IP Library Granted Patent US 9,280,845
Granted Patent B2
US 9,280,845 · App. 14/154,996 · Granted Mar 8, 2016

Optimized multi-pass rendering on tiled base architectures

Inventors: Murat Balci (Orlando, FL); Christopher Paul Frascati (Oviedo, FL); Avinash Seetharamaiah (Chuluota, FL)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
G06T15/005
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Patent No.
US 9,280,845
App. No.
14/154,996
Granted
Mar 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for multi-path rendering on tile based architectures including executing, with a graphics processing unit (GPU), a query pass, executing, with the GPU, a condition true pass based on the query pass without executing a flush operation, executing, with the GPU, a condition false pass based on the query pass without executing a flush operation, and responsive to executing the condition true pass and the condition false pass, executing, with the GPU, a flush operation.

Claims (40)

1. A method for multi-path graphics rendering on tile-based architectures, the method comprising:

executing, with a graphics processing unit (GPU), a query pass;

executing, with the GPU, a condition true pass based on the query pass without executing a flush operation;

executing, with the GPU, a condition false pass based on the query pass without executing a flush operation; and

responsive to executing the condition true pass and the condition false pass, executing, with the GPU, a flush operation.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the query pass comprises a first query pass and executing the first query pass comprises executing a graphics rendering command that indicates a start of the first query pass.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein executing the first query pass further comprises executing a graphics rendering command that indicates an end of the first query pass.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein executing the condition false pass further comprises executing a graphics command that indicates an end of the condition false pass.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising executing a direct render.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein executing the condition true pass further comprises executing a graphics rendering command that indicates an end of a first query pass.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein executing the condition false pass further comprises executing a graphics command that indicates a start of the condition false pass.

8. A device for multi-path graphics rendering on tile-based architectures comprising:

a memory; and

a GPU configured to:

execute a query pass;

execute a condition true pass based on the query pass without executing a flush operation;

execute a condition false pass based on the query pass without executing a flush operation; and

responsive to executing the condition true pass, and the condition false pass, executing a flush operation to write results of at least one of the query pass, the condition true pass, or the condition false pass to the memory.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the query pass comprises a first query pass and executing the first query pass comprises executing a graphics rendering command that indicates a start of the first query pass.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein executing the first query pass further comprises executing a graphics rendering command that indicates an end of the first query pass.

11. The device of claim 8 , wherein executing the condition false pass further comprises executing a graphics command that indicates an end of the condition false pass.

12. The device of claim 8 , further comprising executing a direct render.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein executing the condition true pass further comprises executing a graphics rendering command that indicates an end of a first query pass.

14. The device of claim 8 , wherein executing the condition false pass further comprises executing a graphics command that indicates a start of the condition false pass.

15. A device for multi-path graphics rendering on tile based architectures comprising:

means for executing a query pass;

means for executing a condition true pass based on the query pass without executing a flush operation;

means for executing a condition false pass based on the query pass without executing a flush operation; and

responsive to executing the condition true pass and the condition false pass, means for performing a flush operation.

16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the query pass comprises a first query pass, wherein the means for executing the query pass comprises means for executing the first query pass, and wherein the means for executing the first query pass comprises means for executing a graphics rendering command that indicates a start of the first query pass.

17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the means for executing the first query pass further comprises means for executing a graphics rendering command that indicates an end of the first query pass.

18. The device of claim 15 , wherein the means for executing the condition false pass further comprises means for executing a graphics command that indicates an end of the condition false pass.

19. The device of claim 15 , further comprising means for executing a direct render.

20. The device of claim 19 , wherein the means for executing the condition true pass further comprises means for executing a graphics rendering command that indicates an end of a first query pass.

21. The device of claim 15 , wherein the means for executing the condition false pass further comprises means for executing a graphics command that indicates a start of the condition false pass.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions for multi-path graphics rendering on tile based architectures that upon execution cause one or more graphics processing units (GPUs), to

execute a query pass;

executing a condition true pass based on the query pass without executing a flush operation;

executing a condition false pass based on the query pass without executing a flush operation; and

responsive to executing the condition true pass, and the condition false pass, executing a flush operation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2014
From: BALCI, MURAT; FRASCATI, CHRISTOPHER PAUL; SEETHARAMAIAH, AVINASH
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 031966/0659 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61921145 · Dec 27, 2013
Related Publication 20150187117A1 · Jul 2, 2015