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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Ming-chang Tsai, San Diego, CA (US);
Guofang Jiao, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ming-Chang Tsai, San Diego, CA (US);
Guofang Jiao, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/005 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0038 (2013.01); G06T 1/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
In general, aspects of this disclosure describe example techniques for efficient usage of the fixed data rate processing of a graphics processing unit (GPU) for a variable data rate processing. For example, the GPU may be coupled to a pixel value processing unit that receives pixel values for pixels in an image processed by the GPU. The pixel value processing unit may determine whether the pixel values are for pixels that require further processing, and store the pixel values for the pixels that are required for further processing in a buffer.