Data normalization techniques
US6259456A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 18, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A graphics processor for performing graphical operations on graphical objects that are represented in an external data format selected from a set thereof includes a first mapping unit adapted to map one or more groups of different ones of the set of external data formats to corresponding one or more internal data formats selected from a set of internal data formats, a calculator for performing graphical operations on the graphical objects when in the one or more internal data formats, and a second mapping unit adapted to map each internal data format in the set of internal data formats to an external data format selected from the set of external data formats after the graphical operations have been performed.
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