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| Title | Computer display of curved surfaces |
| Publication Type | dissertation |
| School or College | College of Engineering |
| Department | Computing |
| Author | Blinn, James Frederick |
| Date | 1978 |
| Description | This thesis attacks the ?roblem of generating computer synthesized images both more rapidly and more realistically. Increase in speed is achieved by a scan line based algorithm for drawing pictures of parametrically defined curved surfaces. Computation time is reduced by requiring calculation at only a few visually important points along a scan line, and by interpolating intensities between them. The realism is increased by use of shading functions based on semi-empirical models of how light actually reflects off of real surfaces. Other enhancements involve simulation of surface roughness and irregularities by applying perturbations to the properties of the surface as a function of the value of the defining parameters. |
| Type | Text |
| Publisher | University of Utah |
| Dissertation Name | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Language | eng |
| Rights Management | © James Frederick Blinn |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Format Medium | application/pdf |
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| Setname | ir_etd |
| ID | 1603259 |
| Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pp4whm |
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| Title | Page 2 |
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| Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pp4whm/1603261 |