Patents by Inventor Calvin J. Lin

Calvin J. Lin 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).

  • Generating rendering cost estimates
    Patent number: 6897857
    Abstract: A rendering cost estimation method is provided for generating a rendering cost estimate that that is sufficiently close to an actual rendering cost that would be incurred if computer-generated images were actually rendered from a computer-graphics model. A plurality of cost factors that affect the actual rendering cost are identified. Representative information, including rendering cost estimation parameters that adequately characterize the cost factors, is derived from the computer-graphics model. The estimation parameters are combined with rendering cost estimation relationships that express the affect of the cost factors on the rendering cost. A rendering cost estimate is generated based on the estimation parameters derived from the computer-graphics model and the estimation relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ganapati N. Srinivasa, Gopalan Ramanujam, Glenn M. Lewis, Calvin J. Lin, Jeffrey A. Larson, Arunachalam S. Prakash
  • Generating rendering cost estimates
    Publication number: 20030193498
    Abstract: A rendering cost estimation method is provided for generating a rendering cost estimate that that is sufficiently close to an actual rendering cost that would be incurred if computer-generated images were actually rendered from a computer-graphics model. A plurality of cost factors that affect the actual rendering cost are identified. Representative information, including rendering cost estimation parameters that adequately characterize the cost factors, is derived from the computer-graphics model. The estimation parameters are combined with rendering cost estimation relationships that express the affect of the cost factors on the rendering cost. A rendering cost estimate is generated based on the estimation parameters derived from the computer-graphics model and the estimation relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Ganapati N. Srinivasa, Gopalan Ramanujam, Glenn M. Lewis, Calvin J. Lin, Jeffrey A. Larson, Arunachalam S. Prakash
  • System and method for estimating the rendering cost for images
    Patent number: 6618046
    Abstract: A rendering cost estimation method is provided for generating a rendering cost estimate that that is sufficiently close to an actual rendering cost that would be incurred if computer-generated images were actually rendered from a computer-graphics model. A plurality of cost factors that affect the actual rendering cost are identified. Representative information, including rendering cost estimation parameters that adequately characterize the cost factors, is derived from the computer-graphics model. The estimation parameters are combined with rendering cost estimation relationships that express the affect of the cost factors on the rendering cost. A rendering cost estimate is generated based on the estimation parameters derived from the computer-graphics model and the estimation relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ganapati N. Srinivasa, Gopalan Ramanujam, Glenn M. Lewis, Calvin J. Lin, Jeffrey A. Larson, Arunachalam S. Prakash