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US Patent 7136070 - System, method and computer program product for using an arbitrary quantity as texture address
US Patent Issued on November 14, 2006
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
May 23, 2023Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
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May 23, 2023Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractA system, method and computer program product are provided for programmable pixel processing in a computer graphics pipeline. In one embodiment of the present invention, a computed arbitrary quantity is applied as texture address. | Inventors
ApplicationNo. 10444418 filed on 05/23/2003US Classes:345/582, Texture345/572, Address generator712/222, Floating point or vector382/284, Combining image portions (e.g., portions of oversized documents)345/584, Bump map345/501COMPUTER GRAPHIC PROCESSING SYSTEMField of Search345/582, Texture345/586, Mathematically defined345/564, Addressing345/565, Using memory for storing address information345/566, Address manipulation345/572Address generatorExaminersPrimary: Tung, Kee M.Assistant: Richer, Aaron M. Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References4823260, Mixed-precision floating point operations from a single instruction opcodeIssued on: 04/18/1989 Inventor: Imel , et al.5905819Method and apparatus for hiding one image or pattern within another Issued on: 05/18/1999 Inventor: Daly International ClassesG09G 5/00G06F 12/06 |
