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Graphics processing unit with sensor interface

  • US 10,496,579 B2
  • Filed: 11/13/2017
  • Issued: 12/03/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a graphics processing unit (GPU) able to process data in a highly parallel manner including;

    a host interface having host interface logic to communicate over a host bus with a host central processing unit (CPU);

    a graphics instruction processor (GIP) coupled to the host interface and configured to process display images in accordance with sensor data, wherein the GIP, having an instruction processor, sends control signaling over the sensor interface to control the sensor for capturing the sensor data, and wherein the control signaling does not flow through the host interface;

    a display interface coupled to the GIP and configured to facilitating displaying the images; and

    a sensor interface having sensor interface logic to communicate over a sensor bus;

    a sensor connected to the sensor bus and configured to capture the sensor data representing surrounding information to the sensor and forward the sensor data to the GPU through the sensor interface bypassing the host CPU, wherein the sensor data includes images relating to user face, light source, and surrounding ambient light; and

    a display coupled to the display interface and configured to display captured surrounding information in response to the display images.

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