Patents by Inventor Kyle C. Piddington

Kyle C. Piddington 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).

  • Patent number: 11120591
    Abstract: One disclosed embodiment includes a method of graphics processing. The method includes receiving a first function, wherein the first function indicates a desired sampling rate for image content, wherein the desired sampling rate differs in a first location along a first axial direction and a second location along the first axial direction, and wherein the image content is divided into a plurality of tiles, determining a first rasterization rate for each tile of the plurality of tiles based, at least in part, on the desired sampling rate indicated by the first function corresponding to each respective tile, receiving one or more primitives associated with content for display, rasterizing at least a portion of a primitive associated with a respective tile based, at least in part, on the determined first rasterization rate for the respective tile, and displaying an image based on the rasterized portion of the primitive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michal Valient, Michael Imbrogno, Rohan Sehgal, Kyle C. Piddington, Matthijs L. van der Meide
  • Publication number: 20200380744
    Abstract: One disclosed embodiment includes a method of graphics processing. The method includes receiving a first function, wherein the first function indicates a desired sampling rate for image content, wherein the desired sampling rate differs in a first location along a first axial direction and a second location along the first axial direction, and wherein the image content is divided into a plurality of tiles, determining a first rasterization rate for each tile of the plurality of tiles based, at least in part, on the desired sampling rate indicated by the first function corresponding to each respective tile, receiving one or more primitives associated with content for display, rasterizing at least a portion of a primitive associated with a respective tile based, at least in part, on the determined first rasterization rate for the respective tile, and displaying an image based on the rasterized portion of the primitive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Michal Valient, Michael Imbrogno, Rohan Sehgal, Kyle C. Piddington, Matthijs L. van der Meide