Modifying object geometry to accommodate information attributes

• US 7,002,590 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2002
• Issued: 02/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JLB Ventures, LLC
• Original Assignee: Eagle New Media Investments, LLC (Nexstar Media Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kamen, Yakov
• Primary Examiner(s): Bella, Matthew C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, TAM D
• Application Number:
  US10/059,943
• Publication Number:
  US 20020113798A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,485 Days
• Field of Search: 345/581, 345/582, 345/583, 345/585, 345/600, 345/671, 345/760, 345/684, 345/685, 345/688
• US Class Current: 345/581
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/04 Texture mapping

Abstract

One or more information attributes about an object is received. A determination is performed to find out if the one or more information attributes is in contention with geometry attributes of the object. When the one or more information attributes is in contention with the geometry attributes, the geometry attributes are modified to avoid contention with the one or more information attributes.

Claims

1. A method of modifying object geometry comprising:

receiving one or more information attributes to be applied to an object;

determining if the one or more information attributes are in contention with one or more geometry attributes of the object; and

when the one or more information attributes are in contention with the one or more geometry attributes, modifying the one or more geometry attributes to reduce the contention with the one or more information attributes,

wherein the geometry attribute is a visible defined geometric space on a display and the information attribute is related to data presented within the visible geometric space; and

combining the modified geometry attributes and the information attributes to form a texture map.

2. A computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions which are executable by a system, and which, when executed by the system, cause the system to perform a method, comprising:

receiving one or more information attributes to be applied to an object;

determining if the one or more information attributes are in contention with one or more geometry attributes of the object;

when the one or more information attributes are in contention with the one or more geometry attributes, modifying the one or more geometry attributes to reduce the contention with the one or more information attributes,

wherein the geometry attribute is a visible defined geometric space on a display and the information attribute is related to data presented within the visible geometric space; and

combining the modified geometry attributes and the information attributes to form a texture map.

3. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

a storage device coupled to the memory and the processor, the storage device comprising;

a geometry modifying code to modify one or more geometry attributes of an object to create new geometry attributes that reduce contention with one or more information attributes of the object; and

a texture map generating code to combine the new geometry attributes with the one or more information attributes to create a texture map to be applied to the object,

wherein the geometry attribute is a visible defined geometric space on a display and the information attribute is related to data presented within the visible geometric space.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the storage device further comprising:

an information attribute receiving code to receive the information attributes to create the texture map.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the geometry modifying code modifies the one or more geometry attributes of the object to preserve informative content of the information attributes.

6. A graphics pipeline apparatus, comprising:

a geometry modifier operable to modify one or more geometry attributes of an object to create new geometry attributes that reduce contention with one or more information attributes of the object; and

a texture map generator operable to combine the new geometry attributes with the one or more information attributes to create a texture map for the object,

wherein the geometry attribute is a visible defined geometric space on a display and the information attribute is related to data presented within the visible geometric space.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

an information attribute receiver operable to receive the one or more information attributes to create the texture map.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the information attribute receiver includes an attribute separator to separate the information attributes from background attributes.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the geometry modifier modifies the one or more geometry attributes of the object to preserve informative content of the information attributes.

10. An apparatus comprising:

means for modifying at least one geometry attribute of an object to preserve informative content of one or more information attributes; and

means for forming a texture map using the modified geometry attribute and the one or more information attributes,

wherein the geometry attribute is a visible defined geometric space on a display and the information attribute is related to data presented within the visible geometric space.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising means for receiving the one or more information attributes.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the informative content of the one or more information attributes is preserved by reducing contention between the geometry attribute and the one or more information attributes.