Patents by Inventor Ken-Fu LIANG

Ken-Fu LIANG 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).

  • Methods of a graphics-processing unit for tile-based rendering of a display area and graphics-processing apparatus
    Patent number: 9830731
    Abstract: A method of a graphics-processing unit (GPU) for tile-based rendering of a display area and a graphics-processing apparatus are provided. The method includes the steps of computing vertex positions of a plurality of vertexes, wherein the first vertex corresponds to a first thread and the second vertex corresponds to a second thread; determining whether a thread merge condition is satisfied; merging the first thread and the second thread to a thread group when determining that the thread merge condition is satisfied; computing vertex varyings of the plurality of vertexes, wherein when the first thread and the second thread are merged to the thread group, a varying of the first vertex and a varying of the second vertex are computed with respect to a program counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Pei-Kuei Tsung, Sung-Fang Tsai, Ming-Hao Liao, Yang-Yao Lin, Ken-Fu Liang, Chun-Shen Liu
  • METHODS OF A GRAPHICS-PROCESSING UNIT FOR TILE-BASED RENDERING OF A DISPLAY AREA AND GRAPHICS-PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160379336
    Abstract: A method of a graphics-processing unit (GPU) for tile-based rendering of a display area and a graphics-processing apparatus are provided. The method includes the steps of computing vertex positions of a plurality of vertexes, wherein the first vertex corresponds to a first thread and the second vertex corresponds to a second thread; determining whether a thread merge condition is satisfied; merging the first thread and the second thread to a thread group when determining that the thread merge condition is satisfied; computing vertex varyings of the plurality of vertexes, wherein when the first thread and the second thread are merged to the thread group, a varying of the first vertex and a varying of the second vertex are computed with respect to a program counter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Pei-Kuei TSUNG, Sung-Fang TSAI, Ming-Hao LIAO, Yang-Yao LIN, Ken-Fu LIANG, Chun-Shen LIU