Patent · US Active

Graphics processing system

US9947131B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by

10References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Arm Limited · GB

Inventors

Jorn Nystad · Trondheim, NO
Borgar Ljosland · Trondheim, NO
Edvard Sorgard · Trondheim, NO

Key dates

Filing date	May 23, 2016
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 23, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T17/20
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

When rendering a scene that includes a complex object made up of many individual primitives, rather than processing each primitive making up the object in turn, a bounding volume which surrounds the complex object is generated and the scene is then processed using the bounding volume in place of the actual primitives making up the complex object. If it is determined that the bounding volume representation of the object will be completely occluded in the scene (e.g. by a foreground object), then the individual primitives making up the complex object are not processed. This can save significantly on processing time and resources for the scene.

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