CA2204227A1 - Data processing method and apparatus - Google Patents

Data processing method and apparatus

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CA2204227A1
CA2204227A1 CA002204227A CA2204227A CA2204227A1 CA 2204227 A1 CA2204227 A1 CA 2204227A1 CA 002204227 A CA002204227 A CA 002204227A CA 2204227 A CA2204227 A CA 2204227A CA 2204227 A1 CA2204227 A1 CA 2204227A1
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center point
data processing
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processing method
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Masaaki Oka
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Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F15/00—Digital computers in general; Data processing equipment in general
    • G06F15/76—Architectures of general purpose stored program computers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T15/00—3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering
    • G06T15/005—General purpose rendering architectures

Abstract

In a data processing system for improving processing speed, a main CPU transmits coordinates of a center point in a three-dimensional space over a main bus 101 to a programmable pre-processor which generates figure data for drawing plural unit figures (polygons) around the center point transmitted from the CPU and sends the figure data to a GPU. The GPU performs rendering processing in accordance with figure data supplied from the PPP for drawing a picture defined by the combination of the unit figures on a graphic memory.
CA002204227A 1996-05-10 1997-05-01 Data processing method and apparatus Expired - Fee Related CA2204227C (en)

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EP0806743A2 (en) 1997-11-12
US6246418B1 (en) 2001-06-12
KR100482391B1 (en) 2005-08-31
CN1103480C (en) 2003-03-19
JP3537259B2 (en) 2004-06-14
EP0806743B1 (en) 2004-09-15
MX9703402A (en) 1998-04-30
CA2204227C (en) 2006-02-14
DE69730645T2 (en) 2005-09-22
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CN1169003A (en) 1997-12-31
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