Patents by Inventor Beverly J. Schultz

Beverly J. Schultz 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).

  • Volume rendering integrated circuit
    Patent number: 6512517
    Abstract: A volume rendering integrated circuit includes a plurality of interconnected pipelines having stages operating in parallel. The stages of the pipelines are interconnected in a ring, with data being passed in only one direction around the ring. The volume integrated circuit also includes a render controller for controlling the flow of volume data to and from the pipelines and for controlling rendering operations of the pipelines. The integrated circuit may further include interfaces for coupling the integrated circuit to various storage devices and to a host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: TeraRecon, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Knittel, Stephen R. Burgess, Kenneth W. Correll, Jan C. Hardenbergh, Christopher J. Kappler, Hugh C. Lauer, Stephen F. Mason, Takahide Ohkami, William R. Peet, Hanspeter Pfister, Beverly J. Schultz, Jay C. Wilkinson