Inventor

DEERING MICHAEL F

US124 patents

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DEERING MICHAEL F

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC

Compression of surface normals in three-dimensional graphics data

Geometry compression for regular and irregular mesh structures

Graphics system configured to perform parallel sample to pixel calculation

Segmenting compressed graphics data for parallel decompression and rendering

System and method for generating and playback of three-dimensional movies

Graphics system using sample tags for blur

Estimating graphics system performance for polygons

Geometry instructions for decompression of three-dimensional graphics data

Scene synchronization of multiple computer displays

Compression of three-dimensional graphics data using a generalized triangle mesh format utilizing a mesh buffer

Compression of three-dimensional graphics data including quantization, delta-encoding, and variable-length encoding

Method and apparatus for geometric compression of three-dimensional graphics data

Architecture for a high performance three dimensional graphics accelerator

Matching the edges of multiple overlapping screen images

Decompression of surface normals in three-dimensional graphics data

Graphics system with a variable-resolution sample buffer

Graphics system configured to interpolate pixel values

Morphing decompression in a graphics system

Graphics system having a super-sampled sample buffer with generation of output pixels using selective adjustment of filtering for reduced artifacts

Graphics system with programmable real-time alpha key generation

Graphics system with programmable sample positions

Method and apparatus for implementing efficient floating point Z-buffering

Flexible dram access in a frame buffer memory and system

Floating-point processor for a high performance three dimensional graphics accelerator

Draw processor for a high performance three dimensional graphic accelerator

Graphics system with just-in-time decompression of compressed graphics data

Converting an arbitrary fixed point value to a floating point value

Method and apparatus for rapid processing of scene-based programs

Compressing and decompressing graphics data using gosub-type instructions and direct and indirect attribute settings

Video frame synchronization of independent timing generators for frame buffers in a master-slave configuration

System and method for transferring compressed three-dimensional graphics data

Interface controller for frame buffer random access memory devices

Rendering lines with sample weighting

Dynamically adjusting a sample-to-pixel filter in response to user input and/or sensor input

Graphics system configured to determine triangle orientation by octant identification and slope comparison

Geometry instructions for graphics data compression

Decompression of variable-length encoded compressed three-dimensional graphics data

Decompression of quantized compressed three-dimensional graphics data

Graphics system with programmable real-time sample filtering

Decompression of three-dimensional graphics data including quantization, delta-encoding, and variable-length encoding

Decompression of three-dimensional geometry data representing a regularly tiled surface portion of a graphical object

Method and apparatus for geometric compression of three-dimensional graphics data

Compression of three-dimensional geometry data representing a regularly tiled surface portion of a graphical object

Decompression of surface normals in three-dimensional graphics data

Method and apparatus implementing high resolution rendition of Z-buffered primitives

DEERING MICHAEL F

Systems using eye mounted displays

Scalable high performance 3D graphics

SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGIES INC

Triangle processor for 3-D graphics display system

Normal vector shading for 3-D graphics display system

SCHLUMBERGER SYSTEMS INC

3-D graphics display system using triangle processor pipeline