Graphics hardware
Graphics hardware
Chapter Four
Graphics hardware
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INTRODUCTION TO THE 3D GRAPHICS PIPELINE
traditional pipeline
new pipeline
motion image-based
3D scanning
capture rendering
DISPLAY DEVICES
CRT
A CRT is an evacuated glass tube.
A beam of very fast electrons penetrates through the red layer and
excites the inner green layer.
The beam acceleration voltage controls the speed of the electrons and
hence the screen colour at any point on the screen.
COLOUR CRT
Beam-penetration technique:
Merits:
It is inexpensive technique to produce colour in random scan
monitors.
Demerits:
It can display only four colours
The quality of picture produced by this technique is not good
as compared to other techniques.
COLOUR CRT
Shadow Mask Technique:
The shadow mask technique produces a much wider range of
colours then the beam penetration technique.
One phosphor dots emits a red light, another emits green light
and third emits green light.
COLOUR CRT
DVST
DVST
DVST:
DVST consists of two guns: Primary gun and Flood gun.
A primary gun stores the picture pattern and the flood gun
maintains the picture display.
Non-emissive Display:
They use optical effect to convert sunlight or light from some
other source into graphics patterns. Liquid crystal display is an
example of non-emissive display.
PLASMA PANEL DISPLAY
Plasma Panel Display:
Plasma panel display writes images on the display surface point
by point, each point remains bright.
The electrodes are attached to the inner faces and covered with
a dielectric material.
PLASMA PANEL DISPLAY
Low cost
Low weight
Small size
Low power consumption
RASTER SCAN SYSTEM
Raster Scan System
Hardware architecture of raster scan system is shown in figure.
Electron beam track the line position directly, rather than going
through each and every pixel on screen.
Mouse
Data Glove
Digitizer
Image Scanners
Touch Panels
Light Pens
Voice System
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