Inventor
LAINE SAMULI
FI42 patents
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NVIDIA CORP
29 patentsUS10825230B2Nov 3, 2020
Watertight ray triangle intersection
NVIDIA CORP34 citations97
US11157414B2Oct 26, 2021
Method for efficient grouping of cache requests for datapath scheduling
NVIDIA CORP18 citations94
US10580196B1Mar 3, 2020
Method for continued bounding volume hierarchy traversal on intersection without shader intervention
NVIDIA CORP23 citations94
US10867429B2Dec 15, 2020
Query-specific behavioral modification of tree traversal
NVIDIA CORP16 citations93
US10740952B2Aug 11, 2020
Method for handling of out-of-order opaque and alpha ray/primitive intersections
NVIDIA CORP24 citations93
US12067669B2Aug 20, 2024
Watertight ray triangle intersection
NVIDIA CORP5 citations85
US11328472B2May 10, 2022
Watertight ray triangle intersection
NVIDIA CORP7 citations85
US11138009B2Oct 5, 2021
Robust, efficient multiprocessor-coprocessor interface
NVIDIA CORP13 citations85
US11200725B2Dec 14, 2021
Method for continued bounding volume hierarchy traversal on intersection without shader intervention
NVIDIA CORP8 citations84
US10825232B2Nov 3, 2020
Method for continued bounding volume hierarchy traversal on intersection without shader intervention
NVIDIA CORP6 citations84
US11164360B2Nov 2, 2021
Method for handling of out-of-order opaque and alpha ray/primitive intersections
NVIDIA CORP9 citations83
US11321865B1May 3, 2022
Synthetic infrared image generation for machine learning of gaze estimation
NVIDIA CORP5 citations82
US11189075B2Nov 30, 2021
Query-specific behavioral modification of tree traversal
NVIDIA CORP6 citations82
US11704863B2Jul 18, 2023
Watertight ray triangle intersection
NVIDIA CORP1 citations72
US12566607B2Mar 3, 2026
Robust, efficient multiprocessor-coprocessor interface
NVIDIA CORP0 citations62
US12198253B2Jan 14, 2025
Method for handling of out-of-order opaque and alpha ray/primitive intersections
NVIDIA CORP0 citations62
US12148088B2Nov 19, 2024
Method for continued bounding volume hierarchy traversal on intersection without shader intervention
NVIDIA CORP0 citations62
US11966737B2Apr 23, 2024
Robust, efficient multiprocessor-coprocessor interface
NVIDIA CORP0 citations62
US11790595B2Oct 17, 2023
Method for handling of out-of-order opaque and alpha ray/primitive intersections
NVIDIA CORP0 citations62
US11675704B2Jun 13, 2023
Method for efficient grouping of cache requests for datapath scheduling
NVIDIA CORP0 citations62
US11645810B2May 9, 2023
Method for continued bounding volume hierarchy traversal on intersection without shader intervention
NVIDIA CORP0 citations62
US12198255B2Jan 14, 2025
Query-specific behavioral modification of tree traversal
NVIDIA CORP0 citations61
US11804000B2Oct 31, 2023
Query-specific behavioral modification of tree traversal
NVIDIA CORP0 citations61
US12482235B2Nov 25, 2025
Synthetic infrared image generation for machine learning of gaze estimation
NVIDIA CORP0 citations60
US12124378B1Oct 22, 2024
Method for efficient grouping of cache requests for datapath scheduling
NVIDIA CORP0 citations60
US12423781B2Sep 23, 2025
Techniques for content synthesis using denoising diffusion models
NVIDIA CORP0 citations57
US11823320B2Nov 21, 2023
Scattered geometry compression for ray tracing acceleration structures
NVIDIA CORP0 citations57
US11270495B2Mar 8, 2022
Scattered geometry compression for ray tracing acceleration structures
NVIDIA CORP0 citations57
US9437039B2Sep 6, 2016
Method and system for graphics rendering employing gradient domain metropolis light transport
NVIDIA CORP0 citations41
AILA TIMO
8 patentsUS8502819B1Aug 6, 2013
System and method for performing ray tracing node traversal in image rendering
AILA TIMO31 citations92
US8970584B1Mar 3, 2015
Bounding box-based techniques for improved sample test efficiency in image rendering
AILA TIMO24 citations91
US8564589B1Oct 22, 2013
System and method for accelerated ray-box intersection testing
AILA TIMO13 citations84
US9142043B1Sep 22, 2015
System and method for improved sample test efficiency in image rendering
AILA TIMO17 citations82
US8977049B2Mar 10, 2015
System and method for estimating signal-dependent noise of an image
AILA TIMO5 citations72
US8478071B2Jul 2, 2013
System and method for constructing a motion-compensated composite image
AILA TIMO2 citations62
US8555036B1Oct 8, 2013
System and method for performing predicated selection of an output register
AILA TIMO1 citations51
US9269182B2Feb 23, 2016
System and method for identifying entry points of a hierarchical structure
AILA TIMO0 citations41
LAINE SAMULI
3 patentsUS9153068B2Oct 6, 2015
Clipless time and lens bounds for improved sample test efficiency in image rendering
LAINE SAMULI4 citations70
US9269183B1Feb 23, 2016
Combined clipless time and lens bounds for improved sample test efficiency in image rendering
LAINE SAMULI2 citations61
US8698836B2Apr 15, 2014
System, method, and computer program product for optimizing stratified sampling associated with stochastic transparency
LAINE SAMULI1 citations50