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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2005
Vimal S. Parikh, Fremont, CA (US);
Henry Packard Moreton, Woodside, CA (US);
Lordson L. Yue, Foster City, CA (US);
Vimal S. Parikh, Fremont, CA (US);
Henry Packard Moreton, Woodside, CA (US);
Lordson L. Yue, Foster City, CA (US);
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus, system, and method for clipping graphics primitives are described. In one embodiment, a clipping module includes a mapping unit and a clipping engine that is connected to the mapping unit. The mapping unit is configured to map a graphics primitive onto a canonical representation that is defined with respect to a clipping plane. The clipping engine is configured to clip the graphics primitive with respect to the clipping plane based on the canonical representation.