Patent · US Expired

Method and system for providing programmable texture processing

US6731296B2 · kind B2 · utility

9Cited by
8References
17Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 7, 1999
Grant dateMay 4, 2004
Priority date—
Expiry dateMay 7, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T15/04
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for processing textures for a graphical image on a display is disclosed. The graphical image includes an object. The object includes a plurality of fragments. The method and system include providing a memory and providing a plurality of texture processors coupled with the memory. The memory is for storing a portion of a program for processing a plurality of textures for the plurality of fragments. Each of the plurality of texture processors is for processing a texture for a fragment in accordance with the program. The plurality of texture processors is capable of processing a part of the plurality of textures in parallel.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.