Patents by Inventor Stuart Smith

Stuart Smith 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).

  • Publication number: 20250307981
    Abstract: A graphics processing system includes a tiling unit configured to tile a scene into a plurality of tiles. A processing unit identifies tiles of the plurality of tiles that are each associated with at least a predetermined number of primitives. A memory management unit allocates a portion of memory to each of the identified tiles and does not allocate a portion of memory for each of the plurality of tiles that are not identified by the processing unit. A rendering unit renders each of the identified tiles and does not render tiles that are not identified by the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2025
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Worcester, Stuart Smith, Simon Fenney
  • Patent number: 12354185
    Abstract: A graphics processing system includes a tiling unit configured to tile a scene into a plurality of tiles. A processing unit identifies tiles of the plurality of tiles that are each associated with at least a predetermined number of primitives. A memory management unit allocates a portion of memory to each of the identified tiles and does not allocate a portion of memory for each of the plurality of tiles that are not identified by the processing unit. A rendering unit renders each of the identified tiles and does not render tiles that are not identified by the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Michael Worcester, Stuart Smith, Simon Fenney
  • Publication number: 20240169473
    Abstract: A graphics processing system includes a tiling unit configured to tile a scene into a plurality of tiles. A processing unit identifies tiles of the plurality of tiles that are each associated with at least a predetermined number of primitives. A memory management unit allocates a portion of memory to each of the identified tiles and does not allocate a portion of memory for each of the plurality of tiles that are not identified by the processing unit. A rendering unit renders each of the identified tiles and does not render tiles that are not identified by the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Worcester, Stuart Smith, Simon Fenney
  • Patent number: 11986647
    Abstract: Autoinflammatory and mitochondrial disorders can be treated by positioning a plurality of electrodes in or on a subject's body, and applying an AC voltage between the plurality of electrodes so as to impose an alternating electric field through the tissue that is being affected by the autoinflammatory or mitochondrial disease. The frequency and field strength of the alternating electric field are selected such that the alternating electric field inhibits inflammation or mitochondrial disorders in the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Novocure GmbH
    Inventors: Stuart Smith, Lilach Avigdor, Tali Voloshin-Sela
  • Patent number: 11887212
    Abstract: A graphics processing system includes a tiling unit configured to tile a scene into a plurality of tiles. A processing unit identifies tiles of the plurality of tiles that are each associated with at least a predetermined number of primitives. A memory management unit allocates a portion of memory to each of the identified tiles and does not allocate a portion of memory for each of the plurality of tiles that are not identified by the processing unit. A rendering unit renders each of the identified tiles and does not render tiles that are not identified by the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Michael Worcester, Stuart Smith, Simon Fenney
  • Publication number: 20230381503
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating a subject having cancer comprising applying alternating electric fields to a target site of the subject for a period of time, the alternating electric fields having a frequency and field strength, wherein the target site comprises one or more cancer cells, and administering an ion channel inhibitor to the subject. Disclosed are methods of killing a cancer cell comprising exposing the cancer cell to alternating electric fields for a period of time, the alternating electric fields having a frequency and field strength, and contacting the cancer cell with an ion channel inhibitor, wherein cancer cells are killed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Stuart Smith, Michele Mazzanti
  • Patent number: 11830144
    Abstract: A graphics processing system includes a tiling unit configured to tile a first view of a scene into a plurality of tiles, a processing unit configured to identify a first subset of the tiles that are associated with regions of the scene that are viewable in a second view, and a rendering unit configured to render to a render target each of the identified tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Simon Fenney, Michael Worcester, Stuart Smith
  • Publication number: 20230082144
    Abstract: A graphics processing system includes a tiling unit configured to tile a scene into a plurality of tiles. A processing unit identifies tiles of the plurality of tiles that are each associated with at least a predetermined number of primitives. A memory management unit allocates a portion of memory to each of the identified tiles and does not allocate a portion of memory for each of the plurality of tiles that are not identified by the processing unit. A rendering unit renders each of the identified tiles and does not render tiles that are not identified by the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Worcester, Stuart Smith, Simon Fenney
  • Patent number: 11587290
    Abstract: A graphics processing system includes a tiling unit configured to tile a first view of a scene into a plurality of tiles, a processing unit configured to identify a first subset of the tiles that are associated with regions of the scene that are viewable in a second view, and a rendering unit configured to render to a render target each of the identified tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Simon Fenney, Michael Worcester, Stuart Smith
  • Patent number: 11532068
    Abstract: A graphics processing system has a tiling unit that tiles a first view of a scene into multiple tiles and generates a list of primitives associated with each tile. A processing unit identifies a first subset of the tiles that are each associated with at least a predetermined number of primitives in dependence on the list. A rendering unit then renders each of the identified tiles to a render target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Michael Worcester, Stuart Smith, Simon Fenney
  • Publication number: 20220172432
