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Techniques for degrading rendering quality to increase operating time of a computing platform

  • US 9,652,016 B2
  • Filed: 04/27/2011
  • Issued: 05/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computing platform implemented method comprising:

  • receiving graphics data from an application;

    determining a source and a level of power for the computing platform during receipt of the graphics data and rendering of the graphics data; and

    rendering, by a particular graphics processing unit (GPU) of the computing platform, the graphics data into a rendered image using,rendering settings received from the application if the computing platform is not operating from a limited power supply; and

    one or more sets of graphics processing power conservation rendering settings specific to the particular GPU, determined by an application programming interface or driver of the particular GPU, based upon architecture properties of the particular GPU concerning the power consumed by different parts of the architecture properties and corresponding impact on the rendered image if the computing platform is operating from a limited power supply and the energy of the limited power supply is less than one or more predetermined levels.

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