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A set of specially-configured LUT's are used in a rasterizing portion of a graphics system for simulating Sensor-assisted Perception of Terrain (SaPOT) so that simulation of the image produced by a given sensor can proceed rapidly and with good accuracy at a per-texel level of resolution. More speci

A set of specially-configured LUT's are used in a rasterizing portion of a graphics system for simulating Sensor-assisted Perception of Terrain (SaPOT) so that simulation of the image produced by a given sensor can proceed rapidly and with good accuracy at a per-texel level of resolution. More specifically, terrain texels-defining memory is provided with a plurality of addressable texel records where each record contains: (a) one or more material identification fields (MID's); (b) one or more mixture fields (MIX's) for defining mixture proportions for the materials; and (c) slope-defining data for defining a surface slope or normal of the corresponding texel. A sky-map LUT is provided for simulating the act of looking up to the sky along the normal surface vector of a given texel to thereby obtain a reading of the sky's contribution of illumination to that terrain texel. A reflectance LUT is provided for simulating the act of reflecting filtered radiation (light) off the material surface of the given terrain texel to thereby obtain a reading of the amount of light that the surface of the texel will reflect. The reflectance and sky contribution factors are multiplied to obtain a per-texel signal representing the amount sensor-detectable light produced from each terrain texel. A generally similar approach is taken to determine what amount of sensor-detectable, black body radiation will be produced from each terrain texel. Each terrain texel is simulated as having a specifiable mixture of plural surface materials. Each terrain texel is allowed to be shadowed during different times and the per-texel shadowing is accounted for.

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A set of specially-configured LUT's are used in a rasterizing portion of a graphics system for simulating Sensor-assisted Perception of Terrain (SaPOT) so that simulation of the image produced by a given sensor can proceed rapidly and with good accuracy at a per-texel level of resolution. More speci

A set of specially-configured LUT's are used in a rasterizing portion of a graphics system for simulating Sensor-assisted Perception of Terrain (SaPOT) so that simulation of the image produced by a given sensor can proceed rapidly and with good accuracy at a per-texel level of resolution. More specifically, terrain texels-defining memory is provided with a plurality of addressable texel records where each record contains: (a) one or more material identification fields (MID's); (b) one or more mixture fields (MIX's) for defining mixture proportions for the materials; and (c) slope-defining data for defining a surface slope or normal of the corresponding texel. A sky-map LUT is provided for simulating the act of looking up to the sky along the normal surface vector of a given texel to thereby obtain a reading of the sky's contribution of illumination to that terrain texel. A reflectance LUT is provided for simulating the act of reflecting filtered radiation (light) off the material surface of the given terrain texel to thereby obtain a reading of the amount of light that the surface of the texel will reflect. The reflectance and sky contribution factors are multiplied to obtain a per-texel signal representing the amount sensor-detectable light produced from each terrain texel. A generally similar approach is taken to determine what amount of sensor-detectable, black body radiation will be produced from each terrain texel. Each terrain texel is simulated as having a specifiable mixture of plural surface materials. Each terrain texel is allowed to be shadowed during different times and the per-texel shadowing is accounted for. determined, then monitoring the fault to determine if the fault evolves into another phase, and if so, opening only the at fault phases of the recloser. 9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the fault occurs when a protection element on the recloser enters pickup.10. The method according to claim 8, wherein determining which of the three phases have an associated fault comprises comparing a line current through each of the three phases to a predetermined current, a fault occurring on one of the phases when the line current on the associated phase exceeds the predetermined current.11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the fault occurs when a protection element on the recloser enters pickup.12. The method according to claim 8, wherein opening the phases on the power line that have the associated fault comprises opening only one phase if only one fault is determined, the only one phase being associated with the fault, opening only two phases if only two faults are determined, the only two phases being associated with the two faults, and opening all three phases if three faults are determined.13. The method according to claim 8, further comprising controlling the recloser to at least one of trip, reclose, and lockout responsive to the fault being detected on one phase independently, two phases sequentially, or three phases simultaneously.