Patents by Inventor Andy Kopra

Andy Kopra 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).

  • Material representation data structure and method of representing a material for digital image synthesis
    Patent number: 9947132
    Abstract: A material representation data structure and a method of representing a material for digital image synthesis. The data structure may be embodied in a graphics processing subsystem, including: (1) a memory configured to store a material representation data structure according to which a material is declaratively represented by a property indicative of an interaction between the material and light, and (2) a processor operable to gain access to the memory and employ the property in a rendering procedure defined independent of the material representation data structure and designed to effect the interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Lutz Kettner, Hakan Andersson, Michael Beck, Robert Hoedicke, Jan Jordan, Andy Kopra, Steven Parker, Matthias Raab, Daniel Seibert, Rajko Yasui-Schoeffel
  • MATERIAL REPRESENTATION DATA STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF REPRESENTING A MATERIAL FOR DIGITAL IMAGE SYNTHESIS
    Publication number: 20140267340
    Abstract: A material representation data structure and a method of representing a material for digital image synthesis. The data structure may be embodied in a graphics processing subsystem, including: (1) a memory configured to store a material representation data structure according to which a material is declaratively represented by a property indicative of an interaction between the material and light, and (2) a processor operable to gain access to the memory and employ the property in a rendering procedure defined independent of the material representation data structure and designed to effect the interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lutz Kettner, Hakan Andersson, Michael Beck, Robert Hoedicke, Jan Jordan, Andy Kopra, Steven Parker, Matthias Raab, Daniel Seibert, Rajko Yasui-Schoeffel