Patent ID: 7194697
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A graphics engine for use in a display path for scaling at least a portion of a display output of a first application to be rendered by an output device comprising: a first interface for receiving the display output from the first application; a second interface for receiving scaling parameters from a scaling application; a component scaler for scaling the portion of the display output in accordance with the received scaling parameters to create a scaled portion the component scaler being configured for storing in a cache at least one scaled representation of at least a part of the portion of the display output when at least one of the following occurs: when the at least one scaled representation of at least the part of the portion of the display output is smaller than a predetermined size limit and when the at least one scaled representation of at least the part of the portion of the display output occupies less than a predetermined amount of the cache; and a third interface for transmitting the scaled portion to the output device for rendering.