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Transparent pixel format converter

US9779471B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Sudeep Ravi Kottilingal · San Diego, US
Moinul Khan · San Jose, US
Colin Christopher Sharp · San Diego, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 1, 2014
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2200/28
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transparent format converter (TFC) may determine that a request by at least one processor for graphics data stored in graphics memory is indicative of a request for graphics data in a first data format. The TFC may retrieve the graphics data in a second data format from the graphics memory based at least in part on the request for the graphics data in the graphics memory. The TFC may convert the retrieved graphics data from the second data format to the first data format. The TFC may store the converted graphics data in the first data format into a memory that is accessible by the at least one processor.

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