US 11,941,757 B2
Rendering views of a scene in a graphics processing unit
Steven Fishwick, Kings Langley (GB)
Assigned to Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley (GB)
Filed by Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley (GB)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/197,502.
Application 17/197,502 is a continuation of application No. 15/000,197, filed on Jan. 19, 2016, granted, now 10,964,105.
Claims priority of application No. 1500855 (GB), filed on Jan. 19, 2015; and application No. 1518254 (GB), filed on Oct. 15, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0201573 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06T 1/60 (2006.01); G06T 11/40 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 15/04 (2011.01); G06T 15/80 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 17/20 (2013.01) [G06T 1/60 (2013.01); G06T 11/40 (2013.01); G06T 15/005 (2013.01); G06T 15/04 (2013.01); G06T 15/80 (2013.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01); G06T 2200/28 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of rendering views of a scene in a graphics processing unit which is configured to use a rendering space which is subdivided into a plurality of tiles, the method comprising:
rendering tiles of the views of the scene in an interspersed order such that, for each group of a plurality of groups of views of the scene, at least one tile from each of the views of the scene in the group is rendered before any of the views of the scene in the group are fully rendered, wherein at least one of the views of the scene in the group represents a sub-rendering for use in rendering another view of the scene in the group, and wherein the sub-rendering is a shadow map, an environment map or a texture for use in rendering the other view of the scene.