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Re-render acceleration of frame with lighting change

US8633927B2 · kind B2 · utility

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56References

29Claims

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Assignee

NVIDIA Corporation · US

Inventors

Radomir Mech · Mountain View, US
Larry Gritz · Berkeley, US
Eric B. Enderton · Berkeley, US
John F. Schlag · Novato, US
Daniel Elliot Wexler · Ukiah, US
Philip Nemec · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 25, 2006
Grant date	Jan 21, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 8, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T15/50
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an example embodiment, 3D graphics object information associated with a render of a frame may be stored in an object-indexed cache in a memory. The 3D graphics object information comprises results for one or more shading operations further comprises one or more input values for the one or more shading operations.

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