Patents by Inventor DAM BACKER
DAM BACKER 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).
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Publication number: 20230154063Abstract: Aspects presented herein relate to methods and devices for graphics processing including an apparatus, e.g., a GPU. The apparatus may receive a plurality of pixels associated with a first color space including a plurality of first color channels, at least one first color channel of the plurality of first color channels being a first compressed channel. The apparatus may also decompress the at least one first color channel of the plurality of first color channels, the at least one first color channel being decompressed from the first compressed channel to a first decompressed channel. Further, the apparatus may perform a color space conversion of the first color space associated with the plurality of pixels, such that the plurality of first color channels is converted to a plurality of second color channels, the plurality of second color channels being associated with a second color space for the plurality of pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventor: Dam BACKER
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Patent number: 11508109Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for graphics processing. The apparatus can obtain at least one input image including a plurality of pixels. Additionally, the apparatus can determine shading information for each of the plurality of pixels in the at least one input image. The apparatus can also determine a shading map based on the determined shading information for each of the plurality of pixels in the at least one input image. In some aspects, the apparatus can generate at least one output image based on the at least one input image and the determined shading map. The apparatus can also enhance a quality of the at least one output image. In some aspects, the quality of the at least one output image can be enhanced based on machine learning. Further, the apparatus can generate the at least one input image including the plurality of pixels.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Alexei Vladimirovich Bourd, Reza Pourreza Shahri, Dam Backer, Brian Ellis, Roman Larionov, Li He, Vaibhav Rajesh Gandhi, Shuaib Arshad
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Patent number: 11006127Abstract: An exemplary method for intelligent compression uses a foveated-compression approach. First, the location of a fixation point within an image frame is determined. Next, the image frame is sectored into two or more sectors such that one of the two or more sectors is designated as a fixation sector and the remaining sectors are designated as foveation sectors. A sector may be defined by one or more tiles within the image frame. The fixation sector includes the particular tile that contains the fixation point and is compressed according to a lossless compression algorithm. The foveation sectors are compressed according to lossy compression algorithms. As the locations of foveation sectors increase in angular distance from the location of the fixation sector, a compression factor may be increased.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Meghal Varia, Serag Gadelrab, Wesley James Holland, Joseph Cheung, Dam Backer, Tom Longo
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Publication number: 20210109346Abstract: Scheduling image composition in a processor based on overlapping of an image composition process and image scan-out operation for displaying an image is disclosed. The processor is configured to periodically schedule a composition process to generate composition passes on the received eyebuffers to generate a display-corrected image for scan-out to a display device. To reduce the motion-to-photon latency, the processor is configured to delay scheduling of the composition process to be closer in time to the scan-out deadline such that there is an overlap in execution of the composition process at the scan-out deadline and image scan-out operation. The scheduling of the composition process can be delayed to only generate a desired number of display lines for the display-corrected image before the scan-out deadline such that lines of the display-corrected image can continue to be available faster than needed for scanning out by the image scan-out operation without scan-out delay.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Dam Backer, Brian Ellis
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Publication number: 20200388022Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for graphics processing. The apparatus can obtain at least one input image including a plurality of pixels. Additionally, the apparatus can determine shading information for each of the plurality of pixels in the at least one input image. The apparatus can also determine a shading map based on the determined shading information for each of the plurality of pixels in the at least one input image. In some aspects, the apparatus can generate at least one output image based on the at least one input image and the determined shading map. The apparatus can also enhance a quality of the at least one output image. In some aspects, the quality of the at least one output image can be enhanced based on machine learning. Further, the apparatus can generate the at least one input image including the plurality of pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Alexei Vladimirovich BOURD, Reza POURREZA SHAHRI, Dam BACKER, Brian ELLIS, Roman LARIONOV, Li HE, Vaibhav Rajesh GANDHI, Shuaib ARSHAD
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Publication number: 20200092564Abstract: An exemplary method for intelligent compression uses a foveated-compression approach. First, the location of a fixation point within an image frame is determined. Next, the image frame is sectored into two or more sectors such that one of the two or more sectors is designated as a fixation sector and the remaining sectors are designated as foveation sectors. A sector may be defined by one or more tiles within the image frame. The fixation sector includes the particular tile that contains the fixation point and is compressed according to a lossless compression algorithm. The foveation sectors are compressed according to lossy compression algorithms. As the locations of foveation sectors increase in angular distance from the location of the fixation sector, a compression factor may be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: MEGHAL VARIA, SERAG GADELRAB, WESLEY JAMES HOLLAND, JOSEPH CHEUNG, DAM BACKER, TOM LONGO
