Patents by Inventor Gerard S. Baron

Gerard S. Baron 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).

  • Physical simulations on a graphics processor
    Patent number: 8666712
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method, computer program product, and system for performing physics simulations on at least one graphics processor unit (GPU). The method includes the following steps. First, data representing physical attributes associated with at least one mesh are mapped into a plurality of memory arrays to set up of a linear system of equations that governs motion of the at least one mesh depicted in a scene. Then, computations are performed on the data in the plurality of memory arrays using at least one pixel processor to solve the linear system of equations for an instant of time, wherein modified data representing the solution to the linear system of equations for the instant of time are stored in the plurality of memory arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: ATI Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Avi I. Bleiweiss, Gerard S. Baron
  • Physical simulations on a graphics processor
    Publication number: 20080021679
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method, computer program product, and system for performing physics simulations on at least one graphics processor unit (GPU). The method includes the following steps. First, data representing physical attributes associated with at least one mesh are mapped into a plurality of memory arrays to set up of a linear system of equations that governs motion of the at least one mesh depicted in a scene. Then, computations are performed on the data in the plurality of memory arrays using at least one pixel processor to solve the linear system of equations for an instant of time, wherein modified data representing the solution to the linear system of equations for the instant of time are stored in the plurality of memory arrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: ATI Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Avi I. Bleiweiss, Gerard S. Baron