PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16218982
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["345", "522000"]

Abstract:
A graphics processing system can divide a render output into plural larger patches, with each larger patch encompassing plural smaller patches. A rasteriser of the system tests a larger patch against a primitive to be processed to determine if the primitive covers the larger patch. When it is determined that the primitive only partially covers the larger patch, the larger patch is sub-divided into plural smaller patches and at least one of the smaller patches is re-tested against the primitive. Conversely, when it is determined that the primitive completely covers the larger patch, the larger patch is output from the rasteriser in respect of the primitive for processing by a subsequent stage, of the graphics processing system. The system can provide efficient, hierarchal, processing of primitives, whilst helping to prevent the output of the rasteriser from becoming blocked.

Claim (Index 15):
The system of  claim 10 , wherein:\n the rasteriser is configured to, when it is determined that the primitive only partially covers a smaller patch of the render output, sub-divide the smaller patch into a set of plural even smaller patches of the render output and test at least one of the even smaller patches of the render output against the primitive to be processed to determine if the primitive to be processed at least partially covers the at least one even smaller patch of the render output; and the rasteriser is configured to, when it is determined that the primitive completely covers the smaller patch of the render output, output the smaller patch in respect of the primitive from the rasteriser for processing by a subsequent stage of the graphics processing system.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.32308
- Patent Class: 345.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15182302', '13907559', '13907550', '14056727', '13845561']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.753251035570424
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5766526568889725
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.735591197702279
- Mean Citation Score: 440.100632
- Max Citation Score: 492.45172
- Similarity Product: 410.12428634867433

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test