Patent №
US 6,747,660
Granted
2004-06-08
Filed 2000
Owner
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC.
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Lab
AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09569521
One aspect of the invention is a method for accelerating noise. The method includes the step of creating a plurality noise texture values (n1, . . . , nn) each corresponding to one of a plurality of image pixel values (x1, . . . , xn). The method also includes invoking at least a portion of a graphics pipeline (17) to blend each of the plurality of image pixel values (x1, . . . , xn) with one of the plurality of noise texture values (n1, . . . , nn).
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Ownership
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC.
assignment · 108050894
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
assignment · 136360747
Assignors
OLANO, THOMAS M., PEERCY, MARK S.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.