Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for controlling early depth processing and post depth processing
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Application No.: US14642763Application Date: 2015-03-10
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Publication No.: US09846959B2Publication Date: 2017-12-19
- Inventor: Ming-Hao Liao , Tsung-Liang Hou , Chin-Yuan Yao , Hung-Wei Wu
- Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
- Current Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-Chu
- Agent Winston Hsu
- Main IPC: G06T15/40
- IPC: G06T15/40 ; G06T15/00

Abstract:
A depth processing apparatus includes a depth buffer, an early depth processing circuit, a post depth processing circuit, and a depth processing controller. The depth buffer stores depth information of a plurality of pixels of a screen space. The early depth processing circuit performs early depth processing based on at least a portion of the depth information before a pixel shading stage. The post depth processing circuit performs post depth processing based on at least a portion of the depth information after the pixel shading stage. The depth processing controller manages a plurality of dependency indication values corresponding to a plurality of sub-regions in the screen space, respectively, and configured to control a first pixel for undergoing at least one of the early depth processing and the post depth processing by referring a first dependency indication value of a first sub-region in which the first pixel is located.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160005208A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING EARLY DEPTH PROCESSING AND POST DEPTH PROCESSING Public/Granted day:2016-01-07
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