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7619630 Preshaders: optimization of GPU pro  
A shader program capable of execution on a GPU is analyzed for constant expressions. These constant expressions are replaced with references to registers or memory addresses on the GPU. A preshader...
7619628 Caching digital image data  
Methods and systems for processing digital image data utilizing vertically-oriented Effect graphs are provided. When processing digital image data utilizing Effect graphs, it is often necessary for...
7619627 Image processing apparatus  
An image processing apparatus having: a first screen processing section for performing a screen processing to image data; and an outline processing section for determining whether to output or not...
7605819 Image processing device, method, and storage medium which stores a program  
An image processing device has an image processing module and a buffer module. The image processing module has an image processing engine that carries out an image processing on image data. The...
7605818 Image processing device, method, and storage medium which stores a program  
An image processing device including an image processing section having one or more image processing modules and buffer modules having a buffer is provided. The buffer module, recognizes a number...
7602394 Image processing device, method, and storage medium which stores a program  
An image processing device has an image processing section and a processing managing section. The image processing section has one or more image processing modules and one or more buffer modules....
7602393 Image processing device, method, and storage medium which stores a program  
An image processing section of an image processing device is constructed by plural image processing modules being connected in a pipeline form, such that a buffer module is connected at at least...
7602392 Image processing device, method, and storage medium which stores a program  
An image processing device including an image processing section and a memory managing section. The image processing section having: (A) one or more image processing modules, each having: an image...
7602391 Image processing device, method, and storage medium which stores a program  
An image processing device has one or more image processing modules and one or more buffer modules. The image processing module reads image data from a preceding module in units of a reading data...
7598957 Image processing device, method, and storage medium which stores a program  
An image processing device has an image processing section. The image processing section has one or more image processing modules and one or more buffer modules. Each image processing module has an...
7598953 Interpreter for simplified programming of graphics processor units in general purpose programming languages  
Although GPUs have been harnessed to solve non-graphics problems, these solutions are not widespread because GPUs remain difficult to program. Instead, an interpreter simplifies the task of...
7598952 Three-dimensional image compositing on a GPU utilizing multiple transformations  
A method includes identifying a plurality of image elements to be rendered within a three-dimensional image. The method also includes identifying a set of light sources according to which lighting...
7595803 Image processing device, method, and storage medium which stores a program  
An image processing device including an image processing section having: one or more image processing modules, each image processing module having an image processing engine and a control section;...
7593015 System and method for sequencing media objects  
A method of displaying a long animation is provided. The animation is defined in an animation file, which identifies a set of images that form the animation when sequentially displayed. A batch...
7590937 Graphical user interface for procurement risk management system  
Systems and methods for managing procurement risk are described. In accordance with a procurement risk management method, a resource sourcing mix is computed from a sourcing portfolio of one or...
7589735 Aircraft flat panel display system with graphical image integrity  
An improvement over prior art aircraft instrument flight display systems for imaging on a bit-mapped display formed of a multiplicity of individually addressable pixels at locations throughout the...
7589734 Data display system, data relay device, data relay method, data system, sink device, and data read method  
A repeater comprises an EDID memory to store a control data and a memory control unit. The memory control unit is configured to make access to the EDID memory to read the control data therefrom,...
7585286 User interface for blood treatment device  
A method for batch implementation of settings in a renal replacement therapy device including: displaying on a user interface control settings which may be manually selected by an operator;...
7583268 Graphics pipeline precise interrupt method and apparatus  
A graphics processing unit (“GPU”) is configured to interrupt processing of a first context and to initiate processing of a second context upon command. A command processor communicates an...
7576745 Connecting graphics adapters  
A system and method for providing a dedicated interface between two or more graphics adapters installed on a motherboard. Surplus signals within an interface conforming to an interface...
7576744 Automatic image correction circuit  
An automatic image correction circuit automatically performs image correction on obtained image data. The automatic image correction circuit includes the following elements. A storage unit stores...
7570268 Systems and methods for providing graphics data in parallel to graphics processing hardware  
A method and system for controlling the algorithmic elements in 3D graphics systems via an improved 3D graphics API is provided. In one aspect, in a 3D graphics system having privatized formats...
7570255 Display device and display method  
A display device includes a display section and a video signal generating section. The display section displays n video pictures in n viewing directions on one and the same screen on a basis of a...
7567259 System and method for display compositing  
A method for display compositing is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a plurality of respective color values and a plurality of respective blending values for a...
7567252 Optimizing performance of a graphics processing unit for efficient execution of general matrix operations  
A system and method for optimizing the performance of a graphics processing unit (GPU) for processing and execution of general matrix operations such that the operations are accelerated and...
RE40859 Method and system for displaying an analog image by a digital display device  
A clock recovery circuit in a digital display unit for recovering a time reference signal associated with analog display data. The clock recovery circuit includes a phase-locked loop (PLL)...
7561162 Computer graphics data coding apparatus, decoding apparatus, coding method and decoding method  
Computer graphics data coding apparatus includes unit configured to acquire computer graphics data items, unit configured to pre-process acquired computer graphics data items, controlling/coding...
7561161 Quantitative measure of a video interface  
A method and system for quantitatively measuring performance of a video interface is disclosed. The method and system determine an effectives frames per second based upon a measured frames per...
7558901 Apparatus and method for connecting processor to bus  
An apparatus and method for connecting a processor to buses. The apparatus includes a multiplexer which, when addressing information indicating the address of a first memory connected to a...
7551182 System and method for processing map data  
A system and method is provided for assembling graphics information as a graphics display for presentation on a visual interface, the graphics information including a plurality of image tiles...
7551176 Systems and methods for providing shared attribute evaluation circuits in a graphics processing unit  
Systems and method for providing shared attribute evaluation circuits in a graphics processing unit are provided. One embodiment can be described as a system for evaluating attributes in a graphics...
7548244 Interactive debugging and monitoring of shader programs executing on a graphics processor  
A development application leverages the programmability of shader execution units in the graphics processing subsystem to make graphics processing subsystem state data accessible to applications...
7545383 Information processing system, information processor, information processing method, and program  
An information processing system includes a first information processor to process data to be displayed in a first display unit and a second information processor to indicate the data displayed in...
7542043 Subdividing a shader program  
Methods and apparatus for subdividing a shader program into regions or “phases” of instructions identifiable by phase identifiers (IDs) inserted into the shader program are provided. The phase...
7542030 Display panel driving circuits and methods for driving image data from multiple sources within a frame  
Display panel driving circuits and methods of driving a display panel with first video data and second video data include determining a starting position and a stopping position of the first video...
7535473 Collaborative environments in a graphical information system  
Collaborative environments in a geographic information system (GIS). Collaboration between multiple processors can be provided within the GIS. A first processor can stream to a server session list...
7535433 Dynamic multiple display configuration  
A system and method for modifying the configuration of one or more graphics adapters and one or more displays without rebooting the system allows a user to quickly transition between different...
7526456 Method of operation for parallel LCP solver  
A method of operating a Linear Complementarity Problem (LCP) solver is disclosed, where the LCP solver is characterized by multiple execution units operating in parallel to implement a competent...
7518613 System and method for information handling system external graphics box local diagnostic message  
An activity poller on an external graphics box is activated during inactivity in communication from a host information handling system to the external graphics box, such as over an external PCI...
7510423 Configurable lighted connector  
A communication connector, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, includes an insulative housing having a cylindrical opening, a light source, and a first and second electrical...
7508396 Register-collecting mechanism, method for performing the same and pixel processing system employing the same  
A pixel processing system includes a register-collecting mechanism and a pixel shader. The register-collecting mechanism corrects a first program to a second program. The first program requires a...
7506136 Parallel data processing apparatus  
A controller for controlling a data processor having a plurality of processor arrays, each of which includes a plurality of processing elements, comprises a retrieval unit operable to retrieve a...
7499587 Method and apparatus for interpolating colors  
A system is provided that interpolates between two colors. A color can be represented by a set of components, including an obscuring component that can obscure other components. The system receives...
7499051 GPU assisted 3D compositing  
A method to perform compositing of three-dimensional images includes, on a Central Processing Unit (CPU), automatically assembling a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) program for each element of a...
7499043 Switching of display refresh rates  
Some embodiments describe techniques that may relate to switching of display refresh rates. In one embodiment, modification of a display refresh rate may be initiated after the last pixel of a...
7489315 Pixel stream assembly for raster operations  
Systems and methods for converting graphics data represented in a hexadecimal form into a quad form may be used to reorganize the graphics data for performing raster operations. Prior to performing...
7486294 Vector graphics element-based model, application programming interface, and markup language  
An element object model and a vector graphics markup language for using that element object model in a manner that allows program code developers to consistently interface with a scene graph data...
7477256 Connecting graphics adapters for scalable performance  
A system and method for providing a dedicated digital interface between multiple graphics devices. The dedicated interface provides a point-to-point connection between each of the multiple graphics...
7477255 System and method for synchronizing divergent samples in a programmable graphics processing unit  
A method for synchronizing divergent samples in a programmable graphics processing unit is described. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of determining that a divergence has occurred...
7474311 Device and method for processing video and graphics data  
A device for processing video and graphics data includes a component and a main random access memory containing video and graphics data. The component includes a processing unit, and a...