Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Updating depth related graphics data
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Application No.: US13907711Application Date: 2013-05-31
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Publication No.: US10008029B2Publication Date: 2018-06-26
- Inventor: Christian Amsinck , Eric B. Lum , Barry Rodgers , Tony Louca , Christian Rouet , Jonathan Dunaisky
- Applicant: Nvidia Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
- Current Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Main IPC: G06T15/40
- IPC: G06T15/40

Abstract:
Updating depth related graphics data is described. Geometric primitives are processed. Pixels are generated from the primitives based on the processing, each of which has at least one corresponding depth value. Culling is performed on a first group of the pixels, based on a representation of the at least one depth related value corresponding to each. Pixels may be discarded based on the culling and upon which a second group of pixels remain. A depth related raster operations function is performed, in which data is transacted with a depth buffer. The culling function is updated in relation to the transacting. The updating is performed on the basis of a granularity, which characterizes the culling function.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140354634A1 UPDATING DEPTH RELATED GRAPHICS DATA Public/Granted day:2014-12-04
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