Patents by Inventor Mark Lloyd Pupilli
Mark Lloyd Pupilli 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).
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Patent number: 11366649Abstract: A method for generating a program to run on multiple tiles. The method comprises: receiving an input graph comprising data nodes, compute vertices and edges; receiving an initial tile-mapping specifying which data nodes and vertices are allocated to which tile; and determining a subgraph of the input graph that meets one or more heuristic rules. The rules comprises: the subgraph comprises at least one data node, the subgraph spans no more than a threshold number of tiles in the initial tile-mapping, and the subgraph comprises at least a minimum number of edges outputting to one or more vertices on one or more other tiles. The method further comprises adapting the initial mapping to migrate the data nodes and any vertices of the determined subgraph to said one or more other tiles.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: GRAPHCORE LIMITEDInventors: Mark Lloyd Pupilli, David Lacey
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Publication number: 20200264856Abstract: A method for generating a program to run on multiple tiles. The method comprises: receiving an input graph comprising data nodes, compute vertices and edges; receiving an initial tile-mapping specifying which data nodes and vertices are allocated to which tile; and determining a subgraph of the input graph that meets one or more heuristic rules. The rules comprises: the subgraph comprises at least one data node, the subgraph spans no more than a threshold number of tiles in the initial tile-mapping, and the subgraph comprises at least a minimum number of edges outputting to one or more vertices on one or more other tiles. The method further comprises adapting the initial mapping to migrate the data nodes and any vertices of the determined subgraph to said one or more other tiles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Mark Lloyd Pupilli, David Lacey
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Publication number: 20200218523Abstract: A method for generating a program to run on multiple tiles. The method comprises: receiving an input graph comprising data nodes, compute vertices and edges; receiving an initial tile-mapping specifying which data nodes and vertices are allocated to which tile; and determining a subgraph of the input graph that meets one or more heuristic rules. The rules comprises: the subgraph comprises at least one data node, the subgraph spans no more than a threshold number of tiles in the initial tile-mapping, and the subgraph comprises at least a minimum number of edges outputting to one or more vertices on one or more other tiles. The method further comprises adapting the initial mapping to migrate the data nodes and any vertices of the determined subgraph to said one or more other tiles, and compiling the executable program from the graph with the vertices and data nodes allocated by the adapted mapping.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Graphcore LimitedInventors: Mark Lloyd Pupilli, David Lacey
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Patent number: 10691432Abstract: A method for generating a program to run on multiple tiles. The method comprises: receiving an input graph comprising data nodes, compute vertices and edges; receiving an initial tile-mapping specifying which data nodes and vertices are allocated to which tile; and determining a subgraph of the input graph that meets one or more heuristic rules. The rules comprises: the subgraph comprises at least one data node, the subgraph spans no more than a threshold number of tiles in the initial tile-mapping, and the subgraph comprises at least a minimum number of edges outputting to one or more vertices on one or more other tiles. The method further comprises adapting the initial mapping to migrate the data nodes and any vertices of the determined subgraph to said one or more other tiles, and compiling the executable program from the graph with the vertices and data nodes allocated by the adapted mapping.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Graphcore LimitedInventors: Mark Lloyd Pupilli, David Lacey
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Patent number: 8363955Abstract: A method of analyzing a captured image comprising an instance of a target object comprises the steps of: for each of a plurality of different brightness threshold levels, generating contours from the captured digital image that indicate where in the captured digital image the pixel values of the captured digital image cross the respective brightness threshold level; identifying instances of a contour corresponding to a characteristic feature of said target object, the instances being detected at substantially similar image positions in the contours derived using at least two of the respective brightness threshold levels; and estimating a homography which maps the characteristic feature of the target object to its representation in the captured image, based upon the two or more instances of that target object's corresponding contour.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2008Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe LimitedInventors: Mark Lloyd Pupilli, Simon John Hall
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Publication number: 20100296699Abstract: A method of analysing a captured image comprising an instance of a target object comprises the steps of: for each of a plurality of different brightness threshold levels, generating contours from the captured digital image that indicate where in the captured digital image the pixel values of the captured digital image cross the respective brightness threshold level; identifying instances of a contour corresponding to a characteristic feature of said target object, the instances being detected at substantially similar image positions in the contours derived using at least two of the respective brightness threshold levels; and estimating a homography which maps the characteristic feature of the target object to its representation in the captured image, based upon the two or more instances of that target object's corresponding contour.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2008Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: Mark Lloyd Pupilli, Simon John Hall