Inventor
TOELLE MICHAEL A
US38 patents
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MICROSOFT CORP
32 patentsUS6252608B1Jun 26, 2001
Method and system for improving shadowing in a graphics rendering system
MICROSOFT CORP384 citations99
US5870097AFeb 9, 1999
Method and system for improving shadowing in a graphics rendering system
MICROSOFT CORP329 citations99
US7324116B2Jan 29, 2008
Systems and methods for providing controllable texture sampling
MICROSOFT CORP89 citations98
US5949428ASep 7, 1999
Method and apparatus for resolving pixel data in a graphics rendering system
MICROSOFT CORP221 citations98
US5864342AJan 26, 1999
Method and system for rendering graphical objects to image chunks
MICROSOFT CORP443 citations98
US5886701AMar 23, 1999
Graphics rendering device and method for operating same
MICROSOFT CORP335 citations97
US6963345B2Nov 8, 2005
API communications for vertex and pixel shaders
MICROSOFT CORP34 citations96
US6819325B2Nov 16, 2004
API communications for vertex and pixel shaders
MICROSOFT CORP65 citations96
US6008820ADec 28, 1999
Processor for controlling the display of rendered image layers and method for controlling same
MICROSOFT CORP228 citations96
US5880737AMar 9, 1999
Method and system for accessing texture data in environments with high latency in a graphics rendering system
MICROSOFT CORP121 citations96
US7671862B1Mar 2, 2010
Systems and methods for providing an enhanced graphics pipeline
MICROSOFT CORP40 citations95
US7978205B1Jul 12, 2011
Systems and methods for providing an enhanced graphics pipeline
MICROSOFT CORP21 citations92
US7719544B2May 18, 2010
Systems and methods for providing controllable texture sampling
MICROSOFT CORP16 citations92
US7570267B2Aug 4, 2009
Systems and methods for providing an enhanced graphics pipeline
MICROSOFT CORP40 citations92
US7159041B2Jan 2, 2007
Method and system for defining and controlling algorithmic elements in a graphics display system
MICROSOFT CORP12 citations92
US7142216B2Nov 28, 2006
API communications for vertex and pixel shaders
MICROSOFT CORP12 citations92
US6831635B2Dec 14, 2004
Method and system for providing a unified API for both 2D and 3D graphics objects
MICROSOFT CORP44 citations92
US6812923B2Nov 2, 2004
Method and system for efficiently transferring data objects within a graphics display system
MICROSOFT CORP13 citations84
US7659901B2Feb 9, 2010
Application program interface for programmable graphics pipeline
MICROSOFT CORP17 citations82
US7800606B2Sep 21, 2010
Method and system for defining and controlling algorithmic elements in a graphics display system
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations74
US7800607B2Sep 21, 2010
Method and system for defining and controlling algorithmic elements in a graphics display system
MICROSOFT CORP4 citations74
US7782316B2Aug 24, 2010
Method and system for defining and controlling algorithmic elements in a graphics display system
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations74
US7023431B2Apr 4, 2006
Method and system for providing data to a graphics chip in a graphics display system
MICROSOFT CORP5 citations74
US6992668B2Jan 31, 2006
Method and system for efficiently transferring data objects within a graphics display system
MICROSOFT CORP5 citations73
US7978197B2Jul 12, 2011
Systems and methods for downloading algorithmic elements to a coprocessor and corresponding techniques
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations72
US7116332B2Oct 3, 2006
API communications for vertex and pixel shaders
MICROSOFT CORP5 citations69
US7965288B2Jun 21, 2011
Method and system for defining and controlling algorithmic elements in a graphics display system
MICROSOFT CORP2 citations63
US7884817B2Feb 8, 2011
Method and system for defining and controlling algorithmic elements in a graphics display system
MICROSOFT CORP2 citations63
US7528829B2May 5, 2009
Method and system for providing data to a graphics chip in a graphics display system
MICROSOFT CORP2 citations63
US8035646B2Oct 11, 2011
Systems and methods for downloading algorithmic elements to a coprocessor and corresponding techniques
MICROSOFT CORP1 citations61
US7280111B2Oct 9, 2007
API communications for vertex and pixel shaders
MICROSOFT CORP2 citations58
US7659902B2Feb 9, 2010
API communications for vertex and pixel shaders
MICROSOFT CORP0 citations52
BOYD CHARLES N
3 patentsUS8274517B2Sep 25, 2012
Systems and methods for downloading algorithmic elements to a coprocessor and corresponding techniques
BOYD CHARLES N10 citations82
US8305381B2Nov 6, 2012
Systems and methods for downloading algorithmic elements to a coprocessor and corresponding techniques
BOYD CHARLES N3 citations60
US8823718B2Sep 2, 2014
Systems and methods for downloading algorithmic elements to a coprocessor and corresponding techniques
BOYD CHARLES N0 citations50