Patents by Inventor Samuel Paul Laynton

Samuel Paul Laynton 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).

  • Graphics processing systems
    Patent number: 10614619
    Abstract: In a graphics processing system, a bounding volume (20) representative of the volume of all or part of a scene to be rendered is defined. Then, when rendering an at least partially transparent object (21) that is within the bounding volume (20) in the scene, a rendering pass for part or all of the object (21) is performed in which the object (21) is rendered as if it were an opaque object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventors: Roberto Lopez Mendez, Sylwester Krzysztof Bala, Samuel Paul Laynton
  • GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180033191
    Abstract: In a graphics processing system, a bounding volume (20) representative of the volume of all or part of a scene to be rendered is defined. Then, when rendering an at least partially transparent object (21) that is within the bounding volume (20) in the scene, a rendering pass for part or all of the object (21) is performed in which the object (21) is rendered as if it were an opaque object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: ARM Limited
    Inventors: Roberto Lopez Mendez, Sylwester Krzysztof Bala, Samuel Paul Laynton