06F9/44 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06T20060101 ,  G06T13/00 ,  G06T15/00 ,  G06T15/70 ,  G06T17/00

CPC分类号： G06T15/00 ,  G06T17/005

摘要： An application program interface may be used to construct a three-dimensional (3D) scene of 3D models defined by model 3D objects. The interface has one or more group objects and one or more leaf objects. The group objects contain or collect other group objects and/or leaf objects. The leaf objects may be drawing objects or an illumination object. The group objects may have transform operations to transform objects collected in their group. The drawing objects define instructions to draw 3D models of the 3D scene or instructions to draw 2D images on the 3D models. The illumination object defines the light type and direction illuminating the 3D models in the 3D scene. A method processes a tree hierarchy of computer program objects constructed with objects of the application program interface. The method traverses branches of a 3D scene tree hierarchy of objects to process group objects and leaf objects. The method detects whether the next unprocessed object is a group object of a leaf object. If it is a leaf object, the method detects whether the leaf object is a light object or a drawing 3D object. If the leaf object is a light object, the illumination of the 3D scene is set. If a drawing 3D object is detected, a 3D model is drawn as illuminated by the illumination. The method may also performs a group operation on the group of objects collected by a group object.

摘要翻译： 应用程序界面可用于构建由模型3D对象定义的3D模型的三维（3D）场景。 界面具有一个或多个组对象和一个或多个叶对象。 组对象包含或收集其他组对象和/或叶对象。 叶子对象可以是绘制对象或照明对象。 组对象可能具有转换操作来转换在其组中收集的对象。 绘图对象定义绘制3D场景的3D模型的指令或在3D模型上绘制2D图像的指令。 照明对象定义照亮3D场景中的3D模型的光类型和方向。 一种方法处理由应用程序接口的对象构成的计算机程序对象的树层次结构。 该方法遍历对象的3D场景树层次结构的分支，以处理组对象和叶对象。 该方法检测下一个未处理对象是否为叶对象的组对象。 如果是叶子对象，则该方法检测叶子对象是轻型对象还是绘制3D对象。 如果叶子对象是轻物体，则设置3D场景的照明。 如果检测到绘图3D对象，则照亮照亮的3D模型。 该方法还可以对由组对象收集的对象组执行组操作。

公开(公告)号：US20050243086A1

公开(公告)日：2005-11-03

申请号：US10838935

申请日：2004-05-03

申请人： Greg Schechter ,  Joseph Beda ,  Gregory Swedberg ,  Adam Smith

发明人： Greg Schechter ,  Joseph Beda ,  Gregory Swedberg ,  Adam Smith

IPC分类号： G06T15/00 ,  G06T17/00

CPC分类号： G06T17/005 ,  G06T15/00

摘要： A hierarchy of 2D visual objects and 3D scene objects are integrated for seamless processing to render 2D images including a 2D view of a 3D scene on a 2D computer display. The processing of the 3D model objects and 2D visual objects in the visual hierarchy is integrated so that the processing is readily handed off between 3D and 2D operations. Further the number of transitions between processing visual 2D objects and 3D model objects when creating a display image has no architectural limit. A data structure integrates computer program objects for creating 3D images and 2D images in a visual tree object hierarchy having visual 2D objects or 3D scene objects pointing to 3D model objects. The data structure comprises an object tree hierarchy, one or more visual 2D objects, and one or more 3D reference or scene objects pointing to 3D model objects. The visual 2D objects define operations drawing a 2D image. The 3D reference or scene objects define references pointing to objects with operations that together draw a two-dimensional view of a three-dimensional scene made up of one or more 3D models. The 3D reference or scene objects point to 3D model objects and a camera object. The camera object defines a two-dimensional view of the 3D scene. The 3D model objects draw the 3D models and define mesh information used in drawing contours of a model and material information used in drawing surface texture of a model. The material information for the surface texture of a model may be defined by a visual 2D object, a 3D reference or scene object or a tree hierarchy of visual 2D objects and/or 3D reference scene objects.

