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John Michael Snyder
Also filed as: SNYDER JOHN · SNYDER JOHN M · SNYDER JOHN MICHAEL
64 granted patents·7 pending applications·3,510 citations·filing 1977–2025
99Inventor score
Files withMICROSOFT CORP45MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC12SNYDER JOHN M4WANG JIAPING4FINCH MARK2
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71 records- 0199US6252608B1Method and system for improving shadowing in a graphics rendering systemMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 26, 2001·384 cites·11 claims
- 0298US6326964B1Method for sorting 3D object geometry among image chunks for rendering in a layered graphics rendering systemMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 4, 2001·364 cites·5 claims
- 0398US5977977AMethod and system for multi-pass renderingMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 2, 1999·331 cites·19 claims
- 0498US5870097AMethod and system for improving shadowing in a graphics rendering systemMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 9, 1999·329 cites·11 claims
- 0598US5864342AMethod and system for rendering graphical objects to image chunksMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Jan 26, 1999·443 cites·13 claims
- 0697US6593925B1Parameterized animation compression methods and arrangementsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 15, 2003·163 cites·85 claims
- 0797US6016150ASprite compositor and method for performing lighting and shading operations using a compositor to combine factored image layersMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 18, 2000·315 cites·31 claims
- 0896US7262770B2Graphics image rendering with radiance self-transfer for low-frequency lighting environmentsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 28, 2007·106 cites·30 claims
- 0995US9727991B2Foveated image renderingMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 8, 2017·44 cites·17 claims
- 1095US6064393AMethod for measuring the fidelity of warped image layer approximations in a real-time graphics rendering pipelineMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 1997·Granted May 16, 2000·213 cites·58 claims
- 1193US7167176B2Clustered principal components for precomputed radiance transferMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 23, 2007·82 cites·46 claims
- 1292US11877143B2Parameterized modeling of coherent and incoherent soundMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Jan 16, 2024·2 cites·20 claims
- 1389US9432790B2Real-time sound propagation for dynamic sourcesRAGHUVANSHI NIKUNJ·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 30, 2016·36 cites·19 claims
- 1489US6648770B1Training golf ironFiled 2000·Granted Nov 18, 2003·59 cites·8 claims
- 1588US10602298B2Directional propagationMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 24, 2020·9 cites·20 claims
- 1688US9510125B2Parametric wave field coding for real-time sound propagation for dynamic sourcesMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 29, 2016·16 cites·21 claims
- 1788US8953037B2Obtaining spatially varying bidirectional reflectance distribution functionWANG JIAPING·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 10, 2015·10 cites·19 claims
- 1886US7286127B2Large mesh deformation using the volumetric graph LaplacianMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 23, 2007·16 cites·19 claims
- 1986US6919906B2Discontinuity edge overdrawMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 19, 2005·41 cites·52 claims
- 2085US7609265B2Graphics image rendering with radiance self-transfer for low-frequency lighting environmentsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 27, 2009·13 cites·24 claims
- 2184US10932081B1Bidirectional propagation of soundMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 23, 2021·6 cites·20 claims
- 2283US6266064B1Coherent visibility sorting and occlusion cycle detection for dynamic aggregate geometryMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 24, 2001·80 cites·35 claims
- 2382US7265752B2Multi-chart geometry imagesMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 4, 2007·29 cites·17 claims
- 2482US6943805B2Systems and methods for providing image rendering using variable rate source samplingMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 13, 2005·26 cites·30 claims
- 2582US6215503B1Image generator and method for resolving non-binary cyclic occlusions with image compositing operationsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 10, 2001·80 cites·30 claims
- 2681US8917284B2Vector graphics with controlled thin-plate splinesFINCH MARK·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 23, 2014·8 cites·20 claims
- 2781US7940269B2Real-time rendering of light-scattering mediaMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2007·Granted May 10, 2011·12 cites·20 claims
- 2880US8737769B2Reconstruction of sparse dataFINCH MARK·Filed 2010·Granted May 27, 2014·7 cites·20 claims
- 2978US7589725B2Soft shadows in dynamic scenesMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 15, 2009·9 cites·20 claims
- 3077US7940268B2Real-time rendering of light-scattering mediaMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2007·Granted May 10, 2011·9 cites·19 claims
- 3176US7120311B2Systems and methods for providing forward mapping with visibility for and resolution of accumulated samplesMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 10, 2006·21 cites·25 claims
- 3275US7425954B2Systems and methods for providing signal-specialized parametrizationMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 16, 2008·6 cites·20 claims
- 3375US6850233B2Systems and methods for optimizing geometric stretch of a parametrization schemeMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 1, 2005·13 cites·40 claims
- 3475US2025252688A1Geometry-aware spatial interpolationMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3574US7956870B2Systems and methods for providing image rendering using variable rate source samplingMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 7, 2011·15 cites·33 claims
- 3673US7768524B2Systems and methods for providing image rendering using variable rate source samplingMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 3, 2010·14 cites·30 claims
- 3773US7262769B2Systems and methods for optimizing geometric stretch of a parametrization schemeMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 28, 2007·11 cites·18 claims
- 3872US7573474B2Systems and methods for optimizing geometric stretch of a parametrization schemeMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 11, 2009·11 cites·12 claims
- 3972US7218322B2Systems and methods for providing a fine to coarse look ahead in connection with parametrization metrics in a graphics systemMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 15, 2007·5 cites·20 claims
- 4072US7061489B2Precomputed radiance transfer for rendering objectsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 13, 2006·17 cites·42 claims
- 4171US7633503B2Local, deformable precomputed radiance transferMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 15, 2009·8 cites·18 claims
- 4271US7071936B2Systems and methods for providing signal-specialized parametrizationMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 4, 2006·14 cites·23 claims
- 4370US7948490B2Hardware-accelerated computation of radiance transfer coefficients in computer graphicsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2003·Granted May 24, 2011·15 cites·20 claims
- 4469US12327320B2Geometry-aware spatial interpolationMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Jun 10, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 4569US7382369B2Systems and methods for robust sampling for real-time relighting of objects in natural lighting environmentsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 3, 2008·14 cites·25 claims
- 4668US7586488B2Multi-chart geometry imagesMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 8, 2009·4 cites·16 claims
- 4768US7262771B2Systems and methods for all-frequency relighting using spherical harmonics and point light distributionsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 28, 2007·13 cites·31 claims
- 4866US7430490B2Capturing and rendering geometric detailsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 30, 2008·6 cites·20 claims
- 4964US7286138B2Discontinuity edge overdrawMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 23, 2007·3 cites·20 claims
- 5064US4117914ASlidable suitcase handleSNYDER JOHN M·Filed 1977·Granted Oct 3, 1978·23 cites·9 claims
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