Anisotropic optimization for texture filtering
US7339593B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 26, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 4, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T11/001
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Anisotropic optimization is a technique to reduce the number of texture samples anisotropically filtered to determine a texture value associated with a graphics fragment. Reducing the number of texture samples anisotropically filtered reduces the number of texture samples read from memory and speeds up the filter computation. A programmable bias is used to control the number of texture samples used during anisotropic filtering, permitting a user to determine a balance between improved texture map performance and anisotropic texture filtering quality.
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