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 14):
The system of  claim 10 , wherein:\n the rasteriser further comprises one or more buffers for storing patches; and the rasteriser is configured to, when it is determined that the primitive completely covers the larger patch of the render output:\n buffer the larger patch in a buffer of the rasteriser; \n select the larger patch from the buffer and pass the larger patch through patch sub-divider circuitry of the rasteriser; and \n re-buffer the larger patch in a buffer of the rasteriser and/or output the larger patch from the rasteriser.

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): 0.7579203739616851
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5622192943355359
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7383502659990702
- Mean Citation Score: 440.100632
- Max Citation Score: 492.45172
- Similarity Product: 332.72714762570143

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