METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER GRAPHICS WITH OUT-OF-BAND (OOB) BACKGROUND

• US 20080036763A1
• Filed: 06/21/2007
• Published: 02/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Hu, Yueh-Wei, Chen, Cheng-Che, Su, Chan-Hung
• Application Number:
  US11/766,240
• Publication Number:
  US 20080036763A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/422
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/00 3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering

Abstract

An embodiment of a method for computer graphics with out-of-band (OOB) background comprises the following steps. A 2D OOB background image is provided. A 3D entity is provided. A 2D foreground image is generated by rendering the 3D entity. A 2D display image is generated according to the 2D background image and the 2D foreground image. The 2D display image is displayed on a display device.

Claims

1. A method for computer graphics with out-of-band (OOB) background, comprising:

providing a 2D OOB background image;

providing a 3D entity;

generating a 2D foreground image by rendering the 3D entity;

generating a 2D display image according to the 2D background image and the 2D foreground image; and

displaying the 2D display image on a display device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the 2D OOB background image is directly acquired from an image file or memory.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the 2D OOB background image is enlarged or reduced to fit storage space of a frame buffer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the 2D OOB background image is decompressed.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring a 3D rendering file; and

acquiring the 2D OOB background image from the 3D rendering file.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring a 3D rendering file; and

acquiring a filename of an image file comprising the 2D OOB background image from the 3D rendering file; and

acquiring the 2D OOB background image from a storage device according to the acquired filename.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a portion of the 2D OOB background image is overwritten with all or a portion of the 2D foreground image to generate the 2D display image.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein all or a portion of the 2D foreground image is blended in a portion of the 2D OOB background image to generate the 2D display image.

9. A system for computer graphics with out-of-band (OOB) background, comprising:

a display device;

a loading unit acquiring a 2D OOB background image and a 3D entity;

a scene graph renderer generating a 2D foreground image by rendering the 3D entity, and generating a 2D display image according to the 2D background image and the 2D foreground image; and

a display controller directing the display device to display the generated 2D display image.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising a storage device, wherein the loading unit acquires the 2D OOB background image from an image file of the storage device.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising a frame buffer, wherein the loading unit duplicates the 2D OOB background image in the frame buffer, the scene graph renderer duplicates the generated 2D foreground image in the frame buffer to form the 2D display image, and the display controller acquires the 2D display image from the frame buffer.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the scene graph renderer overwrites a portion of the 2D OOB background image of the frame buffer with all or a portion of the 2D foreground image.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the scene graph renderer blends all or a portion of the 2D foreground image in a portion of the 2D OOB background image.

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a first layer frame buffer; and

a second layer frame buffer,

wherein the loading unit duplicates the 2D OOB background image in the first layer frame buffer, the scene graph renderer duplicates the generated 2D foreground image in the second layer frame buffer, and the display controller acquires the 2D OOB background image from the first layer frame buffer, acquires 2D foreground image from the second layer frame buffer, and generates the 2D display image according to the acquired 2D OOB background image and 2D foreground image.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the loading unit acquires a 3D rendering file, stores the acquired 3D rendering file in memory, and acquires the 2D OOB background image according to the content of the 3D rendering file.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the content of the 3D rendering file comprises the 2D OOB background image, and the loading unit acquires the 2D OOB background image from the 3D rendering file.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the content of the 3D rendering file comprises a filename of an image file storing the 2D OOB background image, and the loading unit acquires the 2D OOB background image from the image file of the storage device according to the filename.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the 2D OOB background image is stored in read only memory (ROM), and the loading unit acquires the 2D OOB background image from the ROM.

19. A system for computer graphics with out-of-band (OOB) background, comprising:

a display device;

a loading unit acquiring at least two 2D OOB background images and a 3D entity;

a scene graph renderer generating a 2D foreground image by rendering the 3D entity, determining one of the 2D OOB background image according to current time, and generating a 2D display image according to the determined 2D background image and the 2D foreground image; and

a display controller directing the display device to display the generated 2D display image.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the determined 2D OOB background image is enlarged or reduced to fit storage space of a frame buffer.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the determined 2D OOB background image is decompressed.