Trilinear optimization for texture filtering

Details Trilinear optimization for texture filtering Trilinear optimization for texture filtering

2011-07-19

2011-07-19

Washburn, Daniel (Department: 2628)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphics processing

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C345S587000, C345S428000, C345S501000

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07982745

ABSTRACT:
Trilinear optimization is a technique to reduce the number of texture samples used to determine a texture value associated with a graphics fragment. Bilinear interpolations replace some trilinear interpolations, thereby reducing the number of texture samples read and simplifying the filter computation. A programmable trilinear slope is used to control replacement of a trilinear computation with a bilinear computation, permitting a user to determine a balance between improved texture map performance and texture filtering quality.

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