System, method and computer program product for using an arbitrary quantity as texture address
Patent 7136070 Issued on November 14, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date: 
May 23, 2023. Estimated 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.
May 23, 2023. Estimated 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.Patent ReferencesMixed-precision floating point operations from a single instruction opcode Method and apparatus for hiding one image or pattern within another Patent #: 5905819 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 SYSTEMExaminersPrimary: Tung, Kee M.Assistant: Richer, Aaron M. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG09G 5/00G06F 12/06 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. | |
