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8441487 Bandwidth compression for shader engine store operations  
Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems and methods for compressing thread group data written to frame buffer memory to increase overall memory performance. A...
8436862 Method and system for enabling managed code-based application program to access graphics processing unit  
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for enabling an intermediate code-based application program to access a target graphics processing unit (GPU) in a parallel processing...
8436863 Switch for graphics processing units  
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for improving switching between graphics processing units (GPUs). Some embodiments may include a display system, including a plurality of GPUs, a multiplexer...
8433747 Graphics remoting architecture  
Systems and methods to implement a graphics remoting architecture for rendering graphics images at remote clients are disclosed. In one implementation, when a D3D application hosted on a remote...
8432406 Apparatus, system, and method for clipping graphics primitives with accelerated context switching  
An apparatus, system, and method for clipping graphics primitives are described. In one embodiment, a graphics processing apparatus includes a clipping unit that is configured to produce and issue...
8434089 Method and system for loading of image resource  
Disclosed are image resource loading method comprising the steps of: identifying source data associated with a particular cell from a predetermined basic recording space, in case that a rendering...
8432402 Apparatus for retouching and displaying image and method of controlling the same  
Disclosed is an improved apparatus and method for display of retouched images. The apparatus includes a storage medium, a display unit, and an image file retouch unit. The storage medium stores a...
8429699 Systems and methods for resource-adaptive processing of scaled video and graphics  
An embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method for adaptive video decoding. A method for adaptive video decoding includes determining whether a resource constrained mode is to...
8427487 Multiple tile output using interface compression in a raster stage  
A method and system for interface compression in a raster stage of a graphics processor. The method includes receiving a graphics primitive for rasterization in a raster stage of a graphics...
8427493 Draw commands with built-in begin/end  
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for reducing the overhead for transmitting explicit begin and explicit end commands that are needed in primitive draw command...
8427485 Information processing device, image display device, and information processing method  
An information processing device includes: a first processing unit which asserts a first chip select signal or a second chip select signal in accordance with an address space to access; and a...
8421807 Display device  
A display device includes a display unit and a plurality of refreshing units. The display unit has a plurality of the display areas. Each of the display areas has a plurality of pixels. Each of the...
8423798 Portable electronic apparatus and method for displaying image  
A portable electronic apparatus configured to be battery-powered and to display a visual program received from the outside is provided. The portable electronic apparatus has a receiver configured...
8417838 System and method for configurable digital communication  
The present invention pertains to a configurable PCI-Express switch. The configurable PCI-Express switch includes a differential I/O interface capable of being configured in a first configuration...
8416245 Creation of motion blur in image processing  
Motion blur is created in images by utilizing a motion vector. Vertices are developed with each vertex including a motion vector. The motion vector is indicative of how far vertices have moved...
8416248 Methods and device for display device in-system programming through displayable signals  
Methods and device for in-system firmware update in an information output device are provided. In one aspect, a method of firmware update in a display device receives a set of data in an image...
8411095 Performance allocation method and apparatus  
In accordance with some embodiments, a graphics process frame generation frame rate may be monitored in combination with a utilization or work load metric for the graphics process in order to...
8411093 Method and system for stand alone graphics independent of computer system form factor  
A discrete graphics system (DGS) for executing 3D graphics instructions for a computer system is disclosed. The discrete graphics system includes a GPU for executing 3D graphics instructions and a...
8400458 Method and system for blocking data on a GPU  
A method is provided for optimizing computer processes executing on a graphics processing unit (GPU) and a central processing unit (CPU). Process data is subdivided into sequentially processed data...
8397270 Electronic apparatus generating video signals and process for generating video signals  
An electronic apparatus stores in a graphics memory a first and a second graphics object. An OSD processor generates a first digital stream which represents the first graphics object. The second...
8395629 Reducing data stored in a deep-frame buffer  
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes generating intermediate values from an evaluation of one or more static expressions within...
8395628 Method for acquiring graphics device interface invocation by using filter driver  
A method for intercepting graphics device interface invocations by using filter driver which is transparent to graphics device interface engine and real display driver is disclosed. The method...
8390631 Synchronizing queued data access between multiple GPU rendering contexts  
Synchronized access to a shared surface from multiple rendering contexts is provided. Only one rendering context is allowed to access a shared surface at a given time to read from and write to the...
8386670 System controlling device and image processing system  
A system controlling device having a tree structure includes a data controlling unit that functions as a root device. The data controlling unit is connected to a first image processing unit and a...
8381223 Method and apparatus for dynamic allocation of processing resources  
A method and apparatus for dynamic allocation of processing resources and tasks, including multimedia tasks. Tasks are queued, available processing resources are identified, and the available...
