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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
May. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Christian Rouet, San Rafael, CA (US);
Emmett M. Kilgariff, San Jose, CA (US);
Rui M. Bastos, Porto Alegre, BR;
Wei-chao Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christian Rouet, San Rafael, CA (US);
Emmett M. Kilgariff, San Jose, CA (US);
Rui M. Bastos, Porto Alegre, BR;
Wei-Chao Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/36 (2006.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for texture mapping in a computer-implemented graphics pipeline are described. A sample group is identified as including a divergent pixel. A determination is made whether an operand of an instruction executing on the divergent pixel satisfies a condition. A scheme for determining a level of detail for the texture mapping is selected depending on whether or not the condition is satisfied.