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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Applicant:
Mark J. Kilgard, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Mark J. Kilgard, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/30 (2011.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/005 (2013.01); G06T 11/203 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for improving path rendering on computer systems with an available graphics processing unit. The technique involves reducing complex path objects to simpler geometric objects suitable for rendering on a graphics processing unit. The process involves a central processing unit 'baking' a set of complex path rendering objects to generate a set of simpler graphics objects. A graphics processing unit then renders the simpler graphics objects. This division of processing load can advantageously yield higher overall rendering performance.