公开(公告)号：US20200013174A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-09

申请号：US16538209

申请日：2019-08-12

Applicant: NVIDIA Corporation

Inventor： Yury Uralsky ,  Henry Packard Moreton ,  Eric Brian Lum ,  Jonathan J. Dunaisky ,  Steven James Heinrich ,  Stefano Pescador ,  Shirish Gadre ,  Michael Alan Fetterman

IPC: G06T7/44 ,  G06T7/45 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T7/49

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for reporting texture footprint information. A texture footprint identifies the portion of a texture that will be utilized in rendering a pixel in a scene. The disclosed methods and apparatuses advantageously improve system efficiency in decoupled shading systems by first identifying which texels in a given texture map are needed for subsequently rendering a scene. Therefore, the number of texels that are generated and stored may be reduced to include the identified texels. Texels that are not identified need not be rendered and/or stored.

公开(公告)号：US10699427B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-30

申请号：US16538209

申请日：2019-08-12

Applicant: NVIDIA Corporation

Inventor： Yury Uralsky ,  Henry Packard Moreton ,  Eric Brian Lum ,  Jonathan J. Dunaisky ,  Steven James Heinrich ,  Stefano Pescador ,  Shirish Gadre ,  Michael Alan Fetterman

IPC: G06T7/44 ,  G06T7/45 ,  G06T7/49 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T15/04 ,  G06T11/00

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for reporting texture footprint information. A texture footprint identifies the portion of a texture that will be utilized in rendering a pixel in a scene. The disclosed methods and apparatuses advantageously improve system efficiency in decoupled shading systems by first identifying which texels in a given texture map are needed for subsequently rendering a scene. Therefore, the number of texels that are generated and stored may be reduced to include the identified texels. Texels that are not identified need not be rendered and/or stored.

公开(公告)号：US10424074B1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-24

申请号：US16027136

申请日：2018-07-03

Applicant: NVIDIA Corporation

Inventor： Yury Uralsky ,  Henry Packard Moreton ,  Eric Brian Lum ,  Jonathan J. Dunaisky ,  Steven James Heinrich ,  Stefano Pescador ,  Shirish Gadre ,  Michael Alan Fetterman

IPC: G06T7/44 ,  G06T7/45 ,  G06T7/49 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T15/04

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for reporting texture footprint information. A texture footprint identifies the portion of a texture that will be utilized in rendering a pixel in a scene. The disclosed methods and apparatuses advantageously improve system efficiency in decoupled shading systems by first identifying which texels in a given texture map are needed for subsequently rendering a scene. Therefore, the number of texels that are generated and stored may be reduced to include the identified texels. Texels that are not identified need not be rendered and/or stored.