摘要翻译： 集成2D视觉对象和3D场景对象的层次结构，用于无缝处理，以在2D计算机显示器上渲染包括3D场景的2D视图的2D图像。 在视觉层次中处理3D模型对象和2D视觉对象被集成，使得处理在3D和2D操作之间容易地切换。 此外，在创建显示图像时处理可视2D对象和3D模型对象之间的转换次数没有架构限制。 数据结构集成了用于在具有指向3D模型对象的视觉2D对象或3D场景对象的可视树对象层级中创建3D图像和2D图像的计算机程序对象。 数据结构包括对象树层次结构，一个或多个可视2D对象以及指向3D模型对象的一个​​或多个3D参考或场景对象。 可视化2D对象定义绘制2D图像的操作。 3D参考或场景对象定义了指向对象的引用，其中操作一起绘制由一个或多个3D模型组成的三维场景的二维视图。 3D参考或场景对象指向3D模型对象和相机对象。 相机对象定义3D场景的二维视图。 3D模型对象绘制3D模型并定义用于绘制模型轮廓的网格信息，以及用于绘制模型表面纹理的材料信息。 用于模型的表面纹理的材料信息可以由视觉2D对象，3D参考或场景对象或视觉2D对象和/或3D参考场景对象的树层次来定义。

公开(公告)号：US20070057952A1

公开(公告)日：2007-03-15

申请号：US11228002

申请日：2005-09-14

申请人： Gregory Swedberg ,  Prashant Ratanchandani ,  Greg Schechter ,  Glenn Evans ,  Leonardo Blanco ,  Kenneth Reneris ,  Sameer Nene

发明人： Gregory Swedberg ,  Prashant Ratanchandani ,  Greg Schechter ,  Glenn Evans ,  Leonardo Blanco ,  Kenneth Reneris ,  Sameer Nene

IPC分类号： G06T15/70

CPC分类号： G09G5/00 ,  G09G2340/0435 ,  H04N7/0127 ,  H04N21/4307

摘要： Described is an adaptive scheduler associated with a desktop window manager that dynamically controls the rate at which graphics frames are composed. Values corresponding to performance when composing a frame are measured, and the frame composition rate is adjusted as necessary based on the values. The measured data is sampled to provide smooth adjustments. The sampled data is evaluated as to whether the current frame rate is too slow, too fast, or acceptable. If too slow, the frame rate may increased relative to the refresh rate, while if too fast, the frame rate is decreased relative to the refresh rate. In one implementation, the frame rate is too fast if a count of missed frames achieves a missed threshold value, or if a count of late frames achieves a late threshold value. The frame rate is too slow if a count of early frames exceeds an early threshold value.

摘要翻译： 描述了与桌面窗口管理器相关联的自适应调度器，其动态地控制组合图形帧的速率。 测量与构成帧时的性能对应的值，根据该值根据需要调整帧合成率。 测量的数据被采样以提供平滑的调整。 评估采样数据是否当前帧速率太慢，太快或可接受。 如果太慢，帧速率可能相对于刷新率增加，而如果太快，则帧速率相对于刷新率降低。 在一个实现中，如果错过的帧的计数达到错过的阈值，或者如果后期帧的计数达到迟到的阈值，则帧速率太快。 如果早期帧的计数超过早期阈值，则帧速率太慢。

公开(公告)号：US20070061733A1

公开(公告)日：2007-03-15

申请号：US11215355

申请日：2005-08-30

申请人： Greg Schechter ,  Gregory Swedberg ,  Christopher Fortier ,  Jevan Saks ,  Ian Hanschen ,  Leonardo Blanco ,  Adrian Secchia ,  Andrey Arsov

发明人： Greg Schechter ,  Gregory Swedberg ,  Christopher Fortier ,  Jevan Saks ,  Ian Hanschen ,  Leonardo Blanco ,  Adrian Secchia ,  Andrey Arsov

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F9/451

摘要： Described is a pluggable policy component that determines the look and feel, or windows visual experience, of a computer user interface. Window-related instructions are redirected to the policy component, while client area change instructions are provided to a substrate (into which the policy component plugs in) that includes a composition component. The plug-in policy component handles windows-related (e.g., structural or attribute) changes to a scene graph to construct and maintain the scene graph, while the substrate handles program content changes to the client areas within windows. The substrate may include a desktop window manager that has access to the client areas in the scene graph, whereby the desktop window manager can copy a client area for rendering. For example, the desktop window manager can provide a supplemental live thumbnail image of a window.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种可插拔策略组件，用于确定计算机用户界面的外观和视觉体验。 窗口相关指令被重定向到策略组件，而客户区更改指令被提供给包括组合组件的基板（策略组件插入到其中）。 插件策略组件处理与场景图形相关的窗口相关（例如，结构或属性）更改以构建和维护场景图，同时基板将程序内容更改处理到窗口中的客户区域。 基板可以包括能够访问场景图中的客户区域的台式窗口管理器，由此桌面窗口管理器可以复制用于渲染的客户区域。 例如，桌面窗口管理器可以提供窗口的补充的实时缩略图。

