Anne Fowler

US Patent:

20100302249, Dec 2, 2010

Filed:

May 26, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/472184

Inventors:

Anne Marie Fowler - Los Gatos CA, US
Richard Allen Blair - Manteca CA, US
Kevin C. Rushforth - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06T 11/20
G06T 1/00

US Classification:

345440, 345522

Abstract:

A value is assigned to a layout bound of a first node in a scene graph. The layout bound constitutes a bounding volume for the object corresponding to the node and may be the display properties of the object and a first set of display modifiers for the node but not a second set. A display layout is calculated for a second node in the scene graph based on the value of the layout bound. Then, nodes of the scene graph are rendered to generate a display on a display device according to the calculated display layout. The value of the layout bound may be assignable, creating greater flexibility in controlling layout. Additionally, the value assigned to the layout bound may be changed. In this way, layout of nodes with respect to each other is flexible and visual effects and animations can either be factored into that layout or not.