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Walter E. Donovan
Also filed as: DONAVAN WALTER · DONOVAN WALTER · DONOVAN WALTER E
73 granted patents·1,575 citations·filing 1994–2021
99Inventor score
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73 records- 0197US7599975B1Decompression of compressed 16 bit dataNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 6, 2009·43 cites·13 claims
- 0296US8669999B2Alpha-to-coverage value determination using virtual samplesDONOVAN WALTER E·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 11, 2014·27 cites·20 claims
- 0395US7626587B1Method and apparatus for displaying image data of a virtual desktop from one or more frame buffers onto a display screenNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 1, 2009·17 cites·17 claims
- 0495US7477205B1Method and apparatus for displaying data from multiple frame buffers on one or more display devicesNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 13, 2009·69 cites·15 claims
- 0594US6995767B1Trilinear optimization for texture filteringNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 7, 2006·77 cites·11 claims
- 0693US7920749B1Modified high dynamic range color decompressionNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 5, 2011·20 cites·17 claims
- 0792US7983498B1Low dynamic range 3-channel color compressionNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 19, 2011·17 cites·19 claims
- 0892US6690372B2System, method and article of manufacture for shadow mappingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 10, 2004·69 cites·25 claims
- 0992US6593923B1System, method and article of manufacture for shadow mappingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 15, 2003·84 cites·18 claims
- 1092US6181352B1Graphics pipeline selectively providing multiple pixels or multiple texturesNVIDIA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 30, 2001·137 cites·4 claims
- 1191US6987517B1Programmable graphics processor for generalized texturingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 17, 2006·50 cites·20 claims
- 1290US6975319B1System, method and article of manufacture for calculating a level of detail (LOD) during computer graphics processingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 13, 2005·55 cites·21 claims
- 1389US7978921B1Low dynamic range 3-channel color decompressionNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 12, 2011·12 cites·20 claims
- 1489US7593018B1Method and apparatus for providing explicit weights for texture filteringNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 22, 2009·19 cites·20 claims
- 1588US7623133B1Method and apparatus for displaying data from multiple frame buffers on a single display deviceNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 24, 2009·6 cites·11 claims
- 1688US6333744B1Graphics pipeline including combiner stagesNVIDIA CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 25, 2001·110 cites·21 claims
- 1787US7649538B1Reconfigurable high performance texture pipeline with advanced filteringNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 19, 2010·16 cites·20 claims
- 1887US5657478AMethod and apparatus for batchable frame switch and synchronization operationsRENDITION INC·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 12, 1997·93 cites·14 claims
- 1986US5990903AMethod and apparatus for performing chroma key, transparency and fog operationsMICRON TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 23, 1999·95 cites·37 claims
- 2085US7916149B1Block linear memory ordering of texture dataNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 29, 2011·11 cites·17 claims
- 2185US7193627B1Trilinear optimization for texture filteringNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 20, 2007·12 cites·12 claims
- 2285US6954204B2Programmable graphics system and method using flexible, high-precision data formatsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 11, 2005·28 cites·51 claims
- 2384US7742646B1Modified high dynamic range color decompressionNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 22, 2010·8 cites·15 claims
- 2484US7609273B1Pixel load instruction for a programmable graphics processorNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 27, 2009·11 cites·22 claims
- 2583US7355603B2Filtering unit for floating-point texture dataNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 8, 2008·30 cites·22 claims
- 2683US6985151B1Shader pixel storage in a graphics memoryNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 10, 2006·30 cites·20 claims
- 2782US8065354B1Compression of 16 bit data using predictor valuesDONOVAN WALTER E·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 22, 2011·11 cites·21 claims
- 2881US7091979B1Pixel load instruction for a programmable graphics processorNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 15, 2006·23 cites·9 claims
- 2981US7053904B1Position conflict detection and avoidance in a programmable graphics processorNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted May 30, 2006·28 cites·24 claims
- 3080US7274373B1System, method and computer program product for providing arbitrary texture filteringNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 25, 2007·19 cites·60 claims
- 3179US7256792B1Method and apparatus for sampling non-power of two dimension texture mapsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 14, 2007·8 cites·20 claims
- 3278US7136071B1Method and apparatus for sampling non-power of two dimension texture mapsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 14, 2006·21 cites·17 claims
- 3377US5767856APixel engine pipeline for a 3D graphics acceleratorRENDITION INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 16, 1998·54 cites·13 claims
- 3476US11012694B2Dynamically shifting video rendering tasks between a server and a clientNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2018·Granted May 18, 2021·2 cites·20 claims
- 3576US7982745B1Trilinear optimization for texture filteringNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 19, 2011·6 cites·18 claims
- 3676US7961195B1Two component texture map compressionNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 14, 2011·21 cites·37 claims
- 3775US8023752B1Decompression of 16 bit data using predictor valuesNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 20, 2011·7 cites·22 claims
- 3874US9697641B2Alpha-to-coverage using virtual samplesMOLNAR STEVEN E·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 4, 2017·3 cites·20 claims
- 3974US8942474B2Method and system for interpolating index values of associated tiles in an imageWERNESS ERIC SOVELEN·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 27, 2015·5 cites·19 claims
- 4074US7119806B1System, method and article of manufacture for shadow mappingNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 10, 2006·16 cites·31 claims
- 4172US9147264B2Method and system for quantizing and squeezing base values of associated tiles in an imageDONOVAN WALTER E·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 29, 2015·2 cites·12 claims
- 4272US6005580AMethod and apparatus for performing post-process antialiasing of polygon edgesMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 21, 1999·52 cites·65 claims
- 4371US8212835B1Systems and methods for smooth transitions to bi-cubic magnificationMIGDAL CHRISTOPHER J·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 3, 2012·8 cites·20 claims
- 4471US7109999B1Method and system for implementing programmable texture lookups from texture coordinate setsNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 19, 2006·16 cites·20 claims
- 4566US7586496B1Shorter footprints for anisotropic texture filteringNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 8, 2009·3 cites·15 claims
- 4665US7620210B1Anisotropic optimization for texture filteringNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 17, 2009·3 cites·19 claims
- 4765US6870542B2System and method for filtering graphics data on scanout to a monitorNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 22, 2005·7 cites·16 claims
- 4865US6628290B1Graphics pipeline selectively providing multiple pixels or multiple texturesNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 30, 2003·11 cites·3 claims
- 4964US6768493B1System, method and article of manufacture for a compressed texture format that is efficiently accessibleNVIDIA CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 27, 2004·10 cites·22 claims
- 5063US8456481B2Block linear memory ordering of texture data techniquesDONOVAN WALTER E·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 4, 2013·1 cites·11 claims
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