Patents by Inventor Fredrick Alan Hickman

Fredrick Alan Hickman 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).

  • Bin filtering
    Patent number: 11600002
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for graphics processing are described. A device may receive an image including a set of pixels. The device may render a first subset of pixels in each bin of a set of bins during a first rendering pass, and defer rendering a second subset of pixels and a third subset of pixels in each bin of the set of bins during the first rendering pass. The second subset of pixels may include edge pixels and the third subset of pixels may be between the first subset of pixels and the second subset of pixels. The device may render the second subset of pixels and the third subset of pixels in each bin of the set of bins during a second rendering pass based on rendering the first subset of pixels. The device may then output the image based on the first and second rendering pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jian Liang, Andrew Evan Gruber, Tao Wang, Srihari Babu Alla, Kalyan Kumar Bhiravabhatla, Jonnala Gadda Nagendra Kumar, William Licea-Kane, Fredrick Alan Hickman
  • BIN FILTERING
    Publication number: 20210383545
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for graphics processing are described. A device may receive an image including a set of pixels. The device may render a first subset of pixels in each bin of a set of bins during a first rendering pass, and defer rendering a second subset of pixels and a third subset of pixels in each bin of the set of bins during the first rendering pass. The second subset of pixels may include edge pixels and the third subset of pixels may be between the first subset of pixels and the second subset of pixels. The device may render the second subset of pixels and the third subset of pixels in each bin of the set of bins during a second rendering pass based on rendering the first subset of pixels. The device may then output the image based on the first and second rendering pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jian Liang, Andrew Evan Gruber, Tao Wang, Srihari Babu Alla, Kalyan Kumar Bhiravabhatla, Jonnala Gadda Nagendra Kumar, William Licea-Kane, Fredrick Alan Hickman