Patent ID: 11875452
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 27:
28. An apparatus for graphics processing, comprising:
means for configuring a plurality of billboards in one or more layers at least partially around a viewpoint of a first frame of a plurality of frames, wherein the configuration of the plurality of billboards is based on one or more volumetric elements between at least one of the plurality of billboards and the viewpoint;
means for rendering an image associated with each of the one or more volumetric elements between a first billboard of the plurality of billboards and the viewpoint, wherein each of the one or more volumetric elements is between the first billboard and a second billboard of the plurality of billboards, wherein the second billboard is closer to the viewpoint compared to the first billboard, wherein each of the one or more volumetric elements is associated with the first billboard if an occluding object is between the volumetric element and the viewpoint, wherein each of the one or more volumetric elements is associated with the second billboard if the occluding object is not between the volumetric element and the viewpoint, and wherein the rendered image includes a set of pixels;
means for mapping data to at least one of the first billboard or the second billboard based on the rendered image associated with each of the one or more volumetric elements and a geometric configuration of the plurality of billboards; and
means for storing the data in at least one of the first billboard or the second billboard based on the rendered image associated with each of the one or more volumetric elements, wherein the data corresponds to the set of pixels.