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Patent number: 10511842Abstract: An exemplary method for intelligent compression uses a foveated-compression approach. First, the location of a fixation point within an image frame is determined. Next, the image frame is sectored into two or more sectors such that one of the two or more sectors is designated as a fixation sector and the remaining sectors are designated as foveation sectors. A sector may be defined by one or more tiles within the image frame. The fixation sector includes the particular tile that contains the fixation point and is compressed according to a lossless compression algorithm. The foveation sectors are compressed according to lossy compression algorithms. As the locations of foveation sectors increase in angular distance from the location of the fixation sector, a compression factor may be increased.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Meghal Varia, Serag Gadelrab, Wesley James Holland, Joseph Cheung, Dam Backer, Tom Longo
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Publication number: 20190110053Abstract: An exemplary method for intelligent compression uses a foveated-compression approach. First, the location of a fixation point within an image frame is determined. Next, the image frame is sectored into two or more sectors such that one of the two or more sectors is designated as a fixation sector and the remaining sectors are designated as foveation sectors. A sector may be defined by one or more tiles within the image frame. The fixation sector includes the particular tile that contains the fixation point and is compressed according to a lossless compression algorithm. The foveation sectors are compressed according to lossy compression algorithms. As the locations of foveation sectors increase in angular distance from the location of the fixation sector, a compression factor may be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2017Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: MEGHAL VARIA, SERAG GADELRAB, WESLEY JAMES HOLLAND, JOSEPH CHEUNG, DAM BACKER, TOM LONGO
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Publication number: 20190035049Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a device for generating image content that includes a memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a dithered fractional VRS value for a core block based on a dithering factor for the core block and a fractional VRS value for the core block and determine a dithered fractional shading rate based on the dithered fractional VRS value. The processing circuitry is further configured to render the image based on the dithered fractional shading rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Dam Backer, Brian Ellis, Bozhan Chen
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Patent number: 9703355Abstract: Methods and devices for managing data flows for concurrent multimedia applications executing on a device including a SoC, in response to determining that a temperature or power consumption exceeds a threshold are disclosed. A lowest priority data flow may be identified. A data flow path associated with the identified lowest priority data flow may be traced. A multimedia parameter of any hardware module along the data flow path may be reduced. When the temperature or power consumption no longer exceeds the threshold, a highest priority data flow among the multimedia applications that has had the multimedia parameter reduced may be identified. A data flow path for a data flow associated with the identified highest priority data flow may be traced. The multimedia parameter may be restored to an original value along the traced data flow path for the data flow associated with the identified highest priority data flow.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2013Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Hee-Jun Park, Dam Backer
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Patent number: 9292293Abstract: The various aspects provide for a device and methods for intelligent multicore control of a plurality of processor cores of a multicore integrated circuit. The aspects may identify and activate an optimal set of processor cores to achieve the lowest level power consumption for a given workload or the highest performance for a given power budget. The optimal set of processor cores may be the number of active processor cores or a designation of specific active processor cores. When a temperature reading of the processor cores is below a threshold, a set of processor cores may be selected to provide the lowest power consumption for the given workload. When the temperature reading of the processor cores is above the threshold, a set processor cores may be selected to provide the best performance for a given power budget.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Hee-Jun Park, Steven S Thomson, Ronald Frank Alton, Edoardo Regini, Satish Goverdhan, Pieter-Louis Dam Backer
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Patent number: 9205636Abstract: Process for producing a laminate being built of at least two monolayers of polymeric tapes, the polymeric tapes having a tensile strength of at least 200 MPa, said process comprises the steps of forming a first monolayer of polymeric tapes by pre-tensioning the polymeric tapes and subsequently positioning the polymeric tapes under tension in a unidirectional, parallel manner, forming at least a second monolayer over the first monolayer in the same manner the first monolayer is formed, thereby stacking the at least two monolayers of polymeric tapes in such a way that the direction of the polymeric tapes is the same in every monolayer and that the polymeric tapes of each monolayer are offset to the tapes of the adjoining monolayer above or below that monolayer consolidating the thus stacked monolayers of polymeric tapes to obtain a laminate.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: NOVAMEER B.V.Inventors: Jan Adolph Dam Backer, Bart Clemens Kranz
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Publication number: 20150067377Abstract: Methods and devices for managing data flows for concurrent multimedia applications executing on a device including a SoC, in response to determining that a temperature or power consumption exceeds a threshold are disclosed. A lowest priority data flow may be identified. A data flow path associated with the identified lowest priority data flow may be traced. A multimedia parameter of any hardware module along the data flow path may be reduced. When the temperature or power consumption no longer exceeds the threshold, a highest priority data flow among the multimedia applications that has had the multimedia parameter reduced may be identified. A data flow path for a data flow associated with the identified highest priority data flow may be traced. The multimedia parameter may be restored to an original value along the traced data flow path for the data flow associated with the identified highest priority data flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: HEE-JUN PARK, DAM BACKER