    Abstract: A graphics processing system includes a tiling unit configured to tile a first view of a scene into a plurality of tiles, a processing unit configured to identify a first subset of the tiles that are associated with regions of the scene that are viewable in a second view, and a rendering unit configured to render to a render target each of the identified tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Simon Fenney, Michael Worcester, Stuart Smith
  • Patent number: 11300342
    Abstract: An electronic expansion valve (EEV) controller allows a user to drive the stepper motor of EEVs. Thus, the EEVs toggle between an open position or a closed position. The EEV controller includes a housing, a portable power supply, a motor driver printed circuit board (PCB), a power switch, a directional switch, and a motor connector. The housing is used to protect and hold in place the motor driver PCB, the portable power supply, the power switch, the directional switch, and the motor connector. The portable power supply is used to provide electrical energy to the motor driver PCB and to the stepper motor of EEVs through the motor connector. The power switch allows a user to manually turn on or off the EEV controller and the stepper motor. The directional switch is used to toggle the stepper motor between a clockwise rotation or a counter-clockwise rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventors: Barry Lee Dusenbury, Stuart Smith
  • Patent number: 11295524
    Abstract: A graphics processing system includes a tiling unit configured to tile a first view of a scene into a plurality of tiles, a processing unit configured to identify a first subset of the tiles that are associated with regions of the scene that are viewable in a second view, and a rendering unit configured to render to a render target each of the identified tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Simon Fenney, Michael Worcester, Stuart Smith
  • Publication number: 20210379362
    Abstract: Autoinflammatory and mitochondrial disorders can be treated by positioning a plurality of electrodes in or on a subject's body, and applying an AC voltage between the plurality of electrodes so as to impose an alternating electric field through the tissue that is being affected by the autoinflammatory or mitochondrial disease. The frequency and field strength of the alternating electric field are selected such that the alternating electric field inhibits inflammation or mitochondrial disorders in the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Novocure GmbH
    Inventors: Stuart SMITH, Lilach AVIGDOR, Tali VOLOSHIN-SELA
  • Publication number: 20210118227
    Abstract: A graphics processing system includes a tiling unit configured to tile a first view of a scene into a plurality of tiles, a processing unit configured to identify a first subset of the tiles that are associated with regions of the scene that are viewable in a second view, and a rendering unit configured to render to a render target each of the identified tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Simon Fenney, Michael Worcester, Stuart Smith
  • Patent number: 10878626
    Abstract: A graphics processing system comprising: a tiling unit configured to tile a first view of a scene into a plurality of tiles; a processing unit configured to identify a first subset of the tiles that are associated with regions of the scene that are viewable in a second view; and a rendering unit configured to render to a render target each of the identified tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Simon Fenney, Michael Worcester, Stuart Smith
  • Publication number: 20200309438
    Abstract: An electronic expansion valve (EEV) controller allows a user to drive the stepper motor of EEVs. Thus, the EEVs can be toggled between an open position or a closed position. The EEV controller includes a housing, a portable power supply, a motor driver printed circuit board (PCB), a power switch, a directional switch, and a motor connector. The housing is used to protect and hold in place the motor driver PCB, the portable power supply, the power switch, the directional switch, and the motor connector. The portable power supply is used to provide electrical energy to the motor driver PCB and to the stepper motor of EEVs through the motor connector. The power switch allows a user to manually turn on or off the EEV controller and the stepper motor. The directional switch is used to toggle the stepper motor between a clockwise rotation or a counter-clockwise rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Barry Lee Dusenbury, Stuart Smith
  • Publication number: 20200051332
    Abstract: A graphics processing system comprising: a tiling unit configured to tile a first view of a scene into a plurality of tiles; a processing unit configured to identify a first subset of the tiles that are associated with regions of the scene that are viewable in a second view; and a rendering unit configured to render to a render target each of the identified tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Simon Fenney, Michael Worcester, Stuart Smith
  • Patent number: 10489974
    Abstract: A graphics processing system comprising: a tiling unit configured to tile a first view of a scene into a plurality of tiles; a processing unit configured to identify a first subset of the tiles that are associated with regions of the scene that are viewable in a second view; and a rendering unit configured to render to a render target each of the identified tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Simon Fenney, Michael Worcester, Stuart Smith
  • Patent number: 10369556
    Abstract: An integrated process for gasoline production is described. The process includes introducing a feed comprising n-C5 hydrocarbons into a disproportionation reaction zone in the presence of a disproportionation catalyst to form a disproportionation mixture comprising iso-C4 and C6+ disproportionation products and unreacted n-C5 hydrocarbons. An iso-C4 hydrocarbon stream and an olefin feed are introduced into an alkylation reaction zone in the presence of an alkylation catalyst to produce an alkylation mixture comprising alkylate and unreacted iso-C4 paraffins. The disproportionation mixture and the alkylation mixture are combined, and the combined mixture is separated into at least a stream comprising the alkylate product, an iso-C4 stream, and an unreacted n-C5 hydrocarbon stream. The iso-C4 stream is recycled to the alkylation reaction zone, and the unreacted n-C5 hydrocarbon stream is recycled to the disproportionation reaction zone. The stream comprising the alkylate product is recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Tom N. Kalnes, Stuart Smith, Douglas A. Nafis, Alakananda Bhattacharyya, Bryan K. Glover, Susie C. Martins