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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2001
Hitoshi Ebihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazumi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Mokuno, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Ebihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazumi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Mokuno, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for processing image data to produce an image for covering an image area of a display includes a plurality of graphics processors, each graphics processor being operable to render the image data into frame image data and to store the frame image data in a respective local frame buffer; a control processor operable to provide instructions to the plurality of graphics processors; and at least one merge unit operable to synchronously receive the frame image data from the respective local frame buffers and to synchronously produce combined frame image data based thereon.