Patent ID: 8134562

Claim:
A method for assisting in data calculation by using a display card, suitable for applying a display card to calculate input data of a system to obtain output data, wherein the display card comprises a first processing unit and a display memory, and the system comprises a second processing unit and a system memory, the method comprising: transforming the input data into texture data, and storing the texture data in the display memory; wherein the step of transforming the input data into the texture data, and storing it in the display memory comprises: transforming image data into first texture data, wherein the image data comprises pixel values of a plurality of pixels of an image; transforming positions of the pixels to be referred to in the image into second texture data during a texture calculation; and storing the first texture data and the second texture data in the display memory; executing a texture calculation of the texture data by using the first processing unit; storing a result of the texture calculation in a display target of the display memory; and outputting the display target to the system memory as the output data.