Patents by Inventor Christoph Herman Schied

Christoph Herman Schied has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Graphics processing chip with machine-learning based shader
    Patent number: 10970911
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a graphics processing chip for rendering computer graphics. The graphics processing chip may include a controller configured to manage operations of the graphics processing chip in accordance with a graphics-rendering pipeline. The operations may include geometry-processing operations, rasterization operations, and shading operations. The chip may further include programmable memory components configured to store a machine-learning model configured to perform at least a portion of the shading operations. The chip may also include a plurality of processing units configured to be selectively used to perform the shading operations in accordance with the machine-learning model. The chip may also include at least one output memory configured to store image data generated using the shading operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Herman Schied, Anton S. Kaplanyan
  • Graphics Processing Chip with Machine-Learning Based Shader
    Publication number: 20200273231
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a graphics processing chip for rendering computer graphics. The graphics processing chip may include a controller configured to manage operations of the graphics processing chip in accordance with a graphics-rendering pipeline. The operations may include geometry-processing operations, rasterization operations, and shading operations. The chip may further include programmable memory components configured to store a machine-learning model configured to perform at least a portion of the shading operations. The chip may also include a plurality of processing units configured to be selectively used to perform the shading operations in accordance with the machine-learning model. The chip may also include at least one output memory configured to store image data generated using the shading operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Christoph Herman Schied, Anton S. Kaplanyan