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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2008
Martin Schwarzer, Wuerselen, DE;
Martin Schwarzer, Wuerselen, DE;
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for selecting a pixel output format includes selecting a first pixel to be output, and determining whether the first pixel to be output overlaps with a second pixel. The second pixel is available in the first format from a first source, and in a second format from a second source. The method further includes converting the second pixel in the second format to the first format to produce a converted second pixel. The converted second pixel is compared to the second pixel having the first format, and the second pixel having the first format or the second pixel having the second format is selected for output based upon the comparison.