Patents by Inventor Elizabeth J. Schlapp

Elizabeth J. Schlapp 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 for operation of semiconductor memory
    Patent number: 6661421
    Abstract: Methods for operating a frame buffer memory device are disclosed which provide for accelerated rendering of two-dimensional and three-dimensional images in a computer graphics system One disclosed operation is a method for compressing data to be transmitted from a controller to the memory device and then decompressing the data within the memory device once it has been transmitted and received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Elizabeth J. Schlapp
  • Methods for semiconductor systems for graphics processing
    Patent number: 6559851
    Abstract: Methods for operating a graphics system which employs one or more frame buffer memory devices are disclosed which methods provide for accelerated rendering of two-dimensional and three-dimensional images in a computer graphics system One disclosed operation is a method for compressing data to be transmitted from a controller to the memory device and then decompressing the data within the memory device once it has been transmitted and received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Elizabeth J. Schlapp
  • Frame buffer memory for graphic processing
    Patent number: 6535218
    Abstract: A frame buffer memory is disclosed which provides accelerated rendering of two-dimensional and three-dimensional images in a computer graphics system. One embodiment of the disclosed memory comprises a memory array, a pixel buffer, a plurality of pixel arithmetic-logic units, an input data formatter, an output data formatter, a read data formatter, a write data formatter and an address and control input bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Elizabeth J. Schlapp
  • System for graphics processing employing semiconductor device
    Patent number: 6504550
    Abstract: A graphics processing system which employs one or more frame buffer memory devices is disclosed which system provides accelerated rendering of two-dimensional and three-dimensional images. One embodiment of the disclosed system comprises a rendering controller, an interface, a frame buffer memory, a rendering bus and an address and control bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Elizabeth J. Schlapp