System for reducing the number of programs necessary to render an image
US7614041B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 4, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T1/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A image processing system reduces the memory and computational requirements needed to process graphics operations. The system combines otherwise individual operations to apply filters to images. The resulting filter operation that emerges from the combination of individual operations spares the processor time required to apply the filter, and the resulting filter operation eliminates the need to create any intermediary image. The system can be implemented in many contexts, such as in situations where the individual operations are fragment programs of a programmable Graphics Processing Unit (GPU).
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