Patent ID: 8009169
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for rasterizing a primitive in a graphics system, the method comprising; scanning a first row of tiles, one tile at a time, starting from a first point and scanning in a first direction, wherein a tile comprises a block of pixels; scanning the first row of tiles, one tile at a time, starting from the first point and scanning in a second direction opposite the first direction; moving, immediately after scanning the first row of tiles in the second direction, from the first point to a second point in an orthogonal direction relative to the first row; scanning, immediately after moving from the first point to the second point, a second row of tiles, one tile at a time, starting from the second point and scanning in the second direction; and scanning the second row of tiles, one tile at a time, starting from the second point and scanning in the first direction.