Methods and apparatus for selection of rendering modes

US12380625B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Srihari Babu Alla · San Diego, US
• Jonnala Gadda Nagendra Kumar · San Diego, US
• Avinash Seetharamaiah · Oviedo, US
• Andrew Evan Gruber · Arlington, US
• Thomas Edwin Frisinger · Shrewsbury, US
• Richard Hammerstone · Willowdale, US
• Bo Du · Nanhu, CN
• Yongjun XU · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 5, 2025
• Expiry date: Mar 2, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T15/503
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to graphics processing. An apparatus of the present disclosure may determine visibility streams corresponding to a target and a set of bins into which the target is divided. The apparatus may select one of a first rendering mode or a second rendering mode for the target based on the first visibility stream and based on the set of second visibility streams. When the first rendering mode is select, the apparatus may configure each of the set of bins into a first subset associated with a first type of rendering pass or a second subset associated with a second type of rendering pass. The apparatus may then render the target based on the selected one of the first rendering mode or the second rendering mode and, if applicable, based on the first rendering pass type or the second rendering pass type.