Patents by Inventor Scott P. Cutler

Scott P. Cutler 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 and method for avoiding depth clears using a stencil buffer
    Patent number: 6812927
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for reducing the number of depth clear operations in a hardware graphics pipeline. Initially, a frame count is stored into a frame buffer associated with the hardware graphics pipeline. The stored frame count is associated with a pixel. A depth clear operation is then performed based at least in part on the frame count utilizing the hardware graphics pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Scott P. Cutler, Jonah M. Alben