Patents by Inventor Dan O. Gudmundson

Dan O. Gudmundson 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).

  • Text optimization
    Patent number: 6344856
    Abstract: A method of providing text data for display in a processor controlled apparatus comprised of storing data defining a text character in a memory, in packed monochrome bit map form, addressing the memory to read the text character data, providing the text character to a graphics processor circuit, performing a bitblt operation on each bit of the text character while providing a color attribute, and storing the packed text character having a color attribute for subsequent display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: ATI Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Sanford S. Lum, Adrian Hartog, Fridtjof Martin Georg Weigel, Josh Grossman, Dan O. Gudmundson