Image processing apparatus and method
US6924807B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 23, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T1/20
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for processing image data to produce an image for covering an image area of a display includes a plurality of graphics processors, each graphics processor being operable to render the image data into frame image data and to store the frame image data in a respective local frame buffer; a control processor operable to provide instructions to the plurality of graphics processors; and at least one merge unit operable to synchronously receive the frame image data from the respective local frame buffers and to synchronously produce combined frame image data based thereon.
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