Patents by Inventor Frank Dachille

Frank Dachille 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).

  • Apparatus and method for real-time volume processing and universal 3D rendering
    Patent number: 6674430
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for real-time volume processing and universal three-dimensional rendering. The apparatus includes a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) memory units; at least one pixel bus for providing global horizontal communication; a plurality of rendering pipelines; at least one geometry bus; and a control unit. The plurality of rendering pipelines each preferably include hardware for interpolation, shading, FIFO buffering, communication and table lookups. The apparatus of the present invention may be coupled to a geometry pipeline for mixing surfaces, images and volumes together in a single image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Arie Kaufman, Ingmar Bitter, Baoquan Chen, Frank Dachille, Kevin Kreeger