Patents by Inventor Robertus E. Jacobs

Robertus E. Jacobs 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).

  • Method of and apparatus for converting outline data to raster data
    Patent number: 5386510
    Abstract: In an apparatus comprising a central unit and a number of parallel processors (transputers) each provided with a part of page-size bitmap memory, a method to execute rasterization orders on an arbitrary non-busy processor, and subsequently transmit the result thereof, a draw order, via a communication channel that connects all the processors to the unit, to the processor where the draw order has to be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Oce-Nederland BV
    Inventor: Robertus E. Jacobs