18969001. STEREOSCOPIC GRAPHICS PROCESSING (Imagination Technologies Limited)

STEREOSCOPIC GRAPHICS PROCESSING

Organization Name

Imagination Technologies Limited

Inventor(s)

John W. Howson of St. Albans GB

STEREOSCOPIC GRAPHICS PROCESSING

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18969001 titled 'STEREOSCOPIC GRAPHICS PROCESSING

Original Abstract Submitted

Methods and graphics processing modules for rendering a stereoscopic image including left and right images of a three-dimensional scene. Geometry is processed in the scene to generate left data for use in displaying the left image and right data for use in displaying the right image. Disparity is determined between the left and right data by comparing the generated left data and the generated right data used in displaying the stereoscopic image. In response to identifying at least a portion of the left data and the right data as non-disparate, a corresponding portion of the left image and the right image is commonly processed (e.g. commonly rendered or commonly stored). In response to identifying at least a portion of the left data and the right data as disparate, a corresponding portion of the left image and the right image is separately processed (e.g. separately rendered or separately stored).