Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Index buffer block compression
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Application No.: US15625887Application Date: 2017-06-16
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Publication No.: US10417787B2Publication Date: 2019-09-17
- Inventor: Ivan Nevraev , Jason Gould
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Main IPC: G06T1/60
- IPC: G06T1/60 ; G06T9/00 ; G06T15/80 ; G06T1/20 ; G06T17/20

Abstract:
Methods and devices for index buffer block compression in a computer system include a compressor in communication with a graphical processing unit (GPU). The methods and devices include selecting one or more primitives of at least a portion of a mesh formed by a total number of primitives for inclusion within a compressed index buffer block, the one or more primitives each associated with a number of indices each corresponding to a vertex within the mesh. The methods and devices may identify at least one redundant index in the number of indices associated with the one or more primitives of the compressed index buffer block. The methods and devices removing the at least one redundant index from the number of indices associated with the one or more primitives of the compressed index buffer block to form the compressed index buffer block as a set of one or more unique indices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180232912A1 INDEX BUFFER BLOCK COMPRESSION Public/Granted day:2018-08-16
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