Patents by Inventor William H. Clifford

William H. Clifford 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).

  • Method and apparatus for producing animation
    Patent number: 7382373
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method includes generating blurred copies of an object by applying multi-texturing to the object during one pass through a graphics processing pipeline. In some embodiments, a graphics pipeline includes a texture memory and a graphics processor coupled to the texture memory. The texture memory provides a location to store texture information. The graphics processor provides processor to process the texture information by shifting and blending the texture information in one pass through the graphics processor to obtain shifted and blended texture information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Brent S. Baxter, Paul M. Brown, William H. Clifford
  • Correction of linear errors in position measuring transducers
    Patent number: 4227165
    Abstract: A member of a linear position measuring transducer is provided with a hole running parallel to its windings. In one embodiment, elements are inserted into the hole to expand or shorten the length of the transducer. In another embodiment, cutout slots are made between quadrature sections of windings and the elements are introduced into the hole to alter the relative spacing between these quadrature winding sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1980
    Assignee: Farrand Industies, Inc.
    Inventors: Clair L. Farrand, William H. Clifford