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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
May. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary D Hicok, Mesa, AZ (US);
Jeffery M Michelsen, Mesa, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Cirrus Logic, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36472405 ; 345474 ; 348443 ; 36472413 ; 36472416 ; 382261 ;
Abstract
A programmable filter is provided for filtering image or texture map data. A weighting RAM stores weighting data for filtering data in both x and y directions. Different weighting values may be programmed into weighting RAMs to provide different weighting functions and also enable or disable a number of taps within the filter. A weighting value of zero, for example, may disable a particular tap for the filter. In the preferred embodiment, a number of lines in the x direction may be simultaneously weighted and then weighted and combined in the y direction to produce a filtered value within one clock cycle.