Patents by Inventor William Licea-Kane

William Licea-Kane 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: 11600002
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for graphics processing are described. A device may receive an image including a set of pixels. The device may render a first subset of pixels in each bin of a set of bins during a first rendering pass, and defer rendering a second subset of pixels and a third subset of pixels in each bin of the set of bins during the first rendering pass. The second subset of pixels may include edge pixels and the third subset of pixels may be between the first subset of pixels and the second subset of pixels. The device may render the second subset of pixels and the third subset of pixels in each bin of the set of bins during a second rendering pass based on rendering the first subset of pixels. The device may then output the image based on the first and second rendering pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jian Liang, Andrew Evan Gruber, Tao Wang, Srihari Babu Alla, Kalyan Kumar Bhiravabhatla, Jonnala Gadda Nagendra Kumar, William Licea-Kane, Fredrick Alan Hickman
  • Publication number: 20210383545
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for graphics processing are described. A device may receive an image including a set of pixels. The device may render a first subset of pixels in each bin of a set of bins during a first rendering pass, and defer rendering a second subset of pixels and a third subset of pixels in each bin of the set of bins during the first rendering pass. The second subset of pixels may include edge pixels and the third subset of pixels may be between the first subset of pixels and the second subset of pixels. The device may render the second subset of pixels and the third subset of pixels in each bin of the set of bins during a second rendering pass based on rendering the first subset of pixels. The device may then output the image based on the first and second rendering pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jian Liang, Andrew Evan Gruber, Tao Wang, Srihari Babu Alla, Kalyan Kumar Bhiravabhatla, Jonnala Gadda Nagendra Kumar, William Licea-Kane, Fredrick Alan Hickman
  • Publication number: 20070180437
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for use in compiling data for a program shader identifies within data representing control flow information an area operator definition instruction statement located outside the data dependent control flow structures. The method identifies within one of the data dependent branches at least one area operator use instruction statement that has the resultant of the area operator definition instruction statement as an operand. After identifying the area operator use instruction statement, the area operator definition instruction statement is placed within the data dependent branch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: ATI Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Norman Rubin, William Licea-Kane