Patents by Inventor Michael Robert Phillips

Michael Robert Phillips 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).

  • System, method, and computer program product for performing shadowing utilizing shadow maps and ray tracing
    Patent number: 8872824
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for performing shadowing utilizing shadow maps and ray tracing. In operation, one or more shadow maps are rendered for at least one light source. Additionally, low confidence pixels associated with the one or more shadow maps are determined. Furthermore, shadow rays associated with the low confidence pixels are traced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Robert Phillips, David Patrick Luebke, Jonathan Michael Cohen, Peter Schuyler Shirley, David Kirk McAllister