Patents by Inventor Rick Hammerstone

Rick Hammerstone 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 apparatus for reducing the transfer of rendering information
    Patent number: 11373267
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for graphics processing. Aspects of the present disclosure can determine a portion of a display area, where the portion of the display area is determined based on display content of the display area. Further, aspects of the present disclosure can communicate display information corresponding to the determined portion of the display area. Additionally, aspects of the present disclosure can update the display information corresponding to the determined portion of the display area. Aspects of the present disclosure can also communicate the updated display information corresponding to the determined portion of the display area. Aspects of the present disclosure can also render at least some display content of the display area corresponding to the determined portion of the display area. In some aspects, the updated display information can be based on the rendered display content of the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tao Wang, Shambhoo Khandelwal, Andrew Evan Gruber, Shangmei Yu, Jing Gao, Junmei Shao, Thomas Edwin Frisinger, Rick Hammerstone
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE TRANSFER OF RENDERING INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20210133912
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for graphics processing. Aspects of the present disclosure can determine a portion of a display area, where the portion of the display area is determined based on display content of the display area. Further, aspects of the present disclosure can communicate display information corresponding to the determined portion of the display area. Additionally, aspects of the present disclosure can update the display information corresponding to the determined portion of the display area. Aspects of the present disclosure can also communicate the updated display information corresponding to the determined portion of the display area. Aspects of the present disclosure can also render at least some display content of the display area corresponding to the determined portion of the display area. In some aspects, the updated display information can be based on the rendered display content of the display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Tao WANG, Shambhoo KHANDELWAL, Andrew Evan GRUBER, Shangmei YU, Jing GAO, Junmei SHAO, Thomas Edwin Frisinger, Rick Hammerstone