Patents by Inventor Brent L. Oster

Brent L. Oster 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).

  • Photon-based image illumination rendering
    Patent number: 11295515
    Abstract: The present invention facilitates efficient and effective image processing. A network can comprise: a first system configured to perform a first portion of lighting calculations for an image and combing results of the first portion of lighting calculations for the image with results of a second portion of lighting calculations; and a second system configured to perform the second portion of lighting calculations and forward the results of the second portion of the lighting calculations to the first system. The first and second portion of lighting calculations can be associated with indirect lighting calculations and direct lighting calculations respectively. The first system can be a client in a local location and the second system can be a server in a remote location (e.g., a cloud computing environment). The first system and second system can be in a cloud and a video is transmitted to a local system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Morgan McGuire, Cyril Crassin, David Luebke, Michael Mara, Brent L. Oster, Peter Shirley, Peter-Pike Sloan, Christopher Wyman
  • PHOTON-BASED IMAGE ILLUMINATION RENDERING
    Publication number: 20200312018
    Abstract: The present invention facilitates efficient and effective image processing. A network can comprise: a first system configured to perform a first portion of lighting calculations for an image and combing results of the first portion of lighting calculations for the image with results of a second portion of lighting calculations; and a second system configured to perform the second portion of lighting calculations and forward the results of the second portion of the lighting calculations to the first system. The first and second portion of lighting calculations can be associated with indirect lighting calculations and direct lighting calculations respectively. The first system can be a client in a local location and the second system can be a server in a remote location (e.g., a cloud computing environment). The first system and second system can be in a cloud and a video is transmitted to a local system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Morgan McGuire, Cyril Crassin, David Luebke, Michael Mara, Brent L. Oster, Peter Shirley, Peter-Pike Sloan, Christopher Wyman
  • System, method, and computer program product for computing indirect lighting in a cloud network
    Patent number: 10008034
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for computing indirect lighting in a cloud network. In operation, one or more scenes for rendering are identified. Further, indirect lighting associated with the one or more scenes is identified. Additionally, computation associated with the indirect lighting is performed in a cloud network utilizing at least one of a voxel-based algorithm, a photon-based algorithm, or an irradiance-map-based algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Morgan McGuire, Cyril Jean-Francois Crassin, David Patrick Luebke, Michael Thomas Mara, Brent L. Oster, Peter Schuyler Shirley, Peter-Pike J. Sloan, Christopher Ryan Wyman
  • SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COMPUTING INDIRECT LIGHTING IN A CLOUD NETWORK
    Publication number: 20140327690
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for computing indirect lighting in a cloud network. In operation, one or more scenes for rendering are identified. Further, indirect lighting associated with the one or more scenes is identified. Additionally, computation associated with the indirect lighting is performed in a cloud network utilizing at least one of a voxel-based algorithm, a photon-based algorithm, or an irradiance-map-based algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Morgan McGuire, Cyril Jean-Francois Crassin, David Patrick Luebke, Michael Thomas Mara, Brent L. Oster, Peter Schuyler Shirley, Peter-Pike J. Sloan, Christopher Ryan Wyman