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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Sangoak Woo, Anyang-si, KR;
Changmoo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Seungin Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Haewoo Park, Seoul, KR;
Minsu Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Soojung Ryu, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hyongeuk Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/40 (2017.01); G06T 15/80 (2011.01); G06T 1/60 (2006.01); G06T 15/40 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0051 (2013.01); G06T 7/40 (2013.01); G06T 15/405 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are a rendering method and a rendering apparatus performing the rendering method. The rendering method includes receiving a request to output a hierarchical depth value stored in a hierarchical depth buffer, outputting the hierarchical depth value from the hierarchical depth buffer, storing the hierarchical depth value, in response to the request, and performing rendering using the stored hierarchical depth value.