Patents by Inventor Jean-Francois N. Dumais

Jean-Francois N. Dumais 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).

  • Multi-processor graphics rendering
    Patent number: 9697579
    Abstract: An operating system that includes an image processing framework as well as a job management layer is provided. The image processing framework is for performing image processing operations and the job management layer is for assigning the image processing operations to multiple concurrent computing resources. The computing resources include several processing units and one or more direct memory access (DMA) channels for concurrently rendering image data and transferring image data between the processing units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Angus M. Taggart, Eric J. Graves, Jean-Francois N. Dumais
  • Multi-Processor Graphics Rendering
    Publication number: 20140368516
    Abstract: An operating system that includes an image processing framework as well as a job management layer is provided. The image processing framework is for performing image processing operations and the job management layer is for assigning the image processing operations to multiple concurrent computing resources. The computing resources include several processing units and one or more direct memory access (DMA) channels for concurrently rendering image data and transferring image data between the processing units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Angus M. Taggart, Eric J. Graves, Jean-Francois N. Dumais