Patents by Inventor Ramanathan Setheraman

Ramanathan Setheraman 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).

  • Patent number: 7694078
    Abstract: An array of data values, such as an image of pixel values, is stored in a main memory (12). A processing operation is performed using the pixel values. The processing operation defines time points of movement of a multidimensional region (20, 22) of locations in the image. Pixel values from inside and around the region are cached for processing. At least when a cache miss occurs for a pixel value from outside the region, cache replacement of data in cache locations (142) is performed. Locations that store pixel data for locations in the image outside the region (20, 22) are selected for replacement, selectively exempting from replacement cache locations (142) that store pixel data locations in the image inside the region. In embodiments, different types of cache structure are used for caching data values inside and outside the region. In an embodiment the cache locations for pixel data inside the regions support a higher level of output parallelism than the cache locations for pixel data around the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Silicon Hive B.V.
    Inventors: Ramanathan Setheraman, Aleksandar Beric, Carlos Antonio Alba Pinto, Harm Johannes Antonius Maria Peters, Patrick Peter Elizabeth Meuwissen, Srinivasan Balakrishnan, Gerard Veldman