Patents by Inventor Harish Kumar Suvarna

Harish Kumar Suvarna 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).

  • Managing interpreter cofunctions on multiprocessor-based printer
    Patent number: 6069705
    Abstract: A multiprocessor unit (11) for a printer system. The multiprocessor unit (11) is comprised of a master processor (21) and multiple parallel processors (22). The processing unit (11) interprets a page description program or some other graphics programming. A master processor (21) selects certain interpretation tasks that are to be executed as "cofunctions" and queues these tasks. Cofunctions of the same type are placed in the same queue (30). Parallel processors (22) access the queues and execute the cofunctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Harish Kumar Suvarna