Patents by Inventor Michal Szymczyk

Michal Szymczyk 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 Systems for Determining Decal Projections Intersecting Spatial Units in a Frame of a Game Space
    Publication number: 20240408486
    Abstract: A method of shading spatial units while rendering a frame in a video game. Initially, the virtual camera field of view is divided into a group of spatial units and each spatial unit in the group of spatial units is tested to determine which decals intersect the spatial unit. To do so, an initial list of decals associated with a given game space is tested. Once a subset of decals for a given spatial unit is identified, that spatial unit is subdivided further into smaller spatial units. The smaller spatial units are tested again, however, instead of using the initial list of decals, only the smaller subset of decals that was identified is used. The iterative process of subdividing the spatial units into smaller and smaller spatial units and testing each spatial unit continues until a given (higher) resolution is reached for the game space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Michal Szymczyk, Michal Dominik Drobot, Michael Kenneth Vance
  • Methods and systems for determining decal projections intersecting spatial units in a frame of a game space
    Patent number: 12064688
    Abstract: A method of shading spatial units while rendering a frame in a video game. Initially, the virtual camera field of view is divided into a group of spatial units and each spatial unit in the group of spatial units is tested to determine which decals intersect the spatial unit. To do so, an initial list of decals associated with a given game space is tested. Once a subset of decals for a given spatial unit is identified, that spatial unit is subdivided further into smaller spatial units. The smaller spatial units are tested again, however, instead of using the initial list of decals, only the smaller subset of decals that was identified is used. The iterative process of subdividing the spatial units into smaller and smaller spatial units and testing each spatial unit continues until a given (higher) resolution is reached for the game space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Activision Publishing, Inc.
    Inventors: Michal Szymczyk, Michal Dominik Drobot, Michael Kenneth Vance
  • Methods and Systems for Determining Decal Projections Intersecting Spacial Units in a Frame of a Game Space
    Publication number: 20220203231
    Abstract: A method of shading spatial units while rendering a frame in a video game. Initially, the virtual camera field of view is divided into a group of spatial units and each spatial unit in the group of spatial units is tested to determine which decals intersect the spatial unit. To do so, an initial list of decals associated with a given game space is tested. Once a subset of decals for a given spatial unit is identified, that spatial unit is subdivided further into smaller spatial units. The smaller spatial units are tested again, however, instead of using the initial list of decals, only the smaller subset of decals that was identified is used. The iterative process of subdividing the spatial units into smaller and smaller spatial units and testing each spatial unit continues until a given (higher) resolution is reached for the game space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Michal Szymczyk, Michal Dominik Drobot, Michael Kenneth Vance