Patents by Inventor Christopher Paul Frascati

Christopher Paul Frascati 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).

  • Publication number: 20140146064
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described including creating a mask that indicates which pixel groups do not need to be loaded from Graphics Memory (GMEM). The mask indicates a pixel group does not need to be loaded from GMEM. The systems and methods may further include rendering a tile on a screen. This may include loading the GMEM based on the indication from the mask and skipping a load from the GMEM based on the indication from the mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Avinash Seetharamaiah, Christopher Paul Frascati
  • Publication number: 20130135341
    Abstract: This disclosure presents techniques and structures for determining a rendering mode (e.g., a binning rendering mode and a direct rendering mode) as well as techniques and structures for switching between such rendering modes. Rendering mode may be determined by analyzing rendering characteristics. Rendering mode may also be determined by tracking overdraw in a bin. The rendering mode may be switched from a binning rendering mode to a direct rendering mode by patching commands that use graphics memory addresses to use system memory addresses. Patching may be handled by a CPU or by a second write command buffer executable by a GPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Avinash Seetharamaiah, Christopher Paul Frascati
  • Publication number: 20130135329
    Abstract: This disclosure presents techniques and structures for determining a rendering mode (e.g., a binning rendering mode and a direct rendering mode) as well as techniques and structures for switching between such rendering modes. Rendering mode may be determined by analyzing rendering characteristics. Rendering mode may also be determined by tracking overdraw in a bin. The rendering mode may be switched from a binning rendering mode to a direct rendering mode by patching commands that use graphics memory addresses to use system memory addresses. Patching may be handled by a CPU or by a second write command buffer executable by a GPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Avinash Seetharamaiah, Christopher Paul Frascati, Murat Balci
  • Publication number: 20130135322
    Abstract: This disclosure presents techniques and structures for determining a rendering mode (e.g., a binning rendering mode and a direct rendering mode) as well as techniques and structures for switching between such rendering modes. Rendering mode may be determined by analyzing rendering characteristics. Rendering mode may also be determined by tracking overdraw in a bin. The rendering mode may be switched from a binning rendering mode to a direct rendering mode by patching commands that use graphics memory addresses to use system memory addresses. Patching may be handled by a CPU or by a second write command buffer executable by a GPU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Avinash Seetharamaiah, Christopher Paul Frascati