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Imagination Technologies Limited

1,321Patents
1,296Active
1,321Granted
68Portfolio score

Filing activity: Sep 12, 1997 → Jun 24, 2024 · 44 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9088336B2 Systems and methods of echo and noise cancellation in voice communication Electricity 98 Active
US8286180B2 Synchronisation of execution threads on a multi-threaded processor Physics 97 Active
US6798410B1 Shading 3-dimensional computer generated images Physics 69 Expired
US9607426B1 Asynchronous and concurrent ray tracing and rasterization rendering processes Physics 56 Active
US7324115B2 Display list compression for a tiled 3-D rendering system Physics 51 Expired
US9424685B2 Unified rasterization and ray tracing rendering environments Physics 42 Active
US9298467B2 Switch statement prediction Physics 40 Active
US7269713B2 Adjusting thread instruction issue rate based on deviation of actual executed number from intended rate cumulative number Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US6741247B1 Shading 3-dimensional computer generated images Physics 38 Expired
US8860590B2 Automatic gain control system for an analog to digital converter Electricity 35 Active
US6330000A Method and apparatus for performing arithmetic division with a machine Physics 33 Expired
US9706057B2 Auto-tuning of non-linear processor threshold Electricity 33 Active
US10389861B2 Controlling operational characteristics of acoustic echo canceller Physics 32 Active
US10244121B2 Automatic tuning of a gain controller Electricity 31 Active
US9692882B2 Auto-tuning of an acoustic echo canceller Electricity 30 Active
US6313846A Texturing and shading of 3-D images Physics 30 Expired
US7242811B2 Method and apparatus for compressing data and decompressing compressed data Electricity 27 Expired
US7236649B2 Method and apparatus for compressing data and decompressing compressed data Electricity 27 Active
US7796065B2 Method of decoding data and apparatus therefor Electricity 25 Active
US6750867B1 Image processing apparatus Physics 20 Expired
US8717357B2 Systems and methods for 3-D scene acceleration structure creation and updating Physics 16 Active
US7116335B2 Texturing systems for use in three-dimensional imaging systems Physics 15 Expired
US7834872B2 Tiling system for 3D rendered graphics Physics 14 Expired
US10558428B2 Floating point to fixed point conversion Electricity 13 Active
US8669987B2 Memory management for systems for generating 3-dimensional computer images Physics 13 Active

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