8379031 Image data management apparatus, image data management method, computer-readable storage medium  
An image data management apparatus which changes attribute information of an image on a display device, the apparatus comprises a display control unit adapted to display, on the display device, an...
8379032 System and method of mapping shader variables into physical registers  
The present disclosure includes system and method of mapping shader variables into physical registers. In an embodiment, a graphics processing unit (GPU) and a memory coupled to the GPU are...
8373707 System and method for selecting the boot VGA adapter in a multi-graphics processing unit computing system  
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for selecting a boot VGA adapter in a multiple VGA adapter system by controlling the system boot process using the VBIOS display...
8373709 Multi-processor architecture and method  
Embodiments of a multi-processor architecture and method are described herein. Embodiments provide alternatives to the use of an external bridge integrated circuit (IC) architecture. For example,...
8368702 Policy-based switching between graphics-processing units  
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that configures a computer system to switch between graphics-processing units (GPUs). In one embodiment, the system drives a display using a first...
8368706 Image processing device and method for pixel data conversion  
An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a scaling unit, a coefficient texture processing unit, and a pixel data converter. A first array is passed to the scaling...
8369564 Automatic generation and use of region of interest and domain of definition functions  
An automated method of generating sets of image processing instructions that identifies a region of picture elements for processing and a region of picture elements to be produced is described. The...
8368705 Web-based graphics rendering system  
Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that renders graphics in a computing system that includes a plugin associated with a web browser in the computing system and a web...
8368701 Metaprocessor for GPU control and synchronization in a multiprocessor environment  
Included are embodiments of systems and methods for processing metacommands. In at least one exemplary embodiment a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) includes a metaprocessor configured to process at...
8363059 Rendering processing apparatus, parallel processing apparatus, and exclusive control method  
A DDA 34 notifies the coordinates of a rasterized pixel to an exclusive control part 40, acquires a unique identification number associated with the pixel position from the exclusive control part...
8358300 Display card and display card operating method  
The display card determines whether the first power voltage and the second power voltage supplied by the power supply are within inconsistent input timings, and ensure the third power voltage can...
8356200 Negotiation between multiple processing units for switch mitigation  
A method for maintaining data and clock line synchronization, which may include a clock line that may be driven high after a clock line falling edge to mitigate a clock error. Additionally, the...
8355026 System, method, and program for displaying multiple windows having different resolutions  
To allow a resolution to be changed by a single drawing command for each window instead of using different drawing commands in an application program depending on resolutions, in order to display a...
8355027 System and method for presenting visual information at plural display devices  
A dual transceiver architecture provides source and sink device capabilities for communicating visual information between information handling systems and displays. A detector determines whether a...
8350864 Serializing command streams for graphics processors  
A method and an apparatus for determining a dependency relationship between graphics commands based on availability of graphics hardware resources to perform graphics processing operations...
8350779 Display controlling apparatus and image processing apparatus  
A display controlling apparatus that is capable of communicating with an image processing apparatus that sends image data to the display controlling apparatus in response to a notification from the...
8345051 Processing of 3-dimensional graphics  
A graphic rendering pipeline has a number of different rendering units and receives fragments for rendering. A renderer stated word cache is used to store rendering state data to be used to...
8345053 Graphics processors with parallel scheduling and execution of threads  
A graphics processor capable of parallel scheduling and execution of multiple threads, and techniques for achieving parallel scheduling and execution, are described. The graphics processor may...
8345058 Graphics display device and graphics display method  
A graphics display device and method performing display indicating that graphics software for graphics drawing is an evaluation version including storing a display pattern indicating that the...
8345059 Methods, systems, and data structures for generating a rasterizer  
Methods, systems and data structures produce a rasterizer. A graphical state is detected on a machine architecture. The graphical state is used for assembling a shell rasterizer. The machine...
8339404 System for improving utilization of GPU resources  
A method, executable on a digital computer that includes a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU), executes a series of instructions, in which a GPU data type is defined...
8334873 Method and apparatus of managing images stored in storage medium  
An image management method and apparatus that uses a plurality of time maps to display retrieved images for allowing a user to conveniently and quickly retrieve images. An upper map is displayed...
8330613 Remote control electronic display system  
A remotely controlled electronic display sign which operates with a plasma display and which provides for humidity and heat control and the like allowing the sign to be used in various...
8330765 Rolling context data structure for maintaining state data in a multithreaded image processing pipeline  
A multithreaded rendering software pipeline architecture utilizes a rolling context data structure to store multiple contexts that are associated with different image elements that are being...
8330761 Apparatus and method for reducing output rate of video data  
A method for reducing output rate of video data for DisplayPort sink device is disclosed. By reducing the size of a blank area in a video frame, the invention reduces a pixel rate to become...