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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Eric Brian Lum, San Jose, CA (US);
Walter Robert Steiner, Flagler Beach, FL (US);
Henry Packard Moreton, Woodside, CA (US);
Justin L. Cobb, Toney, AL (US);
Barry Nolan Rodgers, Madison, AL (US);
Yury Uralsky, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Timo Oskari Aila, Tuusula, FI;
Tero Tapani Karras, Helsinki, FI;
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for conservative rasterization of primitives using an error term. In use, an edge equation is determined for each edge of a primitive, the edge equation having coefficients defining the edge of the primitive. Each edge of the primitive is shifted to enlarge the primitive by modifying coefficients of the edge equation defining the edge by an error term that is a predetermined amount. Pixels that intersect the primitive are then determined using the enlarged primitive.