Patched shading in graphics processing
US9412197B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2013 |
| Grant date | Aug 9, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 3, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T17/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Aspects of this disclosure generally relate to a process for rendering graphics that includes performing, with a hardware shading unit of a graphics processing unit (GPU) designated for vertex shading, vertex shading operations to shade input vertices so as to output vertex shaded vertices, wherein the hardware unit is configured to receive a single vertex as an input and generate a single vertex as an output. The process also includes performing, with the hardware shading unit of the GPU, a geometry shading operation to generate one or more new vertices based on one or more of the vertex shaded vertices, wherein the geometry shading operation operates on at least one of the one or more vertex shaded vertices to output the one or more new vertices.
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