Patents by Inventor Franklin L. Sodek, Jr.

Franklin L. Sodek, Jr. 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 the handling of banded frame buffer overflows
    Patent number: 5410672
    Abstract: A method is provided for handling overflows of data blocks in a system using a banded buffer. A block of data is transferred from a memory to a first band in the banded buffer. A determination is made that a portion of the block of data being transferred exceeds a boundary of the first band, and in response a description block for the portion of the block of data which exceeds the boundary of the first band is created. The description block is written into a memory queue and when a second band in the banded buffer becomes available, that portion of the data block which exceeds the boundary of the first buffer band is transferred into the second buffer band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Franklin L. Sodek, Jr., John R. Howell
  • Apparatus and methods for the handling of banded frame buffer overflows
    Patent number: 5218670
    Abstract: A method is provided for handling overflows of data blocks in a system using a banded buffer. A block of data is transferred from a memory to a first band in the banded buffer. A determination is made that a portion of the block of data being transferred exceeds a boundary of the first band, and in response a description block for the portion of the block of data which exceeds the boundary of the first band is created. The description block is written into a memory queue and when a second band in the banded buffer becomes available, that portion of the data block which exceed the boundary of the first buffer band is transferred into the second buffer band in accordance with the description block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Franklin L. Sodek, Jr., John R. Howell