Producing three-dimensional graphics
View Patent ↗A system includes a computing device for producing a representation of a graphical element on a two dimensional set of image points. A metric value is calculated for each image point in the two dimensional set of image points. The computer device is configured to assign a visual property to image point in the two dimensional set of image points based upon the corresponding metric value. The computing device is also configured to present the assigned visual properties of the two dimensional set of image points as being offset from another two dimensional set of image points to provide a three dimensional appearance of the graphical element.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
producing a representation of a graphical element on a two dimensional set of vertices,
wherein a metric value is calculated for each vertex in the two dimensional set of vertices;
assigning a visual property to each vertex in the two dimensional set of vertices based upon the corresponding metric value; and
presenting the assigned visual properties of the two dimensional set of vertices as being offset from another two dimensional set of vertices to provide a three dimensional appearance of the graphical element,
the offset separates the two dimensional set of vertices and the other two dimensional set of vertices along an axis orthogonal to the two dimensional set of vertices and the other two dimensional set of vertices.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , in which producing the representation of the graphical element on the two dimensional set of vertices is provided by a central processing unit.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , in which assigning the visual property to each vertex is provided by a graphical processing unit.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , in which the visual property is an opaque visual property.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , in which the visual property includes a transparent visual property.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , in which each vertex in the two dimensional set of vertices represents a pixel.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , in which the metric value is based upon a distance between the position of the vertex and a boundary of the representation of the graphical element.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , in which the graphical element is a textual element.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , in which assigning the visual property to each vertex is provided by a shader process executed by a graphical processing unit.
10. A system comprising:
a computing device for producing a representation of a graphical element on a two dimensional set of vertices,
wherein a metric value is calculated for each vertex in the two dimensional set of vertices,
the computer device is configured to assign a visual property to each vertex in the two dimensional set of vertices based upon the corresponding metric value,
the computing device is also configured to present the assigned visual properties of the two dimensional set of vertices as being offset from another two dimensional set of vertices to provide a three dimensional appearance of the graphical element,
the offset separates the two dimensional set of vertices and the other two dimensional set of vertices along an axis orthogonal to the two dimensional set of vertices and the other two dimensional set of vertices.
11. The system of claim 10 , in which the computing device includes a central processing unit for producing the representation of the graphical element on the two dimensional set of vertices.
12. The system of claim 10 , in the computing device includes a graphical processing unit for assigning the visual property to each vertex.
13. The system of claim 10 , in which the visual property is an opaque visual property.
14. The system of claim 10 , in which the visual property includes a transparent visual property.
15. The system of claim 10 , in which each vertex in the two dimensional set of vertices represents a pixel.
16. The system of claim 10 , in which the metric value is based upon a distance between the position of the vertex and a boundary of the representation of the graphical element.
17. The system of claim 10 , in which the graphical element is a textual element.
18. The system of claim 10 , in which the computing device includes a graphical processing unit for executing a shader process to assign the visual property to each vertex.
19. One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions that are executable by one or more processing devices, and upon such execution cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:
producing a representation of a graphical element on a two dimensional set of vertices,
wherein a metric value is calculated for each vertex in the two dimensional set of vertices;
assigning a visual property to each vertex in the two dimensional set of vertices based upon the corresponding metric value; and
presenting the assigned visual properties of the two dimensional set of vertices as being offset from another two dimensional set of vertices to provide a three dimensional appearance of the graphical element,
the offset separates the two dimensional set of vertices and the other two dimensional set of vertices along an axis orthogonal to the two dimensional set of vertices and the other two dimensional set of vertices.
20. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 19 , in which producing the representation of the graphical element on the two dimensional set of vertices is provided by a central processing unit.
21. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 19 , in which assigning the visual property to each vertex is provided by a graphical processing unit.
22. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 19 , in which the visual property is an opaque visual property.
23. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 19 , in which the visual property includes a transparent visual property.
24. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 19 , in which each vertex in the two dimensional set of image points represents a pixel.
25. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 19 , in which the metric value is based upon a distance between the position of the vertex and a boundary of the representation of the graphical element.
26. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 19 , in which the graphical element is a textual element.
27. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 19 , in which assigning the visual property to each vertex is provided by a shader process executed by a graphical processing unit.
28. A computing device comprising:
a memory for storing instructions;
a first processor for executing the instructions to produce a representation of a graphical element on a two dimensional set of vertices,
wherein a metric value is calculated for each vertex in the two dimensional set of vertices;
a second processor for assigning a visual property to each vertex in the two dimensional set of vertices based upon the corresponding metric value; and
wherein the computing device is configured to present the assigned visual properties of the two dimensional set of vertices in a stack of other two dimensional sets of vertices to provide a three dimensional appearance of the graphical element,
the stack separates the two dimensional set of vertices and the other two dimensional sets of vertices along an axis orthogonal to the two dimensional set of vertices and the other two dimensional sets of vertices.
29. The system of claim 28 , in which the first processor is central processing unit.
30. The system of claim 28 , in which the second processor is a graphical processing unit.
31. A computer-implemented method comprising:
producing a representation of a graphical element on a two dimensional set of image points, wherein a metric value is calculated for each image point in the two dimensional set of image points, the metric value is based upon a distance between the position of the image point and a boundary of the representation of the graphical element;
assigning a visual property to each image point in the two dimensional set of image points based upon the corresponding metric value; and
presenting the assigned visual properties of the two dimensional set of image points as being offset from another two dimensional set of image points to provide a three dimensional appearance of the graphical element, the offset separates the two dimensional set of image points and the other two dimensional set of image points along an axis orthogonal to the two dimensional set of image points and the other two dimensional set of image points.
32. A system comprising:
a computing device for producing a representation of a graphical element on a two dimensional set of image points, wherein a metric value is calculated for each image point in the two dimensional set of image points, the metric value is based upon a distance between the position of the image point and a boundary of the representation of the graphical element, the computer device is configured to assign a visual property to each image point in the two dimensional set of image points based upon the corresponding metric value, the computing device is also configured to present the assigned visual properties of the two dimensional set of image points as being offset from another two dimensional set of image points to provide a three dimensional appearance of the graphical element, the offset separates the two dimensional set of image points and the other two dimensional set of image points along an axis orthogonal to the two dimensional set of image points and the other two dimensional set of image points.
33. One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions that are executable by one or more processing devices, and upon such execution cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:
producing a representation of a graphical element on a two dimensional set of image points, wherein a metric value is calculated for each image point in the two dimensional set of image points, the metric value is based upon a distance between the position of the image point and a boundary of the representation of the graphical element;
assigning a visual property to each image point in the two dimensional set of image points based upon the corresponding metric value; and
presenting the assigned visual properties of the two dimensional set of image points as being offset from another two dimensional set of image points to provide a three dimensional appearance of the graphical element, the offset separates the two dimensional set of image points and the other two dimensional set of image points along an axis orthogonal to the two dimensional set of image points and the other two dimensional set of image points.
34. A computing device comprising:
a memory for storing instructions;
a first processor for executing the instructions to produce a representation of a graphical element on a two dimensional set of image points, wherein a metric value is calculated for each image point in the two dimensional set of image points, the metric value is based upon a distance between the position of the image point and a boundary of the representation of the graphical element;
a second processor for assigning a visual property to each image point in the two dimensional set of image points based upon the corresponding metric value; and
wherein the computing device is configured to present the assigned visual properties of the two dimensional set of image points in a stack of other two dimensional sets of image points to provide a three dimensional appearance of the graphical element, the offset separates the two dimensional set of image points and the other two dimensional set of image points along an axis orthogonal to the two dimensional set of image points and the other two dimensional set of image points.