Patents by Inventor Hsien-cheng Emile Hsieh

Hsien-cheng Emile Hsieh 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).

  • Efficient parametric surface binning based on control points
    Patent number: 6784884
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for efficient parametric surface binning based on control points. One method of the present invention comprises transforming control points for a parametric surface. An extent of the control points is determined. Tiles interested by the extent are determined. The parametric surface is stored into the tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Hsien-Cheng Emile Hsieh
  • Method and apparatus for ensuring backward compatibility in a bucket rendering system
    Patent number: 6466217
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of rendering an image is disclosed. In one embodiment, a graphic system has a switch detector, which detects a switch condition in the graphics system. The graphics system also has a rendering block, which renders a plurality of layers according to the detected switch condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Hsien-cheng Emile Hsieh, Vladimir M. Pentkovski