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Publication number: 20150046685Abstract: The various aspects provide for a device and methods for intelligent multicore control of a plurality of processor cores of a multicore integrated circuit. The aspects may identify and activate an optimal set of processor cores to achieve the lowest level power consumption for a given workload or the highest performance for a given power budget. The optimal set of processor cores may be the number of active processor cores or a designation of specific active processor cores. When a temperature reading of the processor cores is below a threshold, a set of processor cores may be selected to provide the lowest power consumption for the given workload. When the temperature reading of the processor cores is above the threshold, a set processor cores may be selected to provide the best performance for a given power budget.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Hee-Jun Park, Steven S. Thomson, Ronald Frank Alton, Edoardo Regini, Satish Goverdhan, Pieter-Louis Dam Backer
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Patent number: 8679614Abstract: Polymeric fibers coated with an olefin block copolymer containing resin, the olefin block copolymer having a density of 0.815 kg/dm3 to 0.920 kg/dm3 and a melting point of 110° C. to 130° C. and laminates comprising polymeric tapes embedded in a resin of olefin block copolymer having a density of 0.815 kg/dm3 to 0.920 kg/dm3 and a melting point of 110° C. to 130° C.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2009Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Novameer B.V.Inventors: Bart Clemens Kranz, Jan Adolph Dam Backer, Benjamin Slager
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Publication number: 20130284365Abstract: Process for producing a laminate being built of at least two monolayers of polymeric tapes, the polymeric tapes having a tensile strength of at least 200 MPa, said process comprises the steps of forming a first monolayer of polymeric tapes by pre-tensioning the polymeric tapes and subsequently positioning the polymeric tapes under tension in a unidirectional, parallel manner, forming at least a second monolayer over the first monolayer in the same manner the first monolayer is formed, thereby stacking the at least two monolayers of polymeric tapes in such a way that the direction of the polymeric tapes is the same in every monolayer and that the polymeric tapes of each monolayer are offset to the tapes of the adjoining monolayer above or below that monolayer consolidating the thus stacked monolayers of polymeric tapes to obtain a laminate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Jan Adolph Dam BACKER, Bart Clemens KRANZ
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Publication number: 20130239792Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of high-strength ribbons having a high modulus of elasticity made of a highly molecular polyolefin, wherein the polyolefins, particularly polypropylene and polyethylene, are extruded through a slotted nozzle, are then subjected to a temperature of 85° to 135° C. for a duration of at least one second, the films are then cut into individual ribbons, if necessary, and stretched at temperatures between 90° and 165° C. in one or more steps, are rolled up or further processed directly into textiles or technical flexible sheet materials. The ribbons can be laminated into multi-layer flexible sheet materials by using adhesives or adhesion promoters, the flexible sheet materials being particularly suitable as protection from ballistic projectiles. In this case particularly in the form of plate-shaped or flexible compound bodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: NEXTRUSION GMBHInventors: Hans-Joachim Bruning, Andreas Fischer, Jan Adolph Dam Backer, Mark James Bonner, Ian McMillan Ward
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Patent number: 8497008Abstract: Process for producing a laminate being built of at least two monolayers of polymeric tapes, the polymeric tapes having a tensile strength of at least 200 MPa, said process comprises the steps of forming a first monolayer of polymeric tapes by pre-tensioning the polymeric tapes and subsequently positioning the polymeric tapes under tension in a unidirectional, parallel manner, forming at least a second monolayer over the first monolayer in the same manner the first monolayer is formed, thereby stacking the at least two monolayers of polymeric tapes in such a way that the direction of the polymeric tapes is the same in every monolayer and that the polymeric tapes of each monolayer are offset to the tapes of the adjoining monolayer above or below that monolayer consolidating the thus stacked monolayers of polymeric tapes to obtain a laminate.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Novameer B.V.Inventors: Jan Adolph Dam Backer, Bart Clemens Kranz
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Patent number: 8349112Abstract: Process for producing fabrics comprising at least one layer of unidirectionally arranged polymeric tapes with the tapes comprising at least a core component, the process comprises the steps of forming at least one layer of unidirectionally arranged polymeric tapes in a weaving machine with the polymeric tapes being used as warp yarn and a binding thread being used as weft yarn or with the polymeric tapes being used as weft yarn and a binding thread being used as warp yarn and subsequently consolidating the at least one monolayer using pressure and heat, characterized in that the melting temperature of the binding yarns lies below the consolidating temperature and the melting temperature of the core component of the polymeric tapes lies above the consolidating temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2007Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Novameer B.V.Inventors: Jan Adolph Dam Backer, Bart Clemens Kranz
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Publication number: 20120297967Abstract: A process for producing fabrics containing at least one layer of unidirectionally arranged polymeric tapes with the tapes having at least a core component, the process including forming at least one layer of unidirectionally arranged polymeric tapes in a weaving machine with the polymeric tapes being used as warp yarn and a binding thread being used as weft yarn or with the polymeric tapes being used as weft yarn and the binding thread being used as warp yarn, and subsequently consolidating the at least one layer of unidirectionally arranged polymeric tapes using pressure and heat, wherein a melting temperature of the binding yarns lies below a consolidating temperature, and a melting temperature of the core component of the polymeric tapes lies above the consolidating temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: NOVAMEER B.V.Inventors: Jan Adolph Dam BACKER, Bart Clemens KRANZ