Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphics display memory system – Frame buffer
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-04
2010-02-23
Yang, Ryan R (Department: 2628)
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Computer graphics display memory system
Frame buffer
C345S536000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07667709
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a system and method for processing graphic operations on a plurality of data structures of an image with a graphics processing unit and memory. The disclosed techniques of the system and method create an accumulation buffer of the data structures for accumulating changes to the data structures. A separate buffer is then created from at least a portion of the data structures of the accumulation buffer. The disclosed techniques read the data structures from the separate buffer with the graphics processing unit. The graphics processing unit operates on the data structures read from the separate buffer with the operation. Then, the disclosed techniques write the results of the operation onto the portion of the accumulation buffer corresponding to the separate buffer.
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Wong Cabello Lutsch Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP
Yang Ryan R
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