Patent · US Expired

Reconfigurable hardware filter for texture mapping and image processing

US6778188B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 28, 2002
Grant dateAug 17, 2004
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2022

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

Abstract

A programmable filter comprising a tree of computational units, where each computational unit is configured to receive multiple inputs and generate multiple outputs, where the tree receives a set of input operands and generates output operands, where, in a sum of products mode, the output operands of the tree comprise a sum of products of the input operands by corresponding N-bit coefficients, where N is a positive integer, where, in a linear interpolation mode, each of the output operands of the tree comprise linear interpolations of at least two of the input operands, wherein coefficients of the linear interpolations have (N/2) bits of precision.

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