Patents by Inventor Simon James Goda

Simon James Goda 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).

  • Geometric processing stage for a pipelined graphic engine, corresponding method and computer program product therefor
    Patent number: 7236169
    Abstract: A geometric processing stage for a pipelined engine for processing video signals and generating processed video signal in space coordinates (S) adapted for display on a screen. The geometric processing stage includes: a model view module for generating projection coordinates of primitives of the video signals in a view space, said primitives including visible and non-visible primitives, a back face culling module arranged downstream of the model view module for at least partially eliminating the non visible primitives, a projection transform module for transforming the coordinates of the video signals from view space coordinates into normalized projection coordinates (P), and a perspective divide module for transforming the coordinates of the video signals from normalized projection (P) coordinates into screen space coordinates (S). The back face culling module is arranged downstream the projection transform module and operates on normalized projection (P) coordinates of said primitives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics S.r.l., STMicroelectronics Ltd.
    Inventors: Massimiliano Barone, Danilo Pietro Pau, Pierluigi Gardella, Simon James Goda, Stephen Adrian Hill, Gary James Sweet, Mathieu Robart