公开(公告)号：US20070057943A1

公开(公告)日：2007-03-15

申请号：US11555040

申请日：2006-10-31

申请人： Joseph Beda ,  Gregory Swedberg ,  Oreste Ungureanu ,  Kevin Gallo ,  Paul David ,  Matthew Calkins

发明人： Joseph Beda ,  Gregory Swedberg ,  Oreste Ungureanu ,  Kevin Gallo ,  Paul David ,  Matthew Calkins

IPC分类号： G06T15/00

CPC分类号： G06T13/00 ,  G06T1/20 ,  G06T15/005 ,  G06T2213/04

摘要： A multiple-level graphics processing system and method (e.g., of an operating system) for providing improved graphics output including, for example, smooth animation. One such multiple-level graphics processing system comprises two components, including a tick-on-demand or slow-tick high-level component, and a fast-tick (e.g., at the graphics hardware frame refresh rate) low-level component. In general, the high-level, less frequent component performs computationally intensive aspects of updating animation parameters and traversing scene data structures, in order to pass simplified data structures to the low-level component. The low-level component operates at a higher frequency, such as the frame refresh rate of the graphics subsystem, to process the data structures into constant output data for the graphics subsystem. The low-level processing includes interpolating any parameter intervals as necessary to obtain instantaneous values to render the scene for each frame of animation.

摘要翻译： 用于提供改进的图形输出的多级图形处理系统和方法（例如，操作系统的方法），包括例如平滑动画。 一个这样的多级图形处理系统包括两个组件，包括按需点选或慢勾号高级组件，以及快速勾选（例如，在图形硬件帧刷新率）低级组件。 一般来说，高级别，较不频繁的组件执行更新动画参数和遍历场景数据结构的计算密集方面，以便将简化的数据结构传递到低级组件。 低级组件以更高的频率工作，例如图形子系统的帧刷新率，以将数据结构处理为图形子系统的恒定输出数据。 低级处理包括根据需要插入任何参数间隔，以获得每帧动画渲染场景的瞬时值。

公开(公告)号：US20050140692A1

公开(公告)日：2005-06-30

申请号：US10749125

申请日：2003-12-30

申请人： Gregory Swedberg ,  Mohamed Sadek ,  Leonardo Blanco ,  Kevin Gallo ,  Joseph Beda ,  Pravin Santiago ,  Hirofumi Yamamoto ,  Andrei Baioura ,  Sriram Subramanian

发明人： Gregory Swedberg ,  Mohamed Sadek ,  Leonardo Blanco ,  Kevin Gallo ,  Joseph Beda ,  Pravin Santiago ,  Hirofumi Yamamoto ,  Andrei Baioura ,  Sriram Subramanian

IPC分类号： G09G5/00 ,  G09G5/02

CPC分类号： G06F8/38

摘要： Described are mechanisms and techniques for providing interoperability between two different graphics technologies. An application includes windows of two types, a legacy type and a new type. A graphics system includes components that support each of the two types. Interoperability is achieved by creating legacy structures associated with any windows of the new type. A mapping is created that associates the legacy structures with the windows of the new type. Rendering of legacy windows is performed by a first graphics technology, and rendering of new windows is performed by a second graphics technology. The distinction between the two types of windows is noted by the existence of the legacy structures.

摘要翻译： 描述了提供两种不同图形技术之间的互操作性的机制和技术。 应用程序包括两种类型的窗口，即遗留类型和新类型。 图形系统包括支持两种类型的组件。 通过创建与新类型的任何窗口相关联的遗留结构来实现互操作性。 创建将旧结构与新类型的窗口相关联的映射。 遗留窗口的渲染由第一图形技术执行，并且通过第二图形技术执行新窗口的渲染。 两种类型的窗口之间的区别是由传统结构的存在所指出的。

公开(公告)号：US20050088449A1

公开(公告)日：2005-04-28

申请号：US10692322

申请日：2003-10-23

申请人： Leonardo Blanco ,  Andrei Baioura ,  Mohamed Sadek ,  Gregory Swedberg ,  Pravin Santiago

发明人： Leonardo Blanco ,  Andrei Baioura ,  Mohamed Sadek ,  Gregory Swedberg ,  Pravin Santiago

IPC分类号： G09G5/36

CPC分类号： G06F9/451

摘要： The visual output of legacy child windows intended for display on a non-legacy parent are redirected to an off-screen bitmap buffer. A display component having enhanced visual functionality processes the output of the legacy child window with any of a number of visual effects. The display component composes the parent window by combining the non-legacy visual output with the processed output of the legacy child window. In this way, visual enhancements that have been technologically unavailable to the legacy child windows may be applied to the legacy child windows when used in combination with a new-technology parent window.

摘要翻译： 用于在非传统父级上显示的传统子窗口的视觉输出将重定向到屏幕外位图缓冲区。 具有增强的视觉功能的显示组件使用许多视觉效果中的任何一个来处理传统子窗口的输出。 显示组件通过将非遗留视觉输出与传统子窗口的处理输出组合来组成父窗口。 以这种方式，当与新技术的父窗口组合使用时，传统子窗口技术上不可用的视觉增强可以应用于传统子窗口。

公开(公告)号：US07012606B2

公开(公告)日：2006-03-14

申请号：US10692288

申请日：2003-10-23

申请人： Gregory Swedberg ,  Paul David ,  Andrey Arsov ,  Don Curtis ,  Leonardo E. Blanco

发明人： Gregory Swedberg ,  Paul David ,  Andrey Arsov ,  Don Curtis ,  Leonardo E. Blanco

IPC分类号： G06T15/70

CPC分类号： G06T15/00 ,  G06T2200/16 ,  G06T2210/61

摘要： The present invention is directed to a system and method for a unified composition engine that, in general, combines previously separate composition services. The unified composition engine provides a composition service used both in-process in conjunction with application programming interfaces (API's) and on the desktop as the desktop compositor.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于统一组合引擎的系统和方法，其通常组合了先前分开的组合服务。 统一组合引擎提供了一个组合服务，它们与应用程序编程接口（API）和桌面合成器结合使用。

公开(公告)号：US20050088452A1

公开(公告)日：2005-04-28

申请号：US10691442

申请日：2003-10-23

申请人： Scott Hanggie ,  Victor Tan ,  Gerardo Bermudez ,  Gregory Swedberg

发明人： Scott Hanggie ,  Victor Tan ,  Gerardo Bermudez ,  Gregory Swedberg

IPC分类号： G06F3/048 ,  G09G5/14 ,  G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0481 ,  G06F9/451 ,  G09G5/14

摘要： A method and system for rendering a desktop on a computer using a composited desktop model operating system are disclosed. A composited desktop window manager, upon receiving base object and content object information for one or more content objects from an application program, draws the window to a buffer memory, and takes advantage of advanced graphics hardware and visual effects to render windows based on content on which they are drawn. The frame portion of each window may be generated by pixel shading a bitmap having the appearance of frosted glass based on the content of the desktop on top of which the frame is displayed. Legacy support is provided so that the operating system can draw and render windows generated by legacy applications to look consistent with non-legacy application windows.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种使用合成桌面模型操作系统在计算机上呈现桌面的方法和系统。 合成的桌面窗口管理器在从应用程序接收到一个或多个内容对象的基础对象和内容对象信息时，将窗口绘制到缓冲存储器，并利用高级图形硬件和视觉效果来基于内容呈现窗口 他们被绘制。 每个窗口的框架部分可以通过基于在其上显示框架的桌面的内容的具有磨砂玻璃的外观的位图的像素着色来生成。 提供传统支持，以便操作系统可以绘制和渲染由旧应用程序生成的窗口，使其与非传统应用程序窗口一致。

公开(公告)号：US20060214946A1

公开(公告)日：2006-09-28

申请号：US11377035

申请日：2006-03-16

申请人： Christopher Raubacher ,  Gregory Swedberg ,  Ashraf Michail ,  Michael Kallay

发明人： Christopher Raubacher ,  Gregory Swedberg ,  Ashraf Michail ,  Michael Kallay

IPC分类号： G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06T11/40 ,  G06T2200/12

摘要： Systems and methods are provided for providing anti-aliasing by introducing a falloff area around a graphics object to be rendered. The falloff area is shaded, using Gouraud shading or texture mapping to reduce the aliasing effects of the graphics object. The outside edge of the falloff area is set to be fully transparent, and the inside edge to an opacity matching the outer edge of the graphics object being rendered. To counteract bloating effects, the graphics object is shrunk by half the width of the falloff area. While the width of the falloff area may vary, generally, the width of the falloff area stays constant. In one embodiment, this width corresponds to the edge or diagonal of the square area mapped to each pixel.