Inventor

Barry L. Minor

Inventor

Austin, TX, US

Overview

1991–2016

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 59 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G06Fprimary

G06FElectric digital data processing52%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general36%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication6%

G01VGeophysics3%

G09GArrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to present variable information3%

PatentTitleYear

9,501,809'System and method for photorealistic imaging workload distribution'2016 9,483,864'System and method for photorealistic imaging using ambient occlusion'2016 9,270,783'System and method for photorealistic imaging workload distribution'2016 9,053,069'Efficient communication of producer/consumer buffer status'2015 9,038,079'Reducing cross queue synchronization on systems with low memory latency across distributed processing nodes'2015 8,949,529'Customizing function behavior based on cache and scheduling parameters of a memory argument'2015 8,903,180'Security screening image analysis simplification through object pattern identification'2014 8,893,145'Method to reduce queue synchronization of multiple work items in a system with high memory latency between processing nodes'2014 8,868,844'System and method for a software managed cache in a multiprocessing environment'2014 8,862,827'Efficient multi-level software cache using SIMD vector permute functionality'2014 8,819,690'System for reducing data transfer latency to a global queue by generating bit mask to identify selected processing nodes/units in multi-node data processing system'2014 8,665,271'System and method for iterative interactive ray tracing in a multiprocessor environment'2014 8,640,109'Method for managing hardware resources within a simultaneous multi-threaded processing system'2014 8,640,108'Method for managing hardware resources within a simultaneous multi-threaded processing system'2014 8,572,622'Reducing queue synchronization of multiple work items in a system with high memory latency between processing nodes'2013 8,549,521'Virtual devices using a plurality of processors'2013 8,525,826'System for iterative interactive ray tracing in a multiprocessor environment'2013 8,516,461'Method to dynamically distribute a multi-dimensional work set across a multi-core system'2013 8,495,604'Dynamically distribute a multi-dimensional work set across a multi-core system'2013 8,401,309'Security screening image analysis simplification through object pattern identification'2013 8,370,842'Portioning and routing of work in a multiple processor system'2013 8,275,917'Efficient communication of producer/consumer buffer status'2012 8,250,404'Process integrity of work items in a multiple processor system'2012 8,126,957'Managing position independent code using a software framework'2012 8,091,078'Dynamically partitioning processing across a plurality of heterogeneous processors'2012 8,032,871'Partitioning processor resources based on memory usage'2011 7,864,187'System and method for cache optimized data formatting'2011 7,849,241'Memory compression method and apparatus for heterogeneous processor architectures in an information handling system'2010 7,752,350'System and method for efficient implementation of software-managed cache'2010 7,737,970'Ray tracing with depth buffered display'2010 7,694,036'System and product for DMA controller with multi-dimensional line-walking functionality'2010 7,694,306'Balancing computational load across a plurality of processors'2010 7,620,951'Hiding memory latency'2009 7,539,787'Destructive DMA lists'2009 7,538,767'Adaptive span computation during ray casting'2009 7,515,152'Adaptive sampling of a static data set'2009 7,512,699'Managing position independent code using a software framework'2009 7,506,325'Partitioning processor resources based on memory usage'2009 7,496,917'Virtual devices using a pluarlity of processors'2009 7,478,390'Task queue management of virtual devices using a plurality of processors'2009 7,444,632'Balancing computational load across a plurality of processors'2008 7,439,973'Ray tracing with depth buffered display'2008 7,392,511'Dynamically partitioning processing across plurality of heterogeneous processors'2008 7,362,330'Adaptive span computation when ray casting'2008 7,363,397'System and method for DMA controller with multi-dimensional line-walking functionality'2008 7,345,687'Adaptive sampling of a static data set'2008 7,298,377'System and method for cache optimized data formatting'2007 7,212,199'System and method for terrain rendering using a limited memory footprint'2007 7,209,137'Efficient triangular shaped meshes'2007 7,113,184'System and method for blending data sampling techniques'2006 6,924,802'Efficient function interpolation using SIMD vector permute functionality'2005 6,628,284'Method and apparatus for processing graphics perspective transformations'2003 6,624,810'Tightened bounding volumes for BSP-trees'2003 6,621,492'Method and apparatus using primitive bounding volumes to improve the accuracy of BSP-trees'2003 6,445,393'Three-dimension graphics rendering apparatus and method therefor'2002 6,243,097'Bounding volume for 3D graphic primitives'2001 5,936,629'Accelerated single source 3D lighting mechanism'1999 5,138,699'Hardware utilization of color interpolation capability in a color imaging system'1992 5,031,117'Prioritization scheme for enhancing the display of ray traced images'1991

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1991–2016Patents assigned to IBM (59)· patent assignee history

1991–2016Based in Austin, TX, US· patent location history

2012–2016Patents assigned to MINOR BARRY L (24)· patent assignee history

2012–2016Patents assigned to MADRUGA JOAQUIN (17)· patent assignee history

2012–2015Patents assigned to BELLOWS GREGORY H (7)· patent assignee history

2012–2014Patents assigned to NUTTER MARK RICHARD (7)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
IBM	59	1991–2016
MINOR BARRY Lself	24	2012–2016
MADRUGA JOAQUIN	17	2012–2016
BELLOWS GREGORY H	7	2012–2015
NUTTER MARK RICHARD	7	2012–2014

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Austin, Texas, US	59	1991–2016