Patents by Inventor Patrick Newcombe

Patrick Newcombe 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).

  • Accelerated image gradient based on one-dimensional data
    Patent number: 10032435
    Abstract: Methods and systems of generating an image gradient are presented. In one example, image data for generating a two-dimensional digital image is provided to a hardware graphics processor. The image data may include a single pixel along a first direction of the digital image and multiple pixels along a second direction of the digital image. The pixels along the second direction of the digital image may include an image gradient. A one-dimensional stretching operation of the hardware graphics processor is initiated based on the image data to generate the digital image. In response to the stretching operation, the digital image may include multiple pixels along the first direction for each of the single pixels, wherein each of the multiple pixels along the first direction for a corresponding pixel of the single pixels comprises the corresponding pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Nagravision S.A.
    Inventors: Patrick Newcombe, Douglas Brunel Gore
  • ACCELERATED IMAGE GRADIENT BASED ON ONE-DIMENSIONAL DATA
    Publication number: 20160098970
    Abstract: Methods and systems of generating an image gradient are presented. In one example, image data for generating a two-dimensional digital image is provided to a hardware graphics processor. The image data may include a single pixel along a first direction of the digital image and multiple pixels along a second direction of the digital image. The pixels along the second direction of the digital image may include an image gradient. A one-dimensional stretching operation of the hardware graphics processor is initiated based on the image data to generate the digital image. In response to the stretching operation, the digital image may include multiple pixels along the first direction for each of the single pixels, wherein each of the multiple pixels along the first direction for a corresponding pixel of the single pixels comprises the corresponding pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Patrick Newcombe, Douglas Brunel Gore