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Walter R. Steiner
Also filed as: STEINER WALTER R · STEINER WALTER ROBERT
29 granted patents·1,100 citations·filing 1985–2016
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29 records- 0196US4862392AGeometry processor for graphics display systemSTAR TECHN INC·Filed 1986·Granted Aug 29, 1989·224 cites·8 claims
- 0290US8537168B1Method and system for deferred coverage mask generation in a raster stageSTEINER WALTER R·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 17, 2013·31 cites·17 claims
- 0390US6018350AIllumination and shadow simulation in a computer graphics/imaging systemREAL 3D INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jan 25, 2000·121 cites·32 claims
- 0489US5268996AComputer image generation method for determination of total pixel illumination due to plural light sourcesGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1990·Granted Dec 7, 1993·123 cites·20 claims
- 0584US9633458B2Method and system for reducing a polygon bounding boxSTEINER WALTER R·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 25, 2017·10 cites·20 claims
- 0684US9495781B2Early sample evaluation during coarse rasterizationLUM ERIC·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 15, 2016·12 cites·22 claims
- 0784US4868771AComputer image generation with topographical responseGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1987·Granted Sep 19, 1989·81 cites·17 claims
- 0883US4965745AYIQ based color cell textureGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1987·Granted Oct 23, 1990·72 cites·12 claims
- 0978US5668940AMethod and apparatus for anti-aliasing polygon edges in a computer imaging systemMARTIN MARIETTA CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 16, 1997·63 cites·20 claims
- 1078US4700319AArithmetic pipeline for image processingUS AIR FORCE·Filed 1985·Granted Oct 13, 1987·64 cites·4 claims
- 1177US5126726APicture element encodingGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1989·Granted Jun 30, 1992·42 cites·15 claims
- 1277US4967375AFast architecture for graphics processorSTAR TECHN INC·Filed 1986·Granted Oct 30, 1990·74 cites·18 claims
- 1376US5293467AMethod for resolving priority between a calligraphically-displayed point feature and both raster-displayed faces and other calligraphically-displayed point features in a CIG systemBUCHNER GREGORY C·Filed 1991·Granted Mar 8, 1994·64 cites·17 claims
- 1474US9747661B2Consistent vertex snapping for variable resolution renderingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 29, 2017·2 cites·18 claims
- 1572US9633469B2Conservative rasterization of primitives using an error termNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 25, 2017·3 cites·17 claims
- 1671US9792122B2Heuristics for improving performance in a tile based architectureNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 17, 2017·0 cites·22 claims
- 1764US9483270B2Distributed tiled cachingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 1, 2016·0 cites·20 claims
- 1863US5420970AMethod for determining computer image generation display pixels occupied by a circular featureMARTIN MARIETTA CORP·Filed 1994·Granted May 30, 1995·36 cites·8 claims
- 1962US8933933B2Optimizing a graphics rendering pipeline using early Z-modeFRENCH MARK J·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 13, 2015·3 cites·20 claims
- 2061US10282803B2State handling in a tiled architectureNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted May 7, 2019·0 cites·25 claims
- 2161US9478066B2Consistent vertex snapping for variable resolution renderingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 25, 2016·1 cites·18 claims
- 2258US5854632AApparatus and method for simulating specular reflection in a computer graphics/imaging systemREAL 3D·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 29, 1998·32 cites·20 claims
- 2357US8928676B2Method for parallel fine rasterization in a raster stage of a graphics pipelineSTEINER WALTER R·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 6, 2015·2 cites·19 claims
- 2454US4825400AFloating point accumulator circuitGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1986·Granted Apr 25, 1989·23 cites·10 claims
- 2551US9311733B2Efficient round point rasterizationNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 12, 2016·0 cites·22 claims
- 2649US9947084B2Multiresolution consistent rasterizationNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 17, 2018·0 cites·23 claims
- 2746US4815021AMultifunction arithmetic logic unit circuitSTAR TECHN INC·Filed 1986·Granted Mar 21, 1989·15 cites·27 claims
- 2845US10032243B2Distributed tiled cachingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 24, 2018·0 cites·21 claims
- 2931US6377274B1S-buffer anti-aliasing methodINTEL CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 23, 2002·2 cites·12 claims
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