Patents by Inventor Jorg Schmittler

Jorg Schmittler 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).

  • Device for the photorealistic representation of dynamic, complex, three-dimensional scenes by means of ray tracing
    Patent number: 8115763
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the photorealistic representation of dynamic, complex, three-dimensional scenes by means of ray-tracing. Said device comprises at least one programmable ray-tracing processor in which are implemented: special traversing instructions and/or vector arithmetic instructions and/or instructions for establishing ray-tracing acceleration structures and/or at least one decision unit (mailbox), which prevents objects or triangles that have already been intersected by a ray cast during ray tracing from being intersected again by the ray. The inventive device is organized such as to allow a plurality of threads to be processed in parallel and to allow a plurality of threads to be automatically processed synchronously, the device being provided with an n-level cache hierarchy and/or virtual memory management and/or a direct link to the main memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Jordaan Consulting Ltd. V, LLC
    Inventors: Sven Woop, Philip Slussallek, Jörg Schmittler
  • Method and device for creating a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional structure
    Patent number: 7289118
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for two-dimensionally representing a three-dimensional world, in which rays are combined into packets during ray tracing, and said packets of rays are processed in adequate steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignees: Universität des Saarlandes, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenshaften e.V.
    Inventors: Jörg Schmittler, Ingo Wald, Philipp Slusallek
  • Device for the photorealistic representation of dynamic, complex, three-dimensional scenes by means of ray tracing
    Publication number: 20070182732
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the photorealistic representation of dynamic, complex, three-dimensional scenes by means of ray-tracing. Said device comprises at least one programmable ray-tracing processor in which are implemented: special traversing instructions and/or vector arithmetic instructions and/or instructions for establishing ray-tracing acceleration structures and/or at least one decision unit (mailbox), which prevents objects or triangles that have already been intersected by a ray cast during ray tracing from being intersected again by the ray. The inventive device is organized such as to allow a plurality of threads to be processed in parallel and to allow a plurality of threads to be automatically processed synchronously, the device being provided with an n-level cache hierarchy and/or virtual memory management and/or a direct link to the main memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Sven Woop, Philip Slussallek, Jorg Schmittler
  • Method and device for creating a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional structure
    Publication number: 20060066607
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for two-dimensionally representing a three-dimensional world, in which rays are combined into packets during ray tracing, and said packets of rays are processed in adequate steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Jorg Schmittler, Ingo Wald, Philipp Slusallek
  • Method and device for creating a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional structure
    Patent number: RE44347
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for two-dimensionally representing a three-dimensional world, in which rays are combined into packets during ray tracing, and said packets of rays are processed in adequate steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Jordaan Consulting Ltd, V, LLC
    Inventors: Jörg Schmittler, Ingo Wald, Philipp Slusallek