Patents by Inventor Adam J. MILES

Adam J. MILES 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).

  • Multiple shader processes in graphics processing
    Patent number: 10650566
    Abstract: Methods and devices for rendering graphics in a computer device include receiving, at a graphics processing unit (GPU), a memory location address of a portion of a primitive to be rendered along with an indication of one or more values of one or more pixel shader parameters for the portion of the primitive, selecting, by the GPU, a pixel shader from a plurality of possible pixel shaders based on the indication of the one or more values of the one or more pixel shader parameters, and generating, by the GPU, at least one output of a render target of the portion of the primitive based on applying the pixel shader to the portion of the primitive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ivan Nevraev, Martin J. I. Fuller, Adam J. Miles, Jason M. Gould
  • MULTIPLE SHADER PROCESSES IN GRAPHICS PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20180232936
    Abstract: Methods and devices for rendering graphics in a computer device include receiving, at a graphics processing unit (GPU), a memory location address of a portion of a primitive to be rendered along with an indication of one or more values of one or more pixel shader parameters for the portion of the primitive, selecting, by the GPU, a pixel shader from a plurality of possible pixel shaders based on the indication of the one or more values of the one or more pixel shader parameters, and generating, by the GPU, at least one output of a render target of the portion of the primitive based on applying the pixel shader to the portion of the primitive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Ivan NEVRAEV, Martin J. I. FULLER, Adam J. MILES, Jason M. GOULD