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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2002
Applicants:
Patrick Law, Milpitas, CA (US);
Darren Neuman, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Patrick Law, Milpitas, CA (US);
Darren Neuman, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
BROADCOM CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 13/36 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 1/20 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G06F 3/0635 (2013.01); G06F 3/0661 (2013.01); G06F 13/14 (2013.01); G06F 13/28 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G06F 17/5077 (2013.01); H04N 21/431 (2013.01); H04N 21/440263 (2013.01); G06F 3/1423 (2013.01); G06F 13/4027 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for hardware assisted format changes in a display controller. One embodiment of the invention relates to a format change system comprising a register DMA controller and a register update list. The register update list contains at least one instruction. The register DMA controller is adapted to obtain and use at least one instruction to configure at least one display pipeline from a plurality of display pipelines in response to at least one trigger event.