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VOORHIES DOUGLAS A
US40 patents
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NVIDIA CORP
27 patentsUS7064763B2Jun 20, 2006
Single semiconductor graphics platform
NVIDIA CORP64 citations99
US6992667B2Jan 31, 2006
Single semiconductor graphics platform system and method with skinning, swizzling and masking capabilities
NVIDIA CORP75 citations99
US6734861B1May 11, 2004
System, method and article of manufacture for an interlock module in a computer graphics processing pipeline
NVIDIA CORP160 citations99
US6198488B1Mar 6, 2001
Transform, lighting and rasterization system embodied on a single semiconductor platform
NVIDIA CORP133 citations99
US6894689B1May 17, 2005
Occlusion culling method and apparatus for graphics systems
NVIDIA CORP115 citations98
US6646639B1Nov 11, 2003
Modified method and apparatus for improved occlusion culling in graphics systems
NVIDIA CORP196 citations98
US6469707B1Oct 22, 2002
Method for efficiently rendering color information for a pixel in a computer system
NVIDIA CORP105 citations98
US6452595B1Sep 17, 2002
Integrated graphics processing unit with antialiasing
NVIDIA CORP121 citations98
US6577309B2Jun 10, 2003
System and method for a graphics processing framework embodied utilizing a single semiconductor platform
NVIDIA CORP72 citations97
US7170513B1Jan 30, 2007
System and method for display list occlusion branching
NVIDIA CORP96 citations96
US7068272B1Jun 27, 2006
System, method and article of manufacture for Z-value and stencil culling prior to rendering in a computer graphics processing pipeline
NVIDIA CORP129 citations96
US7023437B1Apr 4, 2006
System and method for accelerating graphics processing using a post-geometry data stream during multiple-pass rendering
NVIDIA CORP211 citations96
US6650331B2Nov 18, 2003
System, method and computer program product for performing a scissor operation in a graphics processing framework embodied on a single semiconductor platform
NVIDIA CORP43 citations96
US6504542B1Jan 7, 2003
Method, apparatus and article of manufacture for area rasterization using sense points
NVIDIA CORP64 citations96
US6462737B2Oct 8, 2002
Clipping system and method for a graphics processing framework embodied on a single semiconductor platform
NVIDIA CORP48 citations96
US6765575B1Jul 20, 2004
Clip-less rasterization using line equation-based traversal
NVIDIA CORP45 citations92
US6342888B1Jan 29, 2002
Graphics processing unit with an integrated fog and blending operation
NVIDIA CORP22 citations92
US7995056B1Aug 9, 2011
Culling data selection system and method
NVIDIA CORP9 citations84
US7221368B1May 22, 2007
Stippled lines using direct distance evaluation
NVIDIA CORP14 citations84
US7050055B2May 23, 2006
Single semiconductor graphics platform with blending and fog capabilities
NVIDIA CORP13 citations84
US6650325B1Nov 18, 2003
Method, apparatus and article of manufacture for boustrophedonic rasterization
NVIDIA CORP18 citations84
US7034829B2Apr 25, 2006
Masking system and method for a graphics processing framework embodied on a single semiconductor platform
NVIDIA CORP9 citations82
US7554546B1Jun 30, 2009
Stippled lines using direct distance evaluation
NVIDIA CORP7 citations74
US7002577B2Feb 21, 2006
Clipping system and method for a single graphics semiconductor platform
NVIDIA CORP7 citations74
US6992669B2Jan 31, 2006
Integrated graphics processing unit with antialiasing
NVIDIA CORP10 citations74
US6489965B1Dec 3, 2002
System, method and computer program product for altering saturation in a computer graphics pipeline
NVIDIA CORP3 citations63
US8947432B2Feb 3, 2015
Accelerated rendering with temporally interleaved details
NVIDIA CORP1 citations48
VOORHIES DOUGLAS A
3 patentsUS8854364B1Oct 7, 2014
Tight depth range occlusion prediction system and method
VOORHIES DOUGLAS A17 citations83
US8390619B1Mar 5, 2013
Occlusion prediction graphics processing system and method
VOORHIES DOUGLAS A12 citations82
US8269769B1Sep 18, 2012
Occlusion prediction compression system and method
VOORHIES DOUGLAS A11 citations82