Patents by Inventor David Beilloin

David Beilloin 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for image compression and decompression using graphics processing unit (GPU)
    Patent number: 8019151
    Abstract: The invention provides, in some aspects, methods for image compression that utilize the central processing unit (CPU) of a digital data processor and its associated graphics processing unit (GPU), together, in order to compress an image. In related aspects of the invention, the GPU is adapted to render at least a portion of an image to an associated texture buffer (i.e., a texture buffer of the GPU) and to transform the resulting image values in that texture buffer to a frequency-based representation. The GPU can, further, order coefficients comprising that frequency-based representation and transfer at least a portion of those coefficients to the associated CPU. That CPU can, in turn, effect transfer of the downloaded coefficients to another digital data processor (or image processing apparatus).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Visualization Sciences Group, Inc.
    Inventor: David Beilloin
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION USING GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT (GPU)
    Publication number: 20080304738
    Abstract: The invention provides, in some aspects, methods for image compression that utilize the central processing unit (CPU) of a digital data processor and its associated graphics processing unit (GPU), together, in order to compress an image. In related aspects of the invention, the GPU is adapted to render at least a portion of an image to an associated texture buffer (i.e., a texture buffer of the GPU) and to transform the resulting image values in that texture buffer to a frequency-based representation. The GPU can, further, order coefficients comprising that frequency-based representation and transfer at least a portion of those coefficients to the associated CPU. That CPU can, in turn, effect transfer of the downloaded coefficients to another digital data processor (or image processing apparatus).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: David Beilloin