Patent ID: 7145570
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of comprising: examining a first set of two consecutive textured pixel addresses including a textured pixel address and a second textured pixel address of a plurality of textured pixel addresses stored in a buffer to determine if the two consecutive textured pixel addresses map to a same texel; wherein if the two consecutive textured pixel addresses do map to the same texel, then: reading a set of texel data corresponding to said same texel for use in filtering a texture value; writing the set of texel data to one or more texture filter units; filtering the set of texel data in said texture filter units to obtain a texture value for the first textured pixel address of the set of two consecutive textured pixel addresses; filtering the set of texel data in said texture filter units to obtain a texture value for the second textured pixel address of the set of two consecutive textured pixel addresses; removing the first set of two consecutive textured pixel addresses from the buffer; examining a second set of textured pixel addresses including a former third and fourth textured pixel addresses; and displaying an image on a display based on at least one of the texture values.