Patents by Inventor Lance Raymond Alba

Lance Raymond Alba 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 and apparatuses for a polygon binning process for rendering
    Patent number: 7167171
    Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses, and systems are described in which subdivided polygons are derived from a first polygon. Bin assignments of subdivided polygons derived from a first polygon may be stored. One or more reference coordinate points associated with coordinates of the first polygon may be stored. One or more reference coordinate points associated with the coordinates of the first polygon on a subsequent frame may be compared to the stored one or more reference coordinate points from a previous frame. The bin assignments for the corresponding subdivided polygons for the subsequent frame may be reused if the results of the comparison are within a preset threshold quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver A. Heim, Stephen Junkins, Lance Raymond Alba