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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Derek J. Lentz, Reno, NV (US);
Veynu T. Narasiman, Austin, TX (US);
Karthik Ramani, San Jose, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a method of performing coverage merging in a shading stage of a graphics system. The method includes: performing a draw call on primitives and rasterizing the primitives into blocks of pixels; selecting the draw call for merge testing of individual blocks; performing a depth test on the individual blocks; in response to the depth test being satisfied, merging partially covered fragments of the same draw call of one of the block of pixels to form a merged block of pixels; and performing shading of the merged block of pixels on a draw call basis.