Patents by Inventor Pao Sabella

Pao Sabella 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).

  • System, method and computer program product for a blending operation in a transform module of a computer graphics pipeline
    Patent number: 6353439
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided for a hardware implementation of a blending of “skinning,” during graphics processing in a graphics pipeline. During processing in the pipeline, a plurality of matrices and a plurality of weight values are received. Also received is vertex data to be processed. A sum of a plurality of products may then be calculated by the multiplication of the vertex data, one of the matrices, and at least of the weights. Such sum of products is then outputted for additional processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: nVidia Corporation
    Inventors: John Erik Lindholm, Simon Moy, David B. Kirk, Pao Sabella