System, method, and computer program product for performing object-space shading

A Patney, EB Enderton, EB Lum, M Salvi… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for performing object-space
shading. A primitive defined by vertices in three-dimensional (3D) space that is specific to an …

System, method, and computer program product for shading using a dynamic object-space grid

A Patney, EB Enderton, EB Lum, M Salvi… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system, method, and computer program product are provided for shading
using a dynamic object-space grid. An object defined by triangle primitives in a three …

3D graphic rendering method and apparatus

I Ha, M Ahn, HE Lee, SON Minjung - US Patent 10,332,301, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract A three-dimensional (3D) rendering method and apparatus is disclosed. The 3D
rendering apparatus may determine a select shading point in a 3D scene on which shading …

Per-vertex variable rate shading

SJ Saleh, V Goel, MF Ribble, AE Gruber - US Patent 10,192,280, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A graphics processing unit (GPU) may rasterize a primitive into a plurality of
samples, wherein vertices of the primitive are associated with VRS parameters. The GPU …

Adaptive resolution of point cloud and viewpoint prediction for video streaming in computing environments

M Varerkar, S Baran, M Apodaca, P Surti… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
A mechanism is described for facilitating adaptive resolution and viewpoint-prediction for
immersive media in computing environments. An apparatus of embodiments, as described …

Mapping multi-rate shading to monolithic programs

T Janczak, P Surti - US Patent 9,905,046, 2018 - Google Patents
In multi-rate shading, a coarse-rate shading phase is added on top of existing pixel-rate
phase to significantly improve performance with minimum impact to image quality. Two …

Video refinement mechanism

J Boyce, S Janus, P Surti, S Baran, M Apodaca… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
An apparatus to facilitate processing video bit stream data is disclosed. The apparatus
includes one or more processors to decode point cloud data, reconstruct the decoded point …

Variable rate shading

I Nevraev, MJI FULLER, MS Grossman… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods and devices for rendering graphics in a computer system include a graphical
processing unit (GPU) with a flexible, dynamic, application-directed mechanism for varying …

Variable rate shading

MS Grossman, JM Gould, A Nankervis… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods and devices for rendering graphics in a computer system include a graphical
processing unit (GPU) with a flexible, dynamic, application-directed mechanism for varying …

Decoupled shading pipeline

K Vaidyanathan, M Salvi, RM Toth - US Patent 9,569,883, 2017 - Google Patents
In some embodiments, a given frame or picture may have different shading rates. In one
embodiment in some areas of the frame or picture the shading rate may be less than once …