System and method for providing graphics using graphical engine
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsDavid A. Baer, Darren Neuman
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Abstract
Systems and methods that provide graphics using a graphical engine are provided. In one example, a system may provide layered graphics in a video environment. The system may include a bus, a graphical engine and a graphical pipeline. The graphical engine may be coupled to the bus and may be adapted to composite a plurality of graphical layers into a composite graphical layer. The graphical engine may include a memory that stores the composite graphical layer. The graphical pipeline may be coupled to the bus and may be adapted to transport the composite graphical layer.
Claims22
1-25. (canceled)
A system for providing layered graphics in a video environment, comprising:
- a bus;
- a graphical engine coupled to the bus, the graphical engine operable to receive information of a plurality of graphical layers over the bus and composite the plurality of graphical layers into a composite graphical layer, the graphical engine comprising a memory operable to store the composite graphical layer;
- and
- a graphical pipeline coupled to the bus, the graphical pipeline operable to transport the composite graphical layer over the bus to circuitry operable to combine the composite graphical layer with at least one additional layer.
A system for providing a layered display that comprises a video surface and layered graphical surfaces, the system comprising:
- a graphical hardware engine operable to receive information of a plurality of graphic layers from a plurality of corresponding graphics pipeline streams over a bus and generate a composite graphic layer as a function of the plurality of graphic layers;
- and
- a graphical pipeline coupled to the graphical hardware engine over the bus, the graphical pipeline operable to transport the composite graphic layer to circuitry operable to combine the composite graphic layer with at least one additional layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.