Patents by Inventor Thomas Michael Albers

Thomas Michael Albers 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).

  • Video graphics controller with high speed line draw processor
    Patent number: 6525733
    Abstract: A graphics processor uses a line draw facility to receive first and second values indicative of the coordinates of respective first and second end points of a line. The reception of the second value is sensed by the line draw facility and line data is generated responsive to the sensing of the second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Albers, John Vernon Eberst, Darwin Fontenot, Richard Lynn Pyra, Mark William Welker, Paul Berton Wood, Jack E. Bresenham
  • Video graphics controller with improved calculation capabilities
    Patent number: 6037951
    Abstract: A graphics device includes first and second endpoint memories where coordinates of a line can be stored. State logic within the graphics device calculates line parameters from the first and second endpoints. The calculated line parameters include a line error term which can be stored in an error term memory. The error term memory is writeable from a source external to the graphics device, such as the CPU of a computer system, so that the external source can modify the contents of the error term register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Albers, John Vernon Eberst, Darwin Fontenot, Richard Lynn Pyra, Mark William Welker, Paul Berton Wood, Jack E. Bresenham