Patents by Inventor Wolfgang TATZGERN

Wolfgang TATZGERN 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).

  • Billboard layers in object-space rendering
    Patent number: 11875452
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for graphics processing. The apparatus may configure a plurality of billboards associated with a viewpoint of a first frame of a plurality of frames, the plurality of billboards being configured in one or more layers at least partially around the viewpoint, the configuration of the plurality of billboards being based on one or more volumetric elements between at least one of the plurality of billboards and the viewpoint. The apparatus may also render an image associated with each of the one or more volumetric elements between at least one billboard of the plurality of billboards and the viewpoint, the rendered image including a set of pixels. The apparatus may also store data in the at least one billboard based on the rendered image associated with each of the one or more volumetric elements, the data corresponding to the set of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Dieter Schmalstieg, Markus Steinberger, Wolfgang Tatzgern
  • BILLBOARD LAYERS IN OBJECT-SPACE RENDERING
    Publication number: 20220058860
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for graphics processing. The apparatus may configure a plurality of billboards associated with a viewpoint of a first frame of a plurality of frames, the plurality of billboards being configured in one or more layers at least partially around the viewpoint, the configuration of the plurality of billboards being based on one or more volumetric elements between at least one of the plurality of billboards and the viewpoint. The apparatus may also render an image associated with each of the one or more volumetric elements between at least one billboard of the plurality of billboards and the viewpoint, the rendered image including a set of pixels. The apparatus may also store data in the at least one billboard based on the rendered image associated with each of the one or more volumetric elements, the data corresponding to the set of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Dieter SCHMALSTIEG, Markus STEINBERGER, Wolfgang TATZGERN