Patents by Inventor Martin Pilot

Martin Pilot 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).

  • User selectable hardware zoom in a video display system
    Patent number: 7705864
    Abstract: A display controller system is controlled to provide a display surface zoom using hardware scaling from user input at the operating system, application program or hardware level. User input defining coordinates of a frame portion within a frame buffer memory is obtained, and a resolution of the zoom display device is determined. An aspect ratio of the zoom portion defined by the user input is adjusted to correspond to the zoom display device resolution. The display controller system is programmed to implement the display surface zoom to provide a full screen view of the zoom portion on the zoom display device. In the display controller system, the zoom portion of the frame buffer memory is scaled, converted into a display signal and output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Matrox Graphic Inc.
    Inventors: Kamran Ahmed, James Anglehart, Alexandre Lahaise, Jean Lapointe, Martin Pilot, Daniel T. Wood
  • User selectable hardware zoom in a video display system
    Publication number: 20060050090
    Abstract: A display controller system is controlled to provide a display surface zoom using hardware scaling from user input at the operating system, application program or hardware level. User input defining coordinates of a frame portion within a frame buffer memory is obtained, and a resolution of the zoom display device is determined. An aspect ratio of the zoom portion defined by the user input is adjusted to correspond to the zoom display device resolution. The display controller system is programmed to implement the display surface zoom to provide a full screen view of the zoom portion on the zoom display device. In the display controller system, the zoom portion of the frame buffer memory is scaled, converted into a display signal and output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Kamran Ahmed, James Anglehart, Alexandre Lahaise, Jean Lapointe, Martin Pilot, Daniel Wood