Techniques for providing dynamic multi-layer rendering in graphics processing

• US 10,360,704 B2
• Filed: 08/11/2017
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Yeung, Andrew Zicheng, Elliott, Jack Andrew, Wilson, Brent Michael, Boulton, Michael George
• Primary Examiner(s): Gray, Ryan M
• Application Number:
  US15/675,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20190051026A1
• Time in Patent Office: 711 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/20 Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/40 Filling a planar surface by adding surface attributes, e.g. colour or texture
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/005 General purpose rendering architectures
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/08 Bandwidth reduction

Abstract

Examples described herein generally relate to rendering graphics in a computing device. A processing over-budget condition related to rendering a frame can be detected, based on which a value of a rendering parameter for a layer, where the layer is one of multiple layers to render for the frame can be modified. The layer can be rendered based at least in part on the value of the rendering parameter while one or more other layers of the multiple layers can be rendered based on respective values for the rendering parameter. The value of the rendering parameter for the layer can be different from at least one of the respective values of the rendering parameter for the one or more other layers.

Claims

1. A method for rendering graphics in a computing device, comprising:

detecting a processing over-budget condition related to rendering a frame;

determining, based on a first profile that maps values of an over-budget parameter to first modification values for a rendering parameter specific to a layer, a first modification value for the rendering parameter for rendering the layer based on the over-budget condition, wherein the layer is one of multiple layers to render for the frame;

determining, based on second profile that maps values of the over-budget parameter to second modification values for a second rendering parameter specific to a second layer, a second modification value for the second rendering parameter for rendering the second layer based on the over-budget condition, wherein the second layer is another one of the multiple layers to render for the frame, and wherein determining the second modification value is performed independently of the determining the first modification value;

modifying, based on detecting the processing over-budget condition, a value of the rendering parameter based on the first modification value;

modifying, based on detecting the processing over-budget condition, a value of the second rendering parameter based on the second modification value;

rendering the layer based at least in part on modifying the value of the rendering parameter; and

rendering the second layer based at least in part on modifying the second value of the second rendering parameter.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first modification value is different from the second modification value.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least the first profile indicates different modification values, in the first modification values, for different values of the over-budget parameter.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving feedback from rendering a previous frame; and

wherein detecting the processing over-budget condition is based at least in part on the feedback.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the rendering parameter is a resolution for the layer.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the rendering parameter is one or more of an anti-aliasing parameter, a sampling rate for sampling pixels for the layer, or an anisotropic filtering parameter.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving feedback indicating a rendering performance based on modifying the value of the rendering parameter for the layer in rendering a previous frame; and

wherein modifying the value of the rendering parameter for the layer is further based at least in part on the feedback.

8. A computing device for rendering graphics, comprising:

a memory storing one or more parameters or instructions for executing an operating system and one or more applications;

a display interface coupled with a display device for communicating signals to display rendered frames on the display device; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and the display interface, wherein the at least one processor is configured to;

detect a processing over-budget condition related to rendering a frame;

determine, based on a first profile that maps values of an over-budget parameter to first modification values for a rendering parameter specific to a layer, a first modification value for the rendering parameter for rendering the layer based on the over-budget condition, wherein the layer is one of multiple layers to render for the frame;

determine, based on second profile that maps values of the over-budget parameter to second modification values for a second rendering parameter specific to a second layer, a second modification value for the second rendering parameter for rendering the second layer based on the over-budget condition, wherein the second layer is another one of the multiple layers to render for the frame, and wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine the second modification value independently of determining the first modification value;

modify, based on detecting the processing over-budget condition, a value of the rendering parameter based on the first modification value;

modify, based on detecting the processing over-budget condition, a value of the second rendering parameter based on the second modification value;

render the layer based at least in part on modifying the value of the rendering parameter; and

render the second layer based at least in part on modifying the second value of the second rendering parameter.

9. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the first modification value is different from the second modification value.

10. The computing device of claim 8, wherein at least the first profile indicates different modification values, in the first modification values, for different values of the over-budget parameter.

11. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is configured to detect the processing over-budget condition based at least in part on feedback from rendering a previous frame.

12. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the rendering parameter is a resolution for the layer.

13. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the rendering parameter is one or more of an anti-aliasing parameter, a sampling rate for sampling pixels for the layer, or an anisotropic filtering parameter.

14. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is configured to modify the value of the rendering parameter for the layer further based at least in part on received feedback indicating a rendering performance based on modifying the value of the rendering parameter for the layer in rendering a previous frame.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising code executable by one or more processors for rendering graphics in a computing device, the code comprising code for:

detecting a processing over-budget condition related to rendering a frame;

determining, based on a first profile that maps values of an over-budget parameter to first modification values for a rendering parameter specific to a layer, a first modification value for the rendering parameter for rendering the layer based on the over-budget condition, wherein the layer is one of multiple layers to render for the frame;

determining, based on second profile that maps values of the over-budget parameter to second modification values for a second rendering parameter specific to a second layer, a second modification value for the second rendering parameter for rendering the second layer based on the over-budget condition, wherein the second layer is another one of the multiple layers to render for the frame, and wherein code for determining the second modification value determines the second modification value independently of the code for determining the first modification value;

modifying, based on detecting the processing over-budget condition, a value of the rendering parameter based on the first modification value;

modifying, based on detecting the processing over-budget condition, a value of the second rendering parameter based on the second modification value;

rendering the layer based at least in part on modifying the value of the rendering parameter; and

rendering the second layer based at least in part on modifying the second value of the second rendering parameter.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the first modification value is different from the second modification value.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein at least the first profile indicates different modification values, in the first modification values, for different values of the over-budget parameter.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, further comprising code for:

receiving feedback from rendering a previous frame; and

wherein the code for detecting detects the processing over-budget condition based at least in part on the feedback.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the rendering parameter is a resolution for the layer.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the rendering parameter is one or more of an anti-aliasing parameter, a sampling rate for sampling pixels for the layer, or an anisotropic filtering parameter.