Patents by Inventor Brendon Lewis Johnson

Brendon Lewis Johnson 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: 11194683
    Abstract: The disclosure describes techniques for a self-test of a graphics processing unit (GPU) independent of instructions from another processing device. The GPU may perform the self-test in response to a determination that the GPU enters an idle mode. The self-test may be based on information indicating a safety level, where the safety level indicates how many faults in circuits or memory blocks of the GPU need to be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rahul Gulati, Andrew Evan Gruber, Brendon Lewis Johnson, Jay Chunsup Yun, Donghyun Kim, Alex Kwang Ho Jong, Anshuman Saxena
  • Publication number: 20200210299
    Abstract: The disclosure describes techniques for a self-test of a graphics processing unit (GPU) independent of instructions from another processing device. The GPU may perform the self-test in response to a determination that the GPU enters an idle mode. The self-test may be based on information indicating a safety level, where the safety level indicates how many faults in circuits or memory blocks of the GPU need to be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Rahul GULATI, Andrew Evan GRUBER, Brendon Lewis JOHNSON, Jay Chunsup YUN, Donghyun KIM, Alex Kwang Ho JONG, Anshuman SAXENA
  • Patent number: 10628274
    Abstract: The disclosure describes techniques for a self-test of a graphics processing unit (GPU) independent of instructions from another processing device. The GPU may perform the self-test in response to a determination that the GPU enters an idle mode. The self-test may be based on information indicating a safety level, where the safety level indicates how many faults in circuits or memory blocks of the GPU need to be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rahul Gulati, Andrew Evan Gruber, Brendon Lewis Johnson, Jay Chunsup Yun, Donghyun Kim, Alex Kwang Ho Jong, Anshuman Saxena
  • Patent number: 10521321
    Abstract: A graphics processing unit (GPU) of a GPU subsystem of a computing device operates in a first rendering mode to process graphics data to produce a first image. The GPU operates in a second rendering mode to process the graphics data to produce a second image. The computing device detects whether a fault has occurred in the GPU subsystem based at least in part on comparing the first image with the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alex Kwang Ho Jong, Jay Chunsup Yun, Donghyun Kim, Rahul Gulati, Brendon Lewis Johnson, Andrew Evan Gruber
  • Patent number: 10467723
    Abstract: A graphics processing unit (GPU) of a GPU subsystem of a computing device processes graphics data to produce a plurality of portions of a first image, and to produce a plurality of portions of a second image. The GPU generates a plurality of data integrity check values associated with the plurality of portions of the first image, and a plurality of data integrity check values associated with the plurality of portions of the second image. The GPU determines whether each of the plurality of portions of the second image matches a corresponding portion of the first image. The GPU determines, prior to producing every portion of the second image, whether an operational fault has occurred in the GPU subsystem based at least in part the determination of whether each of the plurality of portions of the second image matches a corresponding portion of the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Brendon Lewis Johnson, Andrew Evan Gruber, Jay Chunsup Yun, Rahul Gulati, Donghyun Kim, Alex Kwang Ho Jong
  • Patent number: 10467774
    Abstract: Techniques of this disclosure may include processing data using one or more processors to produce a first image, including storing intermediate first results of processing the data in at least one internal memory of the one or more processors according to a first memory access pattern, processing the data using the one or more processors to produce a second image, including storing intermediate second results of processing the data in the at least one internal memory of the one or more processors according to a second memory access pattern, wherein the second memory access pattern is different than the first memory access pattern, comparing the first image to the second image, and generating an interrupt if the comparison indicates that the first image is different than the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew Evan Gruber, Rahul Gulati, Brendon Lewis Johnson, Jay Chunsup Yun, Alex Kwang Ho Jong, Donghyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20190197651
    Abstract: A graphics processing unit (GPU) of a GPU subsystem of a computing device processes graphics data to produce a plurality of portions of a first image, and to produce a plurality of portions of a second image. The GPU generates a plurality of data integrity check values associated with the plurality of portions of the first image, and a plurality of data integrity check values associated with the plurality of portions of the second image. The GPU determines whether each of the plurality of portions of the second image matches a corresponding portion of the first image. The GPU determines, prior to producing every portion of the second image, whether an operational fault has occurred in the GPU subsystem based at least in part the determination of whether each of the plurality of portions of the second image matches a corresponding portion of the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Brendon Lewis Johnson, Andrew Evan Gruber, Jay Chunsup Yun, Rahul Gulati, Donghyun Kim, Alex Kwang Ho Jong
  • Publication number: 20190196926
    Abstract: A graphics processing unit (GPU) of a GPU subsystem of a computing device operates in a first rendering mode to process graphics data to produce a first image. The GPU operates in a second rendering mode to process the graphics data to produce a second image. The computing device detects whether a fault has occurred in the GPU subsystem based at least in part on comparing the first image with the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Alex Kwang Ho Jong, Jay Chunsup Yun, Donghyun Kim, Rahul Gulati, Brendon Lewis Johnson, Andrew Evan Gruber
  • Publication number: 20190171538
    Abstract: The disclosure describes techniques for a self-test of a graphics processing unit (GPU) independent of instructions from another processing device. The GPU may perform the self-test in response to a determination that the GPU enters an idle mode. The self-test may be based on information indicating a safety level, where the safety level indicates how many faults in circuits or memory blocks of the GPU need to be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Rahul Gulati, Andrew Evan Gruber, Brendon Lewis Johnson, Jay Chunsup Yun, Donghyun Kim, Alex Kwang Ho Jong, Anshuman Saxena
  • Publication number: 20190139263
    Abstract: Techniques of this disclosure may include processing data using one or more processors to produce a first image, including storing intermediate first results of processing the data in at least one internal memory of the one or more processors according to a first memory access pattern, processing the data using the one or more processors to produce a second image, including storing intermediate second results of processing the data in the at least one internal memory of the one or more processors according to a second memory access pattern, wherein the second memory access pattern is different than the first memory access pattern, comparing the first image to the second image, and generating an interrupt if the comparison indicates that the first image is different than the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew Evan Gruber, Rahul Gulati, Brendon Lewis Johnson, Jay Chunsup Yun, Alex Kwang Ho Jong, Donghyun Kim