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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/36 (2006.01); G09G 5/397 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/005 (2013.01); G09G 3/003 (2013.01); G09G 5/363 (2013.01); G09G 5/397 (2013.01); H04N 13/0007 (2013.01); G09G 2360/128 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stereo viewpoint graphics processing subsystem and a method of sharing geometry data between stereo images in screen-space processing. One embodiment of the stereo viewpoint graphics processing subsystem configured to render a scene includes: (1) stereo frame buffers configured to contain respective pixel-wise rendered scene data for stereo images, and (2) a sharing decision circuit operable to determine when to share geometric data between the stereo frame buffers for carrying out screen-space effect processes to render the scene in the stereo images.