Efficient detection of texture sharing between multiple contexts
US7075548B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 11, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/005
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique for detecting texture sharing between multiple contexts having unique ID's includes obtaining a texture usage mask of a subject texture and a context ID of a subject context. A first logic operation with the texture usage mask of the subject texture and the context ID of the subject context is performed to produce a resultant value. The subject texture is determined not to be shared by another context with the subject context upon the resultant value being equal to a first predetermined value. The subject texture is determined to be shared by another context with the subject context upon the resultant value being equal to a second predetermined value which is different from the first predetermined value. The texture usage mask of a subject texture may be revised prior to the subject texture being used by another context by performing a second logic operation with the texture usage mask and a context ID of another context to produce a resultant new texture usage mask for the subject texture. The texture usage mask of a subject texture may be revised upon the subject texture no longer being used by a particular context by performing a third logic operation with the textur…
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