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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2008
Applicants:

Michael L. Schmit, Cupertino, CA (US);

Rajy Meeyakhan Rawther, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Radha Giduthuri, Campbell, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael L. Schmit, Cupertino, CA (US);

Rajy Meeyakhan Rawther, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Radha Giduthuri, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04N 19/176 (2014.01); H04N 19/152 (2014.01); H04N 19/43 (2014.01); H04N 19/51 (2014.01); H04N 19/124 (2014.01); H04N 19/53 (2014.01); H04N 19/436 (2014.01); H04N 19/61 (2014.01); H04N 19/40 (2014.01); H04N 19/523 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/00521 (2013.01); H04N 19/00278 (2013.01); H04N 19/00193 (2013.01); H04N 19/00509 (2013.01); H04N 19/00587 (2013.01); H04N 19/0009 (2013.01); H04N 19/006 (2013.01); H04N 19/00781 (2013.01); H04N 19/00472 (2013.01); H04N 19/0063 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of a software video encoder with GPU acceleration include a software encoder that partitions video processing tasks and assigns them to both a graphics processing unit (GPU) and a central processing unit (CPU). The partitioning and assigning is configurable for operation in different modes. The modes include a mode in which the total time for video processing (such as when transcoding a large existing file) is reduced, a mode in which less CPU cycles are consumed, thus freeing the CPU for other work, a mode in which the latency of processing (e.g., for video conferencing) is reduced, and a mode in which information from a game or other real-time activity being displayed on the screen is encoded.


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