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Atlasing and virtual surfaces

US9324299B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Leonardo E. Blanco · Redmond, US
Silvana Patricia Moncayo · Seattle, US
Hang Li · Beijing, CN
Mary Luo · Redmond, US
Imran Majid · Redmond, US
Joshua Warren Priestley · Redmond, US
Benjamin C. Constable · Redmond, US
Anuj B. Gosalia · Redmond, US
Aleksandar Antonijevic · Bellevue, US
Daniel N. Wood · Seattle, US
Max McMullen · Redmond, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 9, 2011
Grant date	Apr 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T11/40
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Atlasing and virtual surface techniques are described. In one or more implementations, virtual surface functionality is exposed by an operating system for access by one or more applications of the computing device. A virtual surface is created in response to a request from the one or more applications to be used to render visuals for display by a display device. The virtual surface is allocated in memory of the computing device by the exposed virtual surface functionality to have an area that is larger than an area to be used to display the visuals from the one or more applications.

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