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Michael G. Lavelle
Also filed as: LAVELLE MICHAEL · LAVELLE MICHAEL G · LAVELLE MICHAEL J
71 granted patents·5 pending applications·2,140 citations·filing 1983–2016
99Inventor score
Files withSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC59DEERING MICHAEL F3GULA CONSULTING LLC2MOTOROLA COMPUTER SYSTEMS INC2SILICON IMAGE INC2
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76 records- 0198US7599439B2Method and system for transmitting N-bit video data over a serial linkSILICON IMAGE INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 6, 2009·50 cites·50 claims
- 0298US7379067B2Scalable high performance 3D graphicsDEERING MICHAEL F·Filed 2005·Granted May 27, 2008·95 cites·86 claims
- 0396US6906720B2Multipurpose memory system for use in a graphics systemSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 14, 2005·113 cites·17 claims
- 0496US5544306AFlexible dram access in a frame buffer memory and systemSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1994·Granted Aug 6, 1996·204 cites·61 claims
- 0595US5956046AScene synchronization of multiple computer displaysSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 21, 1999·183 cites·31 claims
- 0694US7808505B2Scalable high performance 3D graphicsDEERING MICHAEL F·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 5, 2010·11 cites·31 claims
- 0793US5579473AInterface controller for frame buffer random access memory devicesSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 26, 1996·127 cites·23 claims
- 0892US6459428B1Programmable sample filtering for image renderingSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 1, 2002·81 cites·23 claims
- 0991US6812929B2System and method for prefetching data from a frame bufferSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 2, 2004·46 cites·17 claims
- 1091US6650323B2Graphics system having a super-sampled sample buffer and having single sample per pixel supportSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 18, 2003·42 cites·49 claims
- 1191US6020901AFast frame buffer system architecture for video display systemSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 1, 2000·122 cites·23 claims
- 1289US7502470B2Method and apparatus for content protection within an open architecture systemSILICON IMAGE INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 10, 2009·39 cites·33 claims
- 1384US6803916B2Rasterization using two-dimensional tiles and alternating bins for improved rendering utilizationSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 12, 2004·39 cites·28 claims
- 1484US6195106B1Graphics system with multiported pixel buffers for accelerated pixel processingSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 27, 2001·26 cites·36 claims
- 1584US5963200AVideo frame synchronization of independent timing generators for frame buffers in a master-slave configurationSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 5, 1999·118 cites·13 claims
- 1682US8311126B2Method and system for transmitting or receiving N-bit video data over a serial linkLAVELLE MICHAEL G·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 13, 2012·6 cites·25 claims
- 1782US6836272B2Frame buffer addressing schemeSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 28, 2004·26 cites·15 claims
- 1882US6720969B2Dirty tag bits for 3D-RAM SRAMSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 13, 2004·24 cites·33 claims
- 1981US6999087B2Dynamically adjusting sample density in a graphics systemSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 14, 2006·22 cites·19 claims
- 2081US6816161B2Vertex assembly buffer and primitive launch bufferSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 9, 2004·32 cites·56 claims
- 2181US6781585B2Graphics system having a super-sampled sample buffer and having single sample per pixel supportSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 24, 2004·33 cites·40 claims
- 2281US6753870B2Graphics system configured to switch between multiple sample buffer contextsSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 22, 2004·22 cites·26 claims
- 2381US6731300B2Efficient anti-aliased dot rasterizationSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 4, 2004·27 cites·24 claims
- 2478US6784881B2Synchronizing multiple display channelsSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 31, 2004·29 cites·38 claims
- 2578US4642789AVideo memory controllerMOTOROLA COMPUTER SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1983·Granted Feb 10, 1987·32 cites·8 claims
- 2676US7027064B2Active block write-back from SRAM cache to DRAMSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 11, 2006·16 cites·20 claims
- 2775US4642794AVideo update FIFO bufferMOTOROLA COMPUTER SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1983·Granted Feb 10, 1987·42 cites·13 claims
- 2874US7106326B2System and method for computing filtered shadow estimates using reduced bandwidthSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 12, 2006·20 cites·20 claims
- 2974US6975322B2Dynamically adjusting a number of rendering passes in a graphics systemSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 13, 2005·18 cites·27 claims
- 3074US6806883B2System and method for handling display device requests for display data from a frame bufferSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 19, 2004·14 cites·17 claims
- 3174US6262748B1Frame buffer memory with on-chip AIU and pixel cacheSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 17, 2001·38 cites·54 claims
- 3274US5862150AVideo frame signature captureSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 19, 1999·43 cites·8 claims
- 3373US6778179B2External dirty tag bits for 3D-RAM SRAMSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 17, 2004·18 cites·36 claims
- 3472US6847378B2System and method for performing scale and bias operations by preclamping input image dataSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 25, 2005·13 cites·11 claims
- 3572US6795080B2Batch processing of primitives for use with a texture accumulation bufferSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 21, 2004·18 cites·25 claims
- 3672US6654021B2Multi-channel, demand-driven display controllerSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 25, 2003·14 cites·36 claims
- 3771US6795078B2Parallel read with source-clear operationSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 21, 2004·16 cites·34 claims
- 3871US6246422B1Efficient method for storing texture maps in multi-bank memorySUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 12, 2001·63 cites·27 claims
- 3970US7129941B2Sample replication mode with depth value calculationSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 31, 2006·15 cites·37 claims
- 4069US6778188B2Reconfigurable hardware filter for texture mapping and image processingSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 17, 2004·14 cites·21 claims
- 4169US6670959B2Method and apparatus for reducing inefficiencies in shared memory devicesSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 30, 2003·11 cites·26 claims
- 4269US6078587AMechanism for coalescing non-cacheable storesSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 20, 2000·35 cites·6 claims
- 4368US6784894B2Mapping time-sorted to direction-sorted triangle verticesSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 31, 2004·16 cites·20 claims
- 4467US8593468B2Scalable high performance 3D graphicsDEERING MICHAEL F·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 26, 2013·1 cites·32 claims
- 4567US6867778B2End point value correction when traversing an edge using a quantized slope valueSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 15, 2005·15 cites·22 claims
- 4667US6864900B2Panning while displaying a portion of the frame buffer imageSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 8, 2005·13 cites·23 claims
- 4767US6833834B2Frame buffer organization and reorderingSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 21, 2004·9 cites·46 claims
- 4866US6914610B2Graphics primitive size estimation and subdivision for use with a texture accumulation bufferSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 5, 2005·15 cites·30 claims
- 4965US6661423B2Splitting grouped writes to different memory blocksSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 9, 2003·11 cites·37 claims
- 5063US6864892B2Graphics data synchronization with multiple data paths in a graphics acceleratorSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 8, 2005·7 cites·12 claims
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