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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2009
Jason Matthew Gould, Woodinville, WA (US);
Michael Edward Pietraszak, Woodinville, WA (US);
Zsolt Mathe, Issaquah, WA (US);
J. Andrew Goossen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Casey Leon Meekhof, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jason Matthew Gould, Woodinville, WA (US);
Michael Edward Pietraszak, Woodinville, WA (US);
Zsolt Mathe, Issaquah, WA (US);
J. Andrew Goossen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Casey Leon Meekhof, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for automatic instrumentation that modifies a video game's shaders at run-time to collect detailed statistics about texture fetches such as MIP usage. The tracking may be transparent to the game application and therefore not require modifications to the application. In an embodiment, the method may be implemented in a software development kit used to record and provide texture usage data and optionally generate a report.