Patents by Inventor Jean-Francois Paquette

Jean-Francois Paquette 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).

  • Systems for and methods of context switching in a graphics processing system
    Patent number: 8139070
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment a graphics processing system is configured to switch from a processing of a primitive associated with a first context to a processing of a command list associated with a second context where the primitive includes a plurality of regions. The system includes a plurality of processing modules and at least one module of the plurality of processing modules is configured to receive a request to switch to the second context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Matrox Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Jacques Ostiguy, Jean-Francois Paquette, Alain